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California Seeks to Close Loophole Allowing Schools to Be Built Near Toxic Sites

California Seeks to Close Loophole Allowing Schools to Be Built Near Toxic Sites Bigad Shaban, Robert Campos, Sean Myers, Mark Villarreal and Jeremy Carroll © Provided by NBC Bay Area The Stratford School in Fremont opened in August 2018, right next door to the Tri City Rock concrete plant, which has remained at that location since 1987. A new bill, that could drastically limit where future schools can be built throughout the state, cleared a major hurdle in the California legislature on Thursday and is now headed for a full vote in the Assembly in the coming weeks.  The legislation would force private and charter schools to comply with tougher environmental standards – the very same regulations that are already in place for public schools – in hopes of preventing classrooms from being constructed near potentially toxic sites.

ILLINOIS ATTORNEY GENERAL: Attorney General Raoul Urges Epa to Require Public Water Systems to Monitor for Additional Pfas

By Illinois Attorney General issued the following announcement on May 12. Attorney General Kwame Raoul, as part of a coalition of 19 attorneys general, filed comments with the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) supporting the agency s proposal to include 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS, in the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). Through UCMR 5, the EPA will require public water systems to monitor for these substances, which will provide valuable data about the occurrence of PFAS contamination in public water supplies around the country. While supportive of requiring public water systems to monitor for these 29 PFAS or forever chemicals, Raoul and the attorneys general also asked the EPA to require monitoring for total PFAS, promptly validate an analytical method for total PFAS, advance environmental justice with PFAS monitoring and lower the minimum reporting levels for the PFAS included in UCMR 5.

AG Kaul Leads 19 AGs in Urging EPA to Require Public Water Systems to Monitor for Additional PFAS

Press Release AG Kaul Leads 19 AGs in Urging EPA to Require Public Water Systems to Monitor for Additional PFAS May 10, 2021 MADISON, Wis. – Attorney General Josh Kaul is leading a coalition of 19 attorneys general, led by Wisconsin Attorney General Josh Kaul, today filed comments to the U.S. Environmental Protect Agency (EPA) supporting the agency’s proposal to include 29 per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, more commonly known as PFAS or “forever” chemicals, in the fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 5). Through UCMR 5, EPA will require public water systems to monitor for these PFAS, which will provide valuable data about the occurrence of PFAS contamination in public water supplies around the country.

Falls approves Northpoint US Steel warehouse Bucks County Pennsylvania

A massive redevelopment project in Falls moved forward as officials approved plans from NorthPoint Development for a 1-million-square-foot warehouse at a former U.S. Steel property. Supervisors unanimously granted preliminary and final land development plan approval that will kick off what will ultimately be to 15 million square-feet of development on the 1,800-acre site bringing potentially 5,000 to 10,000 new jobs to Bucks County. NorthPoint plans to carry out the multiple phase warehouse project with 20 or more state-of-the-art industrial warehouse buildings for various Fortune 500 companies. Possible tenants include GM, Amazon, Chewy, Walmart, UPS, FedEx and more. Supervisors approved a master plan for the site in December, but the new Keystone Trade Center project is spread across multiple plots requiring NorthPoint return to the township for individual plan approvals.

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