135 INDUSTRIAL AVE
The North Bronson Industrial Area (NBIA) site, located in Branch County, Bronson, Michigan, consists of two lagoon areas and a county drain which runs adjacent to the lagoons. Several industries in the area discharged plating, and other industrial wastes, to seepage lagoons between 1939 and 1981. An industrial sewer system was used to transport plating wastes to lagoons located at the northeast and northwest ends of the site, which were owned and maintained by the City of Bronson. The seepage lagoons are no longer used for waste disposal; however, they contain an estimated 130,000 cubic yards of heavy metal sludges. The majority of the City of Bronson is within a one-mile radius of the old lagoons at the NBIA site. The area surrounding the site features mixed industrial and residential use, although the area north of the site is primarily rural. Residents in the area of the site are connected to the municipal water supply system, although an estimated 3,000 people living within three miles of the site use wells as a source of drinking water. The primary supply wells are located approximately 5,000 feet west of the site and are screened in the upper aquifer. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the NBIA site for the National Priorities List (NPL) in October 1984 and finalized the site on the NPL in June 1986. Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal, state and potentially responsible parties' (PRPs') actions.
2,386 |
People living within a 1 mile radius |
$52,114 |
Average Income |
849 |
Occupied homes |
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