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September 3, 2021 by ess79

EPA Validates First Analytical Method for PFAS in Wastewater, Surface Water, Groundwater, and Soils

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EPA Validates First Analytical Method for PFAS in Wastewater, Surface Water, Groundwater, and Soils.

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A partnership between EPA and the DOD’s Strategic Environmental Research and Development Program has produced draft Method 1633, a single-laboratory validated method to test for 40 PFAS compounds in wastewater, surface water, groundwater, soil, biosolids, sediment, landfill leachate, and fish tissue. Until now, regulated entities and environmental laboratories relied upon modified EPA methods or in-house laboratory standard operating procedures to analyze PFAS in these settings. With the support of the agency’s Council on PFAS, EPA and DoD will continue to collaborate to complete a multi-laboratory validation study of the method in 2022. 

This draft method can be used in various applications, including National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permits. The method will support NPDES implementation by providing a consistent PFAS method that has been tested in a wide variety of wastewaters and contains all the required quality control procedures for a Clean Water Act (CWA) method. While the method is not nationally required for CWA compliance monitoring until EPA has promulgated it through rulemaking, it is recommended now for use in individual permits. 

Draft Method 1633 complements existing validated methods to test for PFAS in drinking water and non-potable water.

For more information on CWA Analytical Methods for PFAS, visit:
https://www.epa.gov/cwa-methods/cwa-analytical-methods-and-polyfluorinated-alkyl-substances-pfas. 

For Frequent Questions about PFAS Methods for NPDES Permits, visit:
https://www.epa.gov/cwa-methods/frequent-questions-about-pfas-methods-npdes-permits.

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July 22, 2021 by ess79

PFAS to be Added to Water Contaminate List

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PFAS Added to Draft Contaminate List for Water

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On July 12, 2021 the EPA published a draft list of current drinking water contaminants that may occur in public water systems and are not currently regulated.  The Draft Contaminant Candidate list 5 (CCL 5) includes three chemical groups: per- and polyfluoroalkyls substances (PFAS), cyanotoxins, and disinfection byproducts (DBPs). The EPA began addressing the specific chemicals PFOA and PFOS earlier this year and has now expanded to include PFAS as a group. 

CCL 5 was developed under an improved process that included new approaches to rapidly screen a significantly larger number of contaminants, prioritizing data most relevant to drinking water exposure and the potential for the greatest public health concern, and better consideration for sensitive populations and children. EPA continues to collect data and to encourage further research on the listed contaminants to better understand potential health effects from drinking water exposure before making any regulatory determinations.

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May 1, 2021 by ess79

PFAS from Stationary Sources by OTM-45

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OTM-45: PFAS From Stationary Sources

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The EPA is leading the national effort to understand PFAS and reduce PFAS risks to the public through implementation of its PFAS Action Plan and through active engagement and partnership with other federal agencies, states, tribes, industry groups, associations, local communities, and the public. Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) are a group of synthetic chemicals that have been in use since the 1940s. PFAS are found in a wide array of consumer and industrial products. PFAS manufacturing and processing facilities, facilities using PFAS in production of other products, airports, and military installations are some of the potential contributors of PFAS releases into the air, soil, and water. Due to their widespread use and persistence in the environment, most people in the United States have been exposed to PFAS. There is evidence that continued exposure above specific levels to certain PFAS may lead to adverse health effects.

On January 13, 2021 the EPA published the draft method OTM-45 to promote discussion of developing emission measurement methodologies and to provide regulatory agencies with potentially helpful tools. 

This method identifies and determines the concentration in mass per unit gas volume sampled of specific PFAS compounds in source emissions. Gaseous and particulate bound target pollutants are withdrawn from the gas stream isokinetically and collected in the sample probe, on a glass fiber or quartz filter, on a packed column of adsorbent material and in a series of impingers. The target compounds are extracted from the individual sample collection media. The OTM-45 train results in four (4) discreet sample extract fractions for analysis. The extracts are analyzed by LCMS/MS in the MRM detection mode. Quantification of each analyte is calculated using the isotope dilution technique. For QC purposes, the percent recoveries of the pre-extraction standards are calculated using the integrated peak areas of pre-analysis standard(s), which are Revision 0 (1/13/2021) added to the final extract and function as traditional internal standards, exclusively applied to the pre-extraction standards. The use of pre-sampling standards added to XAD-2 collection media prior to sampling and analyzed in the same manner as targeted PFAS compounds serves as an indication of the method’s quantitative capture efficiency. This method is not intended to differentiate between target compounds in particle or vapor fractions. This method uses isotopically labeled standards to improve method accuracy and precision. 

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