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ALLIED PAPER, INC./PORTAGE CREEK/KALAMAZOO RIVER - PLAINWELL IMPOUNDMENT AREA REMOVAL AOC (CERCLA)

Administrative - Formal · FY2007 · — · — · 600033343

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Case

Case Number
05-2007-0810
Type
Administrative - Formal
Lead
EPA
Outcome
Multimedia
Self-disclosure
N

Defendants (2)

Summary

ON FEBRUARY 21, 2007, TWO ADMINISTRATIVE ORDERS ON CONSENT (AOCS) WERE SIGNED BETWEEN U.S. EPA AND THE POTENTIALLY RESPONSIBLE PARTIES (PRPS), MILLENNIUM HOLDINGS LLC AND GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATION, FOR THE ALLIED PAPER/PORTAGE CREEK/KALAMAZOO RIVER SUPERFUND SITE, KALAMAZOO AND ALLEGAN COUNTIES, MICHIGAN. THE STATE OF MICHIGAN IS ALSO A PARTY TO ONE OF THE AOCS. UNDER THIS AGREEMENT, MILLENNIUM HOLDINGS LLC AND GEORGIA-PACIFIC CORPORATIONS WILL PERFORM AN ESTIMATED $21 MILLION CLEANUP OF THE PLAINWELL IMPOUNDMENT AREA UNDER A TIME-CRITICAL REMOVAL ACTION. APPROXIMATELY 132,000 CUBIC YARDS OF MATERIALS CONTAINING POLYCHLORINATED BIPHENYL (PCB)-CONTAMINATED PAPER RESIDUAL WILL BE REMOVED FROM THE RIVER SEDIMENTS, BANKS, AND FLOODPLAINS WITHIN THE IMPOUNDMENT AND DISPOSED OF AT THE ALLIED PAPER, INC., LANDFILL, WHICH IS ONE OF FOUR LANDFILLS AT THE SITE. THIS CLEANUP ACTION WILL BEGIN THIS SPRING.

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