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Kalamazoo River Superfund Project
Site Information
- Communities: Allegan, Fennville, Kalamazoo, Ostego, Parchment, Plainwell, Portage, and Saugatuck
- Counties: Allegan and Kalamazoo
- State: Michigan
- EPA ID# MID006007306
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): Allied Paper, Inc. / Portage Creek / Kalamazoo River
- Photos
- Map
of project area showing operating units
See a larger map or
download printable map (PDF) (1pg, 199K)
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Don de Blasio (deblasio.don@epa.gov)
312-886-4360 or 800-621-8431, ext. 64360
Backup CIC
Community Involvement Coordinator
Cheryl Allen (allen.cheryl@epa.gov)
312-353-6196 or 800-621-8431, ext. 36196
Remedial Project Manager
Jim Saric
(saric.james@epa.gov)
312-886-0992
Technical Contacts
Michael Berkoff - landfills
(berkoff.michael@epa.gov)
312-353-8983
Sheila Desai - mills
(desai.sheila@epa.gov)
312-353-4150
On-Scene Coordinator
Sam Borries
(borries.samuel@epa.gov)
312-353-8360 or 800-621-8431 ext. 38360
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Kalamazoo Public Library
315 South Rose
Kalamazoo, MI
Waldo Library
Western Michigan University
1903 West Michigan Avenue
Kalamazoo, MI
Charles Ransom Library
180 South Sherwood
Plainwell, MI
Allegan Public Library
331 Hubbard Street
Allegan, MI
Otsego District Library
219 South Farmer Street
Otsego, MI
Saugatuck-Douglas Library
10 Mixer Street
Douglas, MI
Links
Michigan Department of Community Health's fish advisory
Michigan Department of Environmental Quality's Web
site on this project
Kalamazoo River Watershed Council
www.kalamazooriver.org
Contact:
Jamie McCarthy
Coordinator
Kalamazoo River Watershed Council
krwc@kalamazooriver.org
Dr. Stephen K. Hamilton, hamilton@kbs.msu.edu, 269-671-2231
Kalamazoo Project Environmental Glossary
Kalamazoo River Environment Natural Resource Damage Assessment - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
EPA Superfund Home Page
EPA Superfund Cleanup Process
Region 5 Superfund
Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
Kalamazoo River Protection Association
Background
EPA has assumed responsibility for a Superfund cleanup on the Kalamazoo River. The Allied Paper Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund Site, referred to here as the Kalamazoo River Superfund Project, stretches 80-miles from Saugatuck on the west to about 10 miles east of Battle Creek, near Sunrise Heights. (more...)You will need the free Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
Documents | News Releases | Fact Sheets | Presentations | Community Involvement Plan || Technical Documents || Five-Year Reviews || Legal Agreements || Public Meetings
Documents
- Letter to Mayor Bobby Hopewell re the City of Kalamazoo's concerns about the Allied Paper Landfill (PDF) (1 pg, 56KB) May 9, 2013
News Releases (view more)
- EPA Meeting on Kalamazoo River Superfund site, December 15, 2011 6:30 p.m., Kalamazoo
- EPA Meeting on Kalamazoo River Superfund site, May 6, 6:30 p.m., Kalamazoo April 27, 2010
- U.S. DOJ: Proposed $162 million bankruptcy settlement with Lyondell Chemical (Millennium Holdings) (PDF) (3pp, 173K) March 31, 2010
- EPA: Kalamazoo River Superfund Update Meetings Dec. 1 in Plainwell, Dec. 3 in Kalamazoo (MI) 11/30/2009
- EPA Meeting on Kalamazoo River - Allied Paper Landfill cleanup Sept. 10, 6:30 p.m. September 1, 2009
- EPA: Georgia-Pacific to fund new cleanup work at MICHIGAN'S Kalamazoo River Superfund Site June 09, 2009
- Georgia-Pacific agrees to perform cleanup activities at the Kalamazoo Superfund Site in Michigan May 19, 2009
Fact Sheets (view more)
- PCB Cleanup Proceeding for Portage Creek (PDF) (4pp, 66KB) January 2013
- PCB Cleanup Proceeding for Portage Creek (PDF) (4pp, 2MB) May 2012
- PCB Cleanup Proposed for Creek (PDF) (4pp, 568K) August 2011
- Update on Kalamazoo Site Cleanup Work in Spring (PDF) (2pp, 144K) April 2011
- Plainwell #2 Dam Removal Nears Completion (4pp, 678K) November 2010
- Department of Justice, EPA Reach Bankruptcy Settlement with Lyondell (4pp, 550K) May 2010
