4th Circuit Dismisses Water District’s Appeal Of DuPont PFAS Settlement

A federal appeals court has granted a California water district’s request to drop its appeal of the $1.185 billion PFAS settlement between public water systems and DuPont, Chemours and Corteva, ending concerns that the appeal would delay payments to water utilities for contamination just as EPA finalized first-time drinking water standards for six PFAS. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the 4th Circuit in an April 17 order granted the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California’s April 16 request to...