US EPA Releases A Comprehensive Roadmap For PFAs
To get ahead of problems that can impact those who make and use PFAs, the US EPA has issued a 26-pages roadmap to set an approach for research, restricting, and remediating...
Read MoreUS House of Rep Passes Legislation on PFAS
On the 22nd of July 2021, the US House of Representatives passed H.R. 2467, the PFAS Action Act of 2021. This is a comprehensive framework for regulating 9,252 per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)....
Read MoreUS EPA Revokes Snur Guidance, Issued In January 2021
Significant New Use Rules (Snur) draft guidance was released on 10 December 2020 to help businesses understand and comply with a TSCA Snur. This is the guidance that defines what qualifies as ‘surface coating’ under the rule and the entities subject to the rule’s requirements....
Read MoreNew Reporting Rule For 1,300-Plus PFAS Compounds, Proposed By US EPA
On the 10th of June, EPA proposed a new Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) reporting rule after the White House Office of Management and Budget cleared it. For producers and importers, this new rule means that they have to supply extensive information on 1,300 plus substances that...
Read MoreCalifornia P65: Amendment to Section 25705
Proposition 65, known as the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, was enacted as a ballot initiative in November 1986. The proposition protects California's drinking water sources from...
Read MoreLatest Update on TSCA Inventory
The non-confidential portion of EPA’s Toxic Substances Control Act Chemical Substance Inventory (TSCA Inventory) is updated approximately every six months. IThe June 2020 update of the Inventory contains 86,405 chemicals of...
Read MoreChemical Data Reporting (CDR) 2020
The 2020 Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) submission period begins on June 1, 2020 and runs through November 30, 2020. The CDR rule requires manufacturers (including importers) of certain chemical substances listed...
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