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PFAS regulation is one of the hot environmental topics and a key issue to watch during this next year. In this series of posts, V&E will address the increasing regulatory attention concerning a group of chemicals known as PFAS and the potential impacts this may have on affected industries.
Often referred to as “forever chemicals,” per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) are synthetic chemicals that have been widely used across the United States for several decades. Major environmental regulations and guidance aimed at addressing the potential adverse health effects of PFAS have been on the proverbial “horizon” for years and, in 2019 and 2020, the EPA ramped up regulatory activity. Although much of this activity is significant, the EPA has thus far avoided the action that would have the most wide-spread implications; namely,
EPA releases report looking at toxic materials
Darren Iozia, darren.iozia@myjournalcourier.com
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Morgan County businesses may not use certain toxic chemicals that pose human health and environmental threats, but the same can’t be said for neighboring counties’ businesses.
The Environmental Protection Agency recently released a Toxic Release Inventory report that tracks how a chemical is either recycled, used for energy recovery by means of combustion, treated for destruction or disposed of on- or off-site. It’s collectively referred to as production-related waste management.
Morgan County’s 62650 ZIP code has one location paint and caulking company United Gilsonite Laboratories that reports its chemical use. But, according to the report, it disposes of no toxic chemicals.
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On December 28, 2020, the House overrode President Trump’s veto and passed the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 (H.R. 6395) by a vote of 322 to 87, and the Senate passed the bill on January 1, 2021, by a vote of 81 to 13. Subtitle E of Title II of the Act (Subtitle E) includes the text of the bipartisan Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019. Subtitle E will establish an interagency working group led by the Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) to coordinate federal programs and activities in support of sustainable chemistry (also called green chemistry).
National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2021 Subtitle E of Title II of the Act (Subtitle E) includes the text of the bipartisan Sustainable Chemistry Research and Development Act of 2019.
Includes data for Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, Oklahoma and Texas Joe Hubbard or Jennah Durant at 214-665-2200 or r6press@epa.gov
DALLAS (Jan. 13, 2021) – The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) recently released its 2019 Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) National Analysis, which shows that releases of TRI chemicals to air in Ark., La., N.M., Okla. and Texas decreased by 5.4 million pounds from 2018 to 2019, driven by reductions in the chemical manufacturing, electric utilities and petroleum product manufacturing sectors. Total releases decreased by 25.9 million pounds or six percent from 2018 to 2019 and are down 11 percent since 2007. For 2019, five percent of facilities in Region 6 reported implementing new source reduction activities.