Perspectives

On April 4, CalRecycle published its final material characterization study (Study) pursuant to SB 343.  Under SB 343, use of the chasing...

In February 2025, newly installed EPA leadership sought and obtained orders from the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals staying pending legal...

Interested parties—including businesses raising crops or animals on agricultural and ranch lands potentially impacted by PFAS in...

On January 14, 2025, EPA released for public comment its Draft Sewage Sludge Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and...

On January 3, 2025, EPA issued a press release announcing that nine additional PFAS had been added to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)...

On December 5, 2024, CARB issued an Enforcement Notice discussing its enforcement standards for 2026 climate reporting under SB 253, and...

On December 19, 2024, EPA announced draft national recommended human health criteria (HHC) for three PFAS in waterbodies:...

On November 29, 2024, EPA issued a supplemental proposed rule to update significant new use rules (SNURs) previously proposed for 17 PFAS...

On December 6, 2024, OEHHA announced that amendments to the Prop 65 safe-harbor warning regulations have been approved and finalized. The...

On November 14, 2024, the Biden-Harris Administration announced the release of EPA’s third annual progress report on EPA’s PFAS Strategic...

On October 8, 2024, the EPA proposed adding 16 individual and 15 categories of PFAS to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list of...

On September 30, 2024, California Governor Gavin Newsom announced that he signed AB 2515 into law. Among other things, AB 2515 prohibits...