EPN Sends Letter to Congressional Committees on PFAS Exemptions from CERCLA
EPN Comments on Draft Environmental Justice Plan for EPA’s Land Protection and Cleanup Programs
EPN Commends the Update to the Superfund National Priorities List
Cleaning Up Superfund Sites
EPA Core Programs—Superfund
Cleaning Up the Nation’s Worst Toxic Sites Threatened by Proposed Budget Cuts
EPN Comments on the EPA Superfund Task Force Report
EPN IN THE NEWS RELATED TO Superfund
‘A Trash Can For The US’: Anger in Mexico and Canada Over Toxic Waste Shipments
Barnes Johnson, former Director, EPA Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, was quoted in The Guardian about exporting hazardous waste from the US to Mexico and Canada, posing unknown public health concerns and environmental threats abroad because of differences in environmental regulations.
Trump EPA Expected to Slow PFAS Actions, But Vary On Rule Repeals
Betsy Southerland, former Director of Science and Technology, EPA Office of Water, was quoted in this article discussing how the Trump administration could undo EPA’s recent progress on PFAS regulation by rolling back or failing to defend new rules in court.
EPA May See Difficulties Defending CERCLA PFAS Rule After Chevron’s End
Walter Mugdan, former EPA Region 2 Deputy Regional Administrator and Superfund Director, was quoted in Inside EPA about how overturning the Chevron deference will affect EPA’s recent designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA and whether or not the designations have questionable statutory interpretation that can be challenged in court.
EPA’s Coal Ash Crackdown Comes With a Major Caveat
Barnes Johnson, former Director, Office of Resource Conservation and Recovery, EPA Office of Land and Emergency Management, was quoted in E&E News about an updated EPA coal ash rule that requires companies to ensure that coal ash is contained and does not pollute nearby waterways.