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https://www.epa.gov/pesticide-registration/epa-decision-documents-emergency-exemption-requests-use-grignard-pure
“On Thursday, January 14, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an emergency exemption for an antiviral air treatment, Grignard Pure, to be used in certain indoor spaces where social distancing can be challenging. This exemption has been granted to Georgia and Tennessee. After carefully reviewing safety and efficacy data, EPA has

     According to the Ventura County Star newspaper, the U.S. Energy Department and the California Department of Toxic Substances Control have reached agreement on demolishing 10 of the 18 buildings at the site, located just outside of Simi Valley, California.  See the November 19, 2020 edition of the paper, https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/communities/simi-valley/2020/05/20/energy-department-tear-down-10-buildings-toxic-santa-susana-site-california/5220880002/.
 
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Effective July 1, 2021 companies must report their use of additional designated PFAS chemicals under the Toxic Release Inventory program.  The list of all specific chemicals requiring reporting can be found at https://www.epa.gov/toxics-release-inventory-tri-program/list-pfas-added-tri-ndaa.
 
There is a reporting threshold of 100 pounds  and de minimis exceptions to reporting, ranging from 0.1% for PFOA and

    As mentioned before in this blog, EPA has issued an enforcement memorandum indicating the agency is disposed to show some flexibility tin enforcing environmental standards during the nationwide economic shutdown as a result of the Corona virus pandemic.  Predictably, the agency action has been met with litigation.
    The liberal Attorneys General of nine States (New

    As a result of Proposition 67 passing in 2016, grocery stores in California have been banned from providing customers with plastic bags for their purchases.  opponents of the ban have argued that reusable grocery bags themselves posed a risk of environmental damage, claiming that diseases resulting from unwashed/inadequately cleaned bags are as dangerous as polluting