Court upholds EPA rule forcing polluters to pay for ‘forever chemical’ pollution

Court Upholds Rule Designating Two Forever Chemicals as Hazardous Substances

Last year EPA reaffirmed its rule, however industry and association groups challenged the designations

Court upholds EPA rule forcing polluters to pay for ‘forever chemical’ pollution

A federal court upheld an EPA rule designating PFOA and PFOS forever chemicals as hazardous substances, allowing the agency to force polluters to pay for cleanup.

Court Declines to Overturn EPA Designation of Two ‘Forever Chemicals’

The designation expands the federal government’s power to hold parties that release chemicals into the environment liable for their cleanup under the Superfund law. (AP Photo/Joshua A. Bickel, File)A federal court on Tuesday upheld the Environmental Protection Agency’s designation of two “forever chemicals,” PFOA and PFOS, as hazardous substances.The designation expands the federal government’s power to hold parties that release chemicals into t…

Court upholds EPA rule making PFAS polluters liable for cleanup

WASHINGTON, DC — Appeals judges upheld a landmark rule that allows the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to force polluters to clean up two widespread toxic “forever chemicals” or reimburse governments and other parties for doing so.

DC Circuit upholds EPA ‘forever chemicals’ Superfund rule

The court rejected industry's bid to scrap hazardous substance designations for two PFAS, cementing a Biden rule the Trump administration chose to defend.

EPA Rule Making Two PFAS Subject to Superfund Law Upheld (1)

The EPA acted lawfully when it added two PFAS to the list of hazardous substances regulated under federal Superfund law, an appeals court said Tuesday.