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Moss-American
Site Information
- Milwaukee, WI (Milwaukee County)
- EPA ID# WID039052626
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- Site Progress Profile (CERCLIS listing)
- Alias(es): Kerr-McGee Oil Co.
Latest photos (Sept. 2009)
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Susan Pastor (pastor.susan@epa.gov)
312-353-1325 or 800-621-8431, ext. 31325
Remedial Project Manager
Ross del Rosario (delrosario.rosauro@epa.gov)
312-886-6195 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66195
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources State Project Manager
Tom Wentland(Thomas.Wentland@Wisconsin.gov)
920-892-8756
Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services Hydrogeologist
Rob Thiboldeaux (thiborl@dhfs.state.wi.us)
608-267-6844
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Mill Road Library
6431 N. 76th Street
Milwaukee, WI
An Administrative Record, which contains detailed information upon which the selected cleanup plans were based, is also located at the Mill Road Library and at the U.S. EPA Region 5 office in Chicago.
Background
The Moss-American site comprises 88 acres including a former creosote facility and six miles of the Little Menomonee River, which is adjacent to the former facility. The Moss-American property is located at the intersection of Brown Deer and Granville Roads on Milwaukee's northwest side. About 65 acres are undeveloped Milwaukee County park land. About 23 acres are owned by the Union Pacific Railroad and are currently being used for industrial purposes. (more...)
Site Updates | News Releases | Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Legal Agreements
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Site Updates
Latest update - October 2009
The Little Menomonee River cleanup is almost done. Dredging contaminated sediment from the river resumed the week of Aug. 3 to clean up the remaining 4,300 feet of river from Appleton Avenue to Hampton Avenue (referred to as segments 4 and 5).
Temporary access roads in and out of the river near Little Menomonee River Parkway have been built so large trucks can take sediment, or mud, that has been removed from the river to a nearby “staging area” to dry before it is trucked to a licensed landfill for proper disposal.
When this portion of the cleanup (1,000 to 1,500 feet long south of Silver Spring Drive) is completed, we will continue south toward Hampton Avenue where our cleanup project will end by late October, weather permitting. Sediment removal, rather than a reroute as was done in other areas of the river, is necessary due to the many bridges that cross over the river.
Federal Superfund money is being used to finish the cleanup because the previous site owner Tronox (formerly part of Kerr-McGee) filed for bankruptcy in January 2009. In addition to filing bankruptcy claims against Tronox, the United States has also filed a suit against Kerr-McGee and Anadarko Petroleum Corp., the company that purchased Kerr-McGee. The United States believes that during the process of corporate restructuring, Kerr-McGee transferred its federal environmental liabilities out of Kerr-McGee and into Tronox to avoid having to pay for environmental cleanups. The United States is asking the bankruptcy court to set aside the liability transfers and compel Kerr-McGee and Anadarko to pay their environmental debts to the federal government.
EPA and Tronox (formerly Kerr-McGee) rerouted portions of the Little Menomonee River in five stages, or segments, beginning in 2002. The reroute included a new river channel as well as plants and trees that will stabilize the new channel and bank. The first segment between Brown Deer and Bradley Roads and the first phase for segments 2 and 3 from Bradley to Mill Roads involved:(more...)
News Releases
- Little Menomonee River Cleanup to Begin; Meeting Aug. 28, 7 P.M., August 2002
- EPA Completes 5-Year Review of Wisconsin Superfund Sites (PDF) (383pp) November 2000
Fact Sheets
- Cleanup Nears Completion in Little Menomonee River, December 2007 (PDF) (2pp, 265K)
- More Cleanup Scheduled in Little Menomonee River (PDF) (2pp, 30K) December 2005
- Little Menomonee River Reroute Progresses (PDF) (4pp, 682K) April 2004
- River Cleanup Continues (PDF) (2pp, 98K) November 2003
- River Cleanup to Begin (PDF) (2pp, 220K) August 2002
- Moss-American Cleanup Continues (PDF) (4pp, 153K) August 2000
- Proposed Plan fact sheet (PDF) ( 179K) March 1998
- U.S. EPA Announces Changes in Moss-American Superfund Site Cleanup Plan (PDF) (128K) May 1997
Technical Documents
- Explanation of Significant Differences, November 2007 (PDF) (16pp, 16MB)
- Record of Decision Amendment, September 1998 (PDF) (40pp, 4.3MB)
- Explanation of Significant Differences April, 1997 (PDF) (10pp, 674K)
- Record of Decision, September 1990 (PDF) (124pp, 11.2MB)
Five Year Reviews
- Second Five-Year review (PDF) (107pp, 24.5MB) September 2005
- First Five-Year review (PDF) (10pp, 626K) September 2000
Legal Agreements
- Consent Decree (PDF) (51pp, 1.8MB) March 1997
- Consent Decree (PDF) (287pp, 12.6MB) March 1996