EPA Proposes Rescinding Drinking Water Limits for Four PFAS Chemicals
The agency said the original rule was rushed and legally vulnerable as it opens a 60-day comment period and a July 7 hearing.
- On Monday, the EPA proposed two rules to rescind Biden-era limits on four PFAS, including GenX, while allowing eligible water systems until 2031 to meet enforceable standards for PFOA and PFOS.
- EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin accused the Biden administration of committing a "procedural foul" when establishing the limits, stating the agency is fixing errors with standards that are "legally defensible."
- The EPA will release nearly $1 billion in grants to support small or disadvantaged communities, while systems with PFOA and PFOS concentrations above 12 ppt must reduce levels to qualify for the two-year extension.
- Deepening anger among President Donald Trump's Make America Healthy Again allies may result from the move to target limits on toxic "forever chemicals," as NOTUS reported Monday.
- In coming months, the EPA will issue technology-based effluent limits for industries discharging PFAS, aiming to lower treatment burdens at the source after courts previously denied attempts to vacate existing standards.
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The EPA Just Added Microplastics to Its Watch List — Even as It Moves to Roll Back Some PFAS Rules
The agency is also proposing to eliminate limits on several GenX chemicals that scientists have linked to asthma, infertility, fibrosis, and cancer.Credit: Viktoriya Skorikova / Getty ImagesKey PointsThe EPA is proposing to roll back parts of the Biden administration’s PFAS drinking water regulations, including extending compliance deadlines for PFOA and PFOS limits from 2029 to 2031 and rescinding limits on several other PFAS compounds, includi…
Trump administration moves to roll back limits on forever chemicals in drinking water
The Trump administration is moving to roll back limits on some PFAS, the toxic “forever chemicals” found in the drinking water of millions of Americans. The Biden-era rule set the first national drinking-water limits for several PFAS compounds. But industry groups argued the standards were legally flawed and too costly to meet. William Brangham reports.
EPA to end some limits on 'Forever Chemicals' in drinking water
WASHINGTON – The Trump administration announced Monday that it will drop some limits on "forever chemicals" in drinking water that officials had determined can cause cancer and other serious health problems -- angering some key activists who had supported President Donald Trump's campaign.
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