EVENTS

Community Update Forum
 on the Gelman Dioxane Plume 

 June 28th, 2023, 5:30-7:15pm 

Video

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News articles about this meeting:

Ann Arbor dioxane plume is contamination of Superfund site caliber, EPA official says 

EPA official: "Good chance" of Superfund status for Ann Arbor's dioxane plume

Scio Dioxane Sampling-thru2022 - Homeowner Wells.pdf
Scio Sampling-sets 1-2-3

4 More Dioxane Hits on Scio Wells (set 2 - Nov) 12/15/2021

Scio Township's November sampling (set 2) found dioxane 0.25-1.0 ppb in 4 of 15 homeowner wells tested using the latest EPA 522 method as shown in slides above.
(click upper right corner to zoom in)

2 New Dioxane Hits on Scio Wells (set 1 - Sept-Oct)

Scio Township's own recent sampling [updated] revealed found dioxane just below 1 ppb (0.8 ppb) in a couple of residential wells by using the newer EPA 522 method. One of these wells is ~3/4 mile north of Gelman's 2021 7.2 ppb northern plume boundary and ~2/3 mile north of Gelman's northernmost monitoring well with detectable dioxane. Both new hits are beyond the 1000 feet range from previous hits where EGLE/WCHD periodically samples homeowner wells for dioxane.

Sampling for dioxane at less than 1 ppb gives us a heads-up on where the dioxane problems are to better address them. 

Additional sampling is planned to guide cleanup efforts.

Fourth Joint County/City/Townships Special Session - to Discuss Gelman Dioxane Plume & EPA Option  

6:30 pm Jan 16, 2020, Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center (LRC) 4135 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor [map]

This is the 4th such meeting in the process to make the Gelman site a US EPA Superfund site to achieve a full and proper cleanup paid for by the polluter. 

(From Washtenaw County: The purpose of the meeting is discussion of the 1,4-dioxane plume, including the current legal strategy.  No decision about Superfund can be made at the meeting )

As with the previous joint meetings #1 Jun 6, #2 Sept 12, #3 Dec 12, there is time for the public to make comments before the officials go into closed session.

View the meeting video.


Third Joint County/City/Townships Working Session - to Discuss Gelman Dioxane Plume & EPA Option  6:30 pm Dec 12, 2019, Washtenaw County Learning Resource Center (LRC) 4135 Washtenaw Avenue, Ann Arbor [map]

This is the 3rd such meeting in the process to make the Gelman site a US EPA Superfund site to achieve a full and proper cleanup paid for by the polluter. As with the previous joint meetings #1 Jun 6 & #2 Sept 12, there is time for the public to make comments before the officials go into closed session.

Agenda (from City of Ann Arbor calendar) View the meeting video.


Second Joint County/City/Townships Working Session - to Discuss Gelman Dioxane Plume & EPA Option  

- 6:30 pm Sept 12th 2019 Skyline High School

- Follow-on to June 6th meeting which postponed the EPA question (see below)

- Follow-on to June 6th meeting which postponed the EPA question (see below)

- Follow-on to June 6th meeting which postponed the EPA question (see below)

- View the meeting video of public comments before the assembled officials went into closed session.

Update: All people commenting favored the EPA option, but once again, after going into closed session with their lawyers, the elected officials gave them yet another 3 months to try negotiate a settlement approaching what the EPA would require.

Add your support for the EPA option here.


Joint County/City/Townships Working Session - to Discuss Gelman Dioxane Plume & EPA Option (video by CTN)

Thursday, June 6th, 2019, 6:30-9:30 pm, 242 Community Church, 648 S. Wagner Rd, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 (on part of the original Gelman site)

Washtenaw County, the City of Ann Arbor, Scio Township, and Ann Arbor Charter Township are jointly holding a public meeting to decide on whether to ask the Governor to now support making the Gelman Sciences, Inc. (Gelman) Site into a Federal United States Environmental Protection Agency (USEPA) - Superfund Site.  

This may be your last opportunity to advocate a real cleanup of the Gelman dioxane groundwater pollution that has adversely impacted our community for over 35 years.  Come to the meeting and show your support for the EPA option during Public Comments.

Update: All people commenting favored the EPA option, but once again, after going into closed session with their lawyers, the elected officials gave them yet another 3 months to try negotiate a settlement approaching what the EPA would require.

(You can also show your support for the EPA option here.)


Dioxane Listening Session (video)

Tuesday, May 28, 2019, 6-7:30 pm, Downtown AADL 4th floor

Town Hall Meeting: Dioxane Plume Update

when: Wed, August 30, 2017, 7:00 PM – 8:30 PM EDT

where: Ann Arbor District Library, Downtown Branch, 343 5th Ave, Ann Arbor, MI 48103 [map]

news articles

video of meeting

Generic Cleanup Criteria Proposed Rules Revisions (85 ppb ==> 7.2 ppb) PUBLIC COMMENT PERIOD - June 17 - Sept 13

PUBLIC HEARING 

1:00-4:00 pm, Sept 12, 2016

Lansing Community College West

5708 Cornerstone Dr, Lansing MI 48917


Mayor's Green Fair

Friday, June 10, 2016 at 6:00-9:00pm 

Downtown Ann Arbor


Michigan Radio's Issues & Ale: Ann Arbor’s Dioxane Plume

How risk-based decisions affect residents living near Ann Arbor's dioxane plume

Wednesday, June 2, 2016 at 6:30-8:00pm 

Bill's Beer Garden, 218 S. Ashley, Ann Arbor