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Committee hears bill to study PFAS levels in biosolids before setting limits
Summary
A committee heard testimony on Substitute Senate Bill 50 33, which would require the Department of Ecology to convene an advisory committee and develop sampling, testing and a statewide analysis of PFAS in biosolids, with interim deadlines through 2029.
Meg McFadden, staff to the committee, briefed Substitute Senate Bill 50 33, saying the bill would require the Department of Ecology to establish PFAS sampling and testing requirements for biosolids after consulting a new advisory committee and to analyze PFAS levels and biosolids produced in Washington by July 2029.
The bill text links Ecology’s existing biosolids management program and the federal Clean Water Act, and would direct Ecology to convene an advisory committee that includes farmers, toxicologists, utilities that produce soil amendments, and local governments. Ecology would report its analysis and recommendations to the Legislature by December 2029.
Senator Jeff Wilson (Washington State Senator, 19th Legislative District), sponsor of the bill’s briefing, framed the measure as establishing a baseline to determine whether “forever chemicals” are being…
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