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In this week’s update, (1) Massive Joint Effort Unveiled by EPA and HHS to Protect Americans from Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water, (2) Administrator Zeldin Meets with Farmers in North Carolina to Discuss End of Requirements for Diesel Exhaust Fluid Sensors, and (3) EPA Continues to Make Urgent Progress to Remediate West Lake Landfill.
Massive Joint Effort Unveiled by EPA and HHS to Protect Americans from Microplastics and Pharmaceuticals in Drinking Water
On Thursday, Administrator Zeldin announced with U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. that EPA is including microplastics and pharmaceuticals as priority contaminants on the agency’s Contaminant Candidate List. EPA has heard from millions of Americans who are concerned about microplastics and pharmaceuticals in drinking water, and we are taking action. This proposal, now open for public comment, also includes PFAS, disinfection byproducts, 75 individual chemicals, and 9 microbes that may be present in public drinking water systems. We will follow the science, pursue answers, and hold ourselves to the highest standards to protect the health of Americans. Read more about this bold action to ensure drinking water is safe.
Administrator Zeldin Meets with Farmers in North Carolina to Discuss End of Requirements for Diesel Exhaust Fluid Sensors
On Monday, while in Rocky Mount, North Carolina, Administrator Zeldin visited with local farmers who are thrilled that the requirement for Diesel Exhaust Fluid (DEF) sensors has just been ended by EPA. Next up is a new deregulatory proposal by the EPA to eliminate all DEF deratements! We are acting without delay in response to concerns and are pressing forward with changes to the fullest extent federal law allows.
While in North Carolina, Administrator Zeldin also visited the EPA Campus in Research Triangle Park, where he enjoyed meeting with many dedicated career staff who are working diligently to protect human health and the environment and upholding gold standard science.
EPA Continues to Make Urgent Progress to Remediate West Lake Landfill
After Administrator Zeldin’s trip to St. Louis, Missouri, last March with Senator Josh Hawley, EPA reduced two years off the remediation timeline of the West Lake Landfill where residents have long endured radioactive waste in their community. EPA just completed pre-excavation confirmation sampling, keeping this project on track for construction to begin next year. Urgent progress is being made to clean up this site and surrounding areas.
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