Legal and Regulatory

EPA Finalizes Rule Tightening Dust-Lead Clearance Levels
EPA’s finalized rule decreases the amount of lead that can remain in dust on floors and window sills after lead removal activities. The change is intended to reduce childhood lead exposure.
By Scott Dismukes and Jessica Rosenblatt
June 22, 2021
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by Scott Dismukes
Scott Dismukes is a Pittsburgh-based attorney with Eckert Seamans and has nearly 30 years of experience in environmental litigation and counseling. As co-chair of the firm’s Energy Group and member of the Environmental Group, he provides litigation compliance and environmental business counseling to industrial, municipal, and manufacturing clients under all federal and numerous state environmental laws. Scott also provides non-utility regulatory counsel and defense for a number of energy and energy-related companies.
by Jessica Rosenblatt
Jessica Rosenblatt helps clients solve challenges arising under federal and state environmental laws. She advises on compliance issues, navigates permitting processes, manages environmental risks in transactions,and helps resolve environmental disputes and enforcement actions. Jessica guides clients through the multitude of regulations governing air and water quality, waste management, chemical spills, land contamination and other environmental liabilities. She is in Eckert Seamans Cherin & Mellott's Pittsburgh office.
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