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NOVEMBER 29, 2021

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 23, 2021, legally mandated changes to the fee requirements under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA calculated the inflation rate by dividing the Producer Price Index (PPI) for September 2021 (348.8) By Richard E. Engler, Ph.D. , and Carla N. percent. .”

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Arnold Porter

JULY 13, 2021

On July 7, 2021, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed into law the Colorado Privacy Act (CPA or the Act), a far-reaching statute providing Colorado residents new rights to control the collection, use and disclosure of their personal information by businesses active in the state.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 22, 2021

The White House Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) recently issued a report to Congress on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) that outlines a variety of policy recommendations to bolster CCS projects in the US. Indeed, CEQ is in the midst of developing new NEPA regulations and guidance for consideration of climate impacts.

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Law Columbia

MAY 10, 2023

In 1976, in the National Petroleum Reserves Act (“Reserves Act”), Congress transferred authority over the NPR-A from the Secretary of the Navy to the Secretary of the Interior. The land covered by ConocoPhillips’ NPR-A leases falls into the second category. Statements by BLM suggest they do, however.

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Circle of Blue

MARCH 28, 2022

Last year Scottsdale authorities, concerned about the effects of the megadrought and the August 2021 federal Colorado River water shortage declaration, decided to protect the city’s 241,000 residents. Nabity and Simpson had waded into the complexity of Arizona law and regulation, and the rugged terrain of politics, to find a solution.

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Arnold Porter

SEPTEMBER 28, 2021

As we previously reported , President Biden issued an executive order on September 9, 2021 charting a path for implementing COVID-19 safeguards for government contractors (EO). FPASA broadly applies to executive agencies and legislative and judicial establishments other than Congress.[[N:40 Applicability. Vaccine Mandate v. N:40 U.S.C.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

A discussion of ESG disclosures, and what the industry may expect from these other financial regulators on ESG matters under the Biden-Harris Administration, will be the subject of an upcoming Advisory. * * * * *. Transition to a Sustainable Low-Carbon Economy , issued today, February 18, 2021. N: See also , The U.S.

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Environmental Progress

MARCH 11, 2021

Congress took questions relating to the security of America’s electricity supply seriously before more than a dozen states experienced energy shortages last month, but those events make this hearing all the more urgent. While energy sources across all categories failed in mid-February, they didn’t all fail equally. That was rebuffed.

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Legal Planet

OCTOBER 5, 2023

EPA is an effort by conservative states and fuel suppliers to block EPA regulations of greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. Ohio and some other states argue that the waiver unconstitutionally gives California more power to regulate than it gives them. EPA to overturn Obama’s Clean Power Plan.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 26, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant.

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Circle of Blue

JUNE 25, 2021

Nearly 89 percent of nine western states are in some form of drought, and more than a quarter of the region is considered in exceptional drought, the worst category in the U.S. Al Jazeera reports that although the funds were already approved by Congress, the Idaho Republican used procedures under a 2018 U.S. Drought Monitor.

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Arnold Porter

JULY 2, 2021

Just before the July 4 recess, legislators in the House and Senate put down two important markers for biomedical legislation expected to be in play for next year’s Food and Drug Administration (FDA) User Fee Amendments (UFA) discussions in Congress. The Verifying Accurate Leading-edge IVCT Development (VALID) Act of 2021 (H.R.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. PFAS Accountability Act of 2021 Would Create Federal Cause of Action for PFAS Exposure.

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Law Columbia

JUNE 8, 2021

The Court was not persuaded by arguments that exceptions to the general bar on appellate review of remand orders should be construed narrowly or that Congress would have expressly directed that appellate courts should review all aspects of remand orders had that been its intention. May 17, 2021). 19-1189 (U.S.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

Since the election, not a week has passed without news that ESG is an increasingly critical focus of the financial regulators, federal and state lawmakers, and investors. We also summarize the issue of climate-related disclosures from the perspective of the banking regulators. Last week may have been the most newsworthy yet.

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Law Columbia

AUGUST 4, 2021

July 15, 2021). July 1, 2021). July 19, 2021). July 16, 2021). On July 30, 2021, the district court (which previously determined that the revocation of the permit did not render the case moot) denied the developers’ motion to dismiss. State of Washington ex rel. Haskell v. Spokane County District Court , No.

