On June 30, 2025 the next bench trial phase or “mini-trial” commences in NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION, ET AL., VS. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, ET AL., Docket No. 19-cv-14766 (RMB/JBC) before the Honorable Renée Marie Bumb of the Federal District of New Jersey (Camden). …
Continue Reading NJDEP v. DuPont/Chemours PFAS Trial Continues/Public Comment Period on Proposed Comprehensive Settlement for 3M Expected to Commence July 7, 2025Minnesota Will Continue to Receive Public Comments on Proposed New Rules on PFAS in Products Reporting
Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) held a public hearing on May 22, 2025 concerning its…
Continue Reading Minnesota Will Continue to Receive Public Comments on Proposed New Rules on PFAS in Products ReportingPause Continues in Litigation Over PFAS MCLs and Hazardous Substances Designation
EPA has again obtained extensions of the stays in the litigation challenging the MCLs for…
Continue Reading Pause Continues in Litigation Over PFAS MCLs and Hazardous Substances DesignationThe White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) sent President Trump’s recommendations for the…
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recently issued a press release that “Announces Major EPA Actions to Combat PFAS Contamination.” As we generally expected, the announcement did not include plans to…
Continue Reading Observations Regarding EPA’s Recently Announced PFAS PlansEPA Keeps MCL for PFOA and PFOS, Extends Compliance Deadline, and Intends to Rescind MCL for PFHxS, PFNA, GenX, and PFBS
EPA announced on May 14, 2025 that it will maintain the Maximum Contaminant Level (“MCL”), also known as the national primary drinking water standard, for two PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”)…
Continue Reading EPA Keeps MCL for PFOA and PFOS, Extends Compliance Deadline, and Intends to Rescind MCL for PFHxS, PFNA, GenX, and PFBSNew Mexico Enacts Sweeping Statute Phasing in Restrictions on PFAS in Products, Contemplating “Currently Unavoidable Use” Exemptions
In early April 2025, New Mexico enacted a statute restricting intentionally added PFAS in products, similar in scope to Maine’s and Minnesota’s existing laws. The New Mexico statute imposes a…
Continue Reading New Mexico Enacts Sweeping Statute Phasing in Restrictions on PFAS in Products, Contemplating “Currently Unavoidable Use” ExemptionsOn April 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted an additional 30-day abeyance in the challenge to EPA’s Final Rule designating Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and…
Continue Reading Litigation Over PFAS Designation as Hazardous Substances Remains on HoldOn January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Draft “Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)” for public…
Continue Reading EPA Publishes Draft Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in Sewage SludgeOn April 8, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit extend the abeyance in the challenge to EPA’s Final Rule…
Continue Reading EPA Requests Additional 30-Day Abeyance in PFAS Drinking Water Rule LitigationMaine recently published proposed rules (PDF link) aimed at implementation of its existing statute (which we’ve discussed here, here and here) limiting the sale and distribution within the…
Continue Reading Maine’s Draft Proposed Rule on PFAS “Currently Unavoidable Use” DeterminationsAlleging Non-AFFF Claims in a Separate Action May Not Keep Those Claims in State Court
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…
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 PFAS remain unclear. A read of the tea leaves from Zeldin’s confirmation hearing and the…
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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.