EPA Will Urge Major PRPs To Waive Rights To Sue PFAS Passive Receivers

EPA is pledging to refrain from taking enforcement action against water systems and other PFAS passive receivers under its just finalized Superfund “hazardous substance” listing of two PFAS and to urge major potentially responsible parties (PRPs) who settle to waive their rights to sue passive receivers at such sites, according to the agency’s enforcement discretion policy. The agency says it is also willing to enter into settlements with passive receivers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and other similarly situated...