Superfund Research Program
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Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research
Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Molecular Insight into Polyaromatic Toxicant Degradation by Microbial Communities
Project Investigator: James M Tiedje
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: On-going
Energy Cooperative Incorporated - East Chicago, Indiana
- Project: University of Iowa: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going - Project: University of Iowa: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (The AESOP Study)
Project Investigator: Peter S Thorne
Research Types: Epidemiology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Tittabawassee River, Saginaw River and Bay - Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Molecular Insight into Dioxin Degradation by Microbes and Microbial Communities
Project Investigator: Gerben J Zylstra, James Dearing, Brad L. Upham
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Velicol Chemical Superfund Site - St. Louis, Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Geochemical Controls on the Adsorption, Bioavailability, Formation, and Long-term Environmental Fate of Polychlorinated Dibenzo-p-Dioxins (PCDDs)
Project Investigator: Stephen A Boyd
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: On-going
Hazardous Waste Sites with Completed Research
Allied Paper, Inc./Portage Creek/Kalamazoo - Kalamazoo, Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Factors Controlling the Environmental Mobility, Microbial Transformation and Toxicity of Mixed Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids and Exposed Soils/Sediments
Project Investigator: Walter J Weber
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Du Quoin Gas Plant - Du Quoin, Illinois
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
East Chicago City Dump - East Chicago, Illinois
- Project: University of Iowa: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Iowa: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (The AESOP Study)
Project Investigator: Peter S Thorne
Research/Outreach: Completed
Federal Marine Terminal - Wyandotte, Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Development of Novel Bioassay/Biomarker Systems for Detection of Estrogen Agonists in Complex Mixtures
Project Investigator: John P Giesy
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Fox River NRDA/PCB Releases - Neenah, Wisconsin
- Project: Medical University of South Carolina: Integrating Microbial Biostimulation and Electrolytic Aeration to Degrade POPs
Project Investigator: Harold D May
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Training
Research/Outreach: Completed
Indiana Pallet - East Chicago, Indiana
- Project: University of Iowa: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Iowa: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (The AESOP Study)
Project Investigator: Peter S Thorne
Research/Outreach: Completed
Jennison-Wright Corporation - E. St. Louis, Illinois
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Joliet Army Ammunition Plant (Manufacturing Area) - Joliet, Illinois
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
Research/Outreach: Completed
Kerr-Mcgee (Reed-Keppler Park) - West Chicago, Illinois
- Project: University of Iowa: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Iowa: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (The AESOP Study)
Project Investigator: Peter S Thorne
Research/Outreach: Completed
Kerr-Mcgee (Residential Areas) - West Chicago, Illinois
- Project: University of Iowa: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Iowa: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (The AESOP Study)
Project Investigator: Peter S Thorne
Research/Outreach: Completed
Kerr-Mcgee (Sewage Treatment Plant) - West Chicago, Illinois
- Project: University of Iowa: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Iowa: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (The AESOP Study)
Project Investigator: Peter S Thorne
Research/Outreach: Completed
Mississinewia River - Union City, Indiana
- Project: Michigan State University: Molecular Insight into Polyaromatic Toxicant Degradation by Microbial Communities
Project Investigator: James M Tiedje
Research Types: Application of a new remediation technology as part of the remediation strategy
Research/Outreach: Completed
Pointe Mouillee confined disposal facility - Detroit, Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Factors Controlling the Environmental Mobility, Microbial Transformation and Toxicity of Mixed Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids and Exposed Soils/Sediments
Project Investigator: Walter J Weber
Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp. (St. Louis Park) - St. Louis Park, Minnesota
- Project: University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill: Beyond Parent Compound Disappearance in the Bioremediation of PAH-Contaminated Soil
Project Investigator: Frederic K. Pfaender
Research Types: Fate and transport study
Research/Outreach: Completed
Saginaw River Drum - Bay City, Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Factors Controlling the Environmental Mobility, Microbial Transformation and Toxicity of Mixed Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids and Exposed Soils/Sediments
Project Investigator: Walter J Weber
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Savanah Army Depot (munitions) - Savanna, Illinois
- Project: Texas A&M University: Site Assessment, Cleanup, Analysis and Bioremediation
Project Investigator: Kirby C Donnelly
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
Scouter Pond - Texas Charter Township, Michigan
- Project: Michigan State University: Factors Controlling the Environmental Mobility, Microbial Transformation and Toxicity of Mixed Non-Aqueous Phase Liquids and Exposed Soils/Sediments
Project Investigator: Walter J Weber
Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis
Research/Outreach: Completed
U.S. Smelter and Lead Refinery, Inc. - East Chicago, Indiana
- Project: University of Iowa: Atmospheric Sources of PCB Congeners
Project Investigator: Keri C. Hornbuckle
Research/Outreach: Completed - Project: University of Iowa: Airborne Exposures to Semi-volatile Organic Pollutants (The AESOP Study)
Project Investigator: Peter S Thorne
Research/Outreach: Completed