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SAB PFAS Hearing Delivered News of Wider PFAS Regulation Possibility
We previously commented on the significance of the four days of hearings held by the Science Advisory Board (SAB) on issues related to the EPA’s proposals to regulate two legacy PFAS – PFOA and PFOS – in drinking water. On April 1, 2022, the SAB PFAS report was...
Wisconsin PFAS Lawsuit Latest To Target Manufacturers
On July 20, 2022, the state of Wisconsin filed a lawsuit against 18 manufacturing companies in which the state seeks to recover "billions of dollars" that it says that it has and will spend on remediating PFAS issues in the state. While the Wisconsin PFAS lawsuit...
FDA PFAS Action Targets Food Packaging
Today, the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) opened a docket seeking information regarding PFAS in food packaging. The FDA PFAS action was taken in order to evaluate possible health risks to humans from food packaging, which could ultimately lead to additional...
PFAS GenX Health Advisories Challenged In Court
On June 15, 2022, the EPA issued Health Advisories (HAs) for five specific PFAS, including GenX PFAS chemicals. The PFAS GenX health advisories set levels at 10ppt for this chemical group. On July 13, 2022, The Chemours Co. filed a petition in the Third Circuit...
SAB PFAS Recommendations Near Completion
Two significant Science Advisory Board (SAB) meetings take place this week, both of which deal with SAB PFAS recommendations for proposed EPA action for the chemical class. On July 18, the SAB met to discuss final recommendations with respect to the EPA's Draft Fifth...
PFAS TRI Reporting Expanded By EPA
Today, the EPA issued a final rule adding five PFAS to the list of PFAS chemicals subject to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting requirements. The total PFAS subject to the TRI now exceeds 170 separate PFAS. TRI reporting is an issue that has recently seen...
PFAS Legislative Developments (June 2022)
June 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments June Legislation Tracking (June 1, 2022 – June 30, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – June 2022PFAS Monitoring and PFAS Task Force Federal Level Key point addressed: Provide appropriations for Clean water standards and PFAS...
EPA’s PFAS Health Advisories Set This Morning
In October 2021, the EPA released its PFAS Roadmap, which stated explicit goals and deadlines for over twenty action items specific to PFAS. As part of the Roadmap, the EPA pledged to re-assess the existing Health Advisories (HAs) for PFOA and PFOS, as well as...
John Gardella Speaks On Future PFAS Litigation At Perrin
On June 14, 2022, John Gardella spoke at Perrin Conference's Environmental Risk and PFAS Litigation Conference, at which he address the subject of PFAS. Specifically, his panel discussion, titled "The PFAS Products Liability Crystal Ball: When Will It Begin and What...
California PFAS Laws Take Aim At Consumer Goods
The end of May 2022 saw two new significant California PFAS laws make their way through the legislature, taking significant steps forward to becoming laws that are presented to the Governor for signature. Both bills to some degree focus directly on consumer goods....
Environmental Justice Enforcement Actions To Increase By EPA
The EPA recently indicated that it will ramp up its activity with respect to environmental justice enforcement initiatives using pre-pandemic tools such as on-site facility inspections. The EPA's focus on environmental justice reverse some Trump-era policies that...
ESG Climate Lawsuit Allowed To Proceed In MA
On May 20, 2022, the Massachusetts Supreme Court upheld a Massachusetts state court decision to allow an ESG climate lawsuit to proceed against ExxonMobile (Exxon) by the Commonwealth's Attorney General. While the issue addressed by the state's Supreme Court was...