James Slaughter

Key Takeaways - The U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) has moved to intervene in a Clean Air Act (CAA) citizen suit and dismiss the case, even though the government did not file its own enforcement action....more In the last days of the Biden administration in January 2025, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its Draft Risk Assessment for Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctane Sulfonic Acid...more Beveridge & Diamond (B&D) litigators defeated a motion to dismiss a claim brought by landfill and solid waste companies challenging the constitutionality of a municipal ordinance imposing flow control, requiring all solid...more This article presents an overview of the comments on EPA’s first risk assessment regarding PFAS in biosolids, including a summary of over 100 major comments, and a link to EPA’s full comment docket....more