EGLE received a baseline environmental assessment (BEA) for the property at 4724 West River Drive, stating that temporary monitoring wells were installed at the site and had a result of 21 ppt PFOS (compared to 16 ppt) and 25 ppt PFOA (compared to 8 ppt). BEAs are used by potential property owners or operators to buy or operate at a site without being held liable for existing contamination. This site was a former car wash.
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This app provides access to multiple datasets from Michigan’s PFAS Action Response Team (MPART), including data on official sites, surface water, public water supplies, and fish sampling.
Municipal water is available in the vicinity of the property. EGLE, DHHS, and local health reviewed nearby drinking water well logs and identified three commercial properties near the site that may still have water wells. Letters were sent to the commercial property owners in the summer of 2024 but none responded. EGLE sent letters to the nearest down-gradient residential properties that are serviced by drinking water wells (that are further out from the commercial properties) in the fall of 2024. Two residents responded and both had detections below criteria. Additional set of letters were sent to the residents in January 2025 and May 2025, giving residents multiple chances to respond to the sampling offering.
Leah Gies, GiesL1@Michigan.gov or 616-215-4781
