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...
October 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments October Legislation Tracking (Oct 1, 2022 – Oct 31, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – Ocotber 2022 Grants for PFAS Agricultural Contamination Federal Level Key point addressed: Authorize the Secretary of Agriculture to...
On Wednesday, November 16 at 12pm Central, the IADC's Insurance Executives committee will hold its latest Executive Forum call. The call will also be open to the Insurance and Reinsurance, Environmental and Energy Law, and the Toxic and Hazardous Substances...
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...
September 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments September Legislation Tracking (Sept 1, 2022 – Sept 30, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – September 2022 Military Installments and PFAs Monitoring Federal Level Key point addressed: Assist with identify reporting on PFAs...
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,...
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...