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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 30, 2025, that it seeks public comment to inform its reconsideration of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) regulation for perchloroethylene (PCE). 90 Fed....more
DuPont/Chemours Trial. On June 30, 2025, the next bench trial phase or “mini-trial” commenced in NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION, ET AL., VS. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, ET AL., Docket No....more
On June 11, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced a proposed rule to repeal key amendments to the 2024 Mercury and Air Toxics Standards ("MATS") for coal- and oil-fired electric utility steam...more
On May 20, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a proposed rule that would extend certain compliance dates in the final risk management rule for methylene chloride under the Toxic Substances Control...more
On April 17, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) extended the comment period on a draft risk assessment of the potential human health risks associated with the presence of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and...more
On January 14, 2025, the EPA released for public comment a risk assessment report evaluating the potential risks associated with land application and land disposal of biosolids containing two types of PFAS, PFOA and PFOS....more
On November 20, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an extension to the comment period for the notice published September 30, 2024, seeking public comment on the manufacture of certain per- and...more
While product importers were spending the summer poring over the Instructions for Reporting PFAS Under TSCA Section 8(a)(7) (May 2024), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was working on a Direct Final Rule and...more
On March 15, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the draft risk evaluation for formaldehyde for public comment and peer review. The draft risk evaluation was promulgated pursuant to EPA’s...more
The 1984 Hazardous and Solid Waste Amendments amended the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to add the following sections requiring corrective action for releases of hazardous waste or hazardous constituents ...more
On January 31, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “the Agency”) issued a proposal to amend Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations to include nine specific per- and...more
In the Byzantine complexity of the Clean Air Act (CAA), EPA’s “once in, always in” policy regarding hazardous air pollutants (HAP) has been particularly confounding. And now it’s back in play, through regulatory revisions...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on July 25, 2023, a proposed rule, published in the Federal Register on Aug. 9, 2023, to update the Air Emissions Reporting Requirements (AERR) to collect certain...more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) submitted June 15th comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”) Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking...more
Last month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published new proposed rules under the Safe Drinking Water Act that will severely limit the levels of certain substances of a man-made family of chemicals,...more
EPA has spent the last several years working on listing perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) as Hazardous Substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...more
The EPA (or “Agency”) is seeking public input and data regarding the potential future designation of seven per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and...more
On April 13, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the federal register an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public input to inform its decision whether to designate additional...more
As we await final agency action on U.S. EPA’s pending rulemaking to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as CERCLA hazardous substances, U.S. EPA has just published an advanced...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on April 12, 2023, released an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) seeking public input and data to assist in the consideration of potential development of future...more
Public Comment on the Federal Proposed Drinking Water Standards for Six PFAS Compounds - On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), published in the Federal Register its proposed national drinking...more
As expected, and as described in our March 15 client alert, EPA today published in the Federal Register its first-ever National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six PFAS substances in drinking water....more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on March 29, 2023, published in the Federal Register its long-awaited proposal to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)...more
In an unprecedented move, the federal government proposed strict new rules limiting the presence of a class of chemicals known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, or “PFAS,” in the nation’s drinking water – a decision...more
Almost two years to the date after U.S. EPA issued its regulatory determination for contaminants on the forth Contaminant Candidate List, U.S. EPA has issued its draft rule setting drinking water limits for several PFAS...more