PFAS Reference Standards Act

Bill: 117-hr-7897
Sponsor: full_name: Rep. Sarbanes, John P. [D-MD-3]
Introduced: 2022-05-27
Policy area: Environmental Protection
Latest action: action_date: 2022-05-27
text: Referred to the House Committee on Energy and Commerce.

Summaries:
action_date: 2022-05-27
action_desc: Introduced in House
text: <p><b>PFAS Reference Standards Act</b></p> <p>This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to require manufacturers of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances, commonly referred to as PFAS, to submit an analytical reference standard for each PFAS it has manufactured since ten years prior to the enactment of this bill.</p>

tv_txt: I 117th CONGRESS 2d Session H. R. 7897 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES May 27, 2022 Mr. Sarbanes introduced the following bill; which was referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce A BILL To require manufacturers of PFAS to submit analytical reference standards to the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.

1. Short title This Act may be cited as the PFAS Reference Standards Act . 2. EPA requirement for submission of analytical reference standards for PFAS (a) In general Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall require each covered entity to submit to the Administrator an analytical reference standard for each chemical substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom manufactured by the covered entity after the date that is 10 years prior to the date of enactment of this Act. (b) Uses The Administrator may— (1) use an analytical reference standard submitted under this section only for— (A) the development of information, protocols, and methodologies, which may be carried out by an entity determined appropriate by the Administrator; or (B) activities relating to the implementation or enforcement of Federal requirements; and (2) provide an analytical reference standard submitted under this section to a State, to be used only for— (A) the development of information, protocols, and methodologies, which may be carried out by an entity determined appropriate by the State; or (B) activities relating to the implementation or enforcement of State requirements. (c) Prohibition No person receiving an analytical reference standard submitted under this section may use or transfer the analytical reference standard for a commercial purpose. (d) Definitions In this section: (1) Administrator The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency. (2) Chemical substance The term chemical substance means any organic or inorganic substance of a particular molecular identity. (3) Covered entity The term covered entity means a manufacturer of a chemical substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom. (4) Manufacture; State The terms manufacture and State have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act ( 15 U.S.C. 2602 ).