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City says PFAS general plan resubmitted to Ohio EPA; finished-water PFOS measured at 17 ppt
Summary
Loveland staff told council they resubmitted responses on the PFAS general plan to Ohio EPA, reported a finished-water PFOS measurement of 17 parts per trillion, and said settlements with manufacturer defendants may generate reimbursements but amounts are not yet determined.
Assistant City Manager Chris Weinich updated Loveland City Council on the city’s PFAS work and funding timeline, saying staff had resubmitted responses to Ohio EPA on the city’s general plan and that the agency returned two additional comments that staff expect to address quickly.
Weinich said the city’s quarterly finished-water sampling returned a PFOS result of 17 parts per trillion; he said other PFAS constituents were below the proposed maximum contaminant levels. He reported that court-approved settlements with BASF and Tyco are in place and that the amount Loveland may receive will be determined after a quantification period; the city must submit measured extraction volumes to begin that calculation.
The assistant city manager described the general plan as the document Ohio EPA uses to evaluate whether to approve the city’s approach and to unlock funding for design and construction. He said approval of the general plan would permit applications for design funding (potentially up to about $2 million) and later construction funding (potentially up to $4 million), though specific awards and amounts remain subject to Ohio EPA review and federal-state allocation.
“We’ve been in this little bit of a holding pattern with Ohio EPA,” Weinich said, describing the recent exchange of comments and resubmissions. After receiving the two new comments the city expected to resubmit quickly, Weinich reported that he saw “a light at the end of the tunnel” for getting the plan approved and moving to design funding.
