October 1, 2006
Lynn L. Bergeson, “ABA SEER’S Review of Existing Laws and Nanotechnology,” Gradient Corporation EH&S Nano News, October 2006.
The American Bar Association (ABA) Section of Environment, Energy, and Resources (SEER) offered to brief representatives of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of General Counsel on legal and regulatory issues arising in connection with the application of existing statutory and regulatory authorities to engineered nanoscale materials. SEER prepared briefing documents on each statute, and a separate briefing document on innovative governance mechanisms. Each document...