On April 8, 2024, the EPA Administrator signed the final rule establishing drinking water standards, also known as MCLs, for six PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, GenX (HFPO-DA), PFHxS, and PFBS).
Continue Reading EPA Issues Final MCLs for PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, GenX, PFHxS, and PFBSKaren H. Davis
Contact:Read more about Karen H. Davis
Maine and Minnesota Accepting Proposals Through March 1, 2024 for “Currently Unavoidable Use” Exemptions from Upcoming State Ban on PFAS-Containing Products
By Karen H. Davis & Adam H. Cutler on
As we’ve posted here before, by statutory enactment, Maine intends to ban the sale, marketing, and distribution of products or product components containing intentionally added PFAS, effective January 1…
Continue Reading Maine and Minnesota Accepting Proposals Through March 1, 2024 for “Currently Unavoidable Use” Exemptions from Upcoming State Ban on PFAS-Containing ProductsEPA Proposes to List Nine PFAS as RCRA Hazardous Constituents
By Karen H. Davis on
On February 8, 2024, EPA published a proposed rule to list nine PFAS, their salts and their structural isomers, as hazardous constituents under RCRA regulations. If the proposed rule is…
Continue Reading EPA Proposes to List Nine PFAS as RCRA Hazardous ConstituentsHardwick Ohio PFAS Class Action Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction
By Karen H. Davis on
The Sixth Circuit ruled that a complaint on which a trial court had certified a class that included every person subject to the laws of Ohio must be dismissed. The…
Continue Reading Hardwick Ohio PFAS Class Action Dismissed for Lack of JurisdictionPFAS Class Action Against Cosmetic Company Dismissed
By Karen H. Davis on
In March 2022, a putative class action lawsuit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York against L’Oreal U.S.A., Inc. alleging that the company…
Continue Reading PFAS Class Action Against Cosmetic Company DismissedPFAS Among EPA’s Enforcement Initiatives
By Karen H. Davis on
On August 17, 2023, EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) released its National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECI) for FY 2024-2027, which include addressing exposure to PFAS as…
Continue Reading PFAS Among EPA’s Enforcement InitiativesUSGS Studies PFAS in Tap Water
By Karen H. Davis on
As part of the PFAS Strategic Science Vision for the U.S. Geological Survey (“USGS”) and consistent with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, which identified activities related…
Continue Reading USGS Studies PFAS in Tap WaterEPA Receives Extensive Comments on its Proposed PFAS MCLs
By Karen H. Davis on
On May 30, 2023, the comment period closed on EPA’s proposed maximum contaminant levels (“MCLs”) for six PFAS at which time EPA had received 97,793 comments. Under the proposed…
Continue Reading EPA Receives Extensive Comments on its Proposed PFAS MCLsEPA Announces $75 Million to Pennsylvania to Address PFAS/Emerging Contaminants and Proposed PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Standards Expected in Weeks
By Karen H. Davis on
On February 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced $75 million in funding under the Infrastructure Law to go to Pennsylvania to address PFAS and other emerging contaminants…
Continue Reading EPA Announces $75 Million to Pennsylvania to Address PFAS/Emerging Contaminants and Proposed PFOA and PFOS Drinking Water Standards Expected in WeeksEPA’s Motion to Dismiss Chemours’ Challenge of the GenX HAL Denied
By Karen H. Davis on
As previously reported, The Chemours Company FC, LLC (“Chemours”) filed a Petition for Review with the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency…
Continue Reading EPA’s Motion to Dismiss Chemours’ Challenge of the GenX HAL Denied