Superfund
The law commonly known as the Superfund (SF) law was established in 1980 by an act of Congress in response to concerns about the impact of contaminated property on human health and the environment. Superfund gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) authority and funds to help clean up polluted sites.
A Superfund site is a property known to be contaminated by hazardous waste that may pose unacceptable risks to human health and the environment. The contamination is often the result of mismanagement including dumping onto the ground or into a waterway or improper storage of waste.
The threat at a Superfund site requires action to address the contamination and the Superfund trust fund can be used to pay for most of the cleanup process, if a responsible party is not available to pay for the cleanup. The first step in the process is a site assessment to learn more about the site and to determine if the contamination is significant enough to list the site on the EPA’s National Priority List (NPL). Once listed on the NPL, the contamination is investigated and studies are done to determine what remedial steps are required to clean up the site. In certain situations where contamination poses an imminent threat to the public and/or the environment, the EPA can address those threats via emergency removals. The agency coordinates these removals with the Remediation and Redevelopment Program and with local officials.
Across the United States, thousands of hazardous waste sites are identified as a Superfund site and are listed on the National Priorities List (NPL), which prioritizes the site for cleanup using Superfund. In Wisconsin, the state is responsible for the management of some Superfund sites. See below for more information about Superfund sites located in Wisconsin. Additional information is available by searching the Remediation and Redevelopment Database (BRRTS); select the Superfund NPL option under Additional Site Characteristics.
Wisconsin Sites On The National Priorities List (NPL)
Site Name County Municipality Ashland/NSP Lakefront Site Ashland Ashland Better Brite Chrome & Zinc Brown De Pere Penta Wood Products Burnett Daniels Schmalz Dump Calumet Harrison City Disposal Corp. Landfill Dane Dunn Township Madison Metro Sludge Lagoons Dane Madison Refuse Hideaway Landfill Dane Middleton Hagen Farm Dane Stoughton Stoughton City Landfill Dane Stoughton Oconomowoc Electroplating Co. Inc. Dodge Ashippun Land and Gas Reclamation (aka Hechimovich) Landfill Dodge Williamstown National Presto Industries Eau Claire Eau Claire Ripon FF/NN Landfill Fond du Lac Ripon Algoma, City of, Landfill Kewaunee Algoma Onalaska Municipal Landfill La Crosse Onalaska Lemberger Fly Ash Landfill Manitowoc Whitelaw Lemberger Transport/Recycling Manitowoc Whitelaw Mid-State Disposal Marathon Cleveland Spickler Landfill Marathon Spencer Unity Auto Mart Marathon Unity Wausau, City of, Water Supply Marathon Wausau Moss-American (Kerr McGee Oil) Milwaukee Milwaukee Tomah Sanitary Landfill Monroe Tomah N. W. Mauthe Company Outagamie Appleton Amcast Ozaukee Cedarburg Hunts Disposal/Caledonia Landfill Racine Caledonia Janesville Ash Beds Rock Janesville Janesville Old Landfill Rock Janesville Sauk County Landfill Sauk Excelsior Kohler Company Landfill Sheboygan Kohler Sheboygan River and Harbor Sheboygan Sheboygan Delavan Municipal Well No. 4 Walworth Delavan Master Disposal Service Landfill Waukesha Brookfield Waste Management of Brookfield Waukesha Brookfield Boundary Rd. (aka Lauer 1) Landfill Waukesha Menomonee Falls Muskego Sanitary Landfill Waukesha Muskego Wisconsin Superfund Alternative Sites
Site Name County Location WPSC Green Bay MGP Brown Green Bay WPSC Manitowoc MGP Manitowoc Manitowoc WPSC Two Rivers MGP Manitowoc Two Rivers WPSC Marinette MGP Marinette Marinette Cedar Creek Ozaukee Cedarburg WPSC Stevens Point Portage Stevens Point WPSC Camp Marina MGP Sheboygan Sheboygan WPSC Oshkosh MGP Winnebago Oshkosh MGP means Manufactured Gas Plant
WPSC means Wisconsin Public Service CorporationWisconsin Sites Deleted From The NPL
Site Name County Location Eau Claire Municipal Well Field Eau Claire Eau Claire Waste Research & Reclamation Co. (transfer to RCRA) Eau Claire Eau Claire Fadrowski Drum Disposal Milwaukee Franklin Northern Engraving Co. Monroe Sparta Tomah Armory Monroe Tomah Tomah Fairgrounds Monroe Tomah Wheeler Pit Rock La Prairie TN Scrap Processing Inc. - Potaczek Taylor Medford Omega Hills North Landfill (transfer to RCRA) Washington Germantown RCRA means Resource Conservation Recovery Act
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