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Delta County Airport (Escanaba, Delta County)

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EGLE site lead

Elizabeth DeLiefde, DeLiefdeE@Michigan.gov or 906-235-0002.

Background

Delta County Airport, located at 3300 Airport Road, is a county-owned, public-use airport located southwest of the central business district of Escanaba. The airport is a current Federal Aviation Regulation Part 139 certified commercial service airport that has Class B Aqueous Film Forming Foam (AFFF) to meet federal aviation requirements. AFFF is a firefighting foam that is known to contain PFAS compounds. The Airport offers commercial air service to Detroit, Michigan and Minneapolis-Saint Paul, Minnesota.

The Delta County Airport received PFAS grant funding in September 2020 from Michigan Department of Transportation (MDOT) to assess areas of historic AFFF storage and use. The airport investigated soil at and groundwater at three locations on the airport property.

Groundwater flow is towards Portage Bay of Lake Michigan. Portage Creek flows through the airport property and discharges into the Portage Bay.

Content posted April 2021.

Site map

See an aerial view of the location of the site.

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Drinking water

EGLE, MDHHS, and the Local Health Department evaluated local well records to determine the scope of residential well sampling. Residential well sampling included 10 residential wells and a nearby dog park. No additional residential well testing is being proposed at this time.

Anticipated activities

Delta County Airport is conducting Phase II Site Assessment activities and will submit a Phase II Site Assessment for EGLE and MDOT review. EGLE is planning to collect fish samples from Little Bay De Noc in 2021.

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