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PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2022. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis.
Continue Reading State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2022PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the…
Continue Reading State & Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2022Under the SEC Proposed Rule on Climate Disclosures, PFCs are Perfluorocarbons, not Perfluorinated Chemicals
The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s much-anticipated and ground-breaking proposed rule for the disclosure of…
Continue Reading Under the SEC Proposed Rule on Climate Disclosures, PFCs are Perfluorocarbons, not Perfluorinated ChemicalsStates Continue to Implement Take-Back Programs for Aqueous Film Forming Foam
This summer, Indiana joins…
Continue Reading States Continue to Implement Take-Back Programs for Aqueous Film Forming FoamThe Latest
Consistent with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) PFAS Strategic Roadmap, EPA is just weeks away from issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to designate PFOA and PFOS as…
Continue Reading Coming (Very) Soon to an Environmental Investigation Near You….The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires that once every five years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publish a list of unregulated contaminants to be monitored by…
Continue Reading EPA Publishes UCMR 5 Rule to Require Sampling and Monitoring of 29 PFASOn October 20, 2021, Delaware Governor John Carney signed into law House Bill 8, which is enacted as Delaware’s Drinking Water Protection Act (29 Del. C. §§ 8090-8094).
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Continue Reading Delaware’s Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFOA and PFOS Expected by this SummerPFAS Exposure Study Seeks Voluntary Participants from Bucks and Montgomery Counties
Researchers from RTI International (Research Triangle Institute), the Pennsylvania Department of Health, Temple University, and Brown University are seeking 1,000 adults and 300 children to participate in a per- and…
Continue Reading PFAS Exposure Study Seeks Voluntary Participants from Bucks and Montgomery CountiesThe bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Infrastructure Act”) signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021 provides for $10 billion in funding to address PFAS contamination, nationwide. In…
Continue Reading $10 Billion Allocated to Addressing PFAS Under Bipartisan Infrastructure LawOn November 16, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”) voted to approve the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (“PADEP”) proposed rule to set binding regulatory standards, known as maximum contaminant…
Continue Reading Pennsylvania EQB Approves PFOA and PFOS Limits in Drinking WaterNew Pennsylvania Department of Environmental of Protection (“PADEP”) regulations that include new cleanup standards for three per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on Saturday, November…
Continue Reading New Pennsylvania DEP PFOA and PFOS Cleanup Standards are Now EffectiveThis past August, EPA published Draft Method 1633 – Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (“PFAS”) in Aqueous, Solid, Biosolids, and Tissue Samples by LC-MS/MS. Once, finalized, this single…
Continue Reading EPA Publishes Draft PFAS Analytical Method for Array of Environmental MediaIndustry Specific Effluent Limitation Guidelines for PFAS Are Coming – EPA’s Preliminary Plan 15
In September, EPA set forth its latest draft plan for setting guidelines for PFAS limitations in industrial wastewater in certain industries, and October brought public comments on the draft. Among…
Continue Reading Industry Specific Effluent Limitation Guidelines for PFAS Are Coming – EPA’s Preliminary Plan 15