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Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7412(c)(1)) to include categories and 
subcategories of major sources and area sources of 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances listed pursu-
ant to such final rule. 
SEC. 9. PROHIBITION ON UNSAFE WASTE INCINERATION OF 
PFAS. 
Section 3004 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act (42 
U.S.C. 6924) is amended by adding at the end the fol-
lowing new subsection: 
‘‘(z) PFAS WASTES.— 
‘‘(1) FIREFIGHTING FOAM.—Not later than 6 
months after the date of enactment of this sub-
section, the Administrator shall promulgate regula-
tions requiring that when materials containing 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances or 
aqueous film forming foam are disposed— 
‘‘(A) all incineration is conducted in a 
manner that eliminates perfluoroalkyl and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances while also minimizing 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
emitted into the air to the extent feasible; 
‘‘(B) all incineration is conducted in ac-
cordance with the requirements of the Clean Air 
Act, including controlling hydrogen fluoride; 
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‘‘(C) 
any 
materials 
containing 
perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances 
that are designated for disposal are stored in 
accordance with the requirement under part 
264 of title 40, Code of Federal Regulations; 
and 
‘‘(D) all incineration is conducted at a fa-
cility that has been permitted to receive waste 
regulated under this subtitle. 
‘‘(2) PENALTIES.—For purposes of section 
3008(d), a waste subject to a prohibition under this 
subsection shall be considered a hazardous waste 
identified or listed under this subtitle.’’. 
SEC. 10. LABEL FOR PFAS-FREE PRODUCTS. 
(a) LABEL FOR PFAS-FREE PRODUCTS.—Not later 
than 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, the 
Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall— 
(1) revise the Safer Choice Standard of the 
Safer Choice Program to identify the requirements 
for a pot, pan, cooking utensil, carpet, or rug, cloth-
ing, or upholstered furniture, or a stain resistant, 
water resistant, or grease resistant coating not sub-
ject to requirements under section 409 of the Fed-
eral Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act to meet in order 
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to be labeled with a Safer Choice label, including a 
requirement that any such pot, pan, cooking utensil, 
carpet, rug, clothing, or upholstered furniture, or 
stain resistant, water resistant, or grease resistant 
coating does not contain any PFAS; or 
(2) establish a voluntary label that is available 
to be used by any manufacturer of any pot, pan, 
cooking utensil, carpet, rug, clothing, or upholstered 
furniture, or stain resistant, water resistant, or 
grease resistant coating not subject to requirements 
under section 409 of the Federal Food, Drug, and 
Cosmetic Act that the Administrator has reviewed 
and found does not contain any PFAS. 
(b) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘PFAS’’ 
means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with 
at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. 
SEC. 11. GUIDANCE ON MINIMIZING THE USE OF FIRE-
FIGHTING 
FOAM 
AND 
OTHER 
RELATED 
EQUIPMENT CONTAINING ANY PFAS. 
(a) GUIDANCE.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the 
head of the U.S. Fire Administration, Federal Aviation 
Administration, and other relevant Federal departments 
or agencies and representatives of State and local building 
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and fire code enforcement jurisdictions, shall issue guid-
ance on minimizing the use of, or contact with, firefighting 
foam and other related equipment containing any PFAS 
by firefighters, police officers, paramedics, emergency 
medical technicians, and other first responders, in order 
to minimize the risk to such firefighters, police officers, 
paramedics, emergency medical technicians, and other 
first responders, and the environment, without jeopard-
izing firefighting efforts. 
(b) ANNUAL REPORT.—Not later than 2 years after 
the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually there-
after, the Administrator, in consultation with the head of 
the U.S. Fire Administration, shall submit to Congress a 
report on the effectiveness of the guidance issued under 
subsection (a). Such report shall include recommendations 
for congressional actions that the Administrator deter-
mines appropriate to assist efforts to reduce exposure to 
PFAS by firefighters and the other persons described in 
subsection (a). 
(c) REPORT.—Not later than 1 year after the date 
of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Envi-
ronmental Protection Agency, in consultation with the 
head of the U.S. Fire Administration and other relevant 
Federal departments or agencies, shall report to Congress 
on the efforts of the Environmental Protection Agency and 
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other relevant Federal departments and agencies to iden-
tify viable alternatives to firefighting foam and other re-
lated equipment containing any PFAS. 
(d) DEFINITION.—In this section, the term ‘‘PFAS’’ 
means perfluorooctanoic acid, perfluorooctanesulfonic 
acid, and any other perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl sub-
stance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom that 
the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agen-
cy determines is used in firefighting foam and other re-
lated equipment. 
SEC. 12. INVESTIGATION OF PREVENTION OF CONTAMINA-
TION BY GENX. 
The Administrator of the Environmental Protection 
Agency shall investigate methods and means to prevent 
contamination by GenX of surface waters, including 
source waters used for drinking water purposes. 
SEC. 13. DISCLOSURE OF INTRODUCTIONS OF PFAS. 
(a) 
IN
GENERAL.—The 
introduction 
of 
any 
perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance by the owner 
or operator of an industrial source shall be unlawful unless 
such owner or operator first notifies the owner or operator 
of the applicable treatment works of— 
(1) the identity and quantity of such substance; 
(2) whether such substance is susceptible to 
treatment by such treatment works; and 
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