On 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
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Litigation Over PFAS MCLs on Hold for Now
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A federal appeals court has granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s request for a 60-day abeyance in litigation challenging the Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for six PFAS chemicals.
In a February…
Continue Reading Litigation Over PFAS MCLs on Hold for NowBriefing Underway in Challenge to Maximum Contaminant Limits (MCLs) for PFAS in Drinking Water
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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 WaterEPA Extends TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Reporting Deadline
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On 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)…
Continue Reading EPA Extends TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Reporting DeadlineThird Circuit Dismisses Chemours Appeal of EPA’s HALs
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit dismissed a petition filed by The Chemours Company FC, LLC (“Chemours”) challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)’s Health Advisory…
Continue Reading Third Circuit Dismisses Chemours Appeal of EPA’s HALsThe Impact of Chevron’s Demise on the Regulation of PFAS
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On June 28, 2024, in its decision in Loper Bright Enterprises, et al. v. Raimondo, et al., the U.S. Supreme Court held that its longstanding precedent granting deference to…
Continue Reading The Impact of Chevron’s Demise on the Regulation of PFASNew Deadlines for Phase One Class Members in the AFFF Multi-District Litigation
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The U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina approved two major settlements in the multidistrict litigation (“MDL”) that consolidated thousands of cases related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…
Continue Reading New Deadlines for Phase One Class Members in the AFFF Multi-District LitigationFifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Orders Regulating PFAS under Significant New Use Rule
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The Fifth Circuit issued a decision vacating two EPA orders directing Inhance Technologies (Inhance) to close its barrier technology facilities. As its basis for issuing the orders, EPA had identified…
Continue Reading Fifth Circuit Vacates EPA’s Orders Regulating PFAS under Significant New Use RuleBriefing Complete in Chemours’s Challenge to EPA’s GenX Health Advisory Level
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As previously reported, The Chemours Company FC, LLC (“Chemours”) challenged the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)’s Health Advisory Level (“HAL”) of 10 ppt for HFPO Dimer Acid, a.k.a.
Continue Reading Briefing Complete in Chemours’s Challenge to EPA’s GenX Health Advisory LevelBriefing Continues in Chemours’s Challenge to EPA’s GenX Health Advisory Level
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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 Briefing Continues in Chemours’s Challenge to EPA’s GenX Health Advisory Level