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This is a list of Superfund sites in Michigan designated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) environmental law.The CERCLA federal law of 1980 authorized the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to create a list of polluted locations requiring a long-term response to clean up hazardous material contaminations. [1]
During the Cold War, Wurtsmith was one of three Strategic Air Command (SAC) bases in Michigan with the B-52 bomber, the others (Kincheloe AFB and Sawyer AFB) were in the Upper Peninsula. The base was named in honor of Major General Paul Wurtsmith , commander of SAC's Eighth Air Force, who was killed when his B-25 Mitchell bomber crashed on Cold ...
USGS map showing the number of PFAS detections in tap water samples from select sites across the U.S. In April 2024, the EPA issued a final drinking water rule for PFOA, PFOS, GenX, PFBS, PFNA, and PFHxS. Within three years, public water systems must remove these six PFAS to near-zero levels. States may be awarded grants up to $1 billion in aid ...
Map: Where water systems reported PFAS levels above new EPA limits. ... announces new health advisories for four PFAS chemicals on June 15, 2022 in Wilmington, Delaware. ... Serve me free biscuits ...
In an effort to combat PFAS or "forever chemicals" found in the drinking water of communities throughout the country, the Environmental Protection Agency received $1 billion in federal funding.
Map: Where the EPA found pollutants This map shows water systems included in the EPA’s records, as of Jan. 11. It’s based on boundaries developed by SimpleLab , a water-testing company.
13 November 2017 The state of Michigan creates the Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART), the first multi-agency action team of its kind in the nation. Agencies representing health, environment and other branches of state government have joined to investigate sources and locations of PFAS contamination in the state, take action to protect ...
In 1996, Executive Order No. 1996-1 transferred oversight of environmental health programs "relating to drinking water and radiological protection" from the Michigan Department of Public Health to the DEQ, and Executive Order No. 1996-2 transferred the Low Level Radioactive Waste Authority from the Michigan Department of Commerce to the DEQ.