Please contact the Site Lead for the most up-to-date status of this site.
Nic Dawson, DawsonN1@Michigan.gov or 517-897-0912.
Please note that this landfill is CLOSED and does not accept waste.
The 120-acre Forest Waste Products site is located in Forest Township near the corner of Farrand Road and North Gale Road. Waste disposal areas on site include an 11-acre landfill and nine former lagoons that span a total area of one acre. The landfill accepted waste materials from 1973 to 1978. Waste disposal operations contaminated soil and groundwater. The former lagoons were cleaned up in 1989 and the landfill capped in 1997. Groundwater monitoring has been taking place both on- and off-site since 1993.
The groundwater flow in this area is to the north/northwest away from the landfill. There is no potential to impact waterbodies in this area because all the detections of PFAS are all located on-site. Sampling locations between the site and residential drinking water wells to the west and north had no detections of PFAS.
Content posted April 2021.
See an aerial view of the detail of the site.
See an aerial view of the location of the site.
EGLE consulted with the Local Health Department and Michigan Department of Health and Human Services on residential wells in the area. No residential well sampling is planned at this time.
EGLE is waiting for the results of the October 2020 PFAS sampling. Upon receipt of these results additional analysis will be made to determine whether any additional actions are needed.
|
Type of Sample |
Date Sampled (or range) |
Number of Sample Results Received |
Number of Samples above Criteria* |
|---|---|---|---|
| Groundwater Monitoring Wells | October 2018 - January 2020 | 24 | 4 |
*Residential well and groundwater monitoring well results are compared to EGLE Part 201 criteria for 7 PFAS compounds effective 12/21/2020: PFOS (16 ppt), PFOA (8 ppt), PFNA (6 ppt), PFHxS (51 ppt), PFHxA (400,000 ppt), PFBS (420 ppt), and HFPO-DA (370 ppt).
