{"id":2954,"date":"2023-05-19T12:00:49","date_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:00:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2954"},"modified":"2023-05-19T12:02:04","modified_gmt":"2023-05-19T12:02:04","slug":"oversight-watch-gop-senators-release-pfas-relief-bill-that-would-aid-communities-restrict-dnr-overreach","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=2954","title":{"rendered":"Oversight Watch: GOP Senators release PFAS relief bill that would aid communities, restrict DNR overreach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/oversight-watch-gop-senators-release-pfas-relief-bill-that-would-aid-communities-restrict-dnr-overreach\/\">https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/oversight-watch-gop-senators-release-pfas-relief-bill-that-would-aid-communities-restrict-dnr-overreach\/<\/a><\/p>\n<div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Staff-Anthony-LoCoco.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p><strong>A note from IRG CIO Director Anthony LoCoco:\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Senators Eric Wimberger and Rob Cowles proposed legislation this week designed to address harm produced by PFAS, so-called \u201cforever chemicals\u201d present in many products which can make their way into drinking water and\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pfas\/pfas-explained\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.epa.gov\/pfas\/pfas-explained&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684528756569000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2nX7Ve_eTFmJcYpkI_ceXS\">are linked to adverse human health effects<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>Although\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pfas_bill.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/pfas_bill.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684528756569000&amp;usg=AOvVaw20F4_tPVfQf7ShapjRVdG4\">the legislation<\/a>\u00a0focuses on providing grants to help local governmental entities test drinking water supplies, it\u2019s important not to miss the accompanying restrictions on DNR authority. The law would set limits on DNR testing for PFAS without adequate reason, public disclosure of testing results by DNR, and DNR\u2019s ability to take enforcement action if state or federal PFAS limits have not been exceeded. In other words, it aims to address the PFAS problem without giving DNR a blank check to harass business owners.<\/p>\n<p>In a\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/5.15_legislatorsintroducepfasproposal.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-saferedirecturl=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?q=https:\/\/www.wpr.org\/sites\/default\/files\/5.15_legislatorsintroducepfasproposal.pdf&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1684528756569000&amp;usg=AOvVaw3VYioXahd9cnWjC-Fax5Tt\">statement<\/a>\u00a0Senator Cowles noted that the bill is designed to address \u201creal concerns\u201d from \u201chomeowners, local government leaders, business owners, and people who enjoy our great outdoors.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/reforminggovernment.org\/oversight-watch-gop-senators-release-pfas-relief-bill-that-would-aid-communities-restrict-dnr-overreach\/ A note from IRG CIO Director Anthony LoCoco:\u00a0 Senators&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":36,"featured_media":2153,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[22],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2954","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-institute-for-reforming-government"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/36"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2954"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2956,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2954\/revisions\/2956"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2153"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2954"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2954"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2954"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}