The National Toxicology Program (NTP) published an October 31, 2011, Federal Register notice inviting written comments on its proposed Report on Carcinogens (RoC) review process and announcing a public listening session to receive oral comments. 76 Fed. Reg. 67200. The RoC is a Congressionally mandated, biennial document that identifies agents, substances, mixtures, or exposure circumstances that may pose a hazard to human health by virtue of their carcinogenicity. Substances...
November 1, 2011
Lynn L. Bergeson, “NTP Proposes to Revise RoC Review Process,” Chemical Processing, November 2011.
On October 31, 2011, the National Toxicology Program (NTP) published a notice inviting comments on its proposed Report on Carcinogens (RoC) review process and announcing a public listening session to receive oral comments. This is good news, as I’ll explain....
November 1, 2011
Lynn L. Bergeson, “A Special Report: Important Changes Are Made to the Chemical Data Reporting Rule,” Manufacturing Today, Fall/Winter 2011.
On August 16, 2011, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule, previously referred to as the Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) Modifications Rule. The CDR Rule expands the IUR to enable EPA to collect information on the manufacturing (including importing), processing, and use of commercial chemical sub stances and mixtures on the TSCA Chemical Substance Inventory (Inventory). This article provides...
October 31, 2011
SAB Announces Initiatives Intended to Enhance Public Involvement in Advisory Activities
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) recently posted a list of fiscal year (FY) 2012 initiatives intended to enhance public involvement in advisory activities. According to the SAB website, in response to suggestions received at a June 1, 2011, session on public involvement, the SAB Staff Office developed additional practices to enhance public involvement in activities of the SAB, Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC), and Advisory...
The October 28, 2011, issue of New Haven Independent quotes Lynn L. Bergeson’s comments during the webinar announcing the release of the National Institute for Nanotechnology’s (NNI) 2011 Environmental, Health, and Safety Research Strategy. Bergeson emphasized the need for better communication to the public....
The October 28, 2011, issue of Inside EPA quotes Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s October 4, 2011, memorandum regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s final guidance on the weight-of-evidence (WoE) analysis that it will use to evaluate the results of data submitted in response to test orders issued for Tier 1 screening under the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program (EDSP)....
October 27, 2011
James V. Aidala Will Speak at the CLA and ABA SEER Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know Committee Seminar
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on November 8, 2011, James V. Aidala will speak at the CropLife America (CLA) and American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources’ (SEER) Pesticides, Chemical Regulation and Right-to-Know Committee seminar, What’s New, What’s Hot in Pesticide Law and Policy...
On October 25, 2011, Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) Assistant Administrator Stephen A. Owens announced his resignation from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In his message to EPA staff, Mr. Owens stated: I am writing to tell you that, after more than two years of working closely with all of you to protect Americans’ health and environment, I have made the difficult decision to leave EPA. My last day in the...
The October 21, 2011, Federal Register includes two test rules concerning high production volume (HPV) chemicals: a final test rule for certain chemicals from the third group, and a proposed test rule and proposed significant new use rule (SNUR) for the fourth group of chemicals. See 76 Fed. Reg. 65385 and 65580, respectively. The proposed “SNUR plus test rule” represents a novel approach for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in handling HPV chemicals...