On November 23, 2022, a lawsuit brought by the state of North Carolina was removed to federal court. With the lawsuit, North Carolina became the latest state to file a PFAS environmental remediation lawsuit against manufacturers of certain PFAS and PFAS-containing...
As the dust settles from the recent election cycle, anyone following PFAS developments closely must consider how the shifting balance of power will impact the slew of PFAS regulatory and legislative initiatives that currently exist. Our brief take on the elections...
On November 15, 2022, a Michigan state court struck down Michigan PFAS regulations related to drinking water enforceable limits. While several arguments were advanced by 3M in challenging Michigan's PFAS drinking water standards, the Court ultimately found in favor of...
On November 10, 2022, California's Attorney general filed a lawsuit against over a dozen companies seeking damages for PFAS pollution to the environment throughout the state. While the Complaint seeks damages from pollution related to only seven of the thousands of...
We previously reported on the EPA's long-anticipated proposed rule to designate PFOA and PFOS as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA. The public comment period for the CERCLA PFAS proposed rule closed on November 7, 2022, so the EPA will now undertake a review of the...
We previously reported on the EPA's announcement for its Draft Fifth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5), which contemplated listing all PFAS as an entire class on the Contaminant List. On October 28, 2022, the EPA issued its prepublication version of the final CCL 5...
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,...