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ESA Policy News: October 24, 2022

ESA

ESA and other scientific societies file brief arguing that the interpretation of the Clean Water Act is inherently founded on science. EPA says state agencies’ regulation of air pollution may violate civil rights of Black residents – Nola.com. In this issue: Apply for the 2023 Katherine S.

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February 2020 Updates to the Climate Case Charts

Law Columbia

Army Corps of Engineers’ issue of a Section 404 permit under the Clean Water Act for a new petrochemical plant on the Mississippi River in Louisiana. The modified rule would have applied nationwide, with exceptions for Mexico’s three largest cities, where air pollution is of particular concern.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

EPA Sought Information to Inform Regulation of 1-Bromopropane as Hazardous Air Pollutant. In the second complaint, the Center alleged that a chemical importer, also headquartered in Akron, failed to report at least seven chemical substances that it imported during 2013–2014. The House bill ( H.R. 31225 (June 11, 2021).]]

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

The bill would amend Section 4 of TSCA to require EPA to issue a testing rule for all PFAS that would require manufacturers and processors of PFAS to develop information “likely to be useful in evaluating the hazard and risk posed by such substances in land, air, and water (including drinking water), as well as in products.

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