Key Groups Split Over EPA’s CERCLA Enforcement Discretion Plan For PFAS

Industry and utility groups are split over EPA’s plan to try to shield “passive receivers” of PFAS waste from Superfund liability claims by limiting enforcement actions or quickly settling with them, with the U.S. Chamber of Commerce questioning the legality and fairness of the plan while wastewater utilities are backing EPA’s effort and urging officials to go further by supporting legislation to address the issue. Such divisions are likely to signal the competing arguments Congress is likely to face as...