- Responsible Party Agrees to Cleanup Plan for #2 Dam (PDF) (3pp, 512K) July 2009
- Agreement Reached on Willow Boulevard/A-site Cleanup (PDF) (2pp, 558K) June 2009
- Plainwell PCB Cleanup Progress, Updates, and Public Meeting (PDF) (4pp, 4.1MB) February 2009
Presentations
- Portage Creek Area Time Critical Removal Action (PDF) (52pp, 6.7MB) January 9, 2013
- Kalamazoo Presentation on OU1: Allied Landfill (PDF) (21pp, 2.6MB) January 9, 2013
- Kalamazoo River Update (PDF) (18pp, 1.5MB) January 9, 2013
- Slides from OU1: Allied Landfill (PDF) (19pp, 3.0MB) May 31, 2012
- Slides from Portage Creek Area Time Critical Removal Action (PDF) (39pp, 6.72MB) May 31, 2012
- Slides from Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/ Kalamazoo River Superfund Site(PDF) (11pp, 1.5MB) May 31, 2012
- Slides from OU 7 Plainwell Mill (PDF)(14pp, 3.24MB) December 15, 2011
- Slides from public meeting Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/
Kalamazoo River Superfund Site (PDF) (12pp, 3.67MB) December 15, 2011 - Slides from Portage Creek Area
Removal Action (PDF) (31pp, 20.42MB) December 15, 2011 - Slides from Portage Creek Toxic Substance Source Reduction - Great Lakes Restoration Project (PDF) (22pp, 10.72MB) December 15, 2011
- Slides from public meeting on Operable Unit 1, 2, 4 (PDF) (32pp, 11.07MB) December 15, 2011
- Slides from public meeting on Operable Unit 1 (PDF) (18pp, 1.2MB) and Operable Unit 5 (PDF) (13pp, 1.9MB)
- Slide from Public meeting on January 13, 2011 (PDF) (25pp, 3.38MB)
- Update on River Progress (7pp, 1.87MB) November 3 , 2010
- Allied Paper/Portage Creek Kalamazoo River Superfund Site update (PDF) (20pp, 2.81MB) November 3 , 2010
- Allied Paper/Portage Creek Kalamazoo River Superfund Site update (PDF) (16pp, 780K) December 3, 2009
- Allied Paper Superfund Site - Plainwell No. 2 Dam (PDF) (23pp, 2.3MB) from public meeting December 1, 2009
- September 2009 Update (PDF) (6pp, 227K) September 2009
- Stakeholder and Public Meeting September 10, 2009 (PDF) (32pp, 1.6MB) September 10, 2009
- EPA Public Meeting Presentation (PDF) (23pp, 477K) July 28, 2009
- Millennium Public Meeting Presentation (PDF) (22pp, 4.4MB) July 28, 2009
Community Involvement Plan
- Community Involvement Plan, March 2008 (PDF 29pp, 384K)
Technical Documents
- Pollution Report (PDF) (6pp, 5KB) February 11, 2011
- Kalamazoo Mill Source Report, Final (PDF) (226pp, 44MB) June 15, 2009
- Final Report Peer Review of Michigan State University's PCB Exposure and Effects Studies in the Floodplain of the Kalamazoo River (PDF) (91pp., 719 K) December 01, 2008
- Former Plainwell Impoundment Time-Critical Removal Action - April 2, 2008 (PDF) (48pp, 2.7MB)
- Allied Paper, Inc. Operable Unit Remedial Investigation Report - March 2008 - report text only (PDF) (175pp, 3.0MB)
Note: The full report is 403pp and 121MB and is available at the repositories listed on this page. You can also request the full report on CD from Michael Berkoff (berkoff.michael@epa.gov), 312-353-8983
- Allied Paper / Portage Creek / Kalamazoo River Superfund Site - Landfills - April 2008 (PDF) (7pp, 400K)
- Supplemental Remedial Investigations/Feasibility Studies - Allied Paper/ Portage Creek/ Kalamazoo River Superfund Site - April 2008 (PDF) (11pp, 587K)
- Allied Paper / Portage Creek / Kalamazoo River Superfund Site - Mill Update - April 2008 (PDF) (4pp, 305K)
Five-Year Reviews
- Second five-year review part one (PDF) (142pp, 12.3MB) October 2012
- Second five-year review part two (PDF) (157pp, 8.89MB) October 2012
Portage Creek Area Removal Site Pollution Reports
- POLREP#26 (PDF) (6pp, 31K)
- POLREP#25 (PDF) (6pp, 36K)
- POLREP #24 (PDF) (6pp, 36K)
- POLREP #23 (PDF) (6pp, 31K)
- POLREP #22 (PDF) (4pp, 22K)
- POLREP #21 (PDF) (6pp, 40K)
- POLREP #20 (PDF) (7pp, 45K)
- POLREP #19 (PDF) (6pp, 43K)
- POLREP #18 (PDF) (6pp, 44K)
- POLREP #17 (PDF) (5pp, 58K)
- POLREP #16 (PDF) (4pp, 46K)
- POLREP #15 (PDF) (7pp, 46K)
- POLREP #14 (PDF) (6pp, 61K)
- POLREP #13 (PDF) (6pp, 41K)
- POLREP #12 (PDF) (6pp, 40K)
- POLREP #11 (PDF) (6pp, 39K)
- POLREP #10 (PDF) (6pp, 39K)
- POLREP #9 (PDF) (5pp, 36K)
- POLREP #8 (PDF) (5pp, 36K)
