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EPA Releases Long Awaited Risk Assessment of PFOA and PFOS in Biosolids

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On January 14, 2025, the EPA released for public comment a risk assessment report evaluating the potential risks associated with land application and land disposal of biosolids containing two types of PFAS, PFOA and PFOS....more

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EPA’s Enforcement Discretion and Settlement Policy for its PFAS CERCLA Rule | Part II: A Salve or Hot Air?

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PART II - As detailed in Part 1 of this eAlert, on April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS),...more

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EPA opens the Door to Widespread Liability to Businesses

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EPA’s listing of two “forever Chemicals” as CERCLA hazardous substances will re-open sites that companies had thought were closed. And every user of a product that contained them may become responsible for a share of the...more

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Senate Committee Convenes Hearing to Examine PFAS as Hazardous Substances

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a proposed rule on Sept. 6, 2022, to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS), along with their structural isomers, as hazardous...more

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Biden-Harris Administration Announces Updated Plan to Address PFAS Chemicals

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On October 18, 2021, the Biden-Harris administration announced an updated government-wide “comprehensive approach” to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a set of man-made chemicals that are widely used in a...more

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National Priority List/Superfund: Federal Appellate Court Addresses Challenge to U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Listing...

The United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia (“Court”) addressed in a November 13th decision a challenge to a United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) decision regarding a Comprehensive...more

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PFAS Legislation Aims to Impact Clean Water Utilities

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The United States House of Representatives has passed per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) legislation as part of annual amendments to the National Defense Authorization Act (“NDAA”), H.R. 2500. Two last-minute...more

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