Sec. 334. Notification to agricultural operations located in areas exposed to Department of Defense PFAS use
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Not later than 60 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Agriculture, shall provide a notification described in subsection
(b)to any agricultural operation located within 10 square miles of a location where covered PFAS— has been detected in groundwater; has been hydrologically linked to a local water source, including a water well; and is suspected to be, or due to a positive test known to be, the result of the use of PFAS at any installation of the Department of Defense located in the United States or any State-owned facility of the National Guard. The notification required under subparagraph
(a)shall include: The name of the Department of Defense or National Guard installation from which the PFAS contamination in groundwater originated. The specific type of PFAS detected in groundwater. The detection levels of PFAS detected. Relevant governmental information regarding the health and safety of the covered PFAS detected, including relevant Federal or State standards for PFAS in groundwater, livestock, food commodities and drinking water, and any known restrictions for sale of agricultural products that have been irrigated or watered with water containing PFAS. The Secretary of Defense shall provide to an agricultural operation that receives a notice under subsection
(a)any pertinent updated information, including any results of new elevated testing, by not later than 15 days after receiving such information. Not later than 90 days after the date of the enactment of this Act, and annually thereafter, the Secretary of Defense shall submit to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry of the Senate and the Committee on Agriculture of the House of Representatives a report on the status of providing notice under subsection (a). Such report shall include, for the period covered by the report— the approximate locations of such operations relative to installations of the Department of Defense located in the United States and State-owned facilities of the National Guard; the PFAS substances detected in groundwater; and the levels of PFAS detected. In this section: The term covered PFAS means each of the following: Perfluorooctanoic acid (commonly referred to as PFOA ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 335–67–1). Perfluorooctane sulfonic acid (commonly referred to as PFOS ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 1763–23–1). Perfluorobutanesulfonic acid ( commonly referred to as PFBS ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 375-73-5). Perfluorohexane sulfonate (commonly referred to as PFHxs ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 108427-53-8). Perfluoroheptanoic acid (commonly referred to as PFHpA ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 375-85-9). Perfluorohexanoic acid (commonly referred to as PFHxA ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 307-24-4). Perfluorodecanoic acid (commonly referred to as PFDA ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 335-76-2). Perfluorononanoic acid (commonly referred to as PFNA ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 375-95-1). The term PFAS means a perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom, including the chemical GenX.