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Family and environmental advocates urge panel to preserve Amara’s law; oppose ATV PFAS exemption
Summary
Family members of the late Amara Strandy, Clean Water Action Minnesota, and other witnesses urged the Senate Commerce Committee not to weaken Amara's law, opposing a proposed exemption for ATVs and seeking firm implementation timelines for other PFAS provisions in Article 7 of the omnibus bill.
Advocates and family members urged the Minnesota Senate Commerce and Consumer Protection Committee on April 8 to reject proposed carve-outs in Amara’s law that would exempt certain products from the state’s PFAS prohibitions.
"The current language gives a lifetime exemption for ATVs," Ivana Stark, state director of Clean Water Action Minnesota, told the committee, arguing that an exemption would remove incentives for manufacturers to eliminate PFAS from products and urging the committee to adopt the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency’s (MPCA) recommended language and a specific implementation date. "This means there's no timeline for them to remove PFAS from…
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