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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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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.