HB 1257

Abstract

Drinking water supplies; maximum contaminant levels. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in public drinking water systems for (i) perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctane sulfonate, and for such other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances as the Board deems necessary; (ii) chromium-6; and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill requires such MCLs to be protective of public health, including the health of vulnerable subpopulations, and to be no higher than any MCL or health advisory adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the same contaminant. The bill directs the Department of Health to report to the Chairmen of the Senate Committee on Education and Health and the House Committee on Health, Welfare and Institutions on the status of research related to MCLs by November 1, 2020, and submit a final report by October 1, 2021, detailing the MCL regulations established by the Department of Health. The bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2022. 

Drinking water supplies; maximum contaminant levels. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulations establishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in public drinking water systems for (i) PFOS, PFOA, and other PFAS compounds, as deemed necessarily; (ii) chromium-6; and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill requires such MCLs to be protective of public health, including the health of vulnerable subpopulations, and to be no higher than any MCL or health advisory adopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the same contaminant. 

Drinking water supplies; maximum contaminantlevels. Directs the State Board of Health to adopt regulationsestablishing maximum contaminant levels (MCLs) in public drinkingwater systems for (i) PFOS, PFOA, and other PFAS compounds; (ii)chromium-6; and (iii) 1,4-dioxane. The bill requires such MCLs tobe protective of public health, including the health of vulnerablesubpopulations, and to be no higher than any MCL or health advisoryadopted by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for the same contaminant. The bill directs the Board to consider certain studiesin adopting such MCLs and to consider establishing other MCLs anytime two or more other states set limits or issue guidance on a givencontaminant.