According to information posted on the Wisconsin DNR’s BRRTS website, the PFAS Site Investigation Work Plan for 3M’s Greystone facility in the Wausau area has been submitted to state regulators. The work plan is dated June 9, 2025. The plan can be downloaded from the DNR’s website via this link, or is embedded below for review. As stated in …
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In recent weeks, the Wisconsin DNR posted the latest PFAS groundwater results for 1300 Cleveland Avenue on its website. The site, which is zoned residential and sits in the middle of a densely populated residential area, is an open Environmental Repair Program (ERP) site. ERP sites are sites that have contaminated soil and/or groundwater that are addressed under Wisconsin …
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Photos from Wausau’s Earth Day tree planting at Westview Park on April 26, 2025.
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Rosecrans Properties LLC has purchased the contaminated Wauleco site along Thomas Street in Wausau. Rosecrans Properties LLC is an affiliate of Environmental Liability Transfer, Inc. Environmental Liability Transfer, Inc. is listed as a corporate affiliate of Commercial Development Company, Inc. on its website. Wisconsin Department of Financial Institutions lists a registered effective date for Rosecrans Properties LLC of 12/06/2024. …
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According to public records available on the Wisconsin DNR’s website, 3M Company received a Responsible Party Letter from state regulators related to Per- and Polyfluoroalkyl Substances (PFAS) identified at its Wausau Greystone Quarry. The Responsible Party letter is dated March 10, 2025, and it can be accessed directly on the government’s website. The DNR website page for this new …
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According to public records available on the DNR’s website related to 700 Grand Avenue vacant parcels, regulators have given conceptual approval to the site’s Investigation Workplan. The full DNR letter to 700 Grand Apartments, LLC — which is dated January 2, 2025 — is embedded below or can be downloaded directly from this government link. The letter conveys that …
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According to records on the DNR’s Bureau for Remediation and Redevelopment Tracking System (BRRTS), the City of Wausau received a Responsible Party Letter from the DNR for the vacant parcels associated with 700 Grand Avenue. The letter from the DNR is dated November 20, 2024, and is addressed to Kevin Fabel, the City’s environmental engineer. The full letter can …
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Photos from CCWâs November 23, 2024 events about public records and contamination at Wausauâs Jefferson Street Inn
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While the City of Wausau already sued 3M Company and other manufacturers for PFAS contamination in its municipal water supply, now a federal regulatory agency has submitted a formal information request to 3M regarding PFAS contamination identified in Wausau City Wells as far back as 2019. High PFAS water levels had been discovered at the 3M Greystone plant last …
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Data posted on the EPA’s online enforcement and compliance tool, ECHO, shows that 3M Company in Wausau’s Thomas Street neighborhood received two new recent Notices of Violation for High Priority Clean Air Act Violations. The dates listed for the Notices of Violation are 3/29/24 and 5/2/24. Per the EPA data, the violations relate to elements such as Volatile Organic …
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