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Committee advances Occoquan PFAS-monitoring bill after Fairfax Water warns of large capital costs
Summary
The committee reported a bill requiring PFAS monitoring for certain industrial and stormwater dischargers upstream of the Occoquan Reservoir and gave DEQ authority to reopen permits if levels do not decline; Fairfax Water testified that meeting the new EPA PFAS MCL without source reductions could cost hundreds of millions of dollars.
Delegate Bulova presented a bill focusing on PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) in the Occoquan Reservoir watershed. The measure requires specified industrial permittees and stormwater dischargers in the Occoquan watershed to begin monitoring on a timetable in the bill, report results to DEQ and, if monitoring shows levels above the EPA maximum contaminant level, triggers DEQ authority to reopen permits and require corrective steps.
Fairfax Water, the region’s largest utility, said samples have detected PFOS in finished…
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