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EPA Receives Thousands of Comments On its Proposed PFAS Maximum Contaminant Levels

As discussed in a previous post, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a National Primary Drinking Water Regulation to establish maximum contaminant levels for six different PFAS compounds:...more

EPA Proposes Maximum Contaminant Levels for Six PFAS Compounds

On March 14, 2023, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the proposed National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six PFAS. The public comment period will be open for sixty (60) days...more

Pennsylvania’s PFOA and PFOS Maximum Contaminant Level Rule is Now Final and Effective

Pennsylvania’s new “Safe Drinking Water PFAS MCL Rule” became effective on January 14, 2023, upon the publication of the new regulations in the Pennsylvania Bulletin. As discussed in a previous post, this rulemaking...more

Pennsylvania PFOA/PFOS MCL Regulations Advance to Final Step

On November 17, 2022, the Independent Regulatory Review Commission (“IRRC”) approved the Pennsylvania Environmental Quality Board’s (“EQB”) new safe drinking water maximum contaminant levels (“MCLs”) for perfluorooctanoic...more

EPA Issues New Drinking Water Health Advisory Levels for PFOA, PFOS, PFBS, and GenX

On June 15, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its issuance of lifetime drinking water health advisory levels (HALs) for four per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS): perfluorooctanoic acid...more

EPA Publishes UCMR 5 Rule to Require Sampling and Monitoring of 29 PFAS

The federal Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires that once every five years, the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) publish a list of unregulated contaminants to be monitored by public water systems (PWS)...more

EPA Publishes Draft PFAS Analytical Method for Array of Environmental Media

This past August, EPA published Draft Method 1633 – Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (“PFAS”) in Aqueous, Solid, Biosolids, and Tissue Samples by LC-MS/MS. Once, finalized, this single laboratory validated...more

New Pennsylvania PFOS And PFOA Cleanup Standards Reach Final Major Regulatory Hurdle

The process to revise regulations in Pennsylvania is often long and involved, and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection’s (PADEP) revision to its Act 2 Chapter 250 regulations to incorporate cleanup...more

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