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Wheeler Pit
Site Information
- LaPrairie Township, WI (Rock County)
- EPA ID# WID980610620
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- Superfund Site Progress Profile
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Susan Pastor (pastor.susan@epa.gov)
312-353-1325 or 800-621-8431, ext. 31325
Karen Mason-Smith
(mason-smith.karen@epa.gov)
312-886-6150 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66150
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Hedberg Public Library
316 S. Main St.
Janesville, WI
Background
The Wheeler Pit site, located at County Trunk Highways O and J in LaPrairie Township, Rock County, Wisconsin, is a 3.75-acre former disposal area. It lies within a 35-acre abandoned, unlined gravel pit. Wheeler Pit originally was mined for sand and gravel by the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul, and Pacific Railroad Co. In 1956, General Motors Corp. leased a four-acre portion of the pit for waste disposal. GMC also used it to dispose of paint and waste water sludges from its Janesville auto assembly plant as well as coal ashes from power plant boilers. The sludge and ash were contained by a dike at the pit.
In 1971, a liquid was found seeping on the ground from the GMC disposal area. Disposal at Wheeler Pit stopped in 1974, and it was covered at the request of La Prairie Township. From 1974 to 1988, the site was monitored intermittently for ground water contamination from arsenic, chromium, zinc, and barium.
Site Updates | Latest Update | Fact Sheets || Technical Documents || Five-Year Reviews || Legal Agreements
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Site Updates
October 2011
EPA is doing a status review of the cleanup. This type of review is required at least every five years where the cleanup is complete but hazardous waste remains managed on-site. These reviews are done to ensure that the cleanup continues to protect people and the environment. This is the fourth five-year review for Wheeler Pit. Contact the site community involvement coordinator and/or the remedial project manager to provide input on this review process.
The review will include:
- An evaluation of background information
- Cleanup requirements
- Effectiveness of the cleanup and any anticipated future actions
- An analysis of ways for EPA to operate more efficiently
A report, which will be available in June 2012, will detail the site's progress.
Fact Sheets
- Investigation Completed (PDF) (4pp, 339K) April 1990
- Long-Term Investigation Planned (PDF) (6pp, 444K) July 1998
- Update of Investigation (PDF) (3pp, 154K) September 1989
Technical Documents
- Proposed Plan for Remedial Action (PDF) (38pp, 1.5MB) July 1990
- Transcript of Public Meeting (PDF) (58pp, 978K) August 1990
- Public Health Assessment
- Remedial Invetigation Report Part 1(PDF) (255pp, 7.78MB) December 1989
- Remedial Invetigation Report Part 2(PDF) (317pp, 7.78MB) December 1989
- Feasibitility Study (PDF) (226pp, 7.3MB) May 1990
- Record of Decision (PDF) (29pp, 65K) September 1990
Five-Year Reviews
- Third five-year review (PDF) (pp, MB) September 2007
- Second five-year review (PDF) (pp, MB) September 2002
- First five-year review (PDF) (pp, K) April 1997
Legal Agreements
- Administrative Order by Consent (PDF) (52pp, 1.7MB) January 1987
- Notice of Intent to Delete (PDF) (2pp, 35K) February 2004
- Notice of Direct Final Action February 2004