8-month PFAS disclosure gap draws backlash for Michigan officials
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
Posted Mar 11, 2021
A Michigan EGLE investigation map shows suspected contamination from PFAS used by the U.S. Coast Guard Station at Cherry Capitol Airport in Traverse City in proximity to a group of homes in East Bay Township.
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TRAVERSE CITY, MI Do not keep people in the dark about potential exposure to harmful chemicals even if an investigation hasn’t provided all the answers yet.
That message was delivered to state officials by members of a citizen advisory panel, who sharply criticized the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE) for waiting the eight months to tell homeowners about an investigation into private well contamination from toxic “forever chemicals” near the Traverse City airport.
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MPART Executive Director Steve Sliver to retire after 34 years of state service
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The Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) today announced that Michigan PFAS Action Response Team (MPART) executive director Steve Sliver will retire after 34 years of service to the State of Michigan.
Sliver has been EGLE’s senior representative on MPART since April 2018 and was named executive director in 2019 when Gov. Whitmer established MPART as a permanent advisory body within EGLE under Executive Order 2019-3.
Under Sliver’s leadership, MPART has been widely recognized as a national leader in the response to PFAS contamination in drinking water. Notable accomplishments of the multi-agency taskforce include the nation’s first statewide testing of public water supplies and schools for PFAS, the establishment of some of the nation’s most comprehensive PFAS in drinking water standards and the country’s largest collection and disposa
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