tar lake

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The Tar Lake site is located in Mancelona Township, Antrim County, Michigan. The 200-acre Tar Lake site is a former iron works facility that operated from 1882 to 1945. Secondary manufacturing processes on the site generated a tar waste similar to residue from still bottoms. The tar residue was emptied into a natural surface depression on the property. The last operator at the site was Fifty-Sixth Century, a subsidiary of Viacom International Inc. Site Responsibility This site is being addressed through federal, state and potentially responsible parties' actions.

Hazardous Ranking Score

49 / 100

A score of 28.5 or higher qualifies a site for the Superfund National Priority List.

Regional Contact

Region 5
Phone: (312) 353-2000

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Timeline

Discovery
Site Inspection
Preliminary Assessment
Final Listing On NPL
Removal

Contaminants & Health Effects

      Carcinogen
      Endocrine Disrupter
      Neurotoxic
      Sensitiser
      Reproductive Toxin
      Persistent, bioaccumulative and toxic
      VOC
      Mutagen

        Census

        White
        African American
        Asian
        American Indian and Alaska Native
        Native Hawaiian
        Other

        722

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $38,370

        Average Income

        284

        Occupied homes

        Potentially Responsible Parties

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