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PFAS sampling prompts expanded disposal boundary; several homes offered town water connections
Summary
Consultants reported expanded disposal‑site boundaries after supplemental sampling, installation of eight monitoring wells, and offers to connect affected homes to town water; the commission was briefed on a Phase 3 remedial alternatives analysis due to MassDEP.
The Nantucket Memorial Airport Commission received an update Feb. 11 on an ongoing PFAS investigation at and west of airport property, including new sampling, expanded disposal‑site boundaries, monitoring‑well installations and a Phase 3 remedial alternatives study the airport expects to file with MassDEP.
Environmental coordinator Cameron Woods told the commission the airport has transitioned ARFF trucks to a fluorine‑free foam system and posted an IFB for converting two trucks that must be sent off island. Woods introduced Jim Soukup, the licensed site professional from Western Solutions, who summarized supplemental sampling and next steps.
Soukup said a phase‑2 addendum prepared after the EPA lowered its lifetime health advisory level prompted an expanded disposal boundary to include additional airport‑owned parcels. Teams resampled approximately 20 homes on the West Side that were within or abutting the expanded boundary; initial sampling was…
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