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TSCA/FIFRA/TRI - EPA Proposes To Add 12 Chemicals To List Of TRI Chemicals: On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed to add 12...

Where a defendant owner of a Superfund site containing elevated levels of hazardous substances in the groundwater was held liable under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act, the judgment should be affirmed despite the defendant’s argument that the United States did not satisfy the release prong of CERCLA and that the lower court ...

EPA transmitted four important documents to the EPA Science Advisory Board SAB for peer review that included updated health assessments for perfluorooctanoic acid PFOA and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid PFOS.

The Vinyl Institute (VI), today announced recipients of its annual health, safety, and environmental awards, which are given to companies in the vinyl industry for safeguarding workers and protecting the environment at manufacturing facilities throughout the United States and Canada. …

On October 18, 2021, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap (Roadmap or Plan), the agency's new approach to comprehensively addressing the...

In October 2021, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) issued its PFAS Roadmap, establishing a comprehensive, three-year plan to address the potential risks posed by...

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On November 1, 2021, the American Society for Testing and Material’s (“ASTM”) environmental assessment, risk management, and corrective action committee (“E50”) released E1527-21, a...

If you’ve been following the most recent developments related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (commonly referred to as “PFAS”), then you likely have heard of the PFAS Strategic...

At the same time that Federal courts are strictly enforcing the requirements for All Appropriate Inquiries, ASTM International (“ASTM”) has issued additional, potentially challenging...