Environmental Science

JULY 30, 2018

Based on regulations and scientific knowledge, commercial laboratories have an established suite of chemicals they typically look for in environmental samples. For example, EPA under the Clean Water Act established 129 “ Priority Pollutants ” in 1976, a list of which is a typical analytical suite that you can order as a package.

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Clean Energy Law

JULY 16, 2019

Thus, EPA’s analysis relies on several additional factors: Other federal financial responsibility requirements. State law requirements. Section 108(b) and EPA’s Path to This Decision. EPA also takes the position that CERCLA’s list of factors is not exhaustive and that the statute is silent on how EPA should weigh the factors.

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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).

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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. The enactment of S.259,

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Legal Planet

NOVEMBER 28, 2024

In December, EPA is slated to issue a “biennial review” under the Clean Water Act that specifies which chemicals in biosolids should be labeled toxic pollutants and prioritized for regulation. food supply and frame it in bipartisan terms, while falling short of a final regulation reversible under the Congressional Review Act.

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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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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. In June and July 2021, Maine enacted multiple laws that regulate PFAS both in products and in the environment.

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Law Columbia

MARCH 6, 2018

Each month, Arnold & Porter and the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law collect and summarize developments in climate-related litigation, which we also add to our U.S. applied federal common law. and non-U.S. climate litigation charts. If you know of any cases we have missed, please email us at columbiaclimate at gmail dot com.

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

The risk evaluation’s conclusions that consumer uses do not present an unreasonable risk could preempt state-level restrictions on 1,4-dioxane in personal care, cosmetic, and cleaning products such as restrictions enacted by New York in 2019.[[N:N.Y. Law §§ 35-0105, 37-0115.]]. 14560 (Mar. 17, 2021).]]

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Arnold Porter

JUNE 2, 2021

On the campaign trail, President Biden pledged to "tackle PFAS pollution by designating PFAS as a hazardous substance," which aligns with the bipartisan PFAS Action Act ( H.R. The Clean Water Act (CWA) prohibits point source discharges of certain pollutants without a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit.

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ESA

JULY 26, 2021

Judge rules Maui County, Hawaii must receive a Clean Water Act permit in a case that reached the Supreme Court. Maine law banning PFAS takes effect. The bill also requires the EPA to determine whether PFAS should be designated as a toxic pollutant under the Clean Water Act. International.

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Vermont Law

DECEMBER 19, 2016

Try explaining that to your new Peruvian sister-in-law. However, the Clean Power Plan is currently tied up in the D.C. Environmental law scholars have, nevertheless, devoted tens of thousands of pages of law review articles to debate the plan’s legality by parsing sections 111(d) and 112 of the Clean Air Act.

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ESA

MAY 6, 2021

241 ) to reauthorize the Tropical Forest and Coral Reef Conservation Act through 2026. This law provides loan forgiveness for developing countries that meet specific benchmarks and agree to contribute to tropical forest and coral reef conservation. He signed it into law. The full House passed Rep. 335 ) in the Senate in March.

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