EPA

On July 26, 2021, the Office of Advocacy submitted comments to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) on listing 1-bromopropane (1-BP) as Hazardous Air Pollutant (HAP). In 2020, EPA…

On July 19, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of availability of its draft Fifth Contaminated Candidate List (CCL 5) to include contaminants that are not currently subject to any proposed or promulgated…

On May 12, 2021 the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a notice of proposed 2022 Construction General Permit (CGP) under the National Pollution Discharge Elimination System Permit Program of the Clean Water Act (CWA). This…

On June 28, 2021, EPA proposed reporting and recordkeeping requirements for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA).  As a result of a recent 2019 amendment to TSCA under section…

On May 19, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a proposed rule titled “Phasedown of Hydrofluorocarbons: Establishing the Allowance Allocation and Trading Program Under the American Innovation and Manufacturing Act.”…

In June 2020, EPA announced it granted a public petition to add 1-bromopropane (1-BP) to the list of hazardous air pollutants (HAP) under the Clean Air Act (CAA). This is the first time that a substance will be added to the HAP list since…

On May 28, 2021, EPA announced its scheduled public listening sessions for its review of the most recent revisions to the Risk Management Program (RMP) regulations. In January 2017, EPA revised the RMP rule because of an Executive Order…

On June 2, 2021 the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice of intent to revise the Clean Water Act Section 401 Certification Rule (the Certification Rule). Under Section 401 of the Clean Water Act, a federal agency is…

FRIDAY, June 4, 2021, 10 a.m. –11:30 a.m. Via Microsoft Teams Meeting The next U.S. Small Business Administration, Office of Advocacy Environmental Roundtable will meet virtually to discuss the following topic, beginning at 10 a.m.…

EPA is now recruiting small entity representatives for a possible SBREFA panel on a rulemaking to further regulate methane emissions from oil and gas production. A SBREFA panel would consult with small entities that would be directly…