Environment

November ’24 at-a-glance … environment

Beginning Jan. 1, 2025, imported or domestically manufactured stand-alone retail food refrigeration units must use a refrigerant with a GWP […]


11.21.2024

October ’24 at-a-glance … environment

The U.S. Environment Protection Agency (EPA) proposes adding 16 individual PFAS and 15 PFAS categories representing over 100 individual PFAS, […]


10.23.2024

September ’24 at-a-glance … environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) issued a pre-publication final rule titled Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Management of Certain Hydrofluorocarbons and […]


09.24.2024

August ’24 at-a-glance … environment

Watch for false Notification of Violations that appear to be from the EPA. Companies nationwide report receiving letters or emails […]


08.22.2024

July ’24 at-a-glance … environment

Following numerous legal challenges, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) stayed its final rule requiring most publicly traded companies (and […]


07.25.2024

June ’24 at-a-glance … environment

Approved refrigerant substitutions for commercial ice machines, industrial refrigeration, retail food refrigeration systems, commercial ice machines and stand-alone retail refrigeration […]


06.27.2024

May ’24 at-a-glance … environment

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) new Strategic Civil-Criminal Enforcement Policy could more consistently determine when the agency pursues criminal […]


05.23.2024

April ’24 at-a-glance … environment

EPA released long-awaited and controversial drinking water standards for specific PFAS substances. The standards establish maximum contaminant levels (MCL) of […]


04.25.2024

March ’24 at-a-glance … environment

The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a final rule requiring most publicly traded companies (and potentially those with public […]


03.28.2024

February ’24 at-a-glance … environment

Hawaii HB 1986 seeks to prohibit the sale of numerous items, including “foodservice wares,” with intentionally added PFAS, as of […]


02.22.2024