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EPA Lists Two PFAS As Superfund ‘Substances', Limits Enforcement

EPA has finalized a first-of-its-kind rule designating the two most studied PFAS as “hazardous substances” under the Superfund law -- a move that will boost regulators’ ability to order cleanups and recover costs for PFAS but is sure to draw aggressive challenges from industry parties who fear significant costs and slower cleanups.

CEQ’s Draft Final NEPA Rule Retains Disputed Mitigation, Climate Mandates

The White House Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) final phase 2 National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) rule appears likely to retain several controversial proposed changes for how agencies implement the bedrock law, measures that will almost certainly drive litigation if the measure is issued in final form, according to a draft final version obtained by Inside EPA.

From Climate Extra
Republican-led States File Court Challenge To EPA MY27-32 Auto Limits

Over two dozen GOP-led states are quickly filing suit over EPA’s vehicle emissions standards for model year 2027-2032, beginning long-expected litigation against the rule from both states and likely liquid fuel groups as the 60-day window begins for challenges to the rule.
Steel Groups Sue EPA Over Electric Arc Furnaces NSPS Rule ‘Correction’

Steel industry groups are filing suit over EPA’s February rule correcting errors in the agency’s recently revised new source performance standards (NSPS) for electric arc furnaces (EAFs) used in steel recycling, combining their new lawsuit with existing litigation over the regulations that industry associations fault as “infeasible.”

Environmentalists Charge States’ WOTUS Suit Seeks To Go Beyond Sackett

Environmentalists, who are intervening in support of EPA’s defense of its "waters of the United States" (WOTUS) rules, are urging a federal court to reject state and industry summary judgment motions, charging that the plaintiffs’ claims are “meritless” and only speculate on the revised rule’s application, and that the suit is aimed at going beyond what the high court already ruled in Sackett v. EPA.

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