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04-65-552088 MILLENIUM TILES SPILL
Activity Type / Status Jurisdiction
SPILL  CLOSED DNR RR
Location Name County DNR Region
MILLENNIUM FORMS LLC WALWORTH SOUTHEAST
Address Municipality
550 E CENTRALIA ST ELKHORN
PLSS Description Latitude (WGS84) Longitude (WGS84) Google Maps RR Sites Map
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Additional Location Description
NE CORNER OF BLDG
Additional Activity Details Acres
UNKNOWN
Facility ID PECFA No. EPA ID Start Date End Date
265007820 2007-06-24 2008-07-31
Characteristics
Above Ground
Petrol Tank

Drycleaner
EPA
NPL Site
EPA
Superfund
PECFA Funds
Eligible

PFAS

ROW Impact

Sediments
Underground
Petrol Tank
WI DOT
Site
 
Site Files
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Actions
Date Code Name File Comment
2008-07-31 11 Spill Activity Closed
2007-06-24 1 Spill Incident Occurred
2007-06-24 5 Notification of Hazardous Substance Spill
Spill Details
SERTS Spill ID Spill Occurred Date/Time Spill Reported Date/Time
20070624SE65-1 2007-06-24  1300 2007-06-24  1315
Description of Incident/General Comments
WARDEN REED MET WITH DENNIS MYERS OF MILLENIUM TILE AND CHUCK SCHEFFER OF NORTHSHORE ENVIRONMENTAL. NORTHSHORE HAD A PLAN IN PLACE TO EXCAVATE THE AREA THAT HAD BEEN IMPACTED OUTSIDE THE BUILDING AND USE PH READINGS TO DETERMINE DEPTH IMPACTED. SHOPVACS HAD BEEN USED TO CLEAN UP INSIDE THE BUILDING. WARDEN REED SPOKE TO SCHEFFER ON WEDNESDAY 6/27 AND SCHEFFER STATED THE EXCAVATION HAD TAKEN PLACE AND SAMPLES HAD BEEN TAKEN FROM 6 LOCATIONS ON THE NORTH SIDE OF THE BUILDING. MATERIALS HAD BEEN STOCKPILED ON TARPS AND SSURROUNDED BY A SAND BARRIER ON SITE UNTIL TEST SAMPLES WERE RETURNED AND APPROPRIATE DISPOSAL COULD OCCUR. SCHEFFER STATED THAT THE AREA NORTH OF THE BUILDING HAD CONTAINED A LAYER OF TOPSOIL OVER CLAY AND THE MATERIALS HAD BEEN CONTAINED BY THE CLAY BASE. SCHEFFER STATED HE HAD SPOKEN WITH SCOTT FERGUSON AS WELL. ON JULY 18,2008, LARRY FOX CALLED DENNIS MEYERS. ON JULY 23, 2008, DENNIS CALLED BACK AND DENNIS WILL SEND A REPORT. ON JULY 30, 2008, FOX REVIEWED THE REPORT SUBMITTED AND DETERMINED THAT THE SPILL COULD BE CLOSED.
Type of Location
INDUSTRIAL FACILITY (FOUNDRY/FACTORY/PLATING/MANUFACTURING)
Spill Cause
EQUIPMENT FAILURE EQUIPMENT FAILURE
Description of Environmental Impact
NOT PROVIDED
Cleanup Efforts at Time Incident Reported
A TOTAL OF 450-GALLONS OF CHROMIC ACID/SULFURIC ACID/WATER WERE RECOVERED OUTSIDE THE FACILITY AND THE LIQUID WAS TREATED ON SITE BY MILLENNIUM TILES. APPROXIMATELY 120.14 TONS OF IMPACTED SOIL WERE EXCAVATED AND SENT TO VEOLIA ES TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS IN MENOMONEE FALLS, WI. EIGHT SOIL SAMPLES WERE COLLECTED TO VERIFY THAT ALL IMPACTED SOILS WERE EXCAVATED TO WELL BELOW THE RESIDUAL CONTAMINANT LEVEL OF 200 MG/KG CONTAINED IN NR 720.11.
Spiller Actions
Action Comment
Vacuum SHOPVAC USED INSIDE
Cleanup Method - Excavation NORTHSHORE ENV
Samples Collected NORTHSHORE- 6 SAMPLES
Contractor Hired NORTH SHORE ENV
Waste Destination LIQUID TREATED ONSITE
Waste Destination VEOLIA ES
Substances
Substance Type Amt Released Units
Acid (CHROMIC AND SULPHURIC ACIDS) Industrial Chem 1,700 Gal
Waste Destination
Destination Comment
OTHER: LIQUID TREATED ONSITE
OTHER: SOIL VEOLIA ES TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS
Responsible Party
MILLENIUM TILES 550 E CENTRALIA ST, ELKHORN, WI 53121
For More Information on this Activity
Southeast Region Contact: Jenny Meyer  jennifer.meyer1@wisconsin.gov
552088 | 04-65-552088
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