EPA

On November 24, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule that will amend the regulations for decabromodiphenyl ether (decaBDE) and phenol, isopropylated phosphate (3:1) (PIP (3:1)), two of the five…

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is asking for the public’s input on reporting animal waste air emissions at farms under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA). In 2019, the EPA published a final rule…

On November 27, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published draft guidance on applying the United States Supreme Court decision in County of Maui v. Hawaii Wildlife Fund. Specifically, the draft guidance outlines…

On August 9, 2023, the EPA proposed a significant revision to the Air Emissions Reporting Requirement (AERR). The revision would expand the number of small entities subject to the AERR and increase the amount of information that would need…

On November 15, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a draft revision of its “Technical Guidance for Assessing Environmental Justice in Regulatory Analysis.” The guidance outlines analytic expectations and…

On November 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of data availability (NODA) requesting comments on new information and data pertaining to a May 18, 2023, proposed rulemaking on “Disposal of Coal…

On October 30, 2023, EPA published a proposed rule to amend the procedural framework for conducting risk evaluations under TSCA. The purpose of risk evaluations is to determine whether a chemical substance presents an unreasonable risk of…

On October 31, 2023, EPA published a proposed rule to ban the manufacture (including import), processing, and distribution in commerce of TCE for all uses, with longer compliance timeframes and workplace controls (including an exposure…

The next Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will be held virtually on November 17, 2023, from 1 PM - 3 PM ET on the Microsoft Teams platform. The discussion will focus on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed…

On October 26, 2020, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed standards under the Vessel Incidental Discharge Act (VIDA). These standards applied to marine pollution control devices for discharges incidental to the normal…