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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2025 | |
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A N A C T | |
RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Cortvriend, McGaw, Speakman, Fogarty, Kislak, | |
Date Introduced: February 28, 2025 | |
Referred To: House Environment and Natural Resources | |
It is enacted by the General Assembly as follows: | |
1 | SECTION 1. Chapter 46-12 of the General Laws entitled "Water Pollution" is hereby |
2 | amended by adding thereto the following section: |
3 | 46-12-42. Testing of biosolids. |
4 | (a) Any applicant seeking an order of approval from the department of environmental |
5 | management for the distribution or land application of biosolids shall test its biosolids for PFAS |
6 | contaminants, as that term is defined by § 46-32-2, and the results shall be submitted to the |
7 | department with the application for the order of approval. |
8 | (b) Any operators with an existing order of approval for the distribution or land application |
9 | of biosolids shall test its biosolids quarterly for PFAS contaminants, as that term is defined by § |
10 | 46-32-2, and submit the results to the department by the last day of each calendar quarter. Sampling |
11 | shall commence during the October 2025 to December 2025 quarter, with the first round of results |
12 | submitted to the department no later than December 31, 2025. |
13 | (c) The director is authorized to reject any application for an order of approval on the basis |
14 | that approval of said application would pose an environmental threat or pose a risk to public health, |
15 | safety, or welfare. |
16 | SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon passage. |
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EXPLANATION | |
BY THE LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL | |
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RELATING TO WATERS AND NAVIGATION -- WATER POLLUTION | |
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1 | This act would require persons seeking to apply biosolids to lands to test the biosolids for |
2 | PFAS contaminants on a quarterly basis and report those findings to the department of |
3 | environmental management. This act would authorize the director to reject applications seeking |
4 | distribution of biosolids to lands for environmental threat or risk to public health, safety, or welfare. |
5 | This act would take effect upon passage. |
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