Counsel for the EPA and DuPont submitted a joint stipulation of dismissal for an appeal filed in the Third Circuit involving an EPA Test Order that previously required DuPont to comply with testing deadlines and other requirements for 6:2 FTSB and HFPO – different types of PFAS chemicals. The EPA released DuPont from the testing…
The U.S. District Court in South Carolina denied DuPont’s and other companies’ motion for summary judgment seeking to limit their liability in a multi-district litigation case involving alleged PFAS contamination in aqueous film-forming foams (“AFFF”). Despite arguments to the contrary, the Court concluded that the claim against the defendants contained at least one question that…
Washington residents filed suit against 3M Co. and other companies for alleged PFAS contamination in groundwater in due to the use of aqueous film-forming foam and its component products in Yakima County, Washington. Plaintiff complained that the alleged PFAS contamination began in the 1960s and continues to present date. May 11, 2023 | Coosa River…
A Georgia district judge recently entered a consent decree resolving Clean Water Act claims brought by an environmental non-profit organization against a textile plant (Mount Vernon Mills) and a local town (Trion, Georgia). According to the non-profit, the plant and town were liable under the Clean Water Act because the town—in treating the plant’s wastewater,…
The Town of Weldon North Carolina filed suit against 3M Co. and other companies for alleged PFAS contamination in the Roanoke River, which plaintiff asserted is a source of drinking water, and the surrounding soil, groundwater, and surface water. Plaintiff complained that the alleged PFAS contamination began in the 1960s and continues to present date….