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Board of Health: new PFAS detection near Hammock Pond triggers abutter outreach, MassDEP follow-up
Summary
Town health staff said MassDEP detected PFAS above the state's imminent-hazard level near Hammock Pond and Burnt Swamp; the health department mailed notices to about 66 abutters and is urging private-well testing and filters where town water is unavailable.
NANTUCKET ' MassDEP field sampling identified per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) above the state's imminent-hazard threshold near the intersection of Hammock Pond and Burnt Swamp, the Nantucket Board of Health was told Tuesday.
The board's environmental contamination administrator, Andrew Shapiro, said the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP) made the finding on April 9 and that MassDEP's investigators have told the town they will do step-out sampling but had not yet scheduled a site visit. Shapiro said the health department mailed notifications to about 66 abutters within 500 feet of the detection and urged residents to contact MassDEP to arrange sampling.
The discovery matters because the town's private wells and public bathing beaches are potentially exposed to PFAS contamination carried by groundwater…
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