Bill Text - HB1546 (2022)

(Second New Title) enabling the commissioner of the department of environmental services to adopt rules relative to airborne PFAS in certain circumstances.


Revision: April 13, 2022, 3:21 p.m.

Energy and Natural Resources

April 12, 2022

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08/05

 

 

Amendment to HB 1546-FN

 

Amend the title of the bill by replacing it with the following:

 

AN ACT enabling the commissioner of the department of environmental services to adopt rules relative to airborne PFAS in certain circumstances.

 

Amend the bill by replacing all after the enacting clause with the following:

 

1  New Paragraph; Regulated Toxic Air Pollutants.  Amend RSA 125-I:4 by inserting after paragraph V the following new paragraph:

VI.  By January 1, 2023 and annually thereafter, the commissioner shall consider peer-reviewed studies of the acute, chronic, mutagenic, reproductive, or developmental health effects in humans as a result of inhalation exposure to an individual per and polyfluoroalkyl substance, and whether to establish or modify any classification or ambient air limit for such individual per and polyfluoroalkyl substance by adopting rules in accordance with the provisions of RSA 541-A.

2  Effective Date.  This act shall take effect January 1, 2023.

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AMENDED ANALYSIS

This bill allows the commissioner of the department of environmental services to adopt rules about airborne PFAS in certain circumstances.