环保署在 Commerce City 发布首个 PFAS TECH 战略：三大目标加速 PFAS 处理与销毁技术研发试点
美国环境保护署（EPA）10 月 26 日在科罗拉多州 Commerce City 举办的活动上宣布，推出该署首个全署范围的 PFAS TECH 战略，由署长 Lee Zeldin 发布。战略聚焦全氟和多氟烷基物质（PFAS）的处理与销毁技术，EPA 同日在官网公布了战略全文和专门页面。
战略的第一项目标是为研发注入动力：通过资助、伙伴关系和早期创新加速新的 PFAS 处理与销毁技术，并与联邦伙伴、各州、地方企业、大学和供水系统合作，测试泡沫分离、超临界水氧化等方法。EPA 表示，技术创新是加快应对这类污染物的关键。
第二项目标是示范可行路径：在超级基金场地、军事设施、污水处理厂和饮用水系统开展试点规模的项目，验证技术在全尺寸应用中的效果。负责土地和应急管理的首席副助理署长 Steven Cook 表示，清理场地的试点将包括用泡沫分离处理地下水，并采用增量采样等做法。
第三项目标是把进展转化为切实行动：发布通俗易懂的指南，推出名为 Break the Bond Navigator 的工具，更新技术信息，并帮助供水系统获得资金与技术援助。EPA 还表示，打算通过科学技术研究（STAR）和小企业创新研究（SBIR）等项目，为 PFAS 销毁研究提供拨款。
PFAS 是一大类人造化学物质，因在环境中难以分解，常被称为「永久化学物」。负责水务的助理署长 Jess Kramer 表示，公私伙伴关系有望减少饮用水中的 PFAS 并降低处理成本；负责应用科学与环境解决方案的副助理署长 Teresa Booeshaghi 强调，战略将以最高标准科学为依据推进。
EPA Launches First Agency-Wide PFAS TECH Strategy in Commerce City: Three Goals to Speed Treatment and Destruction Technology
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on October 26 launched its first-ever agency-wide PFAS TECH strategy at an event in Commerce City, Colorado, where Administrator Lee Zeldin unveiled a technology-focused plan to address per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS). EPA posted the full strategy and a dedicated PFAS TECH page on its website the same day.
The first goal is to power innovation in research and development: accelerate new PFAS treatment and destruction technologies through funding, partnerships and early-stage innovation, and test methods such as foam fractionation and supercritical water oxidation with federal partners, states, local businesses, universities and water systems. Zeldin said technology innovation is essential to accelerating efforts to address the contaminants.
The second goal is to demonstrate what is possible through pilot-scale initiatives at Superfund sites, military facilities, wastewater treatment plants and drinking water systems. Steven Cook, Principal Deputy Assistant Administrator for the Office of Land and Emergency Management, said cleanup-site pilots will include foam fractionation for groundwater and incremental sampling.
The third goal is to translate progress into practical actions: issue user-friendly guidance, launch a tool called the Break the Bond Navigator, update technology information, and help water systems access funding and technical assistance. EPA said it intends to provide grant funding for PFAS destruction research, including through its Science to Achieve Results (STAR) and Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) programs.
PFAS are a large family of manufactured chemicals often called "forever chemicals" because they break down very slowly in the environment. Jess Kramer, EPA's PFAS Lead and Assistant Administrator for the Office of Water, said public-private partnerships can reduce PFAS in drinking water and lower treatment costs, while Teresa Booeshaghi, Associate Administrator for the Office of Applied Science and Environmental Solutions, said the work will rest on gold-standard science.
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