EPA Must Strengthen PFAS Reporting Requirements, Lawsuit Says

The EPA illegally approved rules that allow industrial facilities, military bases, airports, and petroleum refineries to avoid reporting certain amounts of harmful PFAS pollution, environmental and community groups told a Washington, D.C., federal court Thursday.

The Environmental Protection Agency’s action violated the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act, the lawsuit says. It also violated the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which added PFAS to a database created by the EPCRA, the groups told the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia.

Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, also known as PFAS, are a class of chemicals that have been linked to ...