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Policy News: December 20, 2021

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The White House Council on Environmental Quality receives $65 million for environmental and climate data collection. Geological Survey for grants and other financial assistance to water resources research and technology institutes and centers. Senators allocated $50 million to the U.S. Matt Gaetz (R-FL) introduced a bill ( H.R.

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Biden Administration Accelerates Federal Regulation of PFAS

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The 2020 National Defense Authorization Act added reporting requirements of PFAS releases for certain industries. EPA is evaluating establishment of technology based treatment (i.e. Evaluate whether PFAS Compounds should be Designated “Hazardous Air Pollutants” under the Clean Air Act.

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The Chemical Compound—August 2021

Arnold Porter

Preliminary 2020 TRI Dataset Shows “Seemingly Limited” Scope for PFAS Reporting. The district court complaint alleges that TSCA required EPA to complete the asbestos risk evaluation by June 19, 2020 and asks the court to issue an order setting a schedule for completion of the risk evaluation. The House bill ( H.R.

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The Chemical Compound—May 2021

Arnold Porter

The plaintiffs argued that there was “no longer a viable dispute” that the organization lacked standing because the individual member had become pregnant in or around December 2020 and feared “the very sort of neurodevelopmental harm that was the focus of Plaintiffs’ trial evidence.” Wheeler, 2020 U.S.

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The Chemical Compound—February 2021

Arnold Porter

In December 2020, the federal district court for the Northern District of California ordered EPA to revise its Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) rule to address "information-gathering deficiencies" related to the Agency's collection of information about asbestos.[[N:Asbestos Wheeler, 2020 U.S. 22, 2020).]] LEXIS 241041 (N.D.

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Eight Important Updates About Recent PFAS Regulatory Developments

Arnold Porter

In the months since our 2020 update on federal actions affecting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has continued to take action on its PFAS Action Plan. 535 – 116 th ) that passed the US House in January 2020. EPA Will Continue Work on PFAS Disposal and Destruction.

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Special Policy News #7: The Transition

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OSTP: The Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee will be holding a confirmation hearing for Dr. Eric Lander’s nomination to serve as Director of the White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) on Thursday, April 29, 2021 at 10 am ET. Environmental group sues over protections for 20 species – Associated Press.

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