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Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

GAO WatchBlog Item Looks at Earlier Report on EPA’s New Chemicals Program

The U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) announced on August 14, 2025, a WatchBlog item entitled “EPA’s New Chemicals Program Could Improve Safety If Better Managed” that examines GAO’s January 2025 report on the U.S....more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

EPA Accelerates Review of LVEs

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on August 11, 2025, the results of process improvements to accelerate the review of Low Volume Exemptions (LVE) in the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) New Chemicals...more

Wenning Environmental

PFAS, I Do Not Think It Means What You Think It Means

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PFAS are a chemically diverse family of over 10,000 synthetic fluorinated compounds, all containing at least one carbon-fluorine (C–F) bond. This makes them highly persistent and earns them the nickname "forever chemicals."...more

Williams Mullen

Trump EPA Rolling Back Certain PFAS Limits in Drinking Water

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On May 14, 2025, EPA announced it will rescind and reconsider regulations setting maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in drinking water for shorter chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and extend the deadlines for...more

Snell & Wilmer

Listening Sessions Scheduled to Discuss Waters of the United States (WOTUS)

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As referenced in last month’s publication, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of the Army (Army) will be hosting numerous separate listening sessions with key stakeholders starting next...more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

What Happens When Agency Administrators Don't Support the Agency's Statutory Mission?

I’ve always taken the position that, no matter how much I disagree with the President, the Senate should confirm his executive branch nominees (nominations to the Judicial Branch are different, since judges don’t work for the...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

EPA-pocalypse Now!

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Seyfarth Synopsis: A second Trump administration is likely to bring sweeping changes to environmental regulatory and enforcement agendas. During the first Trump term, his administration focused on significant deregulation in...more

Alston & Bird

Feds Continue to Reform Approach to Regulation of Biotech Products

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Our Food & Beverage and FDA teams explore a plan from a trio of federal agencies that seeks to implement regulatory reform and update the Coordinated Framework for the Regulation of Biotechnology....more

Robinson+Cole Environmental Law +

EPA’s Draft Strategic Plan Emphasizes Environmental Justice

On October 1, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its new Draft Strategic Plan for 2022 through 2026 (Strategic Plan). EPA is required to develop the Strategic Plan to communicate EPA’s priorities...more

Hogan Lovells

Trump administration releases final SAFE vehicles rule

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On 31 March 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Transportation National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a new joint rule finalizing the Trump administration's fuel...more

King & Spalding

EPA and NHTSA Take Regulatory Action to Revoke California Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Action May Have Far-Reaching Impacts - Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (“NHTSA”) announced a joint rule intended to substantially affect...more

Foley & Lardner LLP

Negotiations Idle Between EPA, California over Emissions Standards

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As President Trump’s nominee to head the Environmental Protection Agency, Andrew Wheeler, cleared a key committee vote this week, a conflict between EPA and the State of California over tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions shows...more

Bracewell LLP

Post-Election Update 2018

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2018 MIDTERMS: The Power of Women, Possibility, and Partisan Rancor - The 2018 midterm elections showcased the power of women, both as candidates and as a key voting demographic. The elections represented a new political...more

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Transition from National Enforcement Initiatives to National Compliance Initiatives: August 24th U.S. Environmental Protection...

Assistant Administrator for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (“OECA”), Susan Parker Bodine, issued an August 21st memorandum titled: Transition from...more

Hogan Lovells

NHTSA and EPA propose roll back of Obama-era car rules

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The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a joint notice of proposed rulemaking today, called the "Safer Affordable Fuel-Efficient (SAFE) Vehicles...more

Robinson+Cole Manufacturing Law Blog

EPA to Rethink Cost-Benefit Analyses During Rulemaking Process

This week, EPA announced that it is considering developing regulations to optimize the use of cost-benefit analyses when it is taking regulatory action. Many environmental statutes require the consideration of costs and...more

Polsinelli

Animal Testing to Decrease with New EPA Rules

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The United States Environmental Protection Agency made two moves recently to reduce the use of animals in chemical testing and pesticide registration: One under FIFRA and one under TSCA. ...more

Pierce Atwood LLP

Reading Between The Lines: EPA And DOJ Make Subtle Enforcement Changes That Could Be “Huge”

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The Trump Administration is making what might appear to be subtle changes in federal enforcement policies that have the potential to significantly shift environmental enforcement as prescribed by the prior administration. ...more

Burr & Forman

EPA Regulatory Agenda Shows Continued Retrenching

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In mid-December, EPA issued its semi-annual regulatory agenda reflecting rulemaking activities scheduled for 2018 and beyond. The overall announcement is reflected in the EPA press release and detailed explanations are...more

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