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EPA Keeps PFOA/PFOS MCLs, Announces PFAS Strategy; Senators Seek Timelines and Cost Clarity
Summary
Administrator Zeldin described a multi-part PFAS strategy that retains the 4 parts-per-trillion MCL for PFOA and PFOS while advancing effluent limitation guidelines and other steps; senators pressed the agency for timelines, cost implications for water systems, and how innovations and treatment options will affect compliance costs.
The committee examined EPA’s approach to PFAS regulation and remediation, including the agency’s April announcements and the status of maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) and forthcoming regulation.
Administrator Lee Zeldin told senators the administration would retain the 4 parts-per-trillion MCL for PFOA and PFOS and pursue several actions outlined in the agency’s April announcement, including developing effluent limitation guidelines (ELGs) for PFAS manufacturers and metal finishers and evaluating additional ELGs to reduce PFAS…
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