4 The Record is a publication from ALL4’s team that takes an in-depth look at technical and regulatory topics.
Lead Copper Rule Improvements Update
Posted: October 30th, 2025
The Lead and Copper Rule Improvements were finalized in October 2024 with Federal requirements as a national baseline including, but not limited to: Lead Service Line Replacement (LSLR) by 2037, Submitting an updated sampling plan to […]
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Water Regulatory Update: U.S. EPA’s Latest Agenda
Posted: October 30th, 2025
The Spring Unified Agenda of Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions was (finally) published in early September at reginfo.gov and it brought some anticipated but abbreviated insights into the water regulatory priorities of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA). Some key […]
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CTDEEP Industrial Stormwater General Permit Reissuance
Posted: October 23rd, 2025
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection (DEEP) reissued the industrial stormwater general permit (IGP) on October 1, 2025 with an effective date of November 1, 2025. The previous DEEP National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) General Permit for […]
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Turning Exposure Data Into Safer Workplaces
Posted: October 23rd, 2025
Understanding Workplace Airborne Hazards In many workplaces employees handle chemicals that can cause both immediate and long-term health effects. Whether it be in a research and development laboratory or a manufacturing environment, airborne contaminants can pose risks if not properly […]
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EHS Considerations in the Paperboard Converting Industry
Posted: October 23rd, 2025
While the process of converting paperboard into corrugated sheets and containers seems rather straightforward, there are a wide array of environmental, health, and safety (EHS) challenges faced when manufacturing these products. As experts in both the converting process and EHS […]
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New Stormwater Permit to Impact The Los Angeles And Los Alamitos Area
Posted: October 16th, 2025
The Los Angeles Regional Water Board (LA Water Board) has issued a revised draft General National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit (Permit) that will cover stormwater discharges from certain privately owned commercial, industrial, and institutional (CII) sites within two […]
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EU Delays CSRD Sustainability Reporting Standards for Non-EU Companies: What It Means for Your Organization
Posted: October 16th, 2025
The European Commission (EC) recently announced a delay in the adoption of the European Sustainability Reporting Standards (ESRS) for non-European Union (EU) companies under the Corporate Sustainability Reporting Directive (CSRD). This decision, part of the EC’s broader simplification agenda, has […]
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Sunsetting Paper Manifests – Is It Finally Happening?
Posted: October 13th, 2025
The Hazardous Waste Electronic Manifest Establishment Act (e-Manifest Act) was signed into law over 13 years ago in October 2012. However, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) reports that over 99.5% of the over two million manifests received […]
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D.C Circuit Court Restores Title V Affirmative Defense
Posted: October 9th, 2025
In a September 5, 2025 decision, the D.C. Circuit reinstated the affirmative defense provisions under Title V operating permits. The court found that the July 1, 2023 rule, which removed the affirmative defense provisions from Title V permits, was arbitrary […]
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Novel Approach Included in U.S. EPA’s Recent Secondary Lead Smelting Proposal
Posted: October 9th, 2025
On October 1, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (U.S. EPA) proposed amendments to the National Emission Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAP) for the Secondary Lead Smelting source category (40 CFR Part 63, Subpart X). The proposal addresses multiple […]
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