Toxics Release Inventory
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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
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U.S. EPA Announces Plan to Tighten PFAS Reporting Requirements
In connection with the release of its 2020 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis which evidenced a 10% decline in environmental releases of TRI chemicals between 2019 and 2020, U.S. EPA also announced that it intends to initiate a rulemaking later in 2022 that will, among other things, remove the de minimis exemption for reporting… Continue reading
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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