EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the draft integrated risk information system toxicological review of inhaled formaldehyde.  

EPA proposed regulations regarding certain conditions of use for chrysotile asbestos under TSCA due to the Agency's finding of unreasonable risk of injury to health. 

EPA proposed amendments that integrate electronic manifests with hazardous waste exports and other manifest-related reports under RCRA and amendments to manifest regulations for PCBs under TSCA.

EPA proposed to update the incorporation by reference of several voluntary consensus standards in the Agency's formaldehyde emission standards for composite wood products regulations under TSCA. 

DOJ announced and seeks comment on a proposed settlement agreement that requires a settling OPA defendant that discharged approximately 5,800 gallons of No. 6 fuel oil from a fuel tanker on U.S. Highway 20 near Toledo, Oregon, to pay $175,000 to the DOI Natural Resource Damage Assessment and Restoration Fund, $25,000 to compensate for past assessment costs and $150,000 for restoration activities. 

EPA revoked the 1980 guidelines and associated procedures for correcting the specific chemical identities of incorrectly described chemical substances submitted to the Agency in 1978 using the original reporting form for inclusion on the TSCA chemical substance inventory, and provided the regulatory community 60 days to use the 1980 guidelines to submit any final inventory corrections. 

United States v. SYG Realties, L.L.C, No. 22-CV-14 (E.D.N.Y. Jan. 3, 2022). Settling TSCA defendants that failed to meet compliance standards in renovated residential units at five locations in Brooklyn, New York, must perform injunctive relief, including negotiating a compliance plan with EPA that is enforceable through the stipulation and settlement agreement. 

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on the draft scope of the Risk Evaluation for Asbestos Part 2: Supplemental Evaluation Including Legacy Uses and Associated Disposals of Asbestos.

United States v. Taylor Energy Co. LLC, No. 20-2910 (E.D. La. Dec. 20, 2021). A settling OPA and CWA defendant that discharged oil from a former oil production facility on the outer continental shelf in the Gulf of Mexico must transfer to DOI over $432 million currently held in a trust for plugging seafloor oil wells and decommissioning the facility and pay $15 million in civil penalties, $16.5 million to natural resource damages, and over $12 million to the U.S. Coast Guard removal costs.

The Pipeline and Hazardous Materials Safety Administration amended the pipeline safety regulations to explicitly state that certain coastal waters, the Great Lakes, and coastal beaches are classified as unusually sensitive areas for the purpose of compliance with hazardous liquid integrity management regulations under the Protecting our Infrastructure of Pipelines and Enhancing Safety Act.