DOD Eyeing Discussions After Groups Press For Town-Hall On PFAS Policy

The Defense Department (DOD) is exploring options for holding a dialogue with community groups across the country after they called on the Pentagon’s top environment official to hold a virtual town-hall meeting on what they see as a flawed DOD policy for prioritizing responses to certain PFAS-contaminated drinking water wells. “The Department is looking forward to engaging further with community advocates regarding our policy memorandum,” a DOD spokesperson told Inside PFAS Policy in an Oct. 7 statement responding to...