The incoming chair of the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee questioned the Biden administration’s new limits on “forever chemicals” in drinking water Wednesday, in the latest sign of the regulation’s uncertain future.
Sen. Shelley Moore Capito (R-W.Va.), the current ranking member on the committee, said the EPA rule was not “workable” for water utilities and said it was not developed in a transparent manner.
“This is a source of concern, I think, as we move forward,” she said.
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Finalized this year, the EPA drinking water standard sets maximum levels for six types of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS.
