Sloane Wildman and Alex Graf Co-Author PFAS Perspective
After EPA announced that it would retain the CERCLA hazardous substance designations for PFOA and PFOS on September 17, 2025, it filed a motion to lift the abeyance from the ongoing litigation regarding the designations in the D.C. Circuit in Chamber of Commerce of the United States of America v. EPA, No. 24-1193 (D.C. Cir.). The case was initiated in June 2024 when the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and other industry groups challenged the Biden administration’s final rule designating PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA hazardous substances in the D.C. Circuit. In February 2025, after the Trump administration took office, EPA requested that the court hold the case in abeyance while it considered whether it would take a different position on the designation. Babst Calland’s attorneys are closely tracking EPA’s PFAS actions and related litigation, and can help provide strategic advice on how developing PFAS regulations may affect your business. To read the full article by Sloane Wildman or Alexandra Graf, click here.
On May 30, 2024, Vermont Governor Philip Scott allowed S.259 (entitled the Climate Superfund Act) to become law without his signature. The Act relating to climate change cost recovery will require the development of claims to shift the cost of alleged climate-related impacts in Vermont onto the companies that produced fossil fuels responsible for greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. Legal challenges to both the law and any regulations promulgated pursuant to it are certainly expected. For more information on this development or other climate change-related matters, please contact 
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