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UPDATE: Minnesota Announces 6-Month Extension of PFAS-in-Products Reporting Deadline, to July 1, 2026

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Updating our recent post, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has now clarified its recent statement, following significant public comment, that it would exercise its statutory authority to extend the compliance...more

Beveridge & Diamond PC

Precedent to Be Set for State PFAS in Products Laws as Maine Proposes Currently Unavoidable Use Determinations for Certain...

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Three U.S. states – Maine, Minnesota, and New Mexico – have laws restricting intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in all products under various compliance deadlines. In each of these laws, the...more

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Comments on Maine’s Proposed CUU Amendment Due September 2, 2025

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The Maine Department of Environmental Protection (MDEP) began a public consultation on July 30, 2025, on a proposed amendment to Chapter 90: Products Containing Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS). The...more

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Maine DEP Proposes Currently Unavoidable Use Procedures for PFAS in Products Law

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Maine’s Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) recently published a proposed rule prescribing procedures and criteria for determining Currently Unavoidable Uses (CUU) of intentionally added per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

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PFAS Regulatory Update: Dates You Need to Know

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Public Comment on the Federal Proposed Drinking Water Standards for Six PFAS Compounds - On March 29, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”), published in the Federal Register its proposed national drinking...more

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California Regulators Propose Tailored Proposition 65 Warnings for Cannabis Products

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On March 19, 2021, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) announced proposed regulations that would significantly affect the warning requirements for products that cause exposure to cannabis...more

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Pennsylvania Proposes PFAS Cleanup Standards

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Pennsylvania’s Environmental Quality Board (EQB) proposed an amendment to Act 2, Pennsylvania's Brownfield and voluntary cleanup program. ...more

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Prop 65: California May Change Up Chain of Commerce Responsibility

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Proposition 65, a/k/a the Safe Drinking Water and Toxic Enforcement Act of 1986, has been under fire since the law was first enacted....more

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Killer Coffee? California May Exempt Coffee Industry from Prop 65 Warning Requirements

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We told you about the lawsuit brought against nearly 100 food industry companies regarding the lack of Prop 65 warnings in restaurants and stores selling coffee. The problem is the potential presence of acrylamide when coffee...more

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