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MPCA outlines fee options, cost estimates for PFAS removal from drinking water and wastewater
Summary
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency presented a PFAS removal report offering fee‑based funding options and preliminary cost estimates for sampling, treatment and source‑reduction measures; MPCA officials said uncertainty about PFAS product use and reporting will complicate fee design and revenue forecasting.
Kurt Koudelka, assistant commissioner at the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency, and Fox Char, the agency’s PFAS coordinator, briefed the Capital Investment Committee on a legislatively requested PFAS removal report on April 29. The report evaluates how a fee program could fund PFAS removal from drinking water and wastewater, and it presents a menu of policy choices for lawmakers.
MPCA staff said three foundational design choices would drive results: who pays (the universe of manufacturers and users subject to a fee), how the fee is structured (per‑pound rates vs. revenue‑target models) and the fee revenue target (how…
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