lemberger landfill, inc.

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The 21-acre Lemberger Landfill, Inc. Site (LL site) is located in Manitowoc County, Wisconsin, approximately one-quarter mile from the affiliated Lemberger Transport and Recycling Site (LTR site). Both sites are on the National Priorities List. The LL and LTR sites are also near the active Ridgeview Landfill. Farm and wide-spaced rural residences that utilize groundwater for drinking are near the LL site, and the area is used for hunting. Part of the site is bordered by a marsh, and wetland vegetation occupies low-lying areas of the site. The nearby Branch River is used for swimming, fishing, and canoeing. The LL site was formerly a gravel pit, and was used as a township dump from 1940 to 1970. Lemberger Landfill, Inc. operated the Lemberger Landfill as a sanitary landfill under a license from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) from 1969 to 1976. An estimated 1,750 to 2,500 cubic yards of fly ash were disposed in the landfill each month. In 1980, WDNR responded to complaints by nearby residents that leachate from the landfill had seeped onto their properties. Lemberger Landfill, Inc. filed for bankruptcy in 1983. In 1985, volatile organic compound (VOC) contamination, including 1,1,1-trichloroethane and trichloroethylene, was detected in seven residential wells northwest of the site at levels that exceeded drinking water standards. The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed the LL site for the National Priorities List (NPL) in September 1985 and finalized the site on the NPL in June 1986. Site Responsibility In 1985, WDNR replaced residential wells where VOCs were detected with much deeper wells. EPA funded the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study. A group of potentially responsible parties known as the Lemberger Site Remediation Group (LSRG) have implemented the cleanup actions under EPA and WDNR oversight.

Hazardous Ranking Score

34 / 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

        82

        People living
        within a 1 mile radius

        $66,563

        Average Income

        32

        Occupied homes

        Potentially Responsible Parties

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