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DSC Leachate

 
Site Contact:
Jeff Lippert
On-Scene Coordinator

(lippert.jeffrey@epa.gov)

Site Location:
28000 W. Jefferson Ave
Gibraltar, MI 48173
 response.epa.gov/dscleachate

EPA Remedial Branch alerted the Removal Branch to high levels of leachate in the settling ponds at DSC. The OSC visited the site on 3/17/16 and observed extremely high levels of leachate in the ponds, dangerously close to overflowing and enter an on-site drainage ditch that leads directly to the Frank & Poet Drain, a tributary of the Detroit River. Field screening equipment (YSI) verified the pH at the leachate outfall of 12.51 standard units.

The OSC mobilized ERRS and began removing leachate on 3/18/16.


YSI 556 MPS displaying pH of water inside vault pipe leading into Pond 1
For additional information, visit the Pollution/Situation Report (Pol/Sitreps) section.