EPA to Convene National Leadership Summit to Take Action on PFAS | US EPAUS EPA,OA,OEAEE,OMR
Although federal efforts were initially focused on PFAS in drinking water, EPA has recently begun to address PFAS in a wider variety of sources, including wastewater and stormwater. In April of this year, EPA brought its first-ever Clean Water Act enforcement action to address PFAS discharges in...
EPA Administrator Michael Regan says the rule is the most important action the EPA has ever taken on PFAS. “The result is a comprehensive and life-changing rule, one that will improve the health and vitality of so many communities across our country,” said Regan. PFAS chemicals are ha...
The EPA’saccompanying the Notice emphasizes the breadth of its ongoing process to research, evaluate, and regulate PFAS under a variety of programs, according to its Action Plan. This summer, for example, the EPA issued draft guidance for addressing PFAS issues under federal cleanup programs. Th...
On PFAS ActionsThe Trump administration's deregulatory agenda rolling back a host of EPA rules appears to be impeding the agency's messaging on its landmark comprehensive action plan aimed at setting environmental protections to address contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). ...
substances (PFAS) manufactured and used in the United States. This rule builds on over two years of progress on the Biden-Harris Administration’s action plan to combat PFAS pollution, safeguarding public health and advancing environmental justice, and is a key action in EPA’s PFAS Strategic ...
Regan. “By taking action on this petition, EPA will have a better understanding of the risks from PFAS pollution so we can do more to protect people. “This data will also help us identify the sources of pollution so we can hold those accountable for endangering the public. EPA is ...
Together the proposed rules would codify EPA's authority to prescribe corrective action for releases of these PFAS at corrective action sites and potentially open the door to eventually identifying solid waste containing designated PFAS as hazard
In February 2019, EPA released itsPFAS Action Plan, detailing the steps EPA intends to take to address PFAS contamination and signaling EPA’s forthcoming focus on this class of chemicals. In EPA’sPFAS Action Plan: Program Updatefor February 2020 (availablehere), EPA announced its collaboration...
On April 19, 2024, EPA announced its highly anticipated final rule designating two polyfluoroalkyl substances ("PFAS")—perfluorooctanoic acid ("PFOA") and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid ("PFOS")—as "hazardous substances" under the Comprehensive E