Pollard Landfill (Montrose Township, Genesee County)

Evin Maguire, MaguireE@Michigan.gov or 517-388-3525.

Please note that this landfill is CLOSED and does not accept waste. 

Pollard Landfill is a closed municipal solid waste landfill located at 11349 McKinley Road. The site operated as a local dump prior to 1972, and eventually became a licensed landfill. However, in 1989, all waste disposal activities at the site were stopped, and closure was initiated. Closure activities included installation of an engineered clay cap, and additional groundwater monitoring wells. In 2006, Pollard Landfill prepared a plan to investigate groundwater contamination at the site, which was approved by EGLE. Because of the known historical contamination at this site, EGLE conducted PFAS sampling of select groundwater monitor wells in 2021. PFAS was discovered in groundwater at levels exceeding cleanup criteria in three of four sampled groundwater wells.

Groundwater flow in the affected shallow aquifer at the site is to the west, toward the Flint River, which borders the property. Contaminated water from the shallow aquifer discharges to the river. All residential wells near the site are in the deeper bedrock aquifer, which records indicate is separated from the shallow contaminated aquifer by a substantial clay layer, which likely blocks the flow of contaminants.

Content posted January 2022.

EGLE is currently working with DHHS and the Genesee County Health Department to determine if residential well sampling will be necessary. Currently, municipal drinking water is available in the vicinity of the landfill.

EGLE will continue to work with MDHHS and the local health department to assess environmental risks at this site.