Utilities Engage Environmentalists On PFAS Amid Senate Liability Debate

A group representing wastewater utilities has been reaching out to environmentalists to discuss their hardcore opposition to the utilities’ push for legislation -- currently stalled in the Senate environment committee -- that would waive Superfund liability for PFAS releases from wastewater treatment plants and other passive receivers. The talks between the two sides come at a potentially key moment for the pending per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) bill. The Senate Environment & Public Works Committee is struggling with whether to...