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 Patrick D. Joyce, Jeryl L. Olson, and Craig B. Simonsen
Seyfarth Synopsis: In a significant proposal, EPA moves to ban the use of TCE in aerosol degreasing and spot cleaning at dry cleaning facilities, as part of a larger effort to ban TCE in other industrial uses.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to ban
Continue Reading EPA Proposes Ban on Certain Uses of Trichloroethylene (TCE)
By Philip L. Comella and Craig B. Simonsen
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) just released its Toxicological Review of Trichloroethylene (EPA/635/R-09/011F, September 28, 2011) (Toxicological Review). This publication represents the first time that EPA has classified trichloroethylene (TCE) (CASRN 79-01-6) as a human carcinogen regardless of the route of exposure. TCE had previously been classified
Continue Reading EPA Classifies Trichloroethylene (TCE) as Human Carcinogen