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MPART reports three sampling rounds, new GIS layers and plans Cadillac open house
Summary
Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) staff gave an update on 2024 activities including three rounds of resampling in the Cadillac industrial area, new GIS map layers for areas of interest and wastewater treatment sampling, added sites including a Nankin Township landfill, and a planned open house for community Q&A.
Abby, an MPART staff member, told the Citizens' Advisory Group that MPART published a FY2024 “fast facts” summary and has completed three rounds of resampling in the Cadillac Industrial Area while preparing an FAQ and a community open-house meeting in early February to answer one-on-one questions.
The update said MPART recently added two new map layers to its public GIS: one showing “areas of interest” (fuzzy boundaries where groundwater exceedances exist but sources are unclear) and another cataloging wastewater treatment plants that have sampled for PFAS. Abby said the wastewater layer links to myEnviro files so users can access sample results for sites that have reported data.
MPART staff listed several new investigation locations: Billy Rood (Escanaba paper manufacturer, low concentrations though still above some groundwater criteria), North Thirtieth Street (greenhouse area), Kalamazoo Regional Fire Training Center (suspected historical AFFF use), the 131 Mackinac Trail site south of Cadillac, a decorative-panels site in Alpena, and the Nankin Township landfill in Wayne County. Abby said Nankin will go “live” on MPART’s site tomorrow and that reaching that listing brings MPART to about 300 named sites (not including roughly 35 areas of interest).
Abby also told the group MPART will issue an FAQ (in final review) and is planning an open-house format rather than a single town-hall so residents can ask partner agencies — EGLE, EPA, MDHHS and local health — specific questions.
On federal developments, Abby said the EPA released a biosolids risk assessment “this morning,” and MPART staff will review it closely to understand assumptions and implications for Michigan practice.
MPART offered to arrange a short tutorial at a future COG meeting demonstrating how to use the new GIS layers and myEnviro links.
The presentation closed with a reminder to reach out to MPART or partner staff for help locating data on the web map or for questions about specific local sampling efforts.
