On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an 8-month extension of EPA’s final reporting and recordkeeping requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under Section 8(a)(7)
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Maine Again Amends PFAS Ban Statute – More Product Categories Get Specific Dates, Reporting Requirements Are Narrowed
Maine has once again amended and clarified its statutory restrictions on the sale of numerous categories of PFAS-containing products. The net effect of the legislation, enacted on April 16, 2024…
Continue Reading Maine Again Amends PFAS Ban Statute – More Product Categories Get Specific Dates, Reporting Requirements Are NarrowedFifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Orders Regulating PFAS under Significant New Use Rule
The Fifth Circuit issued a decision vacating two EPA orders directing Inhance Technologies (Inhance) to close its barrier technology facilities. As its basis for issuing the orders, EPA had identified…
Continue Reading Fifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Orders Regulating PFAS under Significant New Use RuleRecent Progress Report Issued by EPA Foreshadows Landmark Year for Federal Regulation of PFAS
Soon after the Biden Administration took office, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a Strategic Roadmap highlighting the many ways it planned to “research, restrict, and remediate” per-and…
Continue Reading Recent Progress Report Issued by EPA Foreshadows Landmark Year for Federal Regulation of PFASEPA Proposes to Disqualify PFAS from Low Volume Exemptions and Low Release and Exposure Exemptions under TSCA
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures as well as requirements for reporting, record-keeping…
Continue Reading EPA Proposes to Disqualify PFAS from Low Volume Exemptions and Low Release and Exposure Exemptions under TSCAEPA Amends Chemical Data Reporting Rule With New Definitions and Deadline Extension
The EPA has amended the Chemical Data Reporting rule, under the Toxic Substances Control Act, including revisions to reporting requirements, definition updates and an extension of the 2020 CDR submission…
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