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Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume

Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume Information Meeting, 12/7/17, 7pm, Shanty Creek Resorts, Summit Village, Bellaire Ballroom
Environment, Great Lakes, and Energy

Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume

Contact

Janice Adams, EGLE
AdamsJ1@Michigan.gov
989-619-4211

Jeremy Fruk, Health Department of Northwest Michigan
J.Fruk@NWHealth.org
231-547-7660

Lisa Quiggle, MDHHS
QuiggleL@Michigan.gov
517-284-4812

The Wickes Manufacturing Trichloroethylene (TCE) Plume is in Antrim County. 

Mount Clemens Industries Inc., later known as Wickes Manufacturing, used TCE in vapor degreasers as part of the manufacturing of auto parts in Mancelona from 1947 to 1967.

Waste containing TCE was discarded on the ground and in lagoons, where it seeped through the soil and became dissolved into the groundwater.

Both companies went out of business many years ago. As a results, DEQ (now EGLE) funds have been allocated to address the TCE contamination.

Wickes TCE Plume web map application