Senate Urged To Back RCRA On PFAS As Regan Ducks CERCLA Query

New Mexico’s environment secretary is urging senators to back calls for EPA to designate certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as a “hazardous waste” under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), a possible alternative to long-running calls for the agency to take a similar action under the Superfund law. During a June 9 hearing before the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee, New Mexico Environment Department chief James Kenney pressed for the listing of PFAS as “hazardous waste” under...