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| 5 | 5 | | 2025 -- S 0650 |
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| 7 | 7 | | LC001559 |
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| 9 | 9 | | S T A T E O F R H O D E I S L A N D |
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| 10 | 10 | | IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY |
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| 11 | 11 | | JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 |
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| 12 | 12 | | ____________ |
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| 14 | 14 | | A N A C T |
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| 15 | 15 | | RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION |
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| 16 | 16 | | Introduced By: Senators DiMario, Sosnowski, Valverde, Lawson, Murray, Euer, |
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| 17 | 17 | | Kallman, Britto, Acosta, and Thompson |
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| 18 | 18 | | Date Introduced: March 07, 2025 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture |
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| 22 | 22 | | It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 46-12 of the General Laws entitled "Water Pollution" is hereby 1 |
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| 24 | 24 | | amended by adding thereto the following section: 2 |
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| 25 | 25 | | 46-12-42. Testing of biosolids. 3 |
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| 26 | 26 | | (a) Any applicant seeking an order of approval from the department of environmental 4 |
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| 27 | 27 | | management for the distribution or land application of biosolids shall test its biosolids for PFAS 5 |
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| 28 | 28 | | contaminants, as that term is defined by § 46-32-2, and the results shall be submitted to the 6 |
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| 29 | 29 | | department with the application for the order of approval. 7 |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) Any operators with an existing order of approval for the distribution or land application 8 |
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| 31 | 31 | | of biosolids shall test its biosolids quarterly for PFAS contaminants, as that term is defined by § 9 |
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| 32 | 32 | | 46-32-2, and submit the results to the department by the last day of each calendar quarter. Sampling 10 |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall commence during the October 2025 to December 2025 quarter, with the first round of results 11 |
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| 34 | 34 | | submitted to the department no later than December 31, 2025. 12 |
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| 35 | 35 | | (c) The director is authorized to reject any application for an order of approval on the basis 13 |
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| 36 | 36 | | that approval of said application would pose an environmental threat or pose a risk to public health, 14 |
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| 37 | 37 | | safety, or welfare. 15 |
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| 38 | 38 | | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. 16 |
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| 44 | 44 | | LC001559 - Page 2 of 2 |
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| 45 | 45 | | EXPLANATION |
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| 46 | 46 | | BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL |
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| 47 | 47 | | OF |
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| 48 | 48 | | A N A C T |
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| 49 | 49 | | RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION |
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| 50 | 50 | | *** |
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| 51 | 51 | | This act would require persons seeking to apply biosolids to lands to test the biosolids for 1 |
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| 52 | 52 | | PFAS contaminants on a quarterly basis and report those findings to the department of 2 |
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| 53 | 53 | | environmental management. This act would authorize the director to reject applications seeking 3 |
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| 54 | 54 | | distribution of biosolids to lands for environmental threat or risk to public health, safety, or welfare. 4 |
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| 55 | 55 | | This act would take effect upon passage. 5 |
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