Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill
Site Information
- Tomah, WI (Monroe County)
- EPA ID# WID980610307
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): N/A
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
Denise Boone (boone.denise@epa.gov)
312-886-8093
(800) 886-6217 Ext. 66217
Site Coordinator
Gary Edelstein(Gary.Edelstein@wisconsin.gov)
Wisconsin DNR
608-267-7563
Health Risk Assessor
Chuck Warzecha (warzecj@dhfs.state.wi.us)
Bureau of Environmental Health
Wisconsin Dept. of Health & Family Svcs.
608-267-3732
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Tomah Public Library
716 Superior Ave.
Tomah, WI
The Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill site is a former landfill operated by the City of Tomah from 1959 to 1979, when it closed out of concern for ground water quality. The landfill accepted both municipal and industrial wastes on an 18 acre portion of the property, located on Noth Street north of the intersection of Jefferson Street. Unlike the environmentally safe operations of today's landfills, wastes at the Tomah landfill were placed in shallow, unlined trenches, then covered with soil. When waste material became saturated with rain water, chemicals seeped into soil and ground water underneath the landfill. Ground water in the area of the Tomah landfill is flowing slowly to the north east, carrying with it landfill chemicals. The contaminated ground water, called a plume, is considered part of the site. (more...)
Site Updates || Legal Agreements || Public Meetings
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Site Updates
- You've Been Asking (PDF) (2pp, 211K) March 2004
- EPA: Natural Processes to Clean Ground Water at Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill; Comment Period Underway, Meeting June 24 (June 11, 2003)
- EPA Proposes Plan for Contaminated Ground Water (PDF) (6pp, 577K) Fact Sheet, June 2003
- Proposed Plan (PDF) (8pp, 243K) August 1997
Legal Agreements
- Record of Decision (PDF) (69pp, 2.7MB) September 2003
Public Meetings
- Transcript of June 24, 2003 public meeting (PDF) (67pp, 365K)