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The October 11, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson concerning the Federal Trade Commission’s (FTC) proposed revisions to its Green Guides....

The October 11, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA} intent to require labels for nanopesticides....

We are pleased to announce that Environmental Quality Management recently won the 2010 APEX Award of Excellence for Lynn L. Bergeson‘s “Washington Watch” column. APEX is sponsored by Communications Concepts, Inc., which publishes Writing That Works: The Business Communications Report, a bimonthly newsletter covering business writing, editing, and publishing for communicators in corporate, nonprofit, agency, and independent settings. The APEX Awards Competition is open to...

The October 4, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Kathleen Roberts regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) rule....

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 B&C is a proud Sponsor of CHEMCON THE AMERICAS 2010 and that Lynn L. Bergeson will speak, Wednesday, November 10, 2010, at Session 7 — “Similarities and Differences in Global Legislation” about developments and emerging issues on nanotechnology. Ms. Bergeson will also moderate a panel during Session 11 — “Global...

The September 28, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding state regulatory initiatives, including the California Department of Toxic Substances Control’s (DTSC) intent to issue data call-ins (DCI) for nanometal oxides and quantum dots....

The September 21, 2010, issue of Inside EPA Risk Policy Report quotes Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s (B&C) September 16, 2010, memorandum concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) September 16, 2010, notice seeking input on its role in the “green” or sustainable products movement....

Dr. Peveler’s Extensive and Diverse Experience in Domestic and Canadian Regulatory Matters Enhances B&C’s and Its Affiliates’ Growing International Chemical Industry Practice Areas Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. is pleased to announce that R. David Peveler, Ph.D. joined the firm’s practice, and that of its consulting affiliates The Acta Group, L.L.C. and The Acta Group EU, Ltd on September 1, 2010. Most recently, Dr. Peveler served as a consultant to Evonik Degussa...

We are pleased to announce that Law360 has selected Lynn L. Bergeson as one of its Five Most Admired Environmental Attorneys. Law360 states: “No one knows the ins and outs of chemical product approval like Bergeson & Campbell PC co-founder Lynn Bergeson, and her unrivaled command of the field’s cutting edge makes her one of the most sought-after chemical regulatory lawyers in the nation.” For its “Most Admired” series, Law360 invited readers to nominate...

The September 3, 2010, issue of Inside EPA quotes Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.‘s August 26, 2010, memorandum regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed conditional registration of nanosilver....

The August 23, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Kathleen M. Roberts regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed update to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) rule....

The August 16/23, 2010, issue of Chemical Week quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed changes to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) rule. According to Bergeson, the proposed changes will substantially increase industry’s obligations and burden....

The August 13, 2010, issue of Inside EPA discusses the testimony submitted by Charlie Auer to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Commerce, Trade and Consumer Protection on the House Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation (H.R. 5820)....

The August 12, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) rule. Bergeson notes that EPA’s proposal to require reporting of all processing and use data that is “known to or reasonably ascertainable” by them “would broaden significantly the universe of information (and people) who would need to be canvassed” to...

The July 30, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report references Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.‘s July 28, 2010, summary and comparison of the House and Senate Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform bills....

The July 26, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Timothy D. Backstrom regarding the recent court decision in Reckitt Benckiser v. EPA. Backstrom, who with Lynn L. Bergeson filed an amicus brief in support of Reckitt, notes that ruling in favor of EPA would give it “a new tool to coerce compliance with its reregistration decisions.”...

The July 19, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Timothy D. Backstrom, one of the authors of a friend-of-the court brief in support of the manufacturer in Reckitt Benckiser Inc. v. EPA,. Backstrom described the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit’s opinion as “well-reasoned” and meant that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was not allowed to “coerce” Reckitt “by threatening a misbranding action.”...

The July 12, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the Government Accountability Office’s (GAO) recent report regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) management of nanomaterials. Bergeson disagrees with GAO’s suggestion that nanomaterials are “flooding the market,” comments on EPA’s use of Section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to obtain...

