PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 18, 2024

Bartolotta, Sen. 16 [PaEN] -- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov. Million Settlement, Largest Of Its Kind, Over 2019 Philadelphia Refinery Explosion [Includes Copy Of Proposed Settlement] -- WHYY - Sophia Schmidt: EPA Reaches Historic $4.2

Natural Gas

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 19, 2024

23 In-Person Tour Of Shale Gas Fracking Sites & Infrastructure In Washington County And Discover Its Costs [PaEN] -- Sen. Billion Hydrogen, Natural Gas Tax Credit, Shapiro Wants To Rewrite The Law To Boost Electricity Production -- Ohio River Valley Institute: Is The Appalachian Hydrogen Hub Coming Apart?

2019

Nanotech

JANUARY 24, 2025

In a development no one could have predicted several weeks ago, the first hearing of the 119th Congress in the House Committee on Energy and Commerce (E&C) focused on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and amendments to TSCA that were enacted more than eight years ago.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

JANUARY 29, 2025

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a compliance guide to assist the regulated community in complying with Workplace Chemical Protection Program (WCPP) requirements for chemicals regulated under Section 6 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On January 16, 2025, the U.S.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

JANUARY 24, 2025

This joint resolution is an attempt to use the Congressional Review Act (CRA) to overturn EPAs recent TCE rule issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Environmental Protection Agencys (EPA) rule on trichloroethylene (TCE).

Toxic Substances Control Act

Vermont Law

DECEMBER 24, 2024

To address this problem, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has finalized a suite of important regulations. And in May of 2024, two types of PFAS are now classified as Hazardous Substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).

Regulations

Legal Planet

FEBRUARY 19, 2025

However, Goldsmith is optimistic because Attorney General Bonta took a very strong position on HF in his letter to the Biden Administration EPA, signed by 19 other Attorneys General , concerning proposed regulations on risk management plan rule improvements, some of which involve HF.

2015

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

16 [PaEN] -- TribLive Guest Essay: Plugging Conventional Oil & Gas Wells Abandoned By Their Owners Creates Jobs And A Healthier Planet - By Deb Haaland, Secretary, US Dept. of the Interior -- Evangelical Environmental Network Delivers Over 36,000 Comments From Pro-Life Christians To Gov.

Clean Energy

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 26, 2025

The so-called No IRIS Act (H.R. Silencing this office would stifle the lifesaving health research that underlies our nations environmental protections, and would result in weaker regulations and higher rates of cancer, birth defects, learning disabilities, and other devastating health consequences, especially for children. 1415 and S.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

MARCH 6, 2025

Zeldin has begun a rollback of Biden administration energy efficiency and water conservation regulations for home appliances and fixtures, and is asking Congress to repeal waivers for California to phase out new, gasoline-only vehicle sales and stricter emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks.

Climate Change

Nanotech

OCTOBER 12, 2024

According to the memorandum, “EPA does not intend to pursue enforcement actions for violations of The post EPA Extends Enforcement Statement for Regulation of DecaBDE-Containing Wire and Cable Insulation in Nuclear Power Generation Facilities appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. On September 27, 2024, the U.S.

Nuclear Power

Nanotech

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

On August 1, 2023, Earthjustice filed a petition under Section 21 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) asking the U.S. Earthjustice filed the petition on behalf of the Yurok Tribe, the Port Gamble S’Klallam Tribe, and the Puyallup Tribe of Indians, and EPA granted the petition in November 2023.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

FEBRUARY 6, 2025

Although FACs have unofficially played a role in the federal government since George Washingtons presidency, their management and oversight were not regulated until the establishment of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (FACA) in 1972. This administration is not the only one to reset” FACs, or replace all of their members.

Toxic Substances Control Act

PA Environment Daily

OCTOBER 20, 2024

Supervisors Outline Solar Energy Facility Regulations In Luzerne County -- The Allegheny Front - Reid Frazier: Solar Program For Lower-Income Homeowners Could Be ‘In Jeopardy’ Under Ex-President -- DEP Invites Comments At 4 Public Input Sessions To Help Develop PA Home Energy Rebate Programs Starting Oct.

