Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers and state Democratic lawmakers continue to push for legislation to address the environmental impacts of ubiquitous per- and poly-fluoroalkyl (PFAS) compounds. Last week they unveiled a substantially revised version of Gov. Evers’ Chemical Level Enforcement and Remediation (CLEAR) Act, a far-reaching legislative proposal to regulate PFAS in fire-fighting foam, air emissions and food packaging. The legislation would also exempt WDNR from following the REINS Act when creating rules defining acceptable levels and standards, performance standards, monitoring requirements, and required response actions for any PFAS in the environment. Interestingly, the proposal comes while WDNR is nonetheless asserting broad authority to regulate PFAS under existing statutes which is being challenged in pending court actions.