Legislation designed to help clean up PFAS chemicals contamination is ready for action by Governor Tony Evers. And the Democratic governor has already signaled that action will be a veto, over concerns that it fails to provide the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources with authority to enforce clean-ups of the so-called “forever chemicals.” It passed on a party line vote Thursday in the state Assembly, where Republicans argued that the contamination grants called for in the bill are necessary to make remediation a reality, particularly for owners of private wells.

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