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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

Womble Bond Dickinson

New N.C. Regulatory Proposal Puts Burden of PFAS Clean-Up Costs on Polluters, Not Ratepayers

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PFAS contamination in drinking water is under increasing regulatory scrutiny, not only from the EPA and other federal agencies, but state regulatory bodies across the country. The latest development comes from North Carolina,...more

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PFAS Update: 2022 Federal PFAS Regulatory Recap

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As anticipated, 2022 was another eventful year for the regulation of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) at the federal level. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) took significant actions under...more

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EPA Proposes New Enforcement Initiative for PFAS

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The notice is another step in EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap and emphasizes potential CERCLA enforcement. On January 12, 2023, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued a notice to solicit public comments on its...more

Downey Brand LLP

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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Love Canal Revisited

It was 41 years ago that one of the more bizarre events in U.S. environmental history took place: two U.S. EPA officials were “kidnapped” by an angry environmental group in a working class neighborhood in New York. As many of...more

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EPA Takes Positions on Vapor Intrusion

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In a busy day for vapor intrusion, last week the U. S. Environmental Protection Agency made several announcements about vapor intrusion. First, it announced it had submitted a draft rule to the White House OMB seeking to...more

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