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On March 1, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) signed its final “Accidental Release Prevention Requirements: Risk Management Programs Under the Clean Air Act; Safer Communities by Chemical Accident...more
PFAS — perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances — have been on the scene for years now, but we expect to see exponential growth in all things PFAS in 2024....more
In recent weeks, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft 2023 Environmental Justice Guidance Document (Guidance), a revision of the EPA’s “Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in...more
The EPA is seeking comments on a newly released, revised guidance document regarding the consideration of environmental justice (EJ) concerns in the rulemaking process. The guidance document updates a 2016 version and...more
In response to a petition filed under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”), EPA is adding 12 chemicals to the list of toxic chemicals subject to annual reporting under EPCRA and the Pollution...more
On December 5, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed a rule that would increase reporting for many per- and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) substances in the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) under Section...more
Key developments - The most recent article in Foley & Lardner’s Supply Chain Disruption Series provides an overview of current issues affecting the production and supply of lithium-ion batteries . Click here to subscribe...more
Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication version of a Proposed Rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation,...more
In what could portend significant risk to the regulated community, a recent “overfiling” by U.S. EPA in connection with a Clean Air Act (CAA) settlement between the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) and a...more
Preparation is key in surviving an EPA or state environmental agency inspection. Your facility may have advance warning that the inspector will be visiting, so the disruption caused by the inspection can be minimized, but...more
On September 8, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15, which includes a suite of actions designed to address wastewater pollution under the Clean Water Act....more
As we reported at the beginning of the year, President Biden has been making environmental justice one of his priorities since long before he took office. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently took...more
On Thursday, August 6, 2020 President Trump signed an Executive Order, mandating that certain drugs and medical supplies purchased by federal agencies, including the Department of Health and Human Services, Department of...more
In 2001, EPA promulgated the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for pulp and paper combustion sources. The rule addressed some, but not all, of the hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) these sources...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Akebono Brake Corporation (“ABC”) entered into a June 11th Expedited Settlement Agreement (“ESA”) addressing alleged violations of Section 112(r)(7) of the Clean...more
In early 2020, the Alabama Environmental Management Commission promulgated rules establishing procedures by which the Department of Environmental Management will regulate land application of eligible non-hazardous by-product...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule to add per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of chemicals required to be reported annually under the EPCRA Section...more
In these days of working from home and managing countless other demands on our time, we offer this post to help you decide whether to add the latest Clean Water Act (CWA) cases and rules to your must-see legal watch list....more
The Tennessee Air Pollution Control Board (“TACB”) issued a March 4th Technical Secretary’s Order and Assessment of Civil Penalty (“Order”) addressing an alleged air permit violation by State Industries, LLC (“State”). See...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and Sanco, Inc., (“Sanco”) entered into a February 5th Consent Agreement (“CA”) addressing alleged violations of the regulations the State of Georgia has adopted to...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) in a February 5th news release announced that the federal agency and Arkansas Department of Energy and Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) have entered into...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) recently announced publication of its final Navigable Waters Protection Rule to define "Waters of the United...more
In accordance with § 7321 of the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”) for Fiscal Year 2020 (P.L. 116-92), the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has added 160 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more
In furtherance of the PFAS Action Plan of 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is adding certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) to the list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under the Toxic...more
On January 23, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency and the United States Army Corps of Engineers (the “Agencies”) issued the “Navigable Waters Protection Rule” as the latest attempt to define the phrase “waters of the...more