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Butner, NC - On May 18, 2026, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed maintaining the current federal drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS while allowing eligible drinking water systems to request up to two additional years, through 2031, to meet enforceable compliance limits associated with the broader PFAS chemical class. The proposed mechanism does not change the PFOA and PFOS MCLs, which remain 4.0 parts per trillion each. As federal PFAS regulations conti