PFAS Action Act of 2021 Would Amend Major Environmental
Statutes to Regulate PFAS
Senate Committee Approved Bill that Would Require Guidance on
Reducing Firefighter Exposure to PFAS
Regulatory Developments
EPA Makes Changes to New Chemicals Program Likely to Further
Complicate, Slow Reviews
EPA Takes Steps to Set PFAS Agenda
OSHA Proposed First Updates to Hazard Communication Standard
Since 2012
EPA Said Interim Rule to Amend TSCA Mercury Reporting
Requirements Was Forthcoming
Environmental Groups Seek EPA Actions on Phosphogypsum and
Process Wastewater from Phosphoric Acid Production
EPA Announced Temporary Regulatory Relief for PIP (3:1)
Prohibition, Opened Broader Review of Five TSCA PBT Risk Management
RNZ
Water reform is in the works across the country, but local and central government are facing a myriad of issues and critiques. Hear more in RNZ s The Detail.
A hefty rates rise will be discussed this week as the Marlborough District Council prepares for a deluge of regulatory costs and unprecedented growing pains. Marlborough Mayor John Leggett and councillors will review a proposal to raise rates in a budget meeting on Thursday, where priorities for the Long Term Plan 2021-2031 will be fleshed out. Leggett acknowledged the proposed rates rise, which could be up to 6 per cent, would be higher than what Marlborough ratepayers were used to. Last year it was only 1.88 per cent, deliberately kept low because of the impact of Covid and lockdowns on the economy, and the tourism, retail and hospitality sectors.