Legislative

11/07/2019 Contact Information: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON ⁠— As part of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) extensive efforts to help communities address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) under the PFAS Action Plan, the Agency is releasing the Systematic Review Protocol for five PFAS toxicity assessments for a 45-day public comment period. The assessments … Read more

Listing of PFAS compounds as hazardous substances under the Superfund program (CERCLA) would create a mandate for cleanup on US goverment-controlled properties. While groundwater cleanup is always a good thing, without carefully written regulations, water suppliers could also potentially take on liability. See AWWA-NRWA PFAS letter to EPA – Nov 2019to EPA from AWWA and … Read more

America’s Water Infrastructure Act of 2018 required that community water systems serving more than 3,300 persons do the following: * Conduct Risk and Resilience Assessments, by deadlines according to system size. * Update the water system’s existing Water System Emergency Response Plans within 6 months of the RRAs * Submit certifications to USEPA by specified … Read more

MassDEP expects internal review of their draft drinking water regulations for 6 PFAS compounds to be completed by December 13 and for the draft regulations to be published for public comment on December 27. The public comment period has yet to be announced. The proposed drinking water limits are expected to align with the proposed … Read more

Senate Bill 500 prescribes annual sampling of all school drinking water outlets, installation of filtered, bottle-filling stations at a rate of one per 100 students, and a filter maintenance program. Other followup actions are also prescribed. Additional details can be found in the 2020 senate 500 bill.

Proposed spending of surplus State revenue from fiscal 2019 is outlined in House Bill 4132. The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection would receive $8,400,000 For the testing of potential per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination of water supplies and for grants to support treatment and design of affected drinking water systems. The Massachusetts Clean Water … Read more

EPA Proposes Updates to Lead and Copper Rule to Better Protect Children and At-Risk Communities 10/10/2019 Contact Information: EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) GREEN BAY, Wisc. (October 10, 2019) — As part of Children’s Health Month, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a proposed rule that significantly improves the actions that water systems must take … Read more

with permission from Bloomberg By Pat Rizzuto | September 26, 2019 04:40PM ET | Bloomberg Law • More scientific study needed to understand how to clean up different PFAS compounds, Wheeler says • ‘We do not yet have adequate scientific data,” to declare all PFAS hazardous, he says Legislation that would require the EPA to … Read more

Perfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) regulations for drinking water limits are developing quickly, state by state, progressing to lower limits in many instances. EPA moves forward on its deliberate process of setting drinking water contaminant limits compound by compound, taking economic impact into consideration. Public pressure mounts, with campaigns by environmental advocacy groups, to bring forth new … Read more