This Week in Congress
Both the House and Senate have adjourned until after the November elections. Read more... |
Canada Pledges Tougher Vehicle Emissions Standards
Last week at the United Nations Climate Summit in New York, Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced plans to introduce new regulations that will reduce vehicle emissions from Canadian cars and trucks, and align the government’s pollution standards with the much stricter U.S. standards by 2025. The Canadian government will unveil greenhouse gas emissions standards that apply to passenger cars and light-duty trucks beginning with model year 2017, and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2018 and later. The standard will then increase in stringency until model year 2025, when the standard matches the U.S. Tier 3 standards for motor vehicle emissions. Read more... |
Canada to Propose Restrictions on Use of HFC Refrigerants
Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced during Canada's National Statement at the United Nations Climate Summit that Canada will publish a Notice of Intent to regulate hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs). According to Aglukkaq’s statement, “Regulating HFCs will enable Canada to reduce and limit potent greenhouse gas emissions which, if left unregulated, are expected to increase substantially in the next 10 to 15 years.” Read more... |
California Releases Draft Three-Year Work Plan for Safer Consumer Products Law
On Sept. 23, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) released the draft work plan that identified the initial product categories from which priority products will be selected for implementing the California Safer Consumer Products (SCP) law over the next three years. Since DTSC broadly defined the product categories, it is possible that some auto care industry products could be subject to the first round of SCP requirements. Read more... |
National Association of Manufacturers Release Report on Infrastructure Needs
The National Association of Manufacturers (NAM) released a report on Sept. 23 titled, “Catching Up: Greater Focus Needed to Achieve a More Competitive Infrastructure.” The report documents the history of infrastructure investments and reveals “steep declines of investment over the past decade.” NAM commissioned Inforum at the University of Maryland to conduct the study. Read more... |
Toxic Substance Control Act Reform Likely Not Happening in 2014
On Sept. 18, Senator Barbara Boxer, D-Calif., released a confidential working draft of Chemical Safety Improvement Act (CSIA) without the consultation or approval of Senators David Vitter, R-La. and Tom Udall, D-N.M., both of whom had worked together to develop the working draft. The Boxer releases to the media lead to barbs thrown in the press between Sens. Vitter and Boxer, as well as disappointment in the business community that had worked so hard to help Vitter and Udall create a reasonable bill that would reform the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reform bill. Read more... |
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