A meeting of heads of EPAs has endorsed a revised national management plan for PFAS chemicals and has discussed ways to prevent waste being transported across state boundaries.
A new regulatory impact statement concludes Australia should ban the use of PFOS in fire foams, phase it out in metal plating, and tighten controls on its disposal.
A draft national PFAS management plan lists eight treatment processes available or under trial in Australia, while law firm Corrs has warned business that PFAS chemicals require a comprehensive response.
A meeting of environment ministers today reviewed a draft PFAS national management plan, endorsed a tyres strategy, and gave industry until mid-2018 to complete a microbeads phase-out.
The new Western Australian government has told a Senate inquiry the Corporations Act should be amended so mining companies disclose and can't avoid their clean-up liabilities.