Aug 29, 2023 No Funny Business: USEPA and Army Corps Rule Revision Conforms to Supreme Court's Sackett Decision By David Crass Today, USEPA and the Army Corps released revisions to its 2023 "Waters of the United States" (WOTUs) rule to conform it to the United...
Aug 29, 2023 Down on the Farm with PFAS: DOD Notifies Additional Agricultural Operations -- Total Nearing 4,000 By David Crass Since 2021, the US Department of Defense (DOD) has notified nearly 4,000 agricultural operations of the potential for PFAS contamination...
Aug 23, 2023 USEPA's Updated Enforcement Initiatives Announced By David Crass ICYMI enjoying the beach or your favorite lake, every four years USEPA's Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) announces...
Aug 21, 2023 Initial Drinking Water PFAS Sampling Data in Wisconsin is Encouraging By David Crass Earlier this month, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources' Drinking Water and Groundwater Study Group held its quarterly meeting...
Aug 16, 2023 Yet Again: EPA Denies CAFO Rulemaking Petitions By David Crass Yesterday, August 15, 2023, USEPA denied two petitions for rulemaking, dating back to 2017, filed by activists seeking to significantly...
Jul 19, 2023 DOL Requests Input from ERISA Advisory Council on Pension Risk Transfers - Signals Majors Issues Under Consideration By Carrie Byrnes Recent retirement plan legislation mandated that the United States Department of Labor (DOL) review its nearly 30-year-old guidance on...
Jun 09, 2023 Is there a Doctor on the Farm? By David Crass Effective next week, and as reported in Dairy Herd Management, FDA's "Guidance for Industry #263" goes into effect. This will require...
Jun 05, 2023 Food Supply Continues to Test Safe for PFAS (Mostly!) By David Crass The United State Food & Drug Administration (FDA) recently released two additional data sets that show the domestic fresh and processed...
Apr 26, 2023 Manual Cleaning: The Chemical(s) and How You Clean Matter By Aaron Nodolf Manually cleaning floors is a tough job no matter what tools you have. In commercial settings, and especially clinical and hospital...
Mar 27, 2023 Wisconsin Food Businesses Are Under Fire. By Paul Benson Check out this client alert from my partner, Chuck Palmer, about the emphasis program launched by the Occupational Safety and Health...
Jan 19, 2023 Can you market your product as "sustainable" or "carbon neutral"? Ask the FTC. By Leah Ziemba The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has recently kicked off a comprehensive review of its "Guides for the Use of Environmental Marketing...
Aug 26, 2022 PFAS CERCLA Designation Hits a Snag By David Crass UPDATE: Since posting, USEPA released a prepublication version of the proposed listing rule. You can learn more about the proposed ruling...