Citing Liability Concerns, Utilities Seek Delay Of Additional CERCLA Rules

Large water utilities are urging EPA to hold off on regulating any additional PFAS under the Superfund law until enforcement discretion issues have been worked out on an earlier proposed rulemaking for the two most-studied PFAS, and until Congress has had time to consider a legislative fix to providing utilities with Superfund liability relief. In addition, the utilities say EPA should allow the public to comment on the upcoming enforcement discretion policy before implementing it -- something the agency was...