Remediation and Redevelopment Accomplishments & Successes

RR Success Stories - highlights of successful cleanup and redevelopment projects involving the RR Program
Accomplishments
Summary of New Contamination Reports and Completed Cleanups
Annual Reports
Other Success Story Links

Accomplishments

Wisconsin's Brownfields Initiative: 2006 Report to the Wisconsin State Legislature (RR-847) [PDF 1.7MB] - A joint publication from the DNR, Department of Commerce and Department of Administration (DOA), the report provides a summary of the legislative, financial and policy initiatives created and implemented by the State of Wisconsin since the passage of the Land Recycling Act in 1994 (Wisconsin Act 453). These initiatives have aided communities all across the state in the investigation, cleanup and redevelopment of hundreds of brownfields – abandoned, idle or underused properties where the reuse is hindered by real or perceived contamination.
DNR Brownfields Site Assessment Grant Highlights [PDF 172KB]
Voluntary Party Liability Exemption (VPLE) Highlights [PDF 17KB]
DNR Dry Cleaner Response Fund Highlights [PDF 46KB]
DNR Air and Waste Division Accomplishments

EPA 128(a) Grant Reports

This EPA grant is used to support federal and state efforts under the jurisdiction of the DNR's Remediation and Redevelopment Program (RR); six-month and one-year reports highlight key grant activities.

End of Year Report (RR-865) [PDF 1.8MB] (Sep.1, 2008 - Aug. 31, 2009)
Mid-Year Report (RR-846) [PDF 942KB] (Sep.1, 2008 - Feb. 28, 2009)
End of Year Report (RR-845) [PDF 523KB] (Sep.1, 2007 - Aug. 31, 2008)
Mid-Year Report (RR-844) [PDF 458KB] (Sep.1, 2007 - Feb. 28, 2008)
End of Year Report (RR-843) [PDF 549KB] (Sep.1, 2006 - Aug. 31, 2007)

Summary of New Contamination Reports and Completed Cleanups

The following table illustrates the number of contaminated sites reported to DNR in the past decade and the number of sites cleaned up and approved by DNR each year.

All new contamination incidents must be reported to DNR by law. However, DNR transfers responsibility for oversight of some incidents to other agencies. Cleanups where the contaminants are agri-chemicals (fertilizer, pesticides) are overseen and approved by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection [exit DNR]. Medium and low priority petroleum cleanups are approved by the Wisconsin Department of Commerce [exit DNR].

Most investigations and cleanups of contaminated soil and groundwater take more than a year, and there is little correlation between the number of new incidents reported in a year and the number of completed cleanups in the same calendar year.

Year	New Reports to DNR of Contaminated Soil or Groundwater	Completed Cleanups of Soil or Groundwater Approved by DNR
1996	1614	1477
1997	1840	884
1998	1701	831
1999	1177	1132
2000	737	819
2001	733	498
2002	618	534
2003	561	582
2004	551	534
2005	474	544
2006	473	601
2007	405	504
2008	447	465

Annual Reports

DNR Air & Waste Division Annual Reports

Remediation & Redevelopment Annual Reports

RR Program's 2004 Annual Report Summary [PDF 157KB]
Read highlights about the Remediation and Redevelopment Program's 2004 accomplishments, including successes about completed closures, spills cleanup and brownfield redevelopments.
2002-2003 Annual Report [PDF 2.2MB]
This annual report provides a succinct overview of all of our accomplishments in spill prevention and cleanup, brownfields, state-funded cleanups and more!

Annual Report (Text Only Version) [PDF 91KB]