Given the high public costs of the final rule, we can anticipate attempts to offset these expenses by reducing the presence of upstream PFAS contamination.Commentsfrom industry actors discussed the resounding implications MCLs will have on their businesses and usage of PFAS. Many industry actors reaff...
The final rule expands on the definition of PFAS in the proposed rule to include 41 additional PFAS that were identified as being of concern. EPA has determined that at least 1,462 PFAS that are known to have been made or used in the U.S. since 2011 will be subject to the final rule...
Notably, the EPA is not choosing to publish a comprehensive list of compounds subject to the final PFAS rule. Rather, the EPA opted for a “structural” definition of PFAS covered by the final rule and is estimating that at least 1,462 PFAS will be subject to regulation. Thus, regulated ...
EPA will be working closely with state co-regulators in supporting water systems and local officials to implement this rule. In the coming weeks, EPA will host a series of webinars to provide information to the public, communities, and water utilities about the ...
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced a final rule designating two of the most widely used per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) — perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) — as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, ...
Over the last year, the EPA says it reviewed extensive research and science on how PFAS affects public health, while engaging with the water sector and state regulators to ensure effective implementation. The agency also considered 120,000 comments on the proposed rule from a wide variety of ...
(PFBA), along with their salts and structural isomers. If the proposal becomes a final rule, these PFAS would be among the hazardous constituents expressly identified for consideration in RCRA facility assessments when corrective action requirements are imposed and, where necessary, would require ...
This rulemaking, EPA’s second final PFAS rule in as many weeks[2], falls against the backdrop of its broader whole-of-agency approach to address PFAS as set out in EPA’s October 2021 PFAS Strategic Roadmap. As part of its justification of the new designation, EPA states that the ...
EPA published a final rule that requires comprehensive reporting by manufacturers and importers of the more than 1,000 PFAS manufactured and imported in the United States since 2011.
TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for PFAS “Final Rule” – UPDATED By: Victoria Cross on November 28th, 2023 November 2023 Update On November 6th, the EPA published TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Rule List of Chemicals regarding the reporting and recordkeeping ...