Title: Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2019
Policy area: Environmental Protection

Summary:
Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2019
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address certain perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly known as PFAS. These man-made substances may have adverse human health effects. A variety of products contain these substances, such as nonstick cookware, waterproof clothing, stain-resistant fabrics, food packaging, and fire-fighting foams.
The bill requires the EPA to expand the list of toxic pollutants under the Clean Water Act to include such substances. In addition, the EPA must develop effluent standards and pretreatment standards for the substances.

[Congressional Bills 116th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H.R. 3616 Introduced in House (IH)]

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116th CONGRESS
  1st Session
                                H. R. 3616

To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as toxic pollutants under 
    the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                              July 2, 2019

     Mr. Pappas (for himself, Ms. Slotkin, Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of 
Pennsylvania, and Ms. Kuster of New Hampshire) introduced the following 
    bill; which was referred to the Committee on Transportation and 
                             Infrastructure

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                                 A BILL


 
To require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to 
designate per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances as toxic pollutants under 
    the Federal Water Pollution Control Act, and for other purposes.

    Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the 
United States of America in Congress assembled,

SECTION 1. SHORT TITLE.

    This Act may be cited as the ``Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act 
of 2019''.

SEC. 2. PFAS DESIGNATION, EFFLUENT LIMITATIONS, AND PRETREATMENT 
              STANDARDS.

    (a) In General.--Not later than 30 days after the date of enactment 
of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency 
shall revise the list of toxic pollutants described in paragraph (1) of 
section 307(a) of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 
1317(a)) to add per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances to such list, and 
publish such revised list, without taking into account the factors 
listed in such paragraph.
    (b) Effluent Standards.--As soon as practicable after the date on 
which the revised list is published under subsection (a), but not later 
than January 1, 2022, the Administrator shall publish in the Federal 
Register effluent standards under section 307(a)(2) of the Federal 
Water Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(a)(2)) for substances added 
to the list of toxic pollutants pursuant to subsection (a) of this 
section, in accordance with sections 301(b)(2)(A) and 304(b)(2) of such 
Act.
    (c) Pretreatment Standards.--Not later than January 1, 2022, the 
Administrator shall promulgate pretreatment standards for per- and 
polyfluoroalkyl substances under section 307(b) of the Federal Water 
Pollution Control Act (33 U.S.C. 1317(b)).
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