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May 19, 2022

U.S. EPA Updates Regional Screening Levels to Add Five New PFAS Chemicals

On May 18, 2022, U.S. EPA updated its Regional Screening Level tables to include five new per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The five new PFAS compounds added to the RSL tables are hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer acid and its ammonium salt (HFPO-DA – sometimes referred to as GenX chemicals), perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorononanoic… Continue reading

CERCLA, Climate Change, Contamination, Emerging Contaminants, Groundwater, RCRA, Sustainability, Water

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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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November 16, 2017

Great Lakes Legacy Act Key to CERCLA Innovation?

U.S. EPA’s Office of Superfund Remediation and Technology Innovation (“OSRTI”) recently indicated that it may be looking to the Great Lakes National Program Office’s (“GLNPO”) sediment cleanup program for best practices that might be applicable to Superfund cleanups. Continue reading

CERCLA, Climate Change, Consumer Law and Environment, Greenhouse Gas, Hazmat, Sustainability, Water

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June 21, 2010

The Illinois LUST Program Is Amended

On June 8, 2010, Illinois Governor Pat Quinn signed into law Public Act 096-0908, which amended the Illinois Environmental Protection Act’s “Leaking Underground Storage Tank” program. Continue reading

CERCLA, RCRA, Water

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