As a reminder, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a rule last month that would enhance (1) reporting of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) and (2) related supplier notification requirements. The deadline to comment on EPA’s proposed rule is February 3, 2023.
The EPA’s 2021 PFAS Strategic Roadmap detailed
PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the fourth quarter of 2022. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis. A more up-to-date version of this graphic exists.
Pennsylvania’s new “Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule” became effective on January 14, 2023, upon the publication of the new regulations in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. As discussed in a previous post, this rulemaking establishes new safe drinking water maximum contaminant levels (“MCLs”) for perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (“PFOS”) of 14
On November 15, 2022, in response to a challenge by 3M, the Michigan Court of Claims invalidated the drinking water MCLs and attendant groundwater standards for several PFAS substances, including PFOA (8 parts per trillion, or ppt), PFOS (16 ppt), PFNA (6 ppt), PFHxA (400,000 ppt), PFHxS (51 ppt), PFBS (420 ppt) and the Gen-X
Those anticipating the EPA’s promised end-of-year drinking water regulations may have to wait for the new year. Per EPA’s rulemaking webpage, the agency’s anticipated notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) for national primary drinking water regulations (NPDWR), including a proposal to regulate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water, is now projected for
As previously reported, The Chemours Company FC, LLC (“Chemours”) filed a Petition for Review with the Third Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals challenging the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”)’s Health Advisory Level (“HAL”) of 10 ppt for HFPO Dimer Acid, a.k.a. GenX. EPA moved to dismiss the petition on the basis that the
H.R. 263: Big Cat Public Safety Act was passed Congress on December 6, 2022 — next stop — the President.
If enacted, the amendments to the Lacey Act would revise restrictions on the possession and exhibition of big cats, including to restrict direct contact between the public and big cats.
Specifically, USDA licensed exhibitors (“Exhibitors”)
As you recall, Governor Christie signed amendments to the New Jersey Animal Cruelty Statutes that repealed the long-standing authority of the New Jersey Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals to enforce the animal cruelty statutes in the State, effective 2018. Repealed by L.2017, c. 331, § 35 . . .
Those amendments
On November 17, 2022, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (“IRRC”) approved the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board’s (“EQB”) new safe drinking water maximum contaminant levels (“MCLs”) for perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (“PFOS”) under the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act regulations at 25 Pa. Code Chapter 109. The regulations will establish MCLs of
Earlier this summer, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its draft fifth Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 5) and accompanying technical support document.
By way of background, contaminants listed on the drinking water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL) are not currently subject to any proposed or promulgated national primary drinking water standards. EPA’s CCL does