New Mexico Lawmakers To Press Biden On Pentagon PFAS Cleanups

New Mexico lawmakers are planning to send President Joe Biden a letter urging him to rein in the Defense Department (DOD) in its opposition to the use of state-level standards for remediating per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination, including withdrawing DOD’s lawsuit against the state over PFAS releases. The letter, which will be written by the New Mexico legislature’s hazardous waste committee with input from the state’s attorney general and the New Mexico Environment Department (NMED), is seeking federal compensation...