Environmental Due Diligence Guide

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Volume: 16 Number: 10
October 18, 2007

California Issues Perchlorate Rules

New California regulations establishing a standard for perchlorate in drinking water of 6 parts per billion take effect Oct. 19. California Secretary of State Debra Bowen (D) signed the rule implementing the perchlorate regulations Sept. 19, according to the state Department of Public Health.

Used in air bags, fireworks, military munitions, rocket fuel, and other explosives, perchlorate has leached into groundwater supplies across the United States. California is the second state to set a drinking water standard. Massachusetts established a 2 ppb limit for the chemical in 2006. Environmental groups had lobbied for a tougher California standard, while industry pressed for a standard less stringent than 6 ppb.

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