U.S. EPA

August 17, 2023

EPA Drops First Set of UCMR 5 Data

U.S. EPA released the first set of data collected by public water systems (PWS) pursuant to the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). UCMR 5 required PWS serving more than 10,000 customers to sample for 29 specific per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), and hexafluoropropylene oxide dimer… Continue reading

UCMR 5

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March 14, 2023

How Low Did U.S. EPA Go–U.S. EPA Issues Its Long-Awaited Draft PFAS Drinking Water Standards

Almost two years to the date after U.S. EPA issued its regulatory determination for contaminants on the forth Contaminant Candidate List, U.S. EPA has issued its draft rule setting drinking water limits for several PFAS compounds. Specifically. U.S. EPA’s draft rule proposes a four part per trillion (ppt) maximum contaminant level (MCL) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA)… Continue reading

Water

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September 29, 2021

TSCA Articles Regulations—U.S. EPA Course Reversal?

In prepared remarks from U.S. EPA chemicals chief Michael Freedhoff that were presented at the Product Stewardship Society’s annual meeting, Freedhoff clearly articulated an intent by the Agency to reverse course and aggressively seek to regulate finished articles under the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”). Continue reading

TSCA

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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

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February 15, 2021

EPA Approves Additional Pesticide Products to Use as COVID-19 Disinfectants

U.S. EPA recently has approved two new products for use on surfaces in the battle to kill SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID‑19. Continue reading

COVID-19, FIFRA

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April 30, 2020

U.S. EPA Extends Comment Period on PFAS Safe Drinking Water Act Regulatory Determination to June 10, 2020

As discussed in more detail in a previous blog, on February 20, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“U.S. EPA”) announced that it was seeking public comments on its preliminary regulatory determination that seeks to implement regulatory limits for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) in public drinking water across the United States. Continue reading

Air, Climate Change, Sustainability, Water

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July 29, 2019

Exploring the E-Suite with Elizabeth Anderson, Ph.D., Fellow ATS, Chief Science Officer and Senior Fellow, Exponent, Inc.; formerly, Carcinogen Assessment Group and Office of Health and Environmental Assessment, U.S. EPA

I led the health sciences assessment work for the first 14 years after U.S. EPA was formed in December 1970. At the time, U.S. EPA was a very small agency. I was the only health scientist in an eight-person Office of Technical Analysis, reporting directly to U.S. EPA’s first Administrator, Bill Ruckelshaus. Continue reading

Air, CERCLA, Consumer Law and Environment, RCRA, Toxic Tort, Water

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March 12, 2019

EPA Can’t Dodge Gold King Mine Liability

U.S. EPA continues to be on the hook for damages associated with the Gold King Mine located in San Juan County, Colorado. The federal district court in New Mexico rejected U.S. EPA’s claim that it was protected from CERCLA liability on sovereign immunity grounds and found that plaintiffs’ allegations, if proven, would demonstrate U.S. EPA’s… Continue reading

CERCLA, Climate Change, OSHA, RCRA, Sustainability, Water

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January 4, 2017

U.S. EPA Collects $6B in Penalties in 2016

According to U.S. EPA’s annual enforcement report, U.S. EPA collected in approximately $6 billion in civil penalties and required companies to expend in excess of $13.7 billion for pollution control investments in 2016. U.S. EPA’s 2016 collections represented a significant increase over 2015, when U.S. EPA only collected $207 million in civil penalties. Continue reading

Climate Change, Sustainability, Water

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June 30, 2010

Promoting Transparency for Nanomaterials

On June 25, 2010, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) published a report entitled Nanotechnology: Nanomaterials Are Widely Used in Commerce, but EPA Faces Challenges Regulating Risk (http://www.gao.gov/products/GAO-10-549). In this report, the GAO notes that companies are increasingly using nanoparticles in the products they manufacture and that industry is diligently conducting research and development in new… Continue reading

CERCLA, Hazmat, OSHA, RCRA, TSCA, Water

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