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Kalamazoo River Project
Site Information
- Communities: Allegan, Fennville, Kalamazoo, Ostego, Parchment, Plainwell, Portage, and Saugatuck
- Counties: Allegan and Kalamazoo
- State: Michigan
- EPA ID# MID006007306
- NPL Site Narrative
- 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
Sam Chummar - mills
(chummar.sam@epa.gov)
312-886-1434
On-Scene Coordinator
Mike Ribordy (ribordy.mike@epa.gov)
312-886-4592
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
(Citizen Technical Assistance Grant receipients for the Kalamazoo River)
www.kalamazooriver.org
Contact:
Jeff Spoelstra
Coordinator
Kalamazoo River Watershed Council
krwc@kalamazooriver.org
Dr. Stephen K. Hamilton, hamilton@kbs.msu.edu, 269-671-2231
Environmental Glossary (PDF) (2pp, 16K)
Kalamazoo River Environment Natural Resource Damage Assessment - U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service
EPA Superfund Home Page
EPA Superfund Cleanup Process
Region 5 Superfund
Superfund
glossary
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.
Site Updates | News Releases | Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Legal Agreements || Public Meetings
Site Updates
News Releases (view more)
- EPA meetings on Kalamazoo River Superfund site May 15, 6:30 P.M., and May 16, 9:30 A.M. May 7, 2008
- Informational open houses on Kalamazoo River cleanup Nov. 7, 1:30 p.m. and 6:30 p.m. Oct. 29, 2007
Fact Sheets (view more)
- Plainwell PCB Cleanup Progress, Updates, and Public Meeting, February 2009 (PDF) (4pp, 4.1MB)
- Plainwell PCB Cleanup progress, Updates, and Public Meeting, September 2008(PDF) (4pp, 533K)
- Landfill Studies Complete; Cleanup Plan Being Written, May 2008 (PDF) (2pp, 132K)
- Plainwell PCB Cleanup Progress, Updates and Public Meeting, March 2008 (PDF) (4pp, 914K)
- Plainwell PCB Cleanup Progress and Updates (PDF) (4pp, 359K) October 2007
- Plainwell PCB Cleanup Proceeding on Schedule (PDF) (4pp, 518K) August 2007
Technical Documents
- 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 runs to 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)
Legal Agreements
- Settlement Agreement for Plainwell Impoundment Removal (PDF) (47pp, 295K)
February 2007
- Appendix 1: Action Memorandum ( PDF) (16pp, 186K)
- 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 and 3-3 (PDF) (2pp, 3MB)
- Figure 3-4 (PDF) (1pg, 2.3MB)
- Figures 3-5, 3-6 (PDF) (2pp, 3MB)
- Figure 3-7 (PDF) (1pg, 2.7MB)
- Figures 3-8, 3-9 (PDF) (2pp, 2.6MB)
- Figure 3-10 (PDF) (1pg, 2.6MB)
- Figure 3-11(PDF) (1pg, 2.7MB)
- Willow Boulevard Record of Decision (PDF) (76pp, 5.2MB) September 2006
Public Meetings
- 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, August 3, 2005, plain text version or Printable version (PDF, 27pp, 38K)
- 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