Comment submitted by Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER)

Summary: Public Employees for Environmental Responsibility (PEER) opposes the interim guidance, arguing that the proposed disposal methods (landfilling, incineration, and injection) are unreliable and potentially harmful to human health and the environment. They urge the EPA to adopt a broader definition of PFAS, regulate them as a class, and ban all non-essential uses rather than focusing on destruction methods for chemicals that are still being manufactured and used.