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December 21, 2021

U.S. EPA Finalizes Fifth UCMR—PFAS Remain in the Regulatory Bullseye

On December 20, 2021, U.S. EPA finalized its Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR) that will require public water systems (PWS) to collect monitoring data for 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and lithium in drinking water. Continue reading

Contamination, Emerging Contaminants, Groundwater, Sustainability, Water

Corporate Environmental Lawyer, EPA, final rule, Jenner & Block, lithium, PFAS, SDWA, Steven M. Siros, UCMR, Water
September 16, 2020

U.S. EPA Issues New Rule on EPA Guidance Documents

On September 14, 2020, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) issued a final rule intended to promote transparency and establish consistent requirements procedures for the issuance of guidance documents. Continue reading

Sustainability

EPA, Executive Order 12866, Executive Order 13891, final rule, guidance documents, Guidance Portal, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs
February 1, 2019

OSHA Rescinds Electronic Submission of Injury/Illness Logs and Incident Reports and Raises Penalties

On January 25, 2019, the U.S. Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) issued a Final Rule eliminating the requirement that certain employers electronically submit to OSHA information from their annual OSHA 300 log of workplace injuries and illnesses and their OSHA 301 incident reports, which are required to be created after each logged injury and… Continue reading

OSHA

301 Report, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, final rule, Form 300, Form 300A, Gabrielle Sigel, OSHA
January 13, 2017

OSHA Issues Final Beryllium Rule Reducing Workplace Exposure Limit 10-Fold

The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) published a final rule on Occupational Exposure to Beryllium in the Federal Register on January 9, 2017. The final rule reduces the permissible exposure limit (PEL) for beryllium to 0.2 μg/m3, averaged over 8-hours. Continue reading

Air, Hazmat, OSHA, Toxic Tort

Beryllium, exposure, Federal Register, final rule, OHSA, PEL

final rule

U.S. EPA Finalizes Fifth UCMR—PFAS Remain in the Regulatory Bullseye

U.S. EPA Issues New Rule on EPA Guidance Documents

OSHA Rescinds Electronic Submission of Injury/Illness Logs and Incident Reports and Raises Penalties

OSHA Issues Final Beryllium Rule Reducing Workplace Exposure Limit 10-Fold