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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Clean Energy Law

The July 2019 notice asserts that CERCLA confers significant discretion on the agency. Although the statute requires EPA to determine the level of financial responsibility necessary to protect against the level of risk, it imposes no particular methodology for that determination. O’Brien and Stacey L. VanBelleghem. What’s Next?

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Moving the Needle on PFAS Regulation

Vermont Law

Efforts to protect public health and the environment from PFAS have been hampered by major gaps in both federal and state law and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unwillingness to act. for PFAS in February 2019 despite having strong evidence linking PFAS exposure to adverse health impacts for almost.

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

Scientific provisions in the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee bill is largely similar to the House bill: The Fish and Wildlife Service receives $200 million for Endangered Species Act recovery plans and $9.7 The Environmental Protection Agency receives $100 million for air quality and climate research.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA , 997 F.3d 3d 983 (9th Cir. The House bill ( H.R. EPA (last visited Aug.

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

This includes emerging contaminants as well as substances identified by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) under the 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for prioritization, risk evaluation, or regulation. EPA to Move 390 Substances to Public Portion of TSCA Inventory. Advancement v.

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The Trump Watch: What Does the New Administration Portend for the Environment?

Vermont Law

It is for all the above reasons that our crystal ball predicts that by 2019 Bill McKibben will change the name of his climate organization from 350.Org Environmental protection, what they do is a disgrace; every week they come out with new regulations.”. [34]. The other 15% work for the White House.”. [20]. No April in Paris.

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Policy News: May 6, 2021

ESA

The full Senate narrowly voted to confirm Janet McCabe as the deputy administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. This bill passed the full House in 2019 but did not advance in the Senate. Notice of Lodging of Proposed Consent Decree Under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act.

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