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EPA announces innovative effort to bring new chemicals used in electric vehicle, semiconductor, clean energy sectors to market

Environmental News Bits

Under TSCA, … Continue reading EPA announces innovative effort to bring new chemicals used in electric vehicle, semiconductor, clean energy sectors to market.

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EPA Will Not Require Financial Assurances From Electric Power Sector

Clean Energy Law

These factors include: “the payment experience of the [Hazardous Substance Superfund], commercial insurers, courts settlements and judgments, and voluntary claims satisfaction.”. EPA therefore concluded that the electric power industry overall is financially stable, pointing to diversified fuel sources and vertical integration.

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EPA Issues Final SNUR for Certain Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes

Nanotech

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued several significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN), including the chemical substance identified generically as multiwalled carbon nanotubes (PMN P-18-182).

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EPA Proposes SNUR for Four Multi-Walled Carbon Nanotubes

Nanotech

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed significant new use rules (SNUR) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) for a number of chemical substances that were the subject of premanufacture notices (PMN) and are also subject to Orders issued by EPA pursuant to TSCA. On October 31, 2022, the U.S.

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Tuesday PA Environment & Energy NewsClips - 4.25.23

PA Environment Daily

Room 205 Ryan Building starting at 10:00 a.m. Click Here to watch online. Read more here.

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Federal Water Tap, March 27: U.S. Delegation Attends United Nations Water Conference

Circle of Blue

Water released from the upper reservoir would generate electricity at times of high demand. When electricity demand is low, the water would be pumped back to the upper reservoir. The risk evaluation is being conducted under amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act that were signed into law in 2016.

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Protecting the Ocean Means Protecting Communities

Ocean Conservancy

And while we’ve begun to transition away from oil and gas for our cars and electricity, the oil and gas industry has responded by investing its vast financial resources in a new source of demand for their products: new production for plastic materials and packaging.

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