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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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\"I believe that our PFAS action plan is the most comprehensive multi-media action plan ever developed by EPA in its 49-year history for a chemical concern,\" Wheeler told the Environmental Council of the States (ECOS) Spring Meeting April 8 in Arlington, VA.Dave Reynolds...
EPA has added another nine PFAS to the list of chemicals that regulated facilities must report to the agency under the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) program, part of an annual revision that requires officials to automatically update the inventory after the agency finalizes a toxicity value for th...
as sales of EVs, which are needed to meet both standards, have begun to slow. The auto industry cited lower sales growth in objecting to the EPA's preferred standards unveiled last April for passenger vehicles, a key part of President Biden's ambitious plan to cut planet-warming emissions....
And, unfortunately, the EPA's "PFAS Action Plan" announced in February 2019 revealed just how much water utilities are on their own for the next few years when it comes to the impacts of PFAS and emerging contaminant discoveries on public confidence in drinking water. As a result, water ...