PFAS

The Michigan Supreme Court issued an order Friday returning an industry challenge to the state’s PFAS drinking water standards to a lower court.A divided Supreme Court instructed the Michigan Court of Appeals to consider the fact that the chemical manufacturer 3M challenged a rule drafted in 2019 before the Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy adopted final standards in 2020.

President Donald Trump pulled a Biden administration plan to set effluent limits on PFAS. Michigan currently has PFAS regulations for drinking water supplies in place, though they are currently being challenged in court.

The sites are the Kalamazoo Regional Fire Training Center, and an area near U.S. 131 in Wexford County, near Cadillac.

The settlement covers four sites in Kent County. The Michigan attorney general originally sued over contamination at nine sites.

The Michigan Supreme Court heard arguments Wednesday on whether the state is following the law to include the costs of compliance in groundwater cleanup orders.

A challenge to Michigan’s rules on water contamination by a group of forever chemicals is on the Michigan Supreme Court’s November oral arguments docket.

It's unclear how foam containing over 4,000 parts per trillion of PFOS, a type of PFAS, formed on Muskegon Lake in west Michigan.

The National Science Foundation has given a Marquette, Michigan company a grant to research whether some types of fungi can break down or otherwise destroy PFAS.

The second part in a series about waterbirds in the Great Lakes region and the pollutants that are contributing to their population declines.

The City of Kalamazoo is proposing a $51 million plan to combine and upgrade two water treatment stations to better filter PFAS.