Hoosick Falls Mayor Rob Allen took to social media Wednesday to respond to claims he said Andrew Wheeler, acting administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, made on a conference call.

"Quite an honor," Allen wrote in the first of a thread of tweets. "Glad to see he noticed my comments regarding the #PFAS (lack of) Action Plan.

"I hope this thread gets his attention, too."

Hoosick Falls has fought a PFOA contamination of its water for four years. Allen noted his frustrations with the EPA's actions so far to regulate PFAS chemical contamination, as well as the discussions he's had with New York state officials regarding the issue.

Earlier this week, Wheeler was asked in a teleconference to share his thoughts about adding PFOAs to the Toxics Release Inventory, which provides information on the release of hundreds of toxic chemicals. He ended his answer with a jab at Allen, who has not been shy about his criticism of the EPA for several reasons, including what he calls a lack of regulations, clear guidance, and required testing.

Wheeler said he imagines Allen isn't aware of the work the EPA has done with the state in helping Hoosick Falls with its contamination.

Allen says the village drinking water is stable now, thanks to a new filtration system, but no thanks to the EPA, and he took to Twitter on Wednesday to make that clear, firing off nearly 50 tweets in an hour in response to Wheeler’s comments.

“It was a surprise. It was actually a really cool thing to see, because that means my comments are making some noise where it matters," said Allen. "I have no problem calling out public officials who in my opinion aren’t doing their job, in the same way that, if there's someone in the village who wants to complain to me I’m not doing my job, I need to be open to that."

"It was New York who declared #PFOA and #PFOS hazardous, who entered into a Consent Order with the responsible parties, and who have ordered cleanup," the mayor tweeted. "I’d love to hear more about all of the enforcement actions in #HoosickFalls that EPA has been involved in."

Allen added he doesn’t want to make this a battle between his village and the EPA. In fact, he says, he works with several EPA officials and his tweets were meant to target EPA management.