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Union of Concerned Scientists
JULY 9, 2024
Toxic Substances Control Act updates There’s a lot going on in the near term with the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) too. This is a major federal law that governs if a chemical will be regulated, limited, or even banned.
Union of Concerned Scientists
SEPTEMBER 30, 2024
However, since major US environmental laws are enacted to protect the air, water, and land separately (i.e. the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, the Safe Drinking Water Act), as a result, EPA programs are often implemented narrowly, not holistically.
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Circle of Blue
FEBRUARY 15, 2023
Ongoing Battle to Keep Toxic Chemicals at Bay Outdated federal water laws and chemicals that were approved for industry without assessing for risk leave Ann Arbor and other communities struggling to ward off water contaminants before they foul drinking supplies. It’s frustrating,” he said.
Law and Environment
SEPTEMBER 1, 2022
(Maintaining CERCLA’s reputation for incoherent drafting , it is not clear whether the exclusion applies to any such orders or only orders issued pursuant to certain other federal environmental statutes, including the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act and the Clean Water Act.)
Clean Energy Law
JULY 16, 2019
State law requirements. 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. Thus, EPA’s analysis relies on several additional factors: Other federal financial responsibility requirements. EPA’s Process and Rationale. What’s Next?
Vermont Law
NOVEMBER 26, 2019
Efforts to protect public health and the environment from PFAS have been hampered by major gaps in both federal and state law and the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) unwillingness to act. Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act. Toxic Substances Control Act.
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)
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