Riverside Park Soil Excavation and Remediation: July 2023
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- July 23, 2023
Excavation of dioxin soil contamination in Wausau’s Riverside Park.
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State DHS Toxicologist Deems Portion of Riverside Park “Unacceptable Cancer Risk”: Signs Up
- Dioxin, Riverside Park, Toxicology
- June 18, 2023
“Our health assessment from sample site P-11 suggests that the dioxin is at high enough of a level to cause unacceptable cancer risk. We therefore recommend that the area between sampling location P-10 and P-12 be covered in landscaping fabric and filled over with a clean material such as woodchips to prevent a complete exposure pathway. We also would …
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Prominent Love Canal Toxicologist to Speak in Wausau
Love Canal has been considered by many to be one of the worst environmental disasters in American history. Now, on June 3, Wausonians will get to hear from an expert who was actually there. The toxicologist who the State of New York had appointed to work with the Love Canal community at the height of the crisis, Stephen Lester, …
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CCW Submits Comments to DNR on Proposed Riverside Park Remediation, Supports Excavation
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- June 17, 2022
Citizens for a Clean Wausau expresses its strong support for soil excavation in the park, while requesting dust control measures and the permanent removal of the culvert In a letter dated June 14, 2022, Citizens for a Clean Wausau (CCW) provided its comments to Mr. Matt Thompson of the DNR on the proposed remediation in Riverside Park by the …
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REI Proposes Soil Excavation for Riverside Park Remediation
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- June 7, 2022
In its June 2022 Remedial Action Options Report (RAOR) submitted to the DNR, the City of Wausau’s environmental consultants — REI — state that soil excavation appears to be the preferred remedial action for the dioxin soil contamination on the southwest side of Riverside Park. The full 47-page remedial report PDF can be found and downloaded from the DNR …
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CCW Submits Comments to DNR on Riverside Park Soil Cleanup Standards for Dioxin Contamination
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- October 6, 2021
The comments urge environmental regulators to recognize and enforce Wisconsin’s own soil cleanup standards to define the area of remediation in the park. The DNR is currently reviewing the September 15, 2021 Site Investigation Report (SIR) from the City of Wausau and its consultants, REI, regarding Riverside Park (02-37-584785 Riverside Rail Corridor). On October 4, 2021, Citizens for a Clean …
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1986 Docs from Dave Obey’s Office Revealed a Dioxin Emergency in Thomas St. Neighborhood
- dave obey, Dioxin, SNE / Wauleco / Sentry Insurance
- crestline, dave obey, david obey, dioxins, pentachlorophenol, sentry insurance, sne, Wauleco - A Sentry Insurance Subsidiary
- May 15, 2021
Archived congressional records acquired from the University of Wisconsin Stevens Point library indicate that, in 1986, there was a dioxin catastrophe of such proportions on Wausau’s southwest side related to the SNE site that the EPA wanted to send in “an emergency response team.” The handwritten notes from Obey’s staffer go on to suggest that the EPA “was ready to …
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Full Stantec Summary of Opinions from WAULECO Contamination Lawsuit
- Dioxin, Pentachlorophenol, SNE / Wauleco / Sentry Insurance
- contamination, dioxins, pentachlorophenol, sentry insurance, thomas street, Wauleco - A Sentry Insurance Subsidiary
- April 10, 2021
According to the WSAW Channel 7, in the past, local residents sued parties related to the former Crestline windows factory along Thomas Street, alleging that pentachlorophenol and dioxins from the site had contaminated the neighborhood on Wausau’s southwest side: “From 1946 to 1986, a product known as Penta was commonly used at the Crestline plant. In 2011, during a special …
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DNR Requiring More Dioxin Testing in Riverside Park
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- April 1, 2021
On February 24, the WDNR notified the City of Wausau that additional soil sampling is required to fully define the extent of dioxin contamination in the neighborhood park Years of Denial, Pushback, and Delay from City Officials and Departments Marked the History of Park Testing: “There’s nothing that says there are issues in Riverside Park” Soil testing in the recent …
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Dioxin Results in Park Exceed State Regulatory Standards
- Dioxin, Riverside Park
- December 20, 2020
Results from the City of Wausau’s own September 2020 soil sampling in Riverside Park show that multiple sample locations demonstrated exceedances of state DNR regulatory standards for a non-industrial setting. The City’s environmental consultant, REI Engineering, performed the soil sampling and the analysis of the results which came from Pace Laboratories. REI’s analytical spreadsheet of the latest testing results was …
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