Daniel Brown 07/01/2021 PFAS PFAS Cleanup Rule Public Hearing July 8th The State of Michigan is working through the process of establishing cleanup rules for PFAS in groundwater used as drinking… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/13/2021 PFAS Michigan Will Now Require Cleanup for Seven PFAS Pollutants In some welcome news to close out 2020, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) has established… Read More »
Daniel Brown 07/29/2020 PFAS Michigan Sets Drinking Water Standards for Seven PFAS Chemicals Michigan is set to enact new PFAS drinking water standards (known as Maximum Contaminant Levels or MCLs) after rules setting… Read More »
Daniel Brown 04/27/2020 PFAS What to Do if you Find Suspicious Foam Many PFAS compounds, including those that contaminate the Huron River, concentrate in foam. At high enough concentrations in water, they… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/15/2020 PFAS EGLE Hearing on PFAS Drinking Water Standards Held in Ann Arbor HRWC Provides Comments The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) held a public hearing last night at… Read More »
Pam Labadie 01/10/2020 PFAS Working with impact on PFAS HRWC shares critical information about PFAS by coordinating stakeholder communications and conducting public outreach. A special excerpt on HRWC’s PFAS… Read More »
Daniel Brown 11/07/2019 PFAS PFAS Confirmed at Former Chrysler Facility Along Huron River PFAS chemicals have been confirmed at concerning levels at a former Chrysler manufacturing facility along the Huron River in Scio… Read More »
Daniel Brown 06/26/2019 PFAS PFAS Update: New Round of Surface Water Tests Show Major Improvements in Some PFAS Levels The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE, formerly the DEQ) recently completed a new round of PFAS… Read More »
Daniel Brown 05/02/2019 PFAS PFAS Update: Accelerated Action and New Foam Advisory The PFAS threat is continuing to evolve rapidly throughout Michigan and in the Huron River Watershed. We previously discussed the… Read More »
Daniel Brown 01/30/2019 PFAS Quacker Tracker 2018 In this post, we’ll provide a brief summary of the legislation we were most closely following during the 2018 lame… Read More »
Daniel Brown 12/20/2018 PFAS Washtenaw County PFAS Meeting Highlights Progress and Needs Over 200 residents of Washtenaw County and nearby communities gathered at Washtenaw Community College on December 18th to learn about… Read More »
Daniel Brown 12/10/2018 Water Quality Lame Duck Bill Would Limit Michigan’s Ability to Address PFAS Contamination Update: 12/31/18: Governor Rick Snyder signed HB4205 into law. Update: 12/11/18: HB4205 (“No Stricter than Federal”) has been passed by… Read More »