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Game Changer- U.S. EPA Proposes to List PFOS and PFOA as “Hazardous Substances” Under CERCLA

Ohio Environmental Law

Toxic Substances Control Act section 7 imminently hazardous chemical. Alternatively, EPA can designate a chemical or compound as a “hazardous substance” using its authority under CERCLA Section102 under the following criteria: (1) “such elements, compounds, mixtures, solutions, and substances”. (2)

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Environmental Law: Government and Public Policy Towards the Environment

Environmental Science

Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation. Indoor air is anything contained with a building. It prohibits the discharge of polluting chemicals into US waters unless a special permit is granted.

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

For example, EPA under the Clean Water Act established 129 “ Priority Pollutants ” in 1976, a list of which is a typical analytical suite that you can order as a package. Clean Water Act. Through this law, water pollution is managed by controlling wastewater discharges.

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

Union of Concerned Scientists

Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. Justice Alito has displayed similar cynicism about water protection.

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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. Three More PFAS Added to Toxics Release Inventory List for 2021 Reporting Year; EPA Announced Plans for More Additions to List. The House bill ( H.R.

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The Chemical Compound—May 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. 19, 2021); OTNE Consortium, Request for Risk Evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act; Octahydro-Tetramethyl-Naphthalenyl-Ethanone Chemical Category (Nov.

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