Amended IN Assembly June 06, 2022 Amended IN Assembly May 16, 2022 Amended IN Senate January 20, 2022 Amended IN Senate January 03, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 230Introduced by Senator PortantinoJanuary 19, 2021 An act to add Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 116416) to Chapter 4 of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 230, as amended, Portantino. State Water Resources Control Board: Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program.Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. The state boards duties include, but are not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable and safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting and enforcing regulations.This bill would require the state board to establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for 5 years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on, among other things, the occurrence of constituents of emerging concern (CEC) in drinking water sources and treated drinking water. The bill would require the state board to convene, by an unspecified date, the Science Advisory Panel for 3 years to review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action, among other duties. The bill would require the state board to provide a final report to the Legislature by June 1, 2026, on the work conducted by the panel.The bill would establish in the State Treasury the CEC Action Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for costs associated with implementing and administering the program, as specified.The bill would require the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide financial assistance to public water systems upon a showing that the costs of testing drinking water in compliance with certain CEC monitoring requirements would impose a financial hardship.The bill would impose requirements on the state board in connection with the program, including, among others, maintaining a program internet website and making relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.The bill would make implementation of its provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of the bill in the annual Budget Act or another statute.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO Bill TextThe people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The United States Environmental Protection Agency identifies potential contaminants through the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(b) California implements federally required monitoring from the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(c) California establishes drinking water standards through the State Water Resources Control Board, after the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment establishes a public health goal.(d) California administratively establishes notification levels and response levels as precautionary measures for contaminants that have not yet undergone or completed the regulatory standard setting process.(e) California establishes water quality standards for water quality protection embodied in basin plans and total maximum daily loads for impaired waters under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).(f) The process to identify, monitor, and consider a contaminant for regulation may take many years.(g) Analytical methods and technologies continue to advance and allow detection of compounds at increasingly lower levels and across a broad spectrum of constituents of emerging concern (CECs).(h) The publics concern and engagement with CECs has increased in recent years.(i) The Legislature has implemented separate requirements for certain chemicals.(j) A unified, consistent, and science-based framework is desired to more rapidly assess the public health and drinking water consequences of a broad spectrum of CECs.(k) Proactive measures to support existing regulatory processes are needed without interfering with or duplicating other state efforts on CECs.(l) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 116350 of the Health and Safety Code gives the State Water Resources Control Board the responsibility to conduct research relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water.(m) A Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund should be established to maintain a program to improve the timeliness of understanding the occurrence and public health effects of CECs in drinking water and to support the creation of a science advisory panel to assist the State Water Resources Control Board in its considerations for evaluating health effects and prioritizing and making regulatory determinations for CECs in drinking water.SEC. 2. Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 116416) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) CEC means a constituent of emerging concern.(b) Panel means the Science Advisory Panel convened pursuant to Section 116418.(c) Program means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program established pursuant to Section 116417.116417. (a) The state board shall establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for five years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on all of the following:(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(b) The state board shall review whether to continue the program after the initial five years.(c) Nothing in this article limits the state boards existing authority to act on CECs.(d) Nothing in this article interferes with the state boards ongoing activities on CECs.116418. (a) The state board shall convene by ____ the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water for three years.(b) (1) The panel shall include at least seven nine members comprised of experts from the following fields: the following:(A) Seven experts appointed by the state board from the following fields: (A)(i) Public health sciences.(B)(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.(C)(iii) Toxicology.(D)(iv) Epidemiology.(E)(v) Chemical sciences.(F)(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) The state board shall ensure that panel members do not have financial conflicts of interest.(c) The panel shall review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action in accordance with Section 116419, excluding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.(d) The state board may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.(e) The panel is not subject to Section 116725 or 116730.116419. (a) The panels advisory duties may include all of the following activities at the state boards request, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances Control: (1) Review existing data for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the state board further actions based on state-specific conditions and the states CEC initiatives. (2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing state efforts evaluating CECs.(4) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water sources and treated drinking water supplies, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.(5) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.(6) Review the results of any screening program and provide recommendations to assist the state board in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and making regulatory determinations for CECs.(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.(b) Nothing in this section shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state boards ongoing efforts on CECs in recycled water and aquatic ecosystems.116420. If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board shall provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to a public water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing drinking water in compliance with those requirements would impose a financial hardship. These funds shall be available to all public water systems, prioritized for use by public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities.116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the state board in making regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting a maximum contaminant level or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116456.116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund.