Clean Soil is Key to Successful Reuse of Badger Army Lands

Clean Soil is Key to Successful Reuse of Badger Army Lands

Today, CSWAB submitted detailed public comment on a draft Environmental Assessment (EA) by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) on the proposed construction and operation of a new 101-acre Dairy Forage Research Center complex along U.S. Highway 12 on former...
EPA Set to Defer Cleanup of Alaska Burn Pits for Decades, Again

EPA Set to Defer Cleanup of Alaska Burn Pits for Decades, Again

Anchorage, ALASKA — For more than 40 years, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has deferred cleanup and closure of a former hazardous waste burning area at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson in Alaska. If approved, a pending  EPA permit will leave this...
Badger Army Groundwater 25,000 Times Safe Standards

Badger Army Groundwater 25,000 Times Safe Standards

CSWAB Wants State to Set Enforceable Timelines for Compliance   On June 2, the U.S. Army submitted a 730-page report to the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) on potential remedies for groundwater contamination at and near the former Badger Army...
Status of Mercury Cleanup on Lake Wisconsin

Status of Mercury Cleanup on Lake Wisconsin

During active production years (between 1942 and 1976), industrial wastewater was discharged from Badger Army Ammunition Plant through a series of ditches and settling ponds inside the plant and ultimately to Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin – resulting in the...