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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. State law requirements. EPA’s decision to forego financial requirements will likely face opposition by eNGOs. By Claudia M. O’Brien and Stacey L. VanBelleghem. Modern conditions at facilities rather than legacy practices or conditions. 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. The law, Act 21.

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Isn’t It Ironic?

Acoel

It is ironic, however, that EPA is applying the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in ways that are counterproductive to achieving these goals. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg) amendments to TSCA, there has been a disturbing decline in the commercialization of new chemical substances.

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Senate Confirms Michal Freedhoff as EPA Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention

Brag

The announcement states that Freedhoff’s legislative work includes the 2016 re-authorization of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), 2019 legislation to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination, the fuel economy provisions in the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act, and a law requiring the creation of an online (..)

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Roe v. Wade Draft Bodes Ill for Air, Wetlands and EPA

Union of Concerned Scientists

With all the subtlety of a jackhammer, he asserted, “Until the latter part of the 20th century, there was no support in American law for a constitutional right to obtain an abortion. In his draft ruling, Alito conferred credibility and salience to British anti-abortion laws of the 17 th and 13 th centuries. Broader implications.

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Courts and States Uphold Environmental Interests as the EPA Favors Toxic Chemicals

Vermont Law

A showdown over these rollbacks will take place in the federal courts in 2019. Despite the emerging information about the threats from toxic chemicals, the. explores the weak chemical safety laws, agency capture, and chemical industry influence behind this regulatory blind spot. Mercury and Air Toxics Standards.

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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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