Laboratories Offering Home Testing
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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.
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Please note that this landfill is CLOSED and does not accept waste.
Livingston County Landfill is a closed Type 2 municipal solid waste landfill, located on Barron Road, operated by the Livingston County Board of Public Works (LCBPW) from 1972 until its closure in 1989. In the late 1980s volatile organic compounds (VOCs) were detected in residential drinking water and traced back to the landfill. Several remedial investigations have been performed, resulting in regular groundwater monitoring consisting of a network of 33 monitor wells. Due to historical groundwater contamination, EGLE requested Livingston County to sample select monitor wells for PFAS analysis in April 2019. A sampling event was completed in May 2019 which discovered PFAS levels in one monitoring well (MW-4S) exceeded EGLE's Part 201 criteria that went into effect in August 2020.
Groundwater flow in the vicinity of the contaminated well is to the northeast. There are no known surface water impacts at this time.
Content posted August 2020.
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14 nearby residential wells were sampled, no result exceeded the drinking water standards for PFAS compounds. EGLE will coordinate with Michigan Department of Health and Human Services and local health departments regarding any additional residential well sampling.
EGLE will discuss with Livingston County officials the possibility of routine monitoring for PFAS at the landfill and select residential wells.
|
Type of Sample |
Date Sampled (or Range) |
Numberof Sample Results Received |
Number of Samples above Criteria* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Residential Wells |
October 31, 2019 - November 5, 2021 | 14 | 0 |
| Groundwater | May 23, 2019 - May 26, 2021 | 7 | 2 |
*Residential well results are compared to Part 201 Criteria of PFOS 16 ppt and PFOA 8 ppt.
*Groundwater results are compared to EGLE Part 201 Criteria of 70 ppt PFOS+PFOA.