Inside EPA - 12/13/2019

As PFAS ‘Chaos’ Deepens, States Make Case To Overhaul Drinking Water Law

December 5, 2019
Correction Appended As states move to craft their own standards for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in the absence of EPA limits under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), state regulators are underscoring that the law is not working and are calling for an agency advisory panel to recommend changes, though agency officials say they are generally barred from asking Congress for legislative fixes. “I’m a fan of the standard-setting process” in SDWA, June Ann Swallow, chief of the...


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