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55	55	1st Session of the 60th Legislature (2025)
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57	57	SENATE BILL 271 By: Rader
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63	63	AS INTRODUCED
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65	65	An Act relating to environment and natural resources;
66	66	creating the Oklahoma Perfluoroalkyl and
67	67	Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Act; prov iding
68	68	short title; defining terms; providing exemption from
69	69	liability for certain passive receivers of PFAS;
70	70	providing for liability in certain circumstances;
71	71	requiring rule promulgation; requiring the creation
72	72	of a fee schedule; requiring application and
73	73	authorization for certain activities; providing for
74	74	certain classification of waste; providing for
75	75	codification; and declaring an emergency .
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81	81	BE IT ENACTED BY THE PEOPLE OF THE STATE OF OKLAHOMA:
82	82	SECTION 1. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
83	83	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2 -7-501 of Title 27A, unless
84	84	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
85	85	A. This act shall be known and may be cited as the “Oklahoma
86	86	Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) Act ”.
87	87	B. As used in the Oklahoma Perfluoroalkyl and Polyflu oroalkyl
88	88	Substances (PFAS) Act:
89	89	1. “AFFF” means aqueous film-forming foam containing
90	90	intentionally added PFAS;
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142	142	2. “AFFF waste” means AFFF, diluted AFFF, and water or soil
143	143	contaminated with AFFF containing intentionally added PFAS with a
144	144	concentration greater than one part per billion, which is abandoned,
145	145	discarded, disposed, destroyed, or stored pending disposal or
146	146	destruction; and
147	147	3. “PFAS” means perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroa lkyl substances.
148	148	SECTION 2. NEW LAW A new section of l aw to be codified
149	149	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2 -7-502 of Title 27A, unless
150	150	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
151	151	A. Subject to subsection B of t his section, the following
152	152	protected passive receivers of perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl
153	153	substances (PFAS) that provide essential services shall not be
154	154	civilly liable to this state for costs arising from a release of
155	155	PFAS to the environment:
156	156	1. A public water system, as defined in Section 1401 of the
157	157	federal Safe Drinking Water Act, 42 U.S.C., Section 300f;
158	158	2. A publicly or privately owned or operated treatment works,
159	159	as defined in Section 212 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
160	160	Act, 33 U.S.C., Section 1292, or the owner of a site where biosolids
161	161	generated from a treatment works or a permitted municipal wastewater
162	162	lagoon, as defined by the administrative rules of the Department of
163	163	Environmental Quality, are applied;
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215	215	3. A municipality to which a per mit is issued for stormwater
216	216	discharges under Section 402 of the Federal Water Pollution Control
217	217	Act, 33 U.S.C., Section 1342;
218	218	4. A political subdivision of this state acting as a wholesale
219	219	water agency;
220	220	5. A contractor performing the management or dispo sal
221	221	activities described in subsection B of this section for an entity
222	222	described in paragraphs 1 through 4 of this subsection;
223	223	6. An entity with a fire suppression system installed or
224	224	otherwise in use, in accordance with applicable federal, state, and
225	225	local fire codes, that uses aqueous film -forming foam (AFFF)
226	226	containing PFAS;
227	227	7. A sponsor of the civilian portion of a joint -use airport or
228	228	a shared-use airport which releases PFAS as a result of the use of
229	229	AFFF pursuant to, and carried out in accordance wi th, Federal
230	230	Aviation Administration standards and guidance on the use of the
231	231	substances; and
232	232	8. An owner or operator of a solid waste management facility,
233	233	as defined in Section 1004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, 42
234	234	U.S.C., Section 6903, to the extent t hat the facility received
235	235	routine municipal solid waste, including commercial solid waste
236	236	containing incidental amounts of PFAS.
237	237	B. The exemption from liability contained in subsection A of
238	238	this section shall not apply if the release of PFAS resulted from a
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290	290	material violation of relevant and applicable federal, state, or
291	291	other legal requirements or standards related to the management,
292	292	storage, transport, conveyance, treatment, discharge, and disposal
293	293	of PFAS, or of commonly accepted engineering standards i n existence
294	294	at the time that the activity is carried out.
