Industry Advises EPA To Drop Plan For Additional PFAS CERCLA Listings

The chemical industry is advising EPA to drop any plans to consider listing additional PFAS as Superfund “hazardous substances,” contending the agency already has enforcement tools at its disposal, and that any such additions could preempt an ongoing effort by EPA’s toxics office through its PFAS testing strategy to evaluate categories of PFAS. “Rather than focus on the opportunities for further CERCLA regulation, ACC recommends that EPA evaluate the existing tools for addressing PFAS issues already at its disposal,” the...