In September 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) proposed to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”), including their salts and structural isomers, as hazardous substances
Continue Reading EPA Revises Schedule for Anticipated CERCLA PFOA and PFOS Hazardous Substance DesignationState and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q2 2023
PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the second quarter of 2023. We will continue to update these
Continue Reading State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q2 2023USGS Studies PFAS in Tap Water
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 Thousands of Comments On its Proposed PFAS Maximum Contaminant Levels
As discussed in a previous post, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation to establish maximum contaminant levels for six different PFAS
Continue Reading EPA Receives Thousands of Comments On its Proposed PFAS Maximum Contaminant LevelsEPA Proposes to Disqualify PFAS from Low Volume Exemptions and Low Release and Exposure Exemptions under TSCA
The Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) authorizes the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to impose restrictions relating to chemical substances and/or mixtures as well as requirements for reporting, record-keeping
Continue Reading EPA Proposes to Disqualify PFAS from Low Volume Exemptions and Low Release and Exposure Exemptions under TSCAMaine Presses Pause on PFAS Reporting Requirements
We reported previously on Maine’s 2021 law barring the sale of new products containing intentionally added PFAS and the reporting requirements that the law imposed upon manufacturers. Under the law
Continue Reading Maine Presses Pause on PFAS Reporting RequirementsBriefing Continues in Chemours’s Challenge to EPA’s GenX Health Advisory Level
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 LevelEPA Receives Extensive Comments on its Proposed PFAS MCLs
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 MCLsPFAS State Survey – Standards and Guidance Values for PFAS in Groundwater, Drinking Water and Surface Water
Note: This is a graphical representation of an Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (“ITRC”) Guidance Document as of March 2023.
These values are changing rapidly. The ITRC intends to update this
EPA Requests Comments on Whether to Add More PFAS as “Hazardous Substances” under CERCLA
On April 13, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (“ANPRM”) in the Federal Register that requested comments on whether EPA
Continue Reading EPA Requests Comments on Whether to Add More PFAS as “Hazardous Substances” under CERCLA