We are pleased to announce that Lynn L. Bergeson is included in Chambers USA 2010. The USA Guide is based on thousands of in-depth interviews with clients and attorneys. Chambers & Partners then ranked the top firms and attorneys and described their merits — often in the words of clients they interviewed. Rankings include technical legal ability, professional conduct, client service, commercial astuteness, diligence, commitment, and other qualities most valued by the client. The...

Lynn L. Bergeson Collaborated on the White Paper We are pleased to announce the release of the final white paper from the October 8-9, 2009, summit entitled “Environmentally Responsible Development of Nanotechnology,” which was held by The Research Triangle Environmental Health Collaborative. The charge for summit attendees was to explore issues regarding potential risk across nano-enabled product lifecycles, with the goal of generating a set of recommendations for North Carolina...

The June 29, 2010, issue of Inside EPA’s Risk Policy Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the need for industry officials in the nanomaterials sector to “act proactively” to address nanomaterials-related research needs and adapt the National Research Council’s vision to achieve the goals of its plan....

The June 25, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) use of Section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) to obtain information concerning nanoscale ingredients in registered pesticides....

The June 21, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson and Timothy Backstrom regarding flaws in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) review of inorganic arsenic....

The June 17, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the shortcomings of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board (SAB) review of inorganic arsenic....

The June 16, 2010, issue of Inside EPA references Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.‘s April 27, 2010, memorandum regarding the draft House and Senate Toxics Substances Control Act reform legislation....

The June 3, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report references Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s June 1, 2010, memorandum regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) announcement that it will begin reviewing new and existing claims of confidential business information (CBI)....

The May 31, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Jim Aidala regarding how proposals to reform the Toxic Substances Control Act would affect confidential business information....

We are pleased to announce that Kevin N. Goulden and Leslie S. MacDougall of The Acta Group EU, Ltd (Acta EU) will address technical and regulatory issues at the June 1, 2010, Registration, Evaluation, Authorization and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) seminar entitled “Outstanding Issues Before the 1st December 2010 Registration Deadline.” The seminar, which will be held at Field Fisher Waterhouse LLP, in Brussels, Belgium, will address questions related to the December 1, 2010,...

The May 18, 2010, issue of InsideEPA.com’s Risk Policy Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) development of a list of “chemicals of concern” and possible export notification requirements for listed substances....

The May 17, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Pesticide Programs’ (OPP) working definition of nanoscale materials and the importance for OPP not to review nanoscale ingredient applications any differently than conventionally sized ingredient applications....

We are pleased to announce that the American Bar Association (ABA) has published Environment, Energy, and Resources Law: The Year-in-Review 2009, which Lynn L. Bergeson co-authored. The Year-in-Review is the annual summary of important developments in environmental, energy, and resources law over the past year. Bergeson co-authored the chapter entitled “Pesticides, Chemical Regulation, and Right-to-Know: 2009 Annual Report.” ...

The May 4, 2010, issue of InsideEPA.com’s Daily News references Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s April 27, 2010, analysis of the TSCA reform legislation....

In the May 3, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report, Kathleen Roberts notes that the proposed Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation would make a critical change by covering manufacturers “and” processors. Currently, most TSCA provisions apply to manufacturers “or” processors, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has rarely chosen to seek toxicity and other data from processors....

The May 3, 2010, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) development of a list of chemicals of concern under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)....

The April 27, 2010, issue of InsideEPA.com’s Risk Policy Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) development of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) list of chemicals of concern. According to Bergeson, the concern list could have “broad compliance implications,” depending on whether EPA requires companies who produce chemicals on the list to file export notifications. Charles M. Auer, now affiliated with Bergeson &...

In the April 24, 2010, issue of Chemical Week Regulatory Watch, Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the “disturbing absence of checks and balances” in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform bills, including the right to challenge certain U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) decisions in court....

