EPA Holds Webinar on “Reducing PFAS in Products: Progress and Challenges”

By Lynn L. Bergeson | The National Law Review | May 17, 2024

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"On May 8, 2024, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP) held a webinar on “Reducing PFAS in Products: Progress and Challenges.” The webinar was the third in EPA’s series on “Pollution Prevention in Action.” Jennie Romer, EPA Deputy Assistant Administrator for Pollution Prevention, hosts webinars featuring businesses, Pollution Prevention grantees, and other experts about innovations and successes in implementing source reduction strategies to advance sustainability across sectors. EPA will post a recording of the May 8, 2024, webinar on its website. Recordings of previous webinars are already available.

The May 8, 2024, webinar included the following speakers:

Zach Schafer, EPA’s Office of Water;
Jenna Larkin, EPA’s Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention (OCSPP);
Saskia van Bergen, Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE);
Ning Ai, University of Illinois-Chicago; and
Mike Schade, Toxic-Free Future.

Schafer provided an overview of EPA’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2024. As reported in our May 9, 2024, memorandum, in April 2024, EPA issued the final National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR) for six per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and announced the availability of funding to help water systems remove PFAS. Also in April 2024, EPA designated perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), and their salts and structural isomers as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA). More information on the final rule is available in our April 23, 2024, memorandum."

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