House Democrats Ask GAO To Investigate DOE’s PFAS Cleanup Work

Democrats on the Energy & Commerce Committee are asking the Government Accountability Office to launch an examination of the Energy Department’s efforts to assess and clean up PFAS contamination, seeking to determine the impact on other cleanup priorities as EPA prepares to finalize two PFAS rules that could affect cleanups. “We are writing today to request that the Government Accountability Office (GAO) examine the Department of Energy’s (DOE) efforts to gather information and act on per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances [(PFAS)]...