This one-day virtual conference is your best opportunity to gain a 360° view of recent and expected developments under TSCA in the US, and what these changes mean for you and your business. As the overhaul of Biden-era policies and initiatives continues, the agenda will deliver valuable insight and analysis on critical issues such as risk evaluation and management rules, TSCA fee rule and funding uncertainty, enforcement and legal challenges, and industry concerns. Hear invaluable stakeholder perspectives from industry, regulators and NGOs, as well as proposed next steps to help you develop proactive responses to ensure compliance. Throughout the conference, there will also be opportunities to participate in interactive Q&As at the end of each session.

A bill to direct Federal departments or agencies to implement certain definitions for the terms affordable, reliable, and clean energy. (Congressional Record: 17 October 2025 [House] Pages H4540-H4542)

This Energy Exchange recorded session explores how a typical laboratory is three to four times more energy intensive than an average commercial building and can account for up to 70% of a campus' energy footprint, making laboratories a key focal area for energy and carbon management strategies. Additionally, labs' primary functions require consistent availability of energy and water.

This presentation will discuss how Green Labs programs are formed and will suggest several opportunities for energy, water and waste reduction in labs. Green Lab Certification will also be addressed. This presentation is the first of two in a series.

Following up on Part I of this two–part series, this on–demand webinar will explore how to optimize laboratories through training and procurement. Part I spoke to the changes that can lead to more sustainable operations. Part II will address how training and smarter procurement choices can increase the impact of those changes in the laboratory. My Green Lab, in partnership with the Federal Energy Management Program and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory, has released a series of training videos around laboratory optimization. These videos cover energy, water, waste, and hazardous chemical use and may be used on their own or in conjunction with the Green Lab Certification program. My Green Lab has also recently launched an eco-label for laboratory products, called ACT. Created to provide information on the impact of laboratory products, the ACT label has been quietly revolutionizing the life science, industrial science, and healthcare industries.

The long-term success of low impact development practices and nature-based solutions relies not only on installation, but also on the ongoing viability and maintainability of planting designs. This webinar brings together experienced practitioners to discuss how thoughtful planting palettes, designed with maintenance in mind, can reduce long-term costs and improve BMP functionality. Panelists will share lessons learned from evaluating existing sites, implementing improvements, and closing the loop between design, maintenance, and monitoring. Whether you manage a public program or oversee site design, this session offers insights into program setup and building sustainable systems that perform on the ground and adapt over time.

This free webinar will offer valuable insights into regulatory compliance and innovative emergency management solutions, providing practical guidance and strategic tools to navigate today's challenging operational environment effectively. This webinar aims to clarify the intricate regulatory landscape, helping organizations stay compliant across key markets and helping protect people, assets, the environment, and your reputation. Additionally, as incidents involving hazardous materials, lithium-ion batteries, or plastic pellets require rapid, coordinated responses, the presentation will emphasize the digitalization of emergency management. Exploring web-based tools, the session will also demonstrate how to digitalize transport documents, response procedures, and facilitate shared situational awareness. These technologies enable better coordination, proactive planning, and swift activation of multiple stakeholder teams, ultimately strengthening your organization's resilience in an increasingly interconnected, digital landscape.

Efficiency programs seem to ignore the fact that the only reason why society uses energy in buildings is to condition people and generate domestic hot water. One would then think that all design ought to begin with the physiological and psychological needs of the occupants. However, in the real world most energy efficiency programs focus exclusively on enclosures and equipment and have superficial Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) requirements. The hope is that the assembled systems will deliver the desired indoor climate with the modeled energy. The flaws in this approach are demonstrated in the poor results from thousands of post occupancy evaluations. During this session, participants will learn the human sciences behind thermal comfort and air quality and how energy and exergy efficiency is the natural outcome from engineering the indoor environment using human factor design tools.

