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Reporter for Inside EPA’s newest service, Inside PFAS Policy.

Capitol Hill, Washington
Joined July 2015
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Democrats Press EPA, Companies On Data Center Acid Rain Exemption ow.ly/eOEy106GBru
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Trump NEPA Waivers For Orbital Data Centers Rest On Contested FAA Plan ow.ly/kaRw106FQW5
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‘Project Certainty’ Provisions Could Weigh On Senate Permit Bill’s Fate ow.ly/jqUE106G9tH
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Debate Grows Over Clean Energy Benefit, Harm Of Permit ‘Certainty’ Language ow.ly/6WMT106G9ur
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Legal Experts See Broad Permitting Effects From Revised WOTUS Plan ow.ly/Fo9j106GsCl
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Permitting Bill’s NEPA Overhaul Would Gut Bedrock Law, Advocates Say ow.ly/cRV4106GsCm
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Permit Bill Backers Face Tricky Test Amid Sharp Environmentalist Critiques ow.ly/B1xq106Gvwe
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Industry leaders to Senate: Embrace AI as key element in cyber defense, be cautious on regs dlvr.it/SvzSQ7
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Presence of #PFAS used by workers and consumers is an important source of exposure that needs further attention at the federal level, says letter by @RepMcClellan and other lawmakers to @EPA.
Lawmakers Press EPA For ‘Rigorous’ Look At PFAS Risks In Containers dlvr.it/SskHLn
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#DOD Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations, and Environment Brendan Owens in July 14 memo clarifies that July 11 guidance endorsed four #PFAS disposal methods with incineration being the last option #DOD should turn to.
Pentagon Clarifies Earliest Date PFAS Materials Incineration Could Restart dlvr.it/Ssn7Nt
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North Carolina House is slated July 12 to take up the Regulatory Reform Act, HB 600, by either concurring to changes made to the bill by the Senate or to refer the bill to conference committee negotiations to hash out differences between the two chambers. #PFAS
North Carolina Lawmakers Drop PFAS Provisions From Reg Reform Bill dlvr.it/SrrdHh
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Framework outlines how @EPA will approach applications for new #PFAS uses under #TSCA, in particular human exposures and environmental releases, and calls for an array of tests on any #PFAS where that potential is more than “negligible.”
EPA Touts PFAS Review Framework As Key To Achieving ‘Roadmap’ Goals dlvr.it/SrrB4v
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Environmentalists Seek To Bolster EPA’s Bid To Dismiss GenX HAL Case dlvr.it/SrylP3
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“Creating loopholes in our #Superfund cleanup law for entities like . . . farmers and water utilities, as some senators have proposed, will open the door to loopholes for other #PFAS polluters,” said Melanie Benesh, vice president of government affairs for @ewg.
EWG Warns Of Veto Push If EPW Adds CERCLA Waivers To PFAS Legislation dlvr.it/SrVCNK
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Senate EPW Leaders Float Bill Narrowing PFAS Definition, Reject Carveouts dlvr.it/Sr7m7v
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Lawyers Cite UK Regulatory Report To Counter EU’s Broad PFAS Ban dlvr.it/SqMpmM
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Chemical Makers Renew Broad Attacks On Maine PFAS Reporting Rule dlvr.it/SqKMqK
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Industry Blasts PFAS Drinking Water Proposal, Citing Legal, Scientific Issues dlvr.it/SqGMKC
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PFAS Makers Agree To Sweeping MDL Deal With Water Utilities On Trial’s Eve dlvr.it/Sq3ZM3
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Medical Monitoring Emerges As Next Battle Line For PFAS Policy dlvr.it/Sq09Xk
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