PFAS are everywhere and may represent risk to your organization. To better understand recent developments and how to identify and mitigate associated risks, check out our recent alert: PFAS Are
Continue Reading PFAS Risks Are EverywhereKaren H. Davis
Contact:Read more about Karen H. Davis
U.S. EPA Withdraws Proposed Rule Listing PFAS as RCRA Hazardous Constituents
By Karen H. Davis on
U.S. EPA is withdrawing its proposed rule to list nine PFAS as RCRA hazardous constituents. U.S.EPA announced the withdrawal in the Federal Register on May 8, 2026. In announcing…
Continue Reading U.S. EPA Withdraws Proposed Rule Listing PFAS as RCRA Hazardous ConstituentsEPA Is One Step Closer to Scaling Back PFAS MCLs
By Karen H. Davis on
On May 1, 2026, the White House Office of Management and Budget (OMB) completed its interagency review and cleared two EPA proposed rules that would scale back the Biden-era PFAS…
Continue Reading EPA Is One Step Closer to Scaling Back PFAS MCLsNJDEP Granted More Time to Support the 3M and DuPont PFAS Settlements
By Karen H. Davis on
As we have previously reported here and here, the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (NJDEP) announced settlements with 3M and DuPont and its related companies (the DuPont Entities)…
Continue Reading NJDEP Granted More Time to Support the 3M and DuPont PFAS SettlementsCourt Denies EPA’s Motion to Sever and Stay Challenges to MCLs for Four Index PFAS
By Karen H. Davis on
On March 19, 2026, a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit denied EPA’s request to sever and stay challenges to drinking water standards, known…
Continue Reading Court Denies EPA’s Motion to Sever and Stay Challenges to MCLs for Four Index PFASUpdate on NJDEP PFAS Settlements with 3M and DuPont Entities
By Karen H. Davis on
On November 21, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (NJDEP) filed notice with the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey that on January 7, 2026…
Continue Reading Update on NJDEP PFAS Settlements with 3M and DuPont EntitiesEPA’s Rule Agenda Includes Multiple PFAS Initiatives
By Karen H. Davis on
On September 4, 2025, EPA released its Unified Agenda which includes plans for a number of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulatory actions. The PFAS regulatory agenda is consistent with…
Continue Reading EPA’s Rule Agenda Includes Multiple PFAS InitiativesWill Proposed Cuts to EPA’s Budget Impact EPA’s PFAS Action Plan?
By Karen H. Davis on
The White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) sent President Trump’s recommendations for the fiscal year 2026 budget to the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 2, 2025. The proposal…
Continue Reading Will Proposed Cuts to EPA’s Budget Impact EPA’s PFAS Action Plan?EPA Keeps MCL for PFOA and PFOS, Extends Compliance Deadline, and Intends to Rescind MCL for PFHxS, PFNA, GenX, and PFBS
By Karen H. Davis on
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 PFBSEPA’s Third Annual PFAS Progress Report
By Karen H. Davis on
On 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 Report