Chemical Regulation Reporter® Index-Summary

Uld-bp-100

– Fatal home treatment incident, Or. pest control firm to pay fine to resolve 7 alleged violations of FIFRA, 437

Underground injection control

– Uranium, proposed mine on Navajo Nation land requires EPA permit (10th Cir.), 411

United Kingdom (UK)

– Nanotechnology

– – Occupational medicine report examines nanoparticles that may have asbestos-like effects, 111
– – Risk management, safety regulator unveils guidelines for carbon nanotubes, 255
– – SAFE-NANO initiative, review of global research efforts finds major data gaps hindering risk assessments, 379

– Pesticides, environment agency complied with EU Plant Protection Products Directive, court rules, 753

United Nations (UN)

– Mercury, more than 140 countries pledge to move ahead on legally binding treaty to control emissions and discharges, 169; agreement sets stage for establishment of intergovernmental negotiating committee, 195; Obama administration reverses position on supporting voluntary restrictions, 363; UNEP official says negotiations likely to be difficult without nonbinding provisions, 524
– Persistent organic pollutants

– – Long-range transboundary air pollution treaty

See Aarhus Protocol on Persistent Organic Pollutants

– – Phaseout treaty

See Stockholm Convention

– PIC treaty

See Rotterdam Convention

Uranium (7440-61-1)

– Drinking water, proposed mine on Navajo Nation land requires EPA underground injection permit (10th Cir.), 411

USDA

See Agriculture Department (USDA)

Used oil

– Global Envtl. Methods, EPA and La. state regulators order shutdown of New Iberia facility for permit violations, 159

Utilities

– Argentina, ombudsman accuses state-run utility of dumping raw sewage into Matanza-Riachuelo River, 231; ombudsman accuses government of failing to comply with cleanup orders, 305
– Asbestos, new criminal trial may proceed against San Diego Gas & Elec. for violating work practice standards (9th Cir.), 280; 2nd status conference scheduled in retrial (S.D. Cal.), 921
– Homeland security, EPA to implement antiterrorism standards for certain wastewater and drinking water systems, 946
– Water pollution, former superintendent of Binghamton drinking water filtration plant charged with knowing dumping into Susquehanna River (N.Y. Cnty. Ct.), 282