Last week, the Minnesota House passed the state’s largest-ever environmental and natural resources funding bill, including a ban on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in many consumer products beginning in 2025, with a ban on most such applications in 2032. If passed in the Senate and signed by the Governor, The Gopher State would be
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Maine Reexamines PFAS Ban and Reporting Regulations
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
“First movers” in a regulatory field often need to recalibrate their approach. Maine is no exception as it seeks to implement the broadest reporting and use ban in the country addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) chemicals in consumer products. With other states watching their experiment carefully, Maine’s legislature and Department of Environmental Protection (“MDEP”)…
New York Expands PFAS Apparel Ban
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
The New York state legislature has passed a bill (S.1322/A.994) to modify previous legislation that largely bans per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in clothing and apparel by 2025 that was signed into law by Governor Kathy Hochul in the final hours of 2022.
In agreeing to the ban, Governor Hochul called upon…
Latest TRI Data Show Modest Increase in PFAS Reporting
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
Last week, EPA released the Agency’s 2021 Toxic Release Inventory (“TRI”) Analysis showing that only 44 facilities submitted 89 forms on their per- and polyfluoroalkyl (“PFAS”) releases and waste management, a marginal increase over the 38 facilities that submitted such data in 2020. The TRI Analysis comes on the heels of EPA’s proposed (and highly…
EPA Proposes First National Drinking Water Standard for PFAS
Yesterday, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released proposed national drinking water standards for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—a key step towards establishing the first enforceable federal standard for PFAS. PFAS compounds have come to be known as “forever chemicals” because of their ability…
New York Joins the Growing List of States with Bans on PFAS in Apparel
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
Following in California’s footsteps, New York has recently joined a litany of States banning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in clothing and apparel.
New York Governor Kathy Hochul signed the bill into law on December 30, 2022, which will officially eliminate the use of PFAS in all apparel by December 31, 2023. The law…
EU Proposes Ban on PFAS in Most Products
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
The European Union (“EU”) is preparing to adopt the world’s most sweeping ban on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), including with respect to the presence of the so-called “forever substances” in practically all consumer and commercial products.
On February 7, the EU Chemical Agency (“ECHA”) issued the plan – known as the “Universal Restriction…
The California Prop 65 Acrylamide Saga Continues
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
Before the close of 2022, California’s Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) officially finalized two big acrylamide regulations under the state’s Proposition 65 program. First, after nearly three years in the making, OEHHA issued its final “Exposures to Acrylamide in Cooked or Heat Processed Foods” rule (“Exposures Rule”) aimed at limiting the…
Comments Due Soon on EPA Proposed Rule to Eliminate De Minimis Exemption for PFAS Reporting under the Toxic Release Inventory Program
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
Comments are due February 3rd on EPA’s proposed (and much anticipated) rule to eliminate use of the de minimis exemption for reporting on per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) under the Toxic Release Inventory (“TRI”) program.
When the 2021 TRI data were published last year, those following the ever evolving world of PFAS were initially…
California Requires New Cookware Chemical Labeling Requirements by January 1st
By Joseph Green & Zachary Lee
Cookware sold in California will be required to have chemical ingredient information disclosed on the product website by the new year. While part of a wave of legislation focused on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”), the California Safer Food Packaging & Cookware Act of 2021, which was signed into law by Governor Newsom in…