Top Democrats Urge EPA To Quickly Craft Enforceable SDWA Limit For PFAS

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More than two dozen Democratic senators are urging EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt to quickly develop an enforceable, federal standard under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA) for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), though agency officials have said that development of such a standard would be a "multi-year" effort.The April 13 letter from 25 Democratic senators increases pressure on EPA to agree to develop enforceable cleanup levels for the class of chemicals just weeks before the agency convenes a planned May 22 "National Leadership Summit" with state and tribal officials to share information on PFAS and identify near-term actions for addressing the substances. The letter is available on InsideEPA.com.