Chemical Engineering Trends, Intellectual Property Litigation, & Industry Predictions – IMS Insights Podcast Episode 50
What to Expect in Chemicals Policy and Regulation and on Capitol Hill in 2023
On November 29, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost and Governor Mark DeWine announced a proposed $110 million settlement with Du Pont De Nemours and Co. and The Chemours Company over alleged chemical contamination from...more
Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations and clean up at properties that had already been...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) issued a January 2023 document titled: Guidance for Developing a State Contaminants of Emerging Concern Program (“Guidance”)...more
The Illinois Pollution Control Board is currently considering proposed amendments to the Illinois Part 620 groundwater regulations that would establish the first enforceable PFAS standards under Illinois law. The rulemaking...more
During the first half of 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continued to make progress on the actions outlined in its per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Strategic Roadmap, which contains a schedule...more
The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) released new proposed groundwater quality standards for five per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). If formally adopted, the proposed regulations would establish the...more
Early Stakeholder Outreach – Review 2021 Rules: Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (OEPA), Division of Environmental Response and Revitalization (DERR), is seeking early stakeholder input on amendments to the Hazardous...more
A growing number of lawsuits and regulations are targeting PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) and the companies manufacturing these chemicals....more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a January 27th Project Notification titled: EPA's Adherence to Pesticide Registration Risk Assessment Regulations,...more
Both Congress and United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) are working to address what some call a “PFAS contamination crisis.” Enforcement actions and lawsuits have so far focused on the companies that have...more
Results from the first phase of sampling drinking water supply wells for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were recently published by the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) and show...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted June 10th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (‘EPA”) addressing the: Draft Interim Recommendations...more
Concerns about the human health and environmental impacts of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances – known as “PFAS” – are increasingly in the headlines and trending on a practically daily basis. Click here for the basics...more
In a divisive political climate, one issue many Republicans and Democrats seem to agree upon is the need to take action on per- and poly-fluorinated chemical compounds (“PFAs”). These chemicals include, but are not limited...more
The New Mexico Environment Department (“NMED”) announced in a December 4th news release that it issued a Notice of Violation (“NOV”) to the United States Air Force (“Air Force”) regarding PFAS and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Substances...more
The United States Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Subcommittee (“Subcommittee”) held a September 26th hearing titled: The Federal Role in the Toxic PFAS Chemical Crisis...more
On June 19, 2018, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup (BWSC) issued its Interim Guidance on Sampling and Analysis for PFAS at Disposal Sites Regulated under the...more
Most companies know that the environmental impacts of their operations are regulated by the federal government (primarily the US Environmental Protection Agency) and various state governments (in Oregon, primarily the Oregon...more
The final answer to the critical issue raised by the recent Peterborough Oil Company decision is that MTBE is an additive and is not, in MassDEP’s view, subject to the “oil exemption” under the Massachusetts Contingency Plan....more
California's Proposition 65 is notorious for its duty-to-warn requirement, which states that a business must give a clear and reasonable warning prior to exposing people to certain levels of any listed chemical. The warning...more
MassDEP issued a fact sheet in June identifying special considerations for responding to releases of 1,4-dioxane (“dioxane”), which was primarily used as a stabilizer and corrosion inhibitor as an additive to chlorinated...more
In a busy day for vapor intrusion, last week the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency made several announcements about vapor intrusion. First, it announced it had submitted a draft rule to the White House OMB seeking to...more
Over the last few years, there has been increasing consideration of vapor intrusion in groundwater investigations, groundwater remedy selection, periodic reviews of the continued safety of already implemented groundwater...more