The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the final risk evaluation for trichloroethylene (TCE) on November 23, 2020. 85 Fed. Reg. 75010 (Nov. 24, 2020). Of the 54 conditions of use that EPA reviewed, EPA found that 52 present an unreasonable risk to workers, occupational non-users (ONU), consumers, and bystanders. EPA determined that distribution […]
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The final Project Emissions Accounting rule was published today in the Federal Register. It takes effect on December 24, 2020. Publication in the Federal Register starts the clock for litigation challenges to the rule. Several are expected. See NSR Law Blog’s discussion of this rule. Read More >>>
Nov 23, 2020
Biden Administration Signals Key PFAS Actions Will Be Priority – Update from Kaplan Kirsch Rockwell
The incoming Biden Administration has hinted at what steps it may soon take to regulate per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a class of emerging contaminants sometimes called “forever chemicals” that are not currently addressed under most federal environmental statutes though studies link exposure to unsafe levels of PFAS to adverse […]
November 19, 2020 Is Third Time the Charm for Klamath Dam Removal Project? On November 17, California, Oregon, PacifiCorp, and the Yurok and Karuk Tribes announced a new agreement with the Klamath River Renewal Corporation (KRRC) to reaffirm KRRC’s status as dam removal entity and provide additional funding for the […]
In looking over recent developments, I realized that we have never addressed Acting Assistant Administrator Anne Idsal’s November 26, 2019 guidance entitled “Interpreting ‘Adjacent’ for New Source Review and Title V Source Determinations in All Industries Other than Oil and Gas” (hereinafter Adjacency Policy), in which EPA states that it […]