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In response to concerns expressed by diverse stakeholders over the final draft of its Safer Consumer Product Alternatives (SCPA) regulations, the California Environmental Protection Agency (CalEPA) has delayed implementation of the regulations, which focus on chemicals and chemical ingredients in consumer products. The net effect of this recent development on the regulation of chemical substances in consumer products in California is uncertain. This column discusses the recent change in plans...

On December 21, 2010, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) issued a much anticipated data call-in (DCI) for information regarding analytical test methods, and other relevant information, from manufacturers of nano silver, nano zero valent iron, nano titanium dioxide, nano zinc oxide, nano cerium oxide, and quantum dots....

B&C Consortia Management, L.L.C. (BCCM) is working with BASF Corporation (BASF) to create a consortium to provide the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (CDTSC) information on analytical methods that could be used to measure certain nanoscale materials in air, surface water, and soil.  The collaborative project will involve adapting known methods used to measure these substances in other media to the analysis of environmental media.  The term of the consortium will be at...

The January 11, 2011, issue of Law 360 includes a guess column by Lynn L. Bergeson, James V. Aidala, and Charles M. Auer regarding the effect the election results will have on the operations of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Protection (OCSPP)....

The January 3/10, 2011, issue of Chemical Week quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the regulatory outlook for chemical producers in the 112th Congress....

On January 7, 2011, the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) announced that it will hold two live web conferences on the publicly available consumer product safety information database. During the first web conference, scheduled for January 11, 2011, CPSC will demonstrate key functions of the database, such as how a consumer will be able to use the new online reporting form to submit a report of harm related to the use of a consumer product...

The January 7, 2011, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News quotes Lynn L. Bergeson regarding the possibility of litigation concerning the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) application of significant new use rules (SNUR) to nanomaterials, as well as EPA’s process for adding chemicals to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) list of chemicals of concern....

In the January 7, 2011, issue of Pesticide & Toxic Chemical News, Lynn L. Bergeson states that stakeholders should expect “more aggressive oversight of all EPA programs, pesticides included....

On December 17, 2010, ETC Group published a report entitled The Big Downturn?  Nanogeopolitics, which updates its 2005 nanogeopolitics survey. According to ETC Group, since 2005, policymakers have begun to acknowledge that fast-tracking nanotechnology has come at a price and that some sort of regulation is necessary to address at least some of the risks posed.  ETC Group states, though, that “governments and industry, hand in hand, have come too far and invested too much to give...

The January 7, 2011, issue of Inside EPA references Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.‘s January 3, 2011, memorandum regarding its 2011 predictions for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) and Endangered Species Act (ESA) consultations....