Recent updates to the PFAS Draft National Environmental Management Plan

PFAS continues to hold the focus of the land contamination industry. We recently attended the Heads of EPAs (HEPA) National Chemicals Working Group consultation in Brisbane for Draft Version 2 of the PFAS National Environmental Management Plan. We are working through PFAS issues on a number of projects and are pleased that material in the NEMP 2.0 for consultation includes updates to the soil criteria more based on Australian conditions (these include changes to the human health residential soil criterion and to the land use categories for the ecological indirect soil criterion).

In addition, there is extensive new guidance on the reuse of soil (including a decision tree to be applied in consultation with the regulator) initial guidance on management of PFAS in wastewater (including trade waste) and new on-site storage and containment guidance for PFAS-containing products and materials.

A copy of PFAS NEMP 2.0 can be accessed via EPA Victoria.