The MTB will temporarily eliminate and reduce border taxes on a set of products that have been found through a transparent and rigorous process at the United States International Trade Commission not to be produced at all or in sufficient capacity in the United States. Read More…

On March 1, the U.S. Department of Transportation’s Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration (PHMSA) issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to adopt miscellaneous petitions and update certain regulatory requirements. This action responds to 18 petitions for rulemaking submitted by the regulated community between May 2018 and October 2020 requesting changes to a variety of provisions in the federal Hazardous Materials Regulations. Read More…

The U.S. EPA's final amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing (MCM) facilities establish inorganic HAP standards for process vessels, and are effective Feb. 22, 2024. Read More…

The U.S. Federal Trade Commission is seeking comments about the efficiency, costs, benefits, regulatory impact, consumer perception, etc., of its Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing Claims, to determine whether to retain, modify, or rescind the guides, related to several topic areas including sustainability, recyclability, and ozone related statements. Read More…

Last month, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration issued a revised Combustible Dust National Emphasis Program. The purpose of the revised emphasis program is to continue OSHA inspections of facilities that generate or handle combustible dusts likely to cause fire, flash fire, deflagration and explosion hazards. Read More…