A five-judge panel in New York state appellate court affirmed a lower court’s ruling that two pollution exclusions apply in Tonoga Inc.’s general liability insurance policies with New Hamshire and Granite State Insurance Cos. From 1961 until 2013, Tonoga manufactured materials coated with nonstick, heat-resistant synthetic polymer polytetrafluoroethylene. Its manufacturing process created byproducts of PFOA…
The Southern District of New York dismissed without prejudice a lawsuit filed by water management company Suez Water New York Inc. against E.I. du Pont Nemours & Company and its spinoffs for allegedly contaminating the state’s waterways and groundwater through the manufacture and disposal of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The court determined that Suez Water’s…
Concentrations of PFAS from public and private sources in Michigan compiled for wastewater treatment plants) (influent, effluent, biosolids), contaminated sites, and landfill leachates reveal complex cycling within the natural and engineered environment. December 18, 2021 | Water Research
A New Jersey federal court refused to dismiss DuPont de Nemours Inc., also known as “New DuPont,” and Corteva Inc.’s motion to dismiss the two entities from a lawsuit filed by the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection. The state’s lawsuit alleges that E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, known as “Old DuPont” polluted…
The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act delivers more than $50 billion to the EPA to improve the nation’s drinking water, wastewater, and stormwater infrastructure as well as rebuild bridges, roads, and tunnels. It includes $10 billion to address PFAS in drinking water, say Alston & Bird’s Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin, who lay out the…