Please contact the Site Lead for the most up-to-date status of this site.
Leah Gies, GiesL1@Michigan.gov or 616-215-4781.
The former Wolverine Sole Plant, located at 485 Wolverine Drive NE, was historically used by Wolverine World Wide for shoe manufacturing operations, including shoe sole production. On December 1 and 2, 2021, EGLE staff and subcontractor, AECOM, collected groundwater samples from five monitoring wells installed at the property. The groundwater sample results identified PFOA and PFOS at concentrations exceeding Groundwater Cleanup Criteria in all five monitoring wells. PFNA was also detected in one monitoring well above Groundwater Cleanup Criteria.
This property is not located within the boundaries of the “North Kent Study Area” and is, therefore, not subject to the requirements of the Consent Decree (Court Case. 1:18-cv-00039; effective February 19, 2020) between the State of Michigan, Algoma and Plainfield Townships, and Wolverine. EGLE considers the contamination identified at this property to be a new and separate Part 201 issue that Wolverine is responsible to manage.
Groundwater flow is in a westerly direction to the Rogue River west of the property.
Content updated December 2023.
See an aerial view of the location of the site.
Surrounding area is serviced by municipal water in the City of Rockford.
Wolverine is implementing the February 24, 2023 Response Activity Plan.
|
Type of Sample |
Date Sampled (or Range) |
Numberof Sample Results Received |
Number of Samples above Criteria* |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Groundwater Monitoring Wells |
December 2021 - June 2022 | 6 | 6 |
* Residential well and groundwater monitoring well results are compared to EGLE Part 201 criteria for 7 PFAS compounds effective 12/21/2020: PFOS (16 ppt), PFOA (8 ppt), PFNA (6 ppt), PFHxS (51 ppt), PFHxA (400,000 ppt), PFBS (420 ppt), and HFPO-DA (370 ppt).
