On March 12, 2024, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (EQB) approved the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PADEP) proposal to amend the Land Recycling and Remediation Standards Act regulations
Continue Reading PADEP Proposes Key PFAS Amendments to Act 2 RegulationsUSEPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Information Request to POTWs
USEPA announced today the intention, under Clean Water Act authority, to issue an information request to the largest publicly owned sewage treatment works (POTWs). USEPA seeks public comment on the…
Continue Reading USEPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Information Request to POTWsNew Jersey Finalizes Law Restricting PFAS in Firefighting Foam and Creating Take-Back Program
Last month, Governor Murphy signed a bill that affects the use of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in firefighting foam. The law, approved as P.L.2023, c.243 (Bill A4125 or S2712)…
Continue Reading New Jersey Finalizes Law Restricting PFAS in Firefighting Foam and Creating Take-Back ProgramMaine and Minnesota Accepting Proposals Through March 1, 2024 for “Currently Unavoidable Use” Exemptions from Upcoming State Ban on PFAS-Containing Products
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
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 ConstituentsState and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q4 2023
PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the fourth quarter of 2023. We will continue to update these…
Continue Reading State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q4 2023Recent Progress Report Issued by EPA Foreshadows Landmark Year for Federal Regulation of PFAS
Soon after the Biden Administration took office, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued a Strategic Roadmap highlighting the many ways it planned to “research, restrict, and remediate” per-and…
Continue Reading Recent Progress Report Issued by EPA Foreshadows Landmark Year for Federal Regulation of PFASDuPont Companies to Pay Delaware an Extra $25 Million Under 2021 PFAS Settlement
A recent DuPont settlement in Ohio triggers additional payments to Delaware under a 2021 agreement. In June 2021, (i) E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company, (ii) Corteva, Inc.…
Continue Reading DuPont Companies to Pay Delaware an Extra $25 Million Under 2021 PFAS SettlementHardwick Ohio PFAS Class Action Dismissed for Lack of Jurisdiction
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 JurisdictionNJDEP Issues Guidance for Green, Sustainable, and Resilient Remediation
In September, NJDEP’s Contaminated Site Remediation and Redevelopment program (CSRR) issued new guidance (the Administrative Guidance for Green, Sustainable, and Resilient Remediation) encouraging the use of green and sustainable…
Continue Reading NJDEP Issues Guidance for Green, Sustainable, and Resilient Remediation