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Federal PFAS rules, local water rates and possible state property-tax changes discussed at board meeting
Summary
Legislative counsel and county staff briefed the boards on recent federal PFAS regulatory developments, their potential cost implications for utilities and the uncertainty around proposed state property-tax changes that could affect local budgets.
At the Sept. 12 meeting, county legislative counsel and staff briefed the boards on recent federal activity about PFAS drinking-water regulation and on state-level proposals affecting property taxes that could reshape local budgets.
PFAS and drinking water: Stewart Remland, legislative counsel for Broward County’s Office of Intergovernmental Affairs, summarized federal developments. He said the Biden administration issued drinking-water limits for certain PFAS chemicals in April 2024 and set a 2029 compliance deadline; the Trump administration later indicated it would keep the standards but extend the compliance deadline (to 2031) and…
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