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The EPA has taken some significant steps that will impact consumer chemical regulation in California and beyond.

The U.S. Department of War has issued a request for information to identify critical applications within defense operations and the defense industrial base that depend on six specific high-priority chemicals currently under EPA risk evaluation.

While EPA will consider each LVE application individually, the agency generally expects that pending and new LVE submissions for PFAS would be denied."

On May 14, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced that it will rescind the nationwide Maximum Contaminant Levels ("MCLs") for certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances...

On Oct. 18, EPA announced its comprehensive PFAS Strategic Roadmap (Roadmap), which lays out a comprehensive approach to tackling PFAS contamination within the U.S.

The Risk Evaluation will potentially affect businesses involved with both current and legacy asbestos-containing products.

On April 13, 2023, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) requesting input on seven potential future hazardous substance designations...

On Dec. 9, the Environmental Protection Agency banned many uses of two common solvents, perchloroethylene (PCE or Perc) and trichloroethylene (TCE), as part of the agency's risk evaluation process.

On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) under the Safe Drinking Water Act.

The EPA has launched PFAS OUTreach to help communities reduce PFOA and PFOS exposure in drinking water ahead of federal compliance deadlines, targeting approximately 3,000 water systems with known contamination challenges. Meanwhile, the agency's spring 2025 regulatory agenda reveals plans to extend compliance deadlines for PFAS drinking water standards and potentially withdraw regulatory determinations for four additional PFAS substances including PFHxS, PFNA, and GenX.

On October 2, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Office of Inspector General (OIG) released a report entitled Lessons Learned from Prior Oversight Related to the EPA's Rulemaking.

As reported in our June 18, 2025, blog item, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed in June 2025 the applicable volumes and percentage standards...

Agency seeks further screening information and begins mandated reporting of adverse human health and environmental effects under the Toxic Substances Control Act.

The new year marks the final one of U.S. EPA's Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances ("PFAS") Strategic Roadmap, and so it is only fitting that the Agency begins 2024 by adding seven additional PFAS...

The U.S. EPA Office of Inspector General has identified six critical management challenges facing the agency in fiscal year 2026, with particular emphasis on resource constraints and statutory deadlines affecting chemical safety assessments.

On May 2, 2025, the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of California permanently enjoined the state from requiring Proposition 65 warnings...

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as "forever chemicals" because of their persistence in the environment, are attracting increased attention from federal and state regulators...

The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) adopted on December 8, 2025, a final rule regarding the reporting of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in products, which is set to impose significant...