by Dragun Corporation Staff | May 12, 2022 | Blog
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances News It seems that per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a daily part of our news cycle. The constantly changing PFAS landscape is one of the reasons why we decided to set up our PFAS Resources Page a few years ago. On...
by Dragun Corporation Staff | Apr 28, 2022 | Blog
Most Environmental Health and Safety professionals are familiar with the Clean Water Act (CWA) requirements related to oil storage, including the Spill Prevention Control and Countermeasure Plan (SPCC) requirements. Depending on your oil storage capacity, spill plans...
by Dragun Corporation Staff | Apr 18, 2022 | Blog
What’s old is new again. Back in the “olden days,” polychlorinated biphenyls or PCBs seemed to dominate the environmental landscape. We were testing drums of waste oil, effluent, sediments, and more for PCBs. What are PCBs? PCBs were manufactured in the United...
by Alan Hahn | Mar 31, 2022 | Blog
Recently, the Biden Administration released its proposed budget for the Fiscal Year 2023. The total proposed budget is $5.8 trillion. Within this proposed budget is the proposed budget for the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) of $11.8 billion. EPA...
by Dragun Corporation Staff | Mar 28, 2022 | Blog
There have been some (more) developments with respect to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Some of the recent developments are potentially very significant. Massive PFAS Class Action Certified According to an article in Gardner Business Media, “A federal...
by Alan Hahn | Mar 15, 2022 | Blog
Is the long-term trend of declining environmental enforcement activity one that will continue or will we see an uptick in activity? Further, will increased enforcement lead to better environmental protection? Declining Enforcement The United States Environmental...