Senate approves PFAS, CCS measures on defense bill

The Senate June 27 approved Defense Department authorization legislation that includes provisions requiring EPA and other federal agencies to monitor for and regulate perfluorinated chemicals under the Safe Drinking Water Act and Toxic Substances Control Act but does not include a mandate to declare the chemicals “hazardous substances” under the Superfund law. Final passage of the bill, which cleared 86-8, sets up a likely showdown with the House, which is slated to debate an amendment requiring EPA to list per-...