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Electro Chemical Finishing - Remico (Wyoming, Kent County)

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Please contact the Site Lead for the most up-to-date status of this site.

EGLE site lead

Brent Ritchie, RitchieB1@Michigan.gov or 616-581-1782.

Background

This site is located at 2610 Remico Street SW. The Electro Chemical Finishing (ECF) facility had a release sometime before December 11, 2014, when a discharge of plating wastewater to Roys Creek was observed coming from a stormwater outfall. The origin of the release appeared to be a breach in the floor where plating water entered the ground, flowed beneath the concrete floor to a point where a roof drain elbow and pipe were separated, and into the storm sewer system.

Following the repair and resolution of this breach, ECF conducted an investigation to determine the extent of the plating wastewater impact. A plume of contaminants other than PFAS was discovered extending to the north. ECF installed a groundwater extraction system for on-site treatment and discharge to the sanitary sewer. As part of EGLE’s Industrial Pretreatment Program (IPP), the City of Wyoming sampled ECF’s wastewater. Due to the results of the wastewater testing, and the facility’s history as a plater, EGLE requested ECF to create a workplan and begin sampling.

The Grand River is located about 1.8 miles downgradient from the site. There is a small private pond about 600 feet northeast of the groundwater extraction well on the property. Groundwater flow is primarily to the north, parallel to Roys Creek.

Content posted January 2020.

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Drinking water

Nearby properties use municipal water from the City of Wyoming for drinking. EGLE has tested all municipal water supplies for PFAS. View the results for the city of Wyoming.

Anticipated activities

EGLE will continue to work with ECF as they complete investigation and delineation of the PFAS plume. EGLE’s Superfund group will perform PFAS testing of groundwater at the Spartan Chemical facility, which is a downgradient site of contamination, concurrent with planned remediation activities at that location. This information will be used in conjunction with additional information gathered by ECF in the coming months to support the expansion of a groundwater use ordinance in the area following appropriate citizen engagement. ECF will expand their existing wastewater treatment facility to remove PFAS and increase treatment capacity to provide additional groundwater extraction and remediation capacity.

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