| Abstract |
The Schmalz Dump site occupying approximately seven acres of the Waverly Beach wetlands area, is located on the north shore of Lake Winnebago in the town of Harrison, Wisconsin. Industries dumped wastes at various locations along the north shore of Lake Winnebago for several years. Mr. Gerald Schmalz, the previous site owner, began filling his property in 1968. Records show that wastes hauled there consisted of solid wastes, car bodies, stone, trees, pulp chips and mash. Between 1972 and 1973 the site accepted fly ash and bottom ash from Menasha Utility, and in 1978 and 1979 Schmalz accepted the demolition debris of a building owned by the Allis-Chalmers Corporation. Initial onsite sampling in early 1979 determined that an area containing the Allis-Chalmers debris was contaminated with concentrations of PCBs as high as 3,100 ppm with lead and chromium also detected in relatively high concentrations. In August 1985, a ROD was signed approving an operable unit to address the PCB contamination. This second operable unit addresses soil contamination with lead and chromium +3. |
