Meeting will update community on PFAS contamination found around Kalamazoo airport
Updated Feb 23, 2021;
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KALAMAZOO, MI The Michigan PFAS Action Response Team, or MPART, and the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport will update residents on its investigation of PFAS contamination found near the airport.
MPART representatives from the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) and the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services (MDHHS) along with the Kalamazoo County Health and Community Services Department and the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport will host a virtual community meeting from 6-8 p.m. on Monday, March 1.
Last year, the Kalamazoo/Battle Creek International Airport applied for and received a state grant to test the soil and groundwater around the airport for PFAS as a proactive step to determine if any of the ground around the airport contained the contaminants, at at what levels.