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8/5/2025
WT Staff
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Tuesday August 5, 2025 343 pm EDT
Toxic Release Inventory adds 7 PFAS chemicals in 2024
From an EPA press release this morning, the Toxic Release Inventory has issued preliminary data for 2024.
The highlight of the preliminary report is the addition of seven new PFAS to the TRI list. Listed facilities must now report the use of the new PFAS, effective June 17, 2024. Facilities that combust coal and/or oil, and natural gas for the purpose of generating power are impacted by this rule, among.
From the dataset, "The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is updating the list of chemicals subject to toxic chemical release reporting under the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA) and the Pollution Prevention Act (PPA). Specifically, this action updates the regulations to identify seven per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) that must be reported pursuant to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020 (FY2020 NDAA) enacted on December 20, 2019. As this action is being taken to conform the regulations to a Congressional legislative mandate, notice and comment rulemaking is unnecessary.
Results are not finalized, as noted in the statement, "The 2024 preliminary data were reported by facilities in covered industries that manufactured, processed, or otherwise used substances on the TRI chemical list above threshold quantities during 2024."
For more information, The Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act Hotline; telephone numbers: toll free at (800) 424-9346 (select menu option 3) or (703) 348-5070 in the Washington, DC area.
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