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BELOIT CORP.

IL | EPA ID ILD021440375

Exposure status: insufficient data

About this site’s exposure pathways: As of September 2024, there is not sufficient information available to determine the site-wide Human Exposure Control status at Beloit Corp Superfund Site because of a newly identified exposure pathway. Following a fire at the Chemtool facility where aqueous fire-fighting foam was used to extinguish the fire, per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) was added as an analyte in routine groundwater monitoring samples, including private residential wells. A new exposure pathway was discovered as PFAS was found in private residential drinking water wells. The activities planned to make the human exposure determination include identifying the source or sources of PFAS contamination and taking appropriate action to prevent continued residential exposure to PFAS above risk screening criteria. Residents have been made aware of the impacts to their wells, and a public information session was held by Illinois EPA, Winnebago County Health Department and Illinois Department of Public Health on April 25, 2023.

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