1970年，国家环境政策法（NEPA）要求联邦机构从事审查进程来评估拟议的联邦行动的环境影响，包括对公众的适当披露，并在作出决定之前对这些因素敏感。该过程可以申请各种项目，包括道路，桥梁，石油和天然气管道，能源项目，宽带基础设施和水基础设施，以及影响森林管理和野火保护。如果联邦行动涉及发行，则NEPA下的环境评论适用于联邦项目以及私营项目......
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PFA本周效果显着新使用规则。什么实体受到影响？
On July 27, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), published the final Significant New Use Rule (SNUR) for long-chain perfluoroalkyl carboxylate (LCPFAC) and perfluoroalkyl sulfonate (PFAS)* chemical substances under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA), first proposed in January 2015. The final SNUR requires persons to notify EPA at least 90 days before the start of manufacturing (including import), or processing of these chemicals for any use designated as a significant new use. This includes the import of a subset of LCPFAC chemicals as part of a surface coating on items, such as the PFOA utilized in Teflon in cookware....
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