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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Sept. 8 said it plans to set effluent limitations guidelines and pretreatment standards for industrial facilities that manufacture per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), as well as chromium electroplating facilities, which use PFAS in their processes.
Tetra Tech designed a system to treat PFAS chemicals detected in the Orange County, Calif., Groundwater Basin, which provides up to 77% of the supply for local water agencies.
Feds promise millions more for study, cleanup and control of 'forever' chemicals,' joining states in ramped-up scrutiny; EPA tasked to develop whole agency strategy by mid August, but Wisconsin manufacturers sue state over planned regulation
Environmental cleanups are expected to grow exponentially for group of thousands of chemicals with wide business and consumer use, as municipal legal actions rise and Biden administration aims to tighten rules.
The Feb. 20 proposal calls for establishing maximum contaminant levels for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). EPA also proposed regulating imported products that contain certain long-chain PFAS chemicals that are used as surface coatings.
