HW-8.5         United States    r     HW 8 5
,, 1           Environmental Protection    December        ,
t--1           Agency      ,      1984         Ctj
             Hazardous Waste
             Sites

             Descriptions of Sites
             on Current
             National  Priorities  List
             October 1984
          U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
          Region V, Library
          230 South Dearborn Street
          Chicago, Illinois  50604

-------
U,S. Ertvtr
-------
                                 Contents

Preface                                                     i i i
Remedial Actions Under Superfund 	    v
Alabama (AL)	    1
American Samoa  (AS)	    9
Arizona (AZ)	   11
Arkansas (AR)	   17
California  (CA)	   23
Colorado (CO)	   43
Commonwealth of the Marianas  (CM)	   53
Connecticut (CT)	   55
Delaware (DE)	   61
Florida (FL)	   69
Georgia (GA)	   99
Guam (GU)	103
Idaho (ID)	  105
Illinois (IL)	  109
Indiana (IN)	121
Iowa (IA)	139
Kansas (KS)	143
Kentucky (KY)	147
Louisiana (LA)	  155
Maine (ME)	161
Maryland (MD)	167
Massachusetts (MA)	171
Michigan (MI)	187
Minnesota (MM)	235
Mississippi (MS)	259
Missouri (MO)	261
Montana (MT)	267
New Hampshire (NH)	273
New Jersey  (NJ)	  283
New Mexico  (MM)	369
New York (NY)	373
North Carolina  (NC)	403
North Dakota  (ND)	407
Ohio (OH)	409
Oklahoma (OK)	431
Oregon (OR)	435
Pennsylvania (PA)	439
Puerto Rico (PR)	479
Rhode Island (RI)	487
South Carolina  (SC)	493
South Dakota  (SD)	503
Tennessee (TN)	505
Texas (TX)	,	511
Trust Territory (TT)	521
Utah (UT)	523
Vermont (VT)	525
Virginia (VA)	527
Washington  (WA)	531
West Virginia (WV) . . .•	545
Wisconsin (WI)	549
Wyoming (WY)	569

-------

-------
                                  PREFACE

     This document  consists of  descriptions of  the  538  sites  on  the
National Priorities List  (NPL).   The  "Conditions  at listing"  section
describes the site  when it was  first  proposed for the NPL.  The  "Status"
section describes the site at about the time it was placed on the NPL.
Subsequent notations are  based  on a new categorization  system EPA
instituted in October 1984 to indicate progress at  sites.  In the past,
EPA categorized NPL sites based on the type of  response at each  site
(Fund-financed, enforcement, and/or voluntary action).   EPA is now
expanding the prior categorization system  in two  ways:   First, Federal
enforcement actions are separated from State enforcement actions.  Second,
the status of site  cleanup activities is designated by  three  new cleanup
status codes.  The  codes  identify sites where significant response
activities are underway or completed.

     Five response  categories are used to  designate the type  of  response
underway.  One or more categories may apply to  each site.  The five are:

V    Voluntary or Negotiated Response.  This category includes sites where
     private parties have started or  completed  response actions  pursuant
     to settlement  agreements or  consent decrees  to which EPA or the
     State is a party.

R    Federal and/or State Response.   This  category  includes sites where
     EPA or State agencies have started or completed response actions.

F    Federal Enforcement.  This category includes sites where the United
     States has filed a civil complaint (including  cost recovery actions)
     or issued an administrative  order.  It also  includes sites  at which
     a Federal court has  mandated some form of  response action following
     a judicial proceeding.

S    State Enforcement.   This category includes sites where a State has
     filed a civil  ccmplaint or issued an  administrative order.  It also
     includes sites where a State court has mandated some form of response
     action following a judicial  proceeding.

D    Category to be Determined.   This category  includes all sites not
     listed in any  other  category.  A wide range  of  activities may be in
     progress at sites in this category.   EPA or  a  State may  be  evaluating
     the type of response action  to undertake, or an enforcement case may
     be under consideration.  Responsible  parties may be undertaking
     cleanup actions that are not covered  by a consent  decree  or an
     administrative  order.

     EPA has decided to indicate  for  informational purposes the  status of
fund-financed field activities underway or completed, as well  as the
status where responsible parties are  conducting cleanup activities under a
consent decree, court order, or administrative order.   Remedial  planning
or engineering studies are not included in these  activities.

     Many sites are  cleaned up in stages or "operable units"—that is, a
discrete action taken as part of  the  entire site  cleanup that  significantly
decreases or eliminates contamination, threat of  contamination,  or pathway
of exposure.   One or more operable units may be necessary before EPA will
consider the cleanup of a hazardous waste  site completed.  A  simple
action such as constructing a fence is not considered an operable unit
for coding purposes.

-------
     Three cleanup status codes are used.  (Only one code can be used at
a site because the cedes are mutually exclusive.)  The three codes are:

I    Implementation activities are underway for one or more operable units.
     Field work is in progress at the site, but no operable units are
     completed.

O    Implementation activities are underway for one or more operable units.
     Field work is in progress at the site, but no operable units are
     completed.  Implementation activities for one or more (but not all)
     operable units are completed.  Sane field work has been completed,
     but additional work is necessary.

C    Implementation activities for all operable units are completed.  All
     actions agreed upon for remedial action at the site have been
     completed, and work has started to monitor the effectiveness of the
     cleanup.  Further site activities could occur if field conditions
     change.

-------
                     REMEDIAL ACTIONS UNDER SUPERFUND


     Superfund is a National Trust Fund established by Congress to deal

with a major environmental problem.  The fund pays for cleaning up when

public health or the environment is threatened by hazardous wastes

improperly disposed of in the past or by spills of hazardous substances.

The Trust Fund is scheduled to get about $1.38 billion from taxes on

producers and importers of petroleum and 42 basic chemicals.  Another

$220 million will cone from general Federal revenues—taxpayers' dollars

—for a total of $1.6 billion.  Authorized by the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA),

the Superfund program is managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

     CERCLA defines two types of responses that may be taken when a

hazardous substance is released (or threatens to be released) into the

environment:

     o  Removals, emergency-type actions similar to, although broader in
        scope than, those formerly taken under Section 311 of the Clean
        Water Act.  They must be completed in 6 months or when $1 million
        has been spent.

     o  Remedial actions, responses intended to provide permanent
        solutions at hazardous waste sites.  They are generally longer-term
        and more expensive than removals.  A Superfund remedial action
        can be taken only if a site is on the National Priorities List.
        After publishing two preliminary lists and proposing a formal
        list, EPA published the first National Priorities List in
        September 1983.  CERCLA requires that the list be updated at
        least annually.

     The money for conducting a remedial action at a hazardous waste site

can come from several sources:

     o  Superfund can pay for the cleanup.

     o  The party or parties responsible for the wastes can clean them up
        voluntarily.

     o  The responsible party or parties may be forced to clean up by
        legal action.

     o  A State or local government can choose to assume the responsibility
        to clean up without Federal dollars.

-------
     A remedial action under Superfund is an orderly process that

generally involves the following sequence of activities:

     o  Taking any measures needed to stabilize conditions, which involve,
        for example, fencing the site or removing above-ground drums or
        bulk tanks.  Such measures usually would be required in the later
        phases of cleanup.
     o  undertaking initial planning activities, which involve collecting
        all the information needed to develop a coherent strategy and to
        assist in selecting an appropriate course of action.

     o  Conducting remedial planning activities, which involve:
        — Carrying out a remedial investigation to determine the type
           and extent of contamination at the site.
        — Conducting a feasibility study to analyze various cleanup
           alternatives.  The feasibility study is often conducted with
           the remedial investigation as one project.  Typically, the two
           together cost $800,000 and take from 9 to 18 months to complete.

        — Selecting the "cost-effective" remedy—that is, the alternative
           that provides the most protection to human health and the
           environment at the least cost.

     o  Designing the remedy.  Typically, the design phase costs $440,000
        and takes 6 to 12 months.

     o  Implementing the remedy, which might involve, for example,
        constructing facilities to treat ground water or removing con-
        taminants to a safe disposal area away from the site.  The
        implementation phase typically lasts 6 to 12 months.

     The State government can participate in cleaning up a site under

Superfund in one of two ways:

     o  The State can take the lead role under a Cooperative Agreement,
        which is much like a grant because Federal dollars are trans-
        ferred to the State.  The state then develops a work plan,
        schedule, and budget, contracts for any services it needs, and is
        responsible for making sure that all the conditions in the
        Cooperative Agreement are met.  In contrast to a grant, EPA
        continues to be substantially involved and monitors the State's
        progress throughout the project.

     o  EPA can take the lead under a Superfund State Contract with the
        State having an advisory role.  EPA, generally using contractor
        support, manages work early in the planning process.  In the
        later design and implementation (construction) phases, contractors
        do the work under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of
        Engineers.

     Under both arrangements, the State must share in the cost of the

implementation phase of cleanup,  EPA expects remedial actions to average

out at about $12.6 million per site.  This includes $4.1 million in

operation and maintenance costs over 30 years, the maximum period EPA

believes is necessary to ensure that a cleanup meets its goal.

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Alabama (AL)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund">
                     CIRA-GEIGY CORP.  (MCINTOSH PLANT)
                             Mclntosh, Alabama

      Conditions at listing  (September 1983);  Ciba-Oeigy Corp. produces
 industrial organic chemicals, pesticides, agricultural chemicals, and
 synthetic resins on a 1,500-acre site in Mclntosh, Manama,  50 miles
 north of Mobile.  In the past, waste was disposed of in several on-site
 landfills and an open burning area located on a bluff line on  the
 eastern side of the plant complex.  The Tombigbee River and associated
 fresh water wetlands are situated to the east of the plant within 100
 feet of several former waste disposal areas.  These wetlands are subject
 to periodic flooding by the Tombigbee River.

      D0T and DDT derivatives have been detected in soils and sediments
 downgradient of the old burn area, and lindane has been detected in a
 drinking water well on the site, according to analyses conducted by EPA.
 This well serves the 1,500 employees of Ciba-Geigy and Olin Corp., which
 is located just south of Ciba-Geigy.  About 2,200 residents of Mclntosh
 receive drinking water from a  public well within 3 miles of the plant.

    Status (June 1984):   EPA is considering various alternatives for the
 site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      1

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLA)("Supeffund"
                          MOWBRAY ENGINEERING CO.
                           Greenville,  Alabama

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982):   The Howbray Engineering Co.
Site covers about 4 acres in Greenville,  Butler County, Alabama.  Between
1955 and 1974, the  company drained,  repaired, and refilled an annual
average of 1,000 used electrical transformers, each containing approx-
imately 9 gallons of oil. During this period, the waste oil, which
contained PCBs,  was discharged through a  drainage system into a nearby
swamp.  Ultimately, drainage discharged into Persimmon Creek, which was
used for fishing.   In 1974,  Mowbray  installed a 3,000-gallon underground
storage tank  and sold the oil between 1974 and 1978.  In 1978, Mowbray
began to recycle the waste oil.  A State  investigation of a fish kill in
1975 implicated  the company.  Since  then, several other investigations
have been conducted in and near the  site,  in early 1981, under Section
311 of the Clean Water Act,  EPA removed debris and contaminated soil
from the site.   The total cost was about  $130,000.  Soil containing
below 50 parts per  million of PCBs remains on-site.

     Status  (July 1983):   The State  is continuing to monitor the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       2

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act o( 1980 (CERCUAK'Superfund")
                       OLIN CORP.  (MCIOTOSH PLANT)
                             Mclntosh,  Alabama

     Conditions at listing  (September  1983):   Olin  Corp.'s Mclntosh Plant
is in Vfeshington County near Mclntosh,  Alabama .  The Olin  facility,
constructed in the early  1950s, originally manufactured  chlorine and
caustic soda, using the mercury cell process.  In 1956,  Olin  constructed
a pesticide and organic chemical plant on  the  site.  In  1981, Olin  closed
the organic plant and switched from the mercury  cell process  to the
diaphragm cell process.   Additional products still  manufactured on-site
include sodiun chlorate,  sodium hypochlorite,  and sodium chloride.

     Olin's past waste disposal practices  have contaminated ground water,
according to EPA.  On-site  wells that  once provided the  plant's drinking
water are known to be contaminated.  In August 1982, Olin  installed  a
monitoring system of 75 wells.  Analyses of samples from some of the
wells have detected chromium, lead, mercury and  chlorinated aromatic
compounds.  Nearby wells  supply the community  of Mclntosh  and the Ciba-
Geigy and Olin plants (1,500 employees) .   Within 1  mile  of the site
is a sizeable wetlands area. To the east  of the site is the  Tombigbee
River.

     Olin is continuing to  study the ground water problem  and regularly
reports to the State.

     Status (June 1984);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October  19R4:  r>
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      3

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAiCSuperfund'l


                     PERDIDO GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                             Perdido, Alabama

     Conditions at listing (December  1982):   The Perdido Ground Water
Contamination Site covers about 125 acres in Perdido,  Baldwin County,
Alabama.  No public  drinking water is available.  In November 1981,
Perdido residents began to complain to  the State that  the water from
their wells tasted bad.  In February  1982,  the State detected benzene in
excess of the Federal drinking  water standards in several residential
wells.  Additional sampling confirmed benzene in eight wells.   In
September 1982, health officials announced that ground water in Perdido
was harmful to human health and recommended that people stop drinking
their well water if  they lived  within 1 mile of a 1965 train derailment
in which benzene and other chemicals were spilled.  The county then
arranged for delivery of two mobile drinking water tanks to Psrdido.

     Status (July 1983):  In February 1983,  the railroad agreed to fund
installation of an alternate water supply for the community.

     The State, with help frcm  EPA and  the U.S. Centers for Disease
Control, is investigating the ground water contamination problem,  in
addition, EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine  the full extent of  cleanup reguired at the site.  It
will guide  further actions at the  site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:   D / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                       4

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the                                  «.CB/M A««C -..« .~4-
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)( Superfund
                  STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. (COLD CREEK PLANT)
                               Bucks,  Alabama

     Conditions at  listing (September 1983);  Stauffer Chemical Co.'s
Cold Creek Plant  manufactures  pesticides  in  Bucks,  Mobile  County,  Alabama .
The facility  has  operated  three on-site landfills for disposal  of  process
wastes, including liquids  and  solids  contaminated with pesticides,
solvents, and heavy metals. According to Stauffer,  the wastes  in  the
oldest landfill were excavated, placed in drums,  and  disposed of in  the
two newer landfills.  The  exact location  of  the oldest landfill is un-
known.  Stauffer  reports that  the  two newer  landfills are  lined with
natural clay and  are covered with  plastic caps.   These landfills are now
graded, grassed,  and fenced.

