OFFICE OF FISCAL ANALYSIS
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sSB-837
AN ACT CONCERNING THE USE OF PERFLUOROALKYL OR
POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES IN CLASS B FIREFIGHTING
FOAM.
As Amended by Senate "A" (LCO 8517), House "A" (LCO 10231)
House Calendar No.: 488
Senate Calendar No.: 126
Primary Analyst: MR 6/8/21
Contributing Analyst(s):
OFA Fiscal Note
State Impact: See Below
Municipal Impact: None
The bill prohibits using firefighting foam with intentionally added
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl (PFAS) and offering for sale or
promotional purposes food packaging with PFAS intentionally
introduced during manufacturing or distribution.
Beginning October 1, 2021, it also prohibits anyone from using this
foam for vapor suppression or firefighting purposes, unless the fire is
flammable liquid-based and the Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection (DEEP) does not identify an alternative to
the foam by July 1, 2021. This has no fiscal impact as DEEP has
expertise for this purpose.
Additionally, the bill prohibits manufacturers and distributors from
selling food packaging with intentionally introduced PFAS by
December 31, 2023. The bill's provisions applies existing penalties for
violating the packaging and component law to the ban on PFAS in
food packaging. This could result in a revenue gain to the General
Fund to the extent violations occur.
Also, the bill requires the DEEP commissioner, by October 1, 2021, 2021SB-00837-R02-FN.DOCX Page 2 of 2
to develop or identify a take-back program for municipally owned
class firefighting foam with PFAS that applies best management
practices for its disposal. This take-back program was already
established using $2 million of General Obligation (GO) bond funds
authorized in FY 20, with funds fully allocated for this purpose in July
2020. No change to debt service is anticipated as a result of the bill, as
all authorized bonds have already been made available to the
program.
Lastly, the bill makes other minor, technical, and conforming
changes that have no fiscal impact.
Senate "A" replaces the underlying bill with the provisions and
fiscal impacts discussed above.
The Out Years
State Impact: None
Municipal Impact: None
The preceding Fiscal Impact statement is prepared for the benefit of the members of the General Assembly,
solely for the purposes of information, summarization and explanation and does not represent the intent of the
General Assembly or either chamber thereof for any purpose. In general, fiscal impacts are based upon a variety
of informational sources, including the analyst’s professional knowledge. Whenever applicable, agency data is
consulted as part of the analysis, however final products do not necessarily reflect an assessment from any
specific department.