Overview
- The proposal would narrow the 2023 one-time PFAS data-reporting rule under TSCA Section 8(a)(7), with a 45-day public comment period to begin after Federal Register publication.
- Companies would be exempt from reporting PFAS present at 0.1 percent or less in mixtures or articles, and imported articles would be excluded from reporting.
- Additional proposed exemptions cover research-and-development in small quantities, certain byproducts, impurities, and nonisolated intermediates.
- EPA is seeking feedback on a possible production-volume threshold while retaining the 2011–2022 lookback period, the existing PFAS definition, and the current data and due-diligence standards.
- Administrator Lee Zeldin says the changes would reduce burdens he estimates near $1 billion, as health advocates have emphasized PFAS risks at very low levels.