Chemical Regulation Reporter® Index-Summary

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)

– Reauthorization hearing raises funding and high-risk rail route issues, 498

SAFETEA-LU

See Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU)

SAICM

See Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

Sampling

See generally Monitoring and measurement; Test methods and procedures

Saniphor No. 450

– Fraud, manufacturer agrees to pay FIFRA fine for allegedly making misleading statements about efficacy of product, 770

Schools

See Educational institutions

Science policy

– Animal testing, SACATM discusses EPA efforts to devise tests that do not use animals, 642
– Computational toxicology could help researchers and regulators but challenges remain to realize potential, NIOSH scientist tells workshop, 938
– Integrity in government decisionmaking, Pres. Obama signs memorandum to protect and promote good science, 260
– More funding needed to reinvigorate scientific research and development, Pres. Obama says, 439
– Outlook 2009, Special Report, 65
– Peer review, EPA developing policies to help determine impartiality of experts, 284
– Transparency best practice for putting good science into rulemaking, bipartisan panel recommends, 796

Sealants

See Adhesives

Sediment

– Diamond Alkali Superfund site, final EPA cleanup plan calls for mechanical dredging of sediment, 51
– Hudson River Superfund site, PCB removal project

See PCBs (1336-36-3)

Selenium (7782-49-2)

– Ed. Note: This heading covers both selenium and selenium compounds.
– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority substances, 589

Self-audits

See Environmental audits

Serbia

– Stockholm Convention, ratification of treaty, In Brief, 874

Ships and shipping

– Asbestos

– – Ship engine maker had no duty to warn about insulation made by others (Wash. Ct. App.), 769
– – Widow of mesothelioma victim did not put forth sufficient evidence of exposure during 4-month period of working on particular ship (N.D. Ohio), 359

– Leak-detection devices for oil-carrying single-hull vessels, Coast Guard cancels rule requiring installation, 36
– PCBs

– – Global Shipping and Global Marketing Sys. to pay TSCA penalties for towing contaminated cruise ship out of U.S. waters for recycling, 136
– – M/V Sanctuary, U.S. does not face CERCLA arranger liability for sale of former Navy hospital ship to drug rehab center (D. Md.), 493

– Tributyltin-based antifouling systems ban

See Legislation, federal, HR 3618

Short-chain chlorinated paraffins (85535-84-8)

– REACH, ECHA calls for public comments on decision to prioritize ban, 49; ECHA confirms forwarding of recommendation to ban, 567
– Risk management, EPA announces initial list of chemicals of concern, 970

Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) program

See also Ozone-depleting substances; specific chemical substances
– Nanotechnology, case for using TSCA for “existing” nanomaterials, Analysis and Perspective, 205

Significant new use rules (SNURs)

See also specific substances
– Updates, EPA issues rules for 23 chemicals, 671; EPA puts limits on 2 more chemicals, 696; EPA withdraws rules for 2 types of carbon nanotubes over adverse comment, 837; EPA issues direct final rules for 12 chemicals, 913; correction to page 913, 944

Siloxanes and silicones, di-Me, hydrogen-terminated (70900-21-9)

– Canada, federal environment and health agencies publish notice of intent to consider regulatory action, 704

Siloxanes and silicones, di-Me, reaction products with Me hydrogen siloxanes and 1,1,3,3-tetramethyldisiloxane (69430-47-3)

– Canada, federal environment and health agencies publish notice of intent to consider regulatory action, 704

Siloxanes and silicones, Me 3,3,3-trifluoropropyl, Me vinyl,hydroxy-terminated (68952-02-3)

– Canada, federal environment and health agencies publish notice of intent to consider regulatory action, 704

Silver (7440-22-4)

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority substances, 589
– Food safety, EPA to exempt food with certain residues of sanitizing solutions from pesticide requirement, 592
– Nanotechnology

– – Pesticides, EPA extends comment period on petition to regulate nanoparticles under FIFRA, 51
– – Risk managers can use traditional methods to assess risks from nanoscale materials, speakers tell workshop, 940

Small businesses

– Chemical preparations facilities NESHAP, EPA proposes limits for particulate matter containing toxic metals, 788; EPA to establish work practices and set emissions limits on some equipment, 1045
– CPSIA reform

See Legislation, federal, S 374

– Diacetyl, Small Business Advocacy Review Panel recommends OSHA exempt naturally occurring chemical from rule, 698; NIOSH begins work on criteria documents, 743
– Ethylene oxide, OSHA guide, In Brief, 778

Smelters

– Metales y Derivados abandoned plant, U.S. and Mexico complete first cleanup of Tijuana lead smelter site under Border 2012 program, 160

