The EPA has announced the first-ever national drinking water standard for certain PFAS substances as well as a $1 billion investment to address PFAS in drinking water. April 12, 2024Alert On April 10, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency ("EPA") announced its highly anticipated...
The long-awaited National Primary Drinking Water Regulation setting Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) and MCL Goals for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) compounds in drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act was finalized by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on A...
SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): The EPA has issued the first-ever national, legally enforceable drinking water standard to protect communities from exposure to harmful per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), also known as ‘forever chemicals.’ Exposure to PFAS has been ...
Public water systems must inform the public of the level of PFAS measured in their drinking water. Where PFAS is found at levels that exceed these standards, systems must implement solutions to reduce PFAS in their drinking water within five years, according to the new rule. The EPA estimate...
Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) order to sample and provide treatment to address contamination from per- and polyfluoroakyl substances (PFAS) found in drinking water in the vicinity of 3M’s Cordova, IL facility. Recent sampling results provided by 3M indicate the widespread presence of a ...
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breakthroughs in wastewater treatment,” said Assistant Administrator for Water Radhika Fox. “This plan illustrates one way that EPA is following science to better protect public health and the environment. Importantly and for the first time, EPA is committing to limit PFAS in wastewater discharges....
Maximum Contaminant Level Goals and a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for PFOA and PFOS (as well as potentially GenX, PFBS, and PFBA). The EPA has reiterated several times that it is committed to developing a PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for publication in Fall 2022...
EPA also cites the epidemiological and animal toxicological studies relied upon by EPA both for its recently finalized National Primary Drinking Water Regulation for six PFAS (including PFOA and PFOS), as well as in its 2022 proposed rule under CERCLA.[8] EPA also considered both qualitative and...
“This roadmap commits the EPA to quickly setting enforceable drinking water limits for these chemicals as well as giving stronger tools to communities to protect people’s health and the environment,” said North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper. “As we continue partnering with t...