EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on an initial regulatory flexibility analysis and updated economic analysis following the completion of a small business advocacy review panel for the TSCA proposed rule for reporting and recordkeeping requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

EPA proposed modifications to a proposed rule issued on January 11, 2021, that proposed updates and adjustments to the 2018 Fee Rule established under TSCA.

EPA announced authorization of Vermont's lead-based paint pre-renovation education and renovation, repair and painting program, and seeks comment on whether Vermont's program is at least as protective as the federal program and provides for adequate enforcement under the TSCA.

EPA announced the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the methylene chloride risk evaluation issued under TSCA, determining that methylene chloride, as a whole chemical substance, presents an unreasonable risk of injury to health when evaluated under its conditions of use.

EPA released its Strategy to Reduce Lead Exposures and Disparities in U.S. Communities, which lays out the Agency’s plan to strengthen public health protections, address legacy lead contamination for communities with the greatest exposures, and promote environmental justice and equity.

EPA announced a 60-day public comment period associated with release of the draft integrated risk information system toxicological review of hexavalent chromium.

United States v. Enbridge Energy, L.P., No. 1:16-cv-914 (W.D. Mich. Oct. 12, 2022). A proposed modification of a consent decree concerning two 2010 oil spills that resulted from oil transmission pipeline failures near Marshall, Michigan, and Romeoville, Illinois, would establish requirements and procedures by which settling CWA and OPA defendants may seek partial termination of specified obligations under the decree; explicitly designate specified pipeline segments on Lines 61 and 62 as “replacement segments” that are subject to additional leak detection system-related requirements; establish deadlines applicable to the resumption of in-line inspections on Line 62 following a long period when that pipeline was not in service; and confirm that defendants will not be required to perform axial crack in-line inspections on the dual pipelines and associated piping prior to expiration of a time period that corresponds to one-half of the estimated remaining fatigue life of the worst potential axial crack feature that could have survived the 2017 hydrostatic pressure tests.

EPA proposed to update the incorporation by reference of two voluntary consensus standards in the formaldehyde standards for composite wood products regulations.

EPA announced the availability of the final revision to the risk determination for the Colour Index Pigment Violet 29 risk evaluation issued under TSCA.

EPA announced the availability of and seeks comment on a draft revision to the risk determination for the carbon tetrachloride risk evaluation issued under TSCA.