A decision by the state Department of Natural Resources to regulate polyfluoroalkyl substances as hazardous substances is unenforceable because it wasn’t promulgated as a rule, the Wisconsin Court of Appeals has ruled.
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On June 7, 2022, Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Bohren granted a motion brought by the Wisconsin Department of Justice on behalf of the Wisconsin.
Regulation of PFAS by the WDNR has been controversial, as WDNR has historically taken the position that the agency has authority under Wisconsin’s Hazardous Substance Spill Act to regulate PFAS even in the absence of established standards
On April 12, 2022, Waukesha County Circuit Court Judge Bohren issued an oral decision concerning a legal challenge from an Oconomowoc-based dry-cleaner Leather Rich, Inc.