     Stauffer maintains both upgradient and  downgradient monitoring  wells
at the two newer  landfills. Arsenic and  lead  have  been  detected down-
gradient from one of the landfills.   No monitoring data  are available on
nearby surface waters and air.

     Status (June 1984);   EPA  is considering various  alternatives  for the
site.

        Response  category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       5

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Superfund")
                  STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO.  (LRIDYNE PLANT)
                              Axis, Alabama

    Conditions at listing (September  1983):  Stauffer Chemical  Co.'s
LeMoyne Plant began operations in the early 1950s in Axis, Mobile  County,
Alabama.  At first it manufactured carbon disulfide.  In  1964,  it  started
to produce chlorine and caustic soda, using the mercury cell process.  In
1974, the plant expanded again, producing additional industrial inorganic
compounds.

     During the 1950s and 19fiOs, Stauffer used an on-site landfill
located east of the manufacturing facility and between the facility and
the Mobile River.  Stauffer reports that the landfill contains  drums  of
wastes that may include organics, solvents, heavy metals, acids, and
bases.  The exact quantities and types of wastes are not  known. The
landfill was constructed in native clay and covered with  a 20-mil  vinyl
plastic cap.  Topsoil was spread over the cap, and the area was revege-
ta ted and fenced .

     Ground water is the sole source of  drinking water in this  area.
About 4,000 people (employees of local industries and residents of Falco)
are served by wells within 3 miles of the Lemoyne Plant landfill .   Ground
water in the vicinity of the landfill is contaminated with lead, chromium,
cadmium, chloroform, and carbon tetrachloride, according  to analyses
conducted by EPA.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA is considering various alternatives  for the
site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                           TRIANA/TENNESSEE RIVER
                     Limestone/Morgan Counties, Alabama

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Tnana/Tennessee River
 Site  is in Limestone and Morgan Counties in Alabama.  It consists of
 Triana,  a small town near Huntsville, and 20 miles of the Tennessee River
 and tributaries.   The U.S. Centers for Disease Control has found that
 Triana  residents have been subjected to exceptionally high DDT residues.
 DDT was manufactured for commercial use by a lessee, Olin Corp., at
 Redstone Arsenal  (RSA)  in Huntsville between 1947 and 1970.  The manu-
 facturing,  handling, and disposal practices at the facility led to the
 discharge of DDT residues through RSA's drainage system into the Hunts-
 ville Spring Branch-Indian Creek tributary system, which enters the
 Tennessee River at mile 321.   An estimated 475 tons of DDT residues
 accumulated in  the sediment of the tributary system.  Some fish samples
 exceed  the  Food and Drug Administration guidelines of 5 parts per million
 of DDT  for fish sold in interstate commerce.  An Army Corps of Engineers
 study,  completed  in November 1980, defined the extent of contamination
 and identified  a  preferred engineering alternative for long-term control
 of the  DDT contamination of Huntsville Spring Branch, Indian Creek, and
 adjacent lands  and waters.

     The Department of  Justice,  on behalf  of EPA has brought a Federal
 civil action seeking injunctive relief against parties potentially
 responsible for wastes  associated with the site.

     This site  was once listed under the name "Triana (Redstone Arsenal)."

     Status (July 1983):   The Federal lawsuit has been successfully
 completed through a negotiated settlement.   On May 31, 1983, the overall
 settlement  was  approved by the court and all settlement documents were
 accepted and filed.   The settlement includes a Consent Decree which
 provides, among other things,  that Olin will develop and implement a
 remedial  plan to  isolate DDT from humans and the  environment.   The
 remedial  plan is  due to be submitted by June 1, 1984, to a review
panel established by the Consent Decree.  The panel consists of
representatives from EPA (chairperson),  TVA,  Fish and Wildlife
Service,  Department  of  the  Army,  Alabama Department of Environmental
Management, and Olin Corp.  The  panel will  oversee Olin's remedial
action until termination of the  Consent Decree.

      Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       7

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                              American Samoa (AS)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAH'Superfund")


                               TAPUTIMU FARM
                     Island of Tutuila, American Samoa

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Taputimu Farm Site is on
 the Island of Tutuila, Trust Territory of American Samoa.  The site, part
 of an agricultural experiment farm owned by the Territory, consists of a
 warehouse and trailer which have been used in excess of 10 years for
 storage of chemicals and pesticides.  Approximately 4,000 pounds of
 hazardous wastes  are on-site.  The chemical storage areas are a short
 distance  from a public beach area, and a primary concern is that these
materials could be transported by flood water to the beach 0.3 miles
 away.  Direct human contact and contamination of drinking water and marine
 resources used for food are of concern.

      This is  the  top priority site in American Samoa.

      Status (July 1983):  In July 1982, EPA approved $75,000 for studies
of four sites —Ordot Landfill,  PCS Wastes,  PCB Warehouse, and Taputimu
 Farm — located on islands of the Insular Territories.  Another $65,000
were added in November 1982.  The funds are for two separate projects.
One is to review  and compile existing data for the Qrdot Landfill,  where
ground water  and  surface water may be threatened by hazardous wastes
mixed in  with municipal wastes.   The funds are for a remedial investigation
 to determine  the  type and extent of contamination at each site and a
 feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work
 is scheduled  to be completed in  the third quarter of 1983.  The next
step, if  approved, would be to select the cost-effective remedy and begin
design activities.  In January 1983, EPA awarded $10,000 to the U.S.  Army
Corps of  Engineers for technical assistance  to the project.

        Response Category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R / C
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      9

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                         Arizona (AZ)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           INDIAN BEND WASH AREA
                     Scottsdale-Terape-Phoenix, Arizona

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Indian  Bend Vfesh Area
 encompasses about 12 square miles in parts of Scottsdale, Tempe,  and
 Phoenix, Arizona,  ftround water, which supplies more  than 350,000 people
 in the area, is contaminated with trichloroethylene  (TCE) and other
 chlorinated solvents.  Six municipal wells have been  shut down as a
 result of the contamination .

      Status (July 1983);  An Indian Rend Vtesh Task Force comprised of
 EPA, State, county, and municipal representatives is  seeking to identify
 the extent, magnitude, and sources of the contamination . EPA is  develop-
 ing a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed  to determine the
 full extent of cleanup required at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      11

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")
                          LITCHFIELD AIRPORT AREA
                         Goodyear/Avondale, Arizona

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Litchfield Airport Area
Site covers about 42  square miles in the vicinity of the Phoenix-Litchfield
Municipal Airport and the cities of Goodyear and Avondale,  Arizona.
Ground water  in  the area, which provides drinking water for about 5,000
people,  is contaminated with chlorinated solvents.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA and the State are cooperating in an
investigation to identify the extent, magnitude, and sources of the
contamination.   EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining  the invest-
igations needed  to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the
site.  It will guide  further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       12

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                     MOUNTAIN VIEW MOBILE HOME ESTATES
                               Globe, Arizona

      Conditions at listing (July 1982):  Mountain view Mobile Hone Estates
 is located 75 rrales east of Phoenix, in Globe, Arizona.  The 17-acre site
 is divided into 55 lots, 47 of which are occupied by about 130 residents.
 The subdivision is built on graded chrysotile asbestos tailings around
 the defunct Metate Asbestos mill, directly adjacent to the active Jaguays
 Mining & Equipment Corp. asbestos mill .

      In January 1980, the Arizona Governor declared a state of emergency
 at the site and temporarily relocated residents while the site was
 partially covered and the hates were decontaminated .  Wind, water, and
 human activity have subsequently eroded the 6-inch soil covering, again
 exposing the asbestos tailings .

      This site, once listed under the name "Globe," is the top priority
 site in Arizona .

      Status (July 1983):  In April 1983, EPA initiated a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) which considered three
 alternatives for remedial action .  The study report, published in May
 1983, recommended as the most cost-effective, technically feasible, and
 environmentally accpetable alternative, the following:  permanent
 relocation of Mountain View residents with subsequent site closure,
 capping, and maintenance.  In June 1983, EPA adopted permanent relocation
 as the alternative.

      During the RI/FS activity, EPA and the Federal Emergency Management
 Agency offered to temporarily relocate subdivision residents pending a
 decision on a permanent remedy.  Almost all Mountain View residents
 accepted the offer

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      13

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                            19th AVENUE LANDFILL
                              Phoenix,  Arizona

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);   The 19th Avenue Landfill
 covers approximately 125 acres in Phoenix,  Arizona, on the northern edge
 of the Salt River at 19th Avenue.  In  the past, sand and gravel companies
 excavated material along a 7-mile stretch of the river to depths of up to
 90 feet,  phoenix took over several of these pits for use as waste
 disposal sites.  The 19th Avenue Landfill accepted municipal refuse and
 unknown quantities of industrial waste,  including heavy metals, solvents,
 and pesticides, from 1954 until 197".   Liquids and sludges were disposed
 of in temporary impoundments.

      Portions of the landfill are within the 100-year floodplain of the
 Salt River.  Early in 1979, the river  flooded, raising the water table
 and filling several pits.  The high water also breached several dikes,
 opening landfill cells and causing refuse to wash into the river, and
 allowed water to infiltrate directly into the cells, increasing the
 potential for leachate movement.  Studies by the State have shown that
 leachate is being generated and is contaminating ground water,  in
 addition, saturation of the waste has  resulted in the generation of
 excess amounts of methane gas.  Lateral  migration of the gas has created
 a  potential explosion hazard in the adjoining community.

      A series of court actions initiated by the state against Phoenix in
 1979 resulted in consent and court orders requiring the city to install
 wells to monitor ground water and a system to collect and discharge
 methane.  In addition, the city was required to monitor structures
 adjacent to the site for gas hazards;  study the nature, composition, and
 volume of hazardous wastes at the site;  and permanently close the site.

      Status (July 1983);  The State continues to monitor the city's
 progress at the 19th Avenue Landfill .   The city has closed the site and
 installed monitoring wells, a 3-foot cap, a fence, and a methane collection
 sytem, and plans to install a dike at  the river boundary of the landfill .
 The city has commissioned a consultant to do a site assessment and propose
 remedial action.  The consultant's report is expected in the fall of 1983.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: s
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      14

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund">
                            TUCSON AIRPORT AREA
                              Tucson, Arizona

      Conditions at listing (July 1982);  The Tucson Airport Area Site
 covers about 24 miles in a southwestern section of Tucson in Pima County,
 Arizona.  The site encompasses the Tucson International Airport, Air
 Force plant #44, portions of the San Xavier Indian Reservation, and
 residential areas of South Tucson west of the airport.  Ground water at
 the site is contaminated with organic and metallic compounds, primarily
 trichloroethylene (TCE) and hexavalent chromium.

      The ground water underlying the site is part of the Santa Cruz Basin,
 the aquifer Tucson uses as its principal source of water.  The Tucson
 area, with a population of 517,000, is one of the largest metropolitan
 areas in the country that is totally dependent en ground water for its
 drinking water .

      Status (July 19R3);  A preliminary investigation conducted by EPA,
 the State, and the city confirmed only one source of contamination:
 Air Force Plant #44, a missile manufacturing facility owned by the Air
 Force and operated by Hughes Aircraft.

      In negotiations with EPA, the State, and the city, the Air Force
 agreed to take the necessary actions to clean up the contamination caused
 by the plant.  In the portion of the site north of Los Reales Road, the
 extent and sources of the contamination are as yet unknown .  The State
 has received $581,000 in CERCLA funds under a Cooperative Agreement with
 EPA to complete the investigation to identify the extent and sources of
 the contamination .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      15

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Arkansas (AR)
Hazardous waste Site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               CECIL LINDGEY
                             Newport, Arkansas

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Cecil  Lindsey Site covers
 4.5 acres near Newport, Jackson County, Arkansas.  It is a  privately-
 owned and unpermitted operation that received  industrial wastes from the
 mid-1960s to about 1979 or 1980 .  Drums that previously held pesticides
 and oils containing heavy metals were disposed of, along with  wastes from
 various metal industries.  Previously, the City of Diaz used the site  to
 dispose of municipal wastes.

      Leachate from the sandy soils on the site contains heavy metals and
 organic compounds.  Run-off and flooding have the potential to  contaminate
 the shallow aquifer under the site and nearby village Creek, a  tributary
 to the White River ,

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasi-
 bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination  at  the
 site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      17

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                    FRIT INDUSTRIES (WALNUT RIDGE PLANT)
                           fo&lnut Ridge, Arkansas

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  Frit Industries manufactures
 fertilizers from chemical waste materials on about 30 acres in walnut
 Ridge,  Lawrence County/ Arkansas.  Operations began in 1973.  A fire in
 1979 led  to run-off contaminated with heavy metals.  Operations at the
 site have caused further run-off problems, possible ground water
 contamination,  and air pollution.

      Status (July 1983):  Since December 1981, Frit has been studying run-
 off, the  potential for ground vater contamination, and the buildup of
 heavy metals in the sediments of drainage ditches and Coon Creek.  The
 company submits reports to the State and EPA for comment and has proposed
 a  cleanup plan  involving a plant for treating run-off.

      In February 1983, EPA issued an Administrative Order requiring the
 company to perform an investigation at the site and conduct any remedial
 activities necessary.

      Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      18

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                 GURLEY PIT
                            EHmondson,  Arkansas

      Conditions at listing (Ceoember  1982);   The Gurley Pit covers 3.3
 acres 1 mile north of Edmondson in Crittenden County,  Arkansas.  Between
 1970 and early 1976, the site, which  UBS privately owned and operated,
 was used for disposal of sludges from the refining of  waste oil.  The
 sludges are contaminated with chrcmium and lead and low levels of PCRs.
 In 1978 and 1979, the pit overflowed  into a nearby stream after heavy
 rains.  The State and EPA cleaned up  the site under Section 311 of the
 Clean VBter Act.  Pit overflow continued to be a  potential threat to the
 area.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the type  and extent of  contamination at
 the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

      Response category / Cleanup status  code, October  1984: V R F / o
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      19

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund")
                          INttJSTRIAL WASTE CONTROL
                            Fort Smith,  Arkansas

     Conditions at listing (December 19R2);   The Industrial Vfeste Control
 Site covers  20 acres 12 miles  southeast of Fort Smith, Sebastian County,
 Arkansas, near Jenny Lind. The site, originally a surface and underground
 coal mine, is now an abandoned industrial  and solid waste landfill and
 surface impoundment.

