Bills

SB 738: RELATING TO WASTEWATER MANAGEMENT.

  • Session Year: 2025-2026
  • House: Senate
  • Latest Version Date: 2025-02-13

Current Status:

In Progress

(2025-12-08: Carried over to 2026 Regular Session.)

Introduced

In Committee

First Chamber

In Committee

Second Chamber

Final Decking

Enacted

Version:

Requires a wastewater treatment works to test sewage sludge and any other residual material for the presence of PFAS.  Requires the Department of Health to adopt administrative rules for the safe disposal and sequestration of sewage sludge and other residual material that contain specific amounts of PFAS.  Prohibits the issuance or renewal of permits if testing yields PFAS in sewage sludge or other residual material on land used for agronomic purposes, on land where drainage tiles have been installed, on land that drains into waters of the State, or land in a five hundred-year floodplain.  Effective 12/31/2050.  (SD1)

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