A bill for an act
relating to capital investment; appropriating unspent funds originally appropriated
for the PFAS manufacturers fee work group; requiring a report on PFAS removal
strategies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:
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Any unspent portion of the appropriation under Laws
2023, chapter 60, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (t), remaining after the PFAS
manufacturers fee work group report has been submitted to the legislature must be used for
the PFAS removal report required under this section and is available until June 30, 2025.
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On or before January 15, 2025, the commissioner of the Pollution
Control Agency must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the
legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources finance
and policy and capital investment. The report must provide recommendations for strategies
the state may use to require manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)
to pay the cost of purchasing and installing infrastructure designed to remove PFAS from
intake waters at municipal wastewater facilities statewide and the cost of treating and
disposing of the PFAS. The report must specify any legislation needed to implement the
strategies and must incorporate options from the report submitted by the PFAS manufacturers
fee work group required under Laws 2023, chapter 60, article 3, section 30, in developing
the recommendations. The recommendations in the report must be specific and actionable
and may not include recommendations for further reports or studies.
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This section is effective the day following final enactment.
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