The California Senate’s Environmental Quality Committee recently passed, as amended, SB 682, and referred the bill to the Senate Committee on Health for a further hearing. If ultimately enacted as law, SB 682 would result in...more
On January 3, 2025, EPA issued a press release announcing that nine additional PFAS had been added to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) for Reporting Year 2025. These nine PFAS were automatically added to the TRI pursuant to...more
On September 30, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he signed AB 2515 into law. Among other things, AB 2515 prohibits the manufacture, distribution, and sale of menstrual products containing “regulated...more
A legal challenge is pending in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to EPA’s April 19, 2024 final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under...more
On May 8, 2024, EPA published in the Federal Register its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under CERCLA. The designation of these two PFAS...more
Among the wide-ranging impacts of EPA’s designation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under CERCLA may be increased liability for trustees and beneficiaries of...more
On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under Section 102(a) of...more
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On February 8, 2024, EPA published a proposed rule that would list the following nine PFAS as hazardous constituents under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA): PFOA, PFOS, PFBS, HFPO-DA (also known as GenX),...more