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General Assembly Raised Bill No. 5288
February Session, 2020
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Referred to Committee on PUBLIC HEALTH
Introduced by:
(PH)
AN ACT CONCERNING PE RFLUOROALKYL AND
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBS TANCES.
Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives in General
Assembly convened:
Section 1. (NEW) (Effective July 1, 2020) (a) As used in this section: 1
(1) "Perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance" means a class of 2
fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated 3
carbon atom; and 4
(2) "Class B firefighting foam" means a foam used for the purpose of 5
extinguishing flammable liquid fires. 6
(b) On and after January 1, 2021, no person, local government or state 7
agency may use a class B firefighting foam that contains an intentionally 8
added perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance in any amount for 9
any purpose. 10
(c) The Department of Public Health shall assist any person, local 11
government or state agency in transitioning to the use of class B 12
firefighting foam that does not contain an intentionally added 13 Raised Bill No. 5288
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perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance. 14
(d) The provisions of this section may be enforced, within available 15
appropriations, by the Commissioner of Public Health. 16
Sec. 2. Subsection (i) of section 25-32 of the 2020 supplement to the 17
general statutes is repealed and the following is substituted in lieu 18
thereof (Effective from passage): 19
(i) (1) The department may perform the collection and testing of 20
water samples required by regulations adopted by the commissioner 21
pursuant to this section, in accordance with chapter 54, when requested 22
to do so by a water company. The department shall collect a fee equal to 23
the cost of such collection and testing. Water companies serving one 24
thousand or more persons shall not request routine bacteriological or 25
physical tests under this subsection. 26
(2) Not later than January 1, 2021, the department shall develop and 27
implement a plan for (A) testing water supply sources, water supplies 28
and bottled water, as defined in section 21a-150, for contamination by 29
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, and (B) educating the 30
public regarding the potential risks of drinking water that has been 31
contaminated by such substances. The plan shall include methods of (i) 32
identifying every potential source of water contamination by such 33
substances, and (ii) identifying and prioritizing the testing of water 34
supply sources and water supplies that are most vulnerable to 35
contamination by such substances and of water supplies serving a 36
population whose health could be at greater risk from exposure to such 37
substances. For purposes of this subdivision, "perfluoroalkyl and 38
polyfluoroalkyl substances" means a class of fluorinated organic 39
chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 40
This act shall take effect as follows and shall amend the following
sections:
Section 1 July 1, 2020 New section
Sec. 2 from passage 25-32(i)
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Statement of Purpose:
To limit the public's exposure to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
substances.
[Proposed deletions are enclosed in brackets. Proposed additions are indicated by underline, except
that when the entire text of a bill or resolution or a section of a bill or resolution is new, it is not
underlined.]