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MDEP Receives 11 CUU Proposals for Products Containing Intentionally Added PFAS Scheduled for Prohibition in 2026, Recommends Two...

As reported in our April 11, 2025, blog item, applications for currently unavoidable use determinations for products containing intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and scheduled to be...more

Holland & Knight LLP

Food For Thought: Texas Enacts Food Product Warning Labels for 44 Chemical Ingredients

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Texas Gov. Greg Abbott on June 22, 2025, signed Senate Bill 25 (SB 25), a law that, among other provisions, requires the following consumer warning labeling on foods containing any of 44 ingredients: "WARNING: This product...more

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Transportation/Hazardous Waste Enforcement: Alabama Department of Environmental Management and Mobile Agricultural Chemical...

The Alabama Department of Environmental Management (“ADEM”) and AMVAC Chemical Corporation (“AMVAC”) entered into a June 11th Consent Order (“CO”) addressing an alleged violation of ADEM Admin. Code Div. 14. See Consent Order...more

Shipman & Goodwin LLP

Federal Regulations Arriving ‘PFAShionably Late’ - A CBIA Manufacturing Spotlight Article

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A series of PFAS-related communications and rulemaking from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency have recalibrated the agency’s focus areas and timeline under the second Trump administration. Federal PFAS regulation...more

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Emerging Trends in State-Level PFAS Regulation and Litigation

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As the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) under Administrator Lee Zeldin lays out an ambitious regulatory agenda related to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), state lawmakers, state attorneys general,...more

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Minnesota Pollution Control Agency Releases Proposed Reporting Rule for PFAS in Products

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The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) is seeking comment on a first-of-its-kind proposed rule that will require manufacturers of products containing intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to...more

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New Mexico Passes Comprehensive Ban on PFAS in Products

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On April 8, 2025, New Mexico became the third state to sign into law a comprehensive ban on the use of intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer and commercial products: the “Per- and...more

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

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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

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

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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

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2024 Biennial ERIS Survey on State Environmental Agency Research Needs: Environmental Research Institute of the States Report

The Environmental Research Institute of the States (“ERIS”) released a report titled: Findings of the 2024 Biennial ERIS Survey on State Environmental Agency Research Needs (“Report”)....more

McGuireWoods Consulting

North Carolina Politics in the News - June 2024 #2

ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT - WRAL: Japanese pharma company to invest up to $530M in Sanford - Japanese pharmaceutical company Kyowa Kirin — which in February said it would build a $200 million plant in Sanford — is actually...more

Goldberg Segalla

Regulatory States: PFAS-containing products and further limitations take effect

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Right out of the gate in 2024, we’ve seen several states further regulate the sale of PFAS-containing products. On Jan. 1, a Connecticut statute took effect prohibiting the sale or promotion of any “food package to which PFAS...more

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Maine DEP Requests Proposals on Currently Unavoidable Uses of PFAS in Products

Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is soliciting proposals for currently unavoidable use (CUU) designations under the state’s statute regulating the use of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances...more

Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP

WARNING: Get Your Prop 65 House in Order for the New Year

Companies should regularly assess their Prop 65 compliance. Products, packaging, business relationships, and the rules for compliance are constantly changing. Start 2023 off right with a review of your compliance practices to...more

Bergeson & Campbell, P.C.

DPR Announces Agreement with Amazon to Pay Nearly Five Million Dollars for Illegal Pesticide Sales in California

On November 3, 2022, the California Department of Pesticide Regulation (DPR) announced it reached a settlement agreement with Amazon.com Services, LLC (Amazon) regarding the illegal sale of pesticides in California. According...more

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New NY Law Restricts Flame Retardants, Introduces Reporting Requirements

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On December 31, 2021, New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed a new law that imposes obligations on manufactures of consumer “electronic displays,” upholstered furniture, and mattresses. Beginning January 2024, any new products...more

Kelley Drye & Warren LLP

A Snapshot of Environmental Bills Filed During Texas’ 2021 Legislative Session (87R)

The 87th Legislative Session’s filing deadline of March 12, 2021 has come and gone, giving us an opportunity to survey the full suite of environmental bills – air, water, waste, procedural – that will be considered, debated,...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

Legislators, Companies and Consumers Turn Their Attention Toward Plastics

Plastic pollution and waste reduction are becoming key elements of the sustainability conversation. Early movers are investing in plastic-reduction funds, technologies such as plastic to fuel and molecular recycling, or...more

Perkins Coie

An Introduction to California's Proposition 65: What is Proposition 65?

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Welcome to the first in a multipart series of posts regarding California’s Proposition 65 (Prop. 65). This piece introduces readers to the law and its requirements. Future posts will dive deeper into analysis and trends...more

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Illinois 2020 Legislative Session Preview

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The Illinois legislature started the year with high hopes, with Democrats holding the governor’s office as well as super majorities in both chambers. In January, Democratic Governor J.B. Pritzker was inaugurated, along with a...more

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What's in Your Product? - California Cleaning Products Right to Know Act: First Compliance Deadline Approaching

Cleaning products manufacturers have less than two months to meet new California online disclosure requirements going into effect on January 1, 2020....more

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Maine Accepting Comments on PFOS as a Priority Chemical in Children’s Products

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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) has proposed a rule designating perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as a priority chemical under the state’s Toxic Chemicals in Children’s Products Law. DEP’s proposal...more

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Washington State Announces Interest in Restricting Chemicals in Certain Consumer Products

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Washington State has taken its first steps towards implementing the nation’s strongest state chemicals law. This month, the Department of Ecology (Ecology) announced certain chemical-product combinations that it is studying...more

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The State AG Report Weekly Update September 2019 #3

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Consumer Protection- Tennessee Attorney General Settles with Cigarette Manufacturer Over Alleged Sales of Contraband Cigarettes- Tennessee AG Herbert Slatery III reached a settlement with cigarette manufacturer Xcaliber...more

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New York Makes It Easier to Identify Potential Environmental Justice Communities

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The New York State Legislature passed legislation on Tuesday, April 30, that requires the state’s Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) to publish a biennial list of “high local environmental impact zones” – areas...more

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