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Resident warns PFAS litigation could saddle Springfield-area ratepayers with huge cleanup costs
Summary
At Springfield Township's public comment period, resident Michael Furchie warned that PFAS contamination and related lawsuits could impose "hundreds of millions" in remediation costs on sewer authorities and local ratepayers, and urged continued updates from the RVSA liaison.
Michael Furchie, a Springfield resident, told the township committee that PFAS "forever chemicals" are widespread and that pending litigation could impose massive cleanup costs on sewer authorities and local ratepayers.
"It's here and it's gonna bite us in the ***," Furchie said, describing PFAS as "in everything" and warning that remediation costs could be "hundreds of millions" and could make current sewer bills unsustainable. He cited an…
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