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Agency official outlines draft to extend PCB testing deadline for older schools, says state funding is not available
Summary
An agency official told the Education Committee that draft 3.1 would move the testing deadline for schools built or renovated before 1980 to after Aug. 1, 2033, and set up an ANR-administered grant fund; the presenter said there is currently no money in the governor’s budget to pay for it.
An agency official told the Education Committee that draft 3.1 would push the deadline for PCB testing of public and approved schools built or renovated before 1980 to a date after Aug. 1, 2033, and would create a fund administered by the entity identified in the transcript as ANR to pay for grants for investigation, remediation and mitigation. The official cautioned that the state’s budget currently contains no funds to implement the proposal.
The official, presenting draft 3.1 (dated 04/22 at 11:16 a.m.), said the first section (line 21) “pushes out the deadline for all public schools and approved and…
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