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Appropriations hearing on H.542: committee hears plan to stop statewide PCB air‑testing in schools
Summary
Lawmakers heard H.542, which would end the state's mandated indoor‑air PCB testing program for public and approved independent schools while preserving remediation commitments at schools already flagged; agencies reported limited remaining funds and no committee vote was taken.
Members of the House Appropriations Committee on Wednesday heard H.542, a bill that would terminate Vermont’s mandated indoor‑air testing program for polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in public and approved independent schools while directing remaining appropriated funds toward remediation at schools already tested and found above the state action level.
The bill responds to a program created in 2021 that required air sampling and set state‑specific action levels. Michael Grady of the Legislative Council described the program’s funding history: the Legislature appropriated about $32 million in earlier sessions (roughly $16 million of which funded Burlington’s school disposal work), and subsequent contingency transfers were used for statewide sampling and remediation.…
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