89 FR 27502
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration proposed to establish two new federal motor vehicle safety standards specifying performance requirements for all motor vehicles that use hydrogen as a fuel source.
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89 FR 17537
The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration and NRC jointly seek comments on issues concerning requirements in the International Atomic Energy Agency regulations for the safe transport of radioactive materials.
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 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.
Annual Supreme Court Review and Preview
The U.S. Supreme Court's October Term 2022 had major implications for environmental law, including its most significant Clean Water Act decision ever. Upcoming cases in October Term 2023 have the potential to be just as impactful. On September 25, 2023, the Environmental Law Institute hosted a panel of experts who provided an overview of key rulings and major take-aways from the Court’s prior term, and discussed cases that have been granted review or are likely to be considered by the justices in the upcoming term.
88 FR 77004
EPA revised regulations addressing preemption of state and local regulation of locomotives and engines used in locomotives.
88 FR 73841
EPA announced the availability of three near-term strategies the Agency is taking to further implement its obligations and commitments under the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to screen for and protect against endocrine disrupting effects in humans, and seeks additional endocrine data on two groups of active ingredients currently undergoing registration review.
88 FR 73549
The Federal Trade Commission seeks comment on the overall costs, benefits, necessity, and regulatory and economic impact of its labeling requirements for alternative fuels and alternative fueled vehicles.
88 FR 67870
FEMA proposed to amend its regulations to implement the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard and update the agency's eight-step decisionmaking process for floodplain reviews.
The Business of Sustainability
This Comment argues that what is needed to make sustainability work for business is a National Business Sustainability Council that would develop and promulgate sustainability criteria, be able to evaluate whether specific small businesses are meeting those criteria, and be able to “certify” that a small business is, in fact, meeting these criteria, and is therefore “sustainable.” It asserts the Council’s criteria and evaluation methodology should be both rigorous and transparent, such that when the Council awards a sustainability certification to a business, the federal and state governmen