Nanotech
FEBRUARY 5, 2024
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 30, 2024, the publication of a draft testing method (EPA Method 1634) that will enable government agencies, Tribes, and other groups to determine where and when 6PPD-quinone is present in local stormwater and surface waters.
Legal Planet
MAY 29, 2024
While these specific instances of corporate malfeasance are hardly atypical in the world of toxic harms, the current settlement dollars involving PFAS are quite large— more than $11 billion in 2023 , a figure that is expected to increase in coming years. From that vantage, risk assessment has been wildly successful.
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Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Government Accountability Office report in September found that one-in-five water systems across six states had unsafe levels of PFOA and PFOS. But efforts to add new pollutants to the list haven’t kept pace with our growing understanding of the risks from substances that weren’t on regulators’ radar 50 years ago, including PFAS.
Brag
JANUARY 11, 2022
According to EPA’s rule list , the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) is working on the following rulemakings under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA intends to publish a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) in July 2022 and a final rule in March 2023.
Ohio Environmental Law
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Federal Property Transfers (CERCLA 120(h)) – Any time the federal government transfers property with PFOS and/or PFOA contamination it must notify the transferee of the contamination. Either the contamination must be addressed prior to the transfer or the federal government must continue to remediation post transfer.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
EPA reissued the proposed UCMR 5 on February 22, which was first issued during the Trump Administration and requires sample collection for 29 PFAS between 2023 and 2025. Biden Backed Congressional Action to Designate PFAS as Hazardous Substances. Not Just the Federal Government—States Continue to Take on PFAS.
Arnold Porter
DECEMBER 3, 2021
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. N:News Release, EPA Region 9, SoCal Chemical Distributors Settle Toxic Substances Control Act Violations with U.S.
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