On September 4, 2025, EPA released its Unified Agenda which includes plans for a number of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulatory actions. The PFAS regulatory agenda is consistent with
Continue Reading EPA’s Rule Agenda Includes Multiple PFAS InitiativesPFAS Drinking Water Rule Litigation Stay Lifted; 30-Day Extension Sought in Hazardous Substance Designation Case
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted EPA’s motion to lift the stay in the litigation challenging the maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for six PFAS chemicals (PFOA…
Continue Reading PFAS Drinking Water Rule Litigation Stay Lifted; 30-Day Extension Sought in Hazardous Substance Designation CaseMinnesota Extends Its PFAS-in-Products Reporting DeadlineAfter Significant Public Comments
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After evaluating public comments on its proposed PFAS-in-products reporting rules (see our previous posts here and here), the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has agreed to exercise its…
Continue Reading Minnesota Extends Its PFAS-in-Products Reporting DeadlineAfter Significant Public CommentsPause Continues in Litigation Over PFAS MCLs and Hazardous Substances Designation
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EPA has again obtained extensions of the stays in the litigation challenging the MCLs for six PFAS and the litigation challenging the hazardous substance designation for PFOS and PFOA.
EPA…
Continue Reading Pause Continues in Litigation Over PFAS MCLs and Hazardous Substances DesignationWill Proposed Cuts to EPA’s Budget Impact EPA’s PFAS Action Plan?
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The White House Office of Management and Budget (“OMB”) sent President Trump’s recommendations for the fiscal year 2026 budget to the Senate Appropriations Committee on May 2, 2025. The proposal…
Continue Reading Will Proposed Cuts to EPA’s Budget Impact EPA’s PFAS Action Plan?Observations Regarding EPA’s Recently Announced PFAS Plans
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EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin recently issued a press release that “Announces Major EPA Actions to Combat PFAS Contamination.” As we generally expected, the announcement did not include plans to…
Continue Reading Observations Regarding EPA’s Recently Announced PFAS PlansEPA Keeps MCL for PFOA and PFOS, Extends Compliance Deadline, and Intends to Rescind MCL for PFHxS, PFNA, GenX, and PFBS
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EPA announced on May 14, 2025 that it will maintain the Maximum Contaminant Level (“MCL”), also known as the national primary drinking water standard, for two PFAS, perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”)…
Continue Reading EPA Keeps MCL for PFOA and PFOS, Extends Compliance Deadline, and Intends to Rescind MCL for PFHxS, PFNA, GenX, and PFBSLitigation Over PFAS Designation as Hazardous Substances Remains on Hold
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On April 30, 2025, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit granted an additional 30-day abeyance in the challenge to EPA’s Final Rule designating Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and…
Continue Reading Litigation Over PFAS Designation as Hazardous Substances Remains on HoldEPA Publishes Draft Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in Sewage Sludge
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On January 15, 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a Draft “Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid (PFOS)” for public…
Continue Reading EPA Publishes Draft Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in Sewage SludgeEPA Requests Additional 30-Day Abeyance in PFAS Drinking Water Rule Litigation
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On April 8, 2025, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) requested the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit extend the abeyance in the challenge to EPA’s Final Rule…
Continue Reading EPA Requests Additional 30-Day Abeyance in PFAS Drinking Water Rule Litigation