| 1 | 1 | | BILL AS INTRODUCED H.286 |
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| 2 | 2 | | 2025 Page 1 of 2 |
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| 5 | 5 | | VT LEG #379373 v.1 |
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| 6 | 6 | | H.286 1 |
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| 7 | 7 | | Introduced by Representatives Masland of Thetford and Mrowicki of Putney 2 |
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| 8 | 8 | | Referred to Committee on 3 |
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| 9 | 9 | | Date: 4 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Subject: Conservation and development; water supply; maximum contaminant 5 |
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| 11 | 11 | | level; perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 6 |
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| 12 | 12 | | Statement of purpose of bill as introduced: This bill proposes to require the 7 |
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| 13 | 13 | | Secretary of Natural Resources to amend the Department of Environmental 8 |
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| 14 | 14 | | Conservation’s Water Supply Rule to establish a maximum contaminant level 9 |
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| 15 | 15 | | (MCL) of zero parts per trillion for the perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl 10 |
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| 16 | 16 | | substances (PFAS) of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, 11 |
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| 17 | 17 | | perfluorohexane sulfonic acid, perfluorononanoic acid, perfluoroheptanoic 12 |
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| 18 | 18 | | acid, and perfluorodecanoic acid. The bill also would propose that the 13 |
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| 19 | 19 | | Secretary of Natural Resources amend the Department of Environmental 14 |
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| 20 | 20 | | Conservation’s Water Supply Rule to establish an MCL of not more than 20 15 |
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| 21 | 21 | | parts per trillion for any testable PFAS other than those specifically required to 16 |
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| 22 | 22 | | have an MCL of zero parts per trillion. 17 BILL AS INTRODUCED H.286 |
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| 26 | 26 | | VT LEG #379373 v.1 |
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| 27 | 27 | | An act relating to drinking water standards for perfluoroalkyl and 1 |
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| 28 | 28 | | polyfluoroalkyl substances 2 |
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| 29 | 29 | | It is hereby enacted by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont: 3 |
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| 30 | 30 | | Sec. 1. DEPARTMENT OF ENVIRONMENTAL CONSERVATION; 4 |
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| 31 | 31 | | DRINKING WATER STANDARDS; PERFLUOROALKYL AND 5 |
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| 32 | 32 | | POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES 6 |
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| 33 | 33 | | (a) As used in this section, “perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” 7 |
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| 34 | 34 | | or “PFAS” means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least 8 |
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| 35 | 35 | | one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 9 |
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| 36 | 36 | | (b) On or before July 1, 2026, the Secretary of Natural Resources shall file 10 |
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| 37 | 37 | | under 3 V.S.A. § 841 a final proposed rule with the Secretary of State and the 11 |
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| 38 | 38 | | Legislative Committee on Administrative Rules establishing the following 12 |
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| 39 | 39 | | under the Department of Environmental Conservation’s Water Supply Rule: 13 |
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| 40 | 40 | | (1) a maximum contaminant level (MCL) of zero parts per trillion for 14 |
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| 41 | 41 | | the PFAS of perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonic acid, 15 |
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| 42 | 42 | | perfluorohexane sulfonic acid, perfluorononanoic acid, perfluoroheptanoic 16 |
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| 43 | 43 | | acid, and perfluorodecanoic acid; and 17 |
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| 44 | 44 | | (2) an MCL of not more than 20 parts per trillion total for any testable 18 |
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| 45 | 45 | | PFAS combined other than those PFAS listed under subdivision (1) of this 19 |
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| 46 | 46 | | subsection. 20 |
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| 47 | 47 | | Sec. 2. EFFECTIVE DATE 21 |
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| 48 | 48 | | This act shall take effect on July 1, 2025. 22 |
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