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A federal appeals court has granted the Environmental Protection Agency’s request for a 60-day abeyance in litigation challenging the Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for six PFAS chemicals.

In a February 7, 2025, decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit temporarily halted a lawsuit brought by the American Water Works Association and others.

PENNVEST Awards $28M of PFAS Funding, Bringing Total to $95M

            On January 22, 2025, the Pennsylvania Infrastructure Investment Authority (PENNVEST) announced funding awards totaling $288.2M for 39 drinking water, wastewater, and non-point source projects across 24 counties in Pennsylvania.[1]  According PENNVEST’s Chairman, the awards include over $28M for “PFAS projects,” which generally

Petitioners filed their opening briefs in the consolidated challenge to the Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA’s”) Final Rule establishing Maximum Contaminant Levels (“MCLs”) and Maximum Contaminant Level Goals (“MCLGs”) for six PFAS in drinking water. 

Three petitions were filed this summer in U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit by American Water Works Association (“AWWA”)

Following up on the rulemaking process presaged by Minnesota’s comprehensive statute (Amara’s Law) requiring phase outs of PFAS intentionally added to products, which we’ve previously discussed here and here,  the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) has issued a new request for comments that consolidates two separate earlier requests for comments on proposed

On November 14, 2024, EPA issued its third annual progress report on its PFAS Roadmap reporting on the agency’s three years of progress against its overarching goals of restrict, remediate, and research PFAS. The accomplishments highlighted by EPA include:

  • Protecting drinking water: EPA reported its accomplishments in protecting drinking water include the establishment of drinking water

President-elect Donald J. Trump announced on Monday, November 11, 2024, his intention to nominate former Representative Lee Zeldin, Republican of New York, as the Administrator of the United States Environmental Protection Agency, after President-elect Trump takes office in January 2025.

While the next Trump Administration and former Representative Zeldin generally are expected to pursue a

In late June 2024, Rhode Island joined the growing list of states that have enacted phased bans on the manufacture, sale, and distribution of various types of products containing PFAS.  Rhode Island’s statute, entitled the Consumer PFAS Ban Act of 2024, applies to the manufacture and sale of new products within certain product categories,

On October 7, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) issued recommended ambient surface water quality criteria and acute saltwater aquatic life benchmarks for PFOA and PFOS, as well as acute freshwater aquatic life benchmarks for eight PFAS.  These are not regulatory standards, nor do they automatically become part of a State’s water quality