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Marathon County committee moves to consider joining PFAS litigation over firefighting foam and landfill leachate
Summary
The committee voted to forward a request to the full county board to engage outside counsel to explore joining a multi‑district PFAS lawsuit. Staff cited potential county exposure at the airport from required firefighting foam and at the county landfill, where hauling and treatment of PFAS‑containing leachate is already an ongoing cost.
The Marathon County Infrastructure Committee on Thursday voted to send a request to the full county board to consider engaging outside counsel and further briefings on joining ongoing multi‑district litigation over PFAS contamination.
A staff memo summarized why the litigation is being organized and which local county activities could be implicated. Administrator Leonard told the committee the litigation, coordinated through national counsel and organized as a multi‑district litigation in South Carolina, is focused on cleanup costs associated with PFAS, notably AFFF (aqueous film forming foam) historically used for aircraft firefighting and on costs tied to treatment of landfill leachate.
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