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Two members of Congress from Michigan re-introduced bipartisan legislation Tuesday to set national drinking water standards for two PFAS chemicals. WAMC’s Hudson Valley Bureau Chief Allison Dunne says New Yorkers are watching closely.
Democratic Congresswoman Debbie Dingell and Republican Congressman Fred Upton authored the PFAS Action Act of 2021 to create national drinking water standards for PFOA and PFOS. Upton says the legislation would require the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to establish standards for the two “forever chemicals” within two years.
“And what this legislation intends to do is to get EPA on our side. We need a partner,” Upton says. “We need a partner that can battle this, to identify those hot spots, to work with companies across the nation, to inform consumers and to take the meaningful steps of actually cleaning up where there’s contaminated sites.”
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Kalamazoo commissioners cancel membership with Southwest Michigan First over CEO selection
Updated Feb 16, 2021;
KALAMAZOO, MI The Kalamazoo City Commission has distanced itself from Southwest Michigan First after the organization hired a new CEO with a high-profile political resume and views that commissioners say they do not agree with.
Former Michigan Speaker of the House Lee Chatfield has been hired as CEO of the economic development nonprofit Southwest Michigan First, the organization announced on Thursday, Feb. 11.
At the Kalamazoo City Commission meeting on Monday, Feb. 15, Commissioner Erin Knott made the motion that the city withdraw from Southwest Michigan First’s Council of 100, which includes other entities such as Western Michigan University, Bronson HealthCare, Millennium Restaurant Group, Greenleaf Trust, Stryker, and others, according to the Southwest Michigan First web site.
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