AB842: Bill Text

Analysis by the Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill provides funding and positions for the provisions in 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532), relating to perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) regulation.

The bill provides $250,000 as a onetime appropriation from the environmental fund for the University of Wisconsin Board of Regents to provide a grant to a campus to research technologies for destroying PFAS.

The bill also provides $1,000,000 as a onetime appropriation from the environmental fund for the Department of Natural Resources to test for PFAS in noncommunity water systems that may be in proximity to PFAS contamination and in municipal public water supply systems.

In addition, the bill provides $150,000 biennially from the environmental fund for DNR to sample and test the environment, wildlife, facilities, and other sites for PFAS.

The bill provides, as a onetime appropriation, $120,000 from the environmental fund for DNR to investigate emerging PFAS and to provide temporary potable water or treatment systems when no responsible party for contamination is available.

The bill also provides $5,000,000 biennially from the environmental fund for the PFAS municipal grant program created under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532).

In addition, the bill expands the purpose of an existing appropriation to the Department of Health Services so that it may be used to fund the blood testing program and cancer cluster study required under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532).

The bill also creates a new appropriation for the settlement funds collected and deposited into the PFAS action fund created under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532) so that the funds may be used for the purposes for which they are received.

Finally, the bill provides funding for the two new DHS positions created under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532).

For further information see the state fiscal estimate, which will be printed as an appendix to this bill.

The people of the state of Wisconsin, represented in senate and assembly, do enact as follows:

AB842,1 Section 1 . 20.005 (3) (schedule) of the statutes: at the appropriate place, insert the following amounts for the purposes indicated: - See PDF for table - See PDF for table - See PDF for table

AB842,2 Section 2 . 20.285 (1) (sr) of the statutes is created to read:

AB842,3,4 20.285 (1) (sr) PFAS disposal research grant. From the environmental fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule to provide the grant under s. 36.50.

AB842,3 Section 3 . 20.370 (4) (as) of the statutes is created to read:

AB842,3,11 20.370 (4) (as) PFAS — drinking water sampling. From the environmental fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for testing water samples for the presence of perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances in noncommunity water systems that may be in proximity to perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances contamination and in municipal public water supply systems, as defined by the department by rule.

AB842,4 Section 4 . 20.370 (4) (ax) of the statutes is created to read:

AB842,3,15 20.370 (4) (ax) PFAS — sampling. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for sampling and testing the environment, wildlife, facilities, and other sites for perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances.

AB842,5 Section 5 . 20.370 (4) (ay) of the statutes is created to read:

AB842,4,3 20.370 (4) (ay) PFAS — investigation and assistance. From the environmental fund, as a continuing appropriation, the amounts in the schedule for investigating emerging contaminants that are perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substances and providing temporary potable water or treatment systems when no responsible party for contamination is available.

AB842,6 Section 6 . 20.370 (4) (az) of the statutes is created to read:

AB842,4,7 20.370 (4) (az) PFAS — settlement funds. From the PFAS action fund, all moneys described under s. 25.461 to carry out the purposes for which they are received.

AB842,7 Section 7 . 20.370 (6) (es) of the statutes is created to read:

AB842,4,11 20.370 (6) (es) Environmental aids — PFAS municipal grant program. Biennially, from the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule for the PFAS municipal grant program under s. 292.66.

AB842,8 Section 8 . 20.435 (1) (q) of the statutes is amended to read:

AB842,4,18 20.435 (1) (q) Groundwater and air quality standards. From the environmental fund, the amounts in the schedule to develop groundwater standards and implement ch. 160 and, to assist in the development of emission standards for hazardous air contaminants under s. 46.34, to conduct blood testing under s. 254.25, and to conduct the study under 2019 Wisconsin Act .... (2019 Assembly Bill .... LRB-5532), section 15 (4).

AB842,9 Section 9 . Nonstatutory provisions.

AB842,4,21 (1) Reconciliation provision. This act is void if 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532) is not enacted.

AB842,10 Section 10 . Fiscal change.

AB842,5,10 (1) Position authorizations; health services. In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2019-20 is increased by $17,500 to fund the increase of the authorized FTE advanced toxicologist project position for the department under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532) and by $20,500 to fund increase of the authorized FTE research scientist project position for the department under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532). In the schedule under s. 20.005 (3) for the appropriation to the department of health services under s. 20.435 (1) (a), the dollar amount for fiscal year 2020-21 is increased by $70,000 to fund the increase of the authorized FTE advanced toxicologist project position for the department under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532) and by $81,900 to fund the increase of the authorized FTE research scientist project position for the department under 2019 Assembly Bill .... (LRB-5532).

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