     From 1970 to 1979, the facility was used to dispose of sludges and
 liguid wastes primarily from local  industries.  Contaminants of concern
 include heavy metals and  organics.   A threat exists that pollutants will
migrate via run-off  and subsurface  mines.  Residents obtain their drinking
water primarily from private wells. ?n  overflow in 1977, allegedly
 killing livestock  and fish, ultimately led to the site closing in 1979.

     Status  (July 1983):   EPA  is preparing a remedial  plan outlining the
 investigations needed to  determine  the full  extent of  cleanup required at
 the site.  The next step  would be a remedial investigation/feasibility
 study to determine the  type and  extent of  contamination at the site and
 identify alternatives for remedial  action .

         Response  category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      20

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                           MID-SOJTH WOOD PRODUCTS
                                Mena,  Arkansas

      Conditionsat listing  (October 1981):   Mid-South Wood Products
 processes wood on a 57-acre site  in Mena, Polk County, Arkansas.  The
 company purchased the property in 1978 . Wood-processing operations
 conducted from 1967 to  1977 by the former owner contaminated surface
 waters with pentachlorophenol, creosote, arsenic, and chrcmiun.  There is
 a strong possibility of subsurface contamination.

      Status (July 1983):  The  potentially responsible parties, under an
 agreement with the State, are  taking short-term remedial measures at the
 site.  EPA is considering a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type and  extent  of  contamination at the site and identify
 alternatives for remedial action .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       21

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)l"Superfund")
                               VERT AC, INC.
                          Jacksonville, Arkansas

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981);  The Vertac, Inc.,  site covers
92 acres in Jacksonville, Arkansas.  Since  the late 1940s, insecticides
and herbicides have been manufactured at  the  site. As a  result of
inadequate waste disposal methods and production controls, soil,  surface
water, and ground water have been contaminated by  insecticides,  herbi-
cides, chlorinated phenols, and dioxin .

     In 1980, the Department of Justice (DOT), on  behalf  of  EPA,  brought a
Federal civil action seeking injunctive relief against Vertac, which now
owns and operates the site, and Hercules, Inc., the former owner.  The
State also filed against the two corrpanies, and the cases were consoli-
dated,  in April 1980, a hearing on  a preliminary  injunction resulted in
Vertac being required to (1) drain and cover a contaminated  basin, (2)
treat the drained liquids,  (3) install a  cut-off wall and drain around
the basin, and (4) complete the capping of all disposal areas.  This work
was completed in the summer of 1981.

     Status (July 1983):  To address remaining contamination problems
that could not be addressed in the preliminary injunction or that required
further study, EPA, the State, and nCJ negotiated  a Consent  Decree with
Vertac which became effective in early 1982.  It required Vertac  to
provide a consultant's study of on-site conditions, a proposal for on-
site remedial work, a study of off-site conditions, a study  of lake Dupree
(a nearby lake contaminated with dioxin), and a plan for  on-site  waste
managemen t.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F  / I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      22

-------
National Priorities List Site                                      California (CA)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAlC'Superfund")
                           AEmiECT GENERAL CORP .
                         Rancho Cordova, California

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Aerojet fieneral Corp.
 Site covers 8,500 acres in the eastern portion of Sacramento County,
 California, adjacent to the Rancho Cordova area (population 40,00(1} .  The
 northeast edge of the site is approximately n .5 miles from the American
 River.  Underlying the site are extensive (50-foot deep) gold dredge
 tailings, a remnant of past mining operations.  The upper aquifer is 80
 feet below the surface.  Ground water is used extensively throughout the
 tencho Cordova area to supply municipal, domestic, and industrial water.

      Since 1953, Aerojet and its subsidiaries have disposed of, on-site,
 unknowi quantities of hazardous waste, including trichloroethylene,
 tetracnloroethylene, chloroform, Freon, and other chemicals associated
 with rocket propellants, and various chemical processing v«stes.  Soil
 on-site is contaminated.  Monitoring data show extensive ground water
 contamination on- and off-site, primarily with trichloroethylene.  In
 April 1979, Aerojet and its subsidiaries started ground water studies
 to examine the impact of past disposal practices and to determine the
 requirements for cleanup .

      In December 1979, the State filed suit against Aerojet and a
 subsidiary, Cordova Chemical .

      Status (July 1983):  EPA has worked with the State since 1979,
 providing technical assistance through the Emergency Response Team, the
 las Vegas lab, and Region IX.  In March 1982, the State requested EPA's
 assistance in evaluating Aerojet's "Proposal for a Ground Vfcter Duality
 Control Program."  EPA found major technical problems in Aerojet's
 proposal .  In the past, a confidentiality agreement between Aerojet and
 the State limited EPA access to the documents that would allow EPA to
 independently assess the company's progress toward cleanup.  The agreement
 is no longer in effect.

      On Feb. ?5, 1983, Region IX requested information from Aerojet
 regarding soil and ground water contamination.  EPA will soon complete
 review of the documents received in response.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: S
U S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      23

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                             ATLAS ASBESTOS MINE
                          Fresno County,  California

      Conditions at  listing  (September 1983):   The  Atlas Asbestos Mine
 operated  from 1963  to 1980  on  a 16-acre site about 19 miles northwest of
 Coalinga,  Fresno  County,  California. The abandoned site consists of the
 asbestos  mine, a  processing mill, support buildings, and extensive
 asbestos  tailings .  Drainage from the site is directly downslope into
 White Creek, then into the  IDS Gatos Creek. IDS Gatos Creek is a tribu-
 tary to the Arroyo  Pasajero, a flood area along the California Aqueduct.
 During  the rainy  season,  the California State  Department of Vfeter Re-
 sources drains  the  Arroyo into the aqueduct.   Analysis of water in the
 aqueduct,  conducted by the  Southern California Metropolitan V&ter District
 and the Department  of V&ter Resources,  indicates high concentrations of
 asbestos  fibers .

      Status  (June 1984):   EPA  has conducted initial planning activities
 for this  site.  The purpose was to gather and  review existing data on the
 site, define areas  of insufficient data, and define the scope of any
 remedial  investigation .  The plan also examined what remedial actions
 would be  necessary  to respond  to the release or substantial threat of
 release of asbestos into the environment.  Remedial investigation
 activities are  being formulated and are expected to begin soon.

           Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     24

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAlC'Superiund")
                           CELTOR CHEMICAL WORKS
                             Hoopa, California

      Conditions at listing  (December  1982):  The Celtor Chemical Works
 Site covers about 2 acres in Hoopa, within  the  Hoopa  \falley Indian
 Reservation in the forested mountains in  Humboldt County in northern
 California .  The Trinity River, which supports  the only fish resources
 for the Hoopa Indians, flows through  the  center of the  reservation and
 near the site,  tend in the vicinity  of Celtor  is used  for agriculture,
 residential areas, and industrial/commercial enterprises .

      From 1957 until 1962, copper, zinc,  and precious metals were
 recovered on-site from sulfide ore mined  and trucked  to Celtor from
 nearby Copper Bluff Mine.  Significant levels of cadmium,  lead, arsenic,
 mercury, zinc, and copper have been found at the site,  which children on
 the reservation now use as a play area .

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is investigating  the site further to gather
 the inforrration needed to start a feasibility study,  which will identify
 alternatives for remedial action .

        Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      25

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                           COAI,Ir«A ASBESTOS MINE
                         Fresno County, California

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Coalinga  Asbestos Mine
 operated from 1963 to 1978 on a 3-acre site about 17 miles  northwest of
 Coalinga, Fresno County, California.  The abandoned site  consists of the
 asbestos mine, a processing mill, support buildings, and  asbestos tail-
 ings.  Pine Canyon Creek drains the site into Los Gatos Creek, a  tribu-
 tary to the Arroyo PQsajero, a flood area along the California Aqueduct.
 During the rainy season, the California State Department  of Vfcter Re-
 sources drains the Arroyo into the aqueduct.  Analysis of the veter in
 the aqueduct, conducted by the Southern California Metropolitan Water
 District and the Department of Vfeter Resources, indicates high concentra-
 tions of asbestos fibers.

      Status (June 1984);  EPA has conducted remedial planning activities
 for this site.  The purpose v«s to review the scope of a  remedial action
 plan being proposed by the owner of the site, define areas  of insuffi-
 cient data, and review the proposed remedial action for consistency with
 the National Contingency Plan.  EPA and the Regional Water  Duality Roard
 are continuing review of the proposed remedial action plan.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984; D
U S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      26

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           COAST WTOD PRESERVING
                             Ukiah, California

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  Coast Wood Preserving
 operates a  wood-treating facility on a 7 5-acre site 2 miles south of
 Ukiah in northern California .  Portions of the site are located over two
 streams at  a  point 0.5 miles upstream of where they meet the Pussian
 River.  The river supplies municipal, domestic, and agricultural water.
 The area is a ground water recharge zone.  The ground water supplies
 domestic, agricultural, and industrial water.

      As a result of past handling and storing practices, inorganic
 chemicals have contaminated soil, ground water, and surface water.  A
 study conducted by Coast Wbod found elevated concentrations of chromium,
 arsenic, and copper in ground water.  Soil and sediment also contain
 elevated levels of chromium, arsenic, and copper.

      The State has taken several enforcement actions against the company.
 Most recently, in May 1981, the State issued a Cease and nesist Order
 (CPO) requiring the company to establish a time schedule and interim
 steps to stop releases of toxic waste to ground water and surface water .
 In September 1981, the case was referred to the State Attorney General
 when the company violated the CDO.  In recember 1981, Mendocino County
 Superior Court issued a Stipulation for Preliminary Injunction against
 the company .

      Status (July 1983);  At present, the ccmpany is continuing its
 investigation to determine the full extent of ground water contamination .
 Concurrently, the company is pumping out the contaminated plume and is
 storing it  on site until a final method of treatment and disposal has
 been determined .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     27

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                  DEL NORTE COUNTY PESTICIDE STORAGE AREA
                         Crescent City, California

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The County of  Del  Norte
 owns land south of the county airport approximately 1 mile northwest  of
 Crescent City, California .  Portions of  the land are occupied  by county
 office buildings.  In the early 1970s, an area about 150 by  200  feet  MBS
 fenced to provide a collection site for  a coordinated county-wide program
 for the interim storage of empty pesticide drums.  The drums had con-
 tained pesticides, including dichloropropenes, dichloropropanes, 2,4-D,
 and 2,4,5-T.  The county removed about 1,500 drums in January  1982 .
 Sampling by the State has confirmed the  presence of 1,2-dichloropropane,
 2,4-D, and 2,4,5-T in the ground water at levels that equal  or exceed
 the suggested maximum contaminant levels for these compounds.  To date,
 there has been no evidence that off-site residential wells have  been
 contaminated.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is conducting a remedial  investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the nature, cause, and extent of  contami-
 nation at the site and to identify alternatives for remedial actions.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      28

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             IRON MOUNTAIN MINE
                            [tedding, California

      Conditions at listing (October 19S1);  Iron Mountain Mine  is a
 privately-owied site in the Klarreth Mountains of Shasta County, 9 miles
 northwest of Redding, California.  The mine area, which encompasses about
 2,000 acres, is drained by Boulder Creek and slickrock Creek, both
 tributaries to Spring Creek .  Spring Creek drains into Keswick  Reservoir .
 Flat Creek, which also drains a portion of the site, enters Keswick
 Reservoir just upstream of Spring Creek .  Keswick Reservoir was formed by
 the construction of Keswich Dam on the Sacramento River, which  is a major
 source of Redding's drinking hater.  The State has estimated that a daily
 average of 2,350 pounds of zinc, 300 pounds of copper, and 50 pounds of
 cadmium are carried into Keswick Reservoir from the site.

      Status (July 1983);  In February 1982, the State brought action
 against the present owner of the site .  The action resulted in a default
 judgment against the company and fines totalling S16 .R million .  In June
 and July 1982, the company filed motions to vacate the default judgments,
 which the Shasta County Superior Court denied .  In August 1982, the
 company filed an appeal from the denials on its motion,  rne appeal is
 still pending.  The company has reached a settlement with the State on
 the S16 .8 million default judgment.  CERCIA funding is being requested
 for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
 extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
 action .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     29

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              JIBBOOM JUNKYARD
                           Sacramento, California

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Jibboom Junkyard covers
 9 acres in Sacramento,  California, on the floodplain of the Sacramento
 River.  A metal-salvaging business operated on the site,  toiong other
 things, the company dismantled transformers and possibly asbestos-lined
 boilers.  The original  size of the site is unknown, but it may once have
 covered about 35 acres,  portions of the original site are now occupied
 by motels and/or are a  part of Interstate Freeway 1-5.

      Soil sampling by the State in 1981 detected levels of heavy metals
 exceeding the State's Total Threshold Limit Concentrations.  There were
 also indications of PCB contamination .  The soil is highly permeable, and
 the aquifer is 35 feet below the surface.  The city's drinking water is
 taken from the river at the northwest corner of the site.  The river is
 also used for recreation and irrigation.

      Status (July 19B3):  In April 1983, EPA collected soil samples, and
 in Hay 19R3 the state fenced the site to limit public access.  In June
 1983, deep core samples were collected to further determine the extent
 and nature of contamination on the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      30

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                      KOPPERS CO.,  IMC. (OROvtLLE PLANT)
                             Croville,  California

      Conditions at listing  (September 1983);   Koppers Co., Inc.,
 preserv es wood with chemical  solutions  en  a  40-acre site in Oroville,
 Butte County,  California.  The facility  is  partially situated on dredge
 tailings.  Both shallow and deep  aquifers exist below the site and are
 connected.  According to  analyses done by the Central Valley Regional
 later Duality  Control Board, the  shallow aquifer is contaminated with
 pentachlorophanol  (PCP),  isopropyl ether, various polynuclear aromatics,
 copper, chromium,  and arsenic, all of which Koppers uses or has used in
 its processes. The Koppers facility  has been contaminated by chemicals
 spilled during treatment  or storage of lumber over unpaved areas, as well
 as leakage fron underground piping.  In  September 1982,  the State issued
 a Cease and Dssist Order.  Working with  the State, Koppers prepared a
 workplan, which identified  the contaminated areas of the plant and propos-
 ed actions to  clean  them  up.

