On August 11, EPA released the text of a proposed rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), which will increase reporting requirements for chemicals regulated under that statute.
The proposed rule will amend EPA’s Inventory Update Rule (IUR), which requires manufacturers and importers of certain chemicals to report specified information for those substances. The amended [...]
Tags: EPA, Inventory Update Rule, Proposed Rule, Toxic Substances Control Act
Posted by Jessica Lee Reece (jreece@sgrlaw.com)
The U.S. EPA has announced that it will switch its indicator standard for fecal contamination of public water systems from fecal coliform to e. coli.
In a proposed rule entitled the “National Primary Drinking Water Regulations: Revisions to the Total Coliform Rule,” EPA proposes to establish a maximum contaminant level of [...]
Tags: Drinking Water, e coli, EPA
Submitted by Jessica Lee Reece
After guarding the details for months, on May 13, Senators John Kerry and Joe Lieberman introduced the American Power Act, the Senate’s version of a comprehensive energy bill. (Note that according to political insiders it is now passé to refer to anything as solely “cap and trade” in Washington).
Approximately a month later, on [...]
Tags: American Clean Energy and Security Act, American Power Act, EPA, Kerry, Leiberman
EPA sent a letter to Congress today in support of reinstating the lapsed Superfund “polluter pays” taxes.
Tags: EPA, Superfund, Superfund Tax