Smuggling

– Peas contaminated with pesticide residues, produce firm and owner plead guilty to alleged scheme to smuggle peas from Guatemala (S.D. Fla.), 32; sentencing, In Brief, 367

SNAP (Significant New Alternatives Policy) program

See Ozone-depleting substances; specific chemical substances

SNURs

See Significant new use rules (SNURs)

SO₂

See Sulfur dioxide (7446-09-5)

Soaps and detergents

– Denmark, testing regime inadequate to support classification and labeling of detergents, court rules, 460
– Phosphates, Wal-Mart to cut amount in dishwashing and laundry detergent products sold in foreign markets by 70 percent, 115
– Phosphorus

See Phosphorus (7723-14-0)

Soda lye

See Sodium hydroxide (1310-73-2)

Sodium (7440-23-5)

– Hazmat transport, prison sentence for amateur chemist for dumping waste from hydrogen fuel cell experiments upheld (9th Cir.), 344

Sodium dichromate (10588-01-9)

– Qarmat Ali water treatment plant, Dorgan (D-ND) denounces Army and KBR for response to exposure of soldiers during cleanup, 791

Sodium dodecyl sulfate (151-21-3)

– Food safety, EPA to exempt antimicrobial product from maximum residue level rule, 814

Sodium hydrate

See Sodium hydroxide (1310-73-2)

Sodium hydroxide (1310-73-2)

– High-fructose corn syrup could contain mercury from processing intermediates, study claims, 108

Sodium lauryl sulfate

See Sodium dodecyl sulfate (151-21-3)

Sodium 2-methoxy-5-nitrophenolate

See Sodium 5-nitroguaiacolate (67233-85-6)

Sodium N-methyldithiocarbamate

See Metam sodium (137-42-8)

Sodium 5-nitroguaiacolate (67233-85-6)

– European Comm'n authorizes use in pesticides marketed in EU, 200

Sodium o-nitrophenolate (824-39-5)

– European Comm'n authorizes use in pesticides marketed in EU, 200

Sodium p-nitrophenolate (824-78-2)

– European Comm'n authorizes use in pesticides marketed in EU, 200

Sodium tetrathiocarbonate (52345-74-1)

– Air pollution, environmental and public health groups challenge rules easing emissions limits on use (Cal. Super. Ct.), 572

Software

– Mobile Emergency Response Guidebook, Smartphone version, In Brief, 367
– PMNs, webinar on proposed electronic filing software, In Brief, 122

Soil contamination

– Herbicides, researchers find that mixture of iron and soybean oil can break down atrazine and cyanazine, 795
– Hexavalent chromium, PPG Indus. settles civil suit over contamination at 14 sites in 3 towns (N.J. Super. Ct.), 198
– Metales y Derivados abandoned plant, U.S. and Mexico complete first cleanup of Tijuana lead smelter site under Border 2012 program, 160
– Palos Verdes Shelf Superfund site, EPA to outline proposal to contain large undersea deposit of DDT and PCBs, 620; EPA announces plan to cap contaminated sediment, 998
– Research and development, certain bacteria can help fast-growing biofuel stock grow in polluted soil, DOE says, 119

Solid waste

– Rail transfer stations, STB interim rule clarifies regulatory authority over garbage sites near rail lines, 121

Solvent Blue 4 (6786-83-0)

– Canada proposes significant new activity notice requirements, 884

Solvent Blue 5 (1325-86-6)

– Canada proposes significant new activity notice requirements, 884

Solvent Orange 7

– Canada deems substance not to warrant further controls, 569

Solvent Red 1

– Canada deems substance not to warrant further controls, 569

Solvent Red 3

– Canada deems substance not to warrant further controls, 569

Solvent Red 23

– Canada deems substance not to warrant further controls, 569

Solvents

– Contaminated industrial wipes, EPA to seek public comment on revised risk analysis, 1021

Solvent Yellow 18

See 4-[(2,4-Dimethylphenyl)azo]-2,4-dihydro-5-methyl-2-phenyl-3H- pyrazol-3-one (6407-78-9)

South Africa

– Lead, health minister announces paint restrictions and label requirements, 894

South Carolina

– Invista to pay fine and to spend more than $500M to correct 680 environmental violations (D. Del.), 381

South Korea

– Stockholm Convention, environment agency announces draft amendment to toxics law to merge POPs rules into single piece of legislation, 591

Sovereign immunity

– TCE in Camp Lejeune drinking water, military family seeks discretionary function exception in personal injury suit (U.S., rev sought), 118; (rev den), 589

Spain

– Regulatory policy, Cabinet approves new rules for managing mining waste, fines for improper use of chemicals, and gas tax, 631

SPCC (spill prevention, control, and countermeasures)

