EPA Details PFAS, Groups of Chemicals Facilities Would Report

The EPA is proposing to require public and private facilities to report their environmental releases of more PFAS and report even small concentrations of the chemicals.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s proposed rule released Wednesday would add 16 individually listed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) to the more than 180 PFAS already on the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI), a list of compounds that companies along with state and federal agencies must report when the substances are released into the air or water, disposed of, or recycled.

The rule also would create 15 groups of the chemicals—representing more than 100 individual PFAS—within ...