EPA Sees New Vapor Intrusion Pathway Reprioritizing Superfund Cleanups
EPA says its upcoming rule adding vapor intrusion from underground sources of contamination as a pathway for determining whether a site should be placed on the Superfund National Priorities List (NPL) is likely to reprioritize its cleanup program toward those sites because they may pose a higher risk than other sites without such pathways.
Following Risk Studies, EPA Revises Vapor Screening Limits For TCE, Perc
States, Industry Hail Science Behind Draft EPA Petroleum Vapor Guide
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Reviewing Fracking's Risks
Concerns about some currently ignored human health and environmental risks from hydraulic fracturing are prompting calls for broader research on the issue . . .
North Carolina Poised To Shelve PFOA Analysis Due To 'Murky' EPA Data
North Carolina's Science Advisory Board (NCSAB) appears set to shelve a closely watched risk assessment of the contaminant perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) that it began crafting years ago because of a "murky" risk picture created by studies performed by EPA scientists and others, which relied on small samples and showed harms only at the smallest doses.
Court Stalls Novel Appellate Suit On State Water Rules For Nuclear Plants
A federal appeals court has temporarily delayed a novel case that could provide first-time legal guidance on how the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) must win state water quality approvals before issuing plant licenses, asking parties to file new briefs on whether an administratively extended discharge permit can supplant the approvals.
EPA Cites Lack Of Data To Defer GHG Limits In Final Nitric Acid Plant NSPS
EPA is deferring action on first-time greenhouse gas (GHG) limits for nitric acid plants due to a lack of data on the plants' GHG emissions and costs of controlling the emissions, though the agency says it is working on a future GHG proposal, according to a just-signed new source performance standard (NSPS) for the sector obtained by Inside EPA.
GOP Senators Charge Planned EPA Fracking Study Exceeds Statutory Scope
EPA Slated To Clarify Narrow Scope Of Landmark Bristol Bay Mine Study
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