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. ...
For PFAS, this would allow EPA to require that qualifying releases of PFAS be addressed in corrective action even if the specific PFAS has not been identified as a characteristic or listed hazardous waste. Nine New PFAS Deemed "Hazardous Constituents" Under RCRA EPA'ssecondproposed rulewould ...
New Mexico’s top environment official is renewing the state’s long-running push to get the Air Force to address migrating PFAS contamination stemming from Cannon Air Force Base (AFB), providing an early test for whether the Defense Department (DOD) will comply with EPA’s recently promulgated...
Protection Agency (EPA) hasfinalizeda national Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR),establishingenforceable Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for six (6) per and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). This announcement marks a significant step forward in ensuring safe drinking water for communities...
This isn’t the first time the EPA has taken steps against PFAS. They’ve been working to understand these chemicals and protect us from them for years. This includes setting guidelines on how much should be allowed in our water and acting against companies that didn’t tell the truth about...
Over a year after it withdrew a controversial Trump-era compliance guide for the significant new use rule (SNUR) governing several per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), EPA says it has no plans to issue new guidance or alter the rule itself, though one industry lawyer says questions ...
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Because the regulatory framework for PFAS chemicals is emerging, data users should pay close attention to the caveats found within the site so that the completeness of the data sets is fully understood.SEATTLE (Waste Advantage): EPA has released a new interactive webpage, called the “PFAS Analy...
“EPA continues to make strides in getting information on PFAS into the Toxics Release Inventory so the public can see if these chemicals are being released into their communities,” said Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Michal Freedhoff in rec...
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has launched a series of studies to assess the excess risks from the coronavirus faced by those exposed to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), including a new study of healthcare workers and fi