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Farella Braun + Martel LLP

EPA Signals Potential Change of Position Regarding Key 2024 PFAS Rulemakings

In February 2025, newly installed EPA leadership sought and obtained orders from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals staying pending legal challenges to two key rulemaking actions by the former administration: the setting of...more

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NJDEP Heightens the Hurdle to Achieve Closure of Groundwater Remediation Cases

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Effective February 3, 2025, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) adopted amendments to the Ground Water Quality Standards (GWQS), N.J.A.C. 7:9C. The amendments updated the groundwater quality criteria...more

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More PFAS Definitions, More Problems - Using PFAS Definitions to Avoid Pitfalls in Compliance, Contracting, Insurance Coverage and...

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There’s no shortage of laws or regulations governing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). But how PFAS are defined across federal and state programs is far from consistent....more

Foley Hoag LLP - Environmental Law

EPA Proposes Safe Drinking Water Act Standards for PFAS: Forever Chemicals Will Lead to Forever Superfund Sites

On March 14, 2023, EPA proposed to regulate certain PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act.  EPA proposed Maximum Contaminant Level Goals for PFOA and PFOS of zero.  It proposed Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFOA and PFOS of...more

Farella Braun + Martel LLP

Summary of Latest Federal Action Regarding PFAS

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

Vinson & Elkins LLP

PFAS: Looking Back on a Year of Activity and Preparing for 2022

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In 2021, there was sustained and fast-paced executive action from the Biden administration focused on emphasizing and addressing the environmental and human health effects of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, more...more

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Senate Committee Holds Hearing on “Evaluating the Federal Response to the Persistence and Impacts of PFAS Chemicals on our...

On October 20, 2021, the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works held a hearing on “Evaluating the Federal Response to the Persistence and Impacts of PFAS Chemicals on our Environment.” The sole witness called before...more

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We're one step closer to comprehensive Federal regulation of PFAS

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Yesterday the US House of Representatives passed a bill that would require EPA to regulate PFAS under every Federal environmental law that might possibly apply.  Nearly two dozen Republicans joined Democrats in voting for the...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

The “Everywhere Chemical”—Might Phthalates Become the Next PFAS?

Mounting public and regulatory concerns regarding widespread phthalate exposure may result in a rapid expansion of regulatory and litigation risk for impacted businesses. Phthalates are chemicals found in a wide range of...more

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