EPA will retain regulatory authority to go after polluters for “forever chemicals” cleanups, a rare instance of the Trump administration defending a Biden-era policy.
The signal that the agency will keep the rule designating two of the most notorious PFAS as hazardous substances under federal Superfund law came in a court document filed late Wednesday by John Evans, senior adviser for implementation in the Office of Land and Emergency Management.
Now the pressure turns to Congress to pass a solution to the concerns from “passive receivers,” entities that don’t manufacture per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances but deal with the byproducts of the chemicals’ effects.
EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin said in a statement the problems facing passive receivers will be an “ongoing challenge.”
