HB 2050 (Bulova) Drinking water; Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program established.

Creates the Occoquan Reservoir PFAS Reduction Program to reduce excessive levels of PFAS substances in public drinking water derived from the Occoquan Reservoir. The bill requires certain facilities to monitor for PFAS on or before October 1, 2025, using the U.S. EPA's Method 1633 or an alternative method approved by the EPA and DEQ. The bill requires any such facility to report all results to the Department no later than the tenth day of the next month after the month in which the result is reported by the laboratory and to include in such report all PFAS analytes measured by the test method. Beginning July 1, 2028, the bill requires PFAS discharged by such facilities that have PFAS in excess of the method detection level to not exceed the level of any MCLs for PFAS in drinking water promulgated on or before January 1, 2025. The bill exempts any industrial discharger not listed in the bill or any publicly owned treatment works or drinking water treatment plant but allows any public water system to follow the requirements of the bill for the purpose of planning for compliance with PFAS MCL in finished water.

Referred to ACNR; Subc: Chesapeake

Reported from ACNR with substitute (22-Y 0-N)

Passed House with substitute (98-Y 0-N)
Referred to Senate ACNR

Reported from ACNR and re-referred to Finance and Appropriations (11-Y 4-N)

Reported from Finance and Appropriations (13-Y 1-N)

Passed Senate with substitute with amendments (38-Y 0-N)
Senate substitute agreed to by House (95-Y 0-N)