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legal/us/code/title-15/chapter-115/section-8961.md

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+type: "LegalText"
+title: "15 U.S.C. § 8961"
+description: "PFAS destruction and disposal guidance"
+jurisdiction: "us"
+corpus: "united_states_code"
+kind: "code_section"
+title_number: 15
+title_name: "COMMERCE AND TRADE"
+chapter_number: "115"
+chapter_name: "PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS"
+section: "8961"
+citation: "15 U.S.C. § 8961"
+status: "current"
+release_point: "119-100"
+release_date: "2026-06-26"
+source: "official"
+source_url: "https://uscode.house.gov/download/releasepoints/us/pl/119/100/xml_usc15@119-100.zip"
+source_identifier: "/us/usc/t15/s8961"
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+confidence: "official"
+tags: ["legal", "us-code"]
+---
+
+# 15 U.S.C. § 8961 - PFAS destruction and disposal guidance
+
+## Text
+
+(a) In general Not later than 1 year after December 20, 2019, the Administrator shall publish interim guidance on the destruction and disposal of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances and materials containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, including—
+
+(1) aqueous film-forming foam;
+
+(2) soil and biosolids;
+
+(3) textiles, other than consumer goods, treated with perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances;
+
+(4) spent filters, membranes, resins, granular carbon, and other waste from water treatment;
+
+(5) landfill leachate containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances; and
+
+(6) solid, liquid, or gas waste streams containing perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances from facilities manufacturing or using perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
+
+(b) Considerations; inclusions The interim guidance under subsection (a) shall—
+
+(1) take into consideration—
+
+(A) the potential for releases of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances during destruction or disposal, including through volatilization, air dispersion, or leachate; and
+
+(B) potentially vulnerable populations living near likely destruction or disposal sites; and
+
+(2) provide guidance on testing and monitoring air, effluent, and soil near potential destruction or disposal sites for releases described in paragraph (1)(A).
+
+(c) Revisions The Administrator shall publish revisions to the interim guidance under subsection (a) as the Administrator determines to be appropriate, but not less frequently than once every 3 years.
+
+(Pub. L. 116–92, div. F, title LXXIII, § 7361, Dec. 20, 2019, 133 Stat. 2289.)