- POLREP #7 (PDF) (5pp, 42K)
- POLREP #6 (PDF) (5pp, 46K)
- POLREP #5 (PDF) (4pp, 25K)
- POLREP #4: Site Re-Mobilization and Site Preparation Activities - February 3, 2012
- POLREP #3: Continued Staging Pad Construction and Seasonal Demobilization (PDF) (4pp, 57K) Nov. 17, 2011
- POLREP #2 (PDF) (6pp, 63K) Oct. 28, 2011
- POLREP #1: Initial POLREP for Portage Creek Area site (PDF) (4pp, 57K) Oct. 7, 2011
Legal Agreements
- US memorandum in support of proposed settlement agreement (PDF) (58pp, 125K) April 22, 2010
in support of debtors’ motion... to approve settlement agreement among the debtors, the environmental custodial trust trustee, the United States, and certain state environmental agencies concerning Lyondell Chemical Company, et al. - Agreement and Order on Consent (AOC), Plainwell Dam #2 (PDF) (61pp, 2.6MB) June 2009
- Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order on Consent for Plainwell Impoundment Removal (PDF) (63pp, 321K) February 2007 - includes Appendix 1: Action Memorandum
- Settlement Agreement for Supplemental Remedial Investigation/ Feasibility Study (PDF) (37pp, 4MB)
February 2007
- Attachment A - Statement of Work (PDF) (36pp, 328K)
- Attachment B - Site Map (PDF) (1pg, 132K)
- Attachment C - SRI/FS Work Plan: Morrow Dam to Plainwell (PDF) (51pp, 1MB)
- Figures 3-2 to 3-11 (PDF) (10pp, 11" x 17", 16.1MB)
- Willow Boulevard Record of Decision (PDF) (76pp, 5.2MB) September 2006
Public Meetings
- January 9, 2013 public meeting
- Portage Creek Area Time Critical Removal Action (PDF) (52pp, 6.7MB) January 9, 2013
- Kalamazoo Presentation on OU1: Allied Landfill (PDF) (21pp, 2.6MB) January 9, 2013
- Kalamazoo River Update (PDF) (18pp, 1.5MB) January 9, 2013
- April 27, 2011 public meeting
- Informational meeting to discuss the latest developments at the Kalamazoo River Superfund site. Update on planned cleanup activities.
- Update on Kalamazoo Site Cleanup Work in Spring (PDF) (2pp, 144K) April 2011
- July 14, 2009 open house
- Plainwell Site Update (PDF) (9pp, 320K) July 2009
- Plainwell Open House (PDF) (18pp, 3.18MB) July 2009
- Plainwell Public Meeting (PDF) (14pp, 1.5MB) July 2009
- February 26, 2009 open house
- Former Plainwell Impoundment Time-Critical Removal Action (PDF) (19pp, 821K) slide presentation
- Site progress update (PDF) (5pp, 65K) slide presentation
- Kalamazoo River Ecological Studies Peer Review Process - Introduction (PDF) (5pp, 116K) - presented at public meeting Feb. 26, 2009
- Kalamazoo River Ecological Studies Peer Review Process - Summary of Findings (PDF) (17pp, 545K) - presented at public meeting Feb. 26, 2009
- September 23, 2008 at public meeting in Plainwell
- Slide presentation: Supplemental Remedial Investigations / Feasibility Studies (PDF) (12pp, 612K)
- 3 more slides from that meeting (PDF) (3pp, 194K)
- Former Plainwell Impoundment Time-Critical Removal Action (PDF) (48pp, 2.6MB) - slides from Mike Ribordy, On-Scene Coordinator
- March 15, 2007 open house and formal public meeting
- August 3, 2005 public meeting about EPA's recommended plan for cleaning up contaminated
paper waste at the Willow Boulevard/A-Site Landfill.
- Transcript of public meeting (PDF) (27pp, 38K) August 3, 2005
- September 29, 2004 public meeting
- Update on the Kalamazoo River modeling project and the mediated discussions concerning the project.
- Slide presentation on modeling (PDF) (40pp, 700K) from modeling workshop, August 18, 2004, to explain modeling and how it will be used to gather information related to cleanup of the Kalamazoo River. The workshop presented the basics of modeling and how modeling will be used specifically at this site to try to predict when residents can expect to safely eat fish from the Kalamazoo River.
- June 29, 2004 public meeting
- EPA Public Meeting - Kalamazoo River Modeling (PDF) (9pp, 132K)
- Slide presentation with photos (PDF) (27pp, 1.4MB)
- EPA Update on Allied Paper/Portage Creek/Kalamazoo River Superfund Site - slide presentation (PDF) (22pp, 353K) May 29, 2003
- Slide presentation given to Kalamazoo River Watershed Council (PDF) (22pp, 408K) August 19, 2002