WPSC Manitowoc MGP Site

Site Information

Manitowoc, WI (Manitowoc County)
EPA ID# WIN000509949
This site is not on the NPL; it is a Superfund Alternative Site (SAS)
SAS Fact Sheet
CERCLIS listing
Alias(es): N/A
Photos

Contact Information

Community Involvement Coordinator
Susan Pastor (pastor.susan@epa.gov)
312-353-1325 or 800-621-8431, ext. 31325

Remedial Project Manager
Margaret Gielniewski
(gielniewski.margaret@epa.gov)
312-886-6244 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66244

Repositories

(where to view written records)

Manitowoc Public Library
707 Quay St.
Manitowoc, WI

Links

Links for Wisconsin former MGPs

Background

The 4-acre Wisconsin Public Service Corp. site is located in Manitowoc, Wis. Currently, the majority of the site is occupied by actively used commercial buildings and asphalt parking lots. Residential, commercial and industrial-use properties are found in the vicinity. The Manitowoc River borders the site on the northwest.

WPSC owned and operated the gas plant from before 1900 to the late 1940s in an area that was historically industrial. Processes included coal carbonization and carbureted water gas. WPSC still owns the site today.

A Community Advisory Group (CAG) is one way the community can get involved. Learn more about CAGs

Site Updates || Technical Documents || Legal Agreements

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Site Updates

February 2012

Plans to investigate sediment, ground water and soil at six MGP sites began after a legal agreement called a consent order was signed between WPSC and EPA in May 2006. This agreement allows for further investigation of the Manitowoc site and will determine how much contamination remains in soil, sediment and ground water.

In December 2011, a survey of the terrain and contours of the land under the Manitowoc River was started. In addition, Manitowoc residents may notice workers in protective clothing this spring as they take sediment samples using hand-held pieces of equipment while on foot and from small boats to get a better idea of where PAH contamination is located.

The 2006 agreement also includes five other MGP sites in Green Bay, Stevens Point, Marinette, Oshkosh, and Two Rivers, Wisconsin. A separate agreement for another site, WPSC Campmarina MGP in Sheboygan, was signed between WPSC and EPA in January 2007.

Under Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources oversight, various investigations have taken place since the 1988. Some upland cleanup occurred from 1992 to 1994 when highly contaminated soil between the WPSC building and Manitowoc River was excavated and removed from the site or treated in place. Routine ground-water monitoring occurs annually.