Tar Lake Superfund Site
Site Information
- Mancelona Township, MI (Antrim County)
- EPA ID# MID980794655
- NPL Site Narrative
- NPL Factsheet
- CERCLIS listing
- Alias(es): Gulf and Western Antrim Property (Tar Lake), Antrim Iron Works
Contact Information
Community Involvement CoordinatorMegan McSeveney (mcseveney.megan@epa.gov)
312-886-1972 or 800-621-8431, ext. 61972
Remedial Project Manager
Thomas Bloom (bloom.thomas@epa.gov)
312- 886-1967
Site Manager
Mark Henry (henryma@state.mi.us)
Michigan DEQ
517-335-3390
Local Contact
Gary Knapp
Community Development Coordinator
Mancelona Family Resource Center
616-587-5085
Repositories
(where to view written records)
Mancelona Public Library
202 West State Street
Mancelona, MI
Background
The Tar Lake Site consists of a shallow 4-acre pond in Mancelona Township, Antrim County, Michigan. From the 1880s until 1944, Antrim Iron Co. disposed of wastes in the pond. The company's complex included a saw mill, chemical plant, iron extraction and smelting plant, and steel mill. As early as 1949, the State detected ground water contamination as far as 3 miles from the site. Sludge deposits in Tar Lake contain high concentrations of heavy metals and phenol. Analysis of area residential wells in 1980 detected lead and phenol.
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Site Updates
- Tar Removal Completed (PDF) (4pp, 1.6MB) June 1999 fact sheet
Technical Documents
- Explanation of Significant Difference (PDF) (13pp, 2.1MB) September, 2009