See generally Oil spills

Special Reports

– Obama administration off to fast start in changing number of key environmental policies, 313
– Outlook 2009, 58
– Toxicologists view Birnbaum's role at NIEHS as opportunity to promote basic research, 476

Spill prevention, control, and countermeasures (SPCC)

See generally Oil spills

Spills

See Oil spills; Releases and spills

State and local government

– Regulatory policy, state legislators adopt resolution calling for changes to federal chemical policy, 772
– SMARxT Disposal Program, National Ass'n of Counties calls on pharmaceutical manufacturers to collect unused medicines, 790
– Toxic substances, focus of state chemical policies increasingly on product ingredient concerns, report finds, 719

State Department

– Jones as assistant secretary of state for oceans and international environmental and scientific affairs, Pres. Obama to announce nomination soon, 652; Jones pledges to build partnerships with foreign governments and private sector, 777

Statutes of limitations

– Ethylene dichloride, trial court erred in determining when property owner knew of contamination (8th Cir.), 676
– Resin-coated sand, 2-year limitation for wrongful death action trumps time requirement for product liability claims (Ind.), 10

Stockholm Convention

– Addition to list, parties to treaty endorse agreement to list 9 new chemicals in Annexes A and B, 486
– Endosulfan, expert panel agrees to advance work on possible worldwide ban on production and trade, 1031
– PFOS, China and India lead opposition to proposed restrictions, 467
– Review committee guidelines, draft pocket guide reviews, In Brief, 709
– Serbia ratification of treaty, In Brief, 874
– South Korea announces draft amendment to toxics law to merge POPs rules into single piece of legislation, 591
– U.S. ratification, Senate measure

See Legislation, federal, S 519

Stormwater

– Enbridge Energy agrees to settle charges of violating state water pollution, wetland protection, and stormwater control laws during pipeline construction (Wis. Cir. Ct.), 36

Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM)

– ICCM2 delegates invite scientific organizations to participate in global program, 524

Streptomyces erythreus antibiotic

See Erythromycin (114-07-8)

Streptomyces griseoviridis

– Pesticide registration, EPA opens review docket, 979

Strontium (7440-24-6)

– Drinking water, Contaminant Candidate List, EPA releases final list of 116 contaminants, 937

Styrene (100-42-5)

– Aerosol coatings NESHAP, EPA adds 128 chemicals to list of controlled volatile ozone-depleting substances, 641
– Proposition 65, Cal. proposes listing as carcinogen, 620; industry trade group seeks to block listing (Cal. Super. Ct.), 745; state's effort to list as carcinogen tentatively sidelined (Cal. Super. Ct.), 809

Styrene oxide (96-09-3)

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority carcinogens, 589

Substituted silyl methacrylate

– SNUR, EPA issues direct final rule, 913

Sulfur (7704-34-9)

– Drywall, homeowners and home builder file class action suit against firm that manufactured contaminated product in China (M.D. Fla.), 157
– European Comm'n publishes online database of active pesticide ingredients following 16-year review process, 282

Sulfur dioxide (7446-09-5)

– Air pollution

– – Du Pont and Lucite Intl. agree to pay civil penalties and to close Belle plant to resolve alleged CAA violations (S.D.W.Va.), 411
– – Medical waste incinerators, EPA final rule imposes tighter emissions limits, 920
– – Mosaic Fertilizer to pay fines and install and upgrade pollution control equipment under proposed consent decree (E.D. La.), 997
– – NAAQS, final draft report, In Brief, 798
– – Shell Oil agrees to settle CAA citizens' suit over “upset” emissions at Houston area plant (S.D. Tex.), 410
– – Sulfuric acid manufacturers to pay civil penalties and invest in pollution controls to lower emissions (N.D. Ohio), 45

– Drywall, homeowners and home builder file class action suit against firm that manufactured contaminated product in China (M.D. Fla.), 157

Sulfur hexafluoride (2551-62-4)

– Climate change, EPA proposed rule finds GHG emissions endangering public health and welfare, 377

Sulfur hydride

See Hydrogen sulfide (7783-06-4)

Sulfuric acid (7664-93-9)

– Air pollution

– – Du Pont and Lucite Intl. agree to pay civil penalties and to close Belle plant to resolve alleged CAA violations (S.D.W.Va.), 411
– – Mosaic Fertilizer to pay fines and install and upgrade pollution control equipment under proposed consent decree (E.D. La.), 997
– – Three manufacturers to pay civil penalties and invest in pollution controls to lower SO2 emissions (N.D. Ohio), 45

– Canada, Ontario government passes toxics control measure that identifies proposed priority carcinogens, 589
– TRI annual report for 2007 shows high releases, 275

