Existing law establishes various requirements for the regulation of hazardous waste, hazardous materials and hazardous substances. (Chapter 459 of NRS) Section 12 of this bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, a person, political subdivision, local government or state or local agency from discharging, using or releasing, or allowing its employees or independent contractors to discharge, use or release, Class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances for testing or firefighting training purposes. Section 13 of this bill requires any person, political subdivision, local government or state or local agency who discharges, uses or releases, or allows its employees or independent contractors to discharge, use or release, Class B firefighting foam that contains intentionally added perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances to notify the Division of Environmental Protection of the State Department of Conservation and Natural Resources within 24 hours after the discharge, use or release. Section 14.5 of this bill requires the Division to establish a working group to study issues relating to environmental contamination resulting from perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances. Sections 8-9 of this bill define various terms relating to the provisions of sections 7-14.5 of this bill. Section 10 of this bill provides an exception to the requirements and prohibitions set forth in sections 12 and 13 to the extent that those provisions are preempted by or conflict with federal law. Section 24 of this bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, the knowing manufacture, sale, offering for sale, distribution for sale or distribution for use of a children's product, upholstered residential furniture, residential textile, business textile or mattress containing any flame-retardant organohalogenated chemical in any product component in amounts greater than 1,000 parts per million. Section 25 of this bill prohibits, with certain exceptions, a manufacturer from replacing such a flame-retardant organohalogenated chemical with any other chemical that is known or suspected with a high degree of probability to: (1) harm the normal development of a fetus or child; (2) cause cancer, genetic damage or reproductive harm; (3) disrupt the endocrine system; or (4) damage the nervous system, immune system or organs or cause other systemic toxicity. Section 26 of this bill makes a person who willfully and knowingly violates section 24 or 25 subject to a maximum civil penalty of $1,000. Sections 17-23 of this bill define certain terms related to these prohibitions.

Statutes affected:
As Introduced: 445A.310, 445A.520, 445A.525, 445A.855