By Rebecca A. Davis and Jeryl L. Olson
Seyfarth Synopsis: Under the Trump Administration, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has fully or partially deleted 22 sites from the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) National Priorities List (NPL). This is the largest number of deletions in one year since 2005.
However, the EPA continues to add
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By Andrew H. Perellis, Kay R. Bonza, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: With the EPA adding the consideration of vapor intrusion in its Superfund site investigations, hundreds of sites that previously would not rank high enough to qualify for listing on the National Priorities List of contaminated sites would now likely qualify.
The U.S. Environmental Protection
Continue Reading EPA Eases Path to Superfund Listing: Vapor Intrusion Component Added to the Hazardous Ranking System
By Andrew H. Perellis and Craig B. Simonsen
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has just announced a proposed rule to add a subsurface intrusion (SsI) component to the Superfund Hazard Ranking System (HRS). Addition of a Subsurface Intrusion Component to the Hazard Ranking System, RIN 2050-AG67 (February 3, 2016).
By adding the consideration of vapor intrusion, hundreds of
Continue Reading EPA Plans to Ease Path to Superfund Listing: Vapor Intrusion Component to be Added to the Hazardous Ranking System