Nick Reisman is reporting for State of Politics the Environmental Protection Agency will be required to identify and publicly share the sources of PFAS emissions under a new provision announced June 15, by U.S. Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand. The move comes as PFAS chemical contaminations have been at issue in upstate New York communities and as policymakers have worked toward taking a more active role in monitoring potential issues, especially in drinking water. The changes would expand regulatory oversight of the chemical, which has been linked to health problems. Federal environmental regulators will expand current rules to include PFAS under the Toxic Substances Control Act and add variations of the chemical to existing regulations within two years. And confidential business information would be protected while PFAS compounds would still be included in PFAS reporting. “The EPA’s enforcement of this new law is great news ... Americans deserve transparency on the PFAS chemicals being released into the environment, and we are now delivering that accountability to combat polluters,” Gillibrand said. Read the full story at nystateofpolitics [dot] com.