29 Aug, 2023 I'm not sold on EPA's explanation for why it says "if" it designates PFOA and PFOS as hazardous substances rather than "when" By Jeff Porter One of the two things in EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative for PFAS that caught my eye also caught the eye of Suzanne...
18 Aug, 2023 Two things about EPA's National Enforcement and Compliance Initiative for PFAS that caught my eye. By Jeff Porter After less than a month on the job EPA Office of Enforcement and Compliance Assurance (OECA) Chief David Uhlmann this week released a...
10 May, 2023 Shooting fish in a barrel: Why I'm surprised the courts haven't already been flooded with PFAS Clean Water Act Citizen Suits. By Jeff Porter Bloomberg Environment reports that a Georgia NGO has sued a textile manufacturer and the town in which the manufacturer is located over...
28 Nov, 2022 A rose or PFAS by any other name . . . . By Jeff Porter With apologies to Mr. Shakespeare, and respect to the American Water Works Association, PFOS and PFOA, only two of the hundreds of...
26 Aug, 2022 It's official. PFOA and PFOS will soon be "hazardous substances" from coast to coast. By Jeff Porter Within days of Office of Management and Budget and Science Advisory Board blessings, EPA has formally proposed that PFOA and PFOS, two of...
29 Jul, 2022 Lots of PFAS news, none of it good. By Jeff Porter A committee of the prestigious National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine this week recommended that the blood of perhaps...
29 Jun, 2022 Congress is fully funding EPA's implementation of its PFAS Road Map but insisting on knowing when EPA will get to its PFAS destinations By Jeff Porter Lara Beaven of Inside EPA reports that the House Appropriations Committee intends to give EPA every dollar it has requested to implement...
17 May, 2022 EPA's OLEM may not be looking to apply CERCLA to everyone's PFAS releases once they're Hazardous Substances but how much does that matter? By Jeff Porter Inside EPA reports that EPA has been looking at "techniques and procedures" to apply CERCLA, also known as the Superfund statute,...
18 Oct, 2021 EPA's Ambitious PFAS Road Map Is Out. How Lost Will We Be When EPA Reaches its Many Destinations? By Jeff Porter EPA has released its ambitious and wide-ranging plan for addressing the ubiquitous "forever" chemicals known collectively as PFAS. The...
15 Mar, 2021 Paracelsus and PFAS By Jeff Porter A half a millennium ago the Renaissance Physician Philosopher Parcelsus wrote "only the dose makes the poison." Modern day Government...