11/21/2023 0 Comments Natural resources bingoAdvocates have warned that the current eligibility requirements for the innocent landowner grants expand the program to include organizations responsible for PFAS pollution. The section includes a provision that requires the DNR to get permission from property owners before testing for PFAS on their land and if a landowner qualifies for the “innocent landowner” grant program - another piece of the bill - the DNR cannot take any enforcement action against the landowner. The bill includes a section titled “limitations on DNR actions relating to PFAS” which has drawn complaints from clean water advocates. Opponents of the bill say it defines innocent landowners to include the industries that have caused the pollution in the first place. Eric Wimberger (R-Green Bay), one of the bill’s authors, has argued the warnings are overblown and he’s just trying to protect property owners who have PFAS-contaminated water on the property through no fault of their own.
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