(b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of all of the following:(1) Costs associated with establishing and maintaining the panel, developing a risk-based screening program, collecting occurrence data, and reporting on those activities.(2) Costs associated with developing standardized analytical methods internally by the state board or through external contracts or grants.(3) Costs associated with contracts or grants to public or private external research organizations to fill research gaps.(4) Other state board costs associated with implementing and administering the program, including public participation or outreach related to the program and monitoring pursuant to Section 116375.(5) Costs associated with financial assistance provided to public water systems for monitoring CECs pursuant to Section 116420.(c) The state board shall provide for the deposit into the CEC Action Fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, transfers by the Legislature from the General Fund, and funding from authorized general obligation bond acts. All moneys remitted to the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the CEC Action Fund.116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. The state board may use models used by other panels or programs administered by the state board for community and stakeholder outreach pursuant to this section. Public participation shall include, but not be limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.(b) The state board shall maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.(c) The state board shall provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.(d) (1) The state board shall, by June 1, 2026, provide a final report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on the work conducted by the panel. The state board shall complete a public review of the final report before submitting the report to the Legislature.(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
Amended IN Assembly June 06, 2022 Amended IN Assembly May 16, 2022 Amended IN Senate January 20, 2022 Amended IN Senate January 03, 2022 CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION Senate Bill No. 230Introduced by Senator PortantinoJanuary 19, 2021 An act to add Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 116416) to Chapter 4 of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water. LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGESTSB 230, as amended, Portantino. State Water Resources Control Board: Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program.Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. The state boards duties include, but are not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable and safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting and enforcing regulations.This bill would require the state board to establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for 5 years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on, among other things, the occurrence of constituents of emerging concern (CEC) in drinking water sources and treated drinking water. The bill would require the state board to convene, by an unspecified date, the Science Advisory Panel for 3 years to review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action, among other duties. The bill would require the state board to provide a final report to the Legislature by June 1, 2026, on the work conducted by the panel.The bill would establish in the State Treasury the CEC Action Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for costs associated with implementing and administering the program, as specified.The bill would require the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide financial assistance to public water systems upon a showing that the costs of testing drinking water in compliance with certain CEC monitoring requirements would impose a financial hardship.The bill would impose requirements on the state board in connection with the program, including, among others, maintaining a program internet website and making relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.The bill would make implementation of its provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of the bill in the annual Budget Act or another statute.Digest Key Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: NO
Amended IN Assembly June 06, 2022 Amended IN Assembly May 16, 2022 Amended IN Senate January 20, 2022 Amended IN Senate January 03, 2022
Amended IN Assembly June 06, 2022
Amended IN Assembly May 16, 2022
Amended IN Senate January 20, 2022
Amended IN Senate January 03, 2022
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE 20212022 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 230
Introduced by Senator PortantinoJanuary 19, 2021
Introduced by Senator Portantino
January 19, 2021
An act to add Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 116416) to Chapter 4 of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
## LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 230, as amended, Portantino. State Water Resources Control Board: Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. The state boards duties include, but are not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable and safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting and enforcing regulations.This bill would require the state board to establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for 5 years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on, among other things, the occurrence of constituents of emerging concern (CEC) in drinking water sources and treated drinking water. The bill would require the state board to convene, by an unspecified date, the Science Advisory Panel for 3 years to review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action, among other duties. The bill would require the state board to provide a final report to the Legislature by June 1, 2026, on the work conducted by the panel.The bill would establish in the State Treasury the CEC Action Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for costs associated with implementing and administering the program, as specified.The bill would require the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide financial assistance to public water systems upon a showing that the costs of testing drinking water in compliance with certain CEC monitoring requirements would impose a financial hardship.The bill would impose requirements on the state board in connection with the program, including, among others, maintaining a program internet website and making relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.The bill would make implementation of its provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of the bill in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. The state boards duties include, but are not limited to, conducting research, studies, and demonstration programs relating to the provision of a dependable and safe supply of drinking water, enforcing the federal Safe Drinking Water Act, and adopting and enforcing regulations.
This bill would require the state board to establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for 5 years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on, among other things, the occurrence of constituents of emerging concern (CEC) in drinking water sources and treated drinking water. The bill would require the state board to convene, by an unspecified date, the Science Advisory Panel for 3 years to review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action, among other duties. The bill would require the state board to provide a final report to the Legislature by June 1, 2026, on the work conducted by the panel.
The bill would establish in the State Treasury the CEC Action Fund and would require moneys in the fund to be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, for costs associated with implementing and administering the program, as specified.
