Laboratories Offering Home Testing
PFAS MCLs and Drinking Water
Statewide Testing Initiative
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
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December 17, 2019
his Fall, Governor Whitmer and 16 governors sent a bipartisan letter to both the United States Senate and House Armed Services Committees highlighting the need for strong PFAS regulations and drinking water protections.
LANSING, Mich.- Governor Gretchen Whitmer released the following statement after the US House and Senate passed the FY2020 National Defense Authorization Act.
“I thank Congress, particularly members of the Michigan Congressional delegation, for including important protections against PFAS contamination in the final NDAA,” said Whitmer. “Michigan Democrats and Republicans alike were instrumental in the fight to keep our service members safe from exposure to harmful PFAS chemicals.
“However, without provisions to set a drinking water standard or to require responsible parties to clean up PFAS contamination, the NDAA simply doesn’t go far enough to protect drinking water and safeguard public health. Here in Michigan, we will keep leading the fight against PFAS contamination, including by setting our own science-based drinking water standard. I call on Congress to continue working to protect communities across the nation from PFAS chemicals. “
To view the letter, click the link below.
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/0,9309,7-387-90499_90640-507909--,00.html
Personnel from the ARNG along with representatives from local and state health departments visited Grayling on August 20 to distribute notification letters of test results along with bottled water to homes that have been found to exceed the new MCL.
Personnel from the ARNG along with representatives from local and state health departments will be in Grayling July 23 - 25 to distribute notification letters of test results along with bottled water to homes that have been found to exceed the new MCL.
Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel issued the following statement in support of this welcome development for national consistency in protecting Americans from these toxic “forever chemicals.”
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).
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).