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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...
PFAS Legislative Developments (May 2022)
May 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments May Legislation Tracking (May 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022)Current Trends in Legislation – May 2022PFAS Monitoring and PFAS Task Force Federal Level Key point addressed: Clean water standards, PFAS testing and cosmetics products...
McDonald’s ESG Board Battle Ends…For Now
Last week, McDonald's scored a victory in a months long battle over the makeup of its Board of Directors that brought McDonald's environmental, social and governance (ESG) practices directly into the spotlight. At issue was McDonald's alleged mistreatment of pigs in...
SEC Anti-Greenwashing Rules Approved At Hearing
On the heels of the Securities and Exchange Commission's ESG Task Force settlement order of $1.5 million with BNY Mellon Investment Advisor, Inc., the SEC on May 25, 2022, approved two significant proposals that would increase the disclosure requirements for funds and...
ESG Task Force Climate Settlement Is First Of Many To Come
Earlier this month, we wrote regarding the Securities and Exchange Commission's (SEC) ESG Task Force filing its first complaint against a publicly traded company for allegedly presenting fraudulent information to investors regarding the safety of its dams, which...