01/17/2025 Update: The Court has granted an extension of the claims form submission deadline to April 8, 2025 for both the Tyco and BASF Public Water System settlements.

 

Settlement Information

This website is devoted to Settlements entered into in the AFFF multi-district Litigation no. 2873 (“MDL”) which are overseen by the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina. The current Settlement Agreements are class action settlements designed to resolve Claims for PFAS contamination in Public Water Systems’ Drinking Water, as those terms are defined in the respective Agreements, which are with the following groups of Settling Defendants:

(1) the 3M company (“3M”); and

(2) E.I. Du Pont de Nemours and company (n/k/a Eidp, Inc.), Dupont de Nemours inc., the Chemours company, the Chemours company fc, llc, and Corteva, inc. (collectively, “Dupont”).

(3) Tyco Fire Products LP (“Tyco”) and Chemguard, Inc. (“Chemguard”) (collectively, “the Tyco Defendants”)

(4) BASF Corporation (“BASF”)

These Settlements are designed to resolve Claims for PFAS contamination in Public Water Systems’ Drinking Water, as those terms are defined in the respective Agreements. Each of the four Settlements has obtained Final Approval by the MDL Judge, the honorable Richard M. Gergel of the United States District Court for the District of South Carolina.

Important Dates and Deadlines

 

Deadline Description	Dupont Deadline Date	3M Deadline Date	TycoDeadline Date	BASFDeadline Date
Deadline to Submit Objections	11/11/2023	11/11/2023	8/24/2024	9/15/2024
Deadline to Submit Requests for Exclusion	12/4/2023	12/11/2023	9/23/2024	10/15/2024
Court’s Final Fairness Hearing	12/14/2023	2/2/2024	11/1/2024	11/1/2024
Deadline to Withdraw Request for Exclusion	3/15/2024	3/15/2024	12/13/2024	12/13/2024
Phase One Public Water System Settlement Claims Form	7/26/2024	7/26/2024	4/8/2025	4/8/2025
Phase One Special Needs Claims Form	8/26/2024	8/26/2024	5/23/2025	5/23/2025
Phase Two Testing Claims Form	1/1/2026	1/1/2026	N/A	N/A
Phase Two Public Water System Claims Form	6/30/2026	7/31/2026	N/A	N/A
Phase Two Special Needs Claims Form	8/1/2026	8/1/2026	N/A	N/A
Phase One Supplemental Fund Claims Form	12/31/2030	12/31/2030	12/31/2030	12/31/2030
Phase Two Supplemental Fund Claims Form	12/31/2030	12/31/2030	N/A	N/A

CAREFUL: It has been brought to our attention that putative Class Members have received spam notice or postcard reminders. Spam notice may have spelling or other errors, but it may also look legitimate. Therefore, please be reminded that this website is the best source of information about and updates on the Settlements, including information about important upcoming deadlines. As such we recommend that you check back here frequently.