Committee holds DEQ PFAS drinking-water rule for additional presentation tomorrow
DEQ presented a pending rule to incorporate federal PFAS drinking-water requirements (40 CFR part 141) into Idaho rules; the committee voted to hold the docket until the chair calls it back after an additional presentation scheduled for the next day.
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Jeri Henry, Division Administrator for Drinking Water Protection and Finance at the Idaho Department of Environmental Quality, and Tyler Fortunati, Drinking Water Bureau Chief, presented docket 58-0108-2401, which would incorporate federal Safe Drinking Water Act provisions for PFAS (per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances) into Idaho’s drinking-water rules by updating the federal-reference date to July 1, 2024 and adding subpart Z for PFOS.
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