Fas Road Map News Today

EPA reports finalize its drinking water standard for certain PFAS by the end of year, almost year ahead of schedule proposed in road map. EPA also reports intends to take final action to list two of hundreds of forever chemicals known collectively as PFAS, PFOA and PFOS.

Lara Beaven of Inside EPA reports House Appropriations Committee intends to give EPA every dollar requested to implement wide-ranging plan to address ubiquitous forever chemicals, PFAS. EPA plan was presented in PFAS Road Map, calls for PFAS regulation by most divisions.

EPA techniques procedures to apply CERCLA Superfund statute differently to folks who are not responsible for causing PFAS releases even though liable under statute for such releases once those PFAS are hazardous substances. One of the first milestones on EPA's PFAS road map.

EPA has released its ambitious and wide-ranging plan for addressing the ubiquitous forever chemicals known collectively as PFAS. EPA's wide-ranging plan is going to take longer to implement than many might have hoped.