Superfund Research Program

Environmental, Microbial and Mammalian Biomolecular Responses to AhR Ligands

Center Director: Norbert E. Kaminski
Grant Number: P42ES004911
Funding Period: 1989-2027

Program Links

Hazardous Waste Sites with On-Going Research

Atlantic Wood Industries - Portsmouth, Virginia

• 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, Cliff Johnson
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology
  Research/Outreach: On-going

Diamond Alkali Co. - Newark, New Jersey

• Project: Michigan State University: Molecular Insight into Dioxin Degradation by Microbes and Microbial Communities
  Project Investigator: Gerben J Zylstra
  Research Types: Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Ecology study, Fate and transport study
  Research/Outreach: On-going

Houston Ship Channel/Galveston Bay - Houston, Texas

• 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, Cliff Johnson
  Research Types: Others
  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
• 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

American Cyanamid - Bound Brook, New Jersey

• Project: Michigan State University: Processes Influencing the Natural Attenuation of Organic Contaminant Plumes: Transport, Enzymatic Regulation and Microbial Transformation Rates in Flowing Groundwater Systems
  Project Investigator: Jerome J. Kukor
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis, Field test of a new remediation
  Research/Outreach: Completed

Ciba Chemicals - Toms River, New Jersey

• Project: Michigan State University: Processes Influencing the Natural Attenuation of Organic Contaminant Plumes: Transport, Enzymatic Regulation and Microbial Transformation Rates in Flowing Groundwater Systems
  Project Investigator: Jerome J. Kukor
  Research Types: Bench scale application of a new remediation technology, Collection of samples for off-site analysis
  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

HS7 and HS28 - Hudson River, New York

• 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

Hudson River PCBs - Hudson River, New York

• Project: Michigan State University: Remediation Product Toxicity Evaluation Core
  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: Completed

LCP Chemicals Georgia - Brunswick, Georgia

• 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

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

Picatinny Arsenal (USARMY) - Rockaway Township, New Jersey

• 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

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

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

Woods Pond - Lenox, Massachusetts

• 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