Belmont - House Street, Belmont, Kent County

Updated: March 16, 2020

Background The Belmont – House Street area consists of a former licensed disposal facility owned and operated by Wolverine World Wide (Wolverine) at 1855 House Street in Plainfield Township, a suspected disposal area in the Wolven/Jewell area north of 10 Mile Road in Algoma Township, and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) investigations into several citizen-reported unregulated dump sites across three townships in northern Kent County.
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Recent Accomplishments

• On February 19, 2020, the proposed Consent Decree between the State of Michigan (Plaintiff), Plainfield and Algoma Townships (Intervening Plaintiffs) and Wolverine (Defendant) was approved by U.S. District Court Judge Janet T. Neff of the United States District Court for the Western District of Michigan. The Consent Decree became effective on February 19, 2020 and serves as the framework for all future response activities performed by Wolverine at the House Street property and surrounding area identified as the “North Kent Study Area”.  Wolverine will conduct these activities under EGLE oversight, and the Consent Decree includes tools that ensure that the required work is completed. Download a copy of the final signed Consent Decree, along with all appendices.
• Wolverine recently completed its time-critical actions at the House Street Disposal Site which included the installation of engineered impermeable caps over five areas on the site and installing a new fence around the property. This work was being completed as set forth in the settlement agreement between USEPA and Wolverine found on USEPA’s website. 

​Next Steps

• Wolverine will implement the work outlined in the February 19, 2020 Consent Decree.  Appendix K of the Consent Decree summarizes the schedule for submittal of Response Activity Plans.
• Section 6.1 of the Consent Decree discusses the framework for the extension of municipal water to parcels depicted and listed in Appendix I – List of Parcels and Map of Municipal Water Areas. 
• Wolverine will continue the operation and maintenance of  whole-house filters and  point-of-use filters in the North Kent Study Area in accordance with the Consent Decree, described specifically in Section 7.5 and Appendix L.  

Residential Well Testing/Alternate Water Information

• 133 drinking water wells have been tested by EGLE; 1,545 drinking water wells have been tested by Wolverine; 42 drinking water wells have been tested by Kent County Department of Public Works.
• Wolverine has provided 538 whole house filters and 236 point-of-use filters. Kent County Department of Public Works has provided 10 whole house filters.
• All households in the sampling areas (as shown on the figure above) have been offered bottled water and/or filters by Wolverine and/or Kent County Department of Public Works.
• For additional information on residential well testing and results, visit the Frequently Asked Questions.
• EGLE has sampled all municipal water supplies for PFAS, including the City of Rockford and Plainfield Charter Township. View the City of Rockford and Plainfield Charter Township results.

Upcoming Community Engagement

• USEPA Wolverine Community Advisory Group (CAG) Meetings:
  • The March 19, 2020 meeting has been cancelled.  
• EGLE actively participates in the Wolverine CAG meetings which are listed on the MPART calendar and on the CAG’s website, WolverineCAG.org.

Sampling: PFOS and PFOA Only

Type of Sample	Number of Samples	Number of Results Received	Number of Non-detects	Number Between Non-detect and standard*	Number > Standard
Monitoring Wells (House Street Investigation Area)	490	490	234	187	69
Monitoring Wells (Wolven/Jewell Area)	192	192	62	70	60
Residential Wells	1,722	1,722	926	670	126
Cumulative	2,404	2,404	1,222	927	255

*Groundwater results are compared to EGLE Part 201 Criteria of 70 ppt PFOS+PFOA.
*Residential well results are compared to the USEPA Lifetime Health Advisory Level of 70 ppt PFOS+PFOA.

Sampling notes

• Other PFAS analytes were detected in samples. There are currently no federal or state standards for these analytes.
• A final summary report of all the data collected by Wolverine this past summer, fall, and winter 2018 is due to the USEPA and EGLE May 2019.