Read the full article by Claire Sullivan (New Hampshire Bulletin)
“The state and Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics have clashed over whether the company has a responsibility to sample wells within the area where it has agreed to remediate PFAS contamination attributed to its Merrimack facility.
In recent years, the French plastics manufacturer agreed with the state that it would provide drinking water solutions to designated properties spanning several communities in the area of its facility, which ceased operations in May. It has delivered bottled water to affected properties and has worked on more permanent solutions, such as water line connections and treatment systems.
But it seems the company draws a line at complying with recent requests from the state to sample dozens of wells within that remediation region, known as the consent-decree area, which includes parts of Bedford, Hudson, Litchfield, Londonderry, and Merrimack. Hundreds of properties in those areas tested above state standards for a type of PFAS chemical called perfluorooctanoic acid, or PFOA, contamination linked to air emissions from the facility.”…