EPA adds 9 PFAS to Toxics Release Inventory list

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has added nine per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to the list of chemicals covered by its Toxics Release Inventory.

These nine PFAS were added to the inventory list pursuant to the 2020 National Defense Authorization Act, which provides the framework for the automatic addition of PFAS to the inventory each year in response to specified EPA activities involving such PFAS.

The act includes a provision that automatically adds PFAS to the list upon the agency’s finalization of a toxicity value. These nine PFAS were automatically added for reporting year 2025 due to EPA having finalized a toxicity value during 2024:

• Ammonium perfluorodecanoate (PFDA NH4)
• Sodium perfluorodecanoate (PFDA-Na)
• Perfluoro-3-methoxypropanoic acid
• 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonate acid
• 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonate anion
• 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonate potassium salt
• 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonate ammonium salt
• 6:2 Fluorotelomer sulfonate sodium salt
• Acetic acid, [(γ-ω-perfluoro-C8-10-alkyl)thio] derivs., Bu esters
  

Toxics Release Inventory data is reported to EPA annually by facilities in designated industry sectors and federal facilities that manufacture, process or otherwise use listed chemicals above set quantities. The data include quantities of such chemicals that were released into the environment or otherwise managed as waste.

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Information collected through the Toxics Release Inventory allows communities to learn how facilities in their area are managing listed chemicals. The data collected is available online and helps to support informed decision-making by companies, government agencies, non-governmental organizations and the public.

“EPA continues to make strides in getting information on PFAS into the Toxics Release Inventory so the public can see if these chemicals are being released into their communities,” Assistant Administrator for the Office of Chemical Safety and Pollution Prevention Michal Freedhoff says. “People have a right to know when facilities in their backyards are releasing toxic chemicals into the environment and with today’s action, we are providing important information about nine more.”

As of Jan. 1, facilities that are subject to reporting requirements for these chemicals should begin tracking their activities involving these PFAS as required by Section 313 of the Emergency Planning and Community Right-to-Know Act. Reporting forms will be due by July 1, 2026.