Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025

This bill would require the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set water quality criteria for PFAS chemicals within 3 years and to set limits on PFAS discharges from certain industries between 2026 and 2028. Covered industries include chemical and plastics makers, electroplating, metal finishing, textile mills, landfills, leather tanning, paint makers, and plastics molding. It would require PFAS discharge monitoring for these industries and for paper mills, airports, and electronics makers, and the EPA would decide by the end of 2026 whether to set limits for that second group. The bill would also require the EPA to adopt a PFAS testing method by January 31, 2026, and would authorize $200 million per year from 2026 to 2030 for grants to public wastewater treatment plants, plus $12 million per year for other work under the bill.

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Sponsors

• Chris Pappas Democrat sponsor
• 1 cosponsors