As reported in our May 13, 2025, blog item, on March 24, 2025, PPG Industries, Inc. (PPG) submitted a petition seeking an amendment to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) December 2024 final risk management rule for trichloroethylene (TCE). PPG requested an amendment to the exemption for the industrial and commercial use of TCE as a processing aid for specialty polymeric microporous sheet materials manufacturing that would allow PPG to meet an interim existing chemical exposure...
In partial response to President Trump’s Feb. 13, 2025, Executive Order (EO) 14212, “Establishing The President’s Make America Healthy Again Commission,” the White House issued on May 22, 2025, “The MAHA Report” (with MAHA an acronym for Make America Healthy Again), titled “Make Our Children Healthy Again: Assessment.” If you have not read it, you should, as it raises, but does not answer, interesting questions for manufacturers of all stripes, especially those whose products...
B&C and Acta; EPPA; and Preferred by Nature (PBN) were pleased to present “Regulation Without Borders: The EUDR and the New Era of Global Due Diligence,” a complimentary webinar providing a detailed exploration of the European Union Deforestation Regulation (EUDR) and how it applies to manufacturers, suppliers, operators, traders, processors, and exporters or importers. This new European Union (EU) supply chain measure goes “live” in a few short months and is already inviting supply...
June 17, 2025
Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Requirements and Compliance Strategies, June 24, 2025, 1:00 – 2:00 pm (ET), via webinar
The Alliance for Chemical Distribution (ACD) and B&C present "Proposition 65 Short-Form Warning Requirements and Compliance Strategies." Failure to comply with Prop 65 warning requirements can raise a host of commercial issues, including but not limited to business disruptions and civil penalties. During this webinar, Lisa R Burchi, of Counsel, B&C, will focus on OEHHA’s most recent amendments significantly changing the short-form warning option for consumer products. This webinar will...
Register Now For “TSCA Reform – Nine Years Later” Virtual Conference, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. (EDT), June 25, 2025: Complimentary registration is now open for this dynamic virtual conference providing updates and insights regarding the current state of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) implementation, ongoing and emerging issues, and related developments. As with our previous TSCA anniversary events, a stellar faculty of speakers from government, non-governmental organizations, industry,...
June 16, 2025
NSCEB Roadshow Highlights Biotechnology Across America
The National Security Commission on Emerging Biotechnology (NSCEB) is holding a roadshow to highlight biotechnology across America, including the companies, academic institutions, industry alliances, workforce development programs, and policy initiatives that are driving the future for this rapidly growing industry. Commissioners intend to continue learning about the work being done while engaging on the key findings and recommendations from NSCEB’s recent report to Congress. The first event...
On May 27, 2025, the U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) issued a request for information (RFI) to gather information to identify and assess critical applications for DOD and the defense industrial base (DIB) that necessitate the use of existing chemicals undergoing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 6 risk evaluation process. The RFI states that it will help the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Energy,...
The Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) issued a proposed rule on June 4, 2025, that would regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in certain consumer products. Beginning January 1, 2027, the proposed rule would prohibit the intentional use of PFAS in: Apparel and accessories; Automotive washes; and Cleaning products. The proposed rule states that WDOE would presume the detection of total fluorine indicates the intentional addition of PFAS. Manufacturers would be able to rebut...
June 16, 2025
Loper Bright: Has the Demise of Chevron Deference Mattered?, July 15, 2025, 11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. (EDT), via webinar
Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®) is pleased to present “Loper Bright: Has the Demise of Chevron Deference Mattered?,” a complimentary webinar reviewing changes to Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) determinations in light of Loper Bright. The U.S. Supreme Court’s June 2024 decision in Loper Bright Enterprises v. Raimondo offered a new response to a long-standing question under administrative law: if an agency and a reviewing court’s interpretations of a federal statute...
June 13, 2025
Clearing Regulatory Roadblocks: How Smarter Implementation Can Help Supply Chain Modernization
On June 5, 2025, the Joint Economic Committee (JEC) of the U.S. Congress convened a hearing titled “Barriers to Supply Chain Modernization and Factor Productivity Enhancements.” Throughout the hearing, members and witnesses alike underscored the role of “regulatory friction” -- especially in the form of fragmented and unpredictable requirements -- as a key factor slowing investment in domestic manufacturing and threatening supply chain resilience. While the U.S. Environmental Protection...