To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds (including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid), and for other purposes.

Bill: 115-hr-3106
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Boyle, Brendan F. [D-PA-13]
Introduced: 2017-06-29
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Subjects: Administrative law and regulatory procedures

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

Environmental health

Environmental regulatory procedures

Hazardous wastes and toxic substances

Water quality

Water use and supply
Latest action: action_date: 2017-07-14
text: Sponsor introductory remarks on measure. (CR H5870)

Summaries:
action_date: 2017-06-29
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p>This bill amends the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to address the level of perfluorinated compounds, including perfluorooctanesulfonic acid and perfluorooctanoic acid, in drinking water. Specifically, the EPA must publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for perfluorinated compounds within two years. Perfluorinated compounds are manufactured compounds that are used in an array of consumer products and that accumulate in human blood.</p>

tv_txt: I 115th CONGRESS 1st Session H. R. 3106 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES June 29, 2017 Mr. Brendan F. Boyle of Pennsylvania (for himself, Mr. Pallone , Mr. Tonko , Mr. Meehan , and Mr. Fitzpatrick ) introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To amend the Safe Drinking Water Act to require the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for per­fluo­ri­nat­ed compounds (including per­fluo­ro­oc­tane­sul­fon­ic acid and per­fluo­ro­oc­ta­no­ic acid), and for other purposes.

1. Deadline for regulations on per­fluo­ri­nat­ed compounds Section 1412(b)(2) of the Safe Drinking Water Act ( 42 U.S.C. 300g–1(b)(2) ) is amended by adding at the end the following: (D) Perfluorinated compounds Notwithstanding any other deadline established in this subsection, not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this subparagraph, the Administrator shall publish a maximum contaminant level goal and promulgate a national primary drinking water regulation for per­fluo­ri­nat­ed compounds (including per­fluo­ro­oc­tane­sul­fon­ic acid and per­fluo­ro­oc­ta­no­ic acid). .