As 2025 draws to a close, new federal and state PFAS rules are reshaping reporting, drinking water standards, and product restrictions across the U.S. This month’s summary includes proposed changes to TSCA reporting and noteworthy PFAS regulatory developments in Washington, Wisconsin, California, and Georgia. FEDERAL PFAS ACTIONS U.S. EPA Proposes Update to Definition of WOTUS […]
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On September 17, EPA issued a press release that included, among other things, an update on the liability issues regarding passive receivers. Since this issue impacts many of our clients, I’ve been getting calls and questions, asking for my perspectives. Now that several weeks have passed, I’ve had time to consider the matter and wanted to provide some
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The last few weeks have been very busy for the PFAS team here at Pace®. Typically, I cover both federal and state PFAS action in our monthly newsletter. However, with the publication of the Spring Unified Agenda, there is so much activity at the federal level I decided to make that our sole focus in this
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As the Pace® Program Manager for Environmental Compliance, I am often asked what PFAS regulatory actions our clients can expect from U.S. EPA. The Spring 2025 Unified Agenda released by the U.S. Office of Management and Budget (OMB) is a good place to begin to answer this question. As expected, several of the agenda items in the
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Earlier this year, I did an analysis of the PFAS-related bills proposed at the state level in 2025. I wanted to see if the legislative focus had changed, e.g., less attention paid to drinking water and more to other matrices such as biosolids. That post was written early enough into the new year that most bills had
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The National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) was added as an amendment to the Clean Water Act in 1972. Although PFAS testing is not yet mandated nationwide through the NPDES program, the U.S. EPA released guidance to the states in late 2022, recommending that state administrators consider adding PFAS in wastewater (and later stormwater and
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The start of any new EPA administration brings a period of uncertainty as we all watch to see how the agency will carry out the mandate given to it by Congress. With the regulatory freeze officially over, things are starting to move forward. However, this month’s PFAS News and Views focuses on developing stories that
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We’re six months into 2025, and now that the new U.S. EPA administration has had a chance to review current programs and proposals, we’re starting to see some noteworthy announcements. As usual, we’ll share the highlights in this month’s News and Views. EPA Announces Major Actions to Combat PFAS In a much-anticipated announcement,
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During the first few months of the new U.S. EPA administration, PFAS actions slowed down while current plans and programs underwent a review. That’s not been the case in the states. In the first four months of 2025 alone, legislators proposed 191 PFAS-related bills. In this post, we uncover legislative priorities by examining the focus of
States Propose 191 PFAS-Related Bills in First Four Months of 2025 Read More »
If your role has anything at all to do with drinking water, you are no doubt aware that the U.S. EPA announced plans to rescind the individual limits on HFPO-DA (GenX), PFHxS, and PFNA and the Hazard Index limit for HFPO-DA, PFHxS, PFNA, and PFBS under the National Primary Drinking Water Regulations (NPDWR). In addition, they announced
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