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Now that we have entered the second year of Administrator Zeldin’s tenure, BCLP looks back at how EPA’s actions in 2025 and previews what regulated industry may expect in 2026. The timeline below highlights the regulatory...more
On February 6, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a press release highlighting “major year one PFAS actions” under the Trump Administration. The press release assembles a wide-ranging list of Agency...more
Companies that submitted claims for protection of their confidential business information (CBI) after the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) was amended in 2016 risk having their information released publicly beginning this...more
Monthly newsletter Material Concerns: Legal Updates on Substances of Emerging Concern keeps clients informed on the latest legal, regulatory and scientific developments related to substances of emerging concern....more
Welcome to the last of our three posts with our look ahead to 2026—the environmental edition. If you follow this blog, you have probably sensed a trend: environmental regulation rarely moves in a straight line. This coming...more
As we leave 2025 behind, the regulatory, litigation, and policy landscape for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) continues to evolve at a rapid pace. Over the past year, Venable has closely tracked these developments,...more
TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Announces 2026 Annual Pesticide Maintenance Fee Forms Available To Download From EPA Website — Deadline For Paying Is January 15, 2026...more
We anticipate that the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the courts will keep chemical companies and anyone else that handles chemical substances hopping in 2026. Here is a brief summary of what to expect under the...more
As reported in our September 12, 2025, blog item, under the 2016 Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), most confidential business...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced Jan. 5 the process it will be using to notify manufacturers and users of certain toxic substances about imminently expiring confidential business information claims (CBI)...more
In December 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA”) issued an order adopting its final set of rules governing intentionally added Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS” a/k/a “forever chemicals”) in...more
In the latest edition of the PFAS Primer Quarterly Update, our roundup of regulatory, litigation, and scientific actions involving PFAS. This quarter, the EPA looks to narrow the TSCA PFAS reporting rule, state legislatures...more
As the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency contemplates significant reductions in scope to its one-time reporting rule for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under Section 8(a)(7) of the Toxic Substances Control Act...more
EPA recently issued a proposed rulemaking, here, which would significantly modify 2023 PFAS reporting regulations under TSCA Section 8(a)(7), introducing several industry-requested exemptions and narrowing who must report....more
The attorneys general of 15 states, including California, sent comments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on December 22 opposing proposed revisions to a 2023 rule on reporting requirements for per- and...more
Per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) represent major exposures to insurers and their policyholders. Thousands of lawsuits are pending nationwide and numerous large settlements have already been reached. Insurers are...more
On December 8, 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (“MPCA” or “the Agency”) published its final rule implementing the state’s comprehensive PFAS reporting program....more
On December 8, 2025, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) finalized its PFAS-in-Products program rules in response to an Administrative Law Judge order requiring the Agency to reduce fees, among other changes. Under...more
A December 29, 2025, deadline is fast approaching to submit comments on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed rule to reduce Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) reporting requirements. The...more
EPA proposes to amend the one-time TSCA section 8(a)(7) PFAS Data Reporting and Recordkeeping rule (40 C.F.R. Part 705) (The Rule) to narrow the scope of required reporting while maintaining core information needed for TSCA...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has proposed amendments to simplify its Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting and Recordkeeping Rule, first released in 2023. Compliance deadlines have been...more
As foreshadowed in EPA’s most recent Unified Agenda, EPA has proposed to add four significant categories of exemptions to the TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule (Rule), citing burdensomeness of the existing Rule. Under the Proposed...more
On November 13, 2025, EPA published its proposed rule amending the agency’s 2023 Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7) PFAS reporting rule. The proposed changes, which would “incorporate certain exemptions and other...more
Headlines regarding the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) most recent proposed update to the one-time per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting rule under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section...more