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Ag and Food Law Daily Update: January 24, 2021

National Law Center

REGULATORY: EPA ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY Notice announcing submissions under the Toxic Substances Control Act from 12/01/2021 to 12/31/2021. The post Ag and Food Law Daily Update: January 24, 2021 appeared first on National Agricultural Law Center.

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EPA’s New PFAS Definition Will Make it Harder to Protect the Public

Union of Concerned Scientists

In the scientific literature, the definition of PFAS has been a subject of rich and sometimes confusing debate, but the most widely used and inclusive definition is one developed by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) in 2021. This EPA office needs to do better.

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When Democrats and Republicans united to repair the Earth

Environment, Law, and History

Press of Kansas, 2021). Melosi, Carolyn Merchant, Roderick Nash, Adam Rome, and Paul Sutter, among many others—Coodley and Sarasohn offer here an exhaustive play-by-play account of the legislative battles between 1964 and 1976 that led to the passage of some of the most important environmental laws in the United States.

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EPA hints at critical changes to TSCA PFAS Reporting Rule, seeks comment

Environmental News Bits

Read the full story at the National Law Review. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) June 2021 proposal of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) reporting rule targeting manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) sparked a major outcry from chemical manufacturers and article importers.

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Environmental, Health Groups Submit Petition To Environmental Quality Board For More Protective Setbacks From Shale Gas Wells For Schools, Daycares, Hospitals, Buildings, Drinking Water Wells, Surface Water

PA Environment Daily

The petitioners argue in detail-- “Establishing setback requirements as outlined in this Petition would constitute a valid exercise of the EQB’s authority granted by the Oil and Gas Act, the Air Pollution Control Act, and the Clean Streams Law, discussed in this in turn. Read more here.] Read more here. ] Bartolotta, Sen.

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Registration Opens for Free Webinar on “TSCA: It Is Not What You May Think”

Brag

Bergeson will join the Retail Industry Leaders Association’s (RILA) Retail Compliance Center (RCC) on June 10, 2021, at 2:00 p.m. EDT) to present a webinar entitled “TSCA: It Is Not What You May Think.”

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Risky Business: Deciding Whether Chemicals Pose Risk Is Getting Really Confusing

Acoel

The federal law that authorizes the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to regulate industrial chemical substances is the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), an almost 47-year-old law significantly amended in 2016 by the Frank R.