MN HF3962

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency commissioner must identify emerging PFAS chemicals measured in state influent, effluent, sewage sludge, surface water, aquatic sediments, or freshwater fish that may pose risks to human health or ecological functions based on toxicity, persistence, bioaccumulation, and mobility data

Legislative reports on identified priority PFAS must be submitted every three years to environment and natural resources committees, coinciding with the agency's triennial water quality standards review

By January 1, 2028, the commissioner must develop a PFAS management protocol determining whether identified substances will be regulated through site-specific water quality criteria, statewide standards, effluent limitations, or other actions, with costs directed to pollution originators

Draft protocol must be posted for 60-day public comment period with public informational meetings before final adoption

Water quality standards for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (PFOS) must be adopted by January 1, 2028, applying to class 2 waters, with the standard 18-month rulemaking deadline waived