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Breakout 18: Love 'Em or Hate 'Em, PFAS are Forever: The Good, The Bad, The Forever (CLE Credits)
Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:10pm - 3:00pm EST
Regency 1-4 (Take steps to left of escalator to level below ballroom)
Manufacturers, distributors, and retailers of consumer products are being impacted by laws regulating the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (“PFAS”) in their products. This area is rapidly developing as states create new laws or amend existing ones, and the penalties and litigation risks for non-compliance can be significant.
With 13 states having enacted PFAS consumer product laws, and another 10 states having proposed PFAS consumer product laws, the patchwork of state compliance obligations is growing. This panel will provide practical tips on adapting product safety compliance programs to meet evolving PFAS regulatory requirements.
Importantly, the panel will tackle the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”) Section 8(a)(7), U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reporting obligations for PFAS, discuss what evidence that reporting is creating for regulators, and how the Consumer Product Safety Commission might be able to use the information to begin regulating PFAS in products.
Moderators
avatar for Warren Lehrenbaum

Warren Lehrenbaum

Partner, Crowell & Moring
Warren Lehrenbaum, partner at Crowell & Moring, represents individual companies and trade associations before the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA), where he advocates on behalf... Read More →
Speakers
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Susan Kirsch

Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Retail Industry Leaders Association (RILA)
Susan works across RILA’s many regulatory and compliance areas, including consumer products safety, and plays a key role in RILA’s advocacy and engagement with stakeholders and regulators at the federal and state levels. Before joining RILA in 2020, she served as a Government... Read More →
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Kirk Koudelka

Assistant Commissioner, Land Policy and Strategic Initiatives, Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
Kirk Koudelka was appointed assistant commissioner for land policy and strategic initiatives at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency in May 2012. Prior to that, Kirk served as the legislative director at the MPCA. He led the agency’s legislative efforts for the 2011 through 2014... Read More →
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Jay West

Senior Director, Chem Products and Technology, American Chemistry Council
Jay West is the Senior Director, Chemical Products and Technology at the American Chemistry Counsel or ACC in Washington, D.C. Among his current duties is serving as the Executive Director of ACC’s Performance Fluoropolymer Partnership, a specialty trade association that works at... Read More →
Tuesday February 18, 2025 2:10pm - 3:00pm EST
Regency 1-4 (Take steps to left of escalator to level below ballroom)
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