Industry Fears CERCLA PFAS Rule Will Drive Expanded Five-Year Reviews

Industry attorneys are criticizing EPA’s assurance that it will refrain from requiring sampling of the two PFAS designated as “hazardous substances” at sites deemed final or deleted from the Superfund list, saying this is not enough to ease their fears of the new Superfund rule’s widespread effects, particularly as the agency leaves the door open to expanding assessments at sites undergoing five-year reviews. The attorneys argue instead that EPA should set a much higher bar -- based on an “imminent...