On September 5, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule providing much needed breathing room for the thousands of companies analyzing their company and supply chains to determine if their products or...more
Background The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has been extremely busy over the past few weeks with additional PFAS actions — and the designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA is expected...more
EPA continues to move forward with its PFAS Strategic Roadmap and released its Second Annual Progress Report this past month. EPA’s three overarching goals are: (1) restrict; (2) remediate; and (3) research....more
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On October 31, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published a final rule in the Federal Register titled, “Changes to Reporting Requirements for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and to...more
What happened? On September 28, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized a rule titled, “Toxic Substances Control Act Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl...more
On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency published its long-awaited Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for PFOS and PFOA in drinking water. The MCL for both constituents individually is four parts per...more
On August 26, the EPA announced their long-anticipated proposed rule to designate two PFAS substances, perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive...more
The latest action from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on the regulation of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) includes an update to drinking water health advisories for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and...more
In June 2021, we published Cosmetics Companies: Beware of PFAS, highlighting the recently introduced No PFAS In Cosmetics Act and recommending that cosmetics and personal-care product companies examine their products and...more
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is kicking off 2022 — a year expected to be particularly active for the regulation of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — by moving forward with one of the agency’s keystone...more