NJDEP Granted More Time to Support the 3M and DuPont PFAS Settlements

As we have previously reported here and here , the New Jersey Department of Environment Protection (NJDEP) announced settlements with 3M and DuPont and its related companies (the DuPont Entities) valued together at $2.5 billion to resolve state-wide PFAS claims. NJDEP moved to enter the settlements, embodied in Judicial Consent Orders (“JCOs”), in November 2025 and objections were filed by the Association of Environmental Authorities of New Jersey, and several of its members (the “Objectors”). The Objectors asserted that the settlements would not provide sufficient funding to meet the long-ter