The Vermont Statutes Online
The Statutes below include the actions of the 2025 session of the General Assembly.
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Title 9 : Commerce and Trade
Chapter 063 : Consumer Protection
Subchapter 012B : PFAS IN FIREFIGHTING AGENTS AND EQUIPMENT [EFFECTIVE JANUARY 1, 2026]
(Cite as: 9 V.S.A. § 2494p)-
§ 2494p. Definitions [Effective January 1, 2026]
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Class B firefighting foam” means chemical foams designed for flammable liquid fires.
(2) “Intentionally added PFAS” means PFAS added to a product regulated under this subchapter or one of its product components to provide a specific characteristic, appearance, or quality or to perform a specific function. “Intentionally added PFAS” also includes any degradation byproducts of PFAS or PFAS that are intentional breakdown products of an added chemical. For the purposes of this chapter, the use of PFAS as a processing agent, mold release agent, or intermediate is considered intentional introduction where PFAS are detected in the final covered product.
(3) “Manufacturer” means any person engaged in the business of making or assembling a consumer product directly or indirectly available to consumers. “Manufacturer” excludes a distributor or retailer, except when a consumer product is made or assembled outside the United States, in which case a “manufacturer” includes the importer or first domestic distributor of the consumer product.
(4) “Municipality” means any city, town, incorporated village, town fire district, or other political subdivision that provides firefighting services pursuant to general law or municipal charter.
(5) “Perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances” or “PFAS” means a class of fluorinated organic chemicals containing at least one fully fluorinated carbon atom.
(6) “Personal protective equipment” means clothing designed, intended, or marketed to be worn by firefighting personnel in the performance of their duties, designed with the intent for use in fire and rescue activities, and includes jackets, pants, shoes, gloves, helmets, and respiratory equipment.
(7) “Terminal” means an establishment primarily engaged in the wholesale distribution of crude petroleum and petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gas from bulk liquid storage facilities. (Added 2023, No. 131 (Adj. Sess.), § 6, eff. January 1, 2026; amended 2025, No. 54, § 8, eff. January 1, 2026.)