The bill would require the state board, upon appropriation by the Legislature, to provide financial assistance to public water systems upon a showing that the costs of testing drinking water in compliance with certain CEC monitoring requirements would impose a financial hardship.
The bill would impose requirements on the state board in connection with the program, including, among others, maintaining a program internet website and making relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.
The bill would make implementation of its provisions contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of the bill in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
## Digest Key
## Bill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The United States Environmental Protection Agency identifies potential contaminants through the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(b) California implements federally required monitoring from the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(c) California establishes drinking water standards through the State Water Resources Control Board, after the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment establishes a public health goal.(d) California administratively establishes notification levels and response levels as precautionary measures for contaminants that have not yet undergone or completed the regulatory standard setting process.(e) California establishes water quality standards for water quality protection embodied in basin plans and total maximum daily loads for impaired waters under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).(f) The process to identify, monitor, and consider a contaminant for regulation may take many years.(g) Analytical methods and technologies continue to advance and allow detection of compounds at increasingly lower levels and across a broad spectrum of constituents of emerging concern (CECs).(h) The publics concern and engagement with CECs has increased in recent years.(i) The Legislature has implemented separate requirements for certain chemicals.(j) A unified, consistent, and science-based framework is desired to more rapidly assess the public health and drinking water consequences of a broad spectrum of CECs.(k) Proactive measures to support existing regulatory processes are needed without interfering with or duplicating other state efforts on CECs.(l) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 116350 of the Health and Safety Code gives the State Water Resources Control Board the responsibility to conduct research relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water.(m) A Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund should be established to maintain a program to improve the timeliness of understanding the occurrence and public health effects of CECs in drinking water and to support the creation of a science advisory panel to assist the State Water Resources Control Board in its considerations for evaluating health effects and prioritizing and making regulatory determinations for CECs in drinking water.SEC. 2. Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 116416) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) CEC means a constituent of emerging concern.(b) Panel means the Science Advisory Panel convened pursuant to Section 116418.(c) Program means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program established pursuant to Section 116417.116417. (a) The state board shall establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for five years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on all of the following:(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(b) The state board shall review whether to continue the program after the initial five years.(c) Nothing in this article limits the state boards existing authority to act on CECs.(d) Nothing in this article interferes with the state boards ongoing activities on CECs.116418. (a) The state board shall convene by ____ the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water for three years.(b) (1) The panel shall include at least seven nine members comprised of experts from the following fields: the following:(A) Seven experts appointed by the state board from the following fields: (A)(i) Public health sciences.(B)(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.(C)(iii) Toxicology.(D)(iv) Epidemiology.(E)(v) Chemical sciences.(F)(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) The state board shall ensure that panel members do not have financial conflicts of interest.(c) The panel shall review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action in accordance with Section 116419, excluding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.(d) The state board may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.(e) The panel is not subject to Section 116725 or 116730.116419. (a) The panels advisory duties may include all of the following activities at the state boards request, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances Control: (1) Review existing data for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the state board further actions based on state-specific conditions and the states CEC initiatives. (2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing state efforts evaluating CECs.(4) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water sources and treated drinking water supplies, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.(5) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.(6) Review the results of any screening program and provide recommendations to assist the state board in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and making regulatory determinations for CECs.(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.(b) Nothing in this section shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state boards ongoing efforts on CECs in recycled water and aquatic ecosystems.116420. If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board shall provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to a public water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing drinking water in compliance with those requirements would impose a financial hardship. These funds shall be available to all public water systems, prioritized for use by public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities.116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the state board in making regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting a maximum contaminant level or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116456.116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund.(b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of all of the following:(1) Costs associated with establishing and maintaining the panel, developing a risk-based screening program, collecting occurrence data, and reporting on those activities.(2) Costs associated with developing standardized analytical methods internally by the state board or through external contracts or grants.(3) Costs associated with contracts or grants to public or private external research organizations to fill research gaps.(4) Other state board costs associated with implementing and administering the program, including public participation or outreach related to the program and monitoring pursuant to Section 116375.(5) Costs associated with financial assistance provided to public water systems for monitoring CECs pursuant to Section 116420.