Posted on 10.01.25

DNR names paper companies responsible for PFAS contamination in a Wisconsin county

Source: https://www.wpr.org/, September 30, 2025
By: Danielle Kaeding

The current and former owners of a Rhinelander paper mill are responsible for widespread PFAS contamination in the northern Wisconsin township of Stella, state environmental regulators said in new letters obtained by WPR.

The letters come after a site inspection of the area to evaluate its potential listing as a Superfund site. The Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources conducted the inspection on behalf of the Environmental Protection Agency within Stella and the community of Starks in Oneida County, roughly 9 miles east of the city of Rhinelander. A Sept. 15 site inspection report found “a release of PFAS to soil” within a 3-mile radius of Starks, with the greatest impacts around Starks and an area east of Snowden Lake. Read more.

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