Dianne R. Phillips is a Partner in Holland &
Knight's
Boston office
As described in a
prior blog post, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental
Protection (MassDEP) held a public meeting on Jan. 16, 2019, at
10:00 a.m. ET at MassDEP's Boston office to consider the
"Petition for Rulemaking to Establish a Treatment
Technique Drinking Water Standard for Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl
Substances (PFAS)" filed by Conservation Law Foundation (CLF) and
the Toxics Action Center pursuant to MGL c. 30A, § 4 and 310 CMR 2.00. The public meeting lasted over
three hours and a recording was made available on the MassDEP YouTube channel.
During the meeting, presentations were made by MassDEP, CLF and the Toxics Action Center. The petitioners seek
adoption of a treatment technique standard for drinking water which
is protective of the public, which petitioners believe should be 1
part per trillion (ppt) for each PFAS compound as a class.
Alternatively, they request MassDEP to