(c) The state board shall provide for the deposit into the CEC Action Fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, transfers by the Legislature from the General Fund, and funding from authorized general obligation bond acts. All moneys remitted to the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the CEC Action Fund.116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. The state board may use models used by other panels or programs administered by the state board for community and stakeholder outreach pursuant to this section. Public participation shall include, but not be limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.(b) The state board shall maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.(c) The state board shall provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.(d) (1) The state board shall, by June 1, 2026, provide a final report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on the work conducted by the panel. The state board shall complete a public review of the final report before submitting the report to the Legislature.(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
## The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The United States Environmental Protection Agency identifies potential contaminants through the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(b) California implements federally required monitoring from the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(c) California establishes drinking water standards through the State Water Resources Control Board, after the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment establishes a public health goal.(d) California administratively establishes notification levels and response levels as precautionary measures for contaminants that have not yet undergone or completed the regulatory standard setting process.(e) California establishes water quality standards for water quality protection embodied in basin plans and total maximum daily loads for impaired waters under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).(f) The process to identify, monitor, and consider a contaminant for regulation may take many years.(g) Analytical methods and technologies continue to advance and allow detection of compounds at increasingly lower levels and across a broad spectrum of constituents of emerging concern (CECs).(h) The publics concern and engagement with CECs has increased in recent years.(i) The Legislature has implemented separate requirements for certain chemicals.(j) A unified, consistent, and science-based framework is desired to more rapidly assess the public health and drinking water consequences of a broad spectrum of CECs.(k) Proactive measures to support existing regulatory processes are needed without interfering with or duplicating other state efforts on CECs.(l) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 116350 of the Health and Safety Code gives the State Water Resources Control Board the responsibility to conduct research relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water.(m) A Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund should be established to maintain a program to improve the timeliness of understanding the occurrence and public health effects of CECs in drinking water and to support the creation of a science advisory panel to assist the State Water Resources Control Board in its considerations for evaluating health effects and prioritizing and making regulatory determinations for CECs in drinking water.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:(a) The United States Environmental Protection Agency identifies potential contaminants through the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(b) California implements federally required monitoring from the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.(c) California establishes drinking water standards through the State Water Resources Control Board, after the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment establishes a public health goal.(d) California administratively establishes notification levels and response levels as precautionary measures for contaminants that have not yet undergone or completed the regulatory standard setting process.(e) California establishes water quality standards for water quality protection embodied in basin plans and total maximum daily loads for impaired waters under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).(f) The process to identify, monitor, and consider a contaminant for regulation may take many years.(g) Analytical methods and technologies continue to advance and allow detection of compounds at increasingly lower levels and across a broad spectrum of constituents of emerging concern (CECs).(h) The publics concern and engagement with CECs has increased in recent years.(i) The Legislature has implemented separate requirements for certain chemicals.(j) A unified, consistent, and science-based framework is desired to more rapidly assess the public health and drinking water consequences of a broad spectrum of CECs.(k) Proactive measures to support existing regulatory processes are needed without interfering with or duplicating other state efforts on CECs.(l) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 116350 of the Health and Safety Code gives the State Water Resources Control Board the responsibility to conduct research relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water.(m) A Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund should be established to maintain a program to improve the timeliness of understanding the occurrence and public health effects of CECs in drinking water and to support the creation of a science advisory panel to assist the State Water Resources Control Board in its considerations for evaluating health effects and prioritizing and making regulatory determinations for CECs in drinking water.
SECTION 1. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:
### SECTION 1.
(a) The United States Environmental Protection Agency identifies potential contaminants through the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.
(b) California implements federally required monitoring from the federal Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program.
(c) California establishes drinking water standards through the State Water Resources Control Board, after the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment establishes a public health goal.
(d) California administratively establishes notification levels and response levels as precautionary measures for contaminants that have not yet undergone or completed the regulatory standard setting process.
(e) California establishes water quality standards for water quality protection embodied in basin plans and total maximum daily loads for impaired waters under Section 303(d) of the federal Clean Water Act (33 U.S.C. Sec. 1313(d)).
(f) The process to identify, monitor, and consider a contaminant for regulation may take many years.
(g) Analytical methods and technologies continue to advance and allow detection of compounds at increasingly lower levels and across a broad spectrum of constituents of emerging concern (CECs).
(h) The publics concern and engagement with CECs has increased in recent years.
(i) The Legislature has implemented separate requirements for certain chemicals.
(j) A unified, consistent, and science-based framework is desired to more rapidly assess the public health and drinking water consequences of a broad spectrum of CECs.
(k) Proactive measures to support existing regulatory processes are needed without interfering with or duplicating other state efforts on CECs.
