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MARINETTE, WI (WTAQ-WLUK) – The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources is holding online listening sessions on PFAS contamination in Marinette, Peshtigo and surrounding communities.
The Wednesday, Nov. 18 sessions will provide updates on potable well sampling in the Expanded Site Investigation Area and recent fish tissue sampling and the next steps for sampling additional area water bodies.
They will also include a presentation by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services Division of Public Health on the groundwater quality standard recommendations for certain PFAS compounds, commonly referred to as “Cycle 11.”
The public is also encouraged to submit questions and comments.
The sessions will be online from 12 p.m. to 2 p.m. and from 6 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. No pre-registration is required. The sessions will be conducted using Zoom video conferencing.
- Zoom meeting link: https://zoom.us/j/99497114924
- Zoom meeting phone number: 312-626-6799
- Zoom meeting ID: 994 9711 4924
To submit questions in advance, email them to DNRJCIPFAS@wisconsin.gov.
Members of the public are strongly encouraged to submit questions in advance through email at DNRJCIPFAS@wisconsin.gov.
This week’s meeting is the 11th in a series of 13 meetings the DNR will host for area residents.
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