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Twenty-two state attorneys general have dropped objections to a proposed $10 billion settlement with 3M over PFAS contamination.
Previous objections brought up by the Minnesota Attorney General included “an indemnity clause that could have placed 3M’s liability for PFAS on public water systems, a lack of disclosure about how much public water systems could receive from the settlement, and not providing enough time for water systems to act.”
The New York Attorney General supported the settlement after changes included allowing for future claims by states and the federal government.
However, five attorneys general are filing an amicus letter expressing concerns about the settlement payment amount and timeline. The California Attorney General said, “3M declined to pay an amount that accurately reflects the extraordinary damage it has caused to public drinking water systems, and it declined to provide water suppliers the money to remediate that damage more quickly.”