(l) Paragraph (1) of subdivision (b) of Section 116350 of the Health and Safety Code gives the State Water Resources Control Board the responsibility to conduct research relating to the provision of a dependable, safe supply of drinking water.
(m) A Constituents of Emerging Concern Action Fund should be established to maintain a program to improve the timeliness of understanding the occurrence and public health effects of CECs in drinking water and to support the creation of a science advisory panel to assist the State Water Resources Control Board in its considerations for evaluating health effects and prioritizing and making regulatory determinations for CECs in drinking water.
SEC. 2. Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 116416) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read: Article 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) CEC means a constituent of emerging concern.(b) Panel means the Science Advisory Panel convened pursuant to Section 116418.(c) Program means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program established pursuant to Section 116417.116417. (a) The state board shall establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for five years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on all of the following:(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(b) The state board shall review whether to continue the program after the initial five years.(c) Nothing in this article limits the state boards existing authority to act on CECs.(d) Nothing in this article interferes with the state boards ongoing activities on CECs.116418. (a) The state board shall convene by ____ the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water for three years.(b) (1) The panel shall include at least seven nine members comprised of experts from the following fields: the following:(A) Seven experts appointed by the state board from the following fields: (A)(i) Public health sciences.(B)(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.(C)(iii) Toxicology.(D)(iv) Epidemiology.(E)(v) Chemical sciences.(F)(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) The state board shall ensure that panel members do not have financial conflicts of interest.(c) The panel shall review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action in accordance with Section 116419, excluding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.(d) The state board may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.(e) The panel is not subject to Section 116725 or 116730.116419. (a) The panels advisory duties may include all of the following activities at the state boards request, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances Control: (1) Review existing data for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the state board further actions based on state-specific conditions and the states CEC initiatives. (2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing state efforts evaluating CECs.(4) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water sources and treated drinking water supplies, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.(5) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.(6) Review the results of any screening program and provide recommendations to assist the state board in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and making regulatory determinations for CECs.(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.(b) Nothing in this section shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state boards ongoing efforts on CECs in recycled water and aquatic ecosystems.116420. If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board shall provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to a public water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing drinking water in compliance with those requirements would impose a financial hardship. These funds shall be available to all public water systems, prioritized for use by public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities.116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the state board in making regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting a maximum contaminant level or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116456.116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund.(b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of all of the following:(1) Costs associated with establishing and maintaining the panel, developing a risk-based screening program, collecting occurrence data, and reporting on those activities.(2) Costs associated with developing standardized analytical methods internally by the state board or through external contracts or grants.(3) Costs associated with contracts or grants to public or private external research organizations to fill research gaps.(4) Other state board costs associated with implementing and administering the program, including public participation or outreach related to the program and monitoring pursuant to Section 116375.(5) Costs associated with financial assistance provided to public water systems for monitoring CECs pursuant to Section 116420.(c) The state board shall provide for the deposit into the CEC Action Fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, transfers by the Legislature from the General Fund, and funding from authorized general obligation bond acts. All moneys remitted to the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the CEC Action Fund.116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. The state board may use models used by other panels or programs administered by the state board for community and stakeholder outreach pursuant to this section. Public participation shall include, but not be limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.(b) The state board shall maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.(c) The state board shall provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.(d) (1) The state board shall, by June 1, 2026, provide a final report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on the work conducted by the panel. The state board shall complete a public review of the final report before submitting the report to the Legislature.(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
SEC. 2. Article 3.6 (commencing with Section 116416) is added to Chapter 4 of Part 12 of Division 104 of the Health and Safety Code, to read:
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Article 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) CEC means a constituent of emerging concern.(b) Panel means the Science Advisory Panel convened pursuant to Section 116418.(c) Program means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program established pursuant to Section 116417.116417. (a) The state board shall establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for five years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on all of the following:(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(b) The state board shall review whether to continue the program after the initial five years.(c) Nothing in this article limits the state boards existing authority to act on CECs.(d) Nothing in this article interferes with the state boards ongoing activities on CECs.116418. (a) The state board shall convene by ____ the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water for three years.(b) (1) The panel shall include at least seven nine members comprised of experts from the following fields: the following:(A) Seven experts appointed by the state board from the following fields: (A)(i) Public health sciences.(B)(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.(C)(iii) Toxicology.(D)(iv) Epidemiology.(E)(v) Chemical sciences.(F)(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) The state board shall ensure that panel members do not have financial conflicts of interest.(c) The panel shall review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action in accordance with Section 116419, excluding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.(d) The state board may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.(e) The panel is not subject to Section 116725 or 116730.116419. (a) The panels advisory duties may include all of the following activities at the state boards request, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances Control: (1) Review existing data for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the state board further actions based on state-specific conditions and the states CEC initiatives. (2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing state efforts evaluating CECs.(4) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water sources and treated drinking water supplies, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.(5) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.