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DOE requests input on regulatory agenda

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) published a Federal Register notice seeking information about how best to prioritize rulemakings for the […]


04.30.2020

ENERGY STAR® updates

ENERGY STAR Commercial Dishwashers Version 3.0 Limited Topic Proposal proposes the introduction of a wash-energy metric, amendments to the current […]


04.30.2020

NAFEM membership in SBLC advances voice of small business

More than 28 million small businesses make up 99.7% of all U.S. firms, according to the Small Business and Entrepreneurship Council. To […]


04.30.2020

Track federal and state developments

NAFEM’s legal team at Barnes &Thornburg launched a COVID-19 Tracker for checking the latest government and agency developments. The Tracker […]


04.30.2020

Court rules against HFCs as replacement for ozone-depleting substances

In an April 7 ruling on Mexichem Fluor v. EPA, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit restored […]


04.30.2020

Mexico requests more time to meet USMCA auto requirements

Citing the complexity of meeting new United States – Mexico – Canada Agreement (USMCA) requirements that cars manufactured in Mexico […]


04.30.2020

U.S. agencies postpone payments, temper regulations

The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has waived penalty payments from consent decrees until the end of May, according to […]


04.30.2020

Preparing your business for a post-pandemic world

The editors of the Harvard Business Review propose 5 P’s for companies rebounding from COVID-19 (position, plan, perspective, projects and preparedness) in […]


04.30.2020

Delaware introduces proposed HFC prohibitions

Delaware’s Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control has published proposed new HFCs regulation 1151, Prohibitions on Use of Certain […]


04.30.2020

CBP postpones payment of some import duties

U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has suspended the deadline for some duties, taxes and fees in response to the […]


04.30.2020