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Circle of Blue

SEPTEMBER 16, 2022

Farm associations assert that because the price of phosphorus fertilizer rose from $480 a ton in December 2020 to about $826 a ton in November 2021, crop farmers are using less. . Regulation Begins. Congress rejected President Richard Nixon’s veto and enacted the Clean Water Act. Carl Ganter/ Circle of Blue. did just that.

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Brag

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment and Climate Change held a hearing on October 27, 2021, on “ TSCA and Public Health: Fulfilling the Promise of the Lautenberg Act.” ” The October 25, 2021, briefing memorandum notes that the Frank R.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 13, 2023

EPA , the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has regulated greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from motor vehicles under the Clean Air Act. In 2021 the Biden Administration reversed the Trump-era rollbacks and instituted the strictest-ever vehicle GHG emissions standards in a move aimed at preventing 3.1

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ESA

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

In this issue: Congress. Williams joined the Biden administration in January 2021 and is currently serving as the agency’s principal deputy director. Appropriations: Congress approved a measure to keep the government open through March 11. Congress has not passed appropriations bills since December 2020. Executive Branch.

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A Greener Life

APRIL 5, 2023

Horry County gained almost 100,000 people between 2010 and 2021. In 2021, researchers found that houses in flood zones around the United States are overvalued by $44 billion; a year later, the actuarial firm Milliman put that number at $520 billion. In response, real estate developers have been on a building tear.

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ESA

NOVEMBER 22, 2021

The bill repeals section 20001 of the 2017 Tax Act, which required the Bureau of Land Management to offer oil and gas lease sales in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and cancels the leases sold in January 2021. By Annie Snider, PoliticoPro, 11/18/2021. In this issue: Apply for the 2022 Katherine S. Applications are due Dec.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

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ESA

JUNE 14, 2021

Scientist Elected to Congress. The final bill includes just eight additional amendments, each of which added language to the bill but did not modify any of the initial provisions of the bill introduced by Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) in mid-May 2021. Executive Branch.

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Arnold Porter

AUGUST 6, 2021

In particular, the bill extends FY 2021 enacted levels through FY 2022 for federal transportation programs and reauthorizes various surface transportation programs for FY 2023-2026. N: See generally Senate Energy and Natural Resources, Business Meeting to Consider Pending Legislation , July 14, 2021 ( last visited July 31, 2021).]]

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Regulations Back On and Only the Beginning. In the final days of the Trump Administration, EPA issued final determinations to regulate PFOA and PFOS in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), a process the Agency started in 2018.

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ESA

APRIL 5, 2021

The plan requests that Congress fund wildfire protection and coastal resilience projects, support climate-smart agriculture and major land and water restoration projects like those in the Everglades and the Great Lakes. Senate Confirms Biden’s Pick for Deputy Secretary of Energy, Biden Establishes Environmental Justice Advisory Council.

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JANUARY 31, 2022

In this issue: Congress. 1260 ), which passed the full Senate during summer 2021. ESA endorsed the NSF for the Future Act in May 2021. The Biden administration announced this is it revisiting that decision in 2021. Executive Branch. Interior Department seeks nominations for the Invasive Species Advisory Council.

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ESA

JUNE 1, 2021

Even when Republicans controlled both the House and Senate in 2017 and 2018, Congress largely rejected these steep cuts. billion for the National Institute of Agriculture, including $700 million for the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative, which represents a $265 million increase over FY 2021 levels. billion increase over FY 2021.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On February 24, 2021 President Biden signed an Executive Order (EO) on America's Supply Chains as a step toward fulfilling the Biden campaign's promise to address US supply chain vulnerabilities exposed by the COVID-19 pandemic and subsequent national shortages of crucial resources, including medical supplies and semiconductors.

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Environmental Progress

FEBRUARY 2, 2024

‘In fact, the Supreme Court didn’t grant movies First Amendment protection until 1952, ruling in a 1915 case that movies could “be used for evil” and thus could have their content regulated.’ ‘The The Production Code was loosened in the 1950s and 1960s and was eventually abandoned, in favor of the MPAA film rating system in 1968.

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