Superfund

April 15, 2022

U.S. EPA’s Addition of 1-BP to CERCLA Hazardous Substance List Likely Precursor to Similar Actions on PFAS

On April 8, 2022, U.S. EPA added the industrial solvent 1-bromopropane (1-BP) to its list of CERCLA hazardous substances; this listing was triggered by U.S. EPA’s decision to add 1-BP to the Clean Air Act’s list of hazardous air pollutants in January 2022. Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Contamination, Emerging Contaminants, Hazmat, Sustainability

1-BP, CERCLA, Clean Air Act, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, environmental, EPA, hazardous air, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, pollutant, Steven M. Siros, Superfund, Table 302.4, Toxics Release Inventory, TRI, vapor intrusion, volatile substance
January 12, 2022

PFOA and PFAS Take Another Step Towards Becoming Full-Fledged Members of the CERCLA Family of Hazardous Substances

On January 10, 2022, U.S. EPA forwarded a proposed rule that seeks to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as “hazardous substances” under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). Although not unexpected since this was a key element of U.S. EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap, U.S. EPA’s proposed rule is unique… Continue reading

CERCLA, Contamination, Emerging Contaminants, Hazmat, Water

CERCLA, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, EPA, hazardous substance, Jenner & Block, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Steven M. Siros, Superfund
May 15, 2019

EPA Adds Seven Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List

On May 13, 2019, U.S. EPA announced that it is adding seven sites to the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL), which includes the most serious contaminated sites in the country. Continue reading

CERCLA, Hazmat, Real Estate and Environment, Sustainability

Allison A. Torrence, Andrew Wheeler, CERCLA, EPA, National Priorities List, NPL, Superfund, Trump Administration
October 8, 2018

EPA To Begin Superfund Adaptive Management Pilot Program

Under the Trump Administration, EPA has expressed a renewed focus on the Superfund program and making sure that site cleanups operate optimally. The Superfund Task Force has made a number of recommendations, including recommending that EPA “Promote the Application of Adaptive Management at Complex Sites” and “Broaden the Use of Adaptive Management (AM) at Superfund… Continue reading

CERCLA, Real Estate and Environment

Adaptive Management, Allison A. Torrence, EPA, Pilot Program, Superfund, Task Force
September 17, 2018

EPA Finalizes Unprecedented NPL Listing

On September 13, 2018, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took the final, unprecedented step of adding a contaminated site to the Superfund National Priorities List (“NPL”) based solely on the risk to human health posed by indoor air vapor intrusion at the site. The newly designated site, which consists of the former Rockwell… Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Greenhouse Gas, Hazmat, Sustainability

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, GHG, Grenada Mississippi, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, Matthew G. Lawson, NPL, OSHA, RCRA, Superfund, Sustainability, TSCA, Water
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

Air, CERCLA, Climate Change, Corporate Environmental Lawyer, Critical Environmental, GHG, Hazmat, Health & Safety Developments, OSHA, OSRTI, RCRA, remediation, Steven M. Siros, Superfund, Sustainability, TSCA, Water
July 29, 2010

Limits to CERCLA’S Owner/Operator Liability

The United States District Court for the Western District of Washington has ruled that a party cannot be liable under CERCLA as an “owner/operator” for the remediation of impacted soil and water if the impacted soil and water is not located within the party’s facility, and is entirely outside of the property limits of the… Continue reading

CERCLA, RCRA, Water

CERCLA, facility, operator, owner, owner/operator, PRP, remediate, Superfund

Superfund

U.S. EPA’s Addition of 1-BP to CERCLA Hazardous Substance List Likely Precursor to Similar Actions on PFAS

PFOA and PFAS Take Another Step Towards Becoming Full-Fledged Members of the CERCLA Family of Hazardous Substances

EPA Adds Seven Sites to the Superfund National Priorities List

EPA To Begin Superfund Adaptive Management Pilot Program

EPA Finalizes Unprecedented NPL Listing

Great Lakes Legacy Act Key to CERCLA Innovation?

Limits to CERCLA’S Owner/Operator Liability