      Status (June  1984):  In January  1984,  PCP contamination was discover-
 ed in nearby residential drinking water  supply wells. Preliminary samp-
 ling indicates that this  contamination may  be a result of off-site migra-
 tion .  Koppers is  currently supplying  the affected residents with bottled
 water and is formulating  a  sampling plan to further characterize the
 extent of contamination .  When the extent and causes of  contamination are
 defined, the State and Koppers will begin negotiations on the remedial
 action plan .

          Response  category  / Cleanup  status code,  October 1984:  S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      31

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           LIQUID GOLD OIL CORP .
                            Piclmcnd, California

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Liquid Gold Oil Corp.
 Site covers 17 acres of filled marshland within the City of Richmond,
 California.  Liquid Gold was registered with the State of California as
 a "v\aste oil pickup" business.  It purchased used oil and resold it for
 uses such as fuel, lubricating oil, and dust control .  Several deterio-
 rating buildings and 27 storage tanks of various sizes are on about 2
 acres,  oily wastes found en the ground, as well as liquid wastes stored
 in the tanks, contain lead, chromium, nickel, and phenols.  The site is
 within 1,000 feet of the San Francisco Bay and overlies shallow ground
 water, which has no knowi beneficial uses at present.

      Status (July 1983);  The site has been the subject of numerous State
 enforcement actions, and Liquid Gold has ceased operations at this
 location.  The State is working with the landowner. Southern Pacific
 Transportation Co., to clean up the Liquid Gold facility.  In May 1983,
 Southern Pacific completed removing the storage tanks and their contents
 from the facility.  The State expects to receive a cleanup plan from
 Southern Pacific in August 1983.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      32

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                   MCCOLL
                           Fullerton, California

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The McColl Site is an
 inactive waste disposal facility covering 8 acres in Fullerton, Orange
 County,  California.  The site consists of two distinct areas:  (1) the
 Ramparts,  which is in the eastern portion of the site and is surrounded
 by developed property and residences and (2) the Los Coyotes Area, which
 is in the  western portion and underlies a part of the l£>s Coyotes Country
 Club Golf  Course.

      About 200,000 cubic yards of wastes, primarily oil refinery acid
 sludge and oil field drilling muds, are on-site.  The sludge v«s placed
 in sumps and covered with drilling muds and other fill materials.  The
 major portion of wastes is acidic and contains sulfur and organic
 chemicals.  The wastes have reacted to produce a mixture of complex
 organic  and sulfur-containing compounds, some of which are gases.  The
 odors from some of the gases are easily detected by nearby residents .
 There is a potential for direct contact with the wastes and for contam-
 ination  of surface water and ground water.

      In  October 1981, EPA, the State, and potentially responsible parties
 agreed on  a three-phase cleanup plan:  Phase I, a complete site investi-
 gation;  Phase II, a development and evaluation of remedial alternatives;
 and phase  III, cleanup of the site.  Phases I and II have been completed,
 and excavation of the site has been determined to be the most cost-
 effective  remedy .

      Status (July 1983):  Phase III is scheduled to begin in October 1983 .
 The State  and EPA are entering into negotiations with potentially
 responsible parties to compel them to pay for or participate in the
 remedial action .  If negotiations are not successful or timely, the State
 plans to apply for Federal funding and enter into a Cooperative Agreement
 with EPA.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     33

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                 MGM BRAKES
                           Cloverdale, California

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The MGM Brakes Site covers
 8 acres at the southern edge of Cloverdale, California, and is surrounded
 by residential, industrial, commercial, and agricultural areas.  It is
 priirarily a privately ovned brake assembly and casting plant.

      In the past, this facility operated casting machines that used
 hydraulic fluids containing PCBs.  When casting operations started,
 leakage from the machines collected and discharged onto an open field
 at the south end of the plant.  This method of waste handling continued
 until August 1981, when the State directed the facility to discontinue
 the discharge and clean up the site.  Hazardous concentrations of PCBs
 were found in the open field and inside the casting plant.  Run-off from
 the site drains into Icaria Creek, a tributary to the Russian River.
 About 1 mile from the site, the river supplies drinking water to Marin
 and Sonoma Counties.  River water is also used for agricultural purposes.
 The facility overlies a shallow aquifer 8 to 25 feet below the surface.

      In August 1981, following a State order, MGM Brakes began removal
 of soil contaminated with oil from the field adjacent to the casting
 building.  Before disposing of the soil, the transporter tested it and
 found that it contained PCBs,  Following the discovery, the casting
 building was found to be contaminated with PCBs.  MGM Brakes cleaned up
 the plant building in early 1982.  A study by MGM Brakes determined that
 PCBs were in the soil to a depth of 20 feet.  An estimated 3,000 cubic
 yards of soil are contaminated.  Usable ground water in the vicinity of
 the site is free of contamination at present.

      Status (July 1983):  With these studies now complete, the State and
 MGM Brakes are nearing agreement on the terms of a final cleanup plan at
 the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     34

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           PUPITY OIL SALES,  INC .
                             N&laga,  California

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);   The Purity Oil Sales, Inc.,
 Site  covers 6 acres in an  industrial-residential  area 2 miles south of
 Fresno in  Malaga,  Fresno County, California .  To the north is a mobile
 hone  park, scrap metal recycling/reclaiming  facility, and a combination
 service station, market  and  coffee shop.  An  irrigation canal is to the
 south,  Santa Fe Railroad to  the west,  and south Maple Avenue to the east.
 The Fresno Aquifer, about  30 feet below the  surface, provides water for
 municipal, industrial, and agricultural purposes, as well as for a number
 of private wells.   The area  is  also  a  ground water recharge zone.

      Oily  liquids  and sludges have been disposed  of en-site for many
 years.  Some liquid wastes remain in a concrete pond.  Former sludge
 disposal ponds  have been filled with construction debris.  Soil samples
 contain significant concentrations of  PCBs,  lead, copper, zinc, and
 various volatile organics.  An  unknown sludge-like substance is cozing
 from  the filled area and has, in places,  entered  adjacent properties.
 The site was closed in 1974. All buildings  were  removed, and the site
 was fenced.

      Status (July  1983);   The state  has requested CERCLA funding for a
 remedial investigation/feasibility study to  determine the type and extent
of contamination at the  site and identify alternatives for remedial
action .

         Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     35

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                        SAN GABRIEL VALLEY  (AREA 1)
                            El Monte, California

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Kan Gabriel Valley  (Area 1)
 is a ground water plane that runs along the axis of the Rio Hondo Wash
 and the Salt Pit v*sh in the San Gabriel ground voter basin in El Monte,
 Los Angeles County, California.  The plume also parallels the San Gabriel
 River to the east.  It is approximately 4 miles long and 1 .5 miles wide.

      Ground water is contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloro-
 ethylene (PCE), and carbon tetrachloride (CTC) according to analyses by
 State agencies and local water companies.  Nfeny public wells in this area
 exceed the EPA Suggested No Adverse Response Levels (SNARL) for TCE and
 PCE.  Approximately 200,000 people are affected.  Cities and public water
 companies in the area have tested to ensure that their water supplies
 contain less than 5 parts per billion (ppb) of TCE and 4 ppb PCE, levels
 considered safe for human consumption.  When alternative methods of
 reducing the TCE and PCE levels below such levels are not effective,
 wells are removed from service.

      Currently, three small mutual water companies have no alternate
 water supply and have advised their customers to use bottled water.

      Status (June 1984):  As a result of EPA's analysis of initial
 remedial measures, completed in fecember 1983, EPA will install water
 treatment systems to provide clean water to two of the three companies
 that have no alternate supply.  The third company has already purchased a
 treatment system and will begin operation of the system soon.

      A supplemental sampling program of contaminated walls will begin
 scon to get a "snapshot" view of the degree of contamination .  The State
 Department of Health Services and EPA are preparing to initiate a
 remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the aerial and
 vertical extent of contamination and to develop alternatives for treat-
 ment and management of the problem.

      EPA continues its investigation to identify sources of contamina-
 tion .

      This site, along with the three other San Gabriel Valley sites, was
 added to the NPL in May 1984 because it involves a serious problem that
 required taking immediate remedial action .

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      36

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Superfund")
                         SAN GARRIEL VALLEY (AREA 2)
                           Baldwin Bark,  California

      Conditions  at listing (September 1983);   San Gabriel Valley (Area 2)
 is a ground water  plume that parallels  the San Gabriel River to the west
 in the San Gabriel ground water basin in the  Baldwin Park area of Los
 Angeles County,  California . The plume  is about 7 .5 miles long and 1 .5
 miles wide.

      Ground water  is  contaminated with  trichloroethylene (TCE), perchloro-
 ethylene  (PCE),  and carbon tetrachloride, according to analyses by State
 agencies and local  water companies.  Many public wells in the area exceed
 the EPA Suggested  No  Adverse Itesponse Levels  (SNARL)  for TCE and PCE.
 Approximately 100,000 people are affected. Cities  and public water
 companies in the area have tested to  ensure that their water supplies
 contain less than  5 parts per billion (ppb) of TCE, a level  considered
 safe for human consumption. When alternative methods of reducing the TCE
 level below 5 ppb  are not effective,  wells are removed from  service.

      Status (June  1984):   A supplemental  sampling program of contaminated
 wells will begin soon to get a  "snapshot" view of the degree of contamina-
 tion .  The State Department of  Health Services and  EPA are preparing to
 initiate a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
 aerial and vertical extent of contamination and  to  develop alternatives
 for treatment and management of the problem.

      EPA continues  its  investigation  to  identify sources of  the  contamina-
 tion .

      This site,  along with the  three  other San Gabriel  Valley sites,  was
 added to the NPL in May 1984 because  it  involves a  serious problem that
 required taking  immediate  remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 19S4:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     37

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                        SAN GABRIEL VALLEY  (AREA 3)
                            Alhambra, California

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  San Gabriel Valley (Area  3)
 is a ground voter pi true that runs along the axis of  the west  fork of  the
 Alhambra Creek in the San Gabriel ground water  basin in Alhambra, Los
 Angeles County, California.  The plume is about 2 miles long  and 1 mile
 wide.

      Ground water is contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) and
 perch loro ethylene (PCE), according to analyses by  State agencies and
 local water companies.  Many public wells  in  the area exceed  the EPA
 Suggested No Adverse ftesponse Levels (SNARL)  for TCE and PCE.   Approx-
 imately 100,000 people are affected.  Cities  and public voter companies
 in the area rave tested to ensure that their  water supplies contain less
 than 5 parts billion (ppb) of TCE, a level considered safe for human
 consumption.  When alternative methods of reducing the TCE level  below  5
 ppb are not effective, wells are removed from service.

      Status (June 1984):  A supplemental sampling program of  contaminated
 wells will begin soon to get a "snapshot" view  of the degree  of  contami-
 nation .  The State FEpartment of Health Services and EPA are  preparing
 to initiate a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
 aerial and vertical extent of contamination and to develop alternatives
 for treatment and management of the problem.

      EPA continues its investigation to identify sources of the  contami-
 nation .

      This site, along with the three other San  Gabriel Valley sites,  was
 added to the NPL in May 1984 because it involves a serious problem that
 retired taking immediate remedial action .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      38

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                         SAN GABRIEL VALLEY (AREA 4)
                            La Puente, California
                         ing (S
                          that
  is a  ground voter plume that runs along the axis of the San Jose Creek in
  the San Gabriel ground water basin in La Puenta, Los Angeles County,
  California.  The plume is about 1 mile long and 1 mile wide.

       Ground water is contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) and per-
  chloroethylene (PCE), according to analyses by State agencies and local
  water companies.  Many public wells in the area exceed the EPA Suggested
  No Adverse Response Levels (SNARL) for TCE and PCR.  Approximately 100,000
  people are affected.  Cities and public water companies in the area have
  tested to ensure that their water supplies contain less than 5 parts perK
  billion (ppb) of TCE, a level considered safe for human consumption .
  When  alternative methods of reducing the TCE level below 5 ppb are not
  effective, wells are removed from service.

       Status (June 1984);   A supplemental sampling program of contaminated
  wells will begin soon to get a "snapshot" view of the degree of contami-
  nation .  The State Department of Health Services and EPA are preparing
  to initiate a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
  aerial and vertical extent of contamination and to develop alternatives
  for treatment and management of the problem.

       EPA continues its investigation to identify sources of the contami-
  nation .

       This site,  along with the three other San Gabriel Valley sites, was
  added to the NPL in May 1984 because it involves a serious problem that
  required taking immediate remedial action.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      39

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             SELMA TREATING CO.
                             Selma,  California

      Conditions at listing (Dscember 1982);  The Selma  Treating Co. Site
 covers  12 acres about 0.5  miles  south of  Selma,  Fresno  County,  California.
 The site is in  an area of  single family residences,  light industry, and
 agriculture. Vvbod-trea ting operations  began at  the  site  in 1936.
 Pressure treating began in 1965. Process wastes were discharged into an
 off-site drainage ditch, several on-site  disposal wells,  and an unlined
 pond.  Preservative from treated wood and treatment  vessels was dripped
 and spilled in  numerous areas  on-site,  and sludge scraped from tanks was
 placed  in piles on-site.  The  owner of  the company filed  a bankruptcy
 action  in 1981.  A new facility  owner,  Sawmill Properties, Inc., resumed
 partial operation in 1982.

      Sampling indicates elevated levels of copper, chromium, arsenic, and
 pentachlorophenol in soil  and  ground water, both on- and  off-site.  At 25
 to 30 feet  below the surface is  an  aquifer that  is the  sole source of
 water in the area.  The site is  also in a ground water  recharge zone.

      In February 1981, EPA sent  a letter  (under  Section 3007 of the
 Resource Conservation and  Ftecovery  Act) to the owner requesting that the
 company (1) identify hazardous wastes generated, treated, or disposed of,
 (2) identify products used, (3)  describe  operating processes, (4) provide
 maps, and (5) provide any  proposals for remedial measures.  In  March and
 f\ay 1981, the company responded  with the  information requested.  In
 September 1981, the State  issued a  Cleanup and Abatement  Order to the
 company. In November 1982, Selrra leasing Co,  the owner of the  land,
 proposed a  site monitoring plan.

