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News Sep 13, 2018 ACC Applauds President Trump for Signing Miscellaneous Tariff Bill Into Law The President has affirmed his support for U.S. chemicals manufacturers that rely on select foreign inputs to retain our position as the world’s leading, low-cost producer of chemicals.
News Sep 11, 2018 ISDI and TRANSCAER® Debut New Seconds Count Video on Steel Drums We hope this information will help our nation’s first responders better understand the nature of these drums and how to handle them during an event.
News Sep 11, 2018 U.S. Chemical Industry Investment Linked to Shale Gas Reaches $200 Billion This is an exciting milestone for American chemistry and further evidence that shale gas is a powerful engine of manufacturing growth.
News Sep 06, 2018 ACC Statement Regarding House Hearing on Perfluorinated Chemicals in the Environment All Americans deserve access to drinking water that is clean, safe and free from unwanted contaminants.
News Sep 06, 2018 New ACC Report Projecting Potential Job and Economic Losses Caused By Chinese Retaliatory Tariffs Brings New Urgency to Ending U.S.-China Trade War It’s unavoidable that China’s tariffs on U.S. chemicals and plastics exports will result in reduced demand for those exports.
News Sep 05, 2018 ACC Applauds Passage of California Bill That Will Increase Recovery of Food Service Packaging ACC and our allies applaud the passage of this bill, which will increase the recovery of all food service packaging materials in California’s state agencies, facilities and property.
News Sep 05, 2018 CPI Announces Finalists for 2018 Polyurethane Innovation Award The Polyurethane Innovation Award provides opportunity to recognize visionary and ground-breaking achievements within our industry.
News Sep 04, 2018 ACC Statement on Nomination of Alexandra Dunn to EPA Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Dunn brings with her a wealth of experience—including in academia, with non-profit environmental groups and industry—which makes her a well-qualified candidate for this important position.
News Sep 04, 2018 ACC: Miscellaneous Tariff Bill an Opportunity for President Trump to Show Support for U.S. Manufacturing With this bipartisan legislation, Congress has sent a clear signal that select foreign inputs are critical to U.S. manufacturing competitiveness.
News Aug 21, 2018 International Summit to Promote Safe Handling of Hazardous Materials to Be Held in Texas The 3-day CHEMTREC International Hazmat Summit will be the premier destination to discuss the key topics of today and the trends of tomorrow.
News Aug 20, 2018 ACC: Tariffs on $16.4 Billion in Chemicals and Plastics Products on U.S. List 3 Could Have Irreparable Impact on U.S. Manufacturing Supply Chain Testifying on Section 301 tariffs for the second time, ACC called on policymakers today to remove all 1,505 chemicals and plastics products, valued at approximately $16.4 billion.
News Aug 16, 2018 ACC Files Comments on First 10 Problem Formulations for Risk Evaluation Under TSCA and on Systematic Review ACC commends EPA’s dedicated staff for their continued efforts to meet the requirements of the law.
News Aug 16, 2018 ACC Statement on EPA’s Strengthening Transparency in Regulatory Science Proposed Rule “EPA’s proposed rule is a major step toward enhancing the public’s understanding of the science used to support regulations issued by the agency and increasing public confidence in agency decisions."
News Aug 10, 2018 Connecticut Campaign Increases Awareness, Recycling of Plastic Film Packaging Next phase: buy recycled.
News Aug 03, 2018 ACC Statement on Safety Aspects of the EPA-NHTSA Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on Fuel Efficiency of 2021-2026 Passenger Cars and Light Trucks ACC Vice President Steve Russell issued the following statement.
