Category: News

Mar 10, 2022

EPA Publishes Final Scope of D4 Risk Evaluation, Seeks Comment on Draft Revision to PV29 Risk Determination – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

On March 7, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the availability of the final scope of the risk evaluation to be conducted for octamethylcyclotetra-siloxane (D4), a chemical substance for which EPA received a manufacturer request for risk evaluation under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). 87 Fed. Reg. […]

Mar 10, 2022

Environmental Law & Policy Alert – update from Somach Simmons & Dunn

March 9, 2022 Supreme Court Hears Oral Arguments on the Scope of EPA’s Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases The Supreme Court heard arguments last week in the case of West Virginia v. Environmental Protection Agency, in which more than a dozen states and coal companies challenge the United States Environmental Protection […]

Mar 8, 2022

Nexus Between Prior Owner of Contaminated Property and Discharge Required for Liability Under New Jersey Spill Act – Update from Manko Gold Katcher Fox

March 7, 2022 Danielle N. Bagwell, Esq. MGKF Litigation Blog In Borough of Edgewater v. Waterside Construction, LLC, et al., 2022 WL 557903 (D.N.J. Feb. 24, 2004), Plaintiff Borough of Edgewater (“Edgewater”) brought Spill Act claims relating to PCB contaminated material which was used as fill in a public park project.  […]

Mar 8, 2022

EPA Will Extend Compliance Dates for Articles Containing PIP (3:1) – Update from Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced on March 4, 2022, that EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan signed a final rule on March 3, 2022, that will amend the regulations applicable to phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)) promulgated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). EPA states that it […]