Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Dekleva was accused during her first stint in President Trumps EPA of pressuring employees to approve new chemicals and colluding with industry to weaken the Toxic Substances Control Act. billion backlog for deferred maintenance.

Climate Change

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

For the major decisions being made by the federal government, federal advisory committees (FACs) serve a similar purpose. Advisory committees, groups, and boards bring the public into the work of the government to provide advice in a deeply engaged way. Getting input from multiple perspectives can be incredibly useful.

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Here are 189 new stories in the PA Environment Digest about individuals, groups, local governments, farmers, businesses, watershed groups and many more working all across Pennsylvania to restore and protect the environment and show others the beauty that surrounds us.

Conservation

Nanotech

MAY 4, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) for an amendment of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a)(7) rule requiring reporting for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

Related Articles: -- EPA Launches Biggest Deregulation Action For Industry In US History, 'Driving A Dagger Straight Into The Heart Of The Climate Change Religion, Unleashing The American Energy Industry [PaEN] -- EPA Pulls Back Regulations Setting Methane Emission Limits, Regulating Wastewater From Oil & Gas Operations, Risk Management Rule At (..)

Toxic Substances Control Act

Acoel

JANUARY 29, 2025

Bergeson * It has been almost nine years since Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) stakeholders celebrated President Obamas enactment on June 22, 2016, of the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg). Posted on January 29, 2025 by Lynn L.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

If governments bypass or undermine science and public comments in policy making, our health could be in jeopardy from increased pollution, cases of foodborne illnesses, politically-driven medicine approvals or disapprovals, and more. This is a major federal law that governs if a chemical will be regulated, limited, or even banned.

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Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

This is not just conjecture; this situation happened before with PCBs (polychlorinated biphenyls) in the 1970s and 1980s—highly toxic chemicals that were banned by the EPA in 1979. Dow’s argument was that the ban did not apply because what they were manufacturing could not be defined as PCBs (even though they were).

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Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

These components are also being assessed and used in regulatory decision-making by some government agencies at the local, state, or federal level. Site assessments for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act , or ‘Superfund’, include consideration of multiple exposure pathways and pollutants.

Air Pollution

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.

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Law and Environment

APRIL 12, 2022

Two developments this week got me thinking about how our government deals – or fails to deal – with risk. EPA’s authority for doing so is the Toxic Substances Control Act which provides that: . First, EPA proposed to ban the manufacture (including import) of chrysotile asbestos.

Precautionary Principle

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.

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Nanotech

APRIL 3, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) provided notice of disclosure on April 2, 2024, to all potentially affected businesses under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) that submitted information to EPA pursuant to TSCA Section 5 that it will disclose information to the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO).

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

MAY 27, 2025

This complimentary virtual conference marks the ninth Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Annual Conference. As with our previous TSCA events, a stellar faculty of speakers from government, non-governmental organizations, industry, and academia The post TSCA Reform — Nine Years Later June 25, 2025, 8:30 a.m.

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Environmental News Bits

MAY 17, 2023

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed amendments to the regulations that govern the Agency’s review of new chemicals under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to improve efficiency and align with the 2016 bipartisan TSCA amendments under the Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Brag

OCTOBER 12, 2021

Government Accountability Office (GAO) posted a WatchBlog item entitled “ Can Chemical Recycling Reduce Plastic Pollution? Key questions for policymakers include: What steps could the federal government, states, and other stakeholders take to further incentivize chemical recycling rather than disposal? ” on October 5, 2021.

Recycling

Brag

OCTOBER 25, 2021

Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act (Lautenberg Act) made “crucial” reforms to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) “that improve how the federal government protects Americans from dangerous chemicals, and now we must ensure those reforms are implemented effectively and honestly.”

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PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 17, 2024

As we see it, the purpose of government agencies like DEP and DOH is to proactively prevent harm, not to wait and see if the worst really happens.’” The report concludes that, ‘The risks of this… industry should fall on the industry and the regulatory agencies, not on the public.

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Environmental Science

SEPTEMBER 7, 2018

Environmental law, or sometimes known as environmental and natural resources law, is a term used to explain regulations, statutes, local, national and international legislation, and treaties designed to protect the environment from damage and to explain the legal consequences of such damage towards governments or private entities or individuals (1).