      Status (July 1983):   Results of the  owner's monitoring plan are
 expected in July 1983.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      40

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"f
                                STRINGFELWW
                       Glen Avon Heights, California

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Stringfellow Site covers
 22 acres in a canyon near Glen Avon Heights in southern California .  From
 August 1956 to November 1972,  an estimated 34 million gallons of liquid
 wastes (spent acid, organics,  and heavy metals)  were dumped into surface
 impoundments.  Heavy rainfall  in the past has led to the release of
 hazardous wastes into the environment.  Both surface water  and ground
 water are contaminated.  In December 1980, the site reverted to  the State
 for failure to pay back taxes.

      Early  in 1980, EPA's Regional Response Team directed the removal  of
 over 10 million gallons of wastes from the site.  About S828,000,  autho-
 rized under Section 311 of the Clean Vfeter Act,  was spent to transport
 wastes, reinforce containment  barriers,  and repair the  truck-loading
 areas.  In  1981, the State undertook a program of temporary construction
 to stabilize the site.  EPA assisted by awarding a $95,000  Cooperative
 Agreement (using funds under the Resource Conservation  and  Recovery Act)
 to California  for design work  and additional  analyses.   After completion
 of the design,  the State began another temporary construction program
 involving leachate controls, drainage  controls,  waste neutralization,
 and site grading and capping.   leachate  is being hauled  to  an off-site
 facility for disposal .

     This is the top priority  site in  California.

     Status (July 1983);   On April  18, 1983, a draft Cooperative Agreement
 was received at EPA Headquarters. The agreement requested  reimbursement
 for  past State  expenditures at  the  site, a  remedial  investigation and
 feasibility study,  initial remedial  measures  for fencing  and  controlling
 erosion, and continued  hauling of  leachate  to an  off-site disposal
 facility.

     On  April  21,  1983,  the Department of  Justice,  on behalf  of EPA,
 joined with the State  to file a suit in u ,S .  District Court against  31
 parties  responsible  for  wastes associated  with the  site.

     In  April and  my  1983, both  EPA and the State  took emergency measures
 to maintain  site integrity.  These  include  temporary fencing,  installation
 of a french drain, sampling, and other interim control measures.

      Response  category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  P F / o
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      41

-------

-------
 National Priorities List Site                                       Colorado (CO)
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           BRODERICK WOOD PRODUCTS
                               Denver, Colorado

       Conditions at listing (September 1983);  Rroderick Wood Products
 occupies 64 acres in an industrial section of Denver, Colorado.  It
 operated from 1946 to 1981, using pentachlorophenol and creosote to treat
 and  preserve wood.  Vfestes were disposed of primarily in two lagoons.

       EPA has documented contamination of soils, ground water, and surface
 water .   Recent data show that the ground water north of the facility
 contains at least 10,000 micrograms per liter of pen tachlorophenol,
 making it unsafe for human consumption.  Pr\ unlined irrigation ditch
 along the northern boundary of the site shows trace levels of penta-
 chlorophenol.

       Status (June 1984);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
 site.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      43

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                              CALIFORNIA GULCH
                            leadville, Colorado

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  California Gulch flows about
 1 .5 miles to its confluence with the Arkansas River in Colorado's Lead-
 ville Mining District.  The gulch has been seriously impacted by lead,
 silver, zinc, copper, and gold mining activities.  Numerous abandoned
 mines and tailing piles are located in the gulch.  The most serious water
 quality problem is acid mine drainage from the Vak Tunnel, a 3 .4-mile
 tunnel constructed from 1895 to 1909 for the purpose of exploration,
 transportation of ore, and mine drainage.  The tunnel is connected to 17
 mines.  The flow fron the tunnel contains high concentrations of dissolved
 metals, including iron, lead, zinc, manganese, and cadmium.

      California Gulch drains to the Arkansas River.  There is concern
 about the potential for (1) contamination of domestic ground vater supplies
 in the California Gulch area, (2) adverse impacts on fish in the Arkansas
 River, and (3) adverse impacts on livestock and crops growi on agricultural
 land irrigated by the Arkansas River.

      Status (July 1983);  F.PA is conducting a remedial investigation to
 define the contamination problem the Yak Tunnel and tailings piles pose
 to ground water and surface water and a feasibility study to evaluate and
 select a remedy to correct the problem.  The work is scheduled to be
 completed in the second quarter of 19R4 .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      44

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                          CENTRAL CITY-CLEAR CREEK
                          Idaho Springs, Colorado

      Conditions at listing (July 1982);  The Central City-Clear Creek
 Site is in Gilpin County in north central Colorado.  It consists of a
 limited number of abandoned gold mines near Central City and the Argo
 Tunnel in Idaho Springs.  Completed in 1904, the 4-mile tunnel drains
 ground water from 30 or more inactive mines.  Acid drainage containing
 heavy metals (cadmium, copper, iron, lead, manganese, and zinc) flows
 from the mines near Central City and the tunnel into Clear Creek, an
 important source of industrial, recreational, agricultural, and drinking
 water.  In May 19RO, a large discharge ("blow-out") frcm the tunnel
 affected downstream users.  Wells supplying drinking water are also
 contaminated .

      Status (July 19R3);  EPA plans to spend about 875,000 to conduct
 (1)  a remedial investigation to determine the quality, quantity, and
 seasonal variations of flows from the mines and tunnel and (2) a feas-
 ibility study to identify alternatives for treating or preventiong the
 continuous discharge and for preventing blow-outs.  The work is scheduled
 to be completed in the first quarter of 1985.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      45

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                             DENVER RADIUM SITE
                              Denver,  Colorado

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);   A 1915 U .S. Bureau of Mines
report refers  to a National  Radium Institute in Denver, which led to the
identification of 35 Colorado properties where radium  was processed,
refined, or fabricated  into  various devices or products,  of these
properties, 31 are located in the  metropolitan Denver  area and include
vacant land, industrial operations, buildings, and public streets.  Other
disposition of this radioactive  residue is  still unknown .  All locations
have  varying levels of radioactivity.  In June 1981, using funds available
under the Resource Conservation  and Recovery Act, EPA  awarded a $100,00
Cooperative Ajreement to  Colorado, and  added $178,600  in .September 1981 .
The funds were to (1) conduct remedial  investigations  to determine the
extent and type of contamination within each of the 31 renver properties
and (2) undertake design  activities at  9.

      Status (July 1983);   In August 1982, EPA provided an additional
815,000 in contract support  for  a  feasibility study to identify alterna-
tives for remedial action at the properties.  EPA plans to spend about
$250,000 to extend the  remedial  investigation outside  the boundaries of
six properties and to complete a feasibility study consistent with CERCLA
guidelines.  Studies of five properties have been completed; the remaining
26 are scheduled for completion  by the  third quarter of 1984.

         Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      46

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                 LINCOLN PARK
                             Canon City, Colorado

       Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Ground water supplies in
  the Lincoln ISrk section of Canon City, Colorado, have been affected by
  the waste disposal activities of a nearby uranium mill operated by Cotter
  Corp. since 1958.  Liquid waste containing both radionuclides and heavy
  metals from the mill was discharged for years into unlined tailings
  ponds.  Cotter is in the process of transferring this material into lined
  impoundments.  The company's monitoring data indicate a plume of contami-
  nants, including molybdenum,  uranium, and selenium, extending from the
  mill along Sand Creek and affecting private wells serving about 200
  people in Lincoln Park .  Sand Creek is an intermittent tributary to the
  Arkansas River.

       Status (June 1984):  Cotter reports that it has completed transferr-
  ing the  tailings.

       Cotter has taken several actions challenging the proposed listing on
  the NPL  of Lincoln Bark.  In  August 1983, Cotter filed suit in U.S.
  District Court seeking injunctive and declaratory relief to prevent
  listing  in  the September proposal.  The Court denied  the preliminary
  injunction  request.  Cotter appealed the denial  to the 10th Circuit Court
  of  Appeals.  A hearing on EPA's motion to dismiss Cotter's request for
  permanent injunction  and declaratory relief from the  U £. District Court
  was  held  on Nbrch 6,  1984. EPA's motion  was granted  in  April  1984.

      m  Dec.  7,  1983,  Cotter  filed  a formal  petition  in  the District of
  Columbia  Circuit Court of Appeals  to review  the  September  proposed list-
  ing  of Lincoln Park.   No dates  for  argument  have been scheduled.

      Cotter's  Radioactive Materials License,  issued by Cblorado under
 delegation  from  the Nuclear Regulatory Commission,  is subject  to renewal
  in the summer of  1984 .

           Response  category /  Cleanup status  code, October  1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      47

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                                LOWRY  LANDFILL
                         Arapahoe County,  Colorado

       Conditions at listing  (September  1983):   Lowry Landfill  covers 250
 acres in ftrapahoe County,  15 miles southeast of Denver,  Colorado.  From
 1967  to 1980,  the landfill, owned and operated  by the City and County of
 Denver, was  the major disposal site  for municipal  and industrial  wastes
 generated by the Denver inetropolitan area.  fr\  estimated 100 million
 gallons of liquid chemical wastes, including chlorinated solvents and
 oily wastes, were disposed with municipal  refuse in  unlined trenches
 excavated into surface soils and bedrock.  Monitoring data  collected
 by EPA, the  state, and Denver  indicate  that  volatile organic compounds
 (including benzene, toluene, tetrachloroethylene,  and chloroform) have
 migrated from  the trenches into shallow and  bedrock  ground water.  The
 shallow contaminated plume extends at least  1 mile past  the disposal
 areas.

      EPA is  planning a remedial investigation/feasibility study to  deter-
 mine the type and extent of contamination  at the site and identify  alter-
 natives for  remedial action.

      In June 1983, under CERCLA Section 106, EPA ordered Denver to  control
 and treat the contaminated shallow ground  water.

      Status  (June 1984):  Pursuant to an Administrative  Order  on  Consent
 under CERCLA 106 issued in January 1984, Denver  is constructing a com-
 pacted clay barrier and a carbon adsorption  treatment system.   They are
 scheduled to be completed in July 1984.

      The remedial investigation/feasibility  study is underway.

         Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984:  V R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      48

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             MARSHALL LANDFILL
                         Boulder County,  Colorado

     Conditions at listing  (July 1982);   The Marshall Landfill covers 160
acres in Boulder County, Colorado.   It  has  been operated  as a municipal
waste landfill by several private parties since 1965.  An RO-acre portion
was closed in 1974 .  Municipal waste and  sewage slirige were dumped at
both the active and  inactive areas,  and industrial  liquid wastes may have
been disposed of in  both.

     Samples from wells and  seeps indicate  elevated levels of contaminants,
including phenols, methylene chloride,  trichloroethylene, and diethyl
phthalate in ground  water beneath the site.  Seepage frcrn the base of the
landfill is also contaminated.  The  seeps drain into Community nitch,
which flows to a water treatment facility operated  by Louisville about 3
miles dounstream from the landfill.

     This is the top priority site in Colorado.

     Status (July 1983):  Action to  isolate Community Ditch from all
contaminated surface water seeps is  presently planned, along with an
investigation to determine the extent of  contamination of ground water
beneath the landfill .  Based on results of  the study, further remedial
actions will be determined .  These studies  are scheduled  to be completed
by the second quarter of 1984.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      49

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                           SAND CREEK INDUSTRIAL
                          Ccrnrnerce City, Colorado

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Sand Creek Industrial
 Sits occupies more than 300 acres in Ccnmerce City, Colorado.  Most of
 the site is industrially zoned and has supported a high volume of chemical
 and petroleum production.  The site includes the former Oriental Refinery,
 the 48th and Holly Streets Landfill, the Colorado Organic Chemical Corp.,
 acid waste disposal pits used by the L. C. Corp., and several small
 residences and businesses.  The area has been the subject of health and
 environmental concerns for the past 7 years.  Investigations by the Tri-
 County District Health Department and the State have linked ground water,
 surface water, and soil contamination at the site with the four major
 facilities listed.  The principal contaminants at the site include
 petroleum derivatives, sulfuric acid, and pesticides.  In June 1982, EPA
 completed a study to characterize the nature of this contamination .
 Surface water, ground water, and soil samples were taken.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA's 1982 study showed the presence of
 inorganic contaminants (arsenic, cadmium, chromium, nickel, and zinc) in
 a well and in Sand Creek almost due north of the well .  The study also
 showed that ground water is contaminated with various organic chemicals.
 The highest levels were found near the old Oriental Refinery and down-
 gradient of the landfill .

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      50

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                           TOOCHJRY CHEMICAL CO.
                          Comrrerce City/ Colorado

      Conditions at listing (July 1982):  Wbodbury Chemical  Co.  operated  a
 pesticide-formulating plant in Commerce City/ Colorado,  from the late
 1950s until 19fi5, when it MBS destroyed by fire.  Fire debris and  rubble,
 including water-soaked bags of pesticides and contaminated  soils,  were
 disposed of in an adjacent vacant lot.  About 500 cubic  yards of wastes
 are involved.  Soil samples taken in the lot have high levels of aldrin,
 DDT, endrin, and several other pesticides.  The waste is uncovered, and
 the site unfenced and unmarked.  The potential exists for contamination
 of surface water and ground water, which may be as shallow  as 7 feet.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA will spend $65,000 to conduct a remedial
 investigation to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
 site, and a feasibility study to identify alternatives for  remedial
 action .  The work is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of
 1984.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      51

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site             Commonwealth of the Marianas (CM)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Superfund")
                              PCB WAREHOUSE
                     Saipan, Northern Mariana Islands

     Conditions at listing (October; 1981):  The PCB Warehouse on Saipan,
Northern Mariana Islands, is a temporary  shelter built  to store about
1,400 gallons of transformer fluid containing up to 25,000 parts per
million of PCBs.  The fluid is stored, awaiting shipment or off-site
disposal.  The storage site is adjacent to the Philippine Sea.  PCB
contamination of drinking water and marine resources used for food is
of concern.

     This is the top priority site in the Northern Mariana Islands.

