Since July 2019, DoD’s PFAS Task Force has provided strategic leadership and direction to ensure a coordinated, aggressive, and holistic approach to DoD-wide efforts to address PFAS.
The Task Force has strategically prioritized actions aligned with goals and objectives and is working to complete them by evaluating and establishing policy positions and reporting requirements, encouraging and accelerating research and development, and ensuring the DoD Components are addressing and communicating about PFAS in a consistent, open, and transparent matter. These policies ensure consistency across the DoD Components and help DoD track its PFAS cleanup progress and investments. As a result of the Task Force’s efforts, the Department issued the following policies.
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| # | Title | Date | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program | January 17, 2025 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 2 | Holistic Approach to Relative Risk and Site Prioritization | December 10, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 3 | Policy for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Monitoring and Treatment in DoD-Owned Drinking Water Systems in the United States | December 4, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 4 | Prioritization of Department of Defense Cleanup Actions to Implement the Federal Drinking Water Standards for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Under the Defense Environmental Restoration Program | September 3, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 5 | Guidance for Procurement of Fluorine-Free Firefighting Foam Agents Other than Products Qualified Under MIL-PRF-32725 | August 23, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 6 | Guidance for the Change Out from Aqueous Film Forming Foam to Fluorine-Free Firefighting Systems in Facilities | July 30, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 7 | Including National Guard Sites in the Defense Environmental Restoration Program | July 11, 2024 | DASD(EMR) Memorandum |
| 8 | Guidance for Fluorine-Free Foam Usage and Accidental Releases on Military Installations and National Guard Facilities | May 17, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 9 | Establishing a Consistent Methodology for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Matrices Other than Drinking Water | May 1, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 10 | Guidance for the Change Out from Aqueous Film Forming Foam in Mobile Firefighting Systems | March 5, 2024 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 11 | Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program (Superseded and cancelled by the ASD(EI&E) Memorandum, "Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program," January 17, 2025.) | August 24, 2023 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 12 | Managing Controlled Unclassified Information in Department of Defense Environmental Cleanup Data and Reports | August 24, 2023 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 13 | Establishing a Consistent Methodology for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Matrices Other than Drinking Water (Superseded and cancelled by the ASD(EI&E) Memorandum, “Establishing a Consistent Methodology for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Matrices Other than Drinking Water,” May 1, 2024.) | August 7, 2023 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 14 | Memorandum for Incineration Prohibition Policy Update | July 14, 2023 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 15 | Interim Guidance on Destruction or Disposal of Materials Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in the United States | July 11, 2023 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 16 | Memorandum for Taking Interim Actions to Address Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Migration from DoD Installations and National Guard Facilities | July 11, 2023 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 17 | Memorandum for Sampling of Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in DoD-Owned Drinking Water Systems (Superseded and cancelled by the ASD(EI&E) Memorandum, “Policy for Per-and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Monitoring and Treatment in DoD-Owned Drinking Water Systems in the United States,” December 4, 2024.) | July 11, 2023 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 18 | Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program (Superseded and cancelled by the ASD(EI&E) Memorandum, “Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program,” August 24, 2023.) | July 6, 2022 | PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 19 | Public Disclosure of Department of Defense's Planned Testing of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water Within a Covered Area | June 15, 2022 | PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 20 | Addressing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances at Base Realignment and Closure Locations | May 11, 2022 | PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 21 | Public Disclosure of Department of Defense Testing Results of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Drinking Water Within a Covered Area | April 26, 2022 | PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 22 | Temporary Prohibition on Incineration of Materials Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) | April 26, 2022 | ASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 23 | Response and Reporting of Aqueous Film Forming Foam Usage, and Accidental Releases/Spills on Military Installations and National Guard Facilities | April 7, 2022 | PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum |
| 24 | Department of Defense Guidance on Using State Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Drinking Water Standards in Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) Removal Actions | December 22, 2021 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 25 | Update for Establishing a Consistent Methodology for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Media Other than Drinking Water (Superseded and cancelled by the ASD(EI&E) Memorandum, “Establishing a Consistent Methodology for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Matrices Other than Drinking Water,” August 7, 2023.) | December 7, 2021 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 26 | Agricultural Operations Notifications and Reporting Requirement | November 5, 2021 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 27 | Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program (Superseded and cancelled by the PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum, “Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program”, July 6, 2022) | September 15, 2021 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 28 | Guidance for Including Certain National Guard Sites in the DERP (Superseded and cancelled by the DASD(EMR) Memorandum, “Including National Guard Sites in the Defense Environmental Restoration Program,” July 11, 2024.) | September 29, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 29 | Blood Testing for DoD Firefighters to Determine Exposure to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances | September 29, 2020 | ASD(Readiness) Memorandum |
| 30 | Guidance for Agreements to Share Monitoring Data Related to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances and Other Emerging Contaminants of Concern | September 18, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 31 | Prohibition of Testing and Training with Fluorinated Aqueous Film Forming Foam (Rescinded by PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum, “Response and Reporting of Aqueous Film Forming Foam Usage, and Accidental Releases/Spills on Military Installations and National Guard Facilities”, April 7, 2022) | September 18, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 32 | Guidance for Acquiring Property Pursuant to Section 344 of the National Defense Authorization Act for FY2020 | September 18, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 33 | Guidance for Implementing Section 343 of the FY 2020 National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2020, Provision of Water Uncontaminated with Perfluorooctanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate for Agricultural Purposes | August 4, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 34 | Monitoring of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Sampling for Installations with Non-Department of Defense Drinking Water Systems | July 23, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 35 | Reporting Host Nation Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Requirements at Installations Outside the United States | May 20, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 36 | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Sampling of Department of Defense Drinking Water Systems | March 2, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 37 | Aqueous Film Forming Foam Usage and Spill Reporting (Superseded by PDASD(EI&E) Memorandum, “Response and Reporting of Aqueous Film Forming Foam Usage, and Accidental Releases/Spills on Military Installations and National Guard Facilities”, April 7, 2022) | January 13, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 38 | Reporting of National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System Permits Containing Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Conditions | January 10, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 39 | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Data Call for Installations Outside the United States | January 6, 2020 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 40 | Establishing a Consistent Methodology for the Analysis of Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances in Media Other than Drinking Water | November 22, 2019 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 41 | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cleanup Progress Reporting | October 23, 2019 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 42 | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Communications between Installations and their Communities on and off the Installation | November 22, 2019 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 43 | Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances Cleanup Cost Reporting | October 15, 2019 | ASD(S) Memorandum |
| 44 | Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program (Superseded and cancelled by the ASD(S) Memorandum, “Investigating Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances within the Department of Defense Cleanup Program”, September 15, 2021) | October 15, 2019 | ASD(S) Memorandum |