All hazardous waste SQGs are required to re-notify EPA or their state environmental agency of their hazardous waste activities by September 1, 2025. — 2024-12-06

The 2016 Hazardous Waste Generator Improvements Rule finalized a requirement for all small quantity generators (SQGs) of hazardous waste to re-notify EPA of their hazardous waste activities every four years. The next re-notification is due September 1, 2025. [ full text ]

EPA Administrator Zeldin Celebrates First Month of Trump Administration Accomplishments — 2025-03-02

The newly announced Powering the Great American Comeback initiative consists of five pillars that will guide the EPA’s work over the first 100 days and beyond. [ full text ]

NIOSH Publishes 2024 List of Hazardous Drugs in Healthcare Settings — 2025-01-06

While the criteria for determining a hazardous drugs remains the same (carcinogenicity, developmental toxicity (including teratogenicity), reproductive toxicity, genotoxicity, organ toxicity at low doses, or a structure toxicity profile that mimics existing drugs determined to be hazardous, the tables have been reduced from three to two and the criteria for each table has therefore been revised. [ full text ]

Lee M. Zeldin Sworn in as 17th EPA Administrator — 2025-01-30

On January 29, 2025, Lee Zeldin was sworn in as the 17th Administrator of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. Administrator Zeldin will work closely with the dedicated career officials at the agency to fulfill the agency’s mission to protect human health and the environment. [ full text ]

EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin to Unleash American Greatness as Head of EPA — 2025-02-03

Administrator Zeldin is committed to maintaining and expanding the gold standard of environmental stewardship and conservation that President Trump set forth in his first administration while also prioritizing economic prosperity. [ full text ]