This is Queen Street Analytics' weekly digest of regulatory developments, legislative discussions and other government-related news concerning most types of manufacturing activities (except agricultural, automotive, aerospace, food, and pharmaceutical), e.g. textile and apparel, chemical, electronics, wood and paper, metals, plastics and rubber, packaging, and machining. Once a week, we break down the most important updates in this space in under five minutes.

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Dates: 2026-03-08 to 2026-03-14

📋 In This Week's Newsletter

• 🇺🇸 Federal Government News
• 📚 What We're Reading This Week

Federal Government News

EPA Issues Final Rule Updating Emission Standards for Large Municipal Waste Combustors

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized revisions to the new source performance standards (NSPS) and emission guidelines (EG) for large municipal waste combustors (MWCs) effective May 11, 2026. The rule responds to a voluntary remand of the prior standards and the required Clean Air Act five-year review, introducing new emission limits for pollutants including cadmium, lead, particulate matter, mercury, hydrogen chloride, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide. The amendments also remove startup, shutdown, and malfunction (SSM) exemptions, require electronic recordkeeping, adjust monitoring protocols, and create new subparts VVVV and WWWW in lieu of revising existing subparts. Existing facilities face new compliance deadlines under updated state and federal plans, with the EPA estimating $330 million in present-value compliance costs over the next two decades. The rule affects 152 units at 57 facilities nationwide.

Sources: www.federalregister.gov

Executive Order: Ensuring Truthful Advertising of Products Claiming to Be Made in America

President Donald J. Trump issued an executive order on March 13, 2026, directing the Federal Trade Commission to prioritize enforcement against inaccurate 'Made in America' claims. The order tasks FTC with considering regulations for online marketplaces to verify origin claims and encourages agencies overseeing labeling to promote voluntary labeling and provide consistent guidance. Federal procurement contracts must now include reviews of American-origin claims, with misrepresented products to be removed and violators referred to the Department of Justice. The directive must be implemented within existing law and does not create direct enforceable rights.

Sources: www.whitehouse.gov

Commerce Department Imposes Antidumping and Countervailing Duties on Certain Monomers and Oligomers from Taiwan

On March 11, 2026, the Department of Commerce issued antidumping and countervailing duty orders on certain monomers and oligomers from Taiwan after final affirmative injury determinations by the U.S. International Trade Commission. Cash deposit rates for major Taiwanese producers are set at 130.23% for dumping and 103.43% for subsidization, both imposed on an adverse facts available basis. These duties cover products such as multifunctional acrylate and methacrylate monomers, and acrylated epoxy-based oligomers. The orders apply to unliquidated entries since September and August 2025, with some periods excluded due to procedural requirements.

Sources: www.federalregister.gov

EPA Adds Gelman Sciences Inc. Site in Ann Arbor, Michigan, to National Priorities List

The Environmental Protection Agency finalized a rule on March 13, 2026, listing Gelman Sciences Inc. in Ann Arbor, Michigan, on the National Priorities List (NPL) under CERCLA. The NPL is used to identify locations for further federal evaluation and potential cleanup. The site qualified based on a Hazard Ranking System score of 28.50 or higher and will be assessed for required remedial activity. The rule takes effect April 13, 2026, and is not itself a determination of liability or guarantee of remediation.

Sources: www.federalregister.gov

EPA Posts Status Report on New Chemicals Under TSCA

The EPA published its quarterly status update on new chemical submissions under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) covering September 29 to December 31, 2025. The report details recent Premanufacture Notices (PMNs), Significant New Use Notices (SNUNs), Microbial Commercial Activity Notices (MCANs), amendments, test marketing exemptions, and notices of commencement of manufacture. The agency invites public comments on these submissions until April 9, 2026, and provides procedural guidance for comment and confidential business information.

Sources: www.federalregister.gov

What We're Reading This Week

• Exclusive | Australian Plastics Recycling Company Targets Critical Minerals: An Australian company shifts its plastics recycling technology toward recovery of critical minerals for manufacturing.
• Germany’s Industrial Rebound Stumbles as Orders, Production Fall: German manufacturing faces setbacks as industrial orders and production both registered declines.
• Company to cease production of toxic herbicide banned in more than 70 countries: A major manufacturer will halt production of a widely banned herbicide amid global regulatory pressure.
• Surging Energy Costs Put German Industry ‘Really in Danger’: German industrial firms cite high energy prices as a threat to continued domestic production.

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