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After Decades of Disinformation, the US Finally Begins Regulating PFAS Chemicals

Union of Concerned Scientists

Earlier this month, the Environmental Protection Agency announced it would regulate two forms of PFAS contamination under Superfund laws reserved for “the nation’s worst hazardous waste sites.” PFAS chemicals are everywhere No one escapes PFAS chemicals.

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EPA Draft FY 2022-2026 Strategic Plan Includes Ambitious Goals To Ensure Safety Of Chemicals For People And The Environment

Brag

By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000.

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EPA Draft FY 2022-2026 Strategic Plan Includes Ambitious Goals to Ensure Safety of Chemicals for People and the Environment

Brag

By September 30, 2026 , support Agricultural Worker Protection Standard (WPS) pesticide safety training for 20,000 farmworkers annually compared with the FY 2018-2020 annual average baseline of 11,000.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Clean Energy Law

Pursuant to court order, EPA must finalize this regulation by December 2, 2020. State law requirements. Per a court-ordered schedule, EPA must issue a notice of final decision regarding the Electric Power Generation, Transmission, and Distribution industry Section 108(b) requirements by December 2, 2020. 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. The Clean Water Act has also proven ineffective because EPA does not require limits on PFAS discharges into streams or rivers.

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Risky Business: Deciding Whether Chemicals Pose Risk Is Getting Really Confusing

Acoel

The federal law that authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate industrial chemical substances is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), an almost 47-year-old law significantly amended in 2016 by the Frank R.

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Senate Committee Hearing on Proposed FY 2023 EPA Budget Includes Discussion of TSCA and FIFRA Issues

Brag

In his written testimony , Regan states that EPA has significant responsibilities under amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure the safety of chemicals in or entering commerce and addressing unreasonable risks to human health or the environment. The only witness was EPA Administrator Michael S.

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