On November 4, 2022, CMBG3 Law's Daria Afshar will attend the City Year Women's Leadership Breakfast 2022, at which newly appointed Superintendent of Boston Public Schools, Mary Skipper, will speak. Superintendent Skipper will join City Year's Executive Director,...
On November 30, 2022, John Gardella will speak at Perrin's incredibly timely virtual event entitled "One Year Since EPA's PFAS Roadmap - Updates and Preparation for 2023." This free CLE webinar will take place from 2:00 - 3:30pm ET. John and his fellow panelists will...
We previously reported on several significant actions by the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) listing six types of PFAS as chemicals known to cause cancer or reproductive harm - PFOA, PFOS, PFDA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFUnDA. At the time,...
Recently, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) issued a report detailing its findings with respect to PFAS and environmental justice community impacts. The GAO utilized data from six states (Illinois, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, Ohio and Vermont)...
Last week, Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board voted in favor of establishing drinking water standards for PFOA at 14 parts per trillion (ppt) and PFOS at 18 ppt. The Pennsylvania PFAS drinking water standard would require water companies and municipalities to...
Last year, we provided an update regarding Pennsylvania's ground-breaking PFAS soil standards for remediation. Last week, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) published interim soil remediation standards for four PFAS compounds: PFNA, PFOA,...
For the past three years, CMBG3 has supported the efforts of School on Wheels in Massachusetts, which fights to provide children in need or affected by homelessness with the necessary basics for their education. The firm donated to the organization last year to...
Congratulations to Kendra Bergeron, Jeniffer Carson, John Gardella, Brendan Gaughan, David Goldman and Bryna Misiura for being named to the 2022 Massachusetts Super Lawyers list. In addition, Eric Robbie was named to the 2022 Massachusetts Rising Star list. Super...
Last week, the New York Department of Health (DOH) proposed adding four PFAS to the New York PFAS drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS. Under the DOH proposal, PFDA, PFNA, PFHxS and PFHpA would be added to the state's regulated chemicals list, with Maximum...
On Friday, October 7, 2022, the EPA formally sent its proposed PFAS drinking water rule to the White House Office of Management and Budget for consideration and approval or rejection. While the details of the rule under consideration are not yet known, what is evident...