Yesterday, the OMB’s Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs (OIRA) announced that it had approved a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) on “Addition of Certain Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI)”. The NPRM was sent to OIRA on January 16th, 2024.
According to the Spring 2024 Unified Agenda entry for this
rulemaking:
“The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is developing a proposal to add individually listed per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) and PFAS categories to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) list of toxic chemicals subject to reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). EPA also intends to address how PFAS compound categories should be treated and discuss what events may trigger the automatic addition of a PFAS to the TRI. These actions are being proposed to comply with the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (NDAA) [15 USC 8921].”
This NPRM should have been published by December 20th, 2022 according to the UA entry.
I will not be covering this rulemaking in any depth in this
blog, but its publication will be reported in the appropriate ‘Short Takes’
post.
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