EPA Proposes Rescinding Drinking Water Limits for Four PFAS Chemicals
The agency said the rollback would leave two PFAS limits in place and give water systems until 2031 to comply, while adding nearly $1 billion in grants.
- 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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Washington, May 18 (EFE).- U.S. President Donald Trump's administration seeks to repeal the limits imposed during Joe Biden's administration (2021-2025) to the levels of four polluting chemicals in the drinking water of the U.S. through a proposal advanced this Monday by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).The initiative seeks to eliminate warnings about four chemicals that are difficult to degrade in the water, found mainly in pans, food …
EPA walks back PFAS drinking water protections
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday proposed dropping limits for four cancer-linked “forever chemicals” in drinking water established during the Biden administration, saying the changes were rushed and not in compliance with federal law.
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The Trump administration announced today 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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