Superfund record of decision (EPA Region 5): Kohler Landfill, Kohler, WI. (First remedial action), March 1992
The 40-acre Kohler Company Landfill site is an operating landfill at the Kohler manufacturing facility in Kohler, Sheboygan County, Wisconsin. The estimated 57,000 people who reside within 3 miles of the site use the Sheboygan municipal system from Lake Michigan as their drinking water supply. From the early 1950's to the present, the Kohler Company has used the landfill as the primary location for disposing of manufacturing and foundry wastes generated at the Kohler manufacturing facilities. In 1983, EPA detected contaminated surface-water runoff at the landfill. Studies have revealed that ground water is contaminated due to leaching of chemical constituents from the landfill. The ROD addresses source contamination through containment of the waste mass as the first of two remedial actions planned for the site. A future ROD will address the contaminated ground water. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the waste mass and ground water are VOCs, including benzene, toluene, TCE, and xylenes; other organics including phenolic compounds; and metals, including arsenic, chromium, and lead. The selected remedial action for the site are included.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 6775913
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-964111/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--05-92/206
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CHROMIUM
CONTAINMENT
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
DECISION MAKING
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISSOLUTION
DRINKING WATER
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GREAT LAKES
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAKE MICHIGAN
LAKES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEACHING
LEAD
MANAGEMENT
MANUFACTURERS
MANUFACTURING
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
RUNOFF
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEMIMETALS
SEPARATION PROCESSES
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TOLUENE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER SUPPLY
WISCONSIN
XYLENES