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We can now talk about the proverbial elephant in the PFAS room that has been lingering for a while. On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced it will list the so-called "forever chemicals"...more
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael Regan signed two proposed rules related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and the agency’s corrective action authority under the Resource...more
Though environmental justice (EJ) has been a cornerstone of the Biden Administration, it lacks federal enforcement laws. Executive orders and responses from federal agencies have shaped U.S. enforcement of EJ issues....more
EPA’s Big Plans for 2023: Top Air Rulemakings We Are Watching - An environmental lawyer walks into a cocktail party. An often-asked question is: What is happening at EPA in your world? What should we be watching that...more
Yesterday a three judge panel of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia heard from lawyers for the Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and the Environmental Protection Agency...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a document titled: EJ Action Plan – Building Up Environmental Justice in EPA’s Land protection and Cleanup Programs (September 22) (“Action Plan”)...more
Fall 2021 was a busy time for the EPA and its regulatory agenda for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). PFAS has been a focus of the Biden EPA, with around seven actions or news releases as of September 2021, and...more
New Approach: Proposed PFAS Regulation Erodes TSCA Exemptions - EPA’s proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) may be...more
What to Know - On January 10, 2022, EPA submitted for White House regulatory review its highly anticipated proposal to designate the two most widely studied per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), PFOA and PFOS, as...more
EPA announced plans to initiate two rulemakings involving PFAS, one that would list four PFAS compounds as Hazardous Constituents under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal hazardous waste law, and...more
In a letter to the Governor of New Mexico on October 26, 2021, the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced that EPA would initiate two important rulemaking efforts to regulate PFAS...more
The EPA missed the September 21, 2021 deadline to respond to a Petition filed by the State of New Mexico to designate all per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous waste under RCRA. The EPA had 90 days to...more
The Center for Biological Diversity (“CBD”) and a number of other environmental organizations submitted a February 8th document to the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) titled: Petition for Rulemaking...more
On March 3, 2020, the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) filed with the Illinois Pollution Control Board (Board) proposed regulations establishing standards for coal combustion residue (CCR) surface impoundments,...more
The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Inspector General (“OIG”) issued a March 23rd Project Notification titled: Post-Closure at Hazardous Waste Units Closed with Waste in Place (“Notification”)...more
Earthjustice on behalf of a number of environmental organizations sent a February 7th letter to United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Administrator Andrew Wheeler styled...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: Last week the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a “streamlined system” for managing hazardous waste aerosol cans as Universal Waste. The Agency believes that the new system will be...more
Penny J. Wilson undertook a presentation at the Arkansas Environmental Federation Regulated Waste Seminar that addressed two topics related to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”): Generator Improvements...more
The United States Court of Appeals, District of Columbia Circuit (“Court”), addressed in a March 6th Opinion petitions for Panel Rehearing of a July 7, 2017 decision addressing the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or the “Agency”) recently informed a federal appeals court that it intends to respond no later than March 31, 2016 to a rulemaking petition submitted to EPA in 2011 by one of...more