News & Analysis as of

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Drinking Water Water Pollution

Troutman Pepper

Ohio AG and DuPont Reach $110M Settlement Over Chemical Contamination

Troutman Pepper on

On November 29, Ohio Attorney General (AG) Dave Yost and Governor Mark DeWine announced a proposed $110 million settlement with Du Pont De Nemours and Co. and The Chemours Company over alleged chemical contamination from...more

Verrill

No Water, No Beer

Verrill on

The American Water Works Association’s “Value of Water” social media campaign, including its No Water No Beer slogan, provides a stark wake-up call about the dire importance of conserving and protecting our precious water...more

Mintz

There are many headlines today that "nearly half" of our drinking water contains PFAS, but no mentions of Paracelsus, and here's...

Mintz on

Everyone from Bloomberg to CNN to the Boston Globe is reporting today on US Geologic Survey research concluding that "nearly half" (45 percent to be precise) of US drinking water sources contain detectable concentrations of...more

Marshall Dennehey

What to Know About the EPA’s Proposed Nationwide Drinking Water Standards for So-Called ‘Forever Chemicals’

Marshall Dennehey on

Key Points: EPA’s proposed rules set low limits for “Forever Chemicals” in public drinking water. The EPA anticipates finalizing these regulations by the end of 2023. Upon finalization, utilities that operate public...more

Downey Brand LLP

Fighting Forever Chemicals: USEPA Proposes the First Enforceable Nationwide Primary Drinking Water Standards for PFAS

Downey Brand LLP on

Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced a proposed rulemaking that would establish legally enforceable federal primary Maximum Contaminant Levels (“MCLs”) for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Implementing the 2021 Recommended Clean Water Act Section 304(a) Ambient Water Quality Criteria to Address Nutrient Pollution in...

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) Office of Water published a draft document titled: Frequently Asked Questions: Implementing the 2021 Recommended Clean Water Act Section 304(a) Ambient Water...more

Mitchell, Williams, Selig, Gates & Woodyard,...

Draft U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Aquatic Ambient Water Quality Criteria for PFOA and PFOS: Association of State Drinking...

The Association of State Drinking Water Administrators (“ASDWA”) submitted June 3rd comments on the United States Environmental Protection Agency’s (“EPA”): Draft Recommended Aquatic life Ambient Water Quality Criteria...more

Goldberg Segalla

Long Island Water Districts Settle Claims Arising from Alleged 1,4-Dioxane Contamination

Goldberg Segalla on

You may have read about the slew of lawsuits filed over the past few years by Long Island water districts seeking to recover damages arising from alleged contamination of drinking water supplies by 1,4-dioxane...more

Rivkin Radler LLP

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID-19 Related Insurance Cases

Rivkin Radler LLP on

Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation Centralizes Some COVID‐19 Related Insurance Cases As reported in our September update, the Judicial Panel on Multidistrict Litigation at its July 2020 hearing session requested...more

Gould + Ratner LLP

Illinois to Test For PFAs in Drinking Water

Gould + Ratner LLP on

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency announced on Sep. 14 that it plans to conduct a statewide investigation into the presence of per- and polyfluororalkyl substances (PFAs) in the state’s community water supply....more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law & Policy Update - June 2020 #4

Allen Matkins on

Bayer to pay more than $10B to resolve lawsuits over Roundup, PCBs, and Dicamba - Bullet NPR – June 24 - Bayer will pay more than $10 billion to end tens of thousands of lawsuits filed over its Roundup weedkiller, the...more

Holland & Knight LLP

EPA Publishes Results of PFAS Treatability Study

Holland & Knight LLP on

On Aug. 23, 2018, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its results of efforts to study a variety of technologies used to remove Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) from drinking water. PFAS are a...more

Downey Brand LLP

U.S. EPA Region 9 Enforcement Priorities Revealed

Downey Brand LLP on

Ever since President Trump took office in January 2017, several questions have arisen within the environmental community regarding how his administration will change the legal and enforcement priorities of the United States...more

Allen Matkins

California Environmental Law and Policy Update - August 2017 #2

Allen Matkins on

Environmental and Policy Focus - New California law gives air quality officials power to quickly shut down industrial operations - Los Angeles Times - Aug 7 - Governor Jerry Brown on Monday signed legislation,...more

14 Results
 / 
View per page
Page: of 1

"My best business intelligence, in one easy email…"

Your first step to building a free, personalized, morning email brief covering pertinent authors and topics on JD Supra:
*By using the service, you signify your acceptance of JD Supra's Privacy Policy.
- hide
- hide