Trump EPA May Retain Biden-Era CERCLA PFAS Rule, Legal Experts Say

The Trump EPA may retain the Biden-era rule designating the two most studied PFAS as Superfund “hazardous substances,” legal experts say, given Administrator Lee Zeldin’s support for maintaining a “polluter pays” model, his plans to work with Congress on targeted liability carveouts for “passive receivers” and the history of the issue. “[R]eading the tea leaves, you can see that the administration is committed to continuing to regulate PFAS, and there's no sign from [Zeldin’s recent] press release that EPA is...