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EPA’s PFAS Enforcement Discretion and Settlement Policy Under CERCLA

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On April 17, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), and their salts and structural isomers as hazardous...more

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EPA Finalizes First National Drinking Water Standards for PFAS

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") on April 10, 2024 issued the first-ever federal regulatory limits on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. The EPA's PFAS drinking water...more

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Toxic Release Inventory/Community Right-to-Know: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Releases Annual National Report

The United States Environmental Protection Agency has released its Annual Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis (“Analysis”). The TRI is a publicly available database prepared and published by EPA annually....more

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EPA Test Methods 1633 and 1621 Shape Future of PFAS Management

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized Test Methods 1633 and 1621, environmental sampling methods for analyzing up to 40 target per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in soil, groundwater, and other...more

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US EPA Issues Final Rule on PFAS Relating to Community Right-to-Know and Pollution Prevention Acts

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On October 18, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention submitted a final rule for publication in the Federal Register, amending 40 CFR Part 372, involving reporting...more

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Update: EPA Finalizes Rule to Eliminate TRI Reporting Exemption for PFAS

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As forecast in our December 2022 client alert, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a pre-publication version of its final rule that eliminates the use of the de minimis exemption for reporting of per- and...more

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EPA Publishes Comprehensive PFAS Reporting Rule Under TSCA

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a far-reaching and enormously important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023, requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured...more

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Latest TRI Data Show Modest Increase in PFAS Reporting

Last week, EPA released the Agency’s 2021 Toxic Release Inventory (“TRI”) Analysis showing that only 44 facilities submitted 89 forms on their per- and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) releases and waste management, a marginal...more

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Expect New Standards for Landfills, Industrial Sites as EPA Tackles PFAS Discharge in Water

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued the Effluent Guidelines Program Plan 15 to address the widespread “forever chemicals,” known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), found in water, air,...more

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Environmental Justice Update: EPA Announces $100 Million in EJ Grants to Local Groups and Issues Guidance Outlining Potential...

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“Environmental justice” (EJ) continues as the primary leitmotif of Biden Administration environmental policy in the first weeks of 2023. Below, we unpack two recently announced EJ efforts: a grant program for groups in...more

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PFAS and Your Business: Screening for Risk

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States across the country have been regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) over the last few years. Recent actions taken by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) underscores that point:...more

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Toxics Release Inventory: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Releases Annual National Analysis

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its 2020 Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) National Analysis (“Analysis”). The TRI is a publicly available database that is prepared and published by EPA...more

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EPA Adds Four PFAS to its Toxics Release Inventory List

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On January 24, EPA announced the addition of four types of PFAS to its Toxics Release Inventory list. The TRI “tracks the management of certain toxic chemicals that may pose a threat to human health and the environment.”...more

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Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments (2020-2021): May 20th Arkansas Environmental Federation...

I undertook an Arkansas Environmental Federation webinar held by the organization’s Land and Sustainability Committee on May 20th titled: Solid and Hazardous Waste/Recycling Administrative/Judicial Developments: 2020-2021...more

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Toxics Release Inventory/Community Right-to-Know: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Announces Plan to Address Environmental...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued an April 29th news release outlining a plan to “update the Toxics Release Inventory to advance Environmental Justice.” EPA states that it will be...more

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Regulators in the United States and Europe Move to Restrict PFAS in Products and Wastes

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The Background: In recent years, the scientific and regulatory communities have paid increasing attention to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS"), which have been common components for decades in consumer and...more

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Environmental Update, December 2020 #2

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

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EPCRA/America's Water Infrastructure Act: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Fact Sheet

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published a Fact Sheet titled: Amendments to the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act - America’s Water Infrastructure Act: A Guide for State...more

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Toxics Release Inventory/Community Right-To-Know: U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Final Rule Adopting 2017 North American...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a December 26th Federal Register notice adopting a final rule addressing Section 313 of the Emergency Plan and Community Right-To-Know Act (“EPCRA”) Toxics...more

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