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FL H1475
Bill
Status
Enrolled
3/4/2022
Primary Sponsor
State Affairs Committee
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AI Summary
- Creates s. 376.91, F.S., requiring the Department of Environmental Protection to adopt statewide cleanup target levels for PFAS (including PFOA and PFOS) in drinking water, groundwater, and soil if the U.S. EPA has not finalized its own standards by January 1, 2025, using criteria from s. 376.30701
- Any rules establishing statewide PFAS cleanup target levels may not take effect until ratified by the Florida Legislature
- Governmental entities and private water suppliers are shielded from administrative or judicial action to compel site rehabilitation, require payment for contamination cleanup costs, or impose fines related to a specific PFAS constituent until the department's rule for that constituent is ratified by the Legislature
- Statutes of limitations that would bar state or local government from pursuing relief related to PFAS contamination are tolled from the act's effective date until site rehabilitation is completed or cleanup target level rules are ratified
- Liability protections do not extend to other persons who may bear responsibility for contaminated sites and who are not classified as governmental entities or private water suppliers under the act
Legislative Description
Cleanup of Perfluoroalkyl and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances
Last Action
Signed by Officers and presented to Governor
6/9/2022
Committee Referrals
State Affairs2/14/2022
Agriculture and Natural Resources Appropriations Subcommittee2/3/2022
Environment, Agriculture and Flooding Subcommittee1/16/2022
Full Bill Text
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