Every four years, America's civil engineers provide a comprehensive assessment of the nation's 18 major infrastructure categories in ASCE's Report Card for America's Infrastructure. Using a simple A to F school report card format, the Report Card examines current infrastructure conditions and needs, assigning grades and making recommendations to raise them. Learning objectives: 1) Overall performance and status of the nation's infrastructure; 2) Leading issues which affect the U.S. infrastructure network and main barriers to addressing these; 3) Solutions to address longstanding infrastructure needs and promote improvements; 4) How the report can help to inform key infrastructure stakeholders including Congress and federal agencies as well as private, and non-profit organizations.

This Energy Exchange recorded session* explores various energy modeling tools, technologies, and best practices. It discusses basic and advanced modeling techniques for existing buildings using popular tools such as building simulation software, spreadsheet analysis, and computational fluid dynamics. This session also demonstrates the pros and cons of different tools and models and how to apply best practices.

A bill to amend the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972 to protect the cultural practices and livelihoods of producers of Alaska Native handicrafts and marine mammal ivory products. [Congressional Record 6 October 2025 [House] Page H4522)

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a large and complex class of anthropogenic compounds whose prevalence in the environment are an emerging, worldwide priority in environmental and human health. The ITRC PFAS Team, formed in 2017, has prepared readily accessible materials to present PFAS information to stakeholders, regulators, and policy makers. The PFAS team represents a diverse cross-section of expertise and experience working on PFAS. This training will include emerging science on PFAS, including topics such as Properties of PFAS, Fate and Transport, Sampling and Analysis, and Treatment Technologies. The technical presentations will be focused on those who are relatively new to PFAS.

A bill to amend the Clean Air Act to prohibit the emission of any greenhouse gas in any quantity from any new electric utility steam generating unit (Congressional Record 18 September 2025 [House] Pages H4452-H4456)

Beavers are an ecologically and economically important species, providing habitat and clean water as they construct aquatic environments to suit their needs. However, those same behaviors can cause significant damage to timber and infrastructure. In this webinar, you'll learn a variety of situation-specific methods for protecting your property from beaver-related damage.

Join us this quarter for a comprehensive webinar focused on the essential math skills needed to accurately complete facility discharge monitoring reports (DMRs). This session will provide step-by-step guidance on translating lab reports and field measurements into DMR entries. To ensure a solid understanding of these concepts, we will work through a variety of wastewater problems live. Given the complexity of this topic, the webinar will be conducted in two parts.

Join us this quarter for a comprehensive webinar focused on the essential math skills needed to accurately complete facility discharge monitoring reports (DMRs). This session will provide step-by-step guidance on translating lab reports and field measurements into DMR entries. To ensure a solid understanding of these concepts, we will work through a variety of wastewater problems live. Given the complexity of this topic, the webinar will be conducted in two parts.

This memorandum is to provide guidance to Federal agencies as to their implementation of the NEPA. This memorandum includes an overview of NEPA, including a discussion of recent amendments to the statute and recent case law as relevant to agency implementation of NEPA. This memorandum also provides guidance for agencies to use when establishing or revising agency specific NEPA implementing procedures. As part of this guidance, CEQ has provided a template that agencies are encouraged to follow for such NEPA implementing procedures, attached as Appendix 1. This guidance and the associated template are intended to be used by agencies that routinely undertake, or anticipate undertaking, actions subject to NEPA.

A bill to amend the Federal Water Pollution Control Act to reauthorize Federal-State clean water program development and implementation authorities. (Congressional Record 17 September 2025 [House] Pages H4409-H4411)

The EPA is taking direct final action to extend the date for existing steam electric power plants to decide whether to submit a notice of planned participation (NOPP) for the permanent cessation of coal combustion subcategory in the 2024 Supplemental Steam Electric Reconsideration Rule ("2024 rule"). This rule is effective on 1 December 2025 without further notice, unless the EPA receives adverse comment by 3 November 2025. POC is Richard Benware, Engineering and Analysis Division Office of Water (Mail Code 4303T), EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; tele: 202-566-1369; email: benware.richard@epa.gov. (Federal Register 2 October 2025 [Rule] Pages 47617-47619)

