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  1. Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, October 2022

    Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.October 20, 2022

    onal Report On Human Exposure To Environmental Chemicals: On September 26, 2022, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announced that it added four tables for two chemicals reported for the first time and updated 94 data tables for 45 chemicals measured in urine specimens. The chemicals reported for the first time are two flame retardants, urinary 2-((isopropyl)phenyl)phenyl phosphate and urinary 4-((tert-butyl)phenyl)phenyl phosphate. The chemicals with updated data include phthalates and plasticizer metabolites; flame retardants; organophosphate insecticides: dialkyl phosphate metabolites; and tobacco alkaloids and metabolites.SBA Adopts NAICS 2022 For Size Standards: On September 29, 2022, the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA) issued a final rule amending its small business size regulations to incorporate the OMB’s North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) revision for 2022, identified as NAICS 2022, into its table of small business size standards. 87 Fed. Reg. 59240. The NAICS 2022 revision created 111 new industries by reclassifying, combining, or splitting 156 NAICS 2017 industries or their parts. SBA sates that its size standards for these 111 new industries under NAICS 2022 have resulted in an increase to the size standards for 22 industries and 29 parts of two industries under NAICS 2017, a decrease to size standards for seven industries and 53 parts of two industries, a change in the size standard measure from average annual receipts to number of employees for one industry, a change in the size standard measure from number of employees to average annual receipts for a part of one industry, and no change in size standards for 117 industries and 19 parts of seven industries. The rule is effective October 1, 2022.New Online Tools Provide Communities With Information On Environmental Enforcement And Compliance: EPA announced on October 3, 2022, two new online tools available to the public that provide additional information on environmental enf