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PFAS Milestones: EPA Sets Drinking Water Standard, Labels Two Compounds Hazardous Substances

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The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) recent rulemakings for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have far-reaching implications for a broad range of industries, regulated entities, and regulatory bodies. First,...more

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Implications of PFAS Drinking Water Standards On Drinking Water Plants Operated Under P3 Agreements

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Much has been written, including in our Burns & Levinson Legal Terrain Blog, about the impact of PFAS and similar “forever chemicals” on suits by state attorneys general and private actions to obtain funds or obtain insurance...more

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EPA Designates Two PFAS Substances as CERCLA Hazardous Substances

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On April 19, 2024, just nine days after finalizing the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard for six individual per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), the Agency designated PFOA and PFOS, two...more

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EPA Designates PFAS as Hazardous Substances; EPA Is More Confident Than I Am that the Sky Isn't Fall

Last Friday, EPA formally designated perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) – including their salts and structural isomers! – as hazardous substances under CERCLA. I cannot really quarrel with...more

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EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances

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On April 19, 2024, EPA announced its highly anticipated final rule designating two polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS")—perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA") and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ("PFOS")—as "hazardous substances" under...more

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EPA Designates Two PFAS as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA | Part I: Impacts on Potentially Responsible Parties

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On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), two of the most common and well-known per- and...more

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EPA Finalizes Groundbreaking Rule to Regulate Two PFAS under CERCLA

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On Friday, April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released a pre-publication version of its Final Rule (the Rule) designating two widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) –...more

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Renewable Energy Update 2.12.24

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The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) is reviewing 20 major renewable energy projects — mostly solar — across the West that would cover as much as 193,000 acres of federal land, and generate 13,845 MW of electricity, or enough...more

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

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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

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This is NOT a drill! EPA is going to require billions of dollars of PFAS remediation in many places, including at already "closed"...

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Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations and clean up at properties that had already been...more

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This is NOT a drill! EPA is going to require billions of dollars of PFAS remediation in many places, including at already...

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Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations and clean up at properties that had already been...more

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PFAS Rulings in South Carolina & Michigan shine a light on the fact we have no idea what removing PFAS from our environment is...

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This week Judge Gergel tentatively approved the $1.2 billion settlement between DuPont (and related companies) and water suppliers now dealing with the fact that EPA and many States have concluded that the most minute...more

Goldberg Segalla

What We Know – and Might Never Know – about the East Palestine, Ohio, Train Derailment

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A few hours after dinner time on Feb. 3, and approximately 20 miles following a dramatic slow-down from a speed of 50 miles per hour to about half that, a Norfolk Southern freight train consisting of 38 cars – 11 of which...more

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1,4-Dioxane State Groundwater Regulations

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There is no federal drinking water standard for 1,4-dioxane, but as illustrated by a recent press release for the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund Site in Ohio, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and state...more

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1,4-Dioxane: The Latest Emerging Vapor Intrusion Issue

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1,4-Dioxane is an emerging contaminant.  Like “traditional” volatile organic compounds, it has the potential to volatilize and enter indoor air. This article explores why businesses should consider conducting a VI assessment...more

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State-by-State Regulation of 1,4-Dioxane in Drinking Water

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As illustrated by the May 11, 2022, press release for the Industrial Excess Landfill Superfund Site in Uniontown, Ohio, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) and state environmental agencies have begun directing...more

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Health Advisories and Funding for Forever Chemicals: PFAS Updates from the EPA

Today, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released four health advisories for the group of contaminants regularly referred to as “forever chemicals”—perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). Specifically,...more

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“Silent Spring” and the Life Cycle of Emerging Contaminants

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On the 60th anniversary of the publication of Rachel Carlson’s groundbreaking book “Silent Spring”, the world continues to struggle to manage the human health and environmental risks associated with newly discovered emerging...more

Integral Consulting Inc.

State-by-State PFAS Regulatory Criteria Map: Drinking Water, Groundwater, and Surface Water

State drinking water, surface water, and groundwater regulations are now all in one place—through an easy-to-use, interactive map. Regulations on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) vary by state and continue to...more

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EPA outlines key PFAS regulatory developments on the horizon

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During the early stages of the Biden administration, efforts to regulate per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances, aka “PFAS,” were largely piecemeal and driven by various proposals in Congress. Last month, however, the U.S....more

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Environmental Protection Agency’s PFAS Roadmap

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Last week, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced its PFAS Strategic Roadmap. PFAS are a class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances that have been used in a wide variety of industries since the 1940s and...more

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EPA Expands PFAS Testing Methods: Soil, Wastewater, and Groundwater

September 2, 2021, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), in collaboration with the Department of Defense (DOD), released the first EPA-validated laboratory analytical method to test for per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

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OEHHA Issues Highly Anticipated Draft Public Health Goals for PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water

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Last week, the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) released draft public health goals (PHGs) for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) in drinking water. OEHHA’s...more

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Arizona Governor Seeks PFAS Assistance from Feds

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On April 27, 2021 Governor Doug Ducey sent a letter to Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin requesting the Department of Defense (DOD) identify and treat water in Arizona contaminated in the areas surrounding four defense...more

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Latest California State Water Board Investigative Order for PFAS Targets Bulk Fuel Storage Terminals and Refineries

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Last week, the California State Water Resources Control Board (State Water Board) officially released an order (the Order) to investigate and sample for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) at over 160 bulk fuel storage...more

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