The EPA is proposing a Clean Water Act (CWA) rule to extend deadlines, promulgated in the 2024 "Supplemental Effluent Limitations Guidelines and Standards for the Steam Electric Power Generating Point Source Category" (2024 rule), update the transfer provisions to allow facilities to switch between compliance alternatives, and create authority for an alternative applicability dates and paperwork submission dates, based on site-specific factors. The EPA is also seeking comment on several issues relevant to a separate, future rulemaking on the underlying standards. Comments must be received on or before 3 November 2025. POC is Richard Benware, Engineering and Analysis Division Office of Water (Mail Code 4303T), EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460; tele: 202-566-1369; email: benware.richard@epa.gov. (Federal Register 2 October 2025 [Rule] Pages 47693-47713)

(DRAFT) EPA is proposing changes to regulations promulgated under the Technology Transitions section of the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act of 2020, which authorizes the Administrator to restrict the use of particular hydrofluorocarbons in the sectors and subsectors in which they are used. This proposal addresses administrative petitions and other requests from companies and trade associations across a number of subsectors, including refrigerated transport--intermodal containers, industrial process refrigeration and chillers for industrial process refrigeration used in semiconductor manufacturing, retail food refrigeration systems for remote condensing units and supermarkets, cold storage warehouses, refrigerated laboratory centrifuges, laboratory shakers, and condensing units in residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pumps. This action proposes to allow previously manufactured and imported residential and light commercial air conditioning and heat pump equipment to continue to be installed. The Agency is also seeking advance comment on potential actions to address supply chain issues for a refrigerant blend. Comments must be received on or before November 17, 2025. POC is Joshua Silver, tele: (202) 564-2473; email: silver.joshua@epa.gov. (Federal Register 3 October 2025 [Proposed Rule] Pages 47999-48019)

A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos. (a href="https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/BILLS-119s2811is/pdf/BILLS-119s2811is.pdf" target="new"> (Congressional Record 16 September 2025 [Senate] Pages S6647-S6648)

A bill to amend the Toxic Substances Control Act to prohibit the manufacture, processing, use, and distribution in commerce of commercial asbestos and mixtures and articles containing commercial asbestos. (Congressional Record 16 September 2025 [House] Pages H4361-H4363)

Efficient Management of Construction and Demolition (C&D) debris can significantly reduce the vast waste streams generated by demolition waste. This webinar explored how C&D materials, like steel, asphalt, concrete, wood, brick, and drywall, can be diverted from disposal and repurposed into new productive uses, including fuels and manufactured products. Attendees learned practical strategies for source reduction, salvaging, and reusing C&D material to support efficient construction practices and minimize environmental impacts.

USFWS propose to revise regulations issued under section 4(e) of the ESA related to furthering the conservation of the following listed endangered species and threatened species: Pearl River map turtle (Graptemys pearlensis), bog turtle (Glyptemys muhlenbergii), Miami blue butterfly (Cyclargus thomasi bethunebakeri), Desert tortoise (Gopherus agassizii), Florida panther (Puma (=Felis) concolor coryi), and pallid sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus albus). They propose to amend or remove regulations concerning taking or commerce in the following 11 similarity of appearance species: Alabama map turtle (Graptemys pulchra), Barbour's map turtle (Graptemys barbouri), Escambia map turtle (Graptemys ernsti), Pascagoula map turtle (Graptemys gibbonsi), bog turtle, cassius blue butterfly (Leptotes cassius theonus), ceraunus blue butterfly (Hemiargus ceraunus antibubastus), nickerbean blue butterfly (Cyclargus ammon), desert tortoise, (Puma (=Felis) concolor (all subspecies except coryi)), and shovelnose sturgeon (Scaphirhynchus platorynchus). They are proposing these changes to eliminate unnecessary regulations. They will accept comments received or postmarked on or before 27 October 2025. POC is John Tirpak, USFWS, Division of Conservation and Classification; telephone 703-358-2163; john_tirpak@fws.gov. (Federal Register 26 September 2025 [Proposed Rule] Pages 46371-46379)