• EPA cuts cost of resin NESHAP
  October 17, 2018 - In response to separate petitions for reconsideration from the Sierra Club and two affected companies, the EPA has amended its National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Manufacture of Amino/Phenolic Resins (APR).
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• 2nd Circuit denies all challenges to cooling water rule
  October 22, 2018 - The EPA’s promulgation of multiple rules since 2001 to protect aquatic species that get swept into (entrainment) and against (impingement) industrial cooling water intake structures (CWISs) has met with legal challenges from both environmental groups and industry. In the latest judicial action, a 2nd Circuit panel has denied requests to vacate many provisions in an Agency CWIS rule that primarily affects existing facilities (August 15, 2014, Federal Register (FR)).
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• Virginia court defines duty of care in asbestos case
  October 18, 2018 - In a case originating more than 75 years ago, a 4–3 majority of Virginia’s Supreme Court ruled that a company was liable in the death of an employee’s family member who was exposed to asbestos fibers carried by the employee on his clothing into his home.
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