Whitmer invokes defense bill clause to force stricter PFAS cleanup
Updated Mar 31, 2021;
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LANSING, MI Gov. Gretchen Whitmer is attempting to use national defense policy legislation passed two years ago to force the U.S. Department of Defense into compliance with tough state pollution cleanup laws in Michigan.
In a March 31 letter to U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin, Whitmer invoked a section of the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) that could force the Pentagon to meet the state’s new low PFAS standards while conducting cleanup at the former Wurtsmith Air Force Base in Oscoda and other military contamination sites.
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Biden EPA dumps PFAS assessment over ‘political interference’
Updated Feb 10, 2021;
Posted Feb 10, 2021
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) headquarters in Washington, DC, on March 15, 2018. (Garret Ellison | MLive)
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WASHINGTON, DC The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency under President Joe Biden has yanked back the health assessment of a notable “forever chemical,” alleging the document was compromised by “political interference” in the final days of the Trump administration.
The EPA announced Feb. 9 that it was removing from its website the toxicity assessment for PFBS, or perfluorobutanesulfonic acid, a PFAS compound that’s one of seven similar chemicals regulated by state law in Michigan public drinking water under rules passed last year.