PFAS

September 22, 2021

PFAS Linked to Climate Change According to Environmental NGO

In the latest attack on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a recent report issued by the environmental group Toxic-Free Future (TFF) seeks to link PFAS utilized in the manufacture of food packaging to the release of greenhouse gases. Continue reading

Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas

CERCLA, chlorodifluoromethane, class-based, global-warming potential, hazardous substances, HCFC-22, Montreal Protocol, ozone depleting, PFAS, R22, TFF, Toxic-Free Future, U.S. EPA
June 3, 2021

Analysis of Recent and Forthcoming State Legislation on Toxic Chemicals in Cosmetics and Personal Care Products and Preemptive Effects of Existing Federal Legislation

According to a report released in February 2021 by the organization Safer States, at least 27 US states will consider proposed legislation to regulate toxic chemicals in 2021. While a large driver of the proposed state laws is growing public concern over drinking water contamination from “emerging contaminants,” including PFAS (per- and polyfluorinated alkyl substances)… Continue reading

Emerging Contaminants, Groundwater, TSCA, Water

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May 7, 2021

EPA Announces Plans to Require Additional Chemical Reporting under its Toxic Release Inventory

On Friday, April 30, 2021, The Biden Administration’s Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced significant steps the agency intends to take under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) Program to implement expanded reporting requirements for companies that store and utilize hazardous chemicals, including new obligations to report the storage, use and any releases of ethylene oxide, a… Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Contamination, Groundwater, Sustainability, Toxic Tort, TSCA, Water

Corporate Environmental Lawyer, EPA, EPCRA, ethylene oxide, Jenner & Block, Matthew G. Lawson, PFAS, PFBS, Toxics Release Inventory, TRI, TSCA
April 23, 2021

Earth Day 2021: CERCLA and RCRA in The Biden Administration: Elevating Climate Change and Environmental Justice in Addressing Hazardous Wastes

We close out the Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog’s weeklong celebration of Earth Day with the two federal programs aimed at cleaning up existing toxic waste sites and preventing the creation of new ones, the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”) and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”). Continue reading

CERCLA, Climate Change, Emerging Contaminants, RCRA, Sustainability

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April 22, 2021

Earth Day 2021: Biden’s American Jobs Plan Aims to End the Flow of Lead in Drinking Water

As the Corporate Environmental Lawyer Blog celebrates Earth Day, we turn to the important topic of drinking water. Drinking water, like the air we breathe, is an environmental issue that everyone interacts with on a daily basis. But, much like air pollution, contamination of drinking water often has the largest impact on poor communities and… Continue reading

Sustainability, Water

Allison A. Torrence, american jobs plan, biden, build back better, drinking water, EPA, Lead, Lead and Copper, PFAS, Trump
April 21, 2021

Earth Day 2021: Heightened Chemical Regulation under the Biden Administration

A key platform of President Biden’s environmental agenda is a heightened focus on regulating chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). Regulating chemicals in order to minimize the threat to human and the environment is clearly also critical to achieving the aims and goals of Earth Day especially considering that the publication of… Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Emerging Contaminants, Sustainability, TSCA

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April 5, 2021

Unexplained PFAS Contamination at Petroleum Spill Site Mystifies Environmental Regulators

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) is continuing to investigate an unexplained source of per-fluorinated compounds (PFAS) contamination that may be associated with the deployment of a fire-fighting compound in response to a major gasoline release by the Colonial Pipeline system on August 14, 2020. Continue reading

Consumer Law and Environment, Contamination, Groundwater, Hazmat, Water

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January 20, 2021

U.S. EPA Issues Final Guidance on PFAS SNUR

On January 19, 2021, four days after the close of the comment period, U.S. EPA issued its final guidance document to aid in implementation of its Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) for long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylate and perfluoroalkyl sulfonate chemical substances (PFAS). Not surprisingly, the final guidance document remained largely unchanged from the draft version. Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Emerging Contaminants, Sustainability, Water

Corporate Environmental Lawyer, PFAS, Significant New Use Rule, SNUN, SNUR
December 21, 2020

EPA Issues New Guidance on Disposal and Destruction Methods for PFAS Waste

On December 18, 2020, U.S. EPA issued its long awaited interim guidance on disposal and destruction methods for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The guidance, which U.S. EPA was required to issue pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, discusses three disposal/destruction technologies—thermal treatment, landfilling and underground injection. Continue reading

Air

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July 31, 2020

New York Sets PFAS And 1,4-Dioxane MCL

On July 30, 2020, New York’s Public Health and Planning Council voted to establish maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for PFOA and PFOS, two of the more common per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances known as PFAS. Continue reading

Water

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