spickler landfill

ROUTE 2 (ECKES ROAD)

The Spickler Landfill site is a former municipal and industrial dump site that is comprised of two fill areas totaling 10 acres on an 80-acre parcel of land. The site is located in a sparsely populated, rural area of Spencer, Wisconsin. In the 1960s, the landfill operated as a municipal open dump. In December 1970, BASF Wyandotte received approval from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to construct an approximately 10,000-square foot, clay-lined sludge disposal area at the landfill for its mercury brine mud wastes. Other industrial wastes known to have been disposed of in the Spickler Landfill include kalo dust that contained asbestos (disposed of by Weyerhauser Company) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) including toluene, xylenes, methyl-ethyl ketone, and methylene chloride (disposed of by Weinbrenner Shoe Company). Property surrounding the landfill is mainly rural, but one home is located to the north of the landfill and two homes are located to the south and southwest of the landfill. The drinking water wells at the two homes to the south and southwest are tested regularly and have shown no contaminant levels above standards. The population of Spencer, as reported by the 2010 census, is slightly over 4,000 people. All residents use private well water. Site Responsibility The Spickler Landfill site is being addressed by potentially responsible parties (PRPs) under federal and state oversight.

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