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St. Regis Paper Company Site
Site Information
- Cass Lake, MN (Cass County)
- EPA ID# MND057597940
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Superfund Site Progress Profile
- Alias(es): St. Regis Paper Co., Wheelers Division
Contact Information
Community Involvement Coordinator
Don de Blasio (deblasio.don@epa.gov)
312-886-4360 or 800-621-8431, ext. 64360
Remedial Project Manager
Leslie Patterson (patterson.leslie@epa.gov)
312-886-4904
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Leech Lake Band of Ojibwe
Division of Resource Management
6350 Highway 2 NW
Cass Lake, MN
Cass Lake City Clerk's office
332 Second St. NW
Cass Lake, MN
Cass Lake Library
223 Cedar Ave.
Cass Lake, MN
Leech Lake Tribal College
113 Balsam Ave.
Cass Lake, MN
Bemidji State University Library
1501 Birchmont Drive NE
Bemidji, MN
Background
The St. Regis Paper Co. Superfund Site is in Cass Lake, Minnesota, on the Leech Lake Indian Reservation adjacent to the Chippewa National Forest. The property was used as a wood treating operation from approximately 1958 until 1985. On Sept. 21, 1984, the site was placed on the Superfund National Priorities List because of contamination of the soil and ground water with dioxin; pentachlorophenol, or PCP; and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, or PAHs. A 1984 study showed these contaminants posed a potential risk to people and the environment. (more...)
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Site Updates | News Releases | Fact Sheets | Presentations || Technical Documents || Five-Year Reviews || Legal Agreements || Public Meetings
Site Updates
July 2011
Based on community requests, EPA is extending the public comment period for the recently completed feasibility study and proposed cleanup alternative for contaminated soil and waste at the site. EPA also will hold another public meeting about the proposal and take oral comments.
- The public comment period has been extended to August 22, 2011.
- The public meeting is 6:30 pm, Wednesday, August 3, 2011 at Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School, 15 Fourth St., Cass Lake. The public may make oral comments for the record at the meeting.
EPA's recommendations include:
- Excavating in residential and ecological risk areas
- Covering commercial/industrial areas
- Paving unpaved roads and commercial/industrial work areas
- Initiating institutional controls
- Monitoring forested wetland area
The estimated cost of the proposed cleanup is $45.8 million. EPA proposes that the cleanup will protect people and the environment over the long term, will comply with applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements of federal, tribal, state and local environmental laws and regulations, can be readily implemented and is a cost-effective alternative for addressing the contaminated soil. Based on information received during this public comment period, EPA will further evaluate and consider tribal, state and community opinions on the proposal.
The feasibility study, proposed plan, and other site-related documents are available for review at all of the repositories listed on this page.
News Releases
- Companies agree to develop cleanup plan for Cass Lake, Minn., Superfund Site; meeting Nov. 13 Nov. 03, 2008
- St. Regis Paper Superfund site update: Cass Lake well-pumping test begins Dec. 27, 2006
- St. Regis Paper Superfund site update: Cass Lake residential cleaning to begin early February Jan. 23, 2006
- Homes near St. Regis site to be cleaned EPA to hold meeting Nov. 9 October 31, 2005
- EPA public hearing on St. Regis Paper Superfund site cleanup plan June 7, informal sessions June 8 May 24, 2005
- Residential dust sampling near St. Regis Paper site shows low contamination levels; meetings March 21-22 March 11, 2005
Fact Sheets
- Soil Cleanup Plan Includes Removal of Contaminated Soil (PDF) (7pp., 234K) June 2011
- Risk Assessment Completed; Cleanup Plans Being Developed (PDF) (2pp., 36K) September 2009
- Cleanup Plans being developed for St. Regis Superfund Site (PDF) (2pp, 47K) June 2009
- EPA Tells PRPs to Develop Cleanup Plan for St. Regis Superfund Site May 2008
