UNITED STATES — A November 13 Federal Register notice provides an additional public-comment opportunity on the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's proposed renewal of the information collection supporting its PFAS reporting and recordkeeping requirements. Comments are due by December 14, 2026.
Information collection submitted for OMB review
The official notice, document 2026-23125, says EPA has submitted the collection to the Office of Management and Budget for review. It identifies EPA information collection request 2682.04 and OMB control number 2070-0217. The existing approval runs through November 30, 2026; the action is a proposed extension, not confirmation that OMB has approved it.
The underlying one-time reporting framework concerns non-exempt manufacturers, including importers, of PFAS during 2011–2022. The notice describes information intended to support chemical assessments and environmental protection work. It is an administrative review of reporting arrangements, not a newly announced prohibition on PFAS use.
Proposed scope changes are a separate regulatory step
EPA discusses intended changes to the reporting scope but states that requirements arising from the separate proposed rule, once finalised, would be handled through another information collection action. This notice does not itself finalise those exemptions or establish that a particular business qualifies for one.
The fresh development is the additional comment opportunity tied to the November 13 publication. The underlying reporting regulation dates from 2023 and the earlier comment round from 2025. The document was filed for public inspection on November 12; it should not be described as an entirely new PFAS reporting regime.
HSE Blog Analysis
For manufacturers and importers, a sound review separates the legal reporting scope, the information already held and the effort needed to retrieve missing historical records. Comments can be more useful when they identify a specific collection problem and supporting evidence rather than assuming a proposed exemption is already operative.
Reporting compliance and exposure prevention require different checks. An information-collection renewal does not determine whether a handling task is adequately controlled. HSE Blog's background on workplace chemical safety and keeping risk assessments connected to actual work can help connect inventory information with practical site reviews while legal teams assess reporting applicability.
Primary-source verification
This account relies on the official Federal Register text served by the Government Publishing Office. The corresponding Justia Federal Register mirror was checked for consistency; it reproduces the same document and is not independent reporting. Five or six independent accounts were not found. For submissions, use the notice's instructions and docket EPA-HQ-OPPT-2020-0549 rather than treating this summary as a filing instruction.
The original featured illustration is conceptual. Its containers do not identify actual PFAS products, and it is not a photograph of an affected facility.
Source
U.S. EPA, Federal Register via U.S. Government Publishing Officegovinfo.gov
