The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposes rescission of the 2009 Endangerment Finding, which underpins greenhouse gas regulation under the Clean Air Act....more
California's Department of Toxic Substances Control (DTSC) has proposed listing microplastics on its "Candidate Chemicals List" under the Safer Consumer Products (SCP) Program, a regulatory framework designed to reduce toxic...more
On January 5, 2024, the Department of the Interior (Interior) will issue a notice of a proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to provide the first significant revisions to its natural resource damage assessment and restoration (NRDAR)...more
This post is part of an ongoing series covering the Biden administration’s efforts pursuant to Executive Order 13990 to repeal and replace regulations adopted during the Trump administration. ...more
The Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ), a division of the Executive Office of the President, today published in the Federal Register a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking that would make significant changes to its regulations...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: EPA, in an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking, requests comments on adding certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the TRI chemical list....more
For the second time in the last 4 years, and the seventh since the Clean Water Act was adopted in 1972, the federal government has revised the definition of the term “Waters of the United States” for the purposes of the...more