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For example, compliance demonstrations for the National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) are based on multi-source analyses. Site assessments for the Comprehensive EnvironmentalResponse, Compensation, and Liability Act , or ‘Superfund’, include consideration of multiple exposure pathways and pollutants.
Often subject to specific environmental protections, especially when “endangered” (see above). Indoor air (pollution) : coming under OSHA rather than EPA, there are laws in place to ensure that employees work in a clean and safe environment with good ventilation. Indoor air is anything contained with a building.
On the positive side, to some degree, is the fact that our air is huge which gives us a lot of dilution. Regardless, places with high densities of emissions, such as industrialized cities, still have airpollution problems, and these are called “non-attainment areas” because those areas fail to attain one or more NAAQS.
A Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to designate PFOA and PFOS as Comprehensive EnvironmentalResponse, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) hazardous substances would require facilities to report on these PFAS releases that meet or exceed the reportable quantity assigned to these substances. .
To the extent practicable, EPA will group PFAS compounds to more efficiently evaluate their toxicity. To address gaps found, EPA will issue orders under ToxicSubstancesControlAct (TSCA) Section 4 authorities to require PFAS manufacturers to conduct and fund studies evaluating toxicity of PFAS compounds.
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. The House bill ( H.R.
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. 19, 2021); OTNE Consortium, Request for Risk Evaluation under the ToxicSubstancesControlAct; Octahydro-Tetramethyl-Naphthalenyl-Ethanone Chemical Category (Nov.
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