1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; defining perfluorochemicals as hazardous substance under 
1.3 	Minnesota Environmental Response and Liability Act;amending Minnesota 
1.4 	Statutes 2018, section 115B.02, subdivision 8.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. Minnesota Statutes 2018, section 115B.02, subdivision 8, is amended to read:
1.7 		Subd. 8.Hazardous substance. "Hazardous substance" means:
1.8 	(1) any commercial chemical designated pursuant to the Federal Water Pollution Control 
1.9 	Act, under United States Code, title 33, section 1321(b)(2)(A);
1.10 	(2) any hazardous air pollutant listed pursuant to the Clean Air Act, under United States 
1.11 	Code, title 42, section 7412; and
1.12 	(3) any hazardous waste.; and
1.13 	(4) perfluorochemicals.
1.14 	Hazardous substance does not include natural gas, natural gas liquids, liquefied natural gas, 
1.15 	synthetic gas usable for fuel, or mixtures of such synthetic gas and natural gas, nor does it 
1.16 	include petroleum, including crude oil or any fraction thereof which that is not otherwise a 
1.17 	hazardous waste.