Wolverine Worldwide trying to dodge $19-million in PFAS settlement obligations, Plainfield Twp. says

By Charlie Tinker | WZZM13 | July 7, 2023

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"Wolverine Worldwide doesn't intend to pay what it owes in connection to a PFAS contamination settlement, according to Plainfield township leaders.

The matter over the settlement’s remaining $20-million is now in court.

If the company succeeds, the Township, a party to the 2020 settlement and original lawsuit, worries water customers could be on the hook for the contamination-related financial obligations that remain.

Among other safety-minded repairs and improvements, the more than $60-million settlement financed the expansion of the Township’s water system to approximately 1200 properties with contaminated wells in Plainfield and Algoma Townships.

“Hopefully in the end, we've got a solution that will protect our residents long term, but there's a lot of interruption in between,” Township Manager Cameron Van Wyngarden noted.

The effort has, thus far, taken up the better part of the previous four years and entailed the installation of in excess of 20 miles of new water line."

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