To encourage Federal agencies to enter into or amend cooperative agreements with States for removal and remedial actions to address PFAS contamination in drinking water, surface water, ground water, sediment, and soil, and for other purposes.
Summary
Official Summary
PFAS Federal Facility Accountability Act of 2018
This bill requires the federal government, on the request of a state, to cooperate with the state to address drinking water, surface water, ground water, sediment, or soil contaminated from a perfluorinated compound released from a federal facility or a former federal facility. A perfluorinated compound means a perfluoroalkyl substance, or a polyfluoroalkyl substance, that is man made and contains at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
Within a year, the Environmental Protection Agency must determine whether to designate perfluorinated compounds as hazardous substances.
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Timeline
Introduced in House
Referred to the Committee on Energy and Commerce, and in addition to the Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure, for a period to be subsequently determined by the Speaker, in each case for consideration of such provisions as fall within the jurisdiction of the committee concerned.
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