Fox River and Green Bay NPL Site

Menominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin , Oneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin
State TrusteeState of Wisconsin
Federal TrusteeDepartment of Commerce
AO Bureau

Also Known As

None

Incident Type

Chemical

State

Wisconsin

Case Status

Restoration

Location

Green Bay and Lower Fox River

Authority

Contaminants of Concern Include

Affected DOI Resources Include

Threatened and Endangered Species, Migratory Birds

Financial Summary

Restoration Funds Collected:

$63,002,929.04

*Restoration Funds Allocated:

$38,588,518.34

*Restoration Funds Remaining:

$27,158,686.96

* Restoration Funds can contain multiple settlements/projects. All collections are placed in interest bearing accounts. For detailed information on individual settlements/ projects please visit: NRDAR Status Report

Visit the Withdrawal Request Form to request restoration funds. Login required.

Case Description

Starting in the mid-1950s, Lower Fox River paper companies and associated waste treatment facilities released PCBs to the Lower Fox River. These releases comprised byproducts of a process that made, converted, or recycled carbonless copy paper containing PCBs. Lower Fox River paper companies contributed to the releases, along with other municipalities, waste water treatment plants, trucking companies, and other handlers of PCB sediments and waste. Injuries to migratory birds, fish, mink, water, and sediment have been documented. Cultural resources have also been impacted at the Site.

Additional case information can be found on the Fox River Natural Resource Trustees website. Click the image below to visit the website.

Fox River Map

Newly preserved land near John Muir's boyhood home in central Wisconsin contains a mosiac of wetland and upland habitats for migratory birds., Credit: Brand Erickson

Rush Lake-prairie pot hole marsh restoration, Credit: Fox River NRDAR


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Case Documents


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Assessment

 Assessment Plan Assessment Plan 08/01/1996
 Assessment Plan Assessment Plan-Addendum 10/01/1997
 Study Report Bird Injury Report 05/07/1999
 Study Report Fish Consumption Advisory 11/24/1998
 Study Report Fish Injury Report 11/08/1999
 RCDP Initial Restoration and Compensation Determination Plan 09/14/1998
 Study Report Injuries to Surface Water 11/08/1999
 Study Report PCB Contamination and Biomarker Responses in Walleye 04/13/1999
 Study Report PCB Pathway Determination 08/30/1999
 Study Report Recreational Fishing Damages from Fish Consumption Advisories 11/01/1999
 RCDP Restoration Compensation and Determination Plan 10/25/2000
 Study Report Restoration Scaling 10/25/2000

Settlement (Showing 8 of 12 items. Group continues on the next page.)

 Consent Decree Consent Decree (de minumus) 12/16/2009
 Consent Decree Consent Decree (Fort James) 05/21/2002
 Consent Decree Consent Decree (NCR Corp.) 11/05/2010
 Consent Decree Consent Decree (NewPage) 03/26/2014
 Consent Decree Consent Decree (Whiting Paper) 09/23/2009
 Consent Decree Consent Decree Appleton Papers 12/10/2001
 Consent Decree Consent decree P.H. Glatfelter & Georgia Pacific 03/14/2019
 Consent Decree Fox River - Kimberly-Clark Consent Decree, WI Dec 2014 12/15/2014

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Case Contact

Minnesota and Wisconsin Field Office Complex

New Franken, WI | (920) 866-1710 | http://www.fws.gov/midwest/GreenBay/

Associated Restoration Projects

Case Trustees

AO Bureau
Federal TrusteeDepartment of Commerce
State TrusteeState of Wisconsin
Tribe TrusteeMenominee Indian Tribe of Wisconsin
Tribe TrusteeOneida Tribe of Indians of Wisconsin

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