In addition, the bill requires a person who generates solid or hazardous waste
at a site or facility under investigation by DNR to provide DNR with access to
information relating to any transportation to or treatment, storage, or disposal at
another site, facility, or location.

The bill also provides that DNR may, if it determines doing so is necessary to
protect human health or the environment, require a person who possesses or controls
or who causes the discharge of PFAS to provide proof of financial responsibility for
remediation and long-term care to address contamination by a potential discharge
of PFAS or environmental pollution that may be caused by a discharge of PFAS. This
financial responsibility requirement does not apply to a municipality, fire
department, fire district, water utility, wastewater utility, agricultural producer, or
the state.

The bill requires DHS to conduct biomonitoring studies across the state to
assess PFAS exposure levels and better understand the factors that affect PFAS
levels in residents of different communities. As part of these studies, DHS must
survey participants, test blood samples for PFAS, and analyze the results. The bill
authorizes 5.0 additional FTE positions in DHS to conduct these studies and
provides $630,000 in annual funding for this purpose.

The bill also requires the Division of Extension at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison to undertake a longitudinal human health study to assess the
possible human health effects of PFAS. As part of this study, the Division of
Extension must conduct an extensive, long-term health survey of participants, test
blood and urine samples for PFAS and for markers of health effects, and analyze the
results. The bill provides $1,000,000 in annual funding for this purpose. The bill also
requires the Division of Extension to make any data generated from the study
available to DHS.

In addition, the bill requires DNR to set criteria for certifying laboratories to
test for PFAS, and to certify laboratories that meet these criteria. These criteria
must be based on protocols established by the federal Environmental Protection
Agency and the federal Department of Defense. Before these criteria are set, the bill
allows DNR to require testing for PFAS to be done according to nationally recognized
procedures.

The bill also requires DNR and DHS to submit a joint report to the legislature,
no later than June 30, 2023, on the feasibility and advisability of regulating PFAS
as one or more classes of substances.

The bill provides $1,000,000 in a new continuing SEG appropriation for the
purpose of collecting and disposing of PFAS-containing fire fighting foam. The bill
also allows DNR to promulgate emergency rules relating to the collection and
disposal of PFAS-containing fire fighting foams without finding an emergency,
preparing a statement of scope, or submitting the final proposed rules to the governor
for approval.

The bill also provides $750,000 in a new continuing SEG appropriation for the
purpose of sampling and testing public water supplies for PFAS.

The bill increases SEG funding for DNR to test for PFAS contamination in
water supplies, including $55,000 each fiscal year for testing in rivers and $25,000
each fiscal year for testing at wastewater treatment facilities.

The bill also increases SEG funding for DNR by $600,000 in each fiscal year for
the purpose of testing for and addressing PFAS contamination at sites and facilities
for which the state has assumed responsibility.

The bill authorizes 11.0 additional SEG positions relating to PFAS in DNR and
provides funding for those positions.

The bill authorizes 4.0 additional GPR positions in DHS for the purpose of
recommending groundwater enforcement standards for PFAS and provides funding
for those positions.

Finally, the bill creates a new segregated fund, designated as the PFAS action
fund, to collect all moneys received from DNR's portion of settlement agreements in
court actions, or proposed actions, resulting from PFAS contamination. The funds
must be used to carry out the purposes for which they were received.