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State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2024

PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2024. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

USEPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Information Request to POTWs

USEPA announced today the intention, under Clean Water Act authority, to issue an information request to the largest publicly owned sewage treatment works (POTWs). USEPA seeks public comment on the proposal by May 28, 2024. ...more

State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q4 2023

PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the fourth quarter of 2023. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q3 2023

PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the third quarter of 2023. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q2 2023

PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the second quarter of 2023. ...more

State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2023

PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2023. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q4 2022

PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the fourth quarter of 2022. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to Q1 2022

PFAS-related litigation continues to climb and to diversify as to claims and parties. See the attached graphics, updated through the first quarter of 2022. We will continue to update these graphics on a quarterly basis....more

State and Federal PFAS Litigation – 2019 to 2021

PFAS-related litigation continues to accelerate. As shown in the attached graphics, there were more than 2,000 cases in the Multi-District Litigation in the federal district court in South Carolina by mid-January 2022. The...more

EPA Nominee Confirms Focus On PFAS; Advances To Full Senate Confirmation Vote

As previously reported, the Biden administrative is expected to make PFAS regulation and enforcement a priority by, among other things: designating PFAS as hazardous substances, setting enforceable limits under the Safe...more

PFAS And Presidential Politics

As the political season begins in earnest with the Democratic and Republican National Conventions, PFAS is one subject for which regulatory action already under consideration may be accelerated if the White House changes...more

Costs And Benefits Of Regulating To PPT Not Yet Understood

The economic impact — both costs and benefits — of the issuance of low parts per trillion standards for nearly ubiquitous PFAS compounds is something that will become clearer as businesses, municipalities, water suppliers and...more

EPA-Approved Cleanups May Be Open To Challenges In Wake Of U.S. Supreme Court’s Ruling

A group of Montana homeowners secured a hollow victory in the U.S. Supreme Court that appears to open the door wider than it has ever been to state court challenges of EPA remedial actions. In its 7-2 decision in Atlantic...more

Force Majeure Under Environmental Cleanup Agreements And Orders

Many businesses that are considered non-essential have been ordered to suspend operations during the coronavirus pandemic. As a result, planned work at remediation sites may not be able to proceed on schedule. Work may...more

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