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PFAS
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REACHblog™
PFAS – What to Know Now, and What to Expect
Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are attracting global legal, regulatory, commercial, and litigation attention as no other “emerging contaminant” has. Companies producing, processing, distributing, and/or using these substances must be…
Taft PFAS Insights
PFAS Restrictions in Food Packaging – Where are we now? Where are we going?
PFAS generally refers to a family of substances commonly known as “forever chemicals” because the chemicals do not readily break down in the environment and are bio-accumulative. PFAS can be…
Napoli Shkolnik Blog
$1.185B Agreement Secured of PFAS Contamination
Napoli Shkolnik and Co-Leads Secure $1.185B Agreement with DuPont, Chemours, and Corteva over PFAS Pollution and Remediation Expenses in U.S. Public Water Supply Napoli Shkolnik, a leading national law firm…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
EPA Receives Extensive Comments on its Proposed PFAS MCLs
On May 30, 2023, the comment period closed on EPA’s proposed maximum contaminant levels (“MCLs”) for six PFAS at which time EPA had received 97,793 comments. Under the proposed rule…
Kelley Green Law
Draft Model State PFAS Legislation: A More Holistic Approach To Regulating “Forever Chemicals” in Consumer Products
A recent Kelley Drye client advisory summarizes important new draft model state legislation that embodies an expansive approach to the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in consumer products.…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
PFAS State Survey – Standards and Guidance Values for PFAS in Groundwater, Drinking Water and Surface Water
Note: This is a graphical representation of an Interstate Technology Regulatory Council (“ITRC”) Guidance Document as of March 2023.These values are changing rapidly. The ITRC intends to update this Guidance…
Taft PFAS Insights
Trouble Downstream: Minnesota Pollution Control Agency reaches natural resource damages settlement with Chrome Plater for PFAS contamination
On May 17, 2023, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency and the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources announced that they had reached a settlement with Douglas Corp., a chrome plater, regarding…
Taft PFAS Insights
EPA Must List PFAS as a Hazardous Waste or Pass the Baton to Congress to Take Action
By Philip Comella, Ryan Rudich
On October 18, 2021, EPA issued its, “PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024.” This roadmap sets out EPA’s action plan for minimizing the release of PFAS into the…
It's Just Business
Episode 2: The One Where the Consent Order Didn’t Bring Much in the Way of Finality
In one of many litigations to arise from alleged contamination at the Fayetteville Works chemical manufacturing plant, the Business Court recently decided that a “been there, done that” motion to…
Kelley Green Law
Maine Readies Proposed Rule on PFAS in Food Packaging
By Joseph J. Green, Zachary Lee
The Maine Department of the Environment (DEP) plans to propose a long-awaited rule later this year aimed at eliminating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food packaging. The proposed rulemaking…