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Wickes Manufacturing TCE Plume
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
- Fact sheets (updated December 2024)