Wastewater Utilities Worry Over Future Potential Air Toxics Listing For PFAS

The National Association of Clean Water Agencies (NACWA) is warning that EPA’s proposed Clean Air Act regulatory framework for listing of new air toxics may expose sewage incinerators to new and onerous regulatory burdens, with the group raising special fears on the potential for listing of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). In Nov. 13 comments , NACWA, which represents publicly owned wastewater utilities, criticizes EPA’s September proposal establishing procedures for what happens when the agency lists a new substance as a...