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
Official Correspondence
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The property located at 3660 North Euclid Avenue, known as Dobson Industrial, was a former roundhouse with turntable for locomotive maintenance from the early 1900s to the 1960s. Since 1963 Dobson Industrial has occupied the property for metal fabricating or manufacturing operations and automotive service operations.
A Baseline Environmental Assessment (BEA) was recently completed for this facility and submitted to EGLE on May 3, 2024. Since the property was historically used for metal finishing that may have involved use of PFAS chemicals, PFAS was analyzed during the BEA investigation.
Groundwater results identified exceedances of PFOA in two monitoring wells and PFOS in one monitoring well. The highest results were 10 ppt PFOA (compared to 8 ppt) and 57 ppt PFOS (compared to 16 ppt). There is currently no data indicating groundwater flow direction.
The Kawkawlin River is approximately 0.7 miles north of the property. Saginaw Bay is approximately 2.5 miles northeast of the property. EGLE has no reason to believe either of these waterbodies are impacted at this time.
Content posted August 2024
See the groundwater analytical exceedance map of the site.
Municipal drinking water is in the area. EGLE, DHHS, and the local health department reviewed residential well logs and determined there are no residential wells downgradient of the site.
EGLE plans to request any potentially liable parties for additional sampling of groundwater to delineate the extent of PFAS contamination.