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City attorney urges Libby join national PFAS litigation; testing so far shows non-detects in water, mixed sewer results
Summary
City Attorney Chisholm advised the council to join a national PFAS class-action before a Dec. 31 filing deadline to preserve legal options; city staff reported drinking-water tests were non-detect, while some sewer tests showed elevated analyte readings that require further review.
City Attorney Chisholm told the Libby City Council that a national class-action related to per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) has a filing deadline of Dec. 31 and urged the city to join now to preserve its rights if PFAS are later discovered in the system.
Chisholm said the city currently has no definitive information indicating a PFAS problem in its drinking water, but cautioned that if the city does not join the lawsuit before the deadline it could lose the…
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