John Shimkus: “Woman, I yield myself the balance of my time. This amendment makes it illegal for an industrial facility to introduce…”

“Woman, I yield myself the balance of my time. This amendment makes it illegal for an industrial facility to introduce PFAS into a sewage treatment system without first disclosing information about that substance. This amendment effectively would create an entirely new and duplicative regulatory program under the Clean Water Act. This amendment is an ad hoc attempt at regulating PFAS without any consideration of whether or how these requirements would duplicate or mesh with the implementation of the EPA PFAS Action Plan or similar, already existing regulatory requirements under the Clean Water Act. The committee of jurisdiction for this provision is the Transportation and Infrastructure Committee, and they have held no hearings and conducted no stakeholder or scientific community engagement or consultation on this issue. As a result, this amendment is nothing more than an automatic reaction to regulate in a vacuum without risk information and without an understanding of its consequences. Madam Chair, I urge a ``no'' vote on this amendment, and I yield back the balance of my time. The Acting CHAIR. The question is on the amendment offered by the gentleman from New York (Mr. Delgado). The amendment was agreed to. Amendment No. 8 Offered by Ms. Pingree The Acting CHAIR. It is now in order to consider amendment No. 8 printed in part B of House Report 116-366.”