PFAS Update: EPA rules

This month the EPA has announced that two PFAS chemicals have been officially categorized as hazardous substances. Perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluoro octane sulfonic acid (PFOS) now fall under the Superfund law, aka the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). While this doesn’t automatically force businesses to test or clean up their existing sites of possible PFAS contamination, it does leave the EPA with room to impose fees and remediation if, say, the EPA cleans up a contaminated site. The original polluters can be held responsible for the cost of cleanup. Bloomberg Law gives a summary breakdown of how this new rule will function. Check it out here!