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US EPA submits PFAS proposals for interagency review

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt talks at the National PFAS Summit in Washington DC on May 22, 2018. (Garret Ellison | MLive)

Read the full article by Lisa Martine Jenkins (Chemical Watch)

“The US EPA has submitted two regulatory proposals addressing per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFASs) to the Office of Management and Budget for interagency review.

The first is aimed at ensuring that certain long-chain PFASs cannot be imported into the country without the agency’s review, while the second would add these chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) toxic chemical list.

Both actions are in line with commitments made under the agency’s PFAS action plan earlier this year…”

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