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 ...
” said Senator Tom Carper. “This is truly a soup-to-nuts plan—one that commits to cleaning up PFAS in our environment while also putting protections in place to prevent more of these forever chemicals from finding their way into our lives. After the previous administra...
This rule builds on over two years of progress on the action plan to combat PFAS pollution, safeguarding public health and advancing environmental justice, and is a key action in EPA's PFAS Strategic Roadmap. The reporting rule under the Toxic Substances Control Act is a statutory requirement ...
In November, Regan announced the creation of the Agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap to address contamination and set a series of timelines for the EPA to take specific actions and set bolder policies regarding PFAS. In addition, the plan also pledges to conduct more research and testing on hundre...
Less than two weeks after the EPA published and asked the public to comment on its proposal toadd mitigating climate change and addressing PFAS contaminationas National Enforcement and Compliance Initiatives (NECI), EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) has once again become a fly in the agen...
EPA Plan Changes PFAS Outlook For Companies, Regulators Currents - Energy Industry Insights, V 8, Issue 11, November 2024 Spilman Thomas & Battle, PLLCon11/22/2024 Welcome to our 11th Issue of Currents 2024, our energy e-newsletter. This will be our last issue of 2024, and we want to...
The EPA responded with action plans to address how communities monitor and address PFAS contamination. However, critics argue that their plan lacks action and, as a result, is detrimental to the environment and the nation's citizens. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) FAQs ...
How does the EPA plan to use the information gathered from these reporting and record-keeping requirements to better characterize the sources and quantities of manufactured PFAS in the U.S.? The EPA developed a strategic roadmap for managing PFAS. The roadmap contains three pilla...
EPA will accept comments on the advanced notice of proposed rulemaking through June 12. If it decides ultimately to designate additional types of PFAS as hazardous substances, it will publish a proposed rule and seek public comment.
“After the recent use of PFAS in an attempt to put out the Sugar Camp Mine fire in Illinois this month, I’m especially encouraged that the Biden Administration has announced this plan that would help clean up communities—including military bases—that have been impacte...