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“In a move expected to affect water utilities along with public and environmental health, nationally and in Central Florida, the Environmental Protection Agency is planning to roll back existing federal limits on certain PFAS, or ‘forever chemicals.’
Under the new rules, at least for now, the EPA will only enforce limits for two of the six types of PFAS currently regulated by the agency: PFOA and PFOS. Those two chemicals are among the most pervasive types of PFAS found in drinking water.
Water utilities will now have until 2031, instead of 2029, to comply with federal limits on PFOA and PFOS. Meanwhile, the agency will reconsider the limits it had previously set for the other four PFAS covered by the initial rule, according to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin.