Canada's Updated Draft PFAS Report: The Latest On The Emerging Regulation Of "Forever Chemicals"

On July 12, 2024, the Government of Canada published its Updated Draft Report on the state of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (the "Updated Draft PFAS Report") and Revised Risk Management Scope for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) (the "Revised Risk Management Report"), which provide updates to the original versions of these publications, each released in May 2023.

The Updated Draft PFAS Report and Revised Risk Management Report were accompanied by an announcement from the federal government outlining its recent efforts to protect the environment and communities by further regulating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS") and the next steps it now proposes to achieve this objective. This was followed by a section 71 mandatory survey notice under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 ("CEPA") two weeks later requiring reporting on PFAS by certain manufacturers, importers and users of PFAS or products/materials containing PFAS