Water Groups Urge Biden To Speed PFAS Rules, Back CERCLA Waiver

Water sector groups are urging President Joe Biden to press EPA to expedite its process for setting Clean Water Act (CWA) effluent limits and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) rules for industrial PFAS pollution and to support stalled legislation to shield water providers from Superfund liability for passively received PFAS. In a Sept. 7 letter to Biden, the five groups say they are seeking these measures to prevent communities from paying twice for cleanups as the agency readies its...