The EPA plans to hand over another part of Kalamazoo River cleanup to a responsible party
WMUK | By Jessi Phillips
Published September 8, 2023 at 11:50 AM EDT
Kalamazoo's Superfund site includes the Kalamazoo River from Galesburg's Morrow Dam to Lake Michigan.
A view of the Kalamazoo River where it passes through Comstock. The Superfund site includes the Kalamazoo River from Galesburg's Morrow Dam to Lake Michigan.
Sehvilla Mann
EPA Seeks Public Comment on Proposed Amendment to Consent Decree for Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund Site in Kalamazoo, Michigan
August 24, 2023
Contact Information
Mary Pressley (Pressley.mary@epa.gov)
312-886-1443
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has begun a 30-day public comment period on a proposed amendment to the consent decree for the Allied Paper Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund site in Kalamazoo, Michigan. The amendment requires the responsible party, NCR Corp., to fund and complete the cleanup of a portion of the Kalamazoo River (known as Area 3 of Operable Unit 5) under EPA’s oversight. The cleanup will include soil and sediment remediation along the riverbank and floodplain.
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