TSCA and Water
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Happy Earth Day – 2014
In 2010, Jenner & Block’s Environmental and Workplace Health and Safety Law Practice launched its Corporate Environmental Lawyer blog. We hope that you have found our updates and insights on critical environmental, health & safety developments to be helpful and informative. Now, on the occasion of our 500th blog, and as Jenner & Block celebrates… Continue reading
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Environmental & Energy Cert. Petition Watch
As part of the “Environmental & Energy Cert. Petition Watch” project, in the past two weeks, the following EHS-related petitions have been filed, denied, or granted. For a full list of EHS-related cert. petitions submitted from August 2013 through the present (as of Apr. 13, 2014), click here. Continue reading
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Federal Railroad Administration to Issue Proposed Rule on Minimum Train Crew Size
The U.S. Department of Transportation’s Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) announced this week its intention to issue a proposed rule requiring two-person train crews on crude oil trains and establishing minimum crew size standards for most main line freight and passenger rail operations. The FRA also intends to advance a rulemaking on train securement and recommends… Continue reading
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IICLE Releases New Environmental Law Publication
The Illinois Institute for Continuing Legal Education (IICLE) has released a new publication titled Environmental Law in Illinois Corporate and Real Estate Transactions 2014 Edition. Continue reading
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Certain Pesticides Fail New U.S. EPA Screening Guide for Volatilization Risks
On March 26, 2014, U.S. EPA released its draft “Human Health Bystander Screening Level Analysis: Volatilization Risks of Conventional Pesticides”. This screening analysis is intended to provide a mechanism for evaluating exposure risks as a result of the volatilization of conventional pesticide products. Earlier in the year, U.S. EPA had released a similar draft guidancethat… Continue reading
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Environmental & Energy Cert. Petition Watch
As part of the “Environmental & Energy Cert. Petition Watch” project, in the past week, the following EHS-related petitions have been filed, denied, or granted. Continue reading
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Will The Senate Retroactively Extend Expired Tax Credits For Renewable Fuels?
On March 24, 2014, several renewable fuel industry groups wrote a letter to U.S. Senate Finance Committee Chairman Ron Wyden and ranking member Orrin Hatch. These groups are asking the Senate Finance Committee to retroactively extend for multiple years a number of expired alternative fuel credits as the Committee plans to determine tax extender legislation. Continue reading
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Environmental & Energy Cert. Petition Watch
As part of the “Environmental & Energy Cert. Petition Watch” project, in the past week, the following EHS-related petitions have been filed, denied, or granted. Continue reading
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UN Celebrates World Water Day
World Water Day 2014 will be celebrated around the world today and is about what you will do this year and beyond to promote sustainable practices in the realm of water and energy. Continue reading
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World Economic Forum: Water Crises Are Top Ten Global Concern
Earlier this year, the World Economic Forum met and identified the ten global risks of highest concern in 2014. Continue reading