Activated carbon is a charcoal-like substance that PFAS stick to quite well and can be used to remove PFAS from water. Ion exchange systems are typically even better, writes Joe Charbonnet.
The EPA's Toxics Release Inventory right now doesn't include chemical releases from waste incinerators. PEER and other groups are fighting to change that.
The Toxics Release Inventory
rulemaking petition would cover 400 incinerators nationwide. EPA has the legal authority to add incinerators to the TRI, but has not done so yet.
DOJ is asking for $64,618 per day, per violation of the Clean Water Act and $55,808 per day or $2,232 per barrel of oil or unit of hazardous substance.
Groups call for a prohibition on Inhance Technologies from continuing to produce several dangerous per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) during the fluorination of plastic containers.
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued a Notice of Intent on February 22 to delete three sites and partially delete eight other sites from the National Priorities List (NPL).
Under this settlement, Precise Packaging has agreed spend no less than $57,114 on a supplemental environmental project that will provide the Fall River Fire Department with two handheld chemical detection units that permit more effective responses to hazardous-waste-related emergencies.
Coal-fired power plants discharge pollutants such as selenium, mercury, arsenic, nickel, bromide, chloride, and iodide, nutrient pollution, and total dissolved solids.
Decades ago, the former Iron King Mine and Humboldt Smelter left behind eight million tons of mining waste, including mine tailings, smelter waste, and contaminated soils.
After months of litigation, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has yet to produce any documents revealing the scientific basis for the “working definition” the agency currently uses for regulatory purposes.