The Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (“ADEQ”) has issued a document titled: Decision Trees for PFAS – Mitigation Selection in Drinking Water (“DTP”)....more
The Association of State and Territorial Solid Waste Management Officials (“ASTSWMO”) released an August 2024 report titled: Lessons Learned Addressing Contaminants of Emerging Concern at Federal Facility Cleanups...more
In the absence of binding federal standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in soil, several states have started the process of regulating PFAS in soil themselves. These regulations have implications for site...more
As EPA continues to review potential regulations for PFAS contamination in drinking water, some state regulatory bodies have decided not to wait for the federal government to act. North Carolina is the latest state to...more
PFAS contamination in drinking water is under increasing regulatory scrutiny, not only from the EPA and other federal agencies, but state regulatory bodies across the country. The latest development comes from North Carolina,...more
EPA’s Proposed Rule - Wilmington, North Carolina was the setting for EPA Administrator Michael Regan’s announcement of a new regulatory proposal for so-called “forever chemicals” under the Safe Drinking Water Act...more
House Bill 1744 (“HB 1744”) has been introduced which would address landfills that receive money from the Arkansas Department of Energy & Environment – Division of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) from the Landfill Post-Closure...more
Last week, we informed you about new federal efforts to measure and reduce PFAS contamination levels in drinking water. But there also are significant efforts to increase PFAS regulatory requirements at the state level,...more
On November 23, 2021, Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) Director of the Office of Compliance requested that TCEQ approve a proposed rulemaking intended to respond to a series of industrial events occurring over...more
On June 21, 2021, in conjunction with the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality (ADEQ), Governor Doug Ducey announced the provision of $2 million in state funding to facilitate the restart of Tucson Water –– a treatment...more
On September 29, 2020, the Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) released updated guidance on Conducting Ecological Risk Assessments to aid in evaluating ecological risks at contaminated sites and in determining...more
Current or past sources of emerging contaminants should be aware that the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality has ordered that publicly owned treatment plants (POTWs) in the Cape Fear River Basin test their...more
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North Carolina manufacturers currently using or those that have used per/poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) face greater risk of environmental and toxic tort litigation because of new legislation. The legislation, which went...more
The Environmental Council of the States (“ECOS”) has made available a number of state case studies addressing what it describes as two priority contaminants for which the states struggle to communicate the risks. The two...more
The Illinois Attorney General (“AG”) filed a Complaint and Motion for Preliminary Injunction against TrueFlo Solutions LLC (“TS”) in White County Circuit Court in Illinois in regards to an oil spill that allegedly...more
The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality (“DEQ”) announced that in March 2017, it will launch a pilot program to take a second look at 25-30 randomly selected sites that received a No Further Action (“NFA”)...more