295	295	C. Nothing in this section shall preclude liability for damages
296	296	or costs associated with the release of PFAS by a protected passive
297	297	receiver of PFAS if the protected passive receiver act s with gross
298	298	negligence or willful misconduct in the discharge, disposal,
299	299	management, conveyance, or storage of PFAS.
300	300	SECTION 3. NEW LAW A new section of law to be codified
301	301	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2 -7-503 of Title 27A, unless
302	302	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
303	303	A. 1. The Environmental Quality Board shall promulgate rules
304	304	related to the receipt, storage, treatment, and disposal of
305	305	perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) in this state,
306	306	including rules related to a waste exclusion plan.
307	307	2. Rules promulgated under subsection A of this section shall
308	308	require that any person accepting aqueous film -forming foam (AFFF)
309	309	waste for storage, treatment, or disposal prove to the Department
310	310	that the manner of such storage, treatment, or disposal is
311	311	protective of human health and the environment. The Department
312	312	shall establish criteria and guidelines for determinations under
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365	365	B. 1. The Board shall establish a schedule of fees, pursuant
366	366	to Section 2-3-402 of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes and the
367	367	Administrative Procedures Act, for the application to dispose, and
368	368	for disposal of, AFFF waste at a facility in this state.
369	369	2. Any fees established pursuant to this subsection shall be in
370	370	lieu of any tonnage fees assessed to the holder of a permit by the
371	371	Department for solid or hazardous waste disposal. The fees shall be
372	372	deposited into the Department of Environmental Quality Revolving
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374	374	SECTION 4. NEW LAW A new sectio n of law to be codified
375	375	in the Oklahoma Statutes as Section 2 -7-504 of Title 27A, unless
376	376	there is created a duplication in numbering, reads as follows:
377	377	A. A person or entity seeking to receive, store, treat, or
378	378	dispose of more than two hundred (200) pound s of aqueous film-
379	379	forming foam (AFFF) waste per day shall submit an applicatio n to the
380	380	Department of Environmental Quality and receive authorization for
381	381	such action. The Department, in the exercise of its reasonable
382	382	discretion, may waive specific requirem ents of this act or rules
383	383	where there is no feasible alternative to the storage, treatment, or
384	384	disposal at issue and the action does not result in a greater risk
385	385	to human health and the environment. Prior to the promulgation of
386	386	rules in Section 3 of this act, the Department may authorize the
387	387	continuation of activities under this su bsection if it determines
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440	440	sufficiently protective of human health and the environment.
441	441	B. Nothing in this section shall relieve the manufacturer of
442	442	perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) containing
443	443	material from liability related to the storage, treatment, or
444	444	disposal of PFAS waste.
445	445	C. 1. AFFF waste generated in or transported from another
446	446	state shall maintain the same classification or characterization it
447	447	would receive in the state of origin, unless such classification or
448	448	characterization is less protective of human health and the
449	449	environment than the classification or characterization it would
450	450	have received if generated in this state.
451	451	2. If AFFF waste generated in or transported from another state
452	452	is banned from disposal in the state of origin, then the waste is
453	453	similarly banned from disposal in Oklahoma , unless the AFFF waste is
454	454	effectively banned from di sposal in the state of origin due to a
455	455	lack of permitted hazardous waste landf ills within the state. If
456	456	the AFFF waste is effectively banned from disposal in the state of
457	457	origin due to a lack of permitted hazardous waste landfills within
458	458	the state, then the AFFF waste may be disposed of in landfills
459	459	permitted under the Oklahoma Hazardous Waste Management Act pursuant
460	460	to Section 2-7-101 et seq. of Title 27A of the Oklahoma Statutes.
461	461	SECTION 5. It being immediately necessary for the preserva tion
462	462	of the public peace, health or safety, an emergency is hereby
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514	514	declared to exist, by reason whereof this act shall take effect and
515	515	be in full force from and after its passage and approval.
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