EPA Hints At Settlement Talks In Challenge To PFAS TRI Listings

EPA says it is “discussing” a possible “resolution” to environmentalists’ suit over its Trump-era framework for listing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), which the groups claim allowed industry to take advantage of several improper “loopholes” despite Congress’ intent for a strict reporting mandate. In an unopposed March 3 motion to the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia, EPA asked -- and quickly received -- an extension of its deadline to respond to...