The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has announced it will again be extending the data submission period for the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) Section 8(a)(7) reporting requirement for per- and...more
5/14/2025
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On April 28, 2025, EPA Administrator Zeldin issued the Agency’s most comprehensive statement since Trump’s inauguration regarding how EPA plans to address PFAS compounds under a variety of ongoing regulatory programs (“EPA...more
5/5/2025
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Drinking Water ,
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Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
When evaluating legal risk relating to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), most businesses typically consider wastewater, groundwater, or soil impacts, not air emissions. However, state and federal regulatory...more
On April 8, 2025, the Governor of New Mexico, Lujan Grisham, signed HB 212 prohibiting certain PFAS substances in various consumer products. This bill (now enacted into law) establishes on specific product categories...more
Climate control technology is increasingly a focal part of modern society’s expectation to have sophisticated supply chains, particularly relating to perishable items such as pharmaceuticals, raw products, and food. ...more
2/4/2025
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
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Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) ,
Supply Chain ,
Sustainability
Companies subject to the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) Section 8(a)(7) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (“PFAS”)—also known as the “TSCA PFAS Reporting...more
9/6/2024
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Hazardous Substances ,
PFAS ,
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Third-Party ,
Time Extensions ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
On April 19, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that it is designating perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) as Hazardous Substances under the...more
4/29/2024
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Reporting Requirements ,
Site Remediation ,
Toxic Chemicals ,
Wastewater
In 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a final rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) which requires manufacturers, including importers, of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more
As expected, 2023 was an expansive year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) at the federal level. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took (or at least proposed)...more
2/8/2024
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Public Health ,
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Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
Water Supplies
On October 18, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a rule to modify the reporting requirements for PFAS under the Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) program. Specifically, the EPA is...more
On September 28, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a pre-publication rule for reporting and recordkeeping requirements regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the...more
10/6/2023
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Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA)
On June 8, 2023, Governor Mills executed LD 217 which extends the deadline for reporting products that are sold in Maine that contain intentionally added PFAS materials to January 1, 2025. The law also clarifies some of the...more
On July 1, 2023, eligible companies will need to submit their Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) annual reports. However, those reports may look a little different this year because companies will now have to consider, and in...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
As anticipated, 2021 was an eventful year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) at the federal level. BCLP has highlighted the key developments in this document, but this is not intended to be a...more
1/13/2022
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Consumer Product Companies ,
Department of Defense (DOD) ,
Discharge of Pollutants ,
Drinking Water ,
Environmental Policies ,
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) ,
Food and Drug Administration (FDA) ,
Hazardous Waste ,
Infrastructure ,
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NDAA ,
PFAS ,
RCRA ,
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Toxic Chemicals ,
Wastewater
On October 18, 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) unveiled its new plan to investigate and regulate PFAS compounds under a variety of federal environmental laws including the Comprehensive...more
10/28/2021
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Drinking Water ,
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Greenhouse Gas Emissions ,
Hazardous Substances ,
NPDES ,
PFAS ,
Regulatory Oversight ,
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Toxic Chemicals ,
Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) ,
Wastewater
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is proposing new reporting requirements for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (“PFAS”) that would require manufacturers, including importers, to report on their manufacture or...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has announced it is taking three actions with respect to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”): (1) proposing a rule that is...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
1/29/2020
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PFAS ,
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Waste Disposal