Governor Evers Issues Executive Order on PFAs
Monday, August 26th, 2019 -- 11:44 AM
(WRN) -Governor Tony Evers has issued an executive order dealing with a class of concerning chemicals.Evers is using an executive order to address pollution from chemicals in firefighting foam, non-stick cookware, and fast food containers. They're known as PFAs. Evers wants state environmental and agriculture regulators to work with wastewater treatment plants to identify PFA sources, and develop regulatory standards for them.
His administration is proposing a new PFAs enforcement standard of 20 parts per trillion. The DNR is already working to implement it. The federal standard is 70 parts per trillion.
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