From Inside PFAS Policy

PFAS Drinking Water Limits Triggering Additional Action At Superfund Sites

August 26, 2024
EPA regions have begun citing the agency’s recently finalized drinking water limits for six PFAS to call for new investigation or sampling in some five-year reviews of Superfund cleanups, signaling such sites may require additional assessment or cleanup work years after remedies were set. But one industry attorney fears the reviews show the agency is on a “fishing expedition” to broadly determine whether PFAS are present at sites and warns that potentially responsible parties should be “troubled.” An EPA spokesperson...


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