EPA has formally reversed the Trump-era denial of a TSCA petition seeking new toxicity and human-health testing on 54 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) linked to water contamination in North Carolina, but its announcement argues that it can satisfy the petition through already-planned tests and analysis rather than the new tests petitioners had sought.
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In a first-time exercise of its discretionary authority, EPA is requiring 29 ethylene oxide-emitting (EtO) facilities to report their 2022 releases of the carcinogen to the Toxics Inventory Release (TRI), arguing the data will empower environmental justice communities to act locally and inform the agency’s future actions.
The Louisiana Chemical Association (LCA) is asking EPA Administrator Michael Regan for a meeting next month to address concerns that the agency is planning to use methods and results from a high-profile media study identifying air-toxics hot spots that pose cumulative cancer risks around environmental justice (EJ) communities in its rulemakings.
EPA’s request for a federal court to remand policies exempting animal feeding operations (AFOs) from reporting harmful air emissions under community right-to-know law while the agency reviews the issue is sparking a court clash, as environmentalists are urging the court to vacate the waiver while intervening farm groups are backing the agency.
EPA has added the industrial solvent 1-bromopropane (1-BP) to its list of hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) regulated under the Clean Air Act, a first-time listing that sets a precedent for any future additions, though the agency has dropped plans for the listing to impose immediate regulatory obligations and is now planning a new rule to detail its plans.
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The suit will test EPA’s application of its five-factor test for including outlying areas in NAAQS nonattainment zones, which must impose tougher pollution controls on local industries.Thu, 2021-12-23 12:55
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Diane VanDe Hei, who has led the Association of Metropolitan Water Agencies for more than 30 years, is stepping down from her position early next year.Thu, 2021-12-23 09:00
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James Williams, who has led government affairs for the Environmental Technology Council for the past 11 years, is replacing the group’s long-time executive director, David Case.Wed, 2021-12-22 09:00
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The listing will have some immediate regulatory impacts on industry, and will also set a precedent for how future HAPs can be added to the Clean Air Act list.Tue, 2021-12-21 16:54
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