This week’s post is authored by Emilee Mooney Scott and is also available on Robinson+Cole’s Environmental Law + blog. Thank you to Emilee for contributing. Emilee is a partner in the firm’s Environmental, Energy + Telecommunications Group, focusing her practice on a variety of environmental compliance and transactional matters, including emerging contaminants.
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PFAS Update: EPA Progress Under PFAS Action Plan
By Megan Baroni on
Posted in Environment
Earlier this year, we wrote about EPA’s PFAS Action Plan, the agency’s blueprint for addressing contamination and protecting public health from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). The PFAS Action Plan, released in February 2019, details a number of actions EPA plans to take with regard to PFAS, including time frames for implementation. EPA has…
The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act – Do you know your obligations? Part 1 – Storage Reporting Requirements
By Robinson+Cole's Manufacturing Industry Group on
Posted in Environmental Compliance & Permitting
Pop quiz:
- What’s a hazardous chemical?
- What’s an extremely hazardous substance (EHS)? And what’s a threshold planning quantity (TPQ)?
- In 2012, did you store at your facility more than 10,000 pounds of a hazardous chemical, or more than 500 pounds of an EHS? Or an EHS in exceedance of the TPQ?
- Have you provided copies
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