No, this does not mean what you may think. I believe the best way to protect animals, is to provide for their humane care by their owners. This position is juxtaposed to those who believe animals should be considered “persons” and have rights similar to those afforded to people.
Fortunately, a growing number of courts
On November 4, 2022, the City of Philadelphia filed suit against companies it alleges manufactured or distributed PFAS-containing AFFF and/or other PFAS Products. The City asserts claims in its capacity as a water provider, a wastewater treatment operator, and as an owner of property, e.g., the Philadelphia International Airport. The action appears to have been
More and more states are passing statutes to restrict and/or monitor sales of products containing PFAS. Recent news out of Maine suggests some practical downsides to a more aggressive legislative scheme; last month California took a more measured approach.
In July 2021, Maine enacted a law that will bar the sale in Maine of new
New York’s drinking water standards for emerging contaminants are among the most stringent in the country, including standards issued in 2020 for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) at concentrations of 10 parts per trillion (ppt). See N.Y. Comp. Codes R. & Regs. tit. 10, Section 5-1.52. Consequently, it should come as no
We previously reported an expected timeline for promulgation of Delaware’s maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) that was generally in line with the State’s PFOA and PFOS MCL Implementation Plan. However, based on input from officials during a public meeting held on August 25, 2022, that timeline
On September 15, 2022, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) filed a motion to dismiss the American Chemistry Council (“ACC”)’s petition for review challenging EPA’s interim Lifetime Health Advisory Levels (“HALs”) for PFOA (0.004 ppt) and PFOS (0.02 ppt). EPA asserted in its motion that was filed with the US Court of Appeals for the
On September 6, 2022, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published in the Federal Register its proposal to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), including their salts and structural isomers, as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as “Superfund.” Comments to EPA’s rule proposal must be
Almost two years ago, we posted on the civil settlement of a dispute between the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) and the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) over a state-level enforcement action against Cannon Air Force Base (CAFB), a federal facility, relating to the facility’s discharge of PFAS-containing wastewater to groundwater without a permit. NMED
As explained in a previous post, Delaware’s Division of Public Health (the “Division”) and Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control (DNREC) have been tasked with establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) for a pair of non-polymeric perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Pursuant to Delaware’s Drinking Water Protection Act directive, the Division recently issued a
The White House Office of Science and Technology Policy (OSTP) recently published in the federal register its Request for Information to all interested parties to ultimately “identify data gaps in research and development regarding several aspects of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).” OSTP has identified the five following research and development goals:
“(A) The removal