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Nov 21, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Meaghan Colligan |Amy O'Brien |Dianne Phillips
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) concluded its risk evaluation of 1,4-Dioxane under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) and issued a Notice of Availability of its Final Supplement to the Risk Evaluation and Revised Unreasonable Risk Determination for 1,4-Dioxane (Final Revised Risk Determination) on Nov. 14, 2024.
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Oct 29, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Dianne Phillips |Meaghan Colligan |Amy Edwards |Molly Broughton
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
add 16 new, individually listed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) and 15 PFAS categories to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)
list as "chemicals of special concern." Industries that
may be impacted by the rule are, generally, mining, utility,
manufacturing, wholesalers of nondurable goods, wholesale
electronic markets and agent brokers, publishing and hazardous
waste, as well as federal facilities.
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Oct 22, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Dianne Phillips
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently issued
the Vessel Incident Discharge (VID) final rule to establish federal
standards for marine pollution control devices for discharges
incidental to the normal operation of non-armed forces and
nonrecreational vessels 79 feet in length and above.
Though the final rule becomes effective Nov. 8, 2024, the EPA
Secretary must set the standards of performance under the Clean
Water Act before they are enforceable.
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Oct 21, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Rich Gold |Amy Edwards |Dianne Phillips |Letitia Moore
Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) laws represent a pivotal
shift in environmental and sustainability compliance, placing the
onus of end-of-life product management on the parties that produce
the product rather than on the municipalities that have to handle
the discarded packaging materials.
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Sep 23, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Dianne Phillips |Meaghan Colligan |Amy Edwards |Michael Galano
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sept. 6,
2024, announced the availability of $6.5 billion in Water
Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding and $1
billion in State Infrastructure Financing Authority (SWIFIA)
funding.
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Sep 19, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Dianne Phillips |Meaghan Colligan |Amy Edwards |Michael Galano |Lauri A. Hettinger |Molly Broughton
HighlightsThe U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Sept. 6, 2024, announced the availability of $6.5 billion in Water Infrastructure Finance and Innovation Act (WIFIA) funding and $1 billion in State Infrastructure Financing Authority (SWIFIA) funding.
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Sep 12, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Amy Edwards |Meaghan Colligan |Dianne Phillips
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 Proposed Rule to
extend the deadline for a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) one-time reporting
rule that was finalized on Oct. 11, 2023, under Section 8(a)(7)
of TSCA (15 U.S.C. §2607(a)(7)).
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
jdsupra.com | Meaghan Colligan |Amy Edwards |Dianne Phillips
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 Proposed Rule to extend the deadline for a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) one-time reporting rule that was finalized on Oct. 11, 2023, under Section 8(a)(7) of TSCA (15 U.S.C. §2607(a)(7)).
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Sep 11, 2024 | 
lexology.com | Dianne Phillips |Amy Edwards |Meaghan Colligan
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 Proposed Rule to extend the deadline for a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) one-time reporting rule that was finalized on Oct. 11, 2023, under Section 8(a)(7) of TSCA (15 U.S.C. §2607(a)(7)).
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Jun 27, 2024 | 
mondaq.com | Dianne Phillips |Amy Edwards |Meaghan Colligan |Dimitrios Karakitsos
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a
far-reaching and important final rule (Rule) on Oct. 11, 2023,
requiring comprehensive reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl
substances (PFAS) manufactured and imported in the U.S. under the
Toxic Substances Control Act from 2011 through 2022.
The Rule applies not only to traditional chemical manufacturers
but to all importers of products that may contain one or more PFAS
compounds.
