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PENNVEST Awards $28M of PFAS Funding, Bringing Total to $95M

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On January 22, 2025, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) announced funding awards totaling $288.2M for 39 drinking water, wastewater, and non-point source projects across 24 counties in...more

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Bipartisan PFAS Senate Legislation Drafted: United States Senators Carper and Capito Seek Stakeholder Comment

United States Senators Tom Carper (Delaware) and Shelley Moore Capito (West Virginia) released draft per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) legislation for stakeholder comment. Senator Carper and Senator Capito are...more

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A Year of Changes Under EPA's PFAS Strategic Roadmap

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On November 17, 2022, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released “A Year of Progress Under EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap,” which summarizes its actions since the PFAS Strategic Roadmap was released in October 2021....more

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Proposed EPA Rule Would Designate Two PFAS Chemicals as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA

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​​​​​​​On August 26, the EPA published a proposed rule that would designate PFOS and PFOA chemicals as hazardous substances under section 102(a) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act...more

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Reinstates the Superfund Tax, Starting July 1, 2022

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act, signed at the end of 2021, reinstates the Superfund chemical excise taxes under Sections 4661 and 4671 of the Internal Revenue Code. These taxes were in place until 1995 to fund the...more

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Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act Revitalizes Superfund Tax on Chemicals

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The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (IIJA), signed by President Joe Biden on Nov. 15, 2021, revives an excise tax last effective in 1995 on the sale or use of 42 identified chemicals as well as certain substances...more

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Superfund/Initial List of Taxable Substances: Internal Revenue Service Issues Notice 2021-66

The Internal Revenue Service (“IRS”) has published Notice 2021-66 titled: Superfund: Initial List of Taxable Substances; Registration; Procedural Rules; Request for Comments; Suspension of Notice 89-61 (“Notice 2021-66”)...more

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