Clean Water Standards for PFAS Act of 2025

This bill directs the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to set rules under the Clean Water Act for PFAS, a group of man-made chemicals, in water. The EPA would have to publish human health water quality criteria for each measurable PFAS within 3 years and set discharge limits for certain industries, such as chemical makers, electroplating, metal finishing, textile mills, landfills, leather tanning, paint, and plastics molding, on deadlines from 2026 to 2028. The EPA would also have to require monitoring of PFAS discharges from these industries and from paper mills, airports, and electronics makers, and decide by the end of 2026 whether to set limits for those three groups. The bill authorizes $200 million per year from 2026 through 2030 for grants to public wastewater treatment plants to address PFAS, plus $12 million per year for the rest of the program.

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Sponsors

• Kirsten E. Gillibrand Democrat sponsor
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