2024 -- S 2809 | |
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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2024 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, | |
GROUNDWATER, AND SURFACE WATER | |
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Introduced By: Senator Matthew L. LaMountain | |
Date Introduced: March 22, 2024 | |
Referred To: Senate Environment & Agriculture | |
(Dept. of Health) | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Section 46-32-7 of the General Laws in Chapter 46-32 entitled "PFAS in |
2 | Drinking Water, Groundwater, and Surface Waters" is hereby amended to read as follows: |
3 | 46-32-7. Investigation of potential sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances |
4 | contamination. |
5 | (a) On or before November 1, 2023, the director of the department of environmental |
6 | management shall publish a plan for public review and comment to complete a statewide |
7 | investigation of potential sources of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination. |
8 | As part of this investigation, the director of the department of health shall conduct a pilot project at |
9 | public water systems by an applicable analytical method to evaluate total PFAS the maximum |
10 | number of PFAS detectable from standard laboratory methods. The director of the department of |
11 | environmental management shall initiate implementation of the plan not later than January 1, 2024. |
12 | (b) On or before June 1, 2024 2025, all public water systems in the state as defined in ยง 46- |
13 | 13-2, except transient, non-community water systems as defined by the department of health in 216 |
14 | R.I.C.R.-50-5-1 as may be amended, shall conduct monitoring of raw, untreated drinking water for |
15 | the maximum number of PFAS detectable from standard laboratory methods. |
16 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- PFAS IN DRINKING WATER, | |
GROUNDWATER, AND SURFACE WATER | |
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1 | This act would delay from June 1, 2024, until June 1, 2025, the necessity to conduct |
2 | monitoring for the maximum number PFAS in drinking water and would amend the type of water |
3 | systems to which the requirement applies. |
4 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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