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United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Introducing...
John O'Grady permanently
replaced Tom Short in March
as EPA's remedial project man-
ager. John, who has been with
EPA for 16 years, has worked
on Superfund sites for the past
nine years. Prior to joining
the Superfund program, John
worked in other EPA programs
including water quality permit-
ting and pesticides. John can
be reached at (312) 886-1477
or(800) 621-8431x61477
ogrady.j ohnj @epa. gov
For more information...
Susan Pastor
Community Involvement
Coordinator
(312) 353-1325 or (800) 621-8431
x31325
pastor.susan@epa.gov
Richard Nagle
Assistant Regional Counsel
(312) 353-8222 or (800) 621-8431
x38222
nagle.richard@epa.gov
Site-related documents may be
reviewed at:
Mead Public Library
7ION. 8th St.
Sheboygan
Sheboygan City Hall
828 Center Ave.
Sheboygan
Certain EPA information can be
viewed electronically at:
http://www.epa.gov/region5/sites
EPA Signs Agreement
for Upper River Cleanup
Sheboygan River and Harbor Site
Sheboygan County, Wisconsin
May 2003
An agreement, called a consent decree, was recently signed by
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, U.S. Department of Justice and
Tecumseh Products Co. The agreement, which had been under nego-
tiation for the past year, commits the company to clean up the upper
portion of the Sheboygan River. It requires Tecumseh to clean up con-
taminated sediment, flood plain soil, and ground water at the Tecumseh
facility. This work will be done in phases starting with investigations
and source control at the facility and then proceeding on to evaluation
of the in-stream sediment and flood plain soil and eventually cleanup of
that sediment and soil.
Since this agreement only includes cleanup of the upper river, another
agreement to clean up the middle river, lower river, and inner harbor will
be done separately. If the lower portions of the river were to be cleaned
up first, there is a chance that they could become recontaminated during
cleanup of the upper river.
Once the consent decree is lodged in federal court, DOJ will begin a
30-day comment period by posting an announcement in the Federal
Register (www.epa.gov.region5/fedrgster). The decree will also be post-
ed on EPA's Web site (www.epa.gov/region5/sites). Public comments
may be directed to the Assistant Attorney General, Environment and
Natural Resources Division, P.O. Box 7611, Washington, D.C. 20044-
7611. Refer to United States v. Tecumseh Products Co. (E.D. Wis.),
Reference Number 03-C-0401.
After DOJ responds to the comments, it will ask that a judge enter the
consent decree in federal court to finalize the agreement. Information-
gathering activities, design of the cleanup components, and some sam-
pling could proceed this year with actual cleanup beginning in 2004.
Upper river cleanup timeframe
Before cleanup can begin, Tecumseh will design the project.
This includes:
• submitting a work plan to EPA-Fall 2003
• selecting contractors-Fall 2003
• starting pre design work-Winter 2003
• submitting a final design document to EPA-Winter 2004
• beginning cleanup-Summer 2004
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SHEBOYGAN RIVER AND HARBOR SITE:
Upper River Cleanup Agreement
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