7/31/2024 6:03:47 PM Pending Legal Challenge to EPA Designation of PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman A legal challenge is pending in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to EPA’s April 19, 2024 final rule designating...
5/8/2024 11:15:55 PM “All Appropriate Inquiries” Will Need to Consider PFOA and PFOS for Property Acquisitions Closing on or After July 8, 2024 By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On May 8, 2024, EPA published in the Federal Register its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and...
5/2/2024 5:03:32 PM Do You Have Trust (or Estate) Issues Due to PFAS Chemicals Being Designated as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA? By Chris Rendall-Jackson Among the wide-ranging impacts of EPA’s designation of perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous...
4/30/2024 6:04:19 PM A Mixed Bag: EPA’s PFAS Enforcement Policy Under CERCLA May Protect Some From Liability to EPA, But Potentially Not From Liability To Other Parties By Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On April 19, 2024, EPA announced both the designation of two types of PFAS—PFOA and PFOS—as hazardous substances under CERCLA, and an...
4/25/2024 10:31:52 PM The Long Reach of CERCLA: Ninth Circuit Clarifies that Prohibition on Double Recovery No Bar to CERCLA Liability and Related Future Response Costs By James Colopy Chris Rendall-Jackson On April 15, 2024, in Santa Clarita Valley Water Agency v. Whittaker Corporation, in an appeal following a jury and bench trial, the...
4/19/2024 9:59:13 PM EPA Announces New Rule Designating PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances Under CERCLA, Issues Enforcement Policy Not to Pursue Certain Entities By Sarah Bell Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman On April 19, 2024, EPA announced its final rule designating perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) as...
4/15/2024 3:54:25 PM A Familiar Name Among the Recent NPL Listings – the Now-Bankrupt Exide Technologies By Chris Rendall-Jackson Don Sobelman Sarah Bell Two more facilities previously owned by Exide Technologies appear on the National Priorities List (NPL), and are now among the highest...