Wilmington, Delaware Chemours Company, DuPont de Nemours, Incand Corteva, IncAnnounces continued support for the June 30, 2023 agreement to comprehensively address PFAS1-related drinking water claims in specific Category 2 public water systems.
On December 20, the Notice Administrator of the South Carolina Water Film-Forming Foam Multi-District Litigation ("AFFF MDL") requested an extension until January 3, 2024, to file a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the District of South Carolina to opt out of the list of public water systems in the settlement category.
Under the terms of the agreement, the companies have until December 22 to exercise their waiver rights based on the number of people who have opted out of the course. The companies were well aware of the process to determine that they still supported the settlement and did not intend to exercise that right.
The court issued an order on December 7, 2023, allowing water systems that opted out of the settlement to rejoin the settlement class by March 1, 2024, at the latest. On December 14, 2023, the court held a fair hearing on the final ruling. Approve the settlement;The two companies are awaiting a final order from the court and supporting the final approval.