This week, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division (EPD) reached an agreement with two companies to reopen medical sterilization facilities. Last year, after the U.S. EPA released new information about the…
Chemicals & Emerging Contaminants
Michigan PFAS Standards Could be Set by Late Spring
The Michigan Environmental Rules Review Committee recently approved new proposed rules limiting per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in Michigan drinking water. The proposal would target reductions in exposure to…
Ohio Starts PFAS Sampling, Implements Interactive Dashboard
On February 27, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) announced it had begun collecting samples from the state’s 1,500 public water systems to test for certain PFAS in drinking…
ECOS & ASDWA Letter on National Emerging Contaminants Research Initiative
This ECOS-ASDWA joint letter to the Office of Science and Technology Policy expresses state environmental and health agency interest in engaging in the Office’s National Emerging Contaminants Research Initiative.
New Jersey to Collect and Dispose of PFAS Firefighting Foams
As part of its efforts to address PFAS in New Jersey’s environment, the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) is spearheading a statewide “take back and disposal” of firefighting foam containing…
Wisconsin Takes Charge on PFAS Firefighting Foams
The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) has directed the University of Wisconsin-Madison Survey Center to conduct a statewide assessment of the use and storage of PFAS-containing firefighting foams at…
Michigan to Host its First-Ever Great Lakes PFAS Summit
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy will host its first-ever Great Lakes PFAS Summit on October 27-28 in Lansing, Michigan. The goals of the conference are to…
ECOS White Paper: Processes and Considerations for Setting State PFAS Standards
In recent years, federal, state, and international authorities have established various health-based regulatory values and evaluation criteria for a number of specific per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in response to…
ECOS, ACWA, & ASDWA Joint Letter on Adding PFAS to TRI
ECOS, ACWA, and ASDWA commented on the U.S. EPA’s Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on the addition of certain PFAS to the Toxic Release Inventory (TRI).
Washington Pinpoints Priorities for Safer Products Effort
This week, the Washington Department of Ecology (Ecology) and Washington Department of Health released for comment a draft report identifying nine consumer products for further evaluation and potential rulemaking under…
