General-Notes Note: For community water systems serving 75,000 or more persons, monitoring must begin 1 year following pro-mulation and the effective date of the MCL is 2 years following promulgation. For community water systems serving 10,000 to 75,000 persons, monitoring must begin within 3...
EPA's final rule is significant in that it reflects the Biden Administration's "PFAS Strategic Road Map" and its emphasis on enacting regulations to curb alleged exposure to PFAS substances. However, public water systems will likely need to implement one or more available (or new) techno...
Updated on: April 10, 2024 / 8:06 PM EDT/ CBS News For the first time ever, the Environmental Protection Agency announced Wednesday it is issuing a national regulation limiting the amount of certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances,known as PFAS, found in drinking water. ...
(http://1.usa.gov/1PkK7vZ). The EPA also released regulations on emissions caps for new, reconstructed, or modified power plants (http://1.usa.gov/1hgvmzh). The emissions caps vary depending on the type of power plant but are all less than 2000 lb/MWh of carbon dioxide gross ...
Turn off the tap at industrial polluters: EPA has taken several steps to use permitting and regulatory authority of the Clean Water Act to reduce PFAS pollution in our nation’s waters– including specific regulations to limit PFAS discharges from PFAS manufacturers, metal finishers, and landfil...
“This proposal to safely remove lead paint along with our other efforts to deliver clean drinking water and replace lead pipes will go a long way toward protecting the health of our next generation of leaders,” she added. The U.S. banned residential use of lead paint in 1...
The EPA enacted the first comprehensive lead in drinking water regulations in 1991. Those have significantly helped reduce lead levels, but experts have said they left loopholes that keep lead levels too high and lax enforcement allows cities to ignore the problem. ...
On July 23, 2024, the Occupational Safety and Health Standards Board approved the “Heat Illness Prevention in Indoor Places of Employment” (California Code of Regulations, Title 8, Section 3396). This standard establishes safety measures to prevent heat illness. Where does Cal/OSHA’s Indoor He...
April 12, 2024 The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has finalized the first federal regulations on toxic “forever chemicals” in drinking water, setting tight limits that essentially require public water systems to all but eliminate their presence in American tap water. The highly anticipated …...
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