Capito Vows To ‘Continue’ Bid To Shield PFAS Receivers From CERCLA

Senate Environment and Public Works Committee Chairman Shelley Moore Capito (R-WV) is welcoming EPA’s decision to retain the Biden-era Superfund rule designating two PFAS as “hazardous substances,” though she is promising to “continue” her prior efforts to protect passive receivers of PFAS from any Superfund liability. “Chairman Capito has long supported a polluter pays model to clean up PFAS contamination,” Capito’s office said in a Sept. 18 statement to Inside PFAS Policy , citing her prior public statements on the...