Trowbridge Township cleanup site. (Photo courtesy of Paul Ruesch and EPA).
TROWBRIDGE TOWNSHIP, MI (WKZO AM/FM) – Wednesday, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that activities to remove PCB contaminated soil and sediment along the Kalamazoo River are continuing.
The ongoing process is part of a partnership with the EPA, NCR Corporation, and the Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes and Energy (EGLE).
Field staging area at 26th Street Boat Launch. (Photo courtesy of Paul Ruesch and EPA).
This year, the EPA will continue surveying and sampling sediment and soil to define the extent of the PCB contamination to be removed.
Kalamazoo Superfund: EPA, DOJ finalize $245 million settlement December 22, 2020, by Eldin Ganic
The U.S. EPA, U.S. Department of Justice, the Kalamazoo River Natural Resource Trustee Council, and Michigan Department of Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy have announced entry of a consent decree that requires NCR Corp. to clean up and fund future response actions at a significant portion of the Allied Paper Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site.
The consent decree also includes payments related to natural resource damages and past cleanup efforts at the site.
The federal district court judge entered the consent decree after a public comment period on the proposed agreement.
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