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Recent PFOA Articles
EPA Designates PFOA and PFOS as Hazardous Substances under Superfund Law
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-04-20T21:37:58-04:00Saturday, April 20th, 2024|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ASTM E1527-21, CERCLA, Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase 1 environmental site assessment, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow, Superfund|
In a landmark regulatory move, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has taken decisive action to designate perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), commonly known as the Superfund law. This final ...
The Environmental Catastrophe that is PFAS will see Movement in 2023
By Stuart Kaplow|2023-03-15T06:01:05-04:00Sunday, March 12th, 2023|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: ESG, Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Stuart Kaplow|
Just two days after this article was posted EPA proposed legally enforceable levels, called Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs), for six PFAS in drinking water. EPA anticipates finalizing the regulation by the end of 2023. The EPA announcement said, “that if fully implemented, the rule will ...
EPA Proposes Designating PFAS as Hazardous
By Stuart Kaplow|2022-09-10T21:30:20-04:00Saturday, September 10th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: Kaplow, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, Phase l environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow, yeet|
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is proposing to designate two of the most widely used per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), also known as the “Superfund” law. The proposal applies to perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ...
New Maryland Regulation all but Shuts Down Phase II Environmental Site Assessments
By Stuart Kaplow|2024-10-06T06:44:21-04:00Saturday, August 20th, 2022|Categories: Environmental Law|Tags: COMAR 26.10.08.01, Kaplow, maryland department of environment, Maryland environmental lawyer, MDE notice, PFOA, PFOS, Phase ll environmental site assessment, Stuart Kaplow|
The Maryland Department of the Environment has adopted regulations for the first time requiring the person conducting an environmental assessment, even when they are not the owner of the property (e.g., possibly a prospective contract purchaser of land or a consultant engaged in a lending ...