This spring, the Army tested 126 groundwater monitoring wells and two residential wells at and near the former Badger Army Ammunition Plant. Following is a summary of the April 2016 results provided by the Army. RESIDENTIAL WELLS. Only two residential wells were...
The federal agency enabling the transfer of former Badger Army Ammunition Plant lands to the State of Wisconsin has cited dozens of deficiencies in its proposed land use plan. The May 3 letter from the National Park Service has prompted an argumentative reply from the...
by Suzanne Yohannan, Superfund Report. A coalition of environmental, citizens and environmental justice groups is building a national campaign to urge EPA to require the use of alternative destruction technologies instead of open air burning and detonation (OB/OD)...
The Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality (MDEP) has declined our open records request for public disclosure of the list of approximately 200 TCE-contaminated sites that the state is planning to revisit to determine whether indoor air poses a risk of...
Citizens for Safe Water Around Badger petitioned the Wisconsin DNR today for a public meeting to explain recent approvals pertaining to testing and modified cleanup goals for mercury contamination at Gruber’s Grove Bay on Lake Wisconsin. The bay is one of the worst...
Land uses that will disturb vegetation and allow direct contact with contaminated soils should be avoided in certain areas of the Sauk Prairie Recreation Area, according to public Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (DNR) records obtained by Citizens for Safe...
“The military is the nation’s number one polluter. The folks at CSWAB have taken on a formidable foe and shown how communities can play an important role in protecting human health and the environment from military waste problems.”
Al Gedicks
Executive Secretary, Wisconsin Resources Protection Council
