On May 12, 2025, EPA announced that it will publish an interim rule further delaying by nine months the one-time reporting required under TSCA section 8(a)(7) for entities manufacturing or importing PFAS at any time between...more
On April 2, 2025, Inhance Technologies LLC initiated an action in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia—Inhance Technologies LLC v. Zeldin, Case No. 1:25-cv-00980-JEB—challenging EPA’s refusal to withhold...more
On November 29, 2024, EPA issued a supplemental proposed rule to update significant new use rules (SNURs) previously proposed for 17 PFAS under Section 5 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). A SNUR creates a...more
If the first two waves of PFAS litigation focused on impacts to natural resources—namely groundwater—and personal injury claims alleging exposure to PFAS, the third wave of PFAS litigation has certainly arrived.
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11/26/2024
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On September 5, 2024, EPA published a direct final rule delaying by eight months the one-time reporting required under TSCA section 8(a)(7) for entities manufacturing or importing PFAS at any time between 2011-2022. This rule...more
On June 10, 2024, in Center for Environmental Health v. Regan (No. 23-1476), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that federal courts do not have jurisdiction to review EPA’s grant of a petition under the Toxic Substances...more
On May 17, 2024, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH) gave notice of intent to sue under section 20(a)(2) of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). This notice...more
A few considerations practitioners should keep in mind when dealing with contamination involving per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination.
The PFAS Action Act of 2021 passed in the House and was received in...more
4/21/2022
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