Cannelton Industries; Northville, Michigan

Northville, Michigan | 1989-Mar-08

Initial Notification: The Cannelton Industries site in Sault Ste. Marie housed a tannery until a fire destroyed it in 1958. For the past several years, the site has been the source of annual springtime fires. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) was assessing the site until the latest fire in June 1988. MDNR requested U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) support to mitigate the emergency condition. An EPA On-Scene Coordinator sampled the site and detected chromium and a large amount of decaying organic material. During 1988, EPA built fences, dug trenches, and wetted the site as a precaution against fires. USCG district 9.