Evers, DNR Push Finance Committee to Release $10 Million in PFAS Settlement Funds

Evers, DNR push finance committee to release $10 million in PFAS settlement funds

Gov. Tony Evers and the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources are asking the Legislature’s Republican-controlled Joint Committee on Finance to release $10 million the state received earlier this summer as part of a lawsuit settlement with Tyco Fire Products over…

Gov. Tony Evers, Wisconsin DNR urge release of $10M to address PFAS

Governor Tony Evers and state environmental regulators are urging the Legislature’s budget-writing committee to release $10 million from the state’s PFAS trust fund. The post Gov. Tony Evers, Wisconsin DNR urge release of $10M to address PFAS appeared first on WPR.

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By Danielle Kaeding Governor Tony Evers and state environmental regulators are urging the Legislature’s budget-writing committee to release $10 million from the state’s PFAS trust fund. Wisconsin secured the money in a June settlement reached with Tyco Fire Products tied to alleged violations of the state’s spills law. Four years ago, the state sued Johnson Controls International and its subsidiary Tyco Fire Products for failing to immediately n…