ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY ISSUES PROPOSED RULE: REVISIONS TO ESTABLISH THE SIXTH UNREGULATED CONTAMINANT MONITORING RULE (UCMR 6) FOR PUBLIC WATER SYSTEMS

WASHINGTON, July 1 -- Environmental Protection Agency has issued a proposed rule called: Revisions To Establish the Sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6) for Public Water Systems.

The proposed rule was published in the Federal Register on July 1 by Lee Zeldin, Administrator.

Summary: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA or agency) is proposing the sixth Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule (UCMR 6). Under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA), the UCMR program gathers data about unregulated contaminant occurrence in drinking water. The proposed UCMR 6 would require public water systems (PWSs) to collect national occurrence data for seven ultrashort organofluorine compounds (including certain PFAS), three pesticid...