The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the latest step in implementing its February 2019“Action Plan”for regulating a group of synthetic chemicals called per- and polyflouroalkyl substances (PFAS) last week. While PFAS have long been used in a wide array of consumer and in...
its partners, and the public with the largest-ever dataset of per- and polyfluoroalkyl 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 ...
which identifies opportunities to better protect public health and the environment through regulation of wastewater pollution. Preliminary Plan 15 announces that EPA will undertake three new rulemakings to reduce contaminants including PFAS and nutrients—from key industries. ...
In December 2022, EPA updated this guidance and issued a memorandum containing recommendations for addressing PFAS discharges in state-issued NPDES permits. The memorandum recommends a series of provisions that states should include when issuing or modifying a NPDES permit, including, for example, ...
But environmental groups said they expected the EPA response to do little to move the agency forward from its 2018 pledges to tackle PFAS. Scott Faber of the Environmental Working Group said that without firm action and deadlines, he expected the EPA announcement to be no more than a “plan ...
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It will then focus on the EPA's PFAS Action Plan and how its inadequacies have created a gap states feel they need to fill with tougher, politically-based (not scientifically-based) drinking water standards. Attendees will also walk away with an understanding of how news of the discoveries ...
1. Reporting forms for these PFAS will be due to EPA by July 1, 2022, for calendar year 2021 data. At the beginning of that same month, President Joe Biden submitted his budget request of $11.2 billion for the EPA, with emphasis on issues such as the environment, science and support ...
The EPA calculated that new trucks would save operators a total of $3.5 billion in fuel and other costs from 2027 to 2032, paying for themselves in two to four years. The 2022 Inflation Reduction Act also provides tax credits that subsidize the purchase price of new electric vehicles, Regan...