MI: AG Nessel reaches $3.2M settlement in first PFAS case
The first settlement has been reached in Attorney General Dana Nessel’s ongoing legal fight against companies that have released toxic “forever chemicals” across Michigan, amounting to more than $3.2 million plus future costs incurred by cleanup efforts.
Nessel filed an October 2020 lawsuit in circuit court alleging that Asahi Kasei Plastics North America, a plastic resin manufacturer based in Fowlerville, had released illegal levels of per- and poly-fluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) into a swath of land near Brighton.
A judge ruled via consent decree Monday that Asahi must investigate PFAS discharged from their former facility into the soil, groundwater and surface water, then perform response actions to address chemical levels that exceed state limits.
Within 60 days (by March 31, if the consent decree filed Monday is entered into court on the same day), Asahi is also required to pay $175,000 to cover the state’s litigation costs related to the case, $2.4 million to plaintiffs’ counsel for their attorneys’ fees and $63,686.33 to the state for all past response activity costs.
https://michiganadvance.com/2023/01/30/nessel-reaches-3-2m-settlement-in-first-pfas-case/
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