- EPA Proposed Plan Tackles House Dust Contamination (PDF) (8pp, 75K) May 2005
- St. Regis Cleanup to Begin in Spring (PDF) (2pp, 72K) February 2004
Presentations
- St. Regis Co. Superfund Site Update (PDF) (22pp, 1.24 K) June 2012
- Superfund EPA's Preferred Clean up Alternative for Soils (PDF) (42pp, 1.0MB) June 23, 2011
- EPA Site Activities, St. Regis Paper Company - June 29, 2010 (PDF) (11pp, 1MB)
- EPA Site Activities, St. Regis Paper Company - November 13, 2008 (PDF) (30pp, 2.2MB)
- EPA Site Activities, St. Regis Paper Company Superfund Site Public Meeting, June 4, 2008 (PDF) (28pp, 3 MB)
- Site Activities Update (PDF) (23pp, 634K) presentation given May 7, 2007
- St. Regis Paper Community Reuse Planning Project presentation at Land Use Committee Meeting, March 22, 2005 (PDF, 93pp, 6.8MB)
- Removal & Remediation Updates presentation, presentation given February 8 2005 (PDF, 30pp, 391K)
Technical Documents
- EPA Proposes Soil Cleanup Plan for St. Regis Paper Company Site (PDF) (19pp, 970K) June 2011
- Community Involvement Plan (PDF, 10pp, 61K) updated November 2005
- Aerial photograph showing site boundries (PDF) (1 pg, 182K) June 2005
- House Dust Contamination Proposed Plan (PDF) (25pp, 379K) presentation at public meeting June 7, 2005
- Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (369pp, 2.56MB) September 2007
- Adendum to the Humane Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (60p, 716K) May 2008
- Modification to the Addendum (PDF) (26pp, 172MB)
- Comments on sediment toxicity evaluation questions for St. Regis site (PDF) (8pp, 532K)
- Figures 1-32 (PDF) (16pp, 3.22MB) September 2007
- Adendum to the Humane Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (60p, 716K) May 2008
- Fox Creek Sediment Toxicity Study (46pp, 6MB) November 2010 - this document is availble for review at the repository. You can also request on CD-ROM from the Community Involvement Coordinator.
- Revised Final Feasibility Study Report – Soils (PDF) (176pp, 1.75MB) April 2011
- Approval Feasibility Study Report (PDF) (5pp, 85K) June 2011
- Response to U.S. EPA’s May 26, 2011 Technical Review Comments on April 14, 2011 Revised Final Feasibility Study Report – Soils (PDF) (245pp, 1.19MB) June 2011
- Feasibility Study Report modifications/comments (PDF) (5pp, 88K) May 2011
Five-Year Reviews
- Fourth Five-Year Review Report (PDF) (78pp, 3.4MB) September 2010
- Third Five-Year Review Report (PDF, 34pp, 1.8MB), September 2005
- Second Five-Year Review Report (PDF) (13pp, 158K) September 2000
- Five-Year Review (PDF) (36pp, 60K) March 1995
Legal Agreements
- Administrative Settlement Agreement and Order of Consent for Feasibility Study (PDF) (39pp, 7.9MB) September 11, 2008
- Appendix A - Statement of Work for a Feasibility Study (PDF) (19pp, 3.5MB) September 2008
- Special Notice Letter for St. Regis Paper Company Site in Cass Lake, MN (PDF) (67pp, 9.3MB) April 28, 2008
- Unilateral Administrative Order (PDF, 149pp, 6.3MB) December 2005
- Interim Record of Decision (PDF, 97pp, 5.5MB), October 2005
- Unilateral Administrative Order for Human Health and Ecological Risk Assessment (PDF) (20pp, 701K) August 2004
- Unilateral Administrative Order (PDF) (54pp, 2.3MB) December 17, 2003
- Unilateral Administrative Order (PDF) (106pp, 4.7MB) June 24, 2003
Note: Maps from Appendices A-C are not very legible. Please see the images below for clear versions. These are very large images. - Appendix A maps
- Appendix B maps
- Appendix C maps
Public Meetings
- US EPA held a public meeting August 3, 2011 at Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School in Cass Lake, MN.
- US EPA held a public meeting June, 23, 2011 at Cass Lake-Bena Elementary School in Cass Lake, MN.
- US EPA held a public meeting June 23, 2009 at Leech Lake Tribal College in Cass Lake, MN.
- US EPA held a public meeting June 7, 2005 to explain its recommended cleanup plan for house dust contamination in the group of homes near the St. Regis Paper site. The public comment period ran June 1- July 8, 2005.
- US EPA held a public meeting November 4, 2003 to update on recent sampling results and upcoming cleanup activity in and around the site.