Posts tagged HRL.
Posted in Clean Up of Groundwater & Contaminated Media, Groundwater Management & SGMA, Water Quality
On March 10, 2020, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) published its proposed Preliminary Regulatory Determinations for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS) and perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) in drinking water, thereby taking the initial steps to formally regulate two of the most common chemicals in the family of compounds known as per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in drinking water. EPA will seek comment on these preliminary determinations until May 11, 2020.
This announcement represents EPA’s preliminary determination that PFOA and PFOS meet the statutory criteria for regulation ...
Tags: drinking water, EPA, Health Reference Level, HRL, Maximum Contaminant Level Goal, MCLG, National Primary Drinking Water Regulation, NPDWR, perfluorooctanesulfonic, perfluorooctanoic, PFAS, PFOA, PFOS, polyfluoroalkyl substances, preliminary determination, Preliminary Effluent Guidelines, Safe Drinking Water Act
California Water Views provides timely and insightful updates on the water sector in the state. We relay information on how water legislation and policy from the nation’s capital, Sacramento, and around the U.S. affect California’s water utilities, agencies, practitioners, and consumers. We also write about important events, conferences, legal cases, and other key happenings involving all things water in and around California.
Stay Connected
RSS Feed
Categories
- Clean Up of Groundwater & Contaminated Media
- Climate Change
- Coastal Development
- Construction
- COVID-19
- Dam Construction, Operation & Removal
- Desalination
- Environmental Protection Agency
- Events
- Government Administration
- Groundwater Management & SGMA
- Inverse Condemnation & Regulatory Takings
- New Legislation
- Oceans, Marine Life & Maritime Transportation
- Project Construction
- Projects
- Public Agency Regulation
- Recycled Water
- Regulatory Reform & Proposed Rules
- Right to Take
- Valuation
- Water Infrastructure
- Water Litigation
- Water Quality
- Water Rights
- Water Supply
- Water Utility Regulation