EPA Withdraws Chemours’ Approval to Import PFAS Wastes to US (2)

The EPA has withdrawn its consent for the Chemours Co. to import wastes containing PFAS from its Netherlands factory to its North Carolina plant, the agency told Bloomberg Law in an email Wednesday.

The decision follows intense local, state, federal, and international pressure brought upon the Environmental Protection Agency following its September conditional approval to import the wastes that the company said it would recycle.

Protecting public health and the environment from per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) requires accurate information to inform agency decisions, the EPA said.

“In this case, by Chemours’ own admission, the information it submitted in ...