Ottawa River
The water, shoreline, and sediments of the Ottawa River, North Maumee Bay and connected wetlands, located in Sylvania, Ohio
- Date/Time Frame
- 1940s–2000s
- Statute
- CERCLA
- State
- Ohio
- Substances
- cadmium, chlordane, chlorinated benzenes, lead, mercury, pesticides, PCBs, PAHs, selenium, silver
- Injury
- Birds, Fish, Invertebrates, Sediment, Surface Water, Wetlands
Consent Decrees:
2019.03.18 (City of Toledo)
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI)
- State Trustees:
- Ohio
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- City of Toledo, Ohio
2017.02.21 (Aerojet Rocketdyne)
- Federal Trustees:
- Department of the Interior (DOI)
- State Trustees:
- Ohio
- Potentially Responsible Parties:
- Number of companies, including Allied Waste Industries, Inc., DuPont, Honeywell International, Inc., Aerojet, Illinois Tool Works, United Technologies Corp., Granted Trunk Western Railroad Co., Perstorp Polyls Inc., Varta Microbattery, Mosaic Co.<br /> <br /> Federal Agencies including DOD, Navy, Air Force, Army, Defense Plant Corporation, Commerce (State alleged claims against federal agencies)