The cleanup market for PFAS chemicals will accelerate in every state, last for decades and cost tens of billions as the Biden administration moves to designate two major groups as hazardous enough for Superfund list status and to set drinking water contamination limits for up to 29 substances, say industry participants.
By the end of June, the US Environmental Protection Agency is set to deem PFOA and PFOS substances hazardous under the federal CERCLA, or Superfund, law. That action is under review by the White House as a proposed federal rule this year, set to become final in 2023, John Gardella, a partner at Boston law firm CMBG3, told ENR.