Sec. 3. Remediation of contamination of groundwater by perfluoroalkyl substances
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Title V of the Federal Water Pollution Control Act is amended— by redesignating section 520 ( 33 U.S.C. 1251 note) as section 521; and by inserting after section 519 ( 33 U.S.C. 1377a ) the following: In this section: The term contaminated site means a site at which groundwater has been contaminated by a covered perfluoroalkyl substance. The term covered perfluoroalkyl substance means— perfluorooctanoic acid (commonly referred to as PFOA ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 335–67–1); the salts associated with the chemical described in subparagraph
(A)(Chemical Abstracts Service Nos. 3825–26–1, 335–95–5, and 68141–02–6); perfluorooctane sulfonic acid or sulfonate (commonly referred to as PFOS ) (Chemical Abstracts Service No. 1763–23–1); and the salts associated with the chemical described in subparagraph
(C)(Chemical Abstracts Service Nos. 2795–39–3, 29457–72–5, 56773–42–3, 29081–56–9, and 70225–14–8). Subject to subsections
(c)and (d), the Administrator shall provide grants to States to address contamination of groundwater by covered perfluoroalkyl substances at contaminated sites. The Administrator shall ensure that funds made available to carry out this section are distributed to each State— for each of fiscal years 2021 and 2022, in such a manner that the total grant amount received by a State under this section is equivalent to the ratio that— the amount of the capitalization grant under title VI to the State in the last fiscal year in which capitalization grants were made; bears to the amount of capitalization grants under title VI to all States in the last fiscal year in which capitalization grants were made; and for each of fiscal years 2023 through 2029, in accordance with the regulations promulgated under paragraph (2). Not later than 2 years after the date of enactment of this section, the Administrator shall promulgate regulations for the distribution of amounts made available to carry out this section among States in a manner that accounts for the prevalence and remedial costs of addressing contamination of groundwater by covered perfluoroalkyl substances. Any detection, treatment, and remediation of groundwater carried out using a grant under this section shall be carried out in accordance with— if the Administrator has not designated the applicable covered perfluoroalkyl substance as a hazardous substance under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the Draft Deliberative Document prepared by the Administrator entitled Draft Interim Recommendations to Address Groundwater Contaminated with Perfluorootanoic Acid and Perfluorooctane Sulfonate and accepted for interagency review by the Office of Management and Budget on August 31, 2018; and if the Administrator has designated the applicable covered perfluoroalkyl substance as a hazardous substance under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ( 42 U.S.C. 9601 et seq.), the requirements of that Act. In addressing the contamination described in subsection
(b)using amounts from a grant under this section, States shall give preference to addressing that contamination using total destruction technologies that create inert byproducts. There are authorized to be appropriated to carry out this section— for fiscal year 2020— $1,000,000,000; and any additional amount as may be designated by Congress as being for an emergency requirement pursuant to section 251(b)(2)(A)(i) of the Balanced Budget and Emergency Deficit Control Act of 1985 ( 2 U.S.C. 901(b)(2)(A)(i) ); and for each of fiscal years 2021 through 2029, $1,000,000,000. The authority provided by this section terminates on September 30, 2029. .
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Sec. 3
Remediation of contamination of groundwater by perfluoroalkyl substances
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