DOD Braces For Significant Surge In PFAS Cleanups Under EPA Water Rule

The Defense Department (DOD) plans to broaden its current cleanup investigations and treat affected off-base wells under a prioritized process in response to EPA’s landmark final rule regulating six PFAS in drinking water at levels far below the cleanup trigger the department has been using so far at hundreds of bases. While DOD and the military services are still evaluating the impacts of the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) rule regulating six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), which EPA finalized...