SPRING LAKE TOWNSHIP, Mich. (WOOD) — The former Sanico North Landfill outside of Nunica has been declared a PFAS contamination site by the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team.
MPART made the declaration on Wednesday. The landfill on 144th Avenue operated from the mid-1960s until the mid-1980s, taking in residential, commercial, agricultural and industrial waste.
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy ordered a baseline environmental assessment for the property. Test results came back last August, finding levels of multiple forms of PFAS well above the state’s maximum contaminant levels.
Groundwater data showed levels of PFOA — perfluorooctanoic acid — up to 120 parts per trillion. The state safety standard is 8 ppt. Levels of PFOS — perfluorooctanesulfonic acid — measured up to 26 ppt. The state safety standard is 16 ppt…