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EPA and DOJ Claim eBay Unlawfully Sold Pesticides, Banned Chemical Products, and Devices That Defeat Pollution Controls on Motor Vehicles

Nanotech

(eBay) “for unlawfully selling, offering for sale, causing the sale of, and distributing hundreds of thousands of products” in violation of the Clean Air Act (CAA), the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), and the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

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Environmental Perspectives

Environmental Science

The 4 big ones are the 1972 Clean Water Act , the 1970 Clean Air Act , the 1974 Safe Drinking Water Act , and 2 hazardous waste laws having the acronyms CERCLA and RCRA, which I will explain later. Clean Water Act. The stated goal of the Clean Water Act is “zero discharge.”

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Eight Important Updates About Recent PFAS Regulatory Developments

Arnold Porter

The EPA issued final guidance on January 19, 2021 concerning interpretation of certain aspects of its final Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) for Long-Chain Perfluoroalkyl Carboxylate and Perfluoroalkyl Sulfonate Chemical Substances (LCPFAC or long-chain PFAS). Not Just the Federal Government—States Continue to Take on PFAS.