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EPA Outlines Early Plans For Lead-Soil Guide Ahead Of Cleanup ‘Strategy’

BOSTON -- EPA waste officials are offering broad outlines for how they plan to implement their strict new guidance on cleaning up lead-contaminated soil under its Superfund and corrective action programs but are cautioning state regulators that the more-detailed implementation strategy they are seeking is still “under development.”

Environmentalists Tout Cumulative Benefits Of Power Sector Rule Package

Environmentalists are highlighting the importance of EPA’s pending release of a package of rules addressing various environmental media at power plants, pointing to the correlation between pollution reductions from each media and the benefits of cumulative action to address it despite potential shortfalls in the agency’s enforcement bandwidth.

Industry, Environmentalists Clash On CASAC’s NAAQS Review Advice

Industry groups are rejecting draft advice from EPA’s Clean Air Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) that calls for more in-depth reviews of national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS), saying this would worsen EPA’s delays in completing reviews.

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EPA Faces Likely Suits Over PFAS Water Rule’s Science, Novel Approach

EPA appears likely to face litigation from manufacturers and other industry groups as well as water utilities over its landmark final rule regulating six PFAS in drinking water, legal experts say, pointing to potential challenges over the science underpinning the rule as well as the novel “hazard index” approach the agency used to set standards.

Wastewater Treatment Plants Press EPA For More Flexibility In CSO Policies

Publicly owned treatment works (POTWs) are pressing EPA to revise a pair of guidance documents addressing combined sewer overflows (CSOs) to provide more flexibilities for systems that are complying with their long-term control plans (LTCPs) but are still not meeting water quality standards.

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