Merrimack Village District and Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics Reach Settlement Agreement

MERRIMACK, N.H.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–The Merrimack Village District (MVD) and Saint-Gobain Performance
Plastics (SGPPL) announced today they have reached a settlement
agreement to fund the labor, services, materials and equipment required
to design, install, operate and maintain a Granular Activated Carbon
(GAC) system to remove PFOA and PFOS in Wells 4 and 5 in Merrimack, New
Hampshire.

Under the terms of the agreement, SGPPL agrees to:

• Pay for the design, construction and installation of the system;
• Pay over the next five years for future operation and maintenance of
  the system; and
• Pay to reimburse MVD for costs it has reported in relation to the
  detection of PFOA in the wells.

“We are extremely pleased to reach this agreement with MVD,” said Tom
Kinisky, CEO of Saint-Gobain Performance Plastics. “We have worked hard
to take a leadership position in bringing results that are sustainable
long-term for this community. With this settlement agreement now signed,
we remain committed to coordinating with the needed partners to get the
work done.”

SGPPL has previously connected 18 Merrimack homes to municipal water
lines, and has recently agreed with NHDES to connect additional 41 homes
in Merrimack to municipal water lines.

While SGPPL is providing the funding, the physical work will be overseen
by MVD. A preliminary engineering design has been completed, and the
final design is expected to be completed by Winter 2018. Construction
will begin shortly thereafter.

“We are pleased with this outcome, and look forward to getting the
system online,” said Ron Miner, Superintendent of the Merrimack Village
District.

For additional information on this agreement, please contact:

For MVD:
Main Office – Merrimack
Village District
Phone: 603.424.9241
Email: [email protected]

For Saint-Gobain:
Dina Silver Pokedoff
610.893.5518
[email protected]

Contacts

Saint-Gobain
Dina Silver Pokedoff, 610-893-5518
[email protected]