EHS Law Insights

4/25/2024 7:07:43 PM

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Designates Two PFAS Compounds as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA

By Peter Trimarchi Megan Haines Todd Maiden +4 more...

Introduction On April 19, 2024, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a final rule adding perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and...

2/6/2024 8:10:40 PM

By Jennifer Smokelin Casey Snyder

On January 31, 2024, EPA published a press release announcing the impending publication of two proposed rules relating to PFAS and the...

2/7/2022 6:03:35 PM

By Jennifer Smokelin Randa Lewis

During 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) collected discharge data for PFAS as part of its Multi-Industry PFAS Study. ...

10/21/2021 2:16:56 PM

By Todd Maiden Jennifer Smokelin Mary Balaster +1 more...

On October 18, 2021, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) Strategic...

3/1/2021 6:47:49 PM

By Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden +3 more...

The EPA is moving towards establishing a drinking water standard for PFOA and PFOS, and has stated that it is considering avenues for...

11/12/2020 7:26:09 PM

By Megan Haines Daniella Landers Todd Maiden +3 more...

Organizations closely scrutinizing PFAS, like the Environmental Working Group, are touting loudly that the Biden administration will...

4/23/2020 2:21:45 PM

By Jennifer Smokelin Daniella Landers Todd Maiden +2 more...

Last Friday, April 17, the attorneys general of New York, Pennsylvania, California, Connecticut, Hawaii, Illinois, Iowa, Maine, Maryland,...