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PFAS Rule to Cost Many Millions More, EPA Analysis Finds (1)
Businesses would fork out hundreds of tens of millions of pounds more to report their generation of PFAS and importation of items produced with the chemicals than the EPA initially approximated, according to a revised economic examination the agency will publish Friday. Tiny companies would be expected to pay $863.5 million somewhat than $1.8 million to report yrs of production and importation details that the Environmental Safety Company would require less than a rule (RIN 2070-AK67) it proposed in 2021. The rule would impose $875 million as a substitute of the $10.8 million the EPA beforehand approximated for social prices that shoppers ultimately would fork out, the up to date…
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Business groups push Maine agency to delay PFAS reporting law
Several dozen firms and trade groups are urging the Maine Department of Environmental Safety to hold off new reporting prerequisites for merchandise that contains so-termed endlessly chemicals. But the new law’s sponsor said businesses that use PFAS experienced loads of time to prepare. The Legislature not long ago handed a slew of bills working with the substances acknowledged as PFAS, which have been utilised for a long time in plenty of house merchandise but are rising as a best environmental and health and fitness problem. One new legislation calls for brands to begin reporting in January any products in which PFAS has been quotation “intentionally included.” It’s a 1st stage…