EPA report Articles
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EPA Inspector General Releases Report On Need For Better Data For PGCCA
On September 15, 2015, the EPA Inspector General (IG) released a report criticizing EPA's use of unverified pollution prevention data for the Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award (PGCCA). The report, "EPA's Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Awards Program Lacks Adequate Support and Transparency and Should Be Assessed for Continuation," states that EPA does not verify the validity of ...
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Climate Change and Watersheds: Exploring the Links, Science Matters Newsletter, 2013
EPA water scientists and their partners are studying how climate change may affect watersheds—the network of rivers and streams that feed into larger water bodies such as big rivers, lakes, and oceans. A recent EPA report, referred to as the 20 Watersheds Report, combines climate change models and watershed simulations to develop a better understanding of what changes to streams and rivers ...
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Danish EPA Assesses Administrative Burdens of Nano Product Register
On January 12, 2016, the Danish Environmental Protection Agency (Danish EPA) posted a report entitled Assessment of the administrative burdens on businesses with a reporting obligation to the Danish Nanoproductregister. Danish EPA estimated the administrative burden of businesses reporting to the Danish nano product register using the standard cost method. According to Danish EPA, interviews with ...
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Final TSCA reporting and recordkeeping rule for nanoscale materials available
On January 12, 2017, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is scheduled to publish in the Federal Register a Section 8(a) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) rule establishing reporting and recordkeeping requirements for certain chemical substances when they are manufactured or processed at the nanoscale. According to a pre-publication version of the final rule, manufacturers and ...
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EPA Proposes Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Nanoscale Materials
On March 25, 2015, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a prepublication version of a Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) proposed rule concerning reporting and recordkeeping requirements for certain chemical substances when manufactured (including imported) or processed at the nanoscale. EPA proposes to require persons that manufacture or process these chemical ...
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EPA`s 2008 Report on the Environment
The EPA 2008 ROE is an update of the draft ROE that was released in 2003 and it builds on the foundation of that draft report. EPA’s first experience with the 2003 ROE resulted in a better understanding of which indicators are robust enough to include in the EPA 2008 ROE. EPA was committed to identifying the best available set of scientifically sound indicators for the EPA 2008 ROE in an open and ...
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Big Changes Ahead in IUR Reporting
On Jan. 7, 2003, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued its long-awaited amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Inventory Update Rule (IUR). The news is mixed. On the bad news side, completing IUR Form U will be significantly more complicated in the next IUR reporting period. Certain exposure-related information will be required for chemical substances ...
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EPA mandatory reporting of GHGs rule
Recent EPA Guidance EPA does not intend for the calibration requirements of 98.3(i) to apply to any units where the rule allows the use of “company records” to quantify fuel usage or other parameters; however, a facility’s GHG monitoring plan must include descriptions of the procedures and methods used for quality assurance, maintenance, repair of all flow meters and any ...
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EPA report on waste from cruise ships
Cruise ships operate in every ocean worldwide, often in pristine coastal waters and sensitive marine ecosystems. Cruise ship operators provide amenities to their passengers that are similar to those of luxury resort hotels, including pools, hair salons, restaurants, and dry cleaners. As a result, cruise ships have the potential to generate wastes similar in volume and character to those generated ...
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Skokie, IL - EPA cost and performance report - Case Study
IDENTIFYING INFORMATION Site Name: Former manufacturing facility (confidential commercial client) Location: Skokie, Illinois (near Chicago, Illinois) Regulatory Context: State voluntary cleanup TECHNOLOGY APPLICATION Period of Operation: June 4, 1998 to November 20, 1998 to remediate initial 23,000 cubic yards of contamination. December 1998 to April 30,1999 to remediate additional 11,500 ...
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Deconstructing EPA's Chemical Data Reporting Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Aug. 2, 2011, the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule, previously referred to as the Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) Modifications Rule. Proposed revisions to the rule were the subject of considerable debate, which helps explain the rule’s long (nearly a year and a half) gestation period and ...
By Acta Group
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Deconstructing EPA's Chemical Data Reporting Rule
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on Aug. 2, 2011, the final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Chemical Data Reporting (CDR) Rule, previously referred to as the Inventory Update Reporting (IUR) Modifications Rule. Proposed revisions to the rule were the subject of considerable debate, which helps explain the rule’s long (nearly a year and a half) gestation period and ...
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EPA: Mercury merits attention
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) continues to implement reporting requirements pertinent to the supply, use and trade of mercury in the United States. This column provides more information and a closer look into the EPA’s October 2017 proposed rule. The 2016 amendments to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) call for the EPA to establish periodic mercury reporting ...
By Acta Group
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Charles M. Auer Quoted By Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report Discussing EPA Regulation of New Chemicals
On June 14, 2017, Charles M. Auer, Senior Regulatory and Policy Advisor at Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®), was quoted in the Bloomberg BNA Daily Environment Report article “EPA Pledges Long-Term Elimination of New Chemicals Backlog.” The percentage of new chemicals the EPA has regulated before and since the [Frank R. Lautenberg Chemical Safety for the 21st Century Act] ...
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What Does The Loss Of “Green Chemistry” Provision From Amended TSCA Mean For Biochemicals?
On July 15, 2016, Environmental Leader published "What Does the Loss of 'Green Chemistry' Provision from Amended TSCA Mean for Biochemicals?," featuring comments by Lynn L. Bergeson, Managing Partner of Biobased and Renewable Products Advocacy Group (BRAG®) affiliate Bergeson & Campbell, P.C. (B&C®). Ms. Bergeson expanded on a previous blog post titled "Inside EPA Reports On Loss ...
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The Information Quality Act: EPA`s 8-Month Report Card
In late 2000, Representative Joanne Emerson (DMO) sponsored an amendment to the Office of Management and Budget’s (OMB) appropriations bill. This concise amendment, passed with no fanfare and little interest, now has federal agencies, including the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), scrambling to put together lengthy and, in some cases, complex guidance that will undergo a detailed and ...
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More Changes in Store for IUR Reporting
Last month’s column detailed a rulemaking that finalized amendments to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Toxic Substance Control Act (TSCA) Section 8(a) Inventory Update Rule (IUR). This month’s column takes a look at additional rule-related actions the agency said it expects to take in the future, as well as the implications of these changes for chemical facilities. Future ...
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Section 112(r) RMP deadline approaching
The Clean Air Act Section 112(r) Risk Management Program rule regulates the storage, handling and/or processing of specified toxic and flammable substances. Affected facilities must develop and register a Risk Management Plan (RMP) that includes a hazard assessment, prevention program, and emergency response program. Regulated facilities must update and resubmit the RMP every five years. This ...
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Vapor intrusion pathway investigation
The BEACON samplers defined the vapor intrusion of tetrachloroethene and 1,1-dichloroethene, while the Summa canisters (EPA Method TO-15) reported all non-detects. The BEACON survey enabled detection of some chemicals at levels below the Summa canisters practical quantitation limits providing a more complete and realistic vapor intrusion exposure pathway evaluation. Based on the defined vapor ...
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Preparing for the new IUR
Next year is fast approaching and chemical manufacturers should be examining their recordkeeping procedures to adjust to the changes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) made to the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) Inventory Update Rule (IUR). The data collection period for the 2006 report is calendar year 2005, so if you have not already reviewed these procedures, now is a ...
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