A little extra time has been added to the clock for wastewater plants seeking an extension for water quality reporting in Michigan. Due to a new landfill leachate sampling initiative, municipal Industrial Pretreatment Programs (IPPs) in Michigan now have until May 8, 2018 to submit an extension request to the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) for preparing an interim report on the IPP’s PFAS investigation, sampling, and source reduction efforts. In a February 2018 letter to wastewater treatment plants that have IPPs, MDEQ announced it is requiring all such plants to:
- Evaluate potential PFAS sources;
- Investigate probable sources;
- Reduce or eliminate any sources found; and
- Take other action as needed to protect surface water quality.