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Indiana Bill About Environmental Rules for PFAS Chemicals
This bill changes Indiana's environmental laws by defining certain terms related to PFAS chemicals and setting rules about how these chemicals should be managed.
What This Bill Does
- Defines what 'decision', 'PFAS chemicals', and 'state prioritized PFAS chemicals' mean in the law.
- Does not allow the department of environmental management to base decisions mainly on federal risk values that have not been officially approved by rulemaking.
- Tells the department to avoid using federal risk values for air, water, soil, or sediment if these levels are at or below normal background concentrations.
- Requires the department to focus on state prioritized PFAS chemicals when dealing with environmental issues.
Who It Names or Affects
- The Department of Environmental Management in Indiana
- People and companies that deal with PFAS chemicals
Terms To Know
- PFAS chemicals
- A group of man-made chemicals used in many products, which can be harmful to the environment.
- state prioritized PFAS chemicals
- Specific types of PFAS chemicals that Indiana decides are most important to focus on for environmental protection.
Limits and Unknowns
- The bill does not specify how the department will prioritize certain PFAS chemicals.
- It is unclear what specific actions or changes will occur after this bill passes.