Judge keeps hold in place as case against DNR moves to appeals court
A Waukesha County judge is extending a hold on an April ruling that could limit the ability of state regulators to clean up pollution from harmful forever chemicals known as PFAS.
Wisconsin Manufacturers and Commerce, or WMC, and Oconomowoc-based dry cleaner Leather Rich filed the lawsuit against the Department of Natural Resources, DNR Secretary Preston Cole and the Natural Resources Board in February of last year. WMC and Leather Rich argued the DNR does not have explicit authority to enforce standards around PFAS pollution without going through the state’s rulemaking process to list PFAS as hazardous substances....
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