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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a final rule (the “Rule”) that substantially expands its Risk Management Program (“RMP”) regulations aimed at preventing chemical accidents.

On February 8, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published two proposed rules that would expand its regulatory authority over PFAS: one to list nine PFAS as hazardous constituents subject to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) corrective action program (the “PFAS Constituent Rule”) and another to expand the regulatory definition of RCRA hazardous waste to address PFAS releases from RCRA-permitted solid waste management units (the “Definition Rule”).