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Grand Traverse Overall Supply
Site Information
- Greilickville (Grand Traverse), MI (Leelanau County)
- MID017418559
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet link
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): N/A
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Don de Blasio (deblasio.don@epa.gov)
312-886-4360 or 800-621-8431, ext. 64360
Remedial Project Manager
Linda Martin (martin.lindab@epa.gov)
312-886-3854
On-Scene Coordinator
Michelle Jaster (jaster.michelle@epa.gov)
734-692-7683
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Traverse Area District Library
22 Sixth St.
Traverse City
Background
Grand Traverse Overall Supply was a commercial laundering and dry cleaning facility. GTOS began laundering operations in that building in 1953. These machines were removed during the1980s. Activities at the site between 1955 and 1968 included construction of a dry well and seepage lagoons to collect waste. In 1977 the facility began discharging waste to the sanitary sewer. A year later, the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (MDEQ) discovered groundwater contaminated with volatile organic compounds (VOCs) such as trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchlotoethlyene (PCE), impacting at least 10 wells. One of the wells supplied water to an adjacent elementary school. Contaninated wells were abandoned and new wells were drilled. The waste lagoons were drained and filled with gravel, and the contaminated soils around the dry well and on-site barrels of waste sludge were removed in the 1970s.
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Site Updates || Technical Documents || Public Meetings
Site Updates
- EPA to hold public meeting and hearings on Grand Traverse County disposal wells, news release April 14, 2009
- EPA will postpone work near Norris School until after the school year, news release March 19, 2008
- Soil to be Removed Soon: Long-term Plan Approved, Fact Sheet, March 2008 (PDF) (4pp, 837K)
- The Grand Traverse Overall Supply Site, Presentation, November 29, 2007 (PDF) (40pp, 1.7MB)
- Cleanup Work Planned for Laundry Plant, Fact Sheet (PDF) (10pp, 948K)
- Slideshow for public meeting (PDF) (42pp, 1.7MB) August 30, 2005
- Early Test Results Find No Health Threat in School (PDF) (4pp, 185K) June 2005 fact sheet
- EPA to Investigate Laundry Air Quality (PDF) (4pp, 282K) February 2005
Technical Documents
- Grand Traverse Overall Supply Superfund Site - Record of Decision - February 2008 (PDF) (41pp, 257K)
- Appendix A - Figures (PDF) (7pp, 901K)
- Appendix B - Tables (PDF) (23pp, 1.5MB)
- Appendix C - Concurrence Letter from the MDEQ (PDF) (3pp, 102K)
- Appendix D - Index to the Administrative Record (PDF) (25pp, 818K)
- Appendix E - Comments received during the public comment period (PDF) (121pp, 3.8MB)
Public Meetings
- Slide presentation from EPA public meeting March 18, 2008 (PDF) (40pp, 1.5MB)
- EPA held a public meeting Thursday, November 29, 2007 at Elmwood Township Center in Traverse City, MI.
- EPA accepted comments on the proposed cleanup plan from November 29 to December 31, 2007.