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New Jersey approves drinking water standards for toxic PFAS chemicals. Will legal battles follow?
News
6 Apr 2020 | The Intelligencer
States that previously implemented similar standards faced swift legal action from chemical companies and even the U.S. military.
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[Op-ed] Hazardous chemicals and government silence — a dangerous mix
News
26 Mar 2020 | The Hill
Imagine this: More than six million Americans have drinking water that is poisoned by a group of closely related chemicals.
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EPA closer to regulating PFAS in drinking water
News
20 Feb 2020 | Bloomberg Environment
In addition to proposing to regulate PFOA and PFOS, the EPA is asking for data and information including new monitoring and health effects data to decide whether regulation is appropriate for other chemicals in the PFAS family.
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ECOS White Paper: Processes & considerations for setting state PFAS standards
Policy
13 Feb 2020
The Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) compiled information from 23 states on their processes, rulemaking requirements, and other considerations for establishing PFAS guidelines.
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PFAS Regulations: How We Got Here and How to Recover the Costs
Science
3 Feb 2020 | J. New England Water Works Ass.
Legal precedence has been set for recovering the costs of cleaning up contaminated drinking water and for shifting treatment costs from ratepayers to polluters. Under the theory of product liability, manufacturers of chemicals responsible for contamination are held accountable for the associated treatment costs.
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[Public comment] Michigan’s proposed limits on PFAS in drinking water
Policy
31 Jan 2020
The provisions include establishment of drinking water standards, sampling requirements, public notification requirements, and laboratory certification criteria for a number of PFAS contaminants. Comments may be made until January 31, 2020 at 5PM.
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As more PFAS contamination is found, federal action becomes more urgent
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15 Jan 2020 | BDN
As we’ve learned from the containment and removal of other hazardous substances, costs only grow as action is delayed.
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Massachusetts regulators issue new standards for toxins
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15 Dec 2019
Under Massachusetts’ new regulations, polluters must clean up contaminated soil and groundwater if the total concentration of six chemicals in PFAS reaches 20 ppt. The new standards are slated to go into effect Dec. 27.
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Lawsuit wants tough PFAS drinking water standards in NH scrapped
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18 Oct 2019 | Associated Press
Lawyers for 3M, a farmer and several others urged a judge to scrap drinking water standards in the state that go far beyond federal limits for toxic chemicals.
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Here’s what Gov. Gretchen Whitmer’s new PFAS water rules mean for Michigan
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16 Oct 2019 | Bridge Michigan
Michigan has taken a major step toward regulating dangerous PFAS chemicals in drinking water supplies. The final rule could be adopted by April 2020, but it must first clear an administrative review that includes consideration by the Environmental Rules Review Committee, a controversial panel that GOP lawmakers created last year to check the governor’s power.
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Michigan steps closer to PFAS standards for drinking water
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28 Sep 2019 | Traverse City Record Eagle
The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team unanimously voted to draft rules founded on the health-based values recommended by a science advisory work group.
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EPA refuses to promise federal limit on PFOA exposure
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18 Sep 2019 | Times Union
David Ross, assistant administrator for the EPA's Office of Water, could not promise that a [PFAS] maximum contamination level would definitely be set until their evaluation is complete... But a decision on setting a federal standard should be made before the end of the year.
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Lawmakers push for state limit on PFAS in Delaware drinking water
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6 Sep 2019 | Delaware Public Media
Leaders of the State Senate Environmental and Natural Resources Committee and House Natural Resources Committee sent a letter 1 to Gov. John Carney asking him to direct the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control and the Department of Health and Social Services to develop MCL rulemakings for PFAS in public drinking water.
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California OEHHA's notification level recommendations for PFOA & PFOS
Policy
23 Aug 2019
OEHHA is recommending that the State Water Resources Control Board set the notification levels for PFOA and PFOS at the lowest levels at which they can be reliably detected in drinking water using currently available and appropriate technologies.
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Michigan is tiptoeing around PFAS in dairy agriculture
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30 Jul 2019 | MLive
Michigan punted on testing an Allegan County dairy farm because it worried about killing the farmer’s business.