     Status (July 1983):  In July 1982, EPA approved $75,000 for studies
of four sites — Ordot Landfill, PCB Wastes, PCB Warehouse, and Taputimu
Farm — located on islands of the Insular Territories.  .Another $65,000
were added in November 1982.  The funds are for two separate projects.
One is to review and compile existing data for the Ordot Landfill, where
ground water and surface water may be threatened by hazardous wastes
mixed in with municipal wastes.  The second is for the  other three sites,
where wastes are containerized.  The funds are for a remedial investigation
to determine the type and extent of contamination at each site and a
feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work
is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 1983.  The next
step, if approved, would be to select the cost-effective remedy and begin
design activities.  In January 1983, EPA  awarded $10,000 to the U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers for technical assistance to the project.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / C
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     53

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                    Connecticut (CT)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'SupQffund')


                          BEACON HEIGHTS LANDFILL
                         Beacon Falls, Connecticut

     Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Beacon Heights Landfill
covers  83  acres on the crest of a large hill in a sparsely populated area
of  Beacon  Falls, Connecticut.  It operated intermittently from the 1920s
through the late 1970s.  From 1970 until it was closed in 1979, the site
operated as a minimum-cover landfill for mixed municipal and industrial
waste.  Hockcanum  Brook is contaminated with chloroform, methyl acetate,
and ethyl  acetate.   Beginning in 1972, the State initiated several legal
actions against the owners.  When the landfill was closed, the terras of
the 1977 permit for closure were not met, and the landfill continued to
accept  sludge from waste water treatment plants.  The sludge was added to
support vegetation in areas that were to be covered.  The areas have been
seeded  and are  supporting  vegetation.  Sludge fron waste water treatment
plants  continues to be accepted and is applied on top of the existing
vegetation.

     Status (July  1983);  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations needed  to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at  the  site.  It recommends that a $356,000, 9-month remedial investi-
gation/feasibility study be undertaken to fully characterize the site and
evaluate alternatives.   Included is a sampling program for 35 private
wells.  Source  controls to be evaluated include capping and diversion of
surface water flow.  Off-site actions to be evaluated include provision
of  alternate water supplies, if needed, and treatment of the identified
contaminant plume.

         Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      55

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAIC'Superfund")
                         KELLOGG-DEERING WELL  FIELD
                            Norwalk, Connecticut

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The  Kellogg-Leering Well
 Field covers 10 acres in Norwalk, Farrfield County, Connecticut.  It
 contains four wells that supply Norwalk's 45,000 residents.  In  1975,
 routine monitoring by the Norwalk First Taxing District Water  Department
 detected elevated levels of trichloroethylene in the wells.  Since then,
 the State and private parties have investigated the site extensively to
 define the problem and identify source(s) of  contamination.  The water
 department blends water from the wells and nearby reservoirs to  provide
 water that is safe for human consumption.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is working with the water department to
 clean up the site.EPA has obligated $475,000 for remedial planning
 activities and for a remedial investigation/feasibility study  to deter-
 mine the type and extent of contamination at  the site and identify
 alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      56

-------
  National Priorities List Site
  Hazardous waste site listed under the
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                            LAUREL PARK,  INC.
                      Naugatuck Borough,  Connecticut

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981):  The Laurel Park  Landfill,
operated by Laurel Park, Inc., covers 35  acres in a  sparsely populated
area of Naugatuck Borough,  New Haven County, Connecticut.  The landfill
is situated on top of Huntington Hill, a  steep ridge about 1.3 miles
southwest of the center of  Naugatuck.  Since the 1950s,  the  landfill has
accepted industrial and municipal wastes.  About 12.8 acres  were  permitted
by the State to accept the  wastes.   About 200 tons per day were disposed
of at the site.  In the early 1960s, citizens began  to complain about
odors, fires, spills, and run-off.

     The maximum depth of the landfill is about 115  feet.  The bedrock is
shallow, and leachate is visible on  all major slopes at  the  landfill.
Leachate sampling at the base of the refuse slope confirmed  the presence
of toxic organic chemicals.  In addition, various inorganic  contaminants
were measured in the unnamed tributary north of the  site.

     This site was once listed under the  name "Laurel Park Landfill."
It is the top priority site in Connecticut.

     Status (July 1983):  In September 1982, the State denied a request
to expand the landfill.

     EPA recently completed a remedial plan for the  site.  It reccnmends
a $150,000 remedial investigation before  proceeding  to the feasibility
study.  Alternatives in the feasibility study involve (1) source  control
measures such as capping, leachate interception and  treatment, and surface
water diversion and (2) off-site measures to provide a permanent  water
supply to residents whose wells are  affected or threatened,  or to treat
the water in the wells.

     Enforcement actions by the State resulted in a  Superior Court Judg-
ment requiring the owner to install  a leachate collection and treatment
system by Oct. 31, 1983, and a water quality monitoring  program.   EPA
has contracted for (1) an evaluation of the court-ordered cleanup plan
with respect to the National Contingency  Plan and (2) review of the
report prepared by the site owner's  contractor.

        Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984:  V  S
 U S  Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       57

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          OLD SOUTHINGTON LANDFILL
                          Southington, Connecticut

      Conditions at listing (September 1983): Old Southington Landfill
 covers 6 acres in Southington, Connecticut,  It is suspected of contam-
 inating the town's Production Well Number 5, which is 500 to 600  feet
 away and about 3,500 feet east of the Ouinnipiac River.  The landfill,
 which the town operated from 1947 to 1967 as a municipal landfill, also
 accepted hazardous waste.  *i industrial park and several homes have been
 built on top of the old landfill.  Well Number 5 contains significant
 concentrations of volatile organic compounds, particularly  1,1,1-tri-
 chloroethane, according to analyses done by the State.  Volatile  organics
 are also present in nearby surface waters.  A hydrogeologic investigation
 conducted by EPA suggests that the abandoned landfill is a  source of
 volatile organics entering area ground \
-------
  National Priorities List Site
  Hazardous waste site listed under the                                        .,,»o    ^  _j».
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)I  Superfund )
                 SOLVENTS  RECOVERY SERVICE OF NEW ENGLAND
                         Southington,  Connecticut

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982);   Solvents Recovery Service of
New England (SRSNE) began  to distill and  recover solvents in Southington,
Connecticut, in 1955.  Wastes were stored and disposed of on-site until
the mid 1970s on 12 acres  west of  the  Quinnipiac River.  In 1965, the
Town of Southington installed Production  Wall #4 about 2,000 feet south
of SRSNE, south of the Quinnipiac  River.   In 1976,  Southington Production
Well #6 was installed about 1,300  feet south of SRSNE, on the north side
of the Quinnipiac.  In September 1976, the State found that both wells
were contaminated with volatile organic compounds.   In February 1980, an
EPA contractor confirmed that SRSNE was responsible for the contamination
of Production Well #6 and  discovered that other closer sources south of
the Ouinnipiac were contributing to the contamination of Production
Well #4.

     Status (July 1983):   In December  1982,  SRSNE signed a Consent Decree
with EPA requiring  (1) a system to recover ground water on- and off-site
and (2) a plan for on-site storage and management of hazardous wastes.
In June 1983, the company  submitted to EPA a complete engineering analysis
for the design of the on-site system.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
   U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                         59

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           YAW1RSKI WASTE LAGOON
                          Canterbury,  Connecticut

      Conditions at listing (December  1982):  The Yaworski Waste Lagoon
occupies 340 acres in  the Towi of Canterbury, Connecticut.  The lagoon,
which is surrounded by a 6- to 9-foot dike, measures 700 feet by 400 feet
and  is 1? feet deep.  The site is bordered on three sides by the Ouinni-
baug River.  The lagoon is from 20 to 45 feet from the Ouinnibaug.  From
about 1948 to  1973, drummed material  and bulk wastes (including textile
dyes, solvents, resins, acids, caustics, still bottoms, and solvent-
soaked rags) were accepted .  Periodically, wastes were burned to reduce
the  volume in  the lagoon.  In August  1973, the State issued an order to
close the lagoon due to organic odors.  In May 198(1, EPA detected
methyl ethyl ketone, ethyl benzene, toluene, and xylene in the lagoon.
The  State then ordered the owner to study the site.

      Status  (July 1983);  The owner is implementing a site closure plan,
which the State approved.  As of May  31, 1983, approximately 90 percent
of the lagoon  had been filled in.  When the filling is complete, the
lagoon will be capped  with clean dirt.

      EPA is  preparing  a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed
to determine the full  extent of cleanup required at the site.  It is
scheduled to be completed in the third guater of 1983 .

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      60

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Delaware (DE)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICEBCLAJI'Superfund")
                           ARMY CREEK LANDFILL
                       New Castle County,  Delaware

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):   The Army Creek Landfill
covers 47 acres in New Castle County, Delaware.  It is adjacent to the
Delaware Sand & Gravel Landfill and was owned and operated by the county
as a municipal and hazardous  waste disposal facility until it reached
capacity in 1970.  The site holds 1.9 million cubic yards of refuse.
Since 1972, the county has spent $4 million to control the migration of
contaminants, including  lead,  chromium, arsenic, and a variety of organic
compounds, to an aquifer that supplies water to over 100,000 people.

     This site was once  listed under the name "Delaware Sand & Gravel -
Llangollen Army Creek  Landfills."

     Status (July 1983):   The State is drafting a National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination  System  permit for the discharge of ground water to
Army Creek.

     EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the  full  extent of cleanup required at the site.
It will guide further  actions at the site.

        Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  V F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      61

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                          DELAWARE CITY PVC PLANT
                          Delaware City, Delaware

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  Stauffer Chemical  Co.
operated a polyvinyl chloride (PVC) plant in Delaware City,  New Castle
County,  Delaware, from the early 1970s to 1981.  The facility,  which covers
180  acres, disposed of various wastes in several unlined  impoundments and
pits.  Portions of the plant were sold to Formosa Plastics  in  May 1981.
Ground water in the area is contaminated with hazardous substances
associated with the PVC plant, and this problem may have  existed for
years.

      This site was once listed under the name "Stauffer Chemical Co."

      Status (July 1983);  In April 1982, Stauffer started a  detailed
hydrogeological investigation at the site, which included drilling several
shallow  monitoring wells and performing a resistivity survey.   The company
presented the results to EPA in February 1983, along with a  proposal for
a  detailed feasibility study.  A cleanup order is currently  being
negotiated.  In addition, Stauffer has provided alternate water supplies
for  residents whose water is contaminated.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  V F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       62

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClA)CSupertund


                      DELAWARE SAND & GRAVEL LANDFILL
                        New Castle County, Delaware

     Conditions at listing (Oct ber 1981):  The Delaware Sand & Gravel
Landfill  covers 10 acres adjacent to the Array Creek Landfill in New
Castle  County,  Delaware.  Both landfills accepted municipal and hazardous
waste.  According to reports EPA received, about 7,500 drums of liquid
waste were opened and emptied into an unlined trench on the Delaware  Sand
&  Gravel  Landfill,  which is privately owned.  The underlying aquifer  and
surrounding surface waters are contaminated by a variety of organic and
inorganic hazardous substance from both sites.  The site closed in  1976
when the  State  filed suit against the owners for improper operating
procedures. The landfill was covered with sand and gravel, which are very
perms able.

     This site  was once listed under the name "Delaware Sand & Gravel-
Llangollen Army Creek Landfills.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the  investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the  site.  Any measures taken at the site will be in conjunction with
activities proposed at the Army Creek Landfill.

     The  State  suit against the site owner is not yet resolved.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      63

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund*)
                        HARVEY &  KNOTT DRUM,  INC.
                            Kirkwood,  Delaware

     Conditions at listing  (July  1982);   The  Harvey & Knott Drum, Inc.,
Site covers 25 acres north  of  the Delaware-Chesapeake Canal in Kirkwood,
Delaware, approximately 150 yards Ercm the Maryland border.  The site
was operated from 1960 to 1969 by Harvey & Knott as an open dump and
burning site for the dispsal of municipal and industrial waste.  About
300 drums are piled on the  surface.  Most are empty, but 35 drums are
suspected of containing PCB sludges  and other hazardous substances.  EPA
received reports that the owner may  have placed liquid waste in trenches
and on the ground.  Stressed vegetation and discolored soil are obvious
at numerous locations on-site,  and ground water on-site is contaminated.
The surrounding area is densely populated, and the residents depend on
private shallow wells for water.

     Early in 1982, EPA used CERCLA  emergency funds to fence the disposal
area and to contain 35 leaking drums on-site.  The State also funded a
portion of the investigation.   Both  the State and EPA conducted extensive
sampling on-site and also tested  private wells.

     Status (July 1983):  Conditions at this  site are currently being
addressed through response  actions funded by  CERCLA.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R F / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       64

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"


                              NEW CASTLE SPILL
                        New Castle County,  Delaware

      Conditions at listing (December  1982):   The New Castle Spill Site in
 New Castle County, Dslaware, is  situated in  an industrial and commercial
 location.  Several compounds have been found in the shallow aquifer,
 including TRIS  [tris  (beta-chloropropyl) phosphate]  and other organic
 substances.  It is known  that  sane of  these  chemicals were stored a a
 nearby industrial facility, but  other  chemicals, source unknown, were
 also found in ground water.  The shallow aquifer that had been used by
 the New Castle Board of Water  and Light was  taken out of service, and
 7,000 people are now supplied  water from another source.

      This site was once listed under the name "Tris Spill."

      Status (July 1983):  EPA  is presently reviewing the toxicity of TRIS
 to determine the health hazard.

          Response category / Cleanup status  code,  October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      65

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                              NEW CASTLE STEEL
                        New Castle County, Delaware

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):   The  New Castle Steel Site
 covers 3 acres in New Castle County, Delaware.  It produces iron castings
 for commercial use.  Since 1973, a by-product of  the process,  electric
 furnace dust (classified as a hazardous waste under the Resource Conser-
 vation and Recovery Act), has been stored in piles on-site.  The plant
 started to recycle the dust in  its furnace  in December 1980.  Run-off
 from the site is contaminated.  There  is also the potential for contami-
 nation of ground water.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing  a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
 the site.

      The State is negotiating with the company  for cleanup under the
 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       66

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                          TYBOUTS CORNER LANDFILL
                       New Castle County, Delaware

     Conditions at  listing (October 1981):  Tybouts Corner Landfill, New
Castle  County,  Delaware, is the site of a former sand and gravel operation.
From 1969  to 1971,  the 50-acre site, which is privately owned, accepted
municipal  and  industrial wastes.  Surface water and ground water are
contaminated with hazardous organic and inorganic substances.  The area
is highly  dependent on ground water.  In 1976, the State issued demand
letters to parties  responsible for wastes associated with the site and
requested  that  they take measures to remedy the ground water contamination
problem.   The parties refused to take responsibility.

