Lion News

09/02/2011

New Rules for Ozone?

The Obama administration placed themselves in a very interesting policy position on September 2, 2011 in announcing the withdrawal of the EPA’s proposed revisions to the National Ambient Air Quality Standard for ozone. Citing the current economic conditions, the president’s decision was made based on his desire to establish strong environmental protection regulations without...

08/31/2011

ECHA Identifies 20 Chemicals as Potential Substances of Very High Concern (SVHCs)

On August 29, 2011, the European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) published a notice proposing to add 20 new chemicals to the Candidate List under the Registration Evaluation of Authorization Chemical Substances (REACH) regulations. These substances are believed to meet the REACH criteria of Substances of Very High Concern (SVHC). Many were identified due to their suspected carcinogenicity. Some were identified as...

08/24/2011

Regulatory Review Plans

08/17/2011

TSCA Inventory Update Reporting Modifications; Chemical Data Reporting

08/11/2011

EPA Proposes Revisions to Tier II Reports

08/10/2011

The EPA’s Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

08/09/2011

Question of the Week: Hazardous Air Pollutants: Part 61 vs. Part 63

07/29/2011

President Announces Next Steps in Vehicle Fuel Economy

On July 29, 2011, President Obama announced the next stage in increasing fuel economy for vehicles sold in the U.S. According to the rule, the corporate average fuel economy rating will be bumped up to 54.5 miles per gallon by 2025. That’s a significant bump from the current 35.5 mpg that the manufacturers have to...

07/12/2011

Question of the Week: PCB Waste Management

Q. We are doing some building maintenance and have removed or replaced a number of our fluorescent lighting fixtures. As a result, we have an assortment of lighting ballasts. I know that polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are regulated under TSCA and not RCRA. Can I presume that our lighting ballasts contain less than 50 ppm PCBs? If not....

07/11/2011

The Spring 2011 Regulatory Agenda: EPA

On July 7, 2011, Federal regulatory agencies published their semiannual regulatory agendas and regulatory plans as required under the Regulatory Flexibility Act [5 U.S.C. 602]. The agenda is where agencies summarize all current or projected rulemakings and review existing regulations and completed actions. While the detailed agendas are no longer published in the Federal Register....