EPA finalized a rule to address the unreasonable risk of injury to health presented by methylene chloride under its conditions of use under TSCA. 

EPA designated two per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)—perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers—as hazardous substances under CERCLA. 

EPA established requirements for legacy coal combustion residuals (CCR) surface impoundments, as well as CCR management units at active CCR facilities and at inactive CCR facilities with a legacy CCR surface impoundment. 

The U.S. Sentencing Commission announced that it has promulgated amendments to the sentencing guidelines, policy statements, commentary, and statutory index.

The Internal Revenue Service finalized regulations regarding federal income tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act for the purchase of qualifying new and previously-owned clean vehicles. 

EPA announced the availability of proposed interim registration review decisions for bromine, and proposed final registration review decisions for agrobacterium radiobacter, polybutene resins, and porcine zona pellucida. 

EPA withdrew from Agency regulation and management two designated ocean dredged material disposal sites, the Nome East and Nome West Sites, located near Nome, Alaska, pursuant to the Marine Protection, Research, and Sanctuaries Act.

EPA finalized amendments to the procedural framework rule for conducting risk evaluations under TSCA to better align with the statutory text and applicable court decisions, to reflect the Agency's experience implementing the risk evaluation program following enactment of the 2016 TSCA amendments, and to allow for consideration of future scientific advances in the risk evaluation process without need to further amend the Agency's procedural rule.

United States v. French Limited, Inc., No. 4:89-cv-2544 (S.D. Tex. Apr. 26, 2024). A fourth modification to a 1990 consent decree under CERCLA concerning contamination at the French Limited Superfund Site near Crosby, Texas, revises work requirements, provides for the reimbursement to EPA of certain response costs, and provides for the disbursement to members of the working group of funds received by EPA in a bankruptcy settlement payment for the site.