On April 8, 2024, the EPA Administrator signed the final rule establishing drinking water standards, also known as MCLs, for six PFAS (PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, GenX (HFPO-DA), PFHxS, and PFBS).
Continue Reading EPA Issues Final MCLs for PFOA, PFOS, PFNA, GenX, PFHxS, and PFBSGeneral PFAS News & Updates
Fifth 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 RulePADEP Proposes Key PFAS Amendments to Act 2 Regulations
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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
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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
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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
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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
By Karen H. Davis on
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
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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 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
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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
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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 Settlement