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Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront Site
Site Information
- Ashland, WI (Ashland County)
- EPA ID# WISFN0507952
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): Ashland/NSP Lakefront Site, Ashland Flash NSP Lakefront Site, Northern States Power, Kreher Park, Xcel Energy
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Patricia Krause (krause.patricia@epa.gov)
312-886-9506 or 800-621-8431, ext. 69506, 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m. CST
Remedial Project Manager
Scott Hansen (hansen.scott@epa.gov)
312-886-1999 or 800-621-8431 Ext. 61999
Wisconsin DNR Site Coordinators
Jamie Dunn (dunnj@dnr.state.wi.us)
715-635-4049
John Robinson (john.robinson@dnr.state.wi.us)
715-365-8976
Health Risk Advisor
Henry Nehls-Lowe (nehlshl@dhfs.state.wi.us)
Wisconsin Dept. of Health and Family Services
608-266-3479
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Vaughn Public Library
502 W. Main St.
Ashland, WI
For hours of operation, call 715-682-7060
DNR Spooner Service Center
810 West Maple St.
Spooner, WI 54880
To make an appointment call:
715-635-4049
Bad River Public Library
Norma Soulier, Librarian
P.O. Box 39
100 Maple St.
Odanah, WI 54861
For hours of Operation call:
715-682-7111, ext. 1532
Red Cliff EPA Office (Fish Hatchery)
88385 Pike Road, Hwy 13 (mailing address)
86395 Hwy 13, Brood Stock Building
Bayfield, WI 54814
Contact: 715-779-3650 to make an appointment.
Links
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
(WDNR) has a
website about the Ashland/NSP Lakefront site as well. 
EPA Superfund Home Page
Region 5 Superfund
Superfund
glossary
Agency for
Toxic Substances & Disease Registry
Video: Contaminated Sediments in our Waterways: Impacts and Solutions (28 min.)
Site photos, November 2003
Medium version of map
Large version of map (PDF) (1pg 11x17, 125K)
Background
The Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront site sits on the shore of Chequamegon Bay, Lake Superior, in northern Wisconsin. The site actually is made up of several properties including those owned by Northern States Power Company of Wisconsin (d/b/a Xcel Energy), Canadian National Railroad and City of Ashland. Ten acres of contaminated lake sediment just off-shore is also part of the Superfund site. Ground water underlying the site and an adjacent residential area is contaminated, as is soil at the site. (more...)
Table of contents
- Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
- Site Updates
- Monthly Progress Reports
- Legal Agreements
- Community Involvement Plan
You will need the free Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.
Remedial Investigation / Feasibility Study (RI/FS)
- EPA and DNR hosted a Feasibility Workshop to give area residents an opportunity to identify criteria to be used in evaluating site cleanup options. If you were unable to attend the workshop, please forward your thoughts to Patti Krause or John Robinson (see box at right).
- Summary, Community Workshop (PDF) (5pp, 32K)
- Community Acceptance Criteria Workshop, Part 1 (PDF) (42pp, 2.3MB)
- Community Acceptance Criteria Workshop, Part 2 (PDF) (10pp, 91K)
- Presentation Oct 17, 2007, Public Meeting
- Remedial Investigation Summary Presentation, Part 1. (PDF) (30pp, 3.3MB)
- Remedial Investigation Summary Presentation, Part 2. (PDF) (32pp, 3.3MB)
- Waterfront Development Plan Presentation (PDF) (12pp, 9MB)
- Ashland/NSP Lakefront Site RI Report & Supporting Documents
- Remedial Investigation Report (PDF) (264pp, 3.1 MB)
- Figures (PDF) (299pp, 32MB)
- Tables (PDF) (54pp, 509K)
- Appendix A (PDF) (36pp, 1.2MB)
- Appendicies B to B2 (PDF) (643pp, 26MB)
- Appendicies B3 to B6 (PDF) (353pp, 21MB)
- Appendicies C and D (PDF) (155pp, 25MB)
- Appendix E1 (PDF) (539pp, 7MB)
- Appendix E2 (PDF) (976pp, 9MB)
- Appendix E3 (PDF) (1395pp, 41MB)
- Appendix E4 (PDF) (1317pp, 29MB)
- Appendix E5 (PDF) (865pp, 27MB)
- Appendix F (PDF) (42pp, 254K)
- To view Appendicies G through J please consult the Report at one of the repositories listed at right.