     This  the top priority site in Delaware,

     Status (July 1983):  In January 1983, EPA signed a 5755,000 Superfund
State Contract  with Delaware for a remedial investigation to determine
the  type and extent of contamination at the site and a feasibility study
to identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work is scheduled to
be completed in the second quarter of 1984.

     The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, has brouhgt a Federal
civil action seeking injunctive relief against parties responsible for
wastes  associated with the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      67

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              WILDCAT LANDFILL
                              Dover,  Delaware

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Wildcat Landfill covers
about 84 acres in a wetland area adjacent to the St. Jones River in Dover,
Delaware.  The site was privately owned and operated for disposal of
municipal and industrial waste until 1973, when it was closed for numerous
permit violations under the State's  solid waste regulations.  Wastes were
dumped in wetland marshes and frequently left uncovered.  Various drums
and solidified sludges  are  visible on the surface, and ground water is
contaminated with lead,  cadmium, beryllium,  arsenic, benzene, phthalates,
and low levels of PCBs  (6 parts per  billion).

     Status (July 1983):  Negotiations are underway for a Superfund State
Contract covering a remedial investigation to determine the type and
extent of contamination at  the site  and a feasibility study to  identify
alternatives for remedial action.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      68

-------
National Priorities List Site                                          Florida (FL)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAH'Supeffund")


                            ALPHA CHEMICAL CORP.
                             Galloway, Florida

     Conditions at listing (October 1981);  The Alpha Chemical Corp.
Site covers about 40 acres near Galloway, Florida.  A shallow well near
a facility that manufactures polyester resins  is contaminated with
cadmium, chromium, and lead,  this ground water is connected to  the
aquifer that supplies water to nearby communities.  At  the encouragement
of the State, Alpha Chemical modified its process and upgraded its waste
water treatment to control most of its discharges.

     Status (July 1983):   The State is negotiating with Alpha Chemical for
monitoring of ground water and for building a  lined surface  impoundment
for its wastes.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      69

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supeffund")


             AMERICAN CREOSOTE WORKS,  INC.  (PENSACOLA PLANT)
                            pensacola,  Florida

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981);   The American Creosote Works,
Inc., Site covers 1.5 acres in Pensacola, Florida,  about 0.3 miles north
of where Bayou Chico and Pensacola Bay  meet.  The facility treated wood
with creosote and pentachlorcphenol  (PCP) from the early 1900s to late
1981 or early 1982.  PCP-contaminated waste water was discharged into
two unlined 80,000-gallon percolation ponds.   In February 1981, the U.S.
Geological Survey identified phenols in ground  water associated with
American Creosote Vvbrks.  At present, no drinking supply wells are within
the known zone of contamination.

     Status (July 1983):  In March 1982, American Creosote sold all the
equiprrent on-site and later filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the
Federal Bankruptcy Act.  The State has  negotiated a Consent Order requiring
American Creosote to restore the discharge  areas and install on-site
monitoring wells.  The company constructed  higher berms around the ponds
to prevent overflow  during heavy rainfall.

     EPA recently completed a remedial  plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine  the full extent of  cleanup  required at the site.  EPA
plans to fund (1) a  $290,000 remedial  investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent of contamination  at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action and (2) an $85,000 initial remedial
measure involving fencing the site, posting warning signs, reconstructing
the berms, and controlling flooding  from the waste ponds.  The work is
scheduled to start in the third quarter of  1983.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R F / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       70

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund"l


                           BROWN WOOD PRESERVING
                             Live Oak, Florida

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Brown Wood Preserving
Site,  now abandoned, covers 29 acres in Live Oak, Florida.   Fran 1946
until  1977,  wood was treated on-site with  creosote  and pentachlorophenol.
Waste  water was stored on-site  in a 5-acre surface  impoundment,  which
contains  an estimated 25,000 cubic yards of phenolic wastes.   Soil in
a  ditch leading from the treatment/storage area is  contaminated  with
creosote  wastes.  The site is surrounded by residences using private
wells  and appears to be in a sink hole that may have a hydraulic con-
nection to the deeper aquifer.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA collected samples early  in 1983  to assess
ground water conditions in the area and found excessive levels of organic
compounds associated with creosote and pentachlorophenol treatment of
wood products.  Further action awaits release of the final  report on the
site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      71

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               CABOT/KOPPERS
                            Gainesville, Florida

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Cabot/Koppers Site
 covers about 38 acres in Gainesville, Alachua County, Florida.  The (Shot
 portion covers about 25 acres; the Koppers portion, adjacent on the west,
 covers the remainder.  Both Cabot Corp. and Hoppers Co., Inc.  are still
 on-going businesses.  Over the years, the two companies built an unknown
 number of settling ponds for holding process wastes containing phenols
 and coal tar products.  In 1966, Cabot sold its property to a new owner,
 who, in 1967, dumped the contents of two of the ponds into shallow ground
 water and a ditch leading to Hogtown Creek.  Subsequently, local citizens
 began to complain that clumps of tar were being carried downstream from
 the site.  About two-thirds of Gainesville (population of 81,000) is
 drained by Hogtown Creek.

      Seepage from the ponds over an extended period and subsequent devel-
 opment activity at the site have led to widespread contamination of
 ground water and surface water.  EPA has detected various organics,
 including aromatic and polynuclear aromatic compounds in ground water and
 soil.  Ground water is contaminated 0.3 miles east and north of the site,
 and soil 30 feet below the surface is highly contaminated.

      Status (June 1984);  The State has selected a contractor to conduct
 a remedial investigation/feasibility stu3y to determine the type and
 extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for reme-
 dial action.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      72

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability Act of 1980 lCERClA)("Superfund")


                     COLEMAN-EVANS WOOD PRESERVING CO.
                            Vfriitehouse, Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981);  The Coleman-Evans Wood
Preserving Co. Site covers  11 acres in Whitehouse, Florida, about 8 miles
west of Jacksonville.   Since 1950, the facility has treated wood with
pentachlorophenol (PCP).  It discharged its waste waters into unlined
pits, which were  later covered.   Currently,  waste water enters a water/
oil separator.  Sludge settles out, and the liquid is recycled back to
the plant.  Sludge  is removed every 90 days to an approved disposal site.

     Shallow ground water in the residential area adjacent to the site is
contaminated with PCP.  Residents depend on private wells for their
drinking water.   A  public water supply is not available.  In 1980, EPA
installed wells to  monitor  ground water on the site.

     Status (July 1983):  The State signed a Consent Order in December
1982 with the company for a remedial investigation at the site.  The
investigation will  include  a hydrogeological assessment and a determi-
nation of the extent of off-site contamination.   First round of data is
due in July 1983.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      73

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|


                               DAVIE LANDFILL
                               Davie,  Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):   Davie Landfill in Davie,
Broward County, Florida,  has been  owned and operated  by the county since
1971.  The  facility includes a 30-acre asphalt-lined  sanitary landfill,
an 80-acre  trash fill,  and  a 10-acre waste  water lagoon.  Above-back-
ground levels of ammonia, lead,  chromium,  iron,  and arsenic have been
detected in monitoring  wells near  the lagoon.   Leachate from the lagoon
contaminates the Biscayne Aquifer, which is the sole  source of water for
about 10,000 residents  in the  area.  Ground water 1,300 feet downgradient
of the lagoon is contaminated  to a depth of 35  feet.

     This site was  once listed under the name  "Broward County Solid Waste
Disposal Facility."

     Status (July 1983):  The  county imposed strict controls to improve
operations  at the landfill.  The county, its consultants,  the State, and
the U.S. Geological Survey  conducted a number of studies to docuirent the
extent of contamination.  The  consultants installed 23 monitoring wells
in the contaminated plume of ground water and areas influenced by the
plume.  The system  allows sampling through  the  depth  of the aquifer and
provides an early warning of plume encroachment on drinking wells.

     Analyses show  that no  pollutants are present at  levels that would
violate water quality standards or pose any threat to human health, and
that contamination  of a drinking water supply  is not  imminent.  Sampling
will continue and be closely reviewed by the county,  State, and EPA.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      74

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")


                            FLORIDA STEEL CORP.
                            Indiantown,  Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Florida Steel Corp.
Site occupies 150 acres in  Indiantown,  Florida.   The  company used an
electric furnace process to melt  scrap  metal and fabricate it into various
products.  The site was closed for economic reasons in January 1982.  The
operations generated emission control dust,  which contains heavy metals
and is listed as a  hazardous  waste by the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.  Some of  the  dust was spread over  the facility's roads, and
about 75,000  cubic  yards were deposited on the southern portion of the
site in waste piles.  In November 1980,  Florida  Steel began to collect
the dust in three baghouses and transport it to  a chemical plant in
South Carolina for  recovery of lead and zinc.

     Florida  Steel  drew drinking  water  from an on-site well, and the
Indiantown public water supply comes from a group of  shallow wells
located within 3 miles  of the site.   Some local  surface waters are used
for irrigation.

     Status (July 1983):  Results from  EPA sampling indicate no violation
of primary drinking water standards  in  the area's drinking wells.  The
conpany studied the shallow aquifer downgradient from the waste piles
and found no  violation  of ground  water  standards.  However, the State has
requested the company to continue to monitor on-site  wells and to prepare
a remedial plan addressing  removal of the waste  piles.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      75

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")


                           GOLD COAST OIL CORP.
                              Miami,  Florida

     Conditions at listing (October  1981):  Gold Coast Oil Corp. reclaimed
solvents on a 2-acre site in  Miami,  Florida, leased from Seaboard Coast
Line Railroad Co.  On the site  are 2,500 corroded and leaking drums
containing sludge from the solvent distilling operation, contaminated
soils, and paint wastes.  Additionally,  large storage tanks of hazardous
waste are located on-site.  EPA detected lead,  zinc, and various organic
pollutants in shallow ground  water at the site,  part of the Biscayne
Aquifer, which is the principal source of drinking water in this part of
Florida.

     Status (July 1983):  The State  evicted Gold Coast Oil from the
property in 1982, and Seaboard  Coast Line voluntarily cleaned up the site
in August 1982, with EPA personnel monitoring the activities.  Also, EPA
(1) recently completed a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full  extent  of cleanup required at the site and
(2) is conducting a search for  all potential generators of wastes at the
site.

         Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       76

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                             HIPPS ROAD LANDFILL
                            Duval County,  Florida

       Conditions at listing (September 1983):   The Hipps Road Landfill
 occupies 9 acres in the Jacksonville Heights  area of Duval County, Florida .
 In  1983, the State found that a number of residential wells near the
 abandoned site were contaminated with organics, including chlorinated
 compounds.  The city advised the owners not to drink the water.  Because
 of  the danger of more widespread contamination in the area, the U.S.
 Geological Survey, the State, the St. John's  Vfeter Management District,
 and the  City of Jacksonville started a study  to evaluate the problem.
 Studies  made by the State in May 1983 indicate that about 30 of the 100
 or  so residential wells in the area  may be affected by the leachate plume
 from the landfill.  The City Water Department is in the process of provid-
 ing alternate water supplies to the  affected  area .

       Status (June 1984):  In December 1983, EPA completed a search for
 parties  potentially responsible for  wastes associated with the site.  The
 State conducted additional well tests and expects the results to confirm
 the original  results.  The City fc&ter Department has installed lines to
 the affected homes and has completed the hookups to homeowners in the
 area. The City Legislature adopted  special rules to defer some of the
 cost of  the hookups and has funded further off-site water sampling.  In
 February 1984,  the State requested that EPA take the lead in a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study to determine  the type and extent of con-
 tamination  at the site and identify  alternatives for remedial action.  In
 early June 1984,  EPA sent letters to potentially responsible parties
 notifying them of possible legal  action  under CERCLA.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      77

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                  HOLLINGBWOKTH SOLDERLESS  TERMINAL CO.
                        Fort Lauderdale,  Florida

     Conditions at listing (October  1981):   Hollingsworth Solderless
terminal Co. manufactures small solderless  electrical  connectors on a
site of less than 1  acre in Fort Lauderdale,  Florida.   In the  process,
the connectors are cut and formed out of  copper sheets,  annealed,
degreased, and then  electroplated with  tin  or nickel.   From about
1976 to 1981, Hollingsworth injected trichloroethylene,  oil, grease,
and dyes into a 100-foot-deep well on-site  and discharged electroplating
wastes into a large  on-site drainfield.   In addition,  wastes periodically
entered the ground through spillage  or  other smaller drain-fields.  Several
conmunities in the vicinity of the site draw water from the shallow
Biscayne Aquifer.

     Status (July 1983):  In July 1982, Hollingsworth  took several steps
to correct the problem or characterize  the  extent  of contamination.  The
company pumped the injection well, installed 16 on-site monitoring wells,
sampled soil, conducted a ground water  gradient study, and sampled public
wells.  Various levels of contamination were found in  sane of  the monitoring
wells, water supply  wells, and soil  samples.

     EPA recently prepared a remedial plan  outlining the investigations
needed to determine  the full extent  of  cleanup required at the site.  It
will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      78

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERClAH"Supeffund')


                     KASSAUF-KIMERLING BATTERY  DISPOSAL
                               Tarrpa, Florida

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Kassauf-Kimerling Battery
Disposal Site  covers 1.5 acres in Tarrpa, Florida.  About  4  feet  of battery
casings frcm a local battery-cracking operation were used as  fill in a
marshy area.   High concentrations of lead were detected in  surface waters
near the site,  and low concentrations in on-site monitoring wells.  An
estimated  1,500 wells are within 3 miles of the site, and surface drainage
from the site  runs toward a private fish farm and the nearby  Palm River.

     This  site was once listed under the name  "Timber Lake  Battery
Disposal".

     Status  (July 1983):   In May 1983, EPA issued an order  under Section
3013 of the  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  It requires monitor-
ing of ground  water and surface water, analysis of the battery fill
material,  and  general soil sampling.

