Bill > S3457

This bill, titled the "Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025," aims to regulate perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS), often referred to as "forever chemicals" due to their persistence in the environment, under the Federal Water Pollution Control Act. The bill mandates that the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) establish human health water quality criteria for these substances within three years of enactment. It also sets specific deadlines for the EPA to finalize rules for effluent limitations guidelines and standards, which are limits on the amount of pollutants that can be discharged from specific industrial sources, for various industries, including organic chemicals, plastics, synthetic fibers, electroplating, metal finishing, textile mills, landfills, leather tanning, paint formulating, and plastics molding and forming, with deadlines ranging from September 2026 to September 2028. Furthermore, the bill requires monitoring of PFAS discharges from these industries and others like pulp and paper mills, airports, and electrical and electronic components, with a determination on developing further standards for the latter group by the end of 2026. The EPA is also required to officially adopt a specific testing method for PFAS by January 2026. Finally, the bill authorizes significant funding for grants to publicly owned treatment works to help them manage PFAS contamination and conduct local monitoring, as well as for the EPA's overall implementation of these new standards.

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