In the June 10, 2011, issue of BNA Daily Environment Report, Lynn L. Bergeson supports the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) proposal to consider data call-in notices as an alternative to making nanoscale materials reportable under Section 6(a)(2) of the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA).
June 10, 2011
FDA Issues Draft Guidance on Nanotechnology: Agency Will Accept Public Comment for 60 Days
On June 9, 2011, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA or the Agency) posted on its home page a Draft Guidance on Considering Whether an FDA-Regulated Product Involves Application of Nanotechnology. The Agency states that this document is the first step in providing regulatory clarity about the use of nanomaterials in FDA-regulated products and other more product-specific guidance documents are likely to follow. Specifically, the Draft Guidance is "intended to help industry and others identify...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on June 9, 2011, a pre-publication copy of a forthcoming Federal Register notice describing several possible approaches for obtaining certain additional information on the composition of pesticide products. EPA focuses particularly on information about what nanoscale materials are present in registered pesticide products, and defines "nanoscale material" as "an active or inert ingredient and any component parts thereof intentionally...
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released on June 9, 2011, a pre-publication copy of a forthcoming Federal Register notice describing several possible approaches for obtaining certain additional information on the composition of pesticide products. EPA focuses particularly on information about what nanoscale materials are present in registered pesticide products, and defines “nanoscale material” as “an active or inert ingredient and any component parts thereof...
June 9, 2011
White House ETIPC Releases Policy Principles Concerning Regulation and Oversight of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials
On June 9, 2011, the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) announced that the White House Emerging Technologies Interagency Policy Coordination Committee (ETIPC) has developed a set of principles specific to the regulation and oversight of applications of nanotechnology. The principles are intended to guide the development and implementation of policies, as described in the title "U.S. Decision-making Concerning Regulation and Oversight of Nanotechnology and Nanomaterials" that occur at...
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 memorandum...
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 International...
June 6, 2011
Tappi Conference on Nanotechnology for Renewable Materials, June 6-8, 2011. Washington, D.C
Lynn L. Bergeson participated in a session on regulation, focusing on liability concerning the environment.
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 concentration rate...