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Delray Beach to receive first PFAS settlement payments; city officials weigh uses for funds
Summary
Outside counsel told the city commission that national settlements with major chemical manufacturers will send Delray Beach millions for PFAS cleanup; commissioners said the city can decide how to spend the money and asked staff to study options including offsetting water bills.
Mark Derman, outside counsel for the city, told the Delray Beach City Commission on June 17 that national settlements in PFAS litigation will produce multiple payments to the city and that initial funds will arrive this year.
"The 3M settlement will result in approximately $15,000,000 to the city," Derman said, and he said the first 3M payment is due this week with a second in quarter three. He also outlined related settlements at the national level, naming DuPont, BASF and Tyco as defendants with large multi‑hundred‑million‑dollar resolutions whose allocations to Delray remain to be determined.
Commissioners and staff pressed for…
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