EPA press release and hub page summarize two proposed SDWA drinking-water rules (PFOA/PFOS compliance extension and rescission of other PFAS components)

EPA (via its PFAS drinking-water page and related news release) summarized that it issued two proposed SDWA actions concerning the 2024 PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (NPDWR): (1) a proposed approach to allow an opt-in compliance extension for PFOA/PFOS maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) via an exemption framework; and (2) a proposed rescission of certain other PFAS NPDWR components (PFHxS, PFNA, HFPO-DA/GenX, and the Hazard Index mixture approach including PFBS). This item is a communications/guidance-style announcement (not the Federal Register proposal itself) and can be used by compliance teams to track EPA’s stated direction and link stakeholders to the underlying proposed rule pages/dockets.