HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

151st GENERAL ASSEMBLY

HOUSE AMENDMENT NO. 2

TO

HOUSE BILL NO. 8

AMEND House Bill No. 8 by deleting lines 7 and 8 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ This Act directs the Division of Public Health, in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control to establish state-level maximum contaminant levels (“MCL”) for certain contaminants found in public drinking ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 8 by adding after line 11 and before line 12 the following and redesignating accordingly:

“ ( ) “Delaware PFAS Steering Committee” means a committee composed of representatives from the Department’s Division of Air Quality, Division of Watershed Stewardship, Division of Water, Division of Waste and Hazardous Substances, and the Division’s Office of Drinking Water.

( ) “Delaware PFAS Team” means a team composed of representatives from the Department, the Department of Health and Social Services, the Department of Transportation, and the Department of Agriculture.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 8 by deleting line 22 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (a) The Division shall work in collaboration with the Department to establish a maximum contaminant level for PFOA and ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 8 by deleting line 27 in its entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (c) Within 9 months of the effective date of this Act, the Division shall conduct public hearings on ”.

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 8 by deleting lines 29 through 32 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (d) The Division in collaboration with the Department shall review all of the following to develop and revise on a periodic basis the maximum contaminant level established pursuant to this section:

(1) Assessments conducted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency.

(2) Information published in peer-reviewed journals.

(3) Delaware State-wide Survey data

(4) Findings and recommendations resulting from public meetings of the Delaware PFAS Steering Committee and the Delaware PFAS Team. ”

FURTHER AMEND House Bill No. 8 by deleting lines 34 and 35 in their entirety and inserting in lieu thereof the following:

“ (a) The Department in collaboration with the Division shall conduct a statewide survey on PFAS in drinking water using standard laboratory methods for PFAS developed by the United States Environmental Protection Agency and supplemental methods that the Department or Division determine meet project specific data quality objectives. ”

SYNOPSIS

This amendment clarifies that the Division of Public Health will work in collaboration with the Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control. This amendment also changes the time, from 6 months to 9 months, by which the Department and Division shall conduct public hearings on proposed regulations. Finally, this amendment requires the Division, in collaboration with the Department, to develop and revise on a periodic basis, the maximum contaminant level by reviewing assessments conducted by the EPA, information published in peer-reviewed journals, the state-side survey data, and findings and recommendations resulting from public meetings of the Delaware PFAS Steering Committee and the Delaware PFAS Team, both of which are defined in the amendment.