Regulations and scientific data concerning per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances or PFAS are changing rapidly. Due to the ubiquitous nature of PFAS, regulatory developments have the potential to affect almost any company.
Dragun has been compiling information about PFAS for several years. While we have included a variety of documents below, this is by no means comprehensive.
We will continue to update this page as new information becomes available.
If you have specific questions or need assistance on PFAS issues, contact Dragun’s PFAS Experts Matthew Schroeder or Jeffrey Bolin
Note that some of the information is dated but we are listing this for the sake of posterity.
Image courtesy of South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control.
PFAS Sections
USEPA PFAS Regulations and Proposed Regulations
Other Government-Specific PFAS Resources | Resolutions | Bills | Memoranda
Michigan-Specific PFAS Information
Dragun Corporation PFAS Articles and Interviews
Short Informative Videos on Per – and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and other Dragun Presentations
USEPA PFAS Regulations and Proposed Regulations
TSCA Section 8(a)(7) Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (USEPA | September 28, 2023)
PFAS Grouping: An Emerging Scientific Consensus (American Chemistry Council | N.D.)
Designating PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances – Delay (United States Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | Spring 2023)
Advance notice of proposed rulemaking – Seven Additional PFAS as Hazardous Substances under CERCLA (Federal Register April 13, 2023)
Proposed PFAS National Primary Drinking Water Regulation (USEPA | March 14, 2023)
Per- and Poly-Fluoroalkyl Chemical Substances Designated as Inactive on the TSCA Inventory; Significant New Use Rule (Federal Register | January 26, 2023)
List of PFAS Added to the TRI by the NDDA (USEPA | N.D.)
Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances (Proposed Rule by USEPA in Federal Register 87 FR 54415 | September 6, 2022)
PRE-PUBLICATION NOTICE Designation of Perfluorooctanoic Acid (PFOA) and Perfluorooctanesulfonic Acid (PFOS) as CERCLA Hazardous Substances (USEPA | August 25, 2022)
Lifetime Drinking Water Health Advisories for Four Perfluoroalkyl Substances (Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 21, 2022)
EPA Adds Five PFAS Chemicals to List of Regional Screening and Removal Management Levels to Protect Human Health and the Environment (USEPA | May 18, 2022)
PFAS Strategic Roadmap: EPA’s Commitments to Action 2021-2022 (USEPA | Fall 2021)
H.R.2467 – PFAS Action Act of 2021 (Summary: H.R.2467 — 117th Congress [2021-2022] N.D.)
Toxic Substances Control Act Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements for Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (USEPA | June 28, 2021)
PFAS Action Act of 2021 (United States Congress | March 2021)
Designating PFOA and PFOS as CERCLA Hazardous Substances (Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs | Fall 2020)
EPA Announces Proposed Decision to Regulate PFOA and PFOS in Drinking Water (USEPA | February 2020)
Addition of Certain PFAS to the TRI by the National Defense Authorization Act (USEPA | December 2019)
Other Federal Government-Specific PFAS Information | Resolutions | Bills | Memoranda
PFAS Analytic Tools (USEPA – ECHO | January 5, 2023)
EPA Responds to New Mexico Governor and Acts to Address PFAS Under Hazardous Waste Law (USEPA | October 26, 2021)
Multi-Industry Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Study – 2021 Preliminary Report (USEPA | September 2021)
EPA Announces First Validated Laboratory Method to Test for PFAS in Wastewater, Surface Water, Groundwater, Soils (USEPA | September 2, 2021)
FDA Issues Update on Recent Activities Pertaining to PFAS in Food (US Food and Drug Administration | June 30, 2021)
Senate Bill ‘‘Filthy Fifty Act’’ (117 Congress 1st Session US Senate Bill | N.D.)