Sulfuryl fluoride

– Ozone depleting-substances, potential substitute for methyl bromide actually potent GHG, researchers claim, 138
– Soil fumigant, coalition of environmental groups asks EPA to deny Dow AgroSciences experimental use permit application, 725

Superfund

– Asbestos, landlord seeks CERCLA liability for abandoned material left in place during sale of building (U.S., rev sought), 225
– Brown & Bryant agricultural chemical distribution site, arranger liability doctrine under CERCLA misapplied (U.S., rvs and rem), 460
– Commencement Bay Nearshore/Tideflats site, proposed consent decree calls for completion of habitat restoration project in Hylebos Waterway (W.D. Wash.), 458
– Consolidated Iron and Metal site, 18 companies and municipalities to pay EPA for cleanup costs at Newburgh site (S.D.N.Y.), 160
– Diamond Alkali site, final EPA cleanup plan calls for mechanical dredging of sediment, 51
– Double H site, property owners agree to clean up site near Grandview, Wash., 706
– Dow Chem. plant, Midland

See Dioxins

– Eagle Picher Carefree Battery site, bankrupt electronics manufacturer liable to EPA for over $9M in past and estimated future cleanup costs (6th Cir.), 412
– Hudson River site PCB removal project

See PCBs (1336-36-3)

– Landia Chem. site, EPA to receive $8.5M reimbursement for past and future cleanup and oversight efforts (M.D. Fla.), 890
– Libby vermiculite mining site

See Asbestos (1332-21-4)

– Palos Verdes Shelf site, EPA to outline proposal to contain large undersea deposit of DDT and PCBs, 620; EPA announces plan to cap contaminated sediment, 998
– PCB-laden former Navy hospital ship, U.S. does not face arranger liability for sale to drug rehab center (D. Md.), 493
– “Polluter pays” financing

– – Budget, FY2010 appropriations, White House proposal assumes reinstatement of tax, 236
– – House measures

See Legislation, federal, HR 562, HR 832

– – Senate measure, Lautenberg (D-NH) intends to introduce proposal soon, 236

– Remediation

– – Economic stimulus package funds available for cleanup research projects, NIEHS says, 390
– – Jackson wants faster rate of completing construction at sites, 222

– San Gabriel Valley site, Puente Valley Operable Unit, Northrup Grumman reaches settlement with EPA to clean up groundwater contamination, 861
– Santa Clara Valley Water Dist. costs to replenish water supply not recoverable as necessary response costs under CERCLA (N.D. Cal.), 862
– Toxicological profiles, ATSDR publishes final profiles for 7 hazardous substances, 132
– Witnesses and testimony, deposition of former EPA administrator Whitman barred (D.N.J.), In Brief, 162
– Woodland Dump sites, Rohm & Haas to pay state $1.4M to resolve natural resource damage claims (N.J. Super. Ct.), 491
– W.R. Grace site, court affirms injunction blocking N.J. suit seeking civil penalties while firm in bankruptcy proceedings (D. Del.), 303

Supreme Court, U.S.

– Agent Orange, government contractor defense, claims for damages against Dow dismissed (rev den), 221
– Asbestos

– – Bankruptcy, Manville settlement preserved by barring personal injury plaintiffs from suing insurance companies with alleged knowledge of hazards (oral arg), 331; (rvs and rem), 616
– – Landlord seeks CERCLA liability for abandoned material left in place during sale of building (rev sought), 225
– – Railroad worker's fear of cancer award dismissed over lack of proper jury instruction (rev and rem), 565

– Brown & Bryant agricultural chemical distribution Superfund site, arranger liability doctrine under CERCLA misapplied (rvs and rem), 460
– DBCP, Ivory Coast workers may maintain separate class action suits to avoid federal court jurisdiction (rev den), 1004
– Railroads, anti-preemption amendment to Federal Railroad Safety Act (rev den), 522
– Sotomayor selected to replace Souter, 548
– TCE in Camp Lejeune drinking water, military family seeks discretionary function exception to sovereign immunity in personal injury suit (rev sought), 118; (rev den), 589

Sustainable development

– Biotechnology, OECD report advises nations to increase investment in certain applications, 628
– European Union, Sustainable Use of Pesticides Directive, member state ministers formalize adoption of law, 945
– Green growth strategy, OECD ministers issue policy statement, 685
– Product stewardship, Wal-Mart effort to gather environmental impact data likely to ripple down supply chain, industry analysts say, 775
– Regulatory policy, book author urges government to take “realistic steps” toward achievement of sensible goals, 601

Sweden

– Mercury, government confirms ban on use in most products with certain exemptions, 92

Switzerland

– Biotechnology, government to extend moratorium on use of GMOs in agriculture by 3 more years, 678
– REACH, government proposes changes to federal rules on marketing and sale of chemical products to harmonize with EU requirements, 49