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Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ) Remediation and Redevelopment Division (RRD) David Heywood, District Supervisor

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DEQ-RRD Mission “We seek to work with others to manage risks at sites

• f environmental contamination within Michigan”
• We do that on a case-by-case, site-specific basis
• Risk Management is conducted in various ways

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We have different types of sites

• Part 201 Facilities
• Part 213 Leaking Underground Storage Tank Sites
• Baseline Environmental Assessment Sites
• Superfund Sites

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We find out about sites where hazardous substances have been released two main ways

• Business entities self report releases to us
• Local citizens or officials call us and report a release that they

have witnessed or heard about

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DEQ Website Resources

• DEQ Main Webpage
• Inventory of Facilities
• Environmental Mapper
• Cleanup Requirements for Response Activity
• DEQ Superfund Program

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Sites of Interest in Area

• A-1 Disposal Corp – Plainwell
• A-1 Landfill – Otsego
• Former Rock-Tenn Paper Mill – Otsego
• Former Menasha Paper Mill – Otsego
• Kalamazoo River Superfund Site
• Miscellaneous Dump Sites
• What do we know at this point about these sites?

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• DEQ-RRD Next Steps…….
• Continue to evaluate the large amount of information we have gathered in
• rder to determine the potential contaminants of concern that may be

associated with the spent liquor and land-applied sludge from Menasha as well as potential contamination at other sites of concern.

• Conduct select residential well sampling based on the locations where these

materials have been deposited and/or released.

• Report back to the community

David Heywood, Kalamazoo District Supervisor Remediation and Redevelopment Division 260-547-0604/ heywoodd1@michigan.gov

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