House Energy and Commerce Committee Chair Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-WA) and Environment, Manufacturing, and Critical Materials Subcommittee Chair Buddy Carter (R-GA) this week sent a letter to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) demanding additional details regarding the agency’s efforts to designate additional PFAS substances as hazardous substances under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA).

On April 17, the EPA designated two of the nearly 14,000 PFAS substances, perfluorooctanoic acid and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, as “hazardous substances” under CERCLA.

The letter demands the EPA explain their reasoning and release details to the public on how these chemicals are determined to be hazardous and asks if they will be transparent to the public in future designations. 7/15/2024