May 2022 PFAS Legislative Developments

May Legislation Tracking (May 1, 2022 – May 31, 2022)

Current Trends in Legislation – May 2022

PFAS Monitoring and PFAS Task Force

• Federal Level
• Key point addressed: Clean water standards, PFAS testing and cosmetics products

Firefighting Foam

• States Involved: NJ, NY
• Key point addressed: Provide grants for PFAS testing related to firefighting foam

Packaging Materials

• States Involved: NC
• Key point addressed: Provide extended responsibility on manufactures using PFAS in packaging materials

New Bills This Period

PFAS Legislation

Federal

• Four Federal bills introduced in May mentioning PFAS
  • H.R. 7696
  • H.R. 7897
  • S.4161
  • S.4348

  State

  • Four State bills introduced in May mentioning PFAS
    • NY – 2
    • NC – 2
    • NJ – 1
    • MA – 1

Signed into Law

Highlighted Bills – PFAS Legislation

Updates on Previously Highlighted Bills

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