In April 2024, the EPA moved to begin cleaning up the PFAS mess. It adopted rules setting limits on contamination for five separate PFAS chemicals and a category for mixtures. The rules required water systems to complete an initial phase of testing for PFAS compounds by 2027 — and to meet Maximum Contamination Levels (MCL) by 2029.

The Trump administration will pursue regulations for certain manufacturers of chemicals, plastics and synthetic fibers after pausing implementation of a similar Biden-era proposal.

Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Lee Zeldin told a Senate committee Wednesday that news reports about the EPA weakening PFAS were inaccurate and that the standards could instead get tougher.

Finalizing enforceable Maximum Contaminant Levels (MCLs) for six PFAS under the Safe Drinking Water Act. Advancing rulemaking under TSCA Section 8 (a) (7) to require comprehensive reporting of PFAS manufacture and use.

If confirmed, Busterud would be the assistant administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management, the EPA branch responsible for designating PFOA and PFOS — two of the most notorious per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — as hazardous under the federal Superfund law.

The EPA disclosed new “plans to rescind and reconsider limits on four ‘forever chemicals,’” just over a year after those limits were implemented. EPA weakens drinking water standards with latest repeal on regulations: 'This isn't a win for American public health' first appeared on The Cool Down.

The Environmental Protection Agency announced today that it will remove previously announced limits on some PFAS, and delay implementation for standards on others — a move that Maine advocates call unprecedented and dangerous.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has announced upcoming changes to federal regulations surrounding PFAS in drinking water, and delayed the deadline for water systems to comply with maximum limits of two types of the 'forever chemicals' that federal officials said they would continue to enforce as set under the previous administration.