U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Criminal Enforcement: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility Report
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PEER | July 19, 2023
The organization Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (“PEER”) issued a report addressing criminal prosecution of United States environmental laws. The report was issued pursuant to a July 13th news release titled: EPA Criminal Enforcement Sputters Back to Life FY 23 ...
Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, April 2023
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PEER | April 20, 2023
Court Dismisses Private-Citizen Suit Against Inhance: On April 6, 2023, the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia dismissed a suit brought by the Center for Environmental Health (CEH) and Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) to prevent Inhance Technologies ...
Toxics Release Inventory/Community Right-to-Know Act: PEER Petitions U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to Include Waste Combustors/Incinerators
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PEER | April 10, 2023
The Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility and Energy Justice Network (collectively “PEER”) submitted an April 3rd document to EPA titled: Petition for Rulemaking Pursuant to the Administrative Procedure Act and the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, ...
Wrap-Up of Federal and State Chemical Regulatory Developments, January 2022
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PEER | January 24, 2022
PEER Files Suit Against EPA Seeking TSCA Section 8(e) Reports: On January 5, 2022, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) announced that it filed suit in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia to compel EPA to disclose reports submitted pursuant to TSCA ...
NGOs and PFAS: A New Element of Disclosure
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PEER | July 30, 2021
“Recent NGO activity regarding pesticides and PFAS took state and federal regulators by surprise and has resulted in scrutiny of products that do not traditionally contain PFAS chemicals. For example, the NGO Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) purchased an off- ...
