EPA Has Completed Some PFAS Regulatory Actions
Tuesday, March 2, 2021 On March 1, 2021, the U.S. Government Accountability Office (GAO) publicly released a report entitled Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan. GAO found that EPA completed three of six selected regulatory-related actions for addressing PFAS outlined in the PFAS Action Plan. For two of the three completed actions, the steps EPA took were also in response to the National Defense Authorization Act for fiscal year 2020 (FY20 NDAA): After proposing a supplemental significant new use rule (SNUR) in February 2020, EPA met a June 2020 deadline s...