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EPA Announces Final Rule Designating Two PFAS as ​“Hazardous Substances” under CERCLA

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or ​“the Agency”) released details of its highly anticipated rule listing perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”), two forms...more

EPA Announces Final Rule Designating Two PFAS as ​“Hazardous Substances” under CERCLA

On April 19, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or ​“the Agency”) released details of its highly anticipated rule listing perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”), two forms...more

EPA Announces Drinking Water Standards for Six PFAS

On April 10, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA”) announced the first enforceable federal drinking water standards under the Safe Drinking Water Act (“SDWA”) for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl...more

Telecommunications Companies Face Potential Government Investigations Related to Lead-Sheathed Cables

Concerns about potential widespread lead contamination of residential neighborhoods, schools and drinking water supplies from lead sheathing in telecommunications wires, fueled by a series of recent articles in the Wall...more

NEWMOA Releases Draft PFAS Prevention Model Act

In recent months, state legislatures have introduced numerous regulations restricting the sale of consumer products containing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and adopting legal drinking water standards for the...more

EPA Proposes First National Drinking Water Standard for PFAS

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today released proposed national drinking water standards for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) pursuant to the federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)—a key...more

New Study Identifies Over 57,000 Sites “Presumptively Contaminated” with PFAS

A new paper from Northeastern University’s PFAS Project Lab and researchers from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS) reaches the sobering conclusion that over 57,000 sites in the U.S. have...more

EPA Advances on Key PFAS Roadmap Deadlines

The PFAS Roadmap set out a three-pronged approach to their regulation: First, research the chemicals and their exposure pathways; Second, restrict PFAS output through regulation; and Third, require remediation of PFAS...more

EPA Plan Changes PFAS Outlook For Companies, Regulators [Audio]

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency recently released its much-anticipated plan, nearly a year in the making, to address per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances in the environment. Building on a Law360 of the same name,...more

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