{"id":6444,"date":"2023-10-16T18:23:59","date_gmt":"2023-10-16T18:23:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6444"},"modified":"2023-10-16T19:03:43","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T19:03:43","slug":"wmc-opposes-new-dnr-pfas-water-system-guidance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/?p=6444","title":{"rendered":"WMC Opposes New DNR PFAS Water System Guidance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/issues\/wmc-opposes-new-dnr-pfas-water-system-guidance\/\">https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/issues\/wmc-opposes-new-dnr-pfas-water-system-guidance\/<\/a><\/p>\n<p>WMC submitted comments to the state DNR in opposition to<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/topic\/DrinkingWater\/PublicWaterSupplyOpsHandbookCh15.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> new water system guidance<\/a><\/span> related to PFAS. The new guidance imposes reporting requirements when a drinking water system detects PFAS at levels that exceed the state\u2019s so-called \u201c<span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dnr.wisconsin.gov\/sites\/default\/files\/topic\/PFAS\/peag\/DHSHazIndexLetter20201117.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PFAS Hazard Index<\/a><\/span>,\u201d which includes recommended levels for 18 PFAS. The guidance requires ongoing public notice (every 3 months), including the PFAS testing results and a recommendation for addressing the exceedance (such as replacing the well or treatment).<\/p>\n<p>In comments, WMC noted the PFAS Hazard Index includes only recommendations, not requirements, and only two PFAS \u2013 PFOA and PFOS \u2013 have lawfully promulgated standards. WMC urged DNR to withdraw the guidance and instead utilize the transparent rulemaking process, to allow the public and the business community to weigh-in on the proposed standards.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><a href=\"https:\/\/r20.rs6.net\/tn.jsp?f=001e7kxr2L-xBXw0TTNmrQWv6VHag2VohZr-O_D-xzIQSxX6oj8LtPHWT3OfgwznvfZ-VcnpgrDo840ZEwTKUDu27ykLrmQNdwED8_U3x9PQRRGd18hU5Q5dP1pCXvAxiLZPz3uHjubpPw5N4xJ0BTlDAJ6F5yF7vknOS7ocmeY65nKVX78XK2kvo4NuLvzNuST3ZzDhNpSWr_mKXYetPVK8GL2dMx0uHWQXCEm6hTj0GMtoA3tBRyfvctv53FyJnCbvUxAnfbPnz5v-L6uOKCU-67eUm4SaxmQnXsalFVpZpRd8Klq8ZwB92mIV_kqA7KWNj-Na2qgw2M=&amp;c=Rh8TNE8EEHEnrfPqKhTQDT_d8O1ZYNuvF8NvmWaJVj6GBOpy1GUh8A==&amp;ch=im-n5DQFbSRDitlUkn7muGds1Vfh9LcYG82t1wr4ZK3Z_ZfzL2yduA==\">Click here to read WMC\u2019s comments.<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/issues\/wmc-opposes-new-dnr-pfas-water-system-guidance\/\">WMC Opposes New DNR PFAS Water System Guidance<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wmc.org\">WMC Wisconsin&#8217;s Chamber <\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>This post originally appeared at https:\/\/www.wmc.org\/issues\/wmc-opposes-new-dnr-pfas-water-system-guidance\/ WMC submitted comments to the state DNR in opposition&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":440,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6444","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-wmc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444","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\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6444"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6445,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6444\/revisions\/6445"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/440"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6444"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6444"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/wifamily.news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6444"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}