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House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee opens hearing on EPA PFAS designation and brownfields liability
Summary
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment opened a hearing to examine EPA’s designation of PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances under CERCLA and whether resulting liability risks could deter brownfield redevelopment and harm passive receivers.
The House Energy and Commerce Subcommittee on Environment opened a hearing focused on the Environmental Protection Agency’s decision to list two PFAS chemistries—PFOA and PFOS—as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA), and on how that designation might affect brownfield redevelopment and entities that did not manufacture or use the chemicals directly.
The subcommittee chair said the panel aims to assess the implications of the EPA action, noting CERCLA’s strict joint-and-several liability can assign full cleanup costs to a party even if its contribution to contamination was minor. "Today, we're examining EPA's decision last year to designate PFOA…
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