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MPCA presents PFAS removal report with fee options; estimates range from millions to billions depending on scope
Summary
The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency presented a legislatively requested PFAS removal report outlining fee-design options, uncertainty in the universe of payers, and cost estimates for drinking water and wastewater removal ranging from millions to tens of billions depending on scope and technology.
Assistant Commissioner Kirk Koudelka and Fox Char, planning director and MPCA PFAS coordinator, briefed the committee on the agency’s PFAS removal report, which outlines fee-design options and preliminary cost estimates to remove PFAS from drinking water and wastewater.
Koudelka said the agency provided a “menu” of policy choices the legislature could use to design a fee or charge to fund PFAS removal and related programs. The report frames three foundational questions: who pays, how fees are structured, and what revenue targets to set.
The presenters cautioned that the universe of potential PFAS payers in Minnesota is uncertain. The MPCA said depending on reporting…
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