[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Biden EPA Moving Forward with National Drinking Water Regulations for PFOA and PFOS"

[Lenny Siegel]

Biden EPA Moving Forward with National Drinking Water Regulations for PFOA and PFOS

By Kaitlyn R. Maxwell and Bernadette M. Rappold, Greenberg Traurig
National Law Review
March 18, 2021

Indicating its intention to move forward aggressively to address growing legacy chemical concerns, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in February took two steps towards regulating certain per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water.

First, the EPA re-proposed the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR5) to collect data on 29 PFAS in drinking water. Second, the agency reissued the final regulatory determinations for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), confirming that it will move forward to develop enforceable drinking water standards (Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs)) for those two legacy PFAS.

UCMR5

On March 11, 2021, the proposed UCMR5 was published in the Federal Register, 86 Fed. Reg. 13846. The EPA monitors unregulated contaminants under section 1445(a)(2) of the SDWA to determine, among other things, whether the agency should develop enforceable limits for previously unregulated contaminants.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.natlawreview.com/article/biden-epa-moving-forward-national-drinking-water-regulations-pfoa-and-pfos

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Lenny Siegel
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