Topic
PFOA/PFOS
16 published works
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances to Become Effective on July 8, 2024
As previously reported, on April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) released the pre-publication notice of its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) as hazardous substances…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
National Drinking Water Regulation Proposal May Be Pushed to 2023
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…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Update: A New Expected Timeline for Implementation of Delaware’s PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Levels
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…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
EPA Files Motion to Dismiss ACC Petition for Review of PFOA and PFOS HALs and Reports Proposed MCLs are Expected in 2022
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…
Law & The Environment
EPA Proposes to List PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances: What Could Possibly Go Wrong?
By Seth Jaffe
EPA announced today that it is proposing to list PFOA and PFAS as hazardous substances under CERCLA. EPA appears to be sanguine about how the listing will play out in…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
An Expected Timeline of Delaware’s Maximum Contaminant Levels for PFOA and PFOS
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…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Pennsylvania DEP Opens Public Comment on PFOA-PFOS MCL
Pennsylvania DEP Opens Public Comment on PFOA/PFOS Limits in Drinking Water By Adam Cutler The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) has opened up a public comment process on…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
Pennsylvania EQB Approves PFOA and PFOS Limits in Drinking Water
On November 16, the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board (“EQB”) voted to approve the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (“PADEP”) proposed rule to set binding regulatory standards, known as maximum contaminant…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
California Proposes Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS
On July 22, 2021 the California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (“OEHHA”) released a Draft Technical Support Document proposing a public health goal (“PHG”) of 0.007 parts per trillion…
PFAS and Emerging Contaminants
UPDATED 4/6/2020: NJDEP Issuing Final Drinking Water and Groundwater Cleanup Standards for PFOA and PFOS; Adding PFOA and PFOS to Its List of Hazardous Substances; and Amending Other Rules Related to PFOA, PFOS and PFNA
By Adam H. Cutler, Robert J. Schena
Consistent with a Proposed Rule published on April 1, 2019, NJDEP will publish a Final Rule in the New Jersey Register (possibly as soon as April 6, 2020) [UPDATED 4/6/2020:…