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Recent Phase l environmental site assessment Articles
EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances under Superfund Law
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-04-20T21:37:58-04:00Saturday, April 20th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ASTM E1527-21, CERCLA, Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase 1 environmental site assessment, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow, Superfund|
In a landmark regulatory move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken decisive action to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as the Superfund law. This final ...
EPA (Finally) Finalizes Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Rule
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-12-19T20:42:13-05:00Monday, December 19th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: all appropriate inquiries, ASTM E1527-21, E1527-13, Kaplow, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow|
On December 15, 2022, EPA took final action to amend the All Appropriate Inquiries Rule to reference ASTM International's E1527-21 “Standard Practice for Environmental Site Assessments: Phase I Environmental Site Assessment Process” and allow for its use to satisfy the requirements for conducting all appropriate ...
EPA Proposes Designating PFAS as Hazardous
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-10T21:30:20-04:00Saturday, September 10th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow, yeet|
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law. The proposal applies to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ...







