Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS)

PFAS Strategic Roadmap

On October 18, 2021, EPA Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the agency’s PFAS Strategic Roadmap—laying out a whole-of-agency approach to addressing PFAS.

• Learn more about the PFAS Strategic Roadmap.
• Learn more about PFAS.
• Read the news release.

EPA Takes Steps to Address PFAS Under Hazardous Waste Law

In response to a petition from the Governor of New Mexico, EPA is taking steps to address PFAS chemicals under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and strengthen the ability to clean up PFAS contamination across the country.

• NM Governor Petition Requesting PFAS as Hazardous Waste under RCRA Subpart C (pdf)
• EPA Response to New Mexico Governor's PFAS Petition October 2021 (pdf)
• Read the news release.

Public Webinar: PFAS Strategic Roadmap

Learn more about the actions EPA plans to take in the coming months and years to protect public health and the environment from the impacts of PFAS.

• View the slides from the October and November webinars.

EPA Council on PFAS

On April 27, 2021, Administrator Regan called for the creation of a new “EPA Council on PFAS” that is charged with building on the agency’s ongoing work to better understand and ultimately reduce the potential risks caused by these chemicals. 

Read the news release.
Learn more about the EPA Council on PFAS.