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Northeastern Minnesotans for Wilderness
St. Louis River-U.S. Steel Superfund
Site
The U.S. Steel Plant Duluth
Works Site, a former steel mill and coking operation, is on
both the Federal National Priorities List (NPL) and the
State of Minnesota Permanent List of Priorities (PLP). The
site is approximately 600 acres (500 land and 100 river
sediment). It is located 4 miles south-west of the Duluth
central business district and adjacent to the neighborhood
of Morgan Park.
The U.S. Steel Site has 18
Operable Units (OU) and two areas identified within the 1989
Record of Decision (ROD) for remedial action. Current work
on this site is focused on the identification and cleanup of
the sediments in the St. Louis River and follow up actions
from the 2003 Five-Year Review. Land based contamination has
been addressed as specified in the ROD.
Site Location
The U.S. Steel Superfund site is
located in Sections 35 and 36, Township 49N, Range 15W, and
in Sections 2 and 3, Township 48N, Range 15W in the southern
portion of the City of Duluth, in St. Louis County,
Minnesota. It is bordered to the North by Morgan Park, to
the East by The St. Louis River (Spirit Lake), and to the
West and South by the Duluth Mesabi and Iron Range (DM&IR)
Railway property. The site is approximately 600 acres (500
land and 100 river sediments).
Sierra lawsuit against Forest Service dismissed
Duluth News Tribune
27 Jan, 2009
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit by the Sierra Club and
other groups that challenged parts of the long-term plan for the
Superior National Forest. (more)