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Committee advances SB 466 to limit third-party suits for water systems implementing chromium-6 compliance plans
Summary
SB 466 would provide limited legal protections for public water systems that are implementing State Water Resources Control Board-approved chromium-6 compliance plans, shielding such systems from third-party civil litigation during the compliance period; the committee passed the bill to the Committee on Judiciary.
SB 466, presented to the committee by Senator Anna Caballero, would limit third-party civil suits against public water systems that are implementing and complying with a State Water Resources Control Boardapproved chromium-6 maximum contaminant level (MCL) compliance plan during the plans approved schedule.
Senator Caballero said chromium-6 occurs naturally in some groundwater basins and that the State Water Resources Control Boardset a chromium-6 MCL of 10 parts per billion effective in 2024. Compliance dates for public water systems vary by size, with deadlines between Oct.…
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