Government

Brag

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on November 10, 2022, that it is requesting nominations of prospective candidates for membership on the Science Advisory Committee on Chemicals (SACC) established under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Individuals may also self-nominate.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Brag

NOVEMBER 28, 2022

Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a Science & Tech Spotlight on biorecycling of plastics. What steps could the federal government, states, municipalities, and other stakeholders take if they want to support or implement effective policies for biorecycling of plastic waste? Bergeson and Carla N.

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 22, 2024

After a decade of working to protect my community, I am tired of waiting for our government agencies, Governor Shapiro, and our legislators to act in the best interest for Pennsylvanians.

Natural Gas

Brag

MAY 27, 2021

” This complimentary virtual conference marks the fifth Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Annual Conference, reflecting on the accomplishments and challenges since the implementation of the 2016 Lautenberg Amendments and where TSCA stands today. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) officials. Goldman, M.D.,

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Ocean Conservancy

DECEMBER 5, 2022

Strengthen environmental regulations like the Clean Water Act, Clean Air Act and Toxic Substances Control Act protections to reduce pollution and climate impacts in fenceline communities.

Ocean

Brag

NOVEMBER 5, 2021

According to the notice, EPA is seeking comment from individual citizens, states, tribes, local governments, industry, the academic community, non-governmental organizations (NGO), and all other interested parties. Comments are due November 12, 2021.

2026

Brag

OCTOBER 20, 2021

According to the notice, EPA is seeking comment from individual citizens, states, tribes, local governments, industry, the academic community, non-governmental organizations (NGO), and all other interested parties. Comments are due November 12, 2021.

2026

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 15, 2016

The Toxic Substances Control Act of 1976 empowers EPA to study health impacts of chemicals and regulate its use but EPA has little authority to prevent use of chemicals before it is shown to be safe. As of 2014, EPA found C8 in. 94 public water systems. in 27 states, serving over 6.5 million Americans. of Americans.

Toxic Substances Control Act

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.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Vermont Law

FEBRUARY 10, 2014

Joe Manchin (D-WV) is also critical of more federal regulation, even if the federal government has a minimal role. House of Representatives passed a bill to undermine federal authority under the Toxic Substances Control Act on the same day as the Elk River spill. Ironically, the U.S.

Regulations

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 22, 2022

It galvanized the environmental movement and it pushed the federal government and Congress to carry out scientific research on pesticide contamination and to act on that research. Carson also explicitly called out the hypocrisy inherent in government agencies at the time.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Circle of Blue

MARCH 27, 2023

The Rundown At the UN Water Conference, the government commits funding for water and sanitation. Camp Lejeune Lawsuits A bill signed into law last year allowed people exposed to contaminated water at Camp Lejeune generations ago to file claims for compensation from the federal government. government water policy.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 29, 2024

The same suppression and disinformation kept government regulators at bay for decades. The San Francisco and Colorado researchers found internal DuPont documents from 1961 to 1994 showing toxicity in animal and occupational studies that were never reported to the EPA under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

Regulations

Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

EPA also looked at the financial health of the industry, cleanups in the sector, federal and state regulatory requirements governing releases of hazardous substances in the sector, and voluntary practices. What’s Next?

Electricity

Acoel

JANUARY 25, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is laser focused on achieving several “whole-of-government” priorities: addressing climate change, identifying and giving environmental justice greater consideration in decision-making, and following the science wherever it may lead. Posted on January 25, 2022 by Lynn L. The Biden Administration’s U.S.

Toxic Substances Control Act

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). On December 10, 2021, the Biden Administration released its Fall 2021 Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions.

2021

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2021

Every level of government – from local, to state, to Tribal, to federal will need to exercise increased and sustained leadership to continue the momentum and make progress on PFAS. EPA’s Strategic Roadmap is a critical step forward in addressing PFAS pollution.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Brag

JUNE 17, 2021

According to Biden’s announcement , Freedhoff has more than 20 years of government experience, most recently as the Minority Director of Oversight for the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee. On April 14, 2021, President Joseph Biden nominated Freedhoff for Assistant Administrator for Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention.

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