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EPA Seeks Comments On Draft Compliance Guide Addressing Surface Coatings Under PFAS SNUR: On December 16, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of a draft compliance guide that outlines which imported articles are covered by EPA’s July 2020 final significant new use rule (SNUR) that prohibits companies from manufacturing, importing, processing, or using certain long-chain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) without prior EPA review and approval. 85 Fed. Reg. 81466. The draft guide provides additional clarity on what is meant by a “surface coating,” identifies which entities are regulated, describes the activities that are required or prohibited, and summarizes the notification requirements of the final SNUR. More information on the draft compliance guide is available in our December 14, 2020, memorandum, “EPA Publishes Draft Compliance Guide Addressing Surface Coatings under PFAS SNUR.” Comments on the draft g
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As we approach the end of the current 116th Congress on January
3, there has been a flurry of energy-related activity on Capitol
Hill as well as with the Biden-Harris presidential transition as
President-elect Biden prepares for his inauguration on January
20.
Biden-Harris Transition Updates
President-elect Biden has continued to round out his energy,
environment, and climate teams, naming cabinet-level nominees as
well as other roles that do not require confirmation by the U.S.
Senate.
Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan, has been
nominated top serve as Secretary of Energy.
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As we approach the end of the current 116th Congress on January 3, there has been a flurry of energy-related activity on Capitol Hill as well as with the Biden-Harris presidential transition as President-elect Biden prepares for his inauguration on January 20.
Biden-Harris Transition Updates
President-elect Biden has continued to round out his energy, environment, and climate teams, naming cabinet-level nominees as well as other roles that do not require confirmation by the U.S. Senate.
Jennifer Granholm, the former governor of Michigan, has been nominated top serve as Secretary of Energy.
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Sen. Lisa Murkowski saw her nearly six-year effort at an energy reform bill finally passed by Congress and signed by President Donald Trump last month. (Photo/Yuri Gripas/Abaca Press/Tribune News Service)
Tucked amongst the 5,500-some pages of legislation with more than $2 trillion in spending and COVID-19 aid that President Donald Trump signed last month was one of Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s biggest policy accomplishments, but according to Murkowski, that’s sort of how she wanted it.
The 532 pages of the year-end omnibus spending bill that comprise the Energy Act of 2020 culminate almost six years of work, procedural hang-ups and near-victories for Murkowski, who credited her staff for their continual effort.
Cost Breakthrough in Department of Energy Loan Guarantees
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The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (“AFCC”) worked closely with policy makers and appropriators this year to provide changes to the U.S. Department of Energy (“DOE”)’s Title XVII Innovative Technology Loan Guarantee Program (the “Title XVII Program”), which were realized through the recent enactment of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021.
This bipartisan package will foster innovation across the board on a range of technologies that are critical to our energy and national security, our long-term economic competitiveness, and the protection of our environment. WASHINGTON (PRWEB) December 31, 2020 The Alternative Fuels & Chemicals Coalition (“AFCC”) (founded by Mark J. Riedy, Partner, Kilpatrick Townsend Stockton and AFCC General Counsel, CJ Evans, Managing Director, American Diversified Energy and AFCC Execu