Overview
- The draft would exempt imported articles and PFAS present at or below 0.1% in mixtures or products from reporting.
- Additional carve-outs include impurities, certain noncommercial byproducts, non-isolated intermediates, and small-quantity research and development activity.
- EPA plans to start the submission window 60 days after the final rule takes effect and to shorten it to three months from the previously planned six.
- The agency retains the 2011–2022 lookback period, the existing PFAS definition, and the rule’s core data and due‑diligence standards.
- Once published in the Federal Register, the proposal will face a 45‑day comment period, and EPA offered no update on its delayed CDX reporting tool as Administrator Lee Zeldin cited the aim of reducing business costs.