News & Analysis as of

Public Health RCRA Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Nossaman LLP

EPA Action on “Forever Chemicals”

Nossaman LLP on

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are at the top of every environmental regulator’s list in 2024 and already this year the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken key steps toward regulating...more

White & Case LLP

US EPA lists two PFAS aka “forever chemicals” as Hazardous Substances under CERCLA

White & Case LLP on

On April 19, 2024, the US Environmental Protection Agency (“US EPA”) announced its final rule designating two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), namely perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic...more

Jones Day

EPA Proposes New Set of Rules to Regulate PFAS Under RCRA

Jones Day on

On February 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed two regulations that would add nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") to the list of Resource Conservation and Recovery Act ("RCRA")...more

Robinson+Cole Environmental Law +

Nine PFAS Compounds Proposed to be Hazardous Constituents Under RCRA

On February 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published two proposed rules in the Federal Register that would expand the EPA’s authority to address certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under...more

Stinson LLP

EPA Proposes to Regulate Nine PFAS as RCRA “Hazardous Constituents”

Stinson LLP on

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has taken its first major action of 2024 to regulate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) across environmental media. On January 31, 2024, EPA issued pre-publication...more

Nossaman LLP

EPA Takes Next Step in PFAS Regulations – Proposing Adding Nine PFAS as Hazardous Constituents

Nossaman LLP on

On January 31, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that it is proposing to list nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous constituents under the Resource Conservation and Recovery...more

Lathrop GPM

EPA Responds to Petition for PFAS Rulemaking

Lathrop GPM on

EPA announced plans to initiate two rulemakings involving PFAS, one that would list four PFAS compounds as Hazardous Constituents under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), the federal hazardous waste law, and...more

Robinson+Cole Environmental Law +

Four PFAS May Be Designated RCRA Hazardous Wastes

On October 26, 2021, the U.S. EPA announced it will initiate two rulemakings that will take significant steps to address PFAS contamination across the country. The first rulemaking will designate four of the so-called...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

RCRA Citizen Suit: Federal District Court Addresses Scope of Term "Removal"

The United States Federal District Court (E.D. Louisiana) (“Court”) addressed in a November 5th Order an issue arising out of a federal Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) citizen suit action. See Residents of...more

Fox Rothschild LLP

EPA Issues Interim Guidance On Site Field Work Decisions Due To Impacts Of COVID-19

Fox Rothschild LLP on

On April 10, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued interim guidance for decisions regarding whether field activities under EPA-lead cleanup programs such as Superfund and RCRA corrective action should...more

Gray Reed

A Development in Earthquakes and Fracking

Gray Reed on

Sierra Club v. Chesapeake Operating LLC et al is news more shocking than “Man Bites Dog”! A federal court has acknowledged that others are better equipped to address certain issues than the judiciary!...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, August 2016

TSCA/FIFRA/IRIS/NTP/TRI - EPA Releases TRI Preliminary Dataset For Calendar Year 2015: On July 20, 2016, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...more

Seyfarth Shaw LLP

EPA Takes Positions on Vapor Intrusion

Seyfarth Shaw LLP on

In a busy day for vapor intrusion, last week the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency made several announcements about vapor intrusion. First, it announced it had submitted a draft rule to the White House OMB seeking to...more

13 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide