[CPEO-MEF] PFAS: "Wisconsin judge: DNR lacks authority to regulate PFAS"

[Lenny Siegel <LSiegel@cpeo.org>]

Wisconsin judge: DNR lacks authority to regulate PFAS

By TODD RICHMOND 
Associated Press 
APRIL 12, 2022 

MADISON, Wis. — Wisconsin regulators lack the authority to require businesses to clean up contamination from PFAS chemicals and other toxins because legislators haven't established any restrictions on them, a judge ruled Tuesday.

Waukesha County Circuit Judge Michael Bohren's decision means the state Department of Natural Resources must wait for legislators to define them and impose limits in state law or through an administrative rule. Both approaches can take years.

"Today's ruling threatens to remove the only meaningful public health protection we have to address PFAS contamination in Wisconsin," said Tom Kilian, one of the founders of Citizens for a Clean Wausau, a city that has been grappling with PFAS-contaminated groundwater.

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For the entire article, see
https://www.startribune.com/wisconsin-judge-dnr-lacks-authority-to-regulate-pfas/600164180/

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Lenny Siegel
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