PFAS subgroups could be subject to Superfund law
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PEER | June 22, 2022
The group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility has been one of many organizations repeatedly calling for class-based regulation that would see all PFAS facing restrictions. “The more we learn, the more toxic we understand these chemicals to be,” said Kyla Bennett, ...
Chemical board chair faced EPA watchdog investigation
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PEER |
The revelation that OIG launched a review of Lemos comes amid an unfolding saga that has seen her resigning from the agency. In an email obtained by the group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility, Lemos told CSB staff that she was providing six weeks of notice, “ ...
Chemical Safety Board Chair Katherine Lemos resigns
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PEER | June 21, 2022
“As requested by Congress and the Executive Branch, I contributed significantly to restoring the integrity and efficiency of the CSB in meeting its mission,” Lemos wrote in an email to agency staffers posted online by watchdog group Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility ...
BLM Oil Exemptions Undercut Sage Grouse Safeguards
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PEER |
More Than 80 Waivers from Just 3 Field Offices Prompt Call for Inquiry and Lawsuit ...
ATMO America: Scientist Urges U.S. EPA to Broaden Definition of PFAS to Include F-Gases, TFA
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PEER | June 20, 2022
More recently, in a suit against the EPA in April, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER), a Washington, D.C.-based NGO, alleged that the agency was “withholding documents explaining why it has adopted an exceedingly limited definition of [PFAS].” EPA subsequently ...