Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would regulate two forms of PFAS contamination under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites.” The same suppression and disinformation kept government regulators at bay for decades.

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Environment Next

AUGUST 4, 2020

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has suspended requirements for state agencies to perform on-site compliance inspections in favor of off-site monitoring alternatives. In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, the U.S.

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Vermont Law

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

The litigation uncovered internal company records showing that DuPont knew of PFOA’s significant health risks but withheld the information from regulators and the public. The Clean Water Act has also proven ineffective because EPA does not require limits on PFAS discharges into streams or rivers. Toxic Substances Control Act.

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Nanotech

JANUARY 26, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) completed review of two low volume exemptions for a modified graphene substance and a modified titanium dioxide substance. According to the Tour de Table , EPA allowed the exemptions under conditions that limited human and environmental exposures to prevent unreasonable risks.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

CERLCA imposes a joint and several liability scheme that holds certain entities ( e.g. , certain owners and operators, generators, arrangers, and transporters of hazardous substances) liable for the costs or damages associated with environmental remediation. By Claudia M. O’Brien and Stacey L. VanBelleghem.

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Acoel

JANUARY 27, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate industrial chemical substances is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), an almost 47-year-old law significantly amended in 2016 by the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg).

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Brag

APRIL 18, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) proposed fiscal year (FY) 2023 budget. According to Regan, these resources will support EPA-initiated chemical risk evaluations, issue protective regulations in accordance with statutory timelines, and establish a pipeline of priority chemicals for risk evaluation.

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