Support Documents for PFAS Testing Section 21 Petition
Documents supporting the Section 21 petition submitted by the Center for Environmental Health, Cape Fear River Watch, Clean Cape Fear, Democracy Green, Toxic Free NC, and the NC Black Alliance requesting EPA require health and environmental effects testing on 54 Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) manufactured by The Chemours Company (Chemours) at its chemical production facility in Fayetteville, North Carolina. The previous Administration denied this petition in January 2021, and the petitioners requested that the agency reconsider its denial in March 2021, which EPA agreed to do in September 2021, in light of the change in administration and attendant change in policy priorities concerning PFAS. Read the Federal Register Notice announcing EPA’s response to the petition.
After reconsidering its prior January 2021 denial of the petition, EPA granted the petition and will exercise its TSCA authorities to compel development of information on PFAS.
- Petition Requesting EPA Require Health and Environmental Effects Testing on Certain PFAS Manufactured by The Chemours Company (pdf)
- Letter Acknowledging Receipt of Petition to Require Testing on Certain PFAS (pdf)
- EPA Response to Petition on Testing for Certain PFAS and Prepublication Version of the Federal Register Notice Announcing EPA's Response (pdf)