(6) Review the results of any screening program and provide recommendations to assist the state board in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and making regulatory determinations for CECs.(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.(b) Nothing in this section shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state boards ongoing efforts on CECs in recycled water and aquatic ecosystems.116420. If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board shall provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to a public water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing drinking water in compliance with those requirements would impose a financial hardship. These funds shall be available to all public water systems, prioritized for use by public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities.116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the state board in making regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting a maximum contaminant level or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116456.116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund.(b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of all of the following:(1) Costs associated with establishing and maintaining the panel, developing a risk-based screening program, collecting occurrence data, and reporting on those activities.(2) Costs associated with developing standardized analytical methods internally by the state board or through external contracts or grants.(3) Costs associated with contracts or grants to public or private external research organizations to fill research gaps.(4) Other state board costs associated with implementing and administering the program, including public participation or outreach related to the program and monitoring pursuant to Section 116375.(5) Costs associated with financial assistance provided to public water systems for monitoring CECs pursuant to Section 116420.(c) The state board shall provide for the deposit into the CEC Action Fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, transfers by the Legislature from the General Fund, and funding from authorized general obligation bond acts. All moneys remitted to the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the CEC Action Fund.116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. The state board may use models used by other panels or programs administered by the state board for community and stakeholder outreach pursuant to this section. Public participation shall include, but not be limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.(b) The state board shall maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.(c) The state board shall provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.(d) (1) The state board shall, by June 1, 2026, provide a final report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on the work conducted by the panel. The state board shall complete a public review of the final report before submitting the report to the Legislature.(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
Article 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) CEC means a constituent of emerging concern.(b) Panel means the Science Advisory Panel convened pursuant to Section 116418.(c) Program means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program established pursuant to Section 116417.116417. (a) The state board shall establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for five years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on all of the following:(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(b) The state board shall review whether to continue the program after the initial five years.(c) Nothing in this article limits the state boards existing authority to act on CECs.(d) Nothing in this article interferes with the state boards ongoing activities on CECs.116418. (a) The state board shall convene by ____ the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water for three years.(b) (1) The panel shall include at least seven nine members comprised of experts from the following fields: the following:(A) Seven experts appointed by the state board from the following fields: (A)(i) Public health sciences.(B)(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.(C)(iii) Toxicology.(D)(iv) Epidemiology.(E)(v) Chemical sciences.(F)(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) The state board shall ensure that panel members do not have financial conflicts of interest.(c) The panel shall review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action in accordance with Section 116419, excluding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.(d) The state board may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.(e) The panel is not subject to Section 116725 or 116730.116419. (a) The panels advisory duties may include all of the following activities at the state boards request, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances Control: (1) Review existing data for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the state board further actions based on state-specific conditions and the states CEC initiatives. (2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing state efforts evaluating CECs.(4) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water sources and treated drinking water supplies, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.(5) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.(6) Review the results of any screening program and provide recommendations to assist the state board in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and making regulatory determinations for CECs.(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.(b) Nothing in this section shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state boards ongoing efforts on CECs in recycled water and aquatic ecosystems.116420. If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board shall provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to a public water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing drinking water in compliance with those requirements would impose a financial hardship. These funds shall be available to all public water systems, prioritized for use by public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities.116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the state board in making regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting a maximum contaminant level or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116456.116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund.(b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of all of the following:(1) Costs associated with establishing and maintaining the panel, developing a risk-based screening program, collecting occurrence data, and reporting on those activities.(2) Costs associated with developing standardized analytical methods internally by the state board or through external contracts or grants.(3) Costs associated with contracts or grants to public or private external research organizations to fill research gaps.(4) Other state board costs associated with implementing and administering the program, including public participation or outreach related to the program and monitoring pursuant to Section 116375.(5) Costs associated with financial assistance provided to public water systems for monitoring CECs pursuant to Section 116420.(c) The state board shall provide for the deposit into the CEC Action Fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, transfers by the Legislature from the General Fund, and funding from authorized general obligation bond acts. All moneys remitted to the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the CEC Action Fund.116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. The state board may use models used by other panels or programs administered by the state board for community and stakeholder outreach pursuant to this section. Public participation shall include, but not be limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.(b) The state board shall maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.(c) The state board shall provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.(d) (1) The state board shall, by June 1, 2026, provide a final report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on the work conducted by the panel. The state board shall complete a public review of the final report before submitting the report to the Legislature.(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
Article 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program
Article 3.6. Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program
116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:(a) CEC means a constituent of emerging concern.(b) Panel means the Science Advisory Panel convened pursuant to Section 116418.(c) Program means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program established pursuant to Section 116417.
