A plan to address contamination of a manmade set of chemicals called per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances — commonly known as PFAS — is open for public comment before it's scheduled head to Governor Tony Evers by the end of the year.
The Wisconsin PFAS Action Council, or WisPAC, has released a draft action plan for public comment before finalizing it and sending it to the governor. WisPac consists of 17 state agencies and used input from the agencies, local government and public comments to form the plan.
“We basically put this huge document together that looks at PFAS really comprehensively, so it's a lot of input that goes into putting this document together,” said Christy Remucal, UW-Madison Associate Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering and the UW System representative on WisPAC.
The plan is extensive — more than 100 pages — and suggests actions on how to address historic contamination, how to deal with it now, and how to prevent further contamination in the future.