Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025
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Summary
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue Clean Water Act effluent limitation guidelines, pretreatment standards, and water quality criteria for measurable PFAS on a fixed timeline.
Who Benefits and How
Communities affected by PFAS contamination could benefit from stronger national wastewater discharge and water quality standards intended to reduce PFAS pollution.
Who Bears the Burden and How
EPA would have to complete new rulemaking and criteria work, while industrial dischargers and treatment works could face tighter PFAS control requirements.
Key Provisions
- Provides the short title for the Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025.
- Requires EPA to publish Clean Water Act effluent limitations guidelines and standards for measurable PFAS.
- Requires EPA to publish PFAS water quality criteria on a statutory timetable.
Evidence Chain:
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At a Glance
What This Bill Does
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue Clean Water Act effluent limitation guidelines, pretreatment standards, and water quality criteria for measurable PFAS on a fixed timeline.
Key Policy Areas
Environment, Healthcare
Primary Purpose
This bill requires the Environmental Protection Agency to issue Clean Water Act effluent limitation guidelines, pretreatment standards, and water quality criteria for measurable PFAS on a fixed timeline.
Policy Domains
Main Provisions
Identified Gains
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Communities affected by PFAS contamination
- Public health and environmental protection efforts tied to cleaner water discharges
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Identified Costs
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation- Environmental Protection Agency officials and covered dischargers subject to the PFAS standards work
Contextual inference, no direct clause citation
Legislative Progress
In CommitteeRead twice and referred to the Committee on Environment and …
Introduced in Senate
Mrs. Gillibrand introduced the following bill; which was read twice …
Stakeholder Effects
cui bono?How this legislation distributes effects. Mention counts reflect frequency, not effect magnitude.
Industrial dischargers and treatment works subject to new PFAS effluent and pretreatment standards
Communities exposed to PFAS-contaminated waters
Environmental Protection Agency officials conducting PFAS rulemaking and criteria development
Bill Structure & Actor Mappings
Who is "The Secretary" in each section?
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