TSCA
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Jenner & Block Webinar – What’s Over the Horizon: Emerging Contaminants of Concern
On Tuesday, November 14, 2017, from 12:30 – 1:30 PM CST. Jenner & Block Partner Steve Siros and Jaana Pietari, PH.D., P.E., Exponent, will present a free webinar titled “What’s Over the Horizon: Emerging Contaminants of Concern.” Continue reading
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EPA Publishes Proposed Rule on Reporting Requirements for the TSCA Mercury Inventory
On October 26, 2017, EPA published a proposed rule requiring manufacturers and importers of mercury and mercury-added products or any other person who intentionally uses mercury in a manufacturing process to provide EPA with both quantitative and qualitative information about the elemental mercury and mercury compounds involved in their activities. 82 FR 49564 (October 26,… Continue reading
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EPA Announces Smart Sectors Program to Ease Regulatory Burden on Industry
On September 26, 2017, EPA announced its new Smart Sectors program, a program aimed at easing the regulatory burden on industry. Continue reading
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Third-Annual Environmental Attorney Reception at Jenner on Thursday 9/14
On Thursday, September 14th, from 5 pm to 7 pm, environmental attorneys and professionals will come together for a networking reception at Jenner & Block’s offices in Chicago. Complimentary food and drinks will be provided thanks to the event’s sponsors. Continue reading
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Renegotiation of NAFTA Includes Environmental Considerations
The Trump Administration signaled its plans to renegotiate the 1994 North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) by issuing the Summary of Objectives for the NAFTA Renegotiation this month. President Trump committed to renegotiate NAFTA in order to obtain more open, equitable, secure, and reciprocal market access with our two largest export markets in Canada and… Continue reading
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NEW EU REACH Importer Guidance
Yesterday, the European Chemical Agency (ECHA) released new REACH guidance for companies that import goods containing hazardous substances above a 0.1 percent by weight. While aimed at importer notifications, the guidance also addresses registration, notification and communication obligations under the REACH law related to substances in articles. Continue reading
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Jenner & Block Hosting Environmental Risk CLE Presentation with CBA and A&WMA
On Thursday, May 11th, from 12-1 pm, Jenner & Block will host a CLE presentation on Environmental Risk: Best Practices in Spotting, Evaluating, Quantifying and Reporting Risk. Continue reading
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Attorney-Client Privilege Does Not Protect Communications with Environmental Consultants
A recent case reminds us that not all communications between lawyers and environmental consultants are privileged despite best efforts to make them so. In Valley Forge Ins. V. Hartford Iron & Metal, Inc., the Northern District of Indiana ruled that the attorney-client privilege doesn’t protect a lawyer’s emails to environmental contractors when the communications concern… Continue reading
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Trump Administration: 2017 Insights
This week I published an article in the Chicago Daily Law Bulletin, Trump election puts environment into less than green state. In this article, I discuss my thoughts on environmental issues during the transition from the Obama Administration to the Trump Administration. Continue reading
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Gay Sigel, Steve Siros, and Allison Torrence Speak at March 7 CLE Program
Jenner & Block Partners Gay Sigel, Steve Siros, and Allison Torrence will speak at the upcoming program Environmental, Health, and Safety Issues in 2017: What to Expect From the Trump Administration, hosted by Jenner & Block’s Environmental, Workplace Health & Safety Practice Group on Tuesday, March 7 from 12:00 pm to 1:00 p.m. Continue reading