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Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

April 29, 2024 ReportUnited StatesBecky Hammer, Erik D. Olson

These report cards grade all 50 states on water funding equity.

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Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

October 25, 2023 Issue BriefUnited StatesErik D. Olson

Removing lead service lines could save the United States an estimated $786 billion from avoided health impacts over the next 35 years.

The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

October 19, 2023 Fact SheetUnited States, InternationalDr. Veena Singla

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Comments on Proposed Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under TSCA (PDF)

March 27, 2017 Comments

NRDC’s comments on EPA’s proposed “Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under the Amended Toxic Substances Control Act.” The proposed rule will establish the ground rules for implementation of the revised Toxic Substances Control Act, setting the stage for what many...

Comments on Proposed Procedures for Prioritization of Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under TSCA (PDF)

March 27, 2017 Comments

NRDC’s comments on EPA’s proposal to establish “a risk-based screening process, including criteria for designating chemical substances as high-priority substances for risk evaluation or low-priority substances for which risk evaluations are not warranted at this time.”

Comments on the TSCA Review and Scoping for Tetrachloroethylene and Trichloroethylene (PDF)

March 24, 2017 Comments

NRDC’s comments regarding selection of TCE and PERC among the first ten chemicals for EPA to evaluate and regulate under the New TSCA. TCE and PERC, like many solvents, are highly volatile, environmentally persistent, and toxic to people and wildlife...

Comments on EPA Proposal To Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances (PDF)

March 20, 2017 Comments

Comments on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances Comments submitted by NRDC and other organizations on EPA Proposal to Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances, January 17, 2017. Comments on the EPA's Chlorpyrifos Issue Paper: Evaluation of Biomonitoring Data from Epidemiology Studies Comments...

Comments on the TSCA Review and Scoping for Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) (PDF)

March 20, 2017 Comments

Comments on the TSCA Review and Scoping for Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) Comments submitted by NRDC on the TSCA Review and Scoping for the flame retardant chemical hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD), March 15, 2017 Comments on Problem Formulation and Data Needs Assessment for the...

Comments on HUD's Proposed Rule on Floodplain Management (PDF)

December 27, 2016 Comments

Comments submitted to the Department of Housing and Urban Development on the proposed rule, "Floodplain Management and Protection of Wetlands; Minimum Property Standards for Flood Hazard Exposure; Building to the Federal Flood Risk Management Standard," aimed increasing the nation’s resilience...

Comments on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations (PDF)

December 21, 2016 Comments

Comments submitted by NRDC and other environmental organizations on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations in the Making Water Conservation a California Way of Life: Implementing Executive Order B-37-16 Public Review Draft.

Comments of Thomas B. Cochran to Questions from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (PDF)

May 14, 2009 Comments

Comments of Thomas B. Cochran to questions from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources "Questions for the Record", United States Senate, Washington, DC, Re: "Nuclear Energy Developments" Washington, DC, March 18, 2009.

Reissuance of VPDES Permit VA0052451 North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 (PDF)

August 22, 2007 Comments

Comments of Christopher Paine, NRDC Nuclear Program Director, on the reissuance of VPDES permit VA0052451 North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2, July 18, 2007.

NRDC Nuclear Program Response to April 19, 2007 Recommendations of the National Commission on Energy Policy on Nuclear Power (PDF)

April 19, 2007 Comments

NCEP's recommendations would put the public's health and safety at risk by suggesting that Congress undermine existing standards for disposal of highly toxic nuclear waste.

Comments on EPA’s 2017 Glyphosate Draft Human Health & Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF)

April 30, 2018 Comments

NRDC comments detail how the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has utterly failed to evaluate the human health risks including cancer and noncancer risks, and the ecological risk that glyphosate poses to wildlife including monarch butterflies. Since the last ecological risk...

Comments on Proposed Repeal of CPP (PDF)

April 26, 2018 Comments

NRDC’s comments on Administrator Pruitt’s proposal to repeal EPA’s Clean Power Plan

Petition for an Emergency Order for Protection of Southern Resident Killer Whales (PDF)

January 30, 2018 Comments

Petition filed by NRDC and five other environmental groups seeking an emergency order pursuant to s. 80 of Canada's Species at Risk Act , SC 2002, c 29 (“SARA”) to protect the endangered Southern Resident Killer Whales (“Southern Residents”).

NRDC Comments Opposing Approval of MVP Permit Application - VMRC 17-1609 (PDF)

January 22, 2018 Comments

On January 22, 2018, NRDC submitted comments to the Virginia Marine Resources Commission (VMRC) in opposition to a permit for the Mountain Valley Pipeline (MVP). Approval of a permit would violate the Commission’s public trust obligations and would fail to...

Comments on EPA’s Strategic Plan (PDF)

January 10, 2018 Comments

NRDC submitted public comments on EPA’s Draft Considerations for the Development of the Strategic Plan for Developing and Implementing Alternative Test Methods and Strategies to Reduce, Refine, or Replace Vertebrate Animal Testing for Chemical Substances or Mixtures.

Comments on EPA's Supplement to Proposed 2-Year Stay of Methane Standards (PDF)

December 11, 2017 Comments

As part of our efforts to address climate-warming methane and other air pollutants from the oil and gas sector, NRDC and our partners submitted extensive legal and technical comments on the Environmental Protection Agency's supplement to its June 2017 proposal...

Data, Reports & Resources

Will Funds for Water Infrastructure Flow Fairly?

Getting the Lead Out: Removing Lead Pipes Would Yield Hundreds of Billions of Dollars in Health Benefits

The Worst of the Worst: High-Priority Plastic Materials, Chemical Additives, and Products to Phase Out

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Comments on Proposed Procedures for Chemical Risk Evaluation Under TSCA (PDF)

Comments on Proposed Procedures for Prioritization of Chemicals for Risk Evaluation Under TSCA (PDF)

Comments on the TSCA Review and Scoping for Tetrachloroethylene and Trichloroethylene (PDF)

Comments on EPA Proposal To Revoke Chlorpyrifos Tolerances (PDF)

Comments on the TSCA Review and Scoping for Hexabromocyclododecane (HBCD) (PDF)

Comments on HUD's Proposed Rule on Floodplain Management (PDF)

Comments on the Urban Water Use Efficiency Recommendations (PDF)

Comments of Thomas B. Cochran to Questions from the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources (PDF)

Reissuance of VPDES Permit VA0052451 North Anna Power Station Units 1 and 2 (PDF)

NRDC Nuclear Program Response to April 19, 2007 Recommendations of the National Commission on Energy Policy on Nuclear Power (PDF)

Comments on EPA’s 2017 Glyphosate Draft Human Health & Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF)

Comments on Proposed Repeal of CPP (PDF)

Petition for an Emergency Order for Protection of Southern Resident Killer Whales (PDF)

NRDC Comments Opposing Approval of MVP Permit Application - VMRC 17-1609 (PDF)

Comments on EPA’s Strategic Plan (PDF)

Comments on EPA's Supplement to Proposed 2-Year Stay of Methane Standards (PDF)

2019 - 2024 RFI Comments, August 17, 2017 (PDF)

Comments on the Proposed Revisions to the Michigan Lead and Copper Rule (PDF)

2019 - 2024 PEIS Scoping Comments, March 9, 2018 (PDF)

2019 - 2024 DPP Comments, March 9, 2018 (PDF)

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