Illinois Begins 2022 With Actions to Combat PFAS (1)

Illinois is beginning 2022 with new rules and a law to combat potentially harmful health and environmental effects of “forever chemicals.”

The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency is expected to propose a rule to implement the PFAS Reduction Act (S.B. 561), a law that took effect Jan. 1. The law prohibits the knowing manufacture, sale, distribution for sale, or distribution for use of a class B firefighting foam containing intentionally added PFAS.

Additionally, the state EPA proposed rules in December that if made final will establish groundwater quality standards for five PFAS chemicals.

The proposal would establish stricter limits ...