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Legal Planet
MAY 29, 2024
This post was originally published on the Law & Political Economy Blog as “How Environmental Law Created a World Awash in Toxic Chemicals.” Indeed, the PFAS disaster points once again to the failure of our laws regulating toxic chemicals, which were intended to avoid just these sorts of problems.
Union of Concerned Scientists
MARCH 26, 2025
laws, including: the Clean Air Act; the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) also known as Superfund; the Clean Water Act; the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA); and the Safe Water Drinking Act.
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Vermont Law
DECEMBER 19, 2018
Mercury and Air Toxics Standards. that restrict mercury, arsenic, lead, and other poisonous emissions by coal- and oil-burning power plants; narrowing the scope of a 2016. law mandating safety assessments for potentially toxic chemicals, like dry-cleaning solvents and paint strippers; and eliminating two programs.
Arnold Porter
AUGUST 26, 2021
Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. EPA finalized a risk management rule for decaBDE and four other PBT substances in early January. 21-70168, 21-70670 (9th Cir. June 30, 2021).]]
Legal Planet
MARCH 14, 2023
The legal and political responses to the accident have been predictable. EPA’s efforts to regulate vinyl chloride as a hazardous air pollutant under section 112 of the Clean Air Act also went on for more than a decade and was ultimately a big part of the reason why Congress overhauled that section of the statute in the 1990 amendments.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
Our primary focus continues to be on chemical substances which are the subject of regulatory activity or scrutiny by various government agencies and potential litigants. Following the transition between administrations, EPA withdrew the January version, finding that its conclusions had been compromised by political interference.[[N:News
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
Regulatory determinations under SDWA trigger EPA's process for developing national primary drinking water regulations (NPDWRs), which are enforceable drinking water standards in contrast to the health advisories EPA established for PFOA and PFOS in 2016.
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