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PFAS
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PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
EPA’s PFOA and PFOS “Hazardous Substance” Designation Process
For the past several years, much attention has been focused on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) legal authority to respond to PFAS contamination. When EPA published its PFAS…
Environmental Law Next
EPA Publishes Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of PFAS
By Ann Zwick
On December 18, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) and Materials Containing Perfluoroalkyl and…
Food Safety News
New York becomes third state to ban PFAS chemicals in food packaging
By News Desk
New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has signed legislation that will help protect consumers from the harmful effects of a dangerous class of chemicals linked to serious health problems, according to Consumer…
Manufacturing Law Blog
EPA Issues Interim Strategy for Addressing PFAS in Wastewater Permits
By Megan Baroni
As we previously reported, EPA published a PFAS Action Plan in 2019 designed to enhance and improve data gathering, regulatory development, enforcement, and communication related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances…
Environmental Law +
EPA Issues Interim Strategy for Addressing PFAS in Wastewater Permits
By Megan Baroni
As we previously reported, EPA published a PFAS Action Plan in 2019 designed to enhance and improve data gathering, regulatory development, enforcement, and communication related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).…
Environmental Law & Policy Monitor
EPA Issues Interim Strategy for PFAS in NPDES Permitting
By Todd Fracassi, Houston Shaner, Kevin G. Desharnais, Greg Blount
On the evening of November 30, United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a new interim strategy to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the environment through EPA-issued wastewater…
Law & The Environment
What Uses of PFAS Are “Essential”
By Seth Jaffe
Last week, Environmental Science: Processes and Impacts released a study titled “The high persistence of PFAS is sufficient for their management as a chemical class.” The title is one of…
EHS Law Insights
Chemical regulation in the new administration: PFAS top of list?
By Megan Haines, Daniella D. Landers, Todd O. Maiden, Ben H. Patton, Jennifer A. Smokelin, Keturah A. Brown
Organizations closely scrutinizing PFAS, like the Environmental Working Group, are touting loudly that the Biden administration will address PFAS and speculating on how the Biden Administration might approach the chemicals…
@theBar
PFAS Update: What Lawyers Need to Know
Post Authored By: E. Lynn Grayson Lawyers need to have a general awareness and basic understanding of issues and concerns that may arise in their law practices and present challenges…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
State PFAS Enforcement Against the Federal Government – Irresistible Force Meets Immovable Object?
In September 2020, the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) finalized the settlement of an enforcement action against Cannon Air Force Base (CAFB), a federal facility, relating to the facility’s discharge…