HB 578 — An Act amending the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), known as the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, providing for maximum contaminant levels.

PRINTER'S NO.   580

                     THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF PENNSYLVANIA



                         HOUSE BILL
                         No. 578
                                               Session of
                                                 2025

     INTRODUCED BY ISAACSON, BOYD, CERRATO, CIRESI, FREEMAN, GIRAL,
        GREEN, HANBIDGE, HILL-EVANS, HOWARD, OTTEN, PIELLI, PROBST,
        SAMUELSON, SANCHEZ, STEELE AND D. WILLIAMS, FEBRUARY 12, 2025

     REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ENVIRONMENTAL AND NATURAL RESOURCE
        PROTECTION, FEBRUARY 12, 2025


                                    AN ACT
 1   Amending the act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), entitled "An
 2      act providing for safe drinking water; imposing powers and
 3      duties on the Department of Environmental Resources in
 4      relation thereto; and appropriating certain funds," providing
 5      for maximum contaminant levels.
 6      The General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
 7   hereby enacts as follows:
 8      Section 1.    The act of May 1, 1984 (P.L.206, No.43), known as
 9   the Pennsylvania Safe Drinking Water Act, is amended by adding a
10   section to read:
11   Section 4.1.    Maximum contaminant levels.
12      (a)   Level.--Notwithstanding section 4(a) and except as
13   provided under subsection (b), the maximum contaminant level for
14   polyfluoroalkyl and perfluorinated substances, including, but
15   not limited to, perfluorooctane sulfonate, perfluorooctanoic
16   acid, perfluorononanoic acid and perfluorohexane sulfonic acid,
17   shall not exceed 10 parts per trillion.
18      (b)   Testing.--If a maximum contaminant level for a substance
 1   under subsection (a) is established by the Environmental Quality
 2   Board, an executive order of the Governor or the United States
 3   Environmental Protection Agency, the maximum contaminant level
 4   shall supersede the maximum contaminant level under subsection
 5   (a).
 6      (c)   Publication.--If a maximum contaminant level is
 7   established under subsection (b), the department shall transmit
 8   notice to the Legislative Reference Bureau for publication in
 9   the next available issue of the Pennsylvania Bulletin.
10      Section 2.   This act shall take effect in 60 days.




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