EPA Releases Guidance For PFAS Destruction, Citing Uncertainties, Gaps

摘要

EPA has issued for public comment a long-awaited interim guidance on disposal and destruction methods for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that outlines currently available technologies but declines to endorse or dismiss any, including incineration, while noting uncertainties and knowledge gaps that still need to be addressed. The agency released the congressionally mandated guidance Dec. 18 -just shy of Congress' deadline for issuing the guidance - and will take comment for 60 days following its publication in the Federal Register. EPA says it will then incorporate comments into a revised document. The document examines three disposal/destruction technologies: thermal treatment, landfilling and underground injection.