Judge extends hold on order limiting Wisconsin DNR's pollution enforcement powers CHRIS HUBBUCH Jun 8, 2022 Jun 8, 2022 Updated Jan 13, 2025 Facebook Twitter WhatsApp SMS Email Print Copy article link Save A Wisconsin judge has extended a hold on a ruling that could limit the state’s ability to enforce pollution laws.kAm(2F<6D92 r@F?EJ r:C4F:E yF586 |:4926= q@9C6? 8C2?E65 2 C6BF6DE %F6D52J 7C@> E96 s6A2CE>6?E @7 }2EFC2= #6D@FC46D E@ 6IE6?5 E96 DE2J H9:=6 2? 2AA62=D 4@FCE C6G:6HD k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>25:D@?]4@>^?6HD^=@42=^6?G:C@?>6?E^;F586\D2JD\H:D4@?D:?\5?C\42?E\6?7@C46\A@==FE:@?\=2H\H:E9@FE\=:DE:?8\92K2C5@FD\DF3DE2?46D^2CE:4=603h`c523b\ffd5\dbga\g62d\g4ffecfb77e2]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<Qm9:D pAC:= CF=:?8k^2m E92E E96 s}# 42??@E C6BF:C6 4=62?FA @7 E@I:4 !up$ 4@>A@F?5D H:E9@FE 7:CDE 8@:?8 E9C@F89 2 AC@46DD E@ 567:?6 E96> 2D 92K2C5@FD DF3DE2?46D]k^Am kAm%96 CF=:?8 H2D :DDF65 :? 2 42D6 3C@F89E 3J E96 DE2E6’D =2C86DE 3FD:?6DD =@33J[ (:D4@?D:? |2?F724EFC6CD 2?5 r@>>6C46[ 2?5 2? ~4@?@>@H@4 5CJ 4=62?6C[ H9:49 k2 9C67lQ9EEADi^^>25:D@?]4@>^?6HD^=@42=^6?G:C@?>6?E^H>4\DF6D\5?C\:?\677@CE\E@\3=@4<\4=62?FA\C6BF:C6>6?ED\7@C\A72D\@E96C\4@?E2>:?2?ED^2CE:4=605h3_eeh`\c_hh\deee\2f3`\b4b2_fh644d_]9E>=Q E2C86ElQ03=2?<QmD@F89E E@ 3=@4< E96 s}#k^2m 7C@> C6BF:C:?8 4=62?FA @7 E96 496>:42=D E92E 92G6 A@==FE65 8C@F?5H2E6C :? 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Dane County sues DNR over requirements to keep PFAS out of lakes, streams The county is asking the courts to strike testing requirements in the permit for stormwater that drains from the airport into Lake Monona thro…
EPA: Almost no safe level of forever chemicals The guidelines released Wednesday are thousands of times lower than Wisconsin’s first drinking water standards for the fluorinated compounds k…
Republican lawmakers to let weakened PFAS regulations take effect for Wisconsin Mikalsen warned the committee could suspend the standards if the department doesn’t lawfully implement them.
Supreme Court weighs whether DNR can force businesses to clean up ‘forever chemicals’ The contaminants have been identified in several Wisconsin communities, including Marinette, Wausau, La Crosse and Madison.
