EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the Draft National Strategy to Prevent Plastic Pollution to reduce plastic waste and other post-consumer materials in waterways and oceans, as directed by Congress in §301 of the Save Our Seas 2.0 Act.
United States v. LLOG Exploration Offshore, L.L.C., No. 2:23-cv-01301-WBV-KWR (E.D. La. Apr. 19, 2022). A settling OPA defendant must pay the United States $3.1 million in connection with a crude oil spill that occurred at the Mississippi Canyon Block 209 subsea oil production system in the Gulf of Mexico beginning on or about October 11, 2017.
A district court granted a plastics company's request to dismiss a lawsuit concerning its production of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Environmental groups argued the company violated TSCA and its implementing regulations by producing PFAS without appropriate EPA approvals. The company ...
The Bureau of Ocean Energy Management increased the Oil Pollution Act offshore facility limit of liability for damages from $137,659,500 to $167,806,900.
A district court granted EPA's motion to dismiss nonprofit groups' challenge to the Agency's response to their TSCA petition requesting comprehensive health and environmental effects testing on 54 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) manufactured by a company in North Carolina. EPA granted the...
EPA announced a 60-day public comment period associated with the release of the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Perfluorodecanoic Acid (PFDA, CASRN 335-76-2) and Related Salts.
The U.S. Coast Guard seeks input from the public on the Maritime Oil-Spill Response Plan Advisory Group recommendations for changes to the Coast Guard’s vessel response plan program and policies.
EPA announced a 30-day public comment period associated with release of the document, Protocol for the Naphthalene IRIS Assessment.
EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on additional data received by the Agency related to the proposed rule for Part 1: Chrysotile Asbestos; Regulations of Certain Conditions of Use Under TSCA.
United States v. CISNE NY Construction, Inc., No. 22-338 (S.D.N.Y. Feb. 28, 2023). Settling TSCA defendants must pay $25,000 each in connection with unlawful work practices during renovations governed by an implementing regulation of the Renovation, Repair, and Painting Rule.