EPA Eyes WTE Plants As ‘Passive Receivers’ For PFAS CERCLA Waiver

EPA is suggesting waste-to-energy (WTE) plants that receive municipal solid waste as “feedstock” could qualify as another category of “passive receivers” to earn waivers from Superfund liability for PFAS contamination, a stance that appears to broaden the scope of any waiver just as officials step up their calls for Congress to legislate on the issue. But some sources say that if EPA significantly broadens the categories of passive receivers, that could undermine the Biden-era Superfund rule that the Trump EPA...