Perspectives

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

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...

On September 5, 2024, EPA published a direct final rule delaying by eight months the one-time reporting required under TSCA section...

Three states have lodged a petition with EPA, seeking the listing of four PFAS compounds as hazardous air pollutants (HAPs) under the...

A Legal Rulemaking Petition (citizen petition) has been lodged with EPA, seeking “cancellation and suspension of several existing...

A legal challenge is pending in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to EPA’s April 19, 2024 final rule designating...

On June 10, 2024, in Center for Environmental Health v. Regan (No. 23-1476), the Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals held that federal courts...

Two legal challenges have been filed in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals with respect to EPA’s April 10, 2024, final rule setting...

On May 17, 2024, Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) and Center for Environmental Health (CEH) gave notice of intent...

On May 16, 2024, President Biden signed the FAA Reauthorization Act of 2024 (the “Act”), which includes two provisions supporting...