Deregulatory Agenda Complicates EPA Messaging On PFAS Actions

The Trump administration's deregulatory agenda rolling back a host of EPA rules appears to be impeding the agency's messaging on its landmark comprehensive action plan aimed at setting environmental protections to address contamination from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). While agency officials unveiled an action plan Feb. 14 to tackle PFAS pollution across several media, critics dismissed the plan for deferring a decision on setting an enforceable drinking water standard for the chemicals -- thought by many to be the...