A New Hampshire state official says a local brook may be contaminated with perflourinated chemicals (PFCs) from the Coakley landfill Superfund site in Greenland, a report by the Portsmouth Herald says.
Perflourinated chemicals (PFCs), according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, are the materials used to keep food from sticking to cookware, to make stain-resistant sofas and carpets, to make clothes and mattresses more waterproof, and are used in the aerospace, automotive, building and construction and electronics industries.
According to the report, a group of lawmakers sent a letter to Michael Wimsatt, state Department of Environmental Services’ (DES) waste management division director, with concerns of high PFC levels in Berry’s Brook near the site.
Wimsatt says action is needed to provide additional contamination removal at the site to mitigate any other surface water quality impacts but no programs for removal or treatment have been set in stone. He also says the DES and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are meeting to discuss a series of issues with Berry’s Brook.
The EPA is the manager and overseer of the Superfund site, the report says, and the Coakley Landfill Group, comprised of Portsmouth, North Hampton, Newington, the U.S. Air Force and several private companies that include waste haulers and generators, is responsible for funding remediation services.
DES has begun discussing installing signs at Berry’s Brook with the EPA and has been working with the Fish and Game staff to determine if the brook’s water quality creates a risk to residents who catch and consume the brown trout stocked in the water.
According to the report, a schedule of implementation will be revealed “shortly.”
No more results found. Perflourinated chemicals (PFCs), according to the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, are the materials used to keep food from sticking to cookware, to make stain-resistant sofas and carpets, to make clothes and mattresses more waterproof, and are used in the aerospace, automotive, building and construction and electronics industries.
According to the report, a group of lawmakers sent a letter to Michael Wimsatt, state Department of Environmental Services’ (DES) waste management division director, with concerns of high PFC levels in Berry’s Brook near the site.
Wimsatt says action is needed to provide additional contamination removal at the site to mitigate any other surface water quality impacts but no programs for removal or treatment have been set in stone. He also says the DES and Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) are meeting to discuss a series of issues with Berry’s Brook.
The EPA is the manager and overseer of the Superfund site, the report says, and the Coakley Landfill Group, comprised of Portsmouth, North Hampton, Newington, the U.S. Air Force and several private companies that include waste haulers and generators, is responsible for funding remediation services.
DES has begun discussing installing signs at Berry’s Brook with the EPA and has been working with the Fish and Game staff to determine if the brook’s water quality creates a risk to residents who catch and consume the brown trout stocked in the water.
According to the report, a schedule of implementation will be revealed “shortly.”