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A DEQ email today informs local authorities about 5 core area purge wells that are scheduled to be temporarily shut down for 10 days, October 20-30, 2013.
From: "Hamel, Daniel (DEQ)" <HamelD@michigan.gov>
Date: October 19, 2017 at 5:32:53 PM EDT
To: ...
Cc: ...
Subject: Gelman Site - Extraction Well Status Update
Please note that DEQ has received notification from Gelman that the company will be temporarily shutting down extraction wells TW-10, TW-20, PW-1, TW-8 and TW-22 from October 20 to October 30 to complete investigation and testing activities on the Gelman property. DEQ has acknowledged the shutdown and has requested to be informed when the extraction from these wells has been restarted. DEQ has also requested that the company provide a summary of the temporary shutdown activities including an evaluation of the impacts, if any, of the temporary shutdown on the response activity objectives identified in the current Consent Judgement.
Dan Hamel
Environmental Quality Analyst
Jackson District Office
Jackson, Michigan 49201-1556
District Office: 517-780-7690
Direct (517) 745-6595 *New Cell Phone Number
Fax: 517-780-7855
Roger Rayle, chair of local government/citizen oversight group CARD, replied:
Another item for the 11/14 CARD agenda... Is this an emergency action or part of some plan that wasn't shared earlier?
The DEQ should require extra static water sampling before, during and after the shutdown to get some useful data about
the effect of such a shutdown, since it is a unique instance to have no purging for 10 days from those 3 aquifers closest to the source.
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