EPA rejects industry bid to extend comment period on TRI PFAS plan

January 17, 2020
As it begins implementing a defense law mandate to immediately subject some per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) reporting, EPA has rejected the waste treatment industry’s request to extend the comment period on its initial proposal despite industry concerns that it lacks significant data on the chemicals. The agency Jan. 14 denied a request by the Environmental Technology Council (ETC), which represents the hazardous waste recycling and treatment, storage and disposal industry, to extend the comment...


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