EPA Pushes Back Timeline For Developing PFAS Effluent Limits

EPA has delayed by several months its target dates to update two categories of Clean Water Act (CWA) technology-based effluent limits to address PFAS -- a key issue for environmentalists -- and is now projecting it will propose new limits for the chemical sector in the first half of 2024 and for the metal finishing sector by the end of 2024. The deadlines for most other rulemakings related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) have also slipped, although the agency...