TIMOTHY PURDON, THANKS VERY MUCH.
>> THANK YOU FOR HAVING ME.
>> ACTION PART NEW FEDERAL LEVEL S HAVE BEEN SET AT FOUR
PARTS PER TRILLION, MUCH LOWER THAN WISCONSIN'S 70 PARTS PER
TRILLION. ON INACTION PART LAWMAKER S HAVE REJECTED
GOVERNOR EBERS CALL TO SPEND 125 MILLION TO DEAL WITH
PFAS .ENTER STATE AND NATIONAL LAWSUITS AGAINST PARTIES DEEMED
RESPONSIBLE FOR PFAS CONTAMINATION ARE IN VARIOUS
ONE TRIAL GOES ON LATER THIS YEAR. TYCO MANUFACTURED FIRE
FIGHTING FOAM USED AT TRAIN FACILITY, AND SURROUNDING
COMMUNITIES INCLUDING PESHTIGO ARE HOT SPOTS. AFTER YEARS OF
TESTING, FIGHTING, LOOKING FOR HELP OUR NEXT GUEST IS FORMER
CHAIR OF THE TOWN OF PESHTIGO GOOSH
BOARD, CINDY BOYLE. YOUR OWN PROPERTY?
YEARS.
>> SO THERE HAVE BEEN HUNDREDS OF MILLIONS OF DOLLARS HOPING TO
COME TO THE RESCUE OF PLACES LIKE PESHTIGO FROM STATE, THE
FED, LAWSUITSES, COMPANY OUTLAYS. HAS THAT MONEY YET MADE
A DIFFERENCE?
THERE IS SIGNIFICANT FUNDING COMING TO STATES ON WHAT APPEARS
TO BE A CONSISTENT BASIS AT THIS POINT FOR MORE THAN WE COULD
HAVE HOPED FOR EVEN SEVEN YEARS AGO, OR SIX YEARS AGO. TO MY
KNOWLEDGE NOT NO A SIGNIFICANT MEANINGFUL WAY AS FAR AS A
PERMANENT SOLUTION FOR OUR COMMUNITY, NO YET BUT THE DNR
IS PUTTING THAT TO WORK AND WE HAVE TO GET THAT FUNDING
RELEASED FROM TRUST AND INTO THE DNR DIRECTION.
>> AS TO THE IN-FIGHTING OVER 125 MILLION WHAT DO RESIDENTS
LIKE YOURSELF THINK ABOUT THAT FIGHTING IN MADISON WHEN YOU ARE
LOOKING FOR THIS URGENT HELP?
IT IS COMPLICATED, AS ARE ALL THINGS PFAS. BUT I WONDER -- I
UNDERSTOOD VERY WELL THAT SB312 LEGISLATION AND UNDERSTOOD THE
ARGUMENTS ON BOTH SIDES OF THAT. I'M CONCERNED -- I'M GRATEFUL
GOVERNOR EBERS DID VETO. WE AS A STATE CANNOT AFFORD TO HAVE THIS
BILL'S LAW WEAKENED. IT IS THE SINGLE MECHANISM BY WHICH
RESIDENTS IN WISCONSIN HAVE PROTECTION WITH THE DNR. IF THEY
LOSE THAT PROTECTION IN ANY WAY, SHAPE OR FORM OUR COMMUNITY FOR
ONE WOULD NEVER HAVE BENEFITTED FROM HELP THEY HAVE PROVIDED US
SO WE NEED TO KEEP THAT FOREMOST IN OUR MINDS AS THINGS GO
FORWARD. I AM VERY, VERY HOPEFUL THAT NEW LEGISLATION WILL MAKE
ITS WAY OR THAT THE FINANCE COMMITTEE WILL AT LEAST RELEASE
THOSE FUNDS AS INTENDED OVER A YEAR AGO. IT NEEDS TO START
BEING ABLE TO BE PUT TO WORK. >> SO PFAS IS COMPLICATED. ALL
THE REMEDIATIONS AND ALL THE RESPONSIBLE PARTIES AND ALL OF
IT. HAS THIS DIVIDED YOUR COMMUNITY?
