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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

SEC Stays Climate Disclosure Rules After Legal Challenges Consolidated in MDL

On April 4, 2024, the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) issued a stay of its final rules on climate-related disclosures. As detailed in our previous advisory on the topic, days after the final rules were issued in...more

SEC Roll-Out of Climate Disclosure Rules Put On Hold Pending Ongoing Legal Challenges – What Does It Mean for SEC Filers?

Ending two years of anticipation over the final contours of its controversial foray into requiring a sweeping range of public company disclosures of business risks associated with climate change, the U.S. Securities and...more

EPA Extends RCRA ​“Hazardous Constituents” Proposal to Nine PFAS

On January 31, 2024, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or ​“the Agency”) issued a proposal to amend Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”) regulations to include nine specific per- and...more

EPA’s Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance Announces That It Will Focus CERCLA Enforcement Efforts on Manufacturers

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s enforcement arm intends to focus the Agency’s remediation and cost-recovery efforts under the federal Superfund law on manufacturers of poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and...more

9/6/2023  /  CERCLA , Hazardous Substances , OECA , PFAS

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

EPA Publishes Interim Guidance on Destruction and Disposal of PFAS and Materials Containing PFAS

On December 18, 2020, as required by § 7361 of the National Defense Authorization Act of 2019, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Interim Guidance on Destroying and Disposing of PFAS and Materials...more

EPA Will Terminate its COVID-19 Enforcement Discretion Policy

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will terminate its temporary policy regarding the exercise of enforcement discretion during the COVID-19 public health crisis on Monday, August 31, 2020. So, on September 1,...more

EPA Sets August 31st Termination Date for Temporary COVID-19 Enforcement Policy

In late March of this year, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced its Temporary COVID-19 Enforcement Policy, summarized here, which provided for more flexibility in enforcement during the pandemic. As some states...more

EPA Issues New Temporary COVID-19 Relaxed Enforcement Policy That Could Affect State Enforcement

On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) sent a Memorandum to all governmental and private sector partners titled “COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance...more

EPA Issues Temporary COVID-19 Relaxed Enforcement Policy

On March 26, 2020, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (“EPA” or “Agency”) sent a Memorandum to all governmental and private sector partners titled “COVID-19 Implications for EPA’s Enforcement and Compliance Assurance...more

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