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AZ SB1391

Bill

Status

Introduced

2/3/2025

Primary Sponsor

Priya Sundareshan

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Origin

Senate

Fifty-seventh Legislature - First Regular Session (2025)

AI Summary

  • Removes requirement that state environmental laws and rules be consistent with and not more stringent than corresponding federal law (repeals former Section 49-104(A)(16))

  • Directs the Department of Environmental Quality to establish drinking water aquifer water quality standards for perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS), perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA), chromium-6, 1,4-dioxane, and other perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS)

  • Requires the department to review standards adopted by other states, peer-reviewed science, and government agency studies when developing the new drinking water standards, with annual reviews of latest scientific evidence

  • Standards must be protective of public health including vulnerable populations such as pregnant women, nursing mothers, infants, and children

  • Expands the petition process for adopting numeric drinking water aquifer quality standards for new pollutants detected in Arizona's drinking water aquifers

Legislative Description

Drinking water standards; pollutants

Environment

Last Action

Senate read second time

2/4/2025

Committee Referrals

Rules2/3/2025
Natural Resources2/3/2025

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