2025 Clean Water Act Environmental Responsibility 
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
In April of 2024, the EPA introduced new Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for PFAS in drinking water, signaling a critical regulatory shift. And in May of 2024, two types of PFAS are now classified as Hazardous Substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA).
Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
In 2017, several groups filed suit against the EPA for promulgating a rule to exempt CAFOs emissions from reporting requirements under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA).
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Vermont Law
DECEMBER 24, 2024
A Brief History of Federal Superfund Legislation In 1980, Congress enacted The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), more commonly known as Superfund. This monumental piece of legislation constructed a new tax on chemical and petroleum industries.
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.
Arnold Porter
AUGUST 26, 2021
The bill also would establish a grant program under the Safe Drinking Water Act for assistance to community water systems affected by PFAS to pay for capital costs associated with treatment technologies. Maryland Enacted 2025 Ban on Cosmetic Products Containing Certain PFAS and Other Chemicals. The House bill ( H.R.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
Stakeholders will want to pay particular attention to the next Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) and Contaminant Candidate List (CCL), both of which play a role in which drinking water contaminants EPA will consider for NPDWRs. In addition, EPA requested nominations for the next CCL in 2018 but has not published the final.
Arnold Porter
JUNE 2, 2021
Regan announced on April 27, 2021 that he had established an EPA Council on PFAS (ECP) comprising senior EPA career officials to develop a multi-year strategy for 2021 through 2025 to address PFAS.[[N:News N:News Release, EPA, EPA Administrator Regan Establishes New Council on PFAS (Apr. 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]]
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