Conservation

PA Environment Daily

MARCH 13, 2025

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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. Lautenberg (TSCA 2.0)

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

APRIL 21, 2023

Enacting strong regulations on chemicals by class , rather than individually, can help protect people and the environment from serious harm while still making sure that scientific integrity is upheld and the best available science guides the process. Fortunately, EPA has begun a slow pivot toward assessing multiple chemicals at once.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

JULY 9, 2024

When facilities emit less pollution, their regulations require less specific record-keeping and monitoring. How stringently facilities are monitored should be based on science and on the impacts on the people who live nearby—not by a judge’s ideological viewpoint on regulation.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Union of Concerned Scientists

AUGUST 22, 2023

The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics has made an unusual change that will make the regulation of PFAS chemicals even harder , potentially letting thousands of these dangerous “forever chemicals” escape EPA regulation, thereby endangering the health of millions of people.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Circle of Blue

FEBRUARY 15, 2023

And it was written when the tests used to detect pollution in waterways were more rudimentary, and the public knew less about the perils of some substances that flow out of industrial waste pipes, seep off roads and lawns, or make their way into lakes and streams after being tossed in the trash. Since the discovery, Ann Arbor has spent $1.5

Toxic Substances Control Act

Law and Environment

APRIL 12, 2022

EPA’s authority for doing so is the Toxic Substances Control Act which provides that: . Wisely, the authors do not take a position on any potential regulation of plastics or microplastics. At the same time, the “precautionary principle” is not a sound basis for regulations.

Precautionary Principle

Union of Concerned Scientists

SEPTEMBER 30, 2024

It was a big step towards providing adequate health protections, but Environmental regulations need to look at people, not just pollutants—and the way to get there is by assessing cumulative impacts. But the requirements in the rule were developed considering that one carcinogen from that one type of facility.

Air Pollution

Environmental News Bits

DECEMBER 14, 2023

If, during the 12-month long statutory process, EPA designates these five chemicals as High Priority Substances, EPA will then begin risk evaluations for these chemicals. … Continue reading EPA begins process to prioritize five chemicals for risk evaluation under Toxic Substances Control Act

Toxic Substances Control Act

Environmental News Bits

JULY 26, 2021

Environmental Protection agency posted its proposed Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). On June 28, the U.S.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 17, 2022

First, as part of EPA’s effort to identify, understand and address PFAS contamination leaching from fluorinated containers, the agency is notifying companies of their obligation to comply with existing requirements under the Toxics Substances Control Act (TSCA) to ensure… Read more →

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

OCTOBER 9, 2024

EPA notes that this request for comment follows its grant on July 10, 2024, The post EPA Seeks Public Comment on Manufacture of Certain PFAS during Fluorination of HDPE and Other Plastic Containers appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Environmental News Bits

MARCH 18, 2022

In February 2022, EPA launched a new effort under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) to modernize the process and bring innovative science to the review of new chemicals before they can enter the marketplace.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Environmental News Bits

AUGUST 29, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released for public comment a draft revision to the unreasonable risk determination for carbon tetrachloride pursuant to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 6(b).

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

MARCH 15, 2024

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule on February 16, 2024, amending the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulations for polymers manufactured under the terms of the polymer exemption by extending the submission deadline for reporting.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Environmental News Bits

OCTOBER 19, 2022

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Toxic Substances Control Act

Environmental News Bits

JUNE 6, 2022

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, the agency issued the first in a series of Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) test orders to require companies to conduct and submit testing on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Today, as a part of the U.S.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

SEPTEMBER 23, 2024

The CDR regulations require manufacturers (including importers) of chemicals listed on the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory to report data on the manufacturing, processing, and use of those chemicals every four years.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Regan signed a final rule revising the regulations for decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) and phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)), two of the five persistent, bioaccumulative, and toxic (PBT) chemicals addressed in final rules issued under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) in January 2021.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

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Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

APRIL 9, 2024

EPA requests comments and information to assist in the potential development of regulations for the manufacture (including importing), processing (including recycling), and distribution in commerce of lead for lead wheel weights under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

MARCH 12, 2024

Haifa) to pay a civil penalty of $664,267 “for violations of chemical data reporting regulations under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).” EPA states that it alleged that Haifa failed to submit a data report required under TSCA for 32 chemical substances that Haifa had imported between 2016 and 2019.

Toxic Substances Control Act

Nanotech

NOVEMBER 27, 2023

In the proposed rule, EPA states that after receiving additional comments following the issuance of the The post EPA Proposes to Amend PBT Rules for decaBDE and PIP (3:1) appeared first on Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Toxic Substances Control Act