Published
August 18, 2025
Updated
August 20, 2026
A federal judge approved New Jersey's PFAS settlements with the DuPont entities and 3M on August 7, 2026, in a package valued at about $2.5 billion paid over 25 years. The money funds cleanup, natural-resource restoration and drinking-water treatment — there is no individual claim form.
What Is the New Jersey PFAS Settlement?
On August 7, 2026, a federal judge approved New Jersey's PFAS settlements with the DuPont-related entities and with 3M, ending the state's years-long environmental litigation over PFAS and related contamination. The approved package is valued at approximately $2.5 billion, paid annually over 25 years. The companies deny wrongdoing, and the state describes the agreements as resolving its claims rather than establishing liability. This is a state environmental settlement for cleanup and restoration, not a consumer class action — there is no claim form and no individual payment.
Status
Approved by the court
Approved August 7, 2026 in the District of New Jersey
Package Value
About $2.5 billion
DuPont entities plus 3M, paid annually over 25 years
Individual Claims
None
No claim form — funds go to cleanup and restoration
How Is the Value Structured?
Two separate settlements were approved together. The DuPont-related entities pay $875 million into funds for natural-resource restoration and drinking-water abatement, and separately commit up to $1.2 billion in remediation funding for four industrial sites plus a $475 million reserve fund. 3M pays $400 million to $450 million under its own agreement, first announced in May 2025.Across both settlements, New Jersey describes up to $795 million directed to PFAS abatement statewide, held in dedicated trust accounts, with at least $150 million of that routed through the New Jersey Water Bank to finance treatment upgrades at drinking-water systems and publicly owned treatment works. Up to $365 million is allocated to natural-resource damages tied to PFAS and other contaminants. Payments are made annually across a 25-year schedule rather than in a lump sum.
Which Sites Are Covered?
The four principal sites are Pompton Lakes Works in Passaic County, Repauno Works in Gloucester County, Chambers Works in Salem County, and the Parlin site in Middlesex County. The settlements also resolve certain statewide claims involving aqueous film-forming foam, the PFAS-based firefighting foam at the center of separate nationwide AFFF litigation.Can Residents File a Claim for Cash?
No. The approved settlements direct money to the state and to environmental investigation, remediation, drinking-water projects, and natural-resource restoration. They do not create an individual consumer claim form or cash-payment program, and no part of the $2.5 billion is distributed to residents. New Jersey residents who believe PFAS exposure harmed their health would be looking at a separate personal-injury claim, not this settlement.What Is the Current Status?
Approved. The DuPont-related consent order was announced in August 2025 and published in the New Jersey Register on September 2, 2025, and the 3M agreement was announced in May 2025. Both went through public comment before the U.S. District Court for the District of New Jersey, sitting in Camden, entered approval on August 7, 2026 before Chief Judge Renée Marie Bumb. The state's announcement describes the DuPont-entity settlement as the largest environmental settlement obtained by any single state.The settling DuPont-related parties are EIDP, Inc., The Chemours Company, The Chemours Company FC, LLC, DuPont Specialty Products USA, LLC, Corteva, Inc., and DuPont de Nemours, Inc. New Jersey has separate PFAS litigation still pending against other manufacturers, and New York filed its own suit against 3M and DuPont in July 2026.
Sources
• New Jersey DEP DuPont settlement page• NJDEP settlement notices and consent orders
• New Jersey Office of the Attorney General — Federal Court Approves Historic PFAS Settlements Valued at Approximately $2.5 Billion (August 7, 2026)
• NJDEP joint news release on the approved PFAS settlements
• New Jersey DEP 3M settlement page
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Status
Approved judicial consent order
Approved August 7, 2026
Settlement Amount
About $2.5 billion
DuPont entities plus 3M, paid annually over 25 years
Case Number
1:19-cv-14766-RMB-JBC
Court
U.S. District Court, District of New Jersey
Chief Judge Renée Marie Bumb, Camden
Government Party
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection
Register Publication
September 2, 2025
Official Information
NJDEP DuPont page