In an April 23, 2010, issue of Inside EPA, Charles M. Auer is quoted regarding the data requirements for new and existing chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation. According to Auer, the Senate bill has a “significant bias” against the development of new chemicals, because data for new substances would be required upfront, while manufacturers could have years to submit the same data for existing chemicals....

The April 19, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environmental Report quotes Charles M. Auer, former Director of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), and James V. Aidala, former EPA Assistant Administrator for Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances, regarding the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform legislation released by Congress....

The BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the House and Senate bills that would reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Bergeson noted that the Senate bill’s focus on new chemicals made in quantities above one million pounds annually could limit the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) review of many nanomanufactured chemicals, as they would not hit that production level in a single year, while other aspects of the Senate bill show...

The April 6, 2010, issue of InsideEPA.com’s Toxics Regulation News reports on a recent NanoBusiness Alliance Federal Roundtable, where Lynn L. Bergeson asked whether the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is willing to meet with stakeholders to discuss a “less injurious” way for EPA to obtain the data it believes it needs concerning nanoscale materials in pesticides....

The April 5, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Lynn L. Bergeson concerning nano-specific insurance offered by Lexington Insurance Co....

On April 3, 2010, the Lemelson Center for Study of Invention and Innovation, with support from the Nanoscale Informal Science Education Network (NISE Net), will host a public forum about the emerging field of nanotechnology. Lynn L. Bergeson is among the panel of experts that will provide an introduction to nanotechnology....

Alliance Will Strengthen Acta’s and Acta EU’s Ability to Provide REACH and Related Chemical Management Services 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 each has entered into a strategic alliance with ENTRIX, Incorporated (ENTRIX), one of the largest scientific environmental and natural resource management consulting firms in the United States. The alliance will provide additional scientific...

The March 4, 2010, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report quotes Jim Aidala, who participated in the American Bar Association’s March 3, 2010, teleconference on endocrine disruptors....

The March 3, 2010, issue of InsideEPA.com’s Toxics Regulation News quotes Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.’s February 22, 2010, memorandum regarding the effects of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed amendments to the enforceable consent agreement procedures under Section 4 of the Toxic Substances Control Act....

We are pleased to announce that Lynn L. Bergeson will be speaking at the upcoming conference entitled “Environmental Regulation and Commercial Implications 2010: How the New Administration, Congress and the Courts Have Changed the Rules.” The conference will be held in New York City on May 7, 2010, and in San Francisco on May 18, 2010. The conference will be broadcast live on the Internet on May 7, 2010. Since the election of President Barack Obama and the 111th Congress,...

On April 16, 2010, the American Law Institute (ALI) and American Bar Association (ABA) will hold an advanced one-day course of study on chemical control law and policy. The course will examine what practitioners need to know about the growing significance of industrial and pesticide chemical control law and regulation, providing updates on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and enforcement priorities for 2010, and a roundup on...

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C) is pleased to announce it will moderate and participate in an American Bar Association Quick Teleconference entitled “Endocrine Disruptors: The Art, Law, and Science of Responding to Testing Orders,” on March 3, 2010, at 12:00 p.m. (EST). Speakers include: James V. Aidala, B&C; David Berol, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA); James C. Lamb, Ph.D., Exponent; and Robert G. Perlis, EPA. Register for the teleconference online....

In a February 18, 2010, Politics Daily article, Lynn L. Bergeson commented on regulations being developed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) that would increase reporting of nanomaterial products.  Bergeson stated that she expects EPA to propose that businesses provide data only for new products, and that those on the market would be grandfathered in....

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. is pleased to announce its sponsorship of the American Chemistry Council (ACC) and the Society of Chemical Manufacturers and Affiliates’ (SOCMA) Global Chemical Regulations Conference and Exhibition being held in Baltimore, Maryland, on March 29-31, 2010. For more than 20 years, the Global Chemical Regulations Conference has provided a unique educational opportunity for chemical industry professionals. Participation in this conference provides attendees with...