DOD Eyes Interim Cleanup Actions Ahead Of Expected Stricter PFAS Levels

Top Defense Department (DOD) environmental officials are signaling the military is preparing for meeting stricter PFAS cleanup levels under EPA’s upcoming drinking water standards, eyeing the possibility of conducting interim removal actions in some cases in anticipation of the new levels as it assesses over 700 installations for potential PFAS contamination. “We have 700 installations that we’re working through the [Superfund law] process on, but the EPA proposed [maximum contaminant levels (MCLs)] fundamentally shift that bar when they go into...