State government plaintiffs in cases against PFAS manufacturers have adopted the strategy of filing parallel complaints in state court – one for recovery for contamination caused by PFAS in AFFF and a second for potentially comingled PFAS contamination caused by PFAS from consumer and other non-AFFF products. One reason for…
Continue Reading Alleging Non-AFFF Claims in a Separate Action May Not Keep Those Claims in State CourtOne month into the tenure of new EPA administrator Lee Zeldin, EPA’s initiatives regarding…
Continue Reading Reading Tea Leaves Regarding EPA’s PFAS Agenda Under Administrator ZeldinRegulation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS) in soils under New York’s remedial…
Continue Reading Unclear Fate for NY PFOA and PFOS Soil Cleanup ObjectivesA federal appeals court has granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s request for a 60-day abeyance…
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PENNVEST Awards $28M of PFAS Funding, Bringing Total to $95M
On January 22, 2025, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) announced funding awards totaling $288.2M for 39 drinking water…
Continue Reading PENNVEST Awards $28M of PFAS Funding, Bringing Total to $95MBriefing Underway in Challenge to Maximum Contaminant Limits (MCLs) for PFAS in Drinking Water
Petitioners filed their opening briefs in the consolidated challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) Final Rule establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels (“MCLs”) and Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (“MCLGs”) for six…
Continue Reading Briefing Underway in Challenge to Maximum Contaminant Limits (MCLs) for PFAS in Drinking WaterMinnesota Seeks Comment on Rules Implementing Reporting Requirement for Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS and Associated Fees
Following up on the rulemaking process presaged by Minnesota’s comprehensive statute (Amara’s Law) requiring phase outs of PFAS intentionally added to products, which we’ve previously discussed here and…
Continue Reading Minnesota Seeks Comment on Rules Implementing Reporting Requirement for Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS and Associated FeesOn November 14, 2024, EPA issued its third annual progress report on its PFAS Roadmap reporting on the agency’s three years of progress against its overarching goals of restrict, remediate…
Continue Reading EPA’s Third Annual PFAS Progress ReportPresident-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Monday, November 11, 2024, his intention to nominate former Representative Lee Zeldin, Republican of New York, as the Administrator of the United States Environmental…
Continue Reading President Elect Announces Proposed USEPA AdministratorRhode Island Enacts Statutory Ban on Consumer Products and Firefighting Foams with Intentionally Added PFAS
In late June 2024, Rhode Island joined the growing list of states that have enacted phased bans on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of various types of products containing PFAS. …
Continue Reading Rhode Island Enacts Statutory Ban on Consumer Products and Firefighting Foams with Intentionally Added PFASUSEPA Issues Recommended Water Quality Criteria and Benchmarks for Certain PFAS in Surface Water
On October 7, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued recommended ambient surface water quality criteria and acute saltwater aquatic life benchmarks for PFOA and PFOS, as well…
Continue Reading USEPA Issues Recommended Water Quality Criteria and Benchmarks for Certain PFAS in Surface WaterPFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the third quarter of 2024. We will continue to update these…
Continue Reading State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q3 2024On September 5, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced an 8-month extension of EPA’s final reporting and recordkeeping requirements for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under Section 8(a)(7)…
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Fox Rothschild’s environmental attorneys are fluent in the science, regulations and case law surrounding PFAS. On this blog, they will provide updates and cover major developments in PFAS and emerging contaminants as regulatory developments arise.