EPA is preparing a contract proposal for the cleanup of the site soils. EPA is currently doing a market survey to contact potential vendors. The Harbeson Dead Swan Site is a farm, a portion of which was formerly used as a skeet shooting range.
Lead shot is contained in the surface soils.
The Site is in the migration path of Tundra Swans and other species protected under the Migratory Bird Act. When used as a resting place, the swans ingest the lead shot. A rash of swan deaths occurred at the Site in 1998. The lead shot must be removed to reduce the threat to wildlife in the area and also mitigate the potential of lead uptake in the farming plants. There were no previous actions at the Site.