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Attorney General, MPCA brief committee on PFAS settlements and limits for local water projects
Summary
State Attorney General and Minnesota Pollution Control Agency officials told the House Capital Investment Committee that national and state PFAS settlements will provide funds to water systems but are unlikely to cover most project costs; Minnesota's 3M settlement funds are projected to be fully committed by fiscal 2027.
An update to the Minnesota House Capital Investment Committee on April 8 made clear that multi-billion-dollar PFAS settlements at the national level and the state-level 3M settlement will produce some money for public water systems, but that the awards will cover only a small share of most projects.
Assistant Attorney General Oliver Larson of the Minnesota Attorney General's Office told the committee the two national settlements — one involving 3M and another involving DuPont — together made available roughly $12 billion to $13 billion for eligible water systems, and that the claims administration process will be complex and prolonged.
"The first checks probably won't be cut until 2026," Larson said, describing a claims-administration timeline that will allocate funds over roughly 10 years. He said about 12,000 water systems were eligible under the national settlements and that roughly 900, or about 7 percent, opted out of the settlement process.
Larson cautioned legislators not to expect the settlements to be a primary source of capital for large infrastructure…
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