EPA Slightly Expands PFAS Definition In Final TSCA Reporting Rule

EPA has slightly expanded the definition of PFAS covered by its just-finalized rule requiring industry to report on many uses of PFAS in the United States since 2011, one of several limited changes intended to balance stakeholders’ concerns with the draft rule EPA proposed in 2021. The agency released its final Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) section 8(a) reporting rule Sept. 28, kicking off a six-month period for industry to report all information about its uses of per- and polyfluoroalkyl...