Wisconsin § 292.74 - PFAS community grant program.

§ 292.74. PFAS community grant program.

292.74(1) (1) Definitions. In this section: 292.74(1)(a) (a) “Immediate action” means a response action that is taken within a short period of time after the discharge of a hazardous substance occurs, or after the discovery of a hazardous substance discharge or environmental pollution, to halt the discharge, contain or remove discharged hazardous substances, or remove contaminated environmental media in order to restore the environment to the extent practicable and to minimize the harmful effects of the discharge to air, lands, and waters of the state, and to eliminate any imminent threat to public health, safety, or welfare. 292.74(1)(b) (b) “Interim action” means a response action taken to contain or stabilize a discharge of a hazardous substance in order to minimize any threats to public health, safety, or welfare or the environment while other response actions are being taken or planned for a site or facility. 292.74(1)(c) (c) “Municipality” means a city, village, town, county, tribal governing body, utility district, lake protection district, sewerage district, or technical college district. 292.74(1)(d) (d) “PFAS” means any perfluoroalkyl or polyfluoroalkyl substance. 292.74(1)(e) (e) “Remedial action” or “remedy” means a response action, other than an immediate action or interim action, taken to control, minimize, restore, or eliminate the discharge of hazardous substances or environmental pollution so that the hazardous substances or environmental pollution do not present an actual or potential threat to public health, safety, or welfare or the environment. “Remedial action” includes actions designed to prevent, minimize, stabilize, or eliminate the threat of discharged hazardous substances and actions to restore the environment to the extent practicable and meet all applicable environmental standards, including storage, disposal, containment, treatment, recycling, or reuse and any monitoring required to assure that such actions protect public health, safety, and welfare and the environment. 292.74(2) (2) Financial assistance. The department shall administer a program to provide financial assistance to municipalities for all of the following activities to address PFAS contamination: 292.74(2)(a) (a) Sampling private water supplies. 292.74(2)(b) (b) Installing treatment or constructing wells at a public water system necessary to address PFAS levels in exceedance of a state or federal maximum contaminant level for PFAS, an enforcement standard for PFAS promulgated under ch. 160 , or a state health advisory level for PFAS issued by the department of health services. 292.74(2)(c) (c) Creating a new public water system or connecting private well owners to an existing public water system in an area in which there is PFAS contamination in private water supplies. 292.74(2)(d) (d) Sampling for PFAS in a public, private, or tribal elementary or secondary school, a child care center that is licensed under s.