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EPA Publishes ANPRM Regarding Lead Wheel Weights

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published on April 3, 2024, an advance notice of proposed rulemaking (ANPRM) regarding lead for wheel-balancing weights (lead wheel weights). 89 Fed. Reg. 22972. EPA requests...more

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EPA Seeks Comments on "Clean" Label for Construction Industry

Inflation Reduction Act pledged millions to label program intended to cut climate pollution linked to manufacturing of construction products and materials - The Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") is seeking public...more

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EPA Revises HFC Rule for Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Products

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On December 26, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an Interim final rule updating its October final rule restricting the use of some hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), a key substance used in refrigeration...more

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EPA Proposes TSCA Amendments to Improve Efficiency of New Chemical Review Process

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The proposal would also make per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") and certain persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemical substances ("PBTs") ineligible for exemptions available under the Toxic Substances Control...more

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EPA Seeks Comment on Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis on Proposed PFAS Reporting Rule

On November 25, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of and solicited comment on an Initial Regulatory Flexibility Analysis (IRFA) and Updated Economic Analysis following the...more

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EPA Hints at Critical Changes to TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule, Seeks Comment

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) June 2021 proposal of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reporting rule targeting manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) sparked a major outcry from...more

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EPA Proposes Updates to Air Toxics and Performance Standards For Lead Acid Battery Plants

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On Feb. 11, EPA proposed updates to both the National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) that apply to Lead Acid Battery (LAB) Manufacturing Area Sources (Subpart PPPPPP) and the New Source Performance...more

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EPA’s Position That HAP Listing of 1-Bromopropane Will Trigger Immediate Major Source Obligations Likely To Be Challenged as...

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On Jan. 5, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Final Rule in the Federal Register adding 1-bromopropane (“1-BP”) to the list of hazardous air pollutants (“HAPs”) under Section 112 of the Clean Air Act...more

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Federal PFAS Development: Preliminary Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has outlined additional steps that it plans to take to investigate and in some cases regulate the discharge of per- or polyfluoroalkyl compounds (“PFAS”) in certain...more

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EPA Will Not Enforce Key PIP (3:1) Rule Compliance Deadline Until 2022

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Updated September 17, 2021: EPA continues to extend a key compliance deadline for PIP (3:1). In a final rule effective September 17, 2021, EPA delayed enforcing compliance with the ban on processing and distributing PIP...more

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PFAS Update: EPA Proposes Reporting on the Last 10 Years of Manufacture or Import of Products Containing PFAS

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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

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TSCA’s Information Grab – Manufacturers and Importers Subject to Proposed Expansive Ten-Year “Look Back” PFAS Reporting...

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Did you manufacture or import a water repellant t-shirt or a nonstick cooking pan or high performance mountain wear in the past ten years? If so, you could be required to provide ten years of past data and details regarding...more

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EPA Proposes Retroactive PFAS Reporting

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On June 28, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a proposed rule that would require a one-time report from companies that manufactured or imported per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in any...more

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EPA Proposes New PFAS Requirements Under TSCA

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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

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Comments On Proposed Changes To TSCA Fees Rule Due February 25

On January 11, 2021, EPA published a proposed rule that would amend the 2018 Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) fees rule. 86 Fed. Reg. 1890. Under TSCA, EPA collects fees from chemical manufacturers and processors to help...more

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NDAttention – National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) Adds Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Chemicals to TRI

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Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 20, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) was signed into law, including provisions for adding certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the EPA’s...more

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PFAS Update: EPA Progress Under PFAS Action Plan

Earlier this year, we wrote about EPA’s PFAS Action Plan, the agency’s blueprint for addressing contamination and protecting public health from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). ...more

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EPA Begins Comment Period on Manufacturer Requests for Risk Evaluation of DIDP and DINP, and Identifies Additional Conditions of...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 16, 2019, that it has opened the public comment periods for manufacturer requests for the risk evaluations of two chemicals used in plastic production,...more

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PFAS Regulatory Update

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As in previous postings, we discuss recent state regulatory initiatives aimed at addressing groundwater and drinking water contamination by per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"). PFAS are a group of synthetic chemicals...more

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First 40 Candidate Chemicals for Prioritization Under TSCA Announced

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EPA has taken another step in implementing the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). It has announced the first set of 20 candidate chemicals for possible designation as high-priority substances and the first (possibly only)...more

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EPA Bans Consumer Sales of Methylene Chloride Paint Removers, Seeks Comment on Program for Commercial Uses

On March 15, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a signed final rule that prohibits the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution of methylene chloride for consumer paint and...more

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Emissions Averaging/Proposed NESHAP for Clay Ceramics Manufacturing: National Association of Clean Air Agencies Comments

The National Association of Clean Air Agencies (“NACAA”) submitted October 4th comments to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) on its proposed National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants...more

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What's New In Washington - September 2018

Following a truncated August recess, the House and the Senate returned to Washington after Labor Day with a full plate of legislative items to address prior to the end of the fiscal year on September 30. That list includes...more

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Ozone Nonattainment in Wisconsin

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Just before the holiday break, U.S. EPA announced the potential return to “nonattainment ozone status” for a number of locations in the United States, including portions of eastern and southeastern Wisconsin. After achieving...more

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EPA Publishes Background Documents for Five PBT Chemicals, Hosting Webinar in Early September

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Persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic chemicals (PBTs) receive expedited attention under the amended Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released background documents for...more

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