1.1 	A bill for an act
1.2 	relating to environment; banning trichloroethylene in products and for use in 
1.3 	manufacturing processes;proposing coding for new law in Minnesota Statutes, 
1.4 	chapter 325E.
1.5 	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF MINNESOTA:

1.6 	Section 1. [325E.3892] TRICHLOROETHYLENE; BAN.
1.7 		Subdivision 1.Definitions. For the purposes of this section, the following terms have 
1.8 	the meanings given.
1.9 	(b) "Extraction solvent" means a solvent used to separate a specific substance from a 
1.10 	mixture.
1.11 	(c) "Refrigerant" means a chemical that is used as a heat carrier in a cooling mechanism 
1.12 	and that changes from liquid to gas and back again in the refrigeration cycle.
1.13 	(d) "Trichloroethylene" means a chemical with the Chemical Registry Abstract Services 
1.14 	Number of 79-01-6.
1.15 	(e) "Vapor degreaser" means a substance boiled to a vapor that condenses onto metal 
1.16 	parts, causing beading and dripping, and that removes contaminants from the parts.
1.17 		Subd. 2.Product ban. Beginning January 1, 2020, a person may not manufacture, 
1.18 	process, or distribute in commerce a product containing trichloroethylene.
1.19 		Subd. 3.Use ban. Beginning January 1, 2020, a person may not use trichloroethylene 
1.20 	as a vapor degreaser, an intermediate chemical to produce other chemicals, a refrigerant, 
1.21 	or an extraction solvent or in any other manufacturing or cleaning process or use.
2.1 		Subd. 4.Replacement chemicals. A person must not replace trichloroethylene with a 
2.2 	chemical identified as a chemical of high concern according to section 116.9402.

2.3 	EFFECTIVE DATE. This section is effective the day following final enactment.