# LAKE GENEVA ASSOCIATES
> **Judicial** · FY1998 · — · —
## Case
- **Activity ID:** `31225`
- **Case Number:** 05-1998-0647
- **Type:** Judicial
- **Lead:** EPA
- **Outcome:** —
- **Penalty assessed:** —
- **Cost recovery:** $925K
- **Compliance action $:** $0
- **Multimedia (multi-env):** N
## Defendants
- JACK GRACEY ESTATE (complaint) (settlement)
- LAKE GENEVA ASSOCIATES (complaint) (settlement)
- MARCUS GENEVA, INC. (complaint) (settlement)
- PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES (complaint) (settlement)
## Summary

SOUTHERN LAKES IS A FORMER TRAP AND SKEET SHOOTING RANGE     LOCATED ON A PORTION OF WHAT IS NOW THE GRAND GENEVA RESORT  AND SPA PROPERTY NEAR LAKE GENEVA, WISCONSIN.  THE SOUTHERN  LAKES SITE CONSISTS OF A POND, AN APPROXIMATELY 35-ACRE      WETLANF AND SURROUNDING UPLANDS, WHERE, AS A RESULT OF       SHOOTING ACTIVITIES OVER THE YEARS, SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNTS OF   SPENT LEAD SHOT AND CLAY TARGETS WERE DEPOSITED.               IN JANUARY 1992, OVER 200 CANADA GEESE APPARENTLY CONSUMED LEAD SOT WHILE FEEDING AT THE SITE AND DIED FROM ACUTE LEAD  POISONING.  IN JULY 1994, TWO PRIOR OWNERS OF THE PROPERTY,  LAKE GENEVA ASSOCIATES AND PLAYBOY ENTERPRISES CONDUCTED     SITE ASSESSMENT AND NATURAL RESOURCES DAMAGE ASSESSMENT      ACTIVITIES AT THE SITE PURSUANT TO A U.S. EPA ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER ON CONSENT ( AOC ) AND AN AGREEMENT WITH USFWS FOR     PAYMENT OF THE SERVICE'S INVESTIGATORY AND ASSESSMENT COSTS  AND DAMAGES FOR THE DEAD GEESE.                                IN OCTOBER 1006, AFTER THE PARTIES WERE UNABLE TO AGREE ON AN APPROPRIATE REMEDY, U.S. EPA BEGAN A FUND-LEAD REMOVAL    ACTION AT THE SITE.  DURING THE COURSE OF THE REMOVAL, OVER  28,000 TONS OF CONTAMINATED SOILS AND SEDIMENTS WERE REMOVED FROM THE SITE.  NEAR THE END OF THE REMOVAL, EPA AND USFWS   COOPERATED ON REPLANTING AND RESEEDING ACTIVITIES TO RESTORE THE SITE TO PRAIRIE/WETLAND HABITAT.  U.S. EPA INCURRED      APPROXIMATELY $1.88 MILLION IN UNREIMBURSED REMOVAL COSTS AT THE SITE.                           

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