Rick Weber

Reporter for Inside EPA’s newest service, Inside PFAS Policy.

[Inside Cybersecurity @InsideCyber]

Industry leaders to Senate: Embrace AI as key element in cyber defense, be cautious on regs https://t.co/Va51eaWo8Y

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

Presence of #PFAS used by workers and consumers is an important source of exposure that needs further attention at the federal level, says letter by @RepMcClellan and other lawmakers to @EPA.

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

#DOD Assistant Secretary for Energy, Installations, and Environment Brendan Owens in July 14 memo clarifies that July 11 guidance endorsed four #PFAS disposal methods with incineration being the last option #DOD should turn to.

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

North Carolina House is slated July 12 to take up the Regulatory Reform Act, HB 600, by either concurring to changes made to the bill by the Senate or to refer the bill to conference committee negotiations to hash out differences between the two chambers. #PFAS

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

Framework outlines how @EPA will approach applications for new #PFAS uses under #TSCA, in particular human exposures and environmental releases, and calls for an array of tests on any #PFAS where that potential is more than “negligible.”

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Environmentalists Seek To Bolster EPA’s Bid To Dismiss GenX HAL Case https://t.co/fdiQgP8MOB

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

“Creating loopholes in our #Superfund cleanup law for entities like . . . farmers and water utilities, as some senators have proposed, will open the door to loopholes for other #PFAS polluters,” said Melanie Benesh, vice president of government affairs for @ewg.

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Senate EPW Leaders Float Bill Narrowing PFAS Definition, Reject Carveouts https://t.co/CvfG1f0ca8

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Lawyers Cite UK Regulatory Report To Counter EU’s Broad PFAS Ban https://t.co/SH5hESUI2v

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Chemical Makers Renew Broad Attacks On Maine PFAS Reporting Rule https://t.co/bLCD96t3k9

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Industry Blasts PFAS Drinking Water Proposal, Citing Legal, Scientific Issues https://t.co/xekQvrEQM7

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

PFAS Makers Agree To Sweeping MDL Deal With Water Utilities On Trial’s Eve https://t.co/2SQsoKH5rm

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Medical Monitoring Emerges As Next Battle Line For PFAS Policy https://t.co/KeWHgmoFem

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

Democratically controlled #Minnesota House and Senate voted May 18 to approve the 2023 Environment, Natural Resources, Climate, and Energy Budget Bill, HF 2310, which includes a ban most common uses of #PFAS beginning Jan. 1, 2025.

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

Biotransformation of unregulated polyfluoroalkyl precursors into regulated #PFAS, along with the chemicals’ slow transport through the environment, are likely to sustain contamination of sites tainted by #AFFF for centuries, say #Harvard researchers.

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Democratic AGs Urge @EPA To Broaden Rule Limiting Use Of ‘Inactive’ #PFAS https://t.co/4CRkGjOd9B

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

Exposure Risk Study Backs Phase Out Of #PFAS In #FoodPackaging https://t.co/NEpwj7dYlm

[Inside PFAS @InsidePFAS]

EPA Proposes Landmark Drinking Water Rules To Regulate Six PFAS https://t.co/qcBVkft2dy

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EPA Proposes Landmark Drinking Water Rules To Regulate Six PFAS https://t.co/GxKCBVUagJ

[InsideEPA @InsideEPA]

Breaking: In historic move, @EPA proposes tough drinking water regulations for six #PFAS, including strict limits on #PFOA and #PFOS, more stringent than any state has set, while regulating four other #PFAS as a mixture using a novel “hazard index” approach.