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MassDEP outlines PFAS response steps, cites 56 treatment systems and ongoing standards work
Summary
At June 27 BWSC office hours, MassDEP said it is coordinating PFAS cleanup standards with drinking-water MCLs, maintaining 56 point-of-entry systems and providing bottled water at about 30 sites while evaluating imminent-hazard responses and awaiting federal and state regulatory updates.
Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection officials used June 27 Bureau of Waste Site Cleanup office hours to lay out how the agency is responding to PFAS contamination and preparing new cleanup standards.
The department said it is working to align cleanup reportable concentrations and groundwater cleanup standards with forthcoming drinking-water maximum contaminant levels. "We currently have 56 point of entry treatment systems that we are maintaining and sampling, and providing bottled water at approximately another 30 sites," John Ziegler, the statewide PFAS coordinator, said during the call.
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