Gelman site cleanup - 1995 plan video

[Roger Rayle]

This should be required viewing for anyone involved/interested in the Gelman 1,4-dioxane contamination site (legislators, regulatory officials and staffs, lawyers, company decision makers, local government officials & staffs, citizens, reporters, consultants):

Gelman site cleanup - 1995 plan video

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rYF4bL_KUKw

The 90-minute video is of the October 23, 1995, Gelman Sciences/DEQ information meeting at Scio Township Hall and covers the erstwhile 1995 cleanup plan agreed to by the company, the DEQ and the local community... before the plan was reneged on the following spring. 

Watch the whole video and pay attention to the commitments made and concerns raised during the meeting especially during the Q&A portions. 

This video portends how broken Michigan's environmental cleanup regulations have become since around that time and the challenges facing us as Michigan's new administration tries to reverse the trend and better protect water supplies from pervasive and persistent compounds like dioxane and PFAS.

--Roger--

Roger Rayle

chair, CARD

chair, SRSW