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National Strategy to Confront PFAS Announced The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) today announced a Strategic Roadmap to “confront PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) contamination nationwide” as a result of work conducted by the EPA Council on PFAS. According to the announcement, the Roadmap describes EPA plans as including: Finalizing the Fifth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring […]

US EPA Administrator Regan Announces Comprehensive National Strategy to Confront PFAS Pollution October 18, 2021 Contact Information EPA Press Office (press@epa.gov) WASHINGTON (Oct. 18, 2021) – Today U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Michael S. Regan announced the agency’s comprehensive Strategic Roadmap to confront PFAS contamination nationwide. The Roadmap is the result of a thorough analysis […]

  US EPA Announces Appointment Of Adam Ortiz As Regional Administrator For EPA Region 3 On October 12, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Administrator Michael S. Regan announced President Biden will appoint Adam Ortiz to become EPA’s Regional Administrator for Region 3. Ortiz will lead the implementation of the Biden-Harris environmental agenda in Delaware, the District of […]

PA DEP Invites Comments On Notification Requirements For Spills, Discharges Threatening To Pollute Streams; Response To Bills Changing Definition Of Water Pollution [Posted: October 15, 2021]  PA Environment Digest The Department of Environmental Protection published notice in the October 16 PA Bulletin inviting comments on proposed new technical guidance on Notification Requirements for Spills, Discharges […]

Anglers Warned to Not Eat Fish from Neshaminy Creek Basin Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (PFOS) risk from all species Harrisburg, PA – The Pennsylvania departments of Environmental Protection (DEP), Agriculture (PDA), and Health (DOH), along with the Pennsylvania Fish and Boat Commission (PFBC), announced a “Do Not Eat” advisory for all fish species caught in the Neshaminy Creek […]