116416. For purposes of this article, the following definitions apply:
(a) CEC means a constituent of emerging concern.
(b) Panel means the Science Advisory Panel convened pursuant to Section 116418.
(c) Program means the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program established pursuant to Section 116417.
116417. (a) The state board shall establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for five years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on all of the following:(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.(b) The state board shall review whether to continue the program after the initial five years.(c) Nothing in this article limits the state boards existing authority to act on CECs.(d) Nothing in this article interferes with the state boards ongoing activities on CECs.
116417. (a) The state board shall establish, maintain, and direct a dedicated program called the Constituents of Emerging Concern in Drinking Water Program for five years to assess the state of information and recommend areas for further study on all of the following:
(1) The occurrence of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.
(2) Fate, transport, and biodegradation of CECs.
(3) Water treatment and laboratory analyses.
(4) The potential effects on public health of CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water.
(b) The state board shall review whether to continue the program after the initial five years.
(c) Nothing in this article limits the state boards existing authority to act on CECs.
(d) Nothing in this article interferes with the state boards ongoing activities on CECs.
116418. (a) The state board shall convene by ____ the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water for three years.(b) (1) The panel shall include at least seven nine members comprised of experts from the following fields: the following:(A) Seven experts appointed by the state board from the following fields: (A)(i) Public health sciences.(B)(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.(C)(iii) Toxicology.(D)(iv) Epidemiology.(E)(v) Chemical sciences.(F)(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate. (2) The state board shall ensure that panel members do not have financial conflicts of interest.(c) The panel shall review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action in accordance with Section 116419, excluding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.(d) The state board may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.(e) The panel is not subject to Section 116725 or 116730.
116418. (a) The state board shall convene by ____ the Science Advisory Panel for CECs in drinking water sources and treated drinking water for three years.
(b) (1) The panel shall include at least seven nine members comprised of experts from the following fields: the following:
(A) Seven experts appointed by the state board from the following fields:
(A)
(i) Public health sciences.
(B)
(ii) Water and wastewater, including water treatment, engineering.
(C)
(iii) Toxicology.
(D)
(iv) Epidemiology.
(E)
(v) Chemical sciences.
(F)
(vi) Biological sciences, including pathogens.
(B) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the Speaker of the Assembly.
(C) One expert in public health who has expertise in water contamination, appointed by the President pro Tempore of the Senate.
(2) The state board shall ensure that panel members do not have financial conflicts of interest.
(c) The panel shall review and provide recommendations to the state board on CECs for further action in accordance with Section 116419, excluding perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.
(d) The state board may adjust panel membership numbers and composition, as necessary.
(e) The panel is not subject to Section 116725 or 116730.
116419. (a) The panels advisory duties may include all of the following activities at the state boards request, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances Control: (1) Review existing data for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the state board further actions based on state-specific conditions and the states CEC initiatives. (2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing state efforts evaluating CECs.(4) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water sources and treated drinking water supplies, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.(5) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.(6) Review the results of any screening program and provide recommendations to assist the state board in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and making regulatory determinations for CECs.(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.(b) Nothing in this section shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state boards ongoing efforts on CECs in recycled water and aquatic ecosystems.
116419. (a) The panels advisory duties may include all of the following activities at the state boards request, in consultation, as needed, with the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment and the Department of Toxic Substances Control:
(1) Review existing data for CECs collected by the state board and nationwide by the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule program and recommend to the state board further actions based on state-specific conditions and the states CEC initiatives.
(2) Identify CEC candidates based on potential public health effects.
(3) Incorporate recommendations from other ongoing state efforts evaluating CECs.
(4) Recommend a framework for a risk-based screening program for CECs and appropriate indicators and surrogates that consider their occurrence in drinking water sources and treated drinking water supplies, contribution and fate in the environment, and potential for human exposure.
(5) Review the existing CEC risk-based framework in aquatic and recycled water systems to see if the framework is applicable to drinking water.
