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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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Paw Paw Plating, located at 139 Commercial Street in Paw Paw, is a former electroplating facility which operated from the 1950s until 2009. Paw Paw Plating's operations included cadmium, chromium, copper, and cyanide in the electroplating process. The company also performed metal processing such as machining, polishing, and painting using trichloroethylene (TCE) as a metal degreaser.
Per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) were used in electroplating processes as a fume suppressant. Due to the historical electroplating operations at the site, EGLE sampled for PFAS in existing groundwater monitoring wells.
Groundwater flow direction at the site is generally to the north, with a slight northeasterly component at Lilac Street. There are no drinking water wells in the vicinity. Paw Paw River is the primary receptor; groundwater is known to vent to the river.
Content posted March 2021.
There are no residential wells in the area.
EGLE is working with their contractor, DLZ Michigan, Inc., to develop a plan to delineate the extent of PFAS contamination in groundwater. In April 2021, EGLE's contractor, DLZ Michigan, Inc., will resample the groundwater monitoring wells for PFAS to confirm results and sample the storm sewer discharging into the Paw Paw River.
|
Type of Sample |
Date Sampled (or Range) |
Numberof Sample Results Received |
Number of Samples above Criteria* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Groundwater Monitoring Wells |
November 11, 2020 | 14 | 12 |