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 December 10, 2019, it was announced that a tentative agreement had been reached between the State, Plainfield & Algoma Townships, and Wolverine. Refer to the Attorney General's Press Release for details.
• In November 2019, Wolverine completed the fourth-quarter groundwater sampling of environmental monitoring wells.
• Wolverine is implementing some time-critical actions at the House Street Disposal Site which includes the installation of engineered impermeable caps over five areas on the Site. This work is being completed as set forth in the settlement agreement between USEPA and Wolverine found on USEPA’s website. 
• Wolverine continued whole-house and point of use filter, sampling and reporting.
• Wolverine continued off-site groundwater monitoring well drilling activities in the House Street investigation area.

​Next Steps

• Wolverine’s off-site groundwater investigation will continue in the House Street and Wolven/Jewell areas.
• Wolverine will continue the operation and maintenance of 538 whole-house filters and 236 point-of-use filters.
• Wolverine will continue monthly reporting to EGLE.
• Wolverine will continue weekly technical calls/meetings with EGLE regarding Wolverine’s investigation and response actions.

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:
  • February 2020: Date and location to be determined.
• EGLE actively participates in the Wolverine CAG meetings which are listed on the MPART calendar and on the CAG’s website, WolverineCAG.org.

*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.