DOJ is asking for $64,618 per day, per violation of the Clean Water Act and $55,808 per day or $2,232 per barrel of oil or unit of hazardous substance.
Numerous Maine farmers have had their livelihoods disrupted due to PFAS contamination, which originated in sludge that was spread as fertilizer by farmers who were told by the government that it was safe to use.
Even though PFAS levels are low, discussions around regulations which would prevent the use of biosolids on crops are taking place to prevent further accumulation.
Rather than labelling all biosolids as contaminated PFAS waste, the government’s new plan should ideally lay out ways to minimize damage done by forever chemicals in biosolids.
Thermally remediating soil contaminated with PFAS has the potential to be an effective solution. TerraTherm has performed detailed lab studies to understand the removal mechanisms and developed a treatment method that mineralizes and removes nearly 100% of target and non-target PFAS compounds from the vapor discharge.
Under this settlement, Precise Packaging has agreed spend no less than $57,114 on a supplemental environmental project that will provide the Fall River Fire Department with two handheld chemical detection units that permit more effective responses to hazardous-waste-related emergencies.