EPA Continues to Take Action on PFAS to Protect the Public (USEPA | June 2021)
Memorandum Regarding Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (USEPA Administrator, Michael S. Regan | April 2021)
Recommendations from the PFAS NPDES Regional Coordinators Committee Interim Strategy for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Federally Issued National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits (USEPA | November 2020)
Status of Research and Development on PFAS (USEPA | Ongoing)
Validated Test Method 8327: Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (USEPA | June 2019)
Statement on FDA’s scientific work to understand per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in food, and findings from recent FDA surveys (FDA | June 2019)
Examining Legislation to Address the Risks Associated with Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (US Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works | May 2019)
Draft Interim Recommendations for Addressing Groundwater Contaminated with PFOA and PFOS (USEPA | April 2019)
EPA’s Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Action Plan (72-page plan | February 2019)
EPA Fact Sheet: EPA’s Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (1-page document | February 2019)
Regulation of PFAS in Canada
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in Canadians (Health Canada | August 2023)
Draft State of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Report (Environment and Climate Change Canada & Health Canada | 2023)
Risk Management Scope for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) (Environment and Climate Change Canada & Health Canada | 2023)
The Canadian Food Inspection Agency takes action to address forever chemicals in the environment (Canadian Food Inspection Agency | May 2023)
Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Canadian Fast Food Packaging (American Chemical Society | 2023)
Dragun Corporation Canadian Blogs on PFAS (Dragun Corporation | Ongoing)
Consultation: Draft objective for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances in Canadian drinking water (Health Canada | February 2023)
Canada Catching Up on Regulation of PFAS Substances (McMillan | July 2022)
Notice of intent to address the broad class of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (Canada Gazette | 2021)
Water Talk – Perfluoroalkylated substances in drinking water (Health Canada | April 2019)
Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 Federal Environmental Quality Guidelines Perfluorooctane Sulfonate (Environment and Climate Change Canada | June 2018)
Michigan-Specific PFAS Information
Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) (Michigan Department of Environment Great Lakes and Energy – EGLE)
Michigan establishes new surface water values for two PFAS chemicals (Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy | July 27, 2022)
Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy updates PFAS cleanup standards, adding five new compounds (EGLE | December 2020)
Michigan adopts strict PFAS in drinking water standards (EGLE | July 2020)
Health-Based Drinking Water Value Recommendations for PFAS in Michigan (Michigan Science Advisory Workgroup | June 2019)
2018 PFAS Sampling of Drinking Water Supplies in Michigan (EGLE | July 2019)
Dragun Corporation PFAS Articles and Interviews
PFAS Dilemma Podcast (Jeffrey Bolin, M.S., Safety Spectrum – An EHS Podcast | November 7, 2022)
Should farmers be concerned about PFAS? (Progressive Dairy | May 7, 2022)
Dragun Corporation US Blogs on PFAS (Dragun Corporation | Ongoing)
What Dairies Should Know About PFAS (Michigan Ag Today | September 12, 2019)
White Paper: What Farmers Must Know about PFAS Part 1 (Dragun Corporation | Winter 2021)
White Paper: What Farmers Must Know about PFAS Part 2 (Dragun Corporation | Summer 2021)
Dragun has conducted several presentations (in person and webinars) regarding PFAS including, American Chemical Society – Detroit Chapter, Michigan Safety Conference (annually for several years), Agricultural Groups, etc.
Other PFAS Resources
CWA Analytical Methods for Per- and Polyfluorinated Alkyl Substances (PFAS) (USEPA | N.D.)
PFAS Update: October 2022 State-by-State Groundwater Regulations (Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner | October 24, 2022)
EPA Continues to Take Actions to Address PFAS in Commerce (US EPA | March 16, 2022)
Per– and polyfluoroalkyl substances in water and wastewater: A critical review of their global occurrence and distribution (Science Direct | February 2022)
Poly- and perfluoroalkyl substances experts Symposium 2: Key advances in poly- and perfluoroalkyl characterization, fate, and transport. (Remediation Magazine | January 2022) NOTE: This paper was developed as a result of the “PFAS Experts Symposium 2.” Dragun senior environmental engineer, Matthew Schroeder was one of 14 co-authors.
PFAS State Activity Tracker (Bloomberg Law | November 2020)
Assessing Human Health Risks from Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substance (PFAS)-Impacted Vegetable Consumption: A Tiered Modeling Approach (Environmental Science and Technology | November 2020)
CDC/ATSDR to Assess PFAS Exposure in Communities Near U.S. Military Bases (Press Release | February 2019)
PFAS State Legislation 2017-2018 (National Conference of State Legislatures)
PFAS Fact Sheets (Interstate Technology Regulatory Council – ITRC | Ongoing)
Dragun PFAS Presentation
On September 18, 2018, Dragun Corporation was invited by the American Chemical Society (Detroit Section) to update their members about the latest PFAS developments (see pictures below). If you you would like an update for you/your colleagues or your industry group, contact Alan Hahn.
If you need assistance with assessment/remediation or regulatory/litigation support with respect to PFAS, contact Matthew Schroeder, M.S., PE.
Senior Environmental Scientist, Jeffrey Bolin, responds to a question at the ACS presentation
Senior Environmental Engineer, Matthew Schroeder, providing some perspective on PFAS use in products
Jeff Bolin provides information regarding various state standards for PFAS chemicals.
Matthew Schroeder explains the PFAS assessment and remediation approaches.
Michigan Chemistry Council’s 2018 Annual Meeting
Below is the question and answer session from Michigan Chemistry Council’s 2018 Annual Meeting. Dragun’s senior environmental engineer, Matthew Schroder moderated the PFAS panel discussion.