Industry Urges EPA To Limit State PFAS Actions, But Lawyers Say It’s Unlikely

An industry group is urging the Trump EPA to regulate PFAS, likely through TSCA, in a way that would preempt the growing swath of state regulations of the chemicals, such as product prohibitions, but lawyers and other regulatory experts say it is unlikely the agency in the near future would be able to restrict or limit any state actions. “Right now, I’m at a loss to know . . . how state activities could be curtailed, or whether there could...