EPA Adds Nine New PFAS to List of Chemicals Subject to Toxic Chemical Release Reporting Under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act and The Pollution Prevention Act On January 6, 2025, the EPA published a...more
The global bulk chemical shipping industry relies on chemical transportation depots to be responsive to market demands by temporarily holding trailers and containers of chemical products en route to their final destinations...more
Since late 2019, EPA has successfully added certain perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the toxic release inventory (TRI) list of chemicals subject to reporting under section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community...more
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on January 6, 2025, that it is updating the list of chemicals subject to toxic chemical release reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act...more
Long-term changes to Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) reporting requirements under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (“EPCRA”) will require thousands of facilities to submit reports on per- and...more
On December 5, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) proposed a rule eliminating an exemption that currently allows facilities to avoid reporting the use of small concentrations of Per- and...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: This U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule to add per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of chemicals required to be reported annually under the EPCRA Section...more
At the end of 2019, President Trump signed into law the “PFAS Act of 2019” (contained in the National Defense Authorization Act), triggering reporting of a significant number of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) for...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: The U.S. Chemical Safety and Hazard Investigation Board (CSB) has proposed new accidental chemical release reporting requirements that are broad in scope and would cover additional chemicals, threshold...more
Seyfarth Synopsis: On December 20, 2019, the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) was signed into law, including provisions for adding certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the EPA’s...more