The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency this week announced a delay in the proposed reporting window date for businesses that manufacture or import products containing PFAS.
In 2023, EPA imposed a one-time requirement under the Toxic Substances Control Act that would have required companies to report perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) substances that were made or imported after Jan. 1, 2011, and submit information regarding PFAS exposure and environmental and health effects.
After several extensions due to delays in developing the web-based reporting portal, the proposed rule set the reporting date to open on April 13, 2026, and close on October 13, 2026. Now, according to a notice published this week in the Federal Register, companies will instead begin submitting their PFAS reporting documents on Jan. 31, 2027, or 60 days after the forthcoming EPA rule is finalized, whichever comes first.
Entities that could potentially be affected by the PFAS reporting rule may include utilities (NAICS code 22); manufacturers (NAICS code 31 through 33); wholesale trade (NAICS code 42); and waste management and remediation services (NAICS code 562).
Last November, EPA proposed scaling back the rule to make it “more practical” and reduce duplicative reporting requirements for businesses. It also signaled it would delay the reporting deadline but had not officially changed the start date until the start date until the notice appeared in the Federal Register on April 8.
“This action provides EPA with additional time to consider and respond to comments on both the interim final rule (published on May 13, 2025) and the proposed rule (published on November 13, 2025), and then publish a final rule, if appropriate,” the notice said.
“EPA received 27 unique comments and 639 comments from a mail-in campaign on the May 2025 interim final rule and nearly 600 unique comments and more than 8,500 comments from two mail-in campaigns on the November 2025 proposed rule,” the notice said.
“EPA needs additional time to address these comments, write and publish a final rule, release updated guidance, and update its reporting tool.”
