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Contacts
For more information about the site,
contact one of these team members:
Diane Russell, EPA
Community Involvement Coordinator
989-395-3493
russell.diane@epa.gov
Tricia Edwards, EPA
On-Scene Coordinator
734-214-4891
edwards. tricia@epa.gov
Joe DeGrazia, EGLE
Incident Management Specialist
586-291-0476
degraziaj @michigan.gov
Lisa Fischer
Michigan Department of Heal th and
Human Services (MDHHS)
517-331-2523
fischerl@michigan .gov
Webpage
To find more details about the site,
visit the EPA webpage at:
www.epa.gov/mi/electro-plating-
services-i696-release-site
Virtual public meeting
EPA and EGLE will host a virtual
public meeting on Tuesday, August
11, from 6-8 p.m. To attend the
online public information meeting
register at
https ://zoom .us/webinar/regi ster/WN_
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registering, you will receive a
confirmation email containing
information about joining the
meeting. If you do not have internet
access and would like to join by
PHONE ONLY, please use the
following phone number: 312-626-
6799 and use access code 988 7658
3717#. Pre-registration is not
required to attend the meeting.
Individuals interested in participating
can click the link above at the start
of the event (6:00 p.m.).
Groundwater Cleanup to
Begin This Summer
Electro-Plating Services -1696 Site
Madison Heights, Michigan	July 2020
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Michigan Department of
Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy (EGLE) are implementing a plan to clean up
groundwater contamination at the former Electro-Plating Services facility in
Madison Heights. EGLE requested EPA assistance at the site in December 2019
when yellow-green liquid containing toxic chemicals from Electro-Plating Services
seeped from tire former business onto the shoulder of 1-696.
Contaminants at the site include hexavalent chromium, trichloroethylene, or TCE.
cyanide, and per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances, known as PFAS. Since December
2019, EPA has collected over 270,000 gallons of contaminated groundwater and
transported it off-site for treatment and disposal. While effective, this method is not
sustainable long-term, as it is both costly and resource intensive.
After evaluating several options, EPA and EGLE selected in-place treatment with a
pemieable reactive barrier as the remedy for groundwater contamination. A
penneable reactive barrier is created when chemicals are added to the ground in the
path of groundwater flow to form a treatment zone. (See graphic below).
Contaminated groundwater then flows through the zone where it is treated by the
chemicals and comes out treated on the other side.
A variety of treatment chemicals that break down and adsorb the different
contaminants will be placed into the saturated soil between the EPS building and the
service drive, as well as along the top of the 1-696 embankment. The treatment
chemicals are non-toxic and not harmful. These treatment chemicals have been
widely used on other sites, both at the state and federal level cleanup sites.
To learn more about this treatment technology, see "A Citizens Guide to Pemieable
Reactive Barriers" document, which can be found on the site's webpage listed in the
box on the left.
The cleanup transitions the site from the immediate response efforts that have been
ongoing since December 2019 to a long-term management process that protects
residents and natural resources.
Cross-Section of
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Installation of the treatment chemicals will begin next month.
EPA will conduct sampling to ensure the treatment is
effective before stopping the current groundwater collection
system. EPA expects to transfer the site to EGLE in
December 2020 to maintain this new groundwater treatment
remedy. It is estimated that the treatment materials may need
to be reapplied every three to five years.
The goal of the treatment is to clean the groundwater
contamination as it moves off the Electro-Plating site and
across the service drive. On-site soils still contain
contaminants above clean-up criteria. Removing the
source of the contamination (the building and site soil)
will reduce the duration of groundwater treatment.
Legal proceedings are currently underway to authorize
demolition and removal of the Electro-Plating building.
Additional investigation is required. It is anticipated that
once the building has been removed source contamination
can be addressed.
Vacuum truck with high pressure pump cleaning out the
storm sewer line along the service drive.
Photo of completed interceptor trench and frac tank along
the Sen'ice drive.
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