MPART awards $9 million to airports for PFAS monitoring, lists new site at West Willow Street
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MPART staff reported awarding about $9 million to 19 airports for monitoring, groundwater and stormwater work and remediation; staff also added an IMPART site at 2231 West Willow Street (adjacent to Racer Lansing Plant 236) and said sampling guidance will be updated and made ADA‑compliant.
An MPART representative (speaking as Amy) told the COG that, about a month earlier, MPART issued award emails to roughly 19 airports across Michigan totaling $9,000,000. The funds are intended for continued monitoring, feasibility studies to evaluate remediation options, and in some cases implementation of remediation practices.
"About a month ago, we, issued awards, emails to about 19 airports across the state, totaling $9,000,000," the MPART staffer said, describing a mix of monitoring, feasibility studies and some remediation work supported by the grants.
The MPART update also noted that the program added a new site (IMPART site number 3132) called 2231 West Willow Street, adjacent to an existing IMPART site, the Racer Lansing Plant 236. Staff said that while the newly listed site does not have nearby residential wells, it was added to the IMPART landing page for transparency and that MPART frequently moves multiple sites through the communication process.
MPART staff said the agency is updating sampling guidance documents — some dating to 2018 — and making posted documents ADA‑compliant to improve public access to technical guidance. When new sites are identified with groundwater over criteria, MPART staff said they assemble a team with DHHS and local health officials, identify groundwater flow direction, compile a list of residential wells and arrange sampling, often contracted to AECOM.
Members were directed to MPART web resources and to the RIDE database for site‑specific correspondence and historical project files. Staff said RIDE can include more detailed and timely project correspondence than the MPART landing page in some cases and recommended contacting project managers for site updates.