EPA Issues PFAS Disposal Guidance Ahead Of Water, Cleanup Rules

EPA has released a long-awaited update to its interim disposal guide for PFAS that continues to highlight methods from its 2020 guidance -- interim storage, landfilling, underground injection control (UIC) and thermal treatment including incinerations under certain conditions -- as less likely to pose environmental impacts than other methods. EPA April 9 issued its updated “Interim Guidance on the Destruction and Disposal of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Materials Containing Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances [(PFAS)],” a day after the White...