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On April 10, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced the first enforceable federal drinking water standards under the Safe Drinking Water Act ("SDWA")...

On February 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") proposed two rules that would: (1) amend the regulatory definition of hazardous waste applicable to RCRA corrective actions...

Napoli Shkolnik supports the Environmental Protection Agency's ("EPA") recent decision to classify Perfluorooctanoic Acid ("PFOA") and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate ("PFOS") as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response,...

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency released a final rule Friday to designate two types of PFAS chemicals as hazardous substances. Those two chemicals are perfluorooctanoic acid, also known as PFOA, and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, or PFOS. PFOA is the chemical that DuPont formerly used to make Teflon while PFOS was used as an ingredient in 3M’s Scotchgard.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standards for six PFAS, or “forever chemicals.” Our Environment, Land...

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams

Water organizations fear the new classification for the chemical substances it will leave them open to lawsuits from PFA producers and stick the water systems with the costs of cleanups. 

WASHINGTON — The Environmental Protection Agency on Friday designated two forever chemicals that have been used in cookware, carpets and firefighting foams as

NORTH CAROLINA — The Environmental Protection Agency established two PFAS compounds prevalent in the Cape Fear region as hazardous substances…

Instead of hazardous waste, this “Superfund” would clean up the mess left by climate-induced storms, floods and heat waves created by fossil fuel companies.