89 FR 15636
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration amended the Hazardous Materials Regulations to update, clarify, improve the safety of, or streamline various regulatory requirements.
89 FR 14646
EPA proposed to remove polytetrafluoroethylene from the current list of inert ingredients approved for use in food use and nonfood use pesticide products because it has been identified as a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substance that is no longer used in any registered pesticide product.
Lazy S Ranch Properties, LLC v. Valero Terminaling and Distribution Co.
The Tenth Circuit, 2-1, affirmed in part and reversed in part summary judgment for an oil and gas company in a lawsuit brought by a cattle ranch in Oklahoma. The ranch brought several tort claims, arguing the company's pipeline leaked and contaminated its property. A district court concluded the con...
89 FR 12961
EPA amended the 2018 final rule that established fees for the administration of TSCA.
89 FR 11829
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on a document that describes its draft approach for implementation of the EPA label program for low embodied carbon construction materials.
89 FR 10019
DOI announced the dates of tribal consultation meetings to gather information to revise procedures for conducting natural resource damage assessment and restoration for hazardous substance releases.
Center for Biological Diversity v. United States Environmental Protection Agency
A district court vacated three pesticide registrations issued by EPA in 2020 for "over-the-top" application of dicamba products manufactured by agrochemical companies. Environmental groups argued EPA violated FIFRA by unconditionally issuing "new use" registrations for over-the-top use of dicamba on...
Carson v. Monsanto
The Eleventh Circuit vacated a district court's conclusion that FIFRA expressly preempted a state failure-to-warn claim brought by a Georgia landowner against the manufacturer of the weedkiller Roundup. The landowner argued the weedkiller caused his cancer and sued the manufacturer for failing to wa...
Sonda v. West Virginia Oil and Gas Conservation Commission
The Fourth Circuit reversed a district court order abstaining from ruling on constitutional claims brought by mineral interest owners challenging amendments to West Virginia's oil and gas conservation law. Plaintiffs argued the amendments, which for the first time authorized "unitization of interest...