SB  67-PFAS USE FIREFIGHTING                                                                              
                                                                                                                                
5:00:55 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR BISHOP  announced the consideration  of SENATE  BILL NO.                                                               
67, "An  Act relating to  firefighting substances;  and providing                                                               
for an effective date."                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
He noted that there was  a committee substitute for the committee                                                               
to consider.                                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
5:01:04 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR  GIESSEL moved  to adopt  the committee  substitute (CS)                                                               
for SB 67, work order 33-LS0148\S, as the working document.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR BISHOP objected for an explanation of the changes.                                                                     
                                                                                                                                
5:01:25 PM                                                                                                                    
SENATOR JESSE  KIEHL, Alaska  State Legislature,  Juneau, Alaska,                                                               
sponsor of SB  67, spoke to the following  explanation of changes                                                               
from version B to version S for SB 67:                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     1. In Section 1 (AS 46.03.340), page 1, lines 9-12:                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
        a. Deleted "engaged in the business of oil of gas                                                                       
          production,   transmission,   transportation,   or                                                                    
          refining"                                                                                                             
        b. Added "to respond to a fire that originates in                                                                       
          relation to oil or gas production, transmission,                                                                      
          transportation, or refining"                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                
     This  change  allows  for  any  respondent  to  a  fire                                                                    
     relating  to  oil   or  gas  production,  transmission,                                                                    
     transportation,  or  refining  to   use  PFAS  or  PFAS                                                                    
     containing substances to fight the fire.                                                                                   
                                                                                                                                
     2. In Section 1 (AS 46.03.340), page 2, line 6:                                                                            
                                                                                                                                
        a. Deleted "25"                                                                                                         
        b. Added "40"                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                
     This change allows  the state to accept  for disposal a                                                                    
     quantity not to exceed 40  gallons per year, up from 25                                                                    
     gallons in the previous  version; 40 gallons covers the                                                                    
     estimated  35 gallons  of substance  anticipated to  be                                                                    
     accepted from impacted Project Code Red communities.                                                                       
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR BISHOP removed his objection and version S was adopted.                                                                
                                                                                                                                
5:02:41 PM                                                                                                                    
At ease                                                                                                                         
                                                                                                                                
5:03:25 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR BISHOP reconvened the meeting  and invited Andy Mills to                                                               
explain the new fiscal note.                                                                                                    
                                                                                                                                
5:03:37 PM                                                                                                                    
ANDY  MILLS, Legislative  Liaison,  Office  of the  Commissioner,                                                               
Department  of  Transportation  and  Public  Facilities  (DOTPF),                                                               
Juneau,  Alaska, reported  that DOTPF  did an  extensive analysis                                                               
because it is  the state agency that will operate  the program to                                                               
ensure  that   PFAS  containing  substances  are   collected  and                                                               
disposed of  properly. Prior to this  legislation, the department                                                               
was not  associated with  Project Code Red.  This is  the program                                                               
that  gave  132  Alaska  villages  the  equipment  to  use  PFAS-                                                               
containing  aqueous film  forming  foam  (AFFF) for  firefighting                                                               
purposes  as federally  required. DOTPF  anticipates the  need to                                                               
collect and dispose  of PFAS from these sites. This  will be done                                                               
in cooperation with the  Department of Environmental Conservation                                                               
(DEC) and private contractors.                                                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
DOTPF  has a  manifest list  of  the Project  Code Red  equipment                                                               
provided to these villages, but  there is no current inventory to                                                               
show how  much PFAS  each village  may have used  or what  it may                                                               
have  received afterward.  The fiscal  note  has assumptions  and                                                               
that is what was quantified  as the capital appropriation and one                                                               
personnel to  handle the contracting effort.  However, additional                                                               
entities may  seek to utilize this  program and there was  no way                                                               
for the  department to  quantify what that  amount would  be. The                                                               
fiscal  note addresses  that by  clarifying  that it  would be  a                                                               
situation  of  first-come-first-served to  dispose  of  up to  40                                                               
gallons of PFAS-containing aqueous film forming foam per year.                                                                  
                                                                                                                                
5:07:17 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR BISHOP found no questions and solicited a motion.                                                                      
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5:07:23 PM                                                                                                                    
CO-CHAIR GIESSEL moved to report CSSB 67, work order 33-                                                                        
LS0148\S, from committee with individual recommendations and the                                                                
attached fiscal note(s).                                                                                                        
                                                                                                                                
CO-CHAIR BISHOP found no objection and CSSB 67(RES) was reported                                                                
from the Senate Resources Standing Committee.