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MPCA presents PFAS removal report with fee‑design options, wide cost estimates for drinking water and wastewater work
Summary
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency told the Capital Investment Committee that a fee program could fund PFAS removal, but significant uncertainties remain about who would pay and how much revenue would be needed; preliminary cost estimates range from millions for targeted drinking‑water actions to billions for large‑scale wastewater treatment.
Assistant Commissioner Kurt Koudelka and Fox Char, MPCA’s PFAS coordinator, presented a legislatively requested PFAS removal report on April 29 that lays out options for who would pay PFAS fees, how fees could be structured, and revenue targets tied to specific remediation goals.
MPCA officials emphasized there is substantial uncertainty about the universe of PFAS manufacturers and users in Minnesota because federal and state reporting programs are still maturing and some data may be protected as confidential business information. Depending on reporting thresholds and definitions, the universe of fee payers could range from a handful to thousands of entities. To manage that uncertainty, MPCA recommended the…
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