In a continuing trend, another 19 sites with PFAS contamination have been added to the latest list of Michigan sites. The newest Michigan EGLE PFAS Map Tracker shows that the number of confirmed PFAS contaminated sites has grown to 93, up from 74  in December 2019 and 52 a year ago.    

The latest list of PFAS contamination includes sites spread across Michigan, throughout both the lower and upper peninsulas, in rural, suburban, and urban areas The EGLE also provides a PFAS map viewer, which provides information on the site name, location and address, description of the site, and a link to site-specific background, data, PFAS contaminants, site history, and recent activities. The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) maintains the site tracker of locations of confirmed detections of PFOA and PFOS in groundwater. MPART is an advisory group of EGLE.

The list of Michigan PFAS contaminated sites included on the PFAS site map include (latest 19 additions listed at the top):

• Portage Former Landfill and Firefighter Training Facility (Portage)

• Middleground Landfill (Mount Pleasant)

• Georgia Pacific Corporation (Kalamazoo)

• Muskegon County Airport Area (Muskegon)

• Nolichuky Industrial Corp (Kalamazoo)

• White Lake Landfill (Whitehall)

• Hoff Industries (Grand Rapids)

• AuSable Township Smith Street Area (AuSable)

• Watson Township Dump (Watson Township)

• Clare Water Supply Superfund Site (Clare)

• West KL Avenue Landfill (Oshtemo Township)

• Harbor Plating (Benton Harbor)

• Walker Landfill (Washington Township)

• City of Harrison Landfill Area (Harrison)

• Advanced Disposal Services Arbor Hill Landfill (Salem Township)

• White Pigeon Paper Company (White Pigeon)

• Grand Rapids Water Resource Recovery Facility (Grand Rapids)

• Delphi Saginaw Division Plant 2 (Saginaw)

• Adrian Landfill (Adrian)

• US Ecology (Romulus)

• Belmont - House Street (Rockford)

• Rockford Tannery (Rockford)

• Grayling Area PFAS (Grayling)

• Camp Grayling Late Margrethe (Grayling)

• K.I. Sawyer AFB (Gwinn)

• Wurtsmith AFB (Oscoda)

• Lapeer Plating & Plastics (Lapeer)

• Adams Plating (Lansing)

• Alpena Hide & Leather Co. (Alpena)

• Whispering Pines MHC (Oscoda)

• Coldwater Road Landfill (Flint)

• Roosevelt Refinery (Mt. Pleasant)

• Alpena Combat Readiness Center (Alpena)

• Helmer-Dickman Road Area (Battle Creek)

• Escanaba Defense Fuel Supply Pint (Escanaba)

• Van Etten Lake (Oscoda)

• Loud Drive (Oscoda)

• Colbath Road (Oscoda)

• Oscoda Area Schools (Oscoda)

• McDonald Store Fire (Oscoda)

• State Disposal Superfund Site (Plainfield Township)

• RACER Lansing Plants 2, 3, 6 (Lansing)

• M-60 Tanker Spill (Howard Township)

• Central Sanitary Landfill (Pierson)

• North 34th Street (Richland)

• Carl’s Retreading (Grawn)

• Crown Vantage Property (Parchment)

• Richfield Landfill (Davison)

• RACER Buick City (Flint)

• Wash King Laundry (Baldwin)

• Lacks Industries Cascade (Grand Rapids)

• Manistee Plating (Manistee)

• Selfridge Air National Guard Base (Harrison Township)

• Ithaca Sanitary Landfill (Ithaca)

• Michner Plating (Jackson)

• RACER Eckles Road (Livonia)

• Flint Bishop International Airport Landfill (Flint)

• Gerald R. Ford International Airport (Grand Rapids)

• Lacks Industries (Saranac)

• Diamond Chrome Plating (Howell)

• MRP former Total Petroleum Refinery (Alma)

• Viking Corporation (Hastings)

• Washtenaw Industrial Facility (Saline)

• Fort Gratiot Landfill (Fort Gratiot Township)

• MacDermind, Inc. (Ferndale)

• MAHLE Engine Components, USA, Inc. (Muskegon)

• Gordie Howe International Bridge (Detroit)

• Camp Grayling - MATES at Range 30 (Grayling)

• 636 40 Street East (Holland)

• Ford Motor Company Saline Plant (Saline)

• Electro Chemical Finishing - Remico (Wyoming)

• Peerless Plating (Muskegon Township)

• Nolichuky Industrial Corp (Kalamazoo)

• Oscoda Township Dump (Oscoda Township)

• Ashley Avenue Disposal Area (Belding)

• Lear Siegler, Inc. (Mendon)

• RACER Willow Run (Ypsilanti)

• 120th Avenue Area (Grand Haven)

• Thermofil (Green Oaks Township)

• Northeast Gravel (Belmont)

• BASF Corporation - Inmont Division (Wyoming)

• Du-Wel Metals (Hartford)

• Former ESCO (Muskegon)

• Isabella County Landfill (Deerfield Township)

• Grand Ledge Army Aviation Support Facility and Armory (Grand Ledge)

• Muskegon County Landfill Type II (Ravenna)

• Pitsch Sanitary Landfill (Belding)

• Ford River Raisin Warehouse (Monroe)

• Cottage Grove and Marshall Area (Grand Rapids)

• Keeler Brass - 32nd Street (Kentwood)

• Parts Corporation (Owosso)

• Former Kincheloe Air Force Base (Kinross Township)

• Former Chrysler Scio Introl Division Site (Dexter)

• Mt. Pleasant City Landfill (Mt. Pleasant)

The EGLE’s number of 93 confirmed PFAS sites with groundwater contamination in Michigan continues to be the highest of any state according to recent data released by Northeastern University’s SSEHRI and the Environmental Working Group. Officials and scientists maintain that the number of confirmed sites in Michigan is attributed to the state taking a lead role in aggressively looking for PFAS contamination.  

The number of PFAS contaminated sites in other states is growing significantly as more states investigate the presence of the PFAS “forever chemicals.” It is estimated that there are more than currently 900 identified sites in the United States, impacting the drinking water of more than 25 million people.

Merit is a leading PFAS environmental laboratory, analyzing drinking water, soil, wastewater, groundwater, and other sample matrices.  Merit is certified for the analysis of PFAS by ISO/IEC 17025. Analytical method certification for PFAS includes drinking water by EPA 537.1 and EPA 537 rev. 1.1 and soil, wastewater, groundwater, and surface water by ASTM D7979 with Isotopic Dilution. Please contact Merit Laboratories for assistance on your PFAS testing needs.