Federal Judge Dismissed Class Action Suit Involving Alleged PFAS-Contaminated Sites the Defendant Company Inherited from DuPont

ByPFAS Primer Team

The court dismissed with prejudice all the remaining claims in a federal securities class action suit against The Chemours Company (“Chemours”) and other individual defendants, which alleged the defendants defrauded their shareholders by failing to disclose the full extent of their environmental liabilities. The lead plaintiff, the New York State Teachers’ Retirement System, failed to…

Hamptons Residents Bring Lawsuit Against the Department of Interior and Army Corps of Engineers

ByPFAS Primer Team

In November 2021, the Department of Interior (“DOI”) approved the construction and operation of the 132-megawatt South Fork Wind Project, developed by Orsted and Eversource, off of the coast of Long Island. The Army Corps of Engineers issued a dredging permit for the project in January 2022. Two East Hampton, New York couples accused the…

Enviro Assessment Rule May Help Lower Buyers’ PFAS Risks

ByPFAS Primer Team

On March 14, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a proposed rule and a direct final rule amending the all appropriate inquiries, or AAI, rule to reference the new American Society for Testing and Materials International standard E1527-21, concerning standard practice for Phase I environmental site assessments. April 29, 2022 | Law360 | Authors: Jeffrey Dintzer, Greg…

EPA Gets Serious on PFAS, Plans to Remove De Minimis Exemption

ByPFAS Primer Team

Alston & Bird’s Jeffrey Dintzer and Gregory Berlin look at EPA’s recent Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) report and note that EPA is apparently suspicious of what it has characterized as a “seemingly limited scope of PFAS reporting.” EPA plans to remove the de minimis exemption for PFAS, which is not a surprise given its increased…

Critical Review of Thermal Decomposition of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances: Mechanisms and Implications for Thermal Treatment Processes

ByPFAS Primer Team

This study critically evaluates the thermal decomposition mechanisms, pathways, and byproducts of PFASs that are crucial to the design and operation of thermal treatment processes. May 2, 2022 | Environmental Science & Technology