The Wisconsin Natural Resources Board (NRB) sets policy for the state’s Department of Natural Resources (DNR). This includes overseeing and ultimately approving administrative rules proposed by the department.
The following three rules listed in this section include regulations and standards affecting certain PFAS compounds. NRB considered adoption of the rules at its public meeting on February 23, 2022. Below is a summary of the actions NRB could have taken on each rule:
Approve If NRB approves the rule, the rule will head to the Governor for approval and then to the Legislature for review, first by the appropriate standing committees and then by the Joint Committee for Review of Administrative Rules (JCRAR).
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Reject
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Revise While unlikely, NRB could ask DNR to modify the rules, however the timeline for this is extremely tight. The scope statements for these rules expire in March 2022, requiring the agency to start the process over.
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The Legislature may adjourn before their review period ends; in that case, the time for the rule review will not progress until the Legislature reconvenes, likely January 2023.
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