On November 17, 2022, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (“IRRC”) approved the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board’s (“EQB”) new safe drinking water maximum contaminant levels (“MCLs”) for perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”)
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The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC)’s much-anticipated and ground-breaking proposed rule for the disclosure of climate-related risks, “The Enhancement and Standardization of Climate-Related Disclosures for Investors” (the “Proposed Rule”) was
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States Continue to Implement Take-Back Programs for Aqueous Film Forming Foam
States Continue to Implement Take-Back Programs for Aqueous Film Forming Foam
This summer, Indiana joins a handful of states that have implemented “take-back” programs to collect and dispose of aqueous
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EPA Announces Plan to Propose Removal of De Minimis TRI Reporting Exemption for PFAS in Summer 2022
On March 3, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released its 2020 Toxics Release Inventory (“TRI”) National Analysis report. EPA’s report analyzes the most recent Toxic Release Inventory (“TRI”)
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State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to 2021
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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Pennsylvania Moves One Step Closer to Issuance of Drinking Water Standards for PFOA and PFOS
At its July 29, 2021 meeting, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (“Department”)’s Public Water System Technical Assistance Center (TAC) Board voted to recommend that the Department proceed with a
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EPA Nominee Confirms Focus on PFAS; Advances to Full Senate Confirmation Vote
As previously reported, the Biden administrative is expected to make PFAS regulation and enforcement a priority by, among other things: designating PFAS as hazardous substances, setting enforceable limits under
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Implications of EPA Designation of PFOA and PFOS as “Hazardous Substances”
The Biden Administration has pledged to designate certain PFAS as hazardous substances under federal law. What effect would the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) designation of PFOA and PFOS
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