EPA Announces New England Virtual Listening Session on PFAS Strategic Roadmap

March 28, 2023

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"The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) New England Regional Office is announcing an upcoming virtual listening session for New England communities to learn about and share feedback on EPA's PFAS Strategic Roadmap. The virtual listening session will be held on April 11, 2023. Members of the public are invited to attend and to speak.

This engagement session will provide information about EPA's ongoing work under the PFAS Strategic Roadmap and what it means for New England citizens. The session will provide opportunities for communities to share feedback directly with EPA regional and program leaders to inform the implementation of the actions described in the Strategic Roadmap. This listening session is one of 10 announced by EPA in November 2022 to offer a series of virtual regional community engagement sessions in 2023 across the country. This fulfills a key commitment outlined in the PFAS Strategic Roadmap.

"EPA's PFAS Strategic Roadmap outlines specific commitments the Agency is taking to address the risks posed by forever chemicals to people's health," said EPA Regional Administrator David W. Cash, who is also the co-chair of EPA's national PFAS Task Force. "This listening session will give New England community members and stakeholders a chance to hear about the progress we are making, and most importantly it will give people an opportunity to give EPA feedback on actions we should take moving forward. EPA is very interested in hearing from all concerned people, including Tribal communities and communities with environmental justice concerns."