1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; appropriating unspent funds originally appropriated for 
1.3 	the PFAS manufacturers fee work group; requiring a report on PFAS removal 
1.4 	strategies.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. MINNESOTA POLLUTION CONTROL AGENCY; PFAS REMOVAL 
1.7 	REPORT.
 1.8 		Subdivision 1.Appropriation. Any unspent portion of the appropriation under Laws 
1.9 	2023, chapter 60, article 1, section 2, subdivision 2, paragraph (t), remaining after the PFAS 
1.10 	manufacturers fee work group report has been submitted to the legislature must be used for 
1.11 	the PFAS removal report required under this section and is available until June 30, 2025.
1.12 		Subd. 2.Report. On or before January 15, 2025, the commissioner of the Pollution 
1.13 	Control Agency must submit a report to the chairs and ranking minority members of the 
1.14 	legislative committees with jurisdiction over environment and natural resources finance 
1.15 	and policy and capital investment. The report must provide recommendations for strategies 
1.16 	the state may use to require manufacturers of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) 
1.17 	to pay the cost of purchasing and installing infrastructure designed to remove PFAS from 
1.18 	intake waters at municipal wastewater facilities statewide and the cost of treating and 
1.19 	disposing of the PFAS. The report must specify any legislation needed to implement the 
1.20 	strategies and must incorporate options from the report submitted by the PFAS manufacturers 
1.21 	fee work group required under Laws 2023, chapter 60, article 3, section 30, in developing 
1.22 	the recommendations. The recommendations in the report must be specific and actionable 
1.23 	and may not include recommendations for further reports or studies.

2.1 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.