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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has published a much anticipated roadmap for how Administrator Lee Zeldin plans to address per- and polyfluorinated substances (PFAS) in the coming months.

Keeping confidential business information (CBI) secret and protected from disclosure has long been a bedrock principle of the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA).

On December 11, 2025, the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) announced several new initiatives regarding per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).

The information filed for 2021 indicate that the 45 facilities managed over 1.3 million pounds of production-related PFAS waste during the year.

The Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works (EPW) held a hearing on a discussion draft of S.__, the Toxic Substances Control Act Fee Reauthorization...

The FDA has launched a new proactive food chemical safety post-market assessment program and initiated reassessments of two widely used food additives: butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT) and azodicarbonamide (ADA).

On May 12, 2026, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) announced a major milestone in its approach to post-market oversight of chemicals in the food supply, finalizing a new proactive food chemical safety post-market assessment program...

An all-risk commercial property insurance policy does not, in fact, cover all risks. Every property insurance policy has exclusions, and one of the most common – and most often disputed – is the water damage exclusion.

Earlier this year, California State Senator Josh Newman (D-Fullerton), with the sponsorship of the California Product Stewardship Council, introduced Senate Bill (SB) 707...

Seyfarth Synopsis: A second Trump administration is likely to bring sweeping changes to environmental regulatory and enforcement agendas.

The Alert begins explaining that "safer technology and alternatives" means "the integration of a variety of risk reduction or risk management strategies that work toward making a facility and its chemical processes as safe as possible."

As chemicals of concern litigation continues to surge across the nation, companies increasingly find their products under scrutiny for alleged contamination of these "forever chemicals."

On August 17, 2020, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) sent 3,038 letters to Responsible Parties (RPs) involved in cleanup at remediation sites across Wisconsin.

The European Chemicals Agency (ECHA) announced on August 20, 2025, that it published an updated proposal to restrict per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the European Union's (EU) Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals (REACH) Regulation.

On January 6, 2010, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking identifying three industry sectors for which it will begin the regulatory development process for financial assurance requirements under Section 108(b) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA).

In a continuing effort to address concerns surrounding consumer goods containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a broad class of chemicals...

Following up on its November 2021 Draft Regulatory Determinations, the Washington State Department of Ecology (Department or DOE) has just released its "Final Regulatory Determinations Report to the Legislature."