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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.

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EPA Proposes Designating PFAS as Hazardous

Greenbuilding Law

Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law.

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Landmines For Your Landowner Liability Protections?

Acoel

The proposed changes are likely to create a lot of confusion about “controls” on contaminated property and could adversely impact prospective purchasers’ ability to assert their Landowner Liability Protections (“LLPs”) under the 2002 Amendments to the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”).

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Policy News: December 20, 2021

ESA

California, Arizona, Nevada and the federal government reach agreement to reduce water consumption in the Colorado River basin. 2773 ) is that the Senate bill funds the program through penalties paid for natural resources and environmental violations while the House bill does not specify a funding source. Executive Branch.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA promulgated the challenged rule in 2019 in response to the Ninth Circuit’s issuance of a writ of mandamus in 2017. EPA , 997 F.3d 3d 983 (9th Cir.

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. GAO Report Identified Decline in EPA’s Chemical Assessment Processes Since 2019. EPA to Move 390 Substances to Public Portion of TSCA Inventory. 21-1082 (D.C.

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The Chemical Compound—December 2021

Arnold Porter

Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various federal and state government agencies and potential litigants. EPA granted manufacturer requests for these risk evaluations in December 2019.[[N: N: Labor Council for Latin Am. Advancement v. 1, 2021).]]

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