PFAS Law Waste Facility Questions Subgroup
Start Date: 10/13/2026
End Date: 10/13/2026
Time: 1:00 p.m. - 2:30 p.m.
Location: Virtual
Drae Rogers, Drae.Rogers@wisconsin.gov, 920-461-0291
Kate Strom Hiorns, Kathrynm.StromHiorns@wisconsin.gov, 608-294-8663
Provide information and feedback to DNR regarding the implementation of liability exemptions and the PFAS community grant program under 2025 WI Act 201, including the following new liability exemptions and PFAS community grant program provisions:
292.11 (9) (g) 2. Subject to subds. 3. and 4., and except as provided in subd. 2. d., all of the following persons are exempt from subs. (3), (4), and (7) (b) and (c) with respect to PFAS contamination:
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f. A municipal waste landfill, as defined in s. 289.01 (22), that disposed of PFAS-contaminated leachate at a publicly owned treatment works. This subd. 2. f. applies only if the municipal waste landfill installs and operates department-approved leachate pretreatment to treat all leachate for PFAS no later than Dec. 31, 2032, unless the municipal waste landfill demonstrates that pretreatment technology is not available or if, by Dec. 31, 2032, the municipal waste landfill demonstrates to the department meaningful progress towards installation of leachate pretreatment. A municipal waste landfill may enter into an agreement with another landfill or wastewater treatment facility to provide department-approved pretreatment to treat all leachate for PFAS and shall provide a copy of the agreement to the department. This subd 2. f. does not apply if the PFAS contamination originates from a discharge at the location of the municipal waste landfill.
g. A licensed collection and transportation service or licensed transfer facility that transfers municipal solid waste or disposes of municipal solid waste into a solid waste disposal facility licensed under ch. 289 and in accordance with the solid waste disposal facility plan of operation.
292.74 PFAS community grant program. (2) FINANCIAL ASSISTANCE. The department shall administer a program to provide financial assistance to municipalities for all of the following activities to address PFAS contamination:
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(g) Sampling for PFAS in leachate, groundwater, or private wells