The Society for Chemical Hazard Communication Annual Meeting features an esteemed slate of speakers and subject matter experts presenting during general sessions and professional development courses. Richard E. Engler, Ph.D., Director of Chemistry, B&C, will present the “Navigating the Premanufacture Notice (PMN) Process Under Amended TSCA” workshop on Monday, September 23, 2024. Karin F. Baron, MSPH, Director of Hazard Communication and International Registration Strategy,...
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December 6, 2019
Iowa Governor Demonstrates Further Support For The Biofuels Industry
By Lynn L. Bergeson On December 3, 2019, Governor of Iowa, Kim Reynolds, signed an Executive Order that requires all new contracts for the purchase of state vehicles with diesel engines to have written support from the manufacturer to use B20 biodiesel (a mix of 20 percent biodiesel and 80 percent petroleum-based diesel) or more. The Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) started using biodiesel blends in 1994. B20 is used for most of the year...
August 22, 2018
NNI Publishes Supplement to President’s 2019 Budget Request
The National Nanotechnology Initiative (NNI) has published The National Nanotechnology Initiative Supplement to the President’s 2019 Budget. The August 2018 document not only supplements the President’s budget request for fiscal year 2019, but also serves as NNI’s annual report and addresses the requirement for Department of Defense (DOD) reporting on its nanotechnology investments. President Trump requests nearly $1.4 billion for NNI, “a continued investment in...
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s (DOT) Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) on June 6, 2018, announced two public meetings related to the harmonization of transportation and hazard communication standards with international standards. 83 Fed. Reg. 26338. The first meeting — led by PHMSA — will solicit public input on current proposals and items for inclusion in the agenda of the 53rd session of the United Nations Sub-Committee of Experts...
On February 18, 2016, at the Advanced Bioeconomy Leadership Conference 2016 (ABLC2016), Dr. Catherine Woteki, Chief Scientist and Undersecretary for Research, Education, and Economics at the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), announced the release of the Federal Activities Report on the Bioeconomy. The report was created to share current federal agency activities that help to develop and support the bioeconomy. The report first introduces the importance of fostering the bioeconomy and...