Both the Tomah Armory Landfill and the Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill are on EPA's Superfund National Priorities List of abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. For the Tomah Armory, following extensive study of site contamination, EPA has determined that no further action beyond continued ground-water monitoring is necessary.
Restrictions are already in place to protect against future inappropriate land use.
For the Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill, EPA selected a plan that includes a dual-barrier landfill cap and a gas extraction system. EPA picked this plan from a list of eight options because it combines cost effectiveness and protection of human health and the environment. Selection of the plans was preceded by a public meeting last August and 30-day comment periods for each site.