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“A Kent County golf course owner has agreed to provide safe drinking water to nearby homes and investigate PFAS contamination linked to buried industrial waste at a former gravel mine, Michigan officials said.
Under a settlement announced April 23, Boulder Creek Development Corp., which owns the golf course in Belmont, must extend permanent water hookups to nearby homes in Plainfield Township and reimburse the state for cleanup costs
The agreement targets a 12-acre area beneath the club’s driving range where tannery waste from Wolverine Worldwide Inc. was dumped decades ago.
State officials say toxic PFAS chemicals from the site have contaminated groundwater and private wells, with the pollution migrating toward the Grand River.
‘Michigan residents shouldn’t have to worry about companies leaking forever chemicals in their backyards,’ said Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel.”…