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• EPA Awards $15 Million for Research on PFAS Exposure and Reduction in Agriculture

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards $15 Million for Research on PFAS Exposure and Reduction in Agriculture

  • Release Date: September 4, 2024

• EPA Awards Nearly $1.5 Million to Clarkson University to Develop and Demonstrate Technology to Detect and Degrade PFAS

  EPA News Release: EPA Awards Nearly $1.5 Million to Clarkson University to Develop and Demonstrate Technology to Detect and Degrade PFAS

  • Release Date: August 27, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  EPA action designates two widely used PFAS as hazardous substances under the Superfund law, improving transparency and accountability to clean up PFAS contamination in communities

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes Critical Rule to Clean up PFAS Contamination to Protect Public Health

  • Release Date: April 19, 2024

• Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution

  As part of the Administration’s commitment to combating PFAS pollution, EPA announces $1B investment through President Biden’s Investing in America agenda to address PFAS in drinking water

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Finalizes First-Ever National Drinking Water Standard to Protect 100M People from PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: April 10, 2024

• EPA Releases Updated Interim Guidance on Destroying and Disposing of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Updated Interim Guidance on Destroying and Disposing of Certain PFAS and PFAS-Containing Materials

  • Release Date: April 9, 2024

• EPA issues PFAS test order as part of National Testing Strategy

  EPA News Release: EPA issues PFAS test order as part of National Testing Strategy

  • Release Date: March 25, 2024

• EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  Report highlights key EPA accomplishments to safeguard public health and the environment from dangerous ‘forever chemicals’

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Annual Report Showing Steady Progress to Protect Communities from PFAS Pollution

  • Release Date: December 14, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Enhanced PFAS Reporting to the Toxics Release Inventory

  • Release Date: October 20, 2023

• EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Reporting of PFAS Data to Better Protect Communities from Forever Chemicals

  EPA News Release: EPA Finalizes Rule to Require Reporting of PFAS Data to Better Protect Communities from Forever Chemicals

  • Release Date: September 28, 2023

• EPA Releases Initial Nationwide Monitoring Data on 29 PFAS and Lithium

  First of 12 sets of data to be released through 2026, this information further builds upon EPA actions to address PFAS in Drinking Water

  EPA News Release: EPA Releases Initial Nationwide Monitoring Data on 29 PFAS and Lithium

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• EPA Announces Federal Enforcement Priorities to Protect Communities from Pollution

  New priorities tackle modern challenges including climate change, PFAS, coal ash, air toxics, drinking water contamination, and chemical accidents, all with a focus on achieving environmental justice

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces Federal Enforcement Priorities to Protect Communities from Pollution

  • Release Date: August 17, 2023

• EPA Issues Next Test Order Under National Testing Strategy for PFAS Used in Chemical Manufacturing

  EPA News Release: EPA Issues Next Test Order Under National Testing Strategy for PFAS Used in Chemical Manufacturing

  • Release Date: August 15, 2023

• EPA Announces New Framework to Prevent Unsafe New PFAS from Entering the Market

  EPA News Release: EPA Announces New Framework to Prevent Unsafe New PFAS from Entering the Market

  • Release Date: June 29, 2023

• Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Reforms to New Chemical Review Process to Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  Proposal removes low volume and exposure exemptions for new PFAS and other persistent chemicals, ensuring robust safety review

  EPA News Release: Biden-Harris Administration Proposes Reforms to New Chemical Review Process to Protect Public Health, Promote Efficiency and Consistency

  • Release Date: May 16, 2023

• EPA takes first-ever federal Clean Water Act enforcement action to address PFAS discharges at Washington Works facility near Parkersburg, W. Va.

  EPA News Release: EPA takes first-ever federal Clean Water Act enforcement action to address PFAS discharges at Washington Works facility near Parkersburg, W. Va.

  • Release Date: April 26, 2023