Delgado Bill On PFAS Is Approved In Committee
Submitted by the Office of Representative Antonio Delgado
On Wednesday, November 20, the House Committee on Energy And Commerce considered legislation to expand access to clean water during a full committee markup. Among them was H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act, a bipartisan measure that was amended to include a Delgado-backed provision to add certain PFAS chemicals to the Toxics Release Inventory (TRI) at the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
H.R. 535, the PFAS Action Act, is a bipartisan measure that would require specific PFAS chemicals to be listed as hazardous substances under the Superfund program. During the markup, the bill was amended with language from Delgado’s H.R. 2577, the PFAS Right-to-Know Act. Delgado’s language adds specific PFAS chemicals to the TRI in order to push the EPA to understand where PFAS contamination exists today.
“Protecting our communities from PFAS exposure must include supporting those living with the effects of contamination and working to understand where these chemicals can be found in our drinking water. A bipartisan coalition on the House Energy and Commerce Committee has passed legislation to increase accountability and add a number of chemicals, including PFOS, PFOA and Gen-X to the Toxics Release Inventory.” The congressman also said “these are important steps in the right direction—I urge House leadership to move this bill to the House floor for a swift vote so we can better understand where pollution sites are and protect our communities. I will continue to urge the EPA to set a maximum contaminant level, and advocate for justice on behalf of the approximately 19 million Americans affected by contamination of their drinking water.”