- Cleanup Investigation Complete; Identifying Options is Next Step (PDF) (8pp, 528K) Fact sheet, October 2007
- RI/FS Workplan (PDF) (234pp, 1.9MB) February 2005. This document describes how NSP-Wisconsin will conduct field work, data analyses, risk assessment, and cleanup option evaluation.
- Appendix A: Contaminant Distribution Maps for Chequamegon Bay Inlet (PDF, 6 pp, 1.3MB)
- Appendix B: Site Geographic Information System (GIS) Database Platform – Examples (PDF, 25pp, 16.8MB)
- Appendices C-E (PDF, 28pp, 579K)
- Appendices F-G (PDF, 18pp, 319K)
- Appendix H (PDF, 11pp, 107K)
- Figures (PDF, 18pp, 2.7MB)
- Table of Contents (PDF, 5pp, 135K)
- RI/FS Field Sampling Plan, February 2005 (PDF, 264pp, 3.3MB) This document provides more detail about how field work is going to be conducted.
- RI/FS Project Management Plan, February 2005 (PDF, 68pp, 726K) This document describes in more detail the roles and responsibilities of the various personnel as well as a schedule.
Site Updates
July 2008
EPA is presently reviewing and making changes to NSP Wisconsin’s response to Agency comments about the October 27, 2007, draft feasibility study report for the Ashland NSP site. The feasibility study is a description and analysis of potential cleanup alternatives for the site. NSP’s response was received on May 15, 2008.Once the feasibility study is final it will go to EPA’s Remedy Review Board for review and analysis of cleanup proposals costing more than $25 million. EPA’s Remedy Review Board is made up of 21 staff representatives from EPA Headquarters, regional offices and laboratories. The board's goals are to improve consistency in Superfund cleanup selections, improve cost-effectiveness, confirm decision-making at high-cost sites is technically sound and that decisions follow current law.
News Releases
- Lakefront superfund site topic of an information workshop - October 23, 2007
- Lakefront superfund site topic of two information sessions - October 9, 2007
- Investigation of Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront site to begin February 22, 2005
- Xcel Energy to complete investigation at Ashland/NSP Lakefront superfund site; EPA, WDNR to supervise (PDF) November 17, 2003
- EPA Names Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront Site to National Priorities List (PDF) September 6, 2002
- EPA proposes Ashland/Northern States Power Lakefront site for National Priorities List (PDF) (438pp, 2.2MB) December 1, 2000
Fact Sheets
- Community
Involvement Plan fact sheet (PDF) (2pp, 116K) November 2004
Monthly Progress Reports
- Monthly update #58 - covering activities completed during August 2008 (PDF) (38pp, 306K)
- Monthly update #57 - covering activities completed during July 2008 (PDF) (28pp, 1.18K)
- Monthly update #56 - July 15, 2008 - covering activities completed during June 2008 (PDF) (30pp, 246K)
- Monthly update #55 - June 16, 2008 - covering acticvities completed during May 2008 (PDF) (30pp, 239K)
- Monthly update # 54, May 15, 2008 - covering activities completed during April 2008 (PDF) (28pp, 229K)
- Monthly update #53 - April 15, 2008 - covering activities completed during March 2008 (PDF) (28pp, 143K)
- Monthly update #52 - March 15, 2008 - covering activities completed during February 2008 (PDF) (28pp, 236K)
- Monthly update #51 - February 15, 2008 - covering activities completed during January 2008 (PDF) (27pp, 231K)
- Archive 2003 to present
Legal Agreements
- Site-Specific Memorandum of Agreement between EPA and WDNR (PDF) (7pp, 48K) June 30, 2004
- Administrative order on consent (PDF) (34pp, 152K) November 2003
- Statement of Work (SOW) for Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (PDF) (34pp, 182K)attachment to AOC, November 2003
Community Involvement Plan
Community
Involvement Plan (PDF) (49pp, 1.5MB) January 2005
Technical documents
Quality Assurance Project Plan (PDF) (114pp, 3.0MB)
Demonstration Project
EPA, in collaboration with NSP Wisconsin, is doing a Superfund Innovative Technology Evaluation (SITE) Demonstration project at the former manufactured gas plant near Xcel Energy's Service Center on St. Claire St. in Ashland.
The project is testing the effectiveness of a chemical oxidation process in breaking down the pollutants found in ground water. Field work and sampling are done. EPA is awaiting a final report on the project which it will post when complete.