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Solventum site director outlines PFAS testing, soil removals and interim treatment plan
Summary
Solventum site director Jim Burkhardt told the Brookings City Council the company submitted expanded soil, stormwater and surface-water sampling to the state DNR, removed about 4,500 cubic yards of contaminated soil and plans an interim carbon stormwater treatment system to operate by spring runoff; he said off-site public risk is "extremely low."
Jim Burkhardt, site director for the Solventum manufacturing plant in Brookings, told the City Council the company has completed an expanded round of on- and off-site sampling for PFAS and submitted the data and next-step recommendations to the South Dakota DNR on Nov. 14.
Burkhardt said the sampling program included soil, stormwater and surface-water points both on Solventum property and in nearby off-site locations, and that the highest on- and off-site readings align southwest of the plant. He said the company…
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