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The Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) established the Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund (the Superfund) for use in funding the cleanup...

Lara Beaven of Inside PFAS Policy is reporting on another PFAS citizen suit under the Federal Clean Water Act. This one, by Tennessee Riverkeeper, alleges that PFAS...

PA got a lot of press this week for its first ever "enforcement action" relating to the continuing discharge of the forever chemicals known as PFAS into the Ohio River in West Virginia.

On March 14, 2023, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six per- and poly fluoroalkyl substances...

A federal judge in California has rejected a specific screening test for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as insufficient alone to support a class action lawsuit involving allegations of PFAS in menstrual products.

NJDEP continues to assert a novel theory of Spill Act liability in a suit against the manufacturer of polychlorinated biphenyls ("PCBs"). On August 4th, NJDEP

North Carolina's nascent biogas industry has witnessed significant progress in recent years.

Departing employees can all too often spawn trade secret litigation in the chemical industry. This longtime issue is now frequently combined with the newer issues associated with electronic discovery. A recent example is provided by a lawsuit between two rival chemical companies.

Assembly bills 347 and 2515 require California's Department of Toxic Substances Control to enforce product testing for PFAS...

The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) has published a July 2025 report entitled Update on Critical Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance Uses.

Since 1983, Inhance has been fluorinating plastic containers using the same process, which involves the creation of a barrier to prevent substances from leaching out of the containers ...

On March 17, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) that puts forth 28 questions directed at manufacturers and formulators...

EPA held a public meeting on June 11, 2015 on EPA's Proposed Rule imposing one-time electronic reporting and recordkeeping requirements on manufacturers and processors of certain nanoscale materials.

As Maine struggles to develop a reporting system in the wake of the legislature's overhaul of the Pine Tree State's PFAS reporting requirements, the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency ("MPCA") announced that it aims to begin beta testing its PFAS reporting system in Fall 2025. MPCA furthered that they hope the system will be operational by the end of next year.

On August 17, 2021, the NYSDEC will hold two public hearings regarding the Department's proposed regulations revising the State's Chemical Bulk Storage and Petroleum Bulk Storage Programs.

Hundreds and hundreds of claims for personal injury and property damage associated with PFAS contamination have been accumulating in the courtroom of a Federal Judge in South Carolina.

Yesterday, I spoke with Sarah Mattalian, an Inside EPA reporter writing a story about the suggestion by an EPA official that EPA might require additional PFAS investigations.

Does your company manufacture domestically or import chemicals that the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is reviewing under section 6 of the Toxic Substances...