PFAS Sites and Areas of Interest
There are two major classes of firefighting foam: Class A and Class B. Class B is also called Aqueous film forming foam (AFFF) and is usually created using PFAS. It is a highly effective foam used for fighting high-hazard flammable liquid fires, like gasoline, oil, and jet fuel.
Wastewater Treatment Plants / Industrial Pretreatment Program
Laboratories Offering Home Testing
PFAS MCLs and Drinking Water
Statewide Testing Initiative
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March 12, 2019
For more information: Aaron Assmann, MDEQ RRD Project Manager, AssmannA@Michigan.gov, 616-430-5275
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. - The Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) today announced that it will sample approximately 49 residential drinking water wells along Trout
Creek in the neighborhood east of the 36th Street exits off I-96 and west of Tricklewood Drive for per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) as part of its ongoing investigation of potential
PFAS contamination sources near the Gerald R. Ford International Airport in Cascade Township.
The MDEQ will contact property owners in the study area through the mail by March 22, 2019 to schedule a sampling appointment. Residents who are not contacted by March 22 but believe
they may be in the study area can contact the MDEQ Remediation and Redevelopment Division’s project manager Aaron Assmann at AssmannA@Michigan.gov or 616-430-5275.
To receive future updates from MDEQ on this investigation, register for the “Cascade Township Residential Wells Sampling and PFAS Analysis” listserv.
The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) also maintains a web page dedicated to this investigation: Cascade Township Residential Wells.
Health related questions about PFAS can be directed to the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services at 1-800-662-9278 or the Kent County Health Department at 1-616-632-
7100.
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Interest in the fourth annual virtual Great Lakes PFAS Summit is high, with 1,200 registrants from all 50 states and eight countries to date. The deadline for registration is Dec. 1.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that it has established new water quality values (WQVs) for the PFAS compounds Perfluorohexanesulfonic Acid (PFHxS) and Perfluorononanoic Acid (PFNA). PFHxS and PFNA are members of the larger group of per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS).
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel continued her push for accountability against those who expose residents to hazardous materials and contaminate Michigan’s environment today by filing a lawsuit in Kent County Circuit Court against a company that left Michigan after contaminating multiple properties in West and Southwest Michigan with PFAS and other hazardous materials.
The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has established a new Water Quality Value (WQV) for perfluorobutane sulfonic acid (PFBS) and has revised the existing WQV for perfluorooctanoic acid (PFOA). Following the risk assessment method provided in Rule 323.1057 (“Rule 57”), a PFBS concentration of 670,000 parts per trillion (ppt; or nanograms per liter) was set for surface water to be broadly protective of human health and 8,300 ppt for surface water specifically protected as a drinking water source. The revised human health values for PFOA are 170 ppt for surface water (from 12,000 ppt previously) and 66 ppt for surface water protected as a drinking water source (from 420 ppt, previously).
The updated groundwater rule builds on rules promulgated by EGLE and approved by the Environmental Rules Review Committee in 2020 that established PFAS standards for safe water at public water supplies.
EGLE Director Liesl Clark kicked off last week's Virtual PFAS Summit, which had over 1,300 participants.