Tiffany Thomas, Ph.D., recently published two articles on state and federal regulations governing PFAS in Maricopa Lawyer, a publication of the Maricopa County Bar Association.
In “PFAS Regulations Settle in Arizona,” in the May 2024 issue, Tiffany highlighted recent actions that the Environmental Protection Agency has taken to regulate the group of chemicals known as PFAS, or per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances. The agency issued maximum contaminant levels under the Safe Drinking Water Act for six PFAS and listed two PFAS as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). These moves, she wrote, “represent abrupt changes to the regulatory landscape of Arizona, forcing parties from all facets of the environmental spectrum to rapidly educate and adapt.”
Tiffany then dove into some of these changes in “CERCLA Joins the PFAS Rodeo” published in the June 2024 issue. Like other states that don’t have a PFAS regulatory regime in place, she wrote, Arizona must “evaluate the extent to which these [federal] developments will apply to their interests and operations.” Tiffany noted that the developments will impact how entities approach environmental due diligence, understand enforcement risk, and report releases of the two PFAS chemicals currently regulated under CERCLA.
Read “PFAS Regulations Settle in Arizona” (see page 6) and “CERCLA Joins the PFAS Rodeo” (see page 11).
