Section 1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the “PFAS Reference Standards Act”.
PFAS Reference Standards Act
A BILL
To require manufacturers of PFAS to submit analytical reference standards to the Environmental Protection Agency, and for other purposes.
Sec. 2 EPA requirement for submission of analytical reference standards for PFAS
In general— Not later than 180 days after the date of enactment of this Act, the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall require each covered entity to submit to the Administrator an analytical reference standard for each chemical substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom manufactured by the covered entity after the date that is 10 years prior to the date of enactment of this Act.
Uses— The Administrator may—
use an analytical reference standard submitted under this section only for—
the development of information, protocols, and methodologies, which may be carried out by an entity determined appropriate by the Administrator; or
activities relating to the implementation or enforcement of Federal requirements; and
provide an analytical reference standard submitted under this section to a State, to be used only for—
the development of information, protocols, and methodologies, which may be carried out by an entity determined appropriate by the State; or
activities relating to the implementation or enforcement of State requirements.
Prohibition— No person receiving an analytical reference standard submitted under this section may use or transfer the analytical reference standard for a commercial purpose.
Definitions— In this section:
Administrator— The term Administrator means the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency.
Chemical substance— The term chemical substance means any organic or inorganic substance of a particular molecular identity.
Covered entity— The term covered entity means a manufacturer of a chemical substance with at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
Manufacture; State— The terms manufacture and State have the meanings given those terms in section 3 of the Toxic Substances Control Act (15 U.S.C. 2602).