SENATE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY COMMITTEE

STATEMENT TO

SENATE, No. 4126

STATE OF NEW JERSEY

DATED:  FEBRUARY 10, 2025

      The Senate Environment and Energy Committee reports favorably Senate Bill No. 4126.

      This bill would prohibit certain uses of the chemicals perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE).

      Specifically, the bill would: (1) prohibit all uses in commerce of TCE; and (2) prohibit all consumer and commercial uses of PCE, and require an owner or operator of a facility that utilizes PCE to take appropriate measures to protect the facility's worker from exposure to PCE.  The bill would require the Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) to adopt rules and regulations to implement these requirements.  The bill would additionally specify that the DEP codify, on the State level, the rules and regulations that were adopted by the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) in December, 2024 concerning the use of PCE and TCE.