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Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New Guidance Discharge of Pollutants

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Lagoon Requirements/Best Management Practices for Use/Disposal of Sewage Sludge: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Issues...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a February 2024 guidance document (“Guidance”) titled: Understanding Lagoon Requirements Under 40 C.F.R. Part 503: Best Management Practice for Use or...more

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PFAS Reporting Rules to Ring in the New Year

As we have previously reported, PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) are a class of substances coming under increasing regulatory scrutiny.  As manufacturers ring in the new year they should be aware of two new PFAS...more

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EPA's new Maui Functional Equivalence Guidance is guidance in name only as confusion continues to reign over the reach of the...

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Just before the Thanksgiving holiday EPA issued draft guidance regarding when a discharge of a “pollutant” to groundwater is the “functional equivalent” of a discharge to a Water of the United States requiring a NPDES permit...more

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EPA Continues its Journey Down the PFAS Road(map)

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On December 5, 2022, the U.S. EPA issued a memorandum entitled, Addressing PFAS Discharges in NPDES Permits and Through the Pretreatment Program and Monitoring Programs. The memorandum “provides EPA’s guidance to states and...more

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EPA Establishes New Health Advisories for PFAS

Earlier this month, EPA set new lifetime health advisories for four per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) – in some instances at levels lower than those that can be detected through laboratory testing. The new health...more

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EPA Sets Health Advisories for Drinking Water

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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken another step impacting the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. PFAS are a family of man-made, environmentally-persistent chemicals...more

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EPA Issues New Guidance on Limiting Exposure to PFAS in Drinking Water

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced new interim lifetime drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), as well as final health advisories for...more

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How Low Can You Go—U.S. EPA Attempts to Answer that Question With New PFAS Health Advisory Levels

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U.S. EPA issued its long anticipated interim updated drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) that replace previous U.S. EPA health advisories for these per-...more

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Whole Effluent Toxicity/Clean Water Act: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency...

The United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (“Ninth Circuit”) addressed in an August 5th Opinion a judicial challenge to nonbinding guidance that had been issued by the United States Environmental Protection...more

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Regulation of PFAS in Wastewater Permits: Recent Guidance and Rulemaking Actions by EPA

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A recent rulemaking from EPA seeks the assistance of industry and the public in developing new effluent limitation guidelines to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in wastewater discharges from facilities...more

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EPA Issues Clean Water Act Guidance Regarding Discharges to Groundwater

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Section 402 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) prohibits the discharge of any pollutant from any point source to navigable waters (“Waters of the United States” or “WOTUS”) unless authorized by a permit (Section 402 NPDES Permits)....more

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Clean Water Act Section 401: U.S. Environmental Protection Issues Guidance for Federal Agencies, States and Authorized Tribes

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a June 7th guidance document titled: Clean Water Act Section 401 Guidance for Federal Agencies, States and Authorized Tribes (“Guidance”)...more

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Environmental Notes - October 2018

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EPA has announced a new compliance policy that some will view as providing welcome relief to industry and others may view as providing unwarranted concessions. The subject line of the EPA memo announcing the new policy is...more

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