PEOPLE GET A LITTLE BIT WORN
OUT. MAYBE THEY GET A LITTLE DEFEATED AND FEEL LIKE THERE
ISN'T GOING TO BE A SOLUTION OR MAYBE PEOPLE THOUGHT THE
SETTLEMENT THAT TYCO DISTRIBUTED THROUGH OUR COMMUNITY WAS THE
BEST THEY COULD HOPE FOR AND ARE NOW CHOOSING TO NOT THINK ABOUT
IT. I DON'T KNOW. I KNOW THE TOPIC TOO WELL TO DO ANY OF
THOSE THINGS, SO MYSELF AND OTHERS WHO ARE IN COMMUNITY
LEADERSHIP ROLES AND ADVOCACY ROLES ARE MOVING FORWARD TOWARD
SAFE WATER AND ACCOUNTABILITY FROM THE RESPONSIBLE PARTY.
>> YOU DESCRIBE BEING EXCITED ABOUT A NEW ANNOUNCEMENT OUT OF
THE EPA. WHAT WAS THAT. >> YES. SO THIS MORNING THE
BIDEN ADMINISTRATION FINALIZED A RULE FOR THE FIRST TIME IN 40
YEARS. THEY ARE DEEMING PFOA AND PF OS AS HAZARDOUS SUBSTANCES,
WHICH IS CRITICAL BECAUSE IT WILL QUALIFY THEM UNDER
SUPERFUND THAT. SEEMS CONTRADICTORY TO HOPE YOUR
COMMUNITY WOULD BE CONSIDERED FOR SUPERFUND BECAUSE BASICALLY
MEANS YOU LIVE IN A VERY POLLUTED AREA BUT MEANS THE EPA
HAS THE AUTHORITY TO HOLD PARTIES RESPONSIBLE TO MAKE SURE
THEY DO ADEQUATE, COMPREHENSIVE REMEDIATION FOR THINGS LIKE
SURFACE WATER, SOILS, AS WELL AS HELP INNOCENT LAND OWNERS SUCH
AS MYSELF HAVE PERMANENT SAFE WATER SOLUTIONS. AFTER TODAY'S
ANNOUNCEMENT THERE WAS UNCERTAINTY AROUND THE NEXT
STEPS FOR THIS. WITH TODAY'S ANNOUNCEMENT WE ARE VERY
VINDICATED AND ENCOURAGED AND OPTIMISTIC THAT THERE IS STILL A
STRONG PATH FORWARD, SO WE ARE VERY, VERY GRATEFUL THIS RULE
HAS GONE INTO PLACE. >> COMBINE THAT WITH RECENT EPA
SETTING MAX AT FOUR PARTS PER TRILLION, WHAT WAS THAT LIKE?
AFFECT US BECAUSE WE ARE ON
PRIVATE DRINKING WELLS BUT LAST WEEK AGO WEDNESDAY -- SO ALL
PEOPLE ON WATER THROUGH PUBLIC UTILITY HAVE ASSURANCE OF
PROTECTION, ESPECIALLY FOR WISCONSIN, WE HAD AS YOU
MENTIONED 70 PARTS PER TRILLION AND EPA ADJUSTED THAT TO FOUR
PARTS PER TRILLION, A MORE PROTECTIVE NUMBER. WE ARE
GRATEFUL. THAT HAS NOT HAPPENED IN 30 YEARS. THESE ARE
SIGNIFICANT STEPS. I'M GOING TO GIVE IT TO YOU STRAIGHT. THAT
TELLS ME TWO THINGS: INDUSTRY LOBBYISTS ARE VERY GOOD AT THEIR
JOB. NUMBER TWO, IT TELLS YOU HOW BAD PFAS IS THAT THOSE TWO
RULES STILL WERE MADE. >> ALL RIGHT. CINDY BOYLE, WE