Title 15, Commerce and TradeRelease 119-110

§8932 Performance Standard for the Detection of Highly Fluorinated Compounds

Title 15 › CHAPTER 115 — PERFLUOROALKYL AND POLYFLUOROALKYL SUBSTANCES AND EMERGING CONTAMINANTS › SUBCHAPTER III — USGS PERFORMANCE STANDARD › § 8932

Last updated Sep 22, 2026|Official source

Summary

The Director must create a performance standard for detecting highly fluorinated compounds, after talking with the Administrator. The standard must focus on finding as many different highly fluorinated compounds in the environment as possible. Tests must be validated, meet the "limits of quantitation" in the U.S. Geological Survey's 2002 methods, and be as sensitive as practical. The Director may also set quality controls, provide training on sampling and testing, and work with the Administrator to detect individual and multiple compounds at the same time.

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Title 15, §8932

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(a)In general

The Director, in consultation with the Administrator, shall establish a performance standard for the detection of highly fluorinated compounds.

(b)Emphasis

(1)In general

In developing the performance standard under subsection (a), the Director shall emphasize the ability to detect as many highly fluorinated compounds present in the environment as possible using validated analytical methods that—

(A)achieve limits of quantitation (as defined in the document of the United States Geological Survey entitled “Analytical Methods for Chemical Analysis of Geologic and Other Materials, U.S. Geological Survey” and dated 2002); and

(B)are as sensitive as is feasible and practicable.

(2)Requirement

In developing the performance standard under subsection (a), the Director may—

(A)develop quality assurance and quality control measures to ensure accurate sampling and testing;

(B)develop a training program with respect to the appropriate method of sample collection and analysis of highly fluorinated compounds; and

(C)coordinate as necessary with the Administrator, including, if appropriate, to develop methods to detect individual and different highly fluorinated compounds simultaneously.

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Citation

15 U.S.C. § 8932

Title 15, Commerce and Trade

Last Updated

Sep 22, 2026

Release point: 119-110