District Court Stays Litigation Challenging de Minimis Exemption for PFAS TRI Reporting

ByPFAS Primer Team

The U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia stayed litigation challenging de minimis exemptions for PFAS Toxic Release Inventory (TRI) reporting. The plaintiff environmentalists’ suit alleges the EPA’s rule allowing the de minimis exemption to apply to PFAS violates the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the federal law authorizing TRI, as well as…

Chemical Industry Group Challenges EPA Interim Drinking Water Health Advisories for PFOA and PFOS

ByPFAS Primer Team

The American Chemistry Council (“ACC”) is challenging the interim EPA drinking water health advisories issued in June for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (“PFOS”) and perfluorooctanoic acid (“PFOA”). ACC alleges that the advisories rely on faulty science and that by calling the standards “interim” the EPA is trying to circumvent proper procedure. Seeking to vacate the advisories, ACC…