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“The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team has declared a new area of interest adjacent to the Grand River in Kent County.
On Monday, MPART, confirmed that the agency is investigating PFAS contamination at the former New Era Properties site on Wilson Avenue. The property borders the Grand River and sits across M-11 from Johnson Park.
Previously, the property was included in a separate investigation of Fenske Landfills, Inc., which operates out of Tallmadge Township.
The landfill accepted liquid industrial waste from 1967 until some time in the 1970s when new waste regulations were passed. Metal hydroxide plating sludges were also stored at the site. The waste pile achieved ‘clean closure’ in June 2007, but given the property’s history with industrial waste, the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy started sampling groundwater in July 2021.” …