House Street Disposal Area, Belmont, MI, Kent County

Belmont - House Street and Other Disposal Areas

• Belmont - House Street and Other Disposal Areas

  

  This area consists of a former licensed disposal facility owned and operated by Wolverine near House Street and Herrington Avenue in Plainfield Township and several unregulated dump sites across three townships in northern Kent County.

  A concerned citizens group brought the former disposal location to the DEQ’s attention on 1/24/17 and the DEQ requested that Wolverine sample residential wells in response to the concerns.  Following a detection of PFAS  May 2017,  Wolverine began conducting an on-going water well sampling program in several investigation areas and has provided bottled water and whole house and point of use filters.   Wolverine is also conducting environmental investigations and waste removals at several potential dump sites as well as investigations to determine the extent of groundwater contamination. 

  The DEQ has provided oversight, conducted follow-up sampling, investigated dozens of disposal locations, and participated in two town hall and several neighborhood meetings. The DEQ has also developed a ground water criterion for the protection of drinking water for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA) and perfluorooctanesulfonic acid (PFOS).  The residential and nonresidential drinking water criterion is 0.07 μg/L (70 parts per trillion) for the combined concentrations of PFOA and PFOS, which sets an official state standard for acceptable concentrations of these contaminants in ground water used for drinking water purposes. This combined criterion took effect on January 10, 2018.

  View the map of maximum detected  PFOS + PFOA concentrations in water wells within the investigation areas.  The map illustrates the maximum combined PFOS and PFOA concentration ranges detected in water well samples collected by the DEQ and Wolverine.  Please note that this map is subject to change as additional sample results are obtained. 
  
  The water at several Rockford Public Schools was tested per a request by the school district, and no PFAS was found.

  DEQ and local and state health officials have also been attending several small neighborhood meetings with subdivision associations to discuss concerns about their residential drinking water quality.

• Wolven/Jewell - Wolven Northeast
  Testing Results as of 6/13/18 as reported by Wolverine

  Wolverine has sampled 554 homes
  540 results back
  345 were non-detect PFOA/PFOS
  195 had detection of PFOA/PFOS
  74 homes over 70 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)
  Highest concentration is 62,500 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

  Range PFOA&PFOS (PPT)	Number of samples
  Between 10,000 to 21,000	6
  Between 1,000 to 10,000	9
  Between 100 and 1,000	48
  Between 70 and 100	11
  Total:	74

  The DEQ requested Wolverine to sample drinking water wells in the Wolven Northeast area to investigate if PFAS contaminated groundwater in the Wolven / Jewell area may be migrating preferentially to the northeast along a historic stream channel.

• 12 Mile and Summit
  Testing Results as of 6/13/18

  DEQ has sampled 21 homes
  21 results received
  3 were non-detect PFOA/PFOS
  18 had detection of PFOA/PFOS
  0 homes over 70 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)
  Highest concentration is 49 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

  Range PFOA&PFOS (PPT)	Number of samples
  Greater than 10,000	0
  Between 1,001 to 10,000	0
  Between 101 and 1,000	0
  Between 70 and 100	0
  Total:	0

• North Childsdale and 10 Mile Road
  Testing Results as of 6/13/18

  DEQ has sampled 19 homes
  19 results received
  8 were non-detect PFOA/PFOS
  11 had detection of PFOA/PFOS
  3 homes over 70 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)
  Highest concentration is 921 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

  Range PFOA&PFOS (PPT)	Number of samples
  Greater than 10,000	0
  Between 1,001 to 10,000	0
  Between 101 and 1,000	2
  Between 70 and 100	1
  Total:	3

• House Street Area
  Testing Results as of 6/13/18 as reported by Wolverine

  Wolverine has sampled 686 homes.
  662 results back
  Results: 37 homes over 70 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)
  274 were non-detect PFOA/PFOS
  388 had detection of PFOA/PFOS
  Highest concentration is 49,000 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

  Range PFOA&PFOS (PPT)	Number of samples
  Between 10,000 to 40,000	2
  Between 1,000 to 10,000	3
  Between 100 and 1,000	21
  Between 70 and 100	11
  Total:	37

• Rogue River Area
  Testing Results as of 6/13/18 as reported by Wolverine

  Wolverine has sampled 247 homes
  244 results back
  Results: 2 homes over 70 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)
  132 were non-detect PFOA/PFOS
  112 had detection of PFOA/PFOS
  Highest concentration is 75 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

  Range PFOA&PFOS (PPT)	Number of samples
  Between 10,000 to 40,000	0
  Between 1,000 to 10,000	0
  Between 100 and 1,000	0
  Between 70 and 100	2
  Total:	2

  DEQ has asked that Wolverine canvass and sample residential wells within the area from the former tannery property south to the Grand River within 1,500 feet of the Rogue River to the east and west.

• North Kent Landfill Area
  Testing Results as of 6/13/18 as reported by Kent County Department of Public Works

  Kent County Department of Public Works has sampled 41 homes.
  41 results back
  Results: 0 homes over 70 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)
  37 were non-detect PFOA/PFOS
  4 had detection of PFOA/PFOS
  Highest concentration is 58.6 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

• Citizen Complaint Investigations

  In addition to the PFAS investigations, The DEQ responded to citizen complaints regarding alleged disposal areas at four additional locations.  The resulting investigations did not identify PFAS disposal areas, and sample results from all homes were below 70 PPT (PFOA/PFOS).

  Childsdale Area - Childsdale Avenue north of Kuttshill Drive
  October 2017
  DEQ sampled 8 homes
  All results less than 6 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

  Ramsdell Area - Ramsdell Drive south of 10 Mile Road
  October 2017
  Wolverine sampled 7 homes
  All results less than 3 PPT (PFOA/PFOS) 

  Rezen Area - Rezen Court area just north of Rockford High School
  October 2017
  Wolverine sampled 44 homes
  All results less than 9 PPT (PFOA/PFOS) 

  Douthett Dump - Lily and Buning Lanes north of 4 Mile Road
  January 2018
  DEQ sampled 21 homes
  All results less than 24 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)

  Whitten Area - Blossom Trail and Whitten Road
  February/March 2018
  DEQ sampled 10 homes
  All results less than 5 PPT (PFOA/PFOS)