The Department of Defense is reviewing the amount of PFAS in drinking water supplies at some of its sites due to the EPA’s recent rule limiting five “forever chemicals.”
But plans to investigate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances’ (PFAS) contamination on military bases and take action when needed won’t change based on the EPA’s other recent regulation that made two types of the chemicals—perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonate (PFOS)—hazardous substances, the DOD said in emailed answers to questions about both regulations.
The DOD referred to a rule the Environmental Protection Agency officially published on April 26 that limited the amount ...
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