Filing Deadlines, Toxic Chemicals, Rulemaking Process

Deadline Extended for Reporting PFAS in Products in Minnesota, Proposed Minnesota PFAS Reporting Rule under Administrative Review

Beveridge & Diamond PC on 7/25/2025

Under Minnesota’s PFAS in products law, manufacturers of products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) must report those products to the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) by...more

EPA Grants Two-Year Extension on Coke Oven Air Toxics Compliance Following Industry Input

McGlinchey Stafford on 7/16/2025

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has officially extended key compliance deadlines for air toxics standards affecting steel-sector coke oven operations, reflecting industry concerns about the feasibility of...more

EPA Extends PFAS Reporting Deadline Under Toxic Substances Control Act Once More

Morgan Lewis on 7/9/2025

EPA’s May 13 interim final rule, which extended the start and end dates of the PFAS Toxic Substances Control Act Section 8(a)(7) reporting period for all manufacturers by nine months, was EPA’s second such extension to the...more

EPA Announces Interim Rule Further Delaying TSCA Section 8(a)(7) PFAS Reporting by Nine Months

Farella Braun + Martel LLP on 5/13/2025

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

Maine DEP Extends CUU Designations by Two Years Under PFAS in Products Law

DLA Piper on 4/18/2025

As discussed in our prior alert, Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) published a proposed rule prescribing procedures and criteria for determining Currently Unavoidable Uses (CUU) of intentionally added per-...more

Maine’s Draft Proposed Rule on PFAS “Currently Unavoidable Use” Determinations

Fox Rothschild LLP on 3/31/2025

Maine recently published proposed rules (PDF link) aimed at implementation of its existing statute (which we’ve discussed here, here and here) limiting the sale and distribution within the state of products containing...more