(6) Review the results of any screening program and provide recommendations to assist the state board in prioritizing, monitoring, evaluating health impacts, and making regulatory determinations for CECs.
(7) Address the United States Environmental Protection Agencys Contaminant Candidate List and not create any impediments to complying with federal law or duplicative monitoring.
(b) Nothing in this section shall duplicate, change, or interfere with the state boards ongoing efforts on CECs in recycled water and aquatic ecosystems.
116420. If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board shall provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to a public water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing drinking water in compliance with those requirements would impose a financial hardship. These funds shall be available to all public water systems, prioritized for use by public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities.
116420. If the state board imposes CEC monitoring requirements pursuant to Section 116375, the state board shall provide financial assistance, upon appropriation by the Legislature for this purpose, to a public water system upon a showing that the costs associated with testing drinking water in compliance with those requirements would impose a financial hardship. These funds shall be available to all public water systems, prioritized for use by public water systems serving fewer than 10,000 individuals and located in disadvantaged communities.
116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the state board in making regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting a maximum contaminant level or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116456.
116421. The Legislature finds and declares that the program is intended to help inform the state board in making regulatory determinations for CECs and is not intended to supersede any requirements related to setting a maximum contaminant level or a public health goal as prescribed in Section 116365 or a notification level or a response level as prescribed in Section 116456.
116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund.(b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of all of the following:(1) Costs associated with establishing and maintaining the panel, developing a risk-based screening program, collecting occurrence data, and reporting on those activities.(2) Costs associated with developing standardized analytical methods internally by the state board or through external contracts or grants.(3) Costs associated with contracts or grants to public or private external research organizations to fill research gaps.(4) Other state board costs associated with implementing and administering the program, including public participation or outreach related to the program and monitoring pursuant to Section 116375.(5) Costs associated with financial assistance provided to public water systems for monitoring CECs pursuant to Section 116420.(c) The state board shall provide for the deposit into the CEC Action Fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, transfers by the Legislature from the General Fund, and funding from authorized general obligation bond acts. All moneys remitted to the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the CEC Action Fund.
116422. (a) The CEC Action Fund is hereby established in the State Treasury. The state board shall administer the CEC Action Fund.
(b) All moneys deposited in the CEC Action Fund shall be used, upon appropriation by the Legislature, in support of all of the following:
(1) Costs associated with establishing and maintaining the panel, developing a risk-based screening program, collecting occurrence data, and reporting on those activities.
(2) Costs associated with developing standardized analytical methods internally by the state board or through external contracts or grants.
(3) Costs associated with contracts or grants to public or private external research organizations to fill research gaps.
(4) Other state board costs associated with implementing and administering the program, including public participation or outreach related to the program and monitoring pursuant to Section 116375.
(5) Costs associated with financial assistance provided to public water systems for monitoring CECs pursuant to Section 116420.
(c) The state board shall provide for the deposit into the CEC Action Fund of federal contributions, voluntary contributions, gifts, grants, bequests, transfers by the Legislature from the General Fund, and funding from authorized general obligation bond acts. All moneys remitted to the state board pursuant to this section shall be deposited in the CEC Action Fund.
116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. The state board may use models used by other panels or programs administered by the state board for community and stakeholder outreach pursuant to this section. Public participation shall include, but not be limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.(b) The state board shall maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.(c) The state board shall provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.(d) (1) The state board shall, by June 1, 2026, provide a final report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on the work conducted by the panel. The state board shall complete a public review of the final report before submitting the report to the Legislature.(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
116423. (a) The program shall provide opportunities for public participation. The state board may use models used by other panels or programs administered by the state board for community and stakeholder outreach pursuant to this section. Public participation shall include, but not be limited to, conducting periodic stakeholder meetings and workshops to solicit relevant information, data, suggestions, and feedback for the development and implementation of the program.
(b) The state board shall maintain a program internet website and make relevant research, reports, and data available to the public.
(c) The state board shall provide an annual program update, as an informational item, at a regularly noticed meeting of the state board.
(d) (1) The state board shall, by June 1, 2026, provide a final report to the Legislature in compliance with Section 9795 of the Government Code on the work conducted by the panel. The state board shall complete a public review of the final report before submitting the report to the Legislature.
(2) The requirement for submitting a report imposed under paragraph (1) is inoperative on June 1, 2030, pursuant to Section 10231.5 of the Government Code.
116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.
116424. Implementation of this article is contingent upon an appropriation by the Legislature for purposes of this article in the annual Budget Act or another statute.