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AMENDMENTS TO SENATE BILL NO. 302
Sponsor: REPRESENTATIVE GILLEN
Printer's No. 905
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 1 through 4, by striking out all of
said lines and inserting
Amending Title 35 (Health and Safety) of the Pennsylvania
Consolidated Statutes, in Commonwealth services, providing
for firefighting foam management.
Amend Bill, page 1, lines 7 through 18; pages 2 and 3, lines
1 through 30; page 4, line 1; by striking out all of said lines
on said pages and inserting
Section 1. Title 35 of the Pennsylvania Consolidated
Statutes is amended by adding a section to read:
ยง 7389. Firefighting foam management.
(a) Prohibited conduct.--The following shall apply:
(1) Beginning January 1, 2023, no person, firefighting
entity, the Commonwealth nor a municipality may discharge or
otherwise use a class B firefighting foam that contains an
intentionally added PFAS chemical for:
(i) testing purposes at a facility, unless:
(A) otherwise required by law or the
governmental entity having jurisdiction over the
testing facility; and
(B) the facility has implemented appropriate
containment, treatment and disposal measures to
prevent the uncontrolled release of the class B
firefighting foam into the environment; or
(ii) training purposes, unless the training involves
replacing the class B firefighting foam that contains an
intentionally added PFAS chemical with nonflourinated
training foam.
(2) The State Fire Commissioner shall assist
firefighting entities with evaluating and determining how to
transition to the use of class B firefighting foam that does
not contain an intentionally added PFAS chemical for testing
purposes.
(3) (i) An individual or fire department who
administers a training program in violation of this
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