NASF Releases August 2022 Policy Update
The National Association for Surface Finishing has released a Policy Update, summarizing some of the pertinent regulatory developments and new announcements from the month of August.
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Edited by Scott Francis
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The NASF Government Affairs team has released an update regarding its engagement during the month of August on an array of new rules and initiatives from Washington, D.C. The update includes the following stories:
- NASF Meets with White House as EPA Moves Closer to Proposing New Rule to List PFOS and PFOA under the Superfund Clean Up Law: short.pfonline.com/nas081522
- EPA Readying Fall Nationwide PFAS Survey of Metal Finishing Industry to Inform New Water Discharge Rule: short.pfonline.com/epa1081522
- Industry Files Legal Challenge of New Stringent Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFAS Chemicals: short.pfonline.com/h2o081522
- Metal Finishing Facility Released Hexavalent Chromium into Huron River in Michigan: short.pfonline.com/chrom081522
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Supreme Court Limits EPA Authority to Regulate GHG Emissions: short.pfonline.com/epa2081522
This update is courtesy of the National Association for Surface Finishing (NASF). For more information or to become a member, visit nasf.org.
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