In the June 8, 2011, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report, Lynn L. Bergeson expresses her concern regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) decision to ban the sale of certain residential rodenticide products....
June 7, 2011
California Appellate Court Affirms Decision Supporting Proposition 65 Labor Code Listing Mechanism
On June 6, 2011, the California Court of Appeal for the First Appellate District affirmed the 2009 decision by the Alameda County Superior Court upholding the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment’s (OEHHA) use of the Labor Code mechanism to add chemicals to Proposition 65. California Chamber of Commerce v. Schwarzenegger (Div. 1, No. A125493). This effectively means that the so-called Labor Code mechanism is a viable listing mechanism for Proposition 65 purposes. This...
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 the addition of Andrew Bourne to its European Union consulting practice. Mr. Bourne’s experience in international chemical regulatory programs will supplement the skill sets of other Acta EU professionals and provide even greater service to our growing client base. Mr. Bourne previously worked for Exponent...
Under the revised notification process published this month by Japan’s Ministry of Economy, Trade, and Industry (METI), companies exporting to Japan will be better able to protect confidential business information (CBI). Previously, only Japanese entities could notify information on the required substances. The new notification process provides that, if a notifier (manufacturer or importer in Japan) has “extreme difficulties in identifying a certain chemical substance or its...
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on June 23, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson, Lisa R. Burchi, and Leslie S. MacDougall will participate in a webinar entitled “The Evolving REACH Data Citation/Compensation Scheme: What to Watch for and Why.” The European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation is a complex chemical...
As of June 1, 2011, notifications for substances of very high concern (SVHC) identified on the Candidate List before December 1, 2010, contained in articles must be performed. The current Candidate List is available online. Thirty-eight substances are impacted by the June 1, 2011, notification deadline with an additional eight substances to be notified by June 15, 2011. The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) conducted a webinar on May 19, 2011, to provide practical guidelines...
June 1, 2011
New Green Ribbon Science Panel Subcommittees to Discuss Safer Consumer Product Alternatives Regulations
Three Subcommittees of the Green Ribbon Science Panel (Panel) have scheduled several teleconferences between May 31 and June 16, 2011, to discuss potential revisions to the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) Safer Consumer Product Alternatives (SCPA) regulations, as required by AB 1879. These teleconferences are open to the public and comments may be provided. The Panel had previously convened three Subcommittees to discuss issues related to chemical...
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C), The Acta Group, L.L.C. (Acta), and The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) are pleased to announce that on June 23, 2011, Lynn L. Bergeson, Lisa R. Burchi, and Leslie S. MacDougall will participate in a webinar entitled “The Evolving REACH Data Citation/Compensation Scheme: What to Watch for and Why.” The European Union’s (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) regulation is a complex chemical...
The European Union’s REACH regulation is a complex chemical management regulation intended to replace approximately 40 previously existing legal instruments with a single EU regulatory scheme for all chemical substances (both new and existing substances). It also creates a data compensation scheme for entities that must rely upon studies another entity generated to complete their registration for a particular chemical substance. This article provides background on REACH registration, data...
June 1, 2011
Lynn L. Bergeson, “U.S. Wants More Transparency in Trade,” Chemical Processing, June 2011.
On May 19, 2011, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) and the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) jointly issued a memorandum to U.S. departments and agencies highlighting the importance of regulatory transparency and openness to promoting international trade. The memorandum telegraphs the Administration’s renewed emphasis on the significant role international collaboration has in domestic policy development....