Environmental Protection Agency

EPA Timeline for Setting Exposure Limits for Water Contaminants Is Uncertain 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships, Summit 2018
- June 20, 2018
Washington, D.C. — Last month Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Scott Pruitt announced a series of steps the agency would take to respond to growing concern over the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water supplies across the country. One of the steps Pruitt cited would be an effort to explore the possibility
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Pruitt Pledges to Take ‘Concrete Steps’ to Address PFAS Contamination 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- May 23, 2018
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will take multiple steps to respond to growing concern over the presence of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water supplies across the country, including looking at the possibility of setting legally enforceable limits for PFOA and PFOS exposure, Administrator Scott Pruitt said Tuesday. Pruitt spoke at the outset
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Study to Include New Risk Levels for Water Contaminants, Health Agency Says 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Congress/DoD, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- May 22, 2018
An unreleased draft study by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) that senior administration officials moved to block in January will include new recommendations on the maximum levels of exposure to PFOA or PFOS that “a person can eat, drink, or breathe each day without a detectable risk to health,” the agency
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Feds Need to Release Water Contamination Study, Ohio Rep. Says 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- May 17, 2018
Ohio Rep. Mike Turner (R) is demanding federal officials immediately release a study by the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry that could lead to the government adopting a lower threshold for exposure to PFOA and PFOS, chemicals responsible for contaminating drinking water at 126 active and closed installations. “If this study finds, as
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Administration Blocks Study on Risk of Water Contaminants 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- May 15, 2018
Senior officials in the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Office of Management and Budget have delayed the release of a toxicological study that could have recommended the federal government adopt a significantly lower threshold for exposure to several per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), a category of manmade chemicals responsible for contaminating drinking water systems
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Pentagon Report Details Far-Reaching Scope of Water Contamination 0
- Base Redevelopment/ Environmental Cleanup, Mission Support/Community Partnerships
- April 27, 2018
A recent report prepared by the Pentagon in response to a congressional mandate reveals that more than 100 active and closed installations across all four services have reported elevated levels of the contaminants PFOS and PFOA in either their drinking water systems or groundwater supplies. At 36 installations, drinking water systems tested above the Environmental
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