Bill Text: CA SB1147 | 2023-2024 | Regular Session | Amended
Bill Title: Drinking water: bottled water: microplastics levels.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 6-0)
Status: (Engrossed) 2024-06-26 - From committee: Do pass and re-refer to Com. on APPR. (Ayes 6. Noes 0.) (June 25). Re-referred to Com. on APPR. [SB1147 Detail]
Download: California-2023-SB1147-Amended.html
|
Amended
IN
Assembly
June 19, 2024 |
|
Amended
IN
Senate
April 10, 2024 |
CALIFORNIA LEGISLATURE—
2023–2024 REGULAR SESSION
Senate Bill
No. 1147
| Introduced by Senator Portantino (Coauthors: Assembly Members Gipson, Low, and Rendon) |
February 14, 2024 |
An act to add Sections 111087 and 116376.2 to the Health and Safety Code, relating to drinking water.
LEGISLATIVE COUNSEL'S DIGEST
SB 1147, as amended, Portantino.
Drinking water: bottled water: microplastics levels.
Existing law, the Sherman Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Law, regulates, among other things, the manufacture, production, processing, and packing of any food, drug, device, or cosmetic, and is administered by the State Department of Public Health. The law prescribes various quality and labeling standards for bottled water and vended water, and limits the levels of certain contaminants that may be contained in those water products. Existing law makes a violation of the law or regulation adopted pursuant to the law a crime. Existing law requires, as a condition of licensure, a water-bottling plant, as defined, to annually prepare a water-bottling plant report, as specified, and to make the report available to each customer, upon request.
This bill would require, upon adoption by
in the event that the State Water Resources Control Board of adopts a primary drinking water standard for microplastics, and upon adoption of that standard, any water-bottling plant that produces bottled water that is sold in this state to provide the State Department of Public Health’s Food and Drug Branch an annual report on the levels of microplastics found in the source water used for bottling and in the final bottled water product that is offered for sale, as provided. The bill would require this report to be included with the annual water-bottling plant report and, upon request, be made available to each consumer. By expanding requirements on water-bottling plants, the
violation of which would be a crime, the bill would impose a state-mandated local program. The bill would require the State Department of Public Health to determine, upon adoption of a primary drinking water standard for microplastics in drinking water, whether requiring bottled water to meet a maximum contaminant level equivalent to the primary drinking water standard for microplastics in drinking water is necessary or appropriate for ensuring that bottled water presents no adverse effect on public health.
Existing law, the California Safe Drinking Water Act, requires the State Water Resources Control Board to administer provisions relating to the regulation of drinking water to protect public health. Existing law requires the state board to adopt a definition of microplastics in drinking water and to adopt a standard methodology to be used in the testing of
drinking water for microplastics and requirements for 4 years of testing and reporting of microplastics in drinking water, including public disclosure of those results.
This bill would require the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) to study prioritize studying the health impacts of microplastics in drinking water, including bottled water,
water and bottled water to evaluate and identify a level toxicity characteristics and levels of microplastics in those types of water that is are not anticipated to cause or contribute to adverse health effects effect, or that does not pose any significant risk to health.
health, or to identify any data gaps that exist that need to be addressed in order to establish those levels. The bill would require OEHHA, after the state board adopts a standard methodology and requirements for the testing and reporting of microplastics in drinking water, and upon the request of the state board, to develop and deliver to the state board a public health goal for a level of microplastics in those types of waters, as provided. OEHHA to compile findings from the study into a report and publish the report on its internet website no later than December 31, 2026. The bill would authorize the State Water Resources Control Board, after considering the findings of the report, to request that OEHHA prepare and publish a public health goal for microplastics in drinking water, as specified.
The bill would require the state board to review the public health goal developed and delivered by OEHHA, and to adopt a primary drinking water standard for microplastics, as specified. microplastics, if appropriate.
The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for certain costs mandated by the state. Statutory provisions establish procedures for making that reimbursement.
This bill would provide that no reimbursement is required by this act for a specified reason.
Digest Key
Vote: MAJORITY Appropriation: NO Fiscal Committee: YES Local Program: YESBill Text
The people of the State of California do enact as follows:
SECTION 1.
Section 111087 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:111087.
(a)(b) The report required by this section and any related testing shall may be conducted in accordance with Section 116376, including, but not limited to, the use of methods outlined in the State Water Resources Control Board’s Division of Drinking Water’s August 9, 2022, publication entitled “Policy Handbook Establishing a
Standard Method of Testing and Reporting of Microplastics in Drinking Water,” and any subsequent document published or released by the state board pursuant to the requirements of Section 116376, or that is related to the publication, including, but not limited to, an update to the publication.
(c) The report required by this section shall be included with the bottled water report pursuant to Section 111071, and shall, upon request, be made available to each consumer.
(d) Upon adoption of a primary drinking water standard for microplastics in drinking water, the State Department of Public Health shall determine, pursuant to Section 111080, whether requiring bottled water to meet a maximum contaminant level equivalent to the
primary drinking water standard for microplastics in drinking water is necessary or appropriate for ensuring that bottled water presents no adverse effect on public health.
SEC. 2.
Section 116376.2 is added to the Health and Safety Code, to read:116376.2.
(a)(2)After the state board adopts a standard methodology and requirements for the testing and reporting of microplastics in drinking water, and upon the request of the state board, the office shall develop and deliver to the state board a public health goal for microplastics in drinking water, including bottled water, using the criteria set forth in subdivision (c) of Section 116365.
(b)The state board shall review the public health
goal developed pursuant to subdivision (a) and, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 116365, adopt a primary drinking water standard for microplastics.
(b) The Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment shall compile findings from the study pursuant to subdivision (a) into a report and publish the report on its internet website by no later than December 31, 2026.
(c) Upon completion of the report published pursuant to subdivision (b), the State Water Resources Control Board may, after considering the findings of the report, request that the Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment prepare and publish a public health goal, pursuant to subdivision (c) of Section 116365, for microplastics in drinking water.
(d) The State Water Resources Control Board shall review a public health goal developed pursuant to subdivision (c) and, pursuant to subdivision (a) of Section 116365, adopt a primary drinking water standard for microplastics, if appropriate.
