CERCLA PFAS Rule Delay Follows Flood Of Comments, Legislative Appeal

EPA’s decision to delay by six months promulgation of its landmark Superfund PFAS rule may be due to the flood of comments on the draft rule that it must consider and may also offer EPA a way to give Congress a window to consider liability exemptions for passive receivers before the rule is finalized, sources outside the agency say. These sources also suggest there may be internal agency disagreements about the impacts of the rule and that EPA may need...