August 19, 2024 Chevron Deference, CERCLA, and PFAS

Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace talk four recent PFAS stories:First, up PFAS in pesticides. How much is there?Second, The department of veterans affair is looking to see if Kidney cancer can be directly linked to PFAS exposure in firefighting foam.Third, PFAS levels in fish remain surprisingly high.Fourth, and last, what is the impact of PFAS on sleep? Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

The deadline for PFAS reporting has been pushed!  Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace are joined by compliance expert Jackie Baxley, HRP's EHS&S Practice Leader, to detail the deadline update and go over the key details of the rule.Check out our previously recorded webinar linked here for some background context, but be sure to check out this episode for the latest! Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Tom and Matt are back to talk PFAS. First, is EPA’s CERCLA designation of PFAS in danger, due to the supreme court eliminating the chevron deference? Plus, Maine farmers sue EPA over PFAS regulation in biosolids. We finish with some advanced chemistry on PFAS destruction. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Tom Simmons and Matthew Wallace are joined by HRP’s Carly Saindon to discuss a recent study showing that PFAS absorption into the skin is significantly worse than previously thought. We go over the details and talk about the current state of PFAS skin absorption in various products.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Your June PFAS headlines! We've got three big stories to tell you about in this installment. As always, all articles can be read in full on the Pulse. It looks like it's shaping up to be a hot litigation summer in the PFAS world. Let's talk about whose going to be feeling the heat! Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Host's Tom and Matt are joined by HRP's Jackie Baxley, EHS&S Practice Leader, to discuss her upcoming webinar on PFAS related compliance updates to EPCRA and TSCA.Register here: https://events.teams.microsoft.com/event/522be166-64fa-4ad9-ba48-a95637c38630@e9f3fd58-05d3-4b9a-9485-e694b61feb49Webinar Description:In this webinar, Jackie Baxley, HRP’s EHS&S Practice Leader, will guide the audience through recent regulatory changes as it relates to PFAS and TSCA Reporting and EPCRA Toxic Inventory Release Reporting.  In late 2023, EPA finalized a new rule under TSCA requiring manufacturers and importers to conduct a 12 year look back at PFAS mixtures, articles and byproducts.  This one time report under TSCA will open in November 2024 and be due May 8, 2025.  Also in late 2023, EPA removed the “de minimis” exemption for PFAS in EPCRA Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) Reporting.  This EPCRA rule change will impact the 2024 Reporting Year whose report is due July 1, 2025.  In this webinar we aim to provide awareness of these new/amended rules, help identify if they potentially apply to your organization, and if applicable, what you should be doing NOW to prepare for these reports.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

PFAS has been added to CERCLA as a Hazardous Substance. Host Tom Simmons and Matt Wallace are joined by HRP's Environmental Practice Leader, Tom Darby, to talk through what this huge announcement means. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Here's the Work Hard segment from the 3:12 Podcast, where we bring you a breakdown on the EPA's finalization of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in drinking water. Guests Bryan Massa and Tom Darby represent the top talent in the PFAS field at HRP and are here to bring you the details. Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Federal PFAS Maximum Contaminant Levels for drinking water have been finalized!The Biden administration (through the EPA) on Wednesday 4/10 finalized strict limits on PFAS in drinking water that will require utilities to reduce them to the lowest level they can be reliably measured! Subscribe to the PULSE to see the announcement and supporting documents and keep your eyes on this feed for our full breakdown! Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.

Hosts Matt and Tom take a look at the overturned PFAS ban on PFAS leeching containers. In 2020 the EPA banned Inhance Technologies containers, due to a manufacturing process that causes the containers to leech PFAS. Earlier this year, the 5th Cricut Court of Appeals overturned that ban. Here are our thoughts.  Listen to learn more and subscribe to The Pulse for all the details.