North Carolina is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in North Carolina as of March 3,...more
Colorado is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water, groundwater, and consumer products. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in...more
Montana is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in groundwater. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in Montana as of February 20, 2020....more
Rhode Island is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water and groundwater. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in Rhode Island as of...more
Connecticut is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in Connecticut as of February 21,...more
Delaware is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water and groundwater. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in Delaware as of...more
New Mexico is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in New Mexico as of February 12, 2020....more
Minnesota is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water and consumer products. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in Minnesota as of...more
California is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water and consumer products. This updated client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in...more
New Hampshire is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water, groundwater, and consumer products. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations...more
New Jersey is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water and groundwater. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in New Jersey as of...more
In furtherance of the PFAS Action Plan of 2019, the Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) is adding certain per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) to the list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under the Toxic...more
1/29/2020
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Washington is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in consumer products. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in Washington as of December 30,...more
New York is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water and consumer products. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in New York as of...more
On November 20, 2019, the “PFAS Action Act of 2019” (H.R. 535) (the “PFAS Bill”) passed the House Committee on Energy and Commerce. The PFAS Bill, eighteen subchapters long, says a great deal: most importantly, one year after...more
12/2/2019
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Vermont is one of several states that has started regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in drinking water, groundwater, and consumer products. This client alert reflects the status of PFAS regulations in...more
Both Congress and United States Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) are working to address what some call a “PFAS contamination crisis.” Enforcement actions and lawsuits have so far focused on the companies that have...more
11/4/2019
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On April 25, 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) published its Interim Recommendations for Addressing Groundwater Contaminated with PFOA and PFOS (the “Interim Recommendations”) and received 373 comments...more
10/18/2019
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Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products across a broad spectrum of industries are being impacted by regulations regarding the presence of per- and polyfluorinated chemicals (“PFAS”) in their products....more
Although the Federal Environmental Protection Agency issued its PFAS Action Plan on February 14, 2019 (see our March 27, 2019, client alert), many states have expressed frustration with EPA’s proposed plan and have started...more
PFAS are currently the subject of significant regulatory action, research, litigation, and public debate based on recent reports which claim that two PFAS, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (“PFOA”) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate...more
PFAS are currently the subject of significant regulatory action, research, litigation, and public debate based on recent reports which claim that two PFAS, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (“PFOA”) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate...more
PFAS are currently the subject of significant regulatory action, research, litigation, and public debate based on recent reports suggesting that two PFAS, Perfluorooctanoic Acid (“PFOA”) and Perfluorooctane sulfonate...more
Retailers and manufacturers should take steps now to ensure they are compliant with the new California Proposition 65 warning regulations that take effect on August 30, 2018.
Proposition 65 prohibits retailers and...more
California Proposition 65 litigation over acrylamide in food has been heating up lately, receiving national news coverage in anticipation of a ruling in a fiercely contested case involving exposure to acrylamide in...more
3/15/2018
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