EPA proposed to address the unreasonable risk of injury to human health presented by carbon tetrachloride under its conditions of use as documented in EPA’s 2020 Risk Evaluation for Carbon Tetrachloride and 2022 Revised Unreasonable Risk Determination for Carbon Tetrachloride pursuant to the TSCA.

The federal agencies issued their semiannual regulatory agendas to update the public about regulations currently under development, reviews of existing regulations with small business impacts, and regulations completed or canceled since the last agenda. EPA’s agenda can be found at 88 FR 48598.

EPA seeks input on the Safer Choice and Design for the Environment programs’ potential expansion of their certification to new product categories.

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on a draft revision to the risk determination for 1,4-dioxane following a risk evaluation issued under TSCA.

EPA finalized reporting and recordkeeping requirements for asbestos under TSCA.

EPA announced a 60-day public comment period associated with the release of the draft IRIS Toxicological Review of Perfluorohexane Sulfonate (PFHxS) and Related Salts.

NMFS seeks stakeholder input to inform the operationalization of the national Equity and Environmental Justice Strategy in the Southeast region.

The Office of Natural Resources Revenue republished and revised certain subparts of its regulations to implement an order and judgment from the United States District Court for the District of Wyoming that vacated the federal and Indian coal valuation provisions of the 2016 Consolidated Federal Oil & Gas and Federal & Indian Coal Valuation Reform rule.

United States v. Boise Cascade Corp., No. 97-cv-1704 (TJM) (N.D.N.Y. July 12, 2023). A proposed second amendment to a consent decree includes an ability-to-pay-cash-out settlement with one of the settling CERCLA defendants in which it will pay $150,000 and be removed as a settling defendant responsible for future work and costs at the Sealand Superfund Restoration site in Lisbon, New York.

EPA announced a proposed administrative settlement agreement under CERCLA and RCRA concerning the Delphi 1 Anderson Site in Anderson, Indiana.