PFAS Contaminated Communities OPPOSE the BAAJA
PFAS contaminated communities all across the country are uniting in their opposition to the Bipartisan American Affordability and Jobs Act, a big “permitting reform” bill. The way this bill is written would gut critical Clean Water Act protections and other environmental safeguards that we desperately need.
Permits are supposed to protect us from pollution.
This bill has the support of over 1,000 industry trade groups including the American Petroleum Institute and the American Chemistry Council.
What the bill does:
Gives polluters, like Chemours, legal favor by making it easier to challenge EPA’s PFAS science in court. Congress should be protecting EPA’s independent scientific findings, not creating paths for polluters to dismantle it.
Doubles how long pollution permits last, from now 5 years to 10 years so that reviews and updates take even longer. We know chemical companies have a long history of hiding the harmful effects of their pollution. This bill forces communities into a toxic 10 year relationship.
Restricts states’ ability to put conditions on federal permits that affect our water and makes states prove every condition they add. We know our rivers better than Washington does.
Among a host of other issues, there is no reason legislation about deploying infrastructure needs to make it harder for the EPA and states to fight pollution like PFAS. That is why we wrote a letter to U.S. Senators asking them to oppose BAAJA. In less than 24 hours we gathered signatures from 38 groups in PFAS contaminated communities across 21 states. That list keeps growing as more communities are made aware.
Click here to view our letter and add your own PFAS impacted community to the list.
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