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AZ SB1133

Bill

Status

Introduced

1/13/2021

Primary Sponsor

Kirsten Engel

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-fifth Legislature - First Regular Session (2021)

AI Summary

  • Removes a provision requiring state environmental laws and standards to be no more stringent than corresponding federal law.

  • Requires the Arizona Department of Environmental Quality director to establish drinking water aquifer water quality standards for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid, perfluorooctanoic acid, chromium-6, 1,4-dioxane, and other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances detected in public water systems.

  • Directs the department to review standards adopted in other states, peer-reviewed science, and federal agency studies when developing the required drinking water standards, with annual reviews of new scientific evidence.

  • Requires standards to protect public health including vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children.

  • Makes conforming changes to statutory language, replacing "rule making" with "rulemaking" and "utilizing" with "using."

Legislative Description

Drinking water standards; pollutants

Standards

Last Action

Senate read second time

1/14/2021

Committee Referrals

Rules1/14/2021
Natural Resources, Energy and Water1/13/2021

Full Bill Text

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