Fox River
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What to Know Before Doing Work in the Fox River
The Lower Fox River and Green Bay PCB Cleanup Project was recently completed after a 20-year effort to locate and remove over six million cubic yards of sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The approved remedies for the…
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Historic Cleanup Of Lower Fox River Completed After 17 Years
A successful 17 year-long cleanup in the Lower Fox River is complete through collaboration between Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service (USFWS), tribal groups and many private organizations.
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Long-Term Monitoring
The Lower Fox River PCB Cleanup Project is in the monitored recovery phase. The project will remain in this phase until fish, water and sediment evaluations indicate that the remedial action objectives have been met, which often takes many years…
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Project Documents
On this page, you will find reports and documents associated with the Lower Fox River PCB Project. Other documents are available upon request.
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Cleanup Operations
Sampling and studies on the Lower Fox River started in the early 1970s. These studies indicated that sediment contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCB) was deposited along the entire length of the river, but primarily in OU1, OU3, OU4 …
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Project Background
The Lower Fox River runs 39 miles from Lake Winnebago to the bay of Green Bay in northeast Wisconsin. The Lower Fox River basin was home to the highest concentration of pulp and paper mills in the world. Production and recycling of "carbonless copy…