On June 30, 2025 the next bench trial phase or “mini-trial” commences in NEW JERSEY DEPARTMENT OF ENVIROMENTAL PROTECTION, ET AL., VS. E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS AND COMPANY, ET
Continue Reading NJDEP v. DuPont/Chemours PFAS Trial Continues/Public Comment Period on Proposed Comprehensive Settlement for 3M Expected to Commence July 7, 2025Minnesota Will Continue to Receive Public Comments on Proposed New Rules on PFAS in Products Reporting
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Minnesota’s Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) held a public hearing on May 22, 2025 concerning its proposed rules that would implement PFAS-in-products reporting requirements and associated fees on entities covered by…
Continue Reading Minnesota Will Continue to Receive Public Comments on Proposed New Rules on PFAS in Products ReportingPause 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.
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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 PFBSNew Mexico Enacts Sweeping Statute Phasing in Restrictions on PFAS in Products, Contemplating “Currently Unavoidable Use” Exemptions
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In early April 2025, New Mexico enacted a statute restricting intentionally added PFAS in products, similar in scope to Maine’s and Minnesota’s existing laws. The New Mexico statute imposes a…
Continue Reading New Mexico Enacts Sweeping Statute Phasing in Restrictions on PFAS in Products, Contemplating “Currently Unavoidable Use” ExemptionsLitigation 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