PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2022. We will continue to update these
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PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2022. We will continue to update these
Continue Reading State & Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2022
Pennsylvania DEP Opens Public Comment on PFOA/PFOS Limits in Drinking Water
By Adam Cutler
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) has opened up a public comment process on
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PFAS-related litigation continues to accelerate. As shown in the attached graphics, there were more than 2,000 cases in the Multi-District Litigation in the federal district court in South Carolina by
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Consistent with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) PFAS Strategic Roadmap, EPA is just weeks away from issuing a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking to designate PFOA and PFOS as
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The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires that once every five years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publish a list of unregulated contaminants to be monitored by
Continue Reading EPA Publishes UCMR 5 Rule to Require Sampling and Monitoring of 29 PFAS
The bipartisan Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (“Infrastructure Act”) signed by President Biden on November 15, 2021 provides for $10 billion in funding to address PFAS contamination, nationwide. In
Continue Reading $10 Billion Allocated to Addressing PFAS Under Bipartisan Infrastructure Law
On November 16, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”) voted to approve the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (“PADEP”) proposed rule to set binding regulatory standards, known as maximum contaminant
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New Pennsylvania Department of Environmental of Protection (“PADEP”) regulations that include new cleanup standards for three per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin on Saturday, November
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This past August, EPA published Draft Method 1633 – Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (“PFAS”) in Aqueous, Solid, Biosolids, and Tissue Samples by LC-MS/MS. Once, finalized, this single
Continue Reading EPA Publishes Draft PFAS Analytical Method for Array of Environmental Media