2022 Air Pollution Toxic Substances Control Act 
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
Incremental (step-by-step) approaches In 2022, the EPA published an Environmental Justice Legal Tools document and a Cumulative Impacts Addendum. Site assessments for the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act , or ‘Superfund’, include consideration of multiple exposure pathways and pollutants.
Vermont Law
OCTOBER 1, 2023
5) Often, those living in sacrifice zones do not know that they are being exposed to high levels of pollution. In Cancer Alley, Black residents are unknowingly exposed to multiple sources of industrial air pollution, creating a cancer rate of about 47 times higher than the Environmental PPA’s acceptable levels. (6) 705 (2022).
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Ohio Environmental Law
SEPTEMBER 8, 2022
Toxic Substances Control Act section 7 imminently hazardous chemical. Alternatively, EPA can designate a chemical or compound as a “hazardous substance” using its authority under CERCLA Section102 under the following criteria: (1) “such elements, compounds, mixtures, solutions, and substances”. (2)
Ohio Environmental Law
OCTOBER 23, 2021
To the extent practicable, EPA will group PFAS compounds to more efficiently evaluate their toxicity. To address gaps found, EPA will issue orders under Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 4 authorities to require PFAS manufacturers to conduct and fund studies evaluating toxicity of PFAS compounds.
Capaccio
JUNE 14, 2022
Enhance PFAS reporting under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) . For Reporting Year 2021 (forms due by July 1, 2022), 176 PFAS are reporting. This includes 4 PFAS automatically added by the National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) beginning with RY 2021. Build the technical foundation to address PFAS air emissions .
Union of Concerned Scientists
MAY 19, 2022
Outside of bird protection acts of the early 20 th century, protections for water, air and the atmosphere are a late 20 th -century development, created in the wake of Rachel Carson’s 1962 treatise on pesticides, Silent Spring. In the 2022-23 term, the court will hear Sackett v.
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. Three More PFAS Added to Toxics Release Inventory List for 2021 Reporting Year; EPA Announced Plans for More Additions to List. reports due July 1, 2022).
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