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The Supreme Court Limits EPA’s Authority to Regulate Greenhouse Gases

Original Kelley Drye Client Advisory posted on June 30, 2022. In a decision issued the final day of the Supreme Court’s 2022 term, the Court sided with West Virginia and other States that had challenged the…

EPA Advances on Key PFAS Roadmap Deadlines

Original Kelley Drye Client Advisory posted on June 17, 2022. In the last two weeks, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) has taken two major steps forward on its regulation of the “forever chemicals,” per- and…

EPA Releases 2020 Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Data, Plans to Eliminate De Minimis Exemption for PFAS

Earlier this week, U.S. EPA released the agency's 2020 TRI National Assessment Report, which includes data from first-time reports filed for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In releasing the report, EPA…

EPA Proposes Extension Until 2024 for Compliance with Problematic PBT Rule

As the U.S. EPA embarks on a full review of regulations addressing the sale, distribution and use of five "persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic" (PBT) substances, the agency already is proposing to extend until 2024…

EPA Expands List of PFAS Subject to TRI Reporting

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding three per-/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the list of substances reportable under the agency's Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting program. Consistent…