States Ask EPA For Help Pursuing Superfund PFAS Response Actions

States are asking EPA’s Superfund program for help in conducting response actions to address high levels of PFAS found in private drinking water wells, signaling EPA has begun initial efforts to implement its landmark rule designating two PFAS as Superfund “hazardous substances.” “We’re really just kicking into gear on implementation,” Sharon Cooperstein a senior advisor on polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in EPA’s Superfund office, told a Nov. 19 Waste Information Exchange sponsored by the Air & Waste Management Association (A&WMA) in...