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Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 5): Michigan Disposal Service (Cork Street) Landfill, Kalamazoo, MI. (First remedial action), September 1991. Final report

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:7174795
The 68-acre Michigan Disposal Service Landfill site is an inactive municipal landfill in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. From 1925 to 1961, the site was owned and operated by private parties as a municipal landfill. Forty-seven acres of the total site was used as a landfill. In 1961, the city of Kalamazoo purchased the property and began accepting wastes from residences, businesses, and local industries. During the mid-1980's, the State conducted investigations as part of a landfill extension request. These onsite studies documented that wastes leaching from the landfill. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses onsite contaminated soil, sediment, ground water, and surface water, as a final remedy. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil, sediment, debris, ground water, and surface water are VOCs including benzene; other organics including PCBs; and metals including arsenic, chromium, and lead. The selected remedial action for this site is included.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
OSTI ID:
7174795
Report Number(s):
PB-92-964134/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--05-91/171
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English