        Response  category / Cleanup status code, October  1984: R F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      79

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supeffund")


                           MIAMI DRUM SERVICES
                              Miami, Florida

     Conditions at listing (October  1981):  Miami  Drum Services recycled
drums for 15 years on a  1-acre  site  in  a  predominately industrial area of
Miami, Florida.  Dade County obtained a court  order to close the facility
in 1981.  While the  company was in operation,  as many  as 5,000 drums of
various chemical wastes  (including corrosives,  solvents, phenols, and
toxic metals) were observed on  the site.  Surface  spills and percolation
of contaminated waste water have saturated the soil at the facility.
The Biscayne Aquifer is contaminated with various  toxic organic solvents
and heavy metals.  The site is  approximately 750 feet  from the Medley
Well Field, which extracts drinking water from the Biscayne Aquifer
during peak demand periods.

     In September 1981, EPA approved $500,000  in funds made available
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act to study the Biscayne
Aquifer, including the Miami Drum Services Site, which Dade County
had acquired for construction of its new  mass  transit  system.

     To emphasize the threat to the  regional water supply, this site,
the Northwest 58th Street Landfill, and the Varsol Spill Site were
collectively designated as the  "Biscayne  Aquifer Site" when they were
first listed.

     Status (July 1983):  The EPA-funded  study recommended excavation and
off-site disposal of contaminated soil  to meet the county's construction
schedule.  The county authorized use of transportation funds,  and by
January 1982 had removed 8,500  cubic yards of  contaminated soil and
treated 0.5 million  gallons of  ground water.

     In September 1982, EPA awarded a Cooperative  Agreement providing
$1,434,565 to Florida to fund the county's cleanup, to do a remedial
investigation defining how the  plume of contaminated ground water is
migrating from the site, and to do a feasibility study to identify
alternatives for ground water cleanup.  The work is scheduled to be
completed in the third quarter  of 1983.

     EPA recently completed a remedial  investigation at this site as part
of the area-wide "Biscayne Aquifer" project.   In January 1983, EPA
approved $200,000 for a feasibility study of the aquifer.   The work is
scheduled to be completed in the third  quarter of  1983.

      Response category / Cleanup status  code,  October 1984: R / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      80

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"


                             MUNISPORT LANDFILL
                            North Miami, Florida

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982):  The Munisport  Landfill
covers  291  acres in North Miami,  Florida.  Between 1974 and 1980,  it was
operated as a  sanitary landfill by a lessee of the City of  North Miami.
During  these years, it may  have received hazardous wastes.   EPA found low
concentrations of various organic pollutants in leachate  from  the  site,
and elevated levels of lead in several perimeter monitoring wells.   The
site is close  to two public well fields and to Riscayne Bay, which is
part of Florida's water quality improvement program  and is  also designated
by the  Federal government as a critical habitat for  the Florida manatee.

     Status (July 1983);  In June 1983, EPA the State, and  county  visited
the site to assess the need for EPA to start a sampling program at  the end
of the  summer  of 1983.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      81

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAJCSuperfundl


                      NORTHWEST 58th  STREET LANDFILL
                             Hialeah,  Florida

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):   The Northwest 58th Street
Landfill is a large  active  municipal  landfill covering 1 square mile
near Hialeah, Florida, along the eastern edge of the Everglades.
Operated continuously since 1952 by Dade County, this facility receives
as much as 3,000 tons per day of municipal  solid waste.   Leachate from
the landfill has contaminated ground  water  with metals such as arsenic,
cadmium, chromium, and lead, as well  as  phenols and halogenated organic
compounds.  Two major public water supply walls are located downgradient
within 3 miles of the site.

     To emphasize the threat to the regional water supply, this site,
the Miami Drum Services Site, and the Varsol Spill Site were collectively
designated as the "Biscayne Aquifer Site" when they were first listed.

     Status (July 1983):  The State has  a civil suit pending against Dade
County for failure to cease operations by August 1981 (as required by a
1979 consent decree).  The  State and  county are working together to
develop a final plan for closing the  facility.

     EPA recently completed a remedial investigation at this site as part
of the area-wide "Biscayne  Aquifer" project.  In January 1983, EPA
approved $200,000 for a feasibility study of the aquifer.  The work is
scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 1983.

         Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       82

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supeffund")


                             PARRAMDRE SURPLUS
                          Mount Pleasant, Florida

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Parramore Surplus Site
consists of about 25 acres near Mount Pleasant, Florida,  on which surplus
military equipment is stored.  A State inspection  found drums  of
hazardous waste in four areas on the site.  PCBs,  solvents, and cyanide
were identified in some of the drums.  Soil is also  contaminated.

     Status  (July 1983):  A generator removed PCB-contaminated drums and
soil.  The State  has accepted the operator's waste storage and consolida-
tion plan, which  will help prevent release of the  remaining drummed
waste to the environment.   EPA and the State will  monitor implementation
of the plan.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      83

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Superfund")
                       PEPPER STEEL & ALLOYS,  INC.
                             Medley, Florida

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983);   Pepper  steel  &  Alleys,  Inc.,
has processed scrap metals  since  the early  1970s en a  Id-acre site  in
Medley, rade County, Florida .  A  portion  of its business has  been the
recycling of transformers and other electrical equipment.  The company
reportedly disposed of transformer oil  containing  PCBs on the site  and on
two adjacent sites.

     In 1975, a county inspector  sampled  an area of oil-soaked ground at
Pepper Steel.  Ttesults showed high levels of oil and grease.   In  December
1982, the county observed an oily layer up  to  6 inches deep in six  pits,
each 2 to 4 feet deep, on the site.  Analyses  of the oil  revealed high
concentrations of PCRs.

     Early in 1983, EPA conducted a geophysical survey of the site  and
identified about a dozen zones requiring  further investigation .  Soil
sampling determined that PCRs were present  in  at least two  zones.  Using
approximately 5250,000 in CERCLA  emergency  funds,  EPA removed soil  in
"Zone A" and oil floating on the  shallow  aquifer underlying the site.
EPA also drilled observation wells and  sampled on-site wells  and  surface
water in the immediate area.  Florida Power and Light  Co.,  which  alleged-
ly sent electrical equipment to Pepper  Steel for recycling, has agreed to
perform further sampling and analysis outside  of "Zone A" and to  recommend
remedial alternatives.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA is  conducting a  remedial investigation/fea-
sibility study to determine the type and  extent of contamination  at the
site and identify alternatives for remedial action .

      Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  R F  /  O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     84

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAM'Superfund
                         PICKETIVILLE ROAD LANDFILL
                           Jacksonville, Florida

     Conditions at  listing (October 1981);  The Pickettville Road
Landfill covers 53  acres near Jacksonville, Florida.  It began operation
on a limited basis  in the early 1940s.   Full-scale operation started in
1967 and stopped  in 1977.  The landfill received all types of wastes,
ranging from household garbage to hazardous materials.  Local residents
complained of run-off problems from the landfill, and leachate streams
also were reported.   Initially, monitoring wells in the area detected
iron and chromium.   Local private wells serving approximately 1,000 people
are at present free of contamination.   No public water supply is available
to residents in the area.  In June 1981, EPA found ground water contami-
nation to a depth of 80 feet.

     Status (July 1983):   Jacksonville  installed additional monitoring
wells around the  site.  Recent sampling indicates one monitoring well
contains excess lead.   A leachate stream containing low levels of pyrene
and fluoranthene  has been controlled by filing and grading the area where
the landfill was  eroding.
         Response catetory / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      85

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund")


                              PIONEER SAND CO.
                           WSrrington,  Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):  Pioneer Sand Co. mines
sand for connercial use in Harrington,  5 miles west of Pensacola, Florida.
The company owns  a  20-acre  inactive quarry into which shredded auto parts,
construction debris,  and various  industrial sludges and resins have been
deposited.  Two surface impoundments are also located on the site.  The
State and EPA detected  high  levels of chromimum, lead, and nickel in on-
site soils.  High levels of  chromium and lead were also detected in a
monitoring well installed by Pioneer Sand and in one of the surface
impoundments.  A  well field  for the City of Pensacola (population 67,000)
is within 3 miles of the site.

     Status (July 1983);  In April 1983, EPA performed a geophysical survey
of the site.  Draft results  suggest that ground water may be contaminated
beneath the alleged disposal area.  Further ground water investigations
will be conducted.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       86

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l


                  REEVES  SOUTHEASTERN GALVANIZING CORP.
                               Tanpa,  Florida

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981):   Reeves Southeastern
Galvanizing Corp. manufactures galvanized  fence wire using the hot dip
process on 3 acres east of  Tampa, Hillsborough  County, Florida.  Wash
water and periodic dumping  of  rinse  baths  from  this process produce an
acid liquid with  high concentrations of iron,  zinc, and chromium.  Since
the mid-1960s, this  material has been discharged into two unlined perco-
lation ponds on the  property,  contaminating both ground water and surface
water with heavy  metals.  Consultants for  Reeves, the State, and county
have conducted numerous studies that document the extent of contamination
at the site.

     County wells are located  about  1 mile upgradient of the site, and
numerous private  wells lie  within 3  miles  of the site in all directions.

     In 1974, Hillsborough  County issued a notice of violation and a
compliance schedule  to Reeves.  In response. Reeves in 1981 installed an
advanced waste water treatment system to neutralize the acid and remove
90 percent of the heavy metals.

     Status (July 1983):  Reeves plans to  remove the water from the
percolation ponds and take  soil borings to determine the depth of zinc
contamination.

       Response category  /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  D / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      87

-------
National Priorities List She
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                            SAPP BATTERY SALVAGE
                            Cottondale,  Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):   Sapp Battery recovered lead
from spent  lead-acid  batteries on a 30-acre site in a sparsely area
between Alford and  Cottondale,  Florida, until it closed in January 1980.
Elevated levels of  lead,  zinc,  and sulfuric acid have been detected in
nearby drainage culverts, Little Dry Creek, and Steele City Bay.  Dead
and discolored vegetation,  as  well as strong sulfurous odors, have been
noted along the drainage  route frcm the site.  Ground water pollution has
not been documented to date.

     In August 1980,  using  $180,000 made available under Section 311 of
the Clean Water Act,  EPA  undertook an emergency cleanup action, which
resulted in a temporary restoration of  pH levels similar to background
levels downstream frcm Sapp Battery Salvage.

     Status (July 1983):  In August 1982,  EPA awarded a $235,000 Cooperative
Agreement to Floria for a remedial investigation to determine the type
and extent of ground  water  contamination at the site and for a feasibility
study to identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work is scheduled
to be completed in  the first quarter of 1984.  EPA is also conducting a
limited feasibility study (scheduled to be  completed in the third quarter
of 1983) to identify  alternatives for surface cleanup.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      88

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund"


                          SCHUYLKILL METALS CORP.
                            Plant City, Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   Schuylkill Metals Corp.
recovers lead from  storage  batteries on a 7-acre site in Plant City,
Florida.  Leachate  containing heavy metals and sulfuric acid  is migrating
from unlined  impoundments into an adjacent drainage ditch that empties
into Pemberton Creek.   Monitoring of ground water and surface water in
the area has detected lead, chromium, and nickel, as well as  ammonia,
which was used to neutralize the plant's acid waste water.  Extremely
high levels of lead were also found in sediment in a downstream ditch
draining to Pemberton Creek.  EPA has determined that the pollution from
this site is from current operations subject to the authorities of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 and not CERCLA.

     Status (July 1983): Schuylkill Metals is now sending its neutralized
waste water to the  Plant City sewer system.

       Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      89

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLftM'Superfund (


                        SHERWOOD  MEDICAL INDUSTRIES
                             Daland,  Florida

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982):   Sherwood Medical Industries
manufactures medical equipment in Dsland,  Florida.  Over a period of 4 to
5 years, the company disposed of about 2 tons of liquid and sludge,
primarily contaminated  with potassium chromates, into an unlined surface
impoundment.  The impoundment is in the shallow aquifer overlying the
Floridan Aquifer, which supplies water for numerous private and public
wells near the site,  including the city of Deland's water supply well.

     Status (July 1983>;  Sherwood Medical installed a waste water
treatment facility that enables  its discharge to meet Florida's Drinking
Water Standards for chromium.  The company is also pumping ground water
from the shallow aquifer  to its  treatitent system.  The company is in
interim status under the  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

     The State has recoimended monitoring for nickel and halogenated
solvents before deciding  on the  significance of water quality problems at
the facility.

         Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       90

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund"|


                              6 2ND STREET DUMP
                               Tanpa, Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The 62nd Street  Dump  covers
5 acres in Tanpa, Hillsborough County, Florida.  It is an abandoned pit
filled with industrial refuse of different types, including auto scrap
and battery casings from a  local battery-cracking facility.   Kinediately
adjacent to the site is a private fish farm and beyond that an  80-acre
marsh system  that drains to a nearby lake.  Heavy metals and  other
industrial pollutants may have been entering ground water, which supplies
drinking water to Hillsborough County.

     Status (July 1983): EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup  required
at the site.  It  will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      91

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("SuperfuncT)
                           TAYLOR ROAD LANDFILL
                              Seffner,  Florida

     Conditions at  listing (October 1981):   The Taylor Road Landfill is
owned and was operated  by Hillsborough County in Seffner, Florida, from
1975 until February  1980.  This  40-acre landfill was intended for the
disposal of municipal refuse,  but unknown quantities of industrial waste
may have been deposited.  Private wells in  the area are contaminated with
volatile organic compounds.   At  one time, methane gas from the landfill
was detected at concentrations above the lower explosive limit near
residences adjacent  to  the site.   The  county installed a gas collection
system in an attempt to correct  this problem.  An inventory identified
580 wells within 1 mile of this  facility.  EPA has investigated and
sampled the site on  several occasions.

     In October 1980, the Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, brought
a Federal civil suit against  the county seeking injunctive relief.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA and the  county have signed a Consent Decree
with the Hillsborough County  Utilities Department.  The decree provides
for installation of  public water supply to  affected residential wells and
a 30-year ground water  monitoring program for the entire landfill.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      92

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCUAM'Supeffund")


                            TOWER CHEMICAL CO.
                            Clenront,  Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981);   Tower Chemical Co. manufactured
pesticides fron 1970 until  November 1980 on a 30-acre site in Clermont,
Florida.  About 1,000 people  live in this area of Lake County, and much
of the land is devoted  to orange  groves.  The company used DDT as an
intermediate and  disposed of  its  wastes in a percolation pond.  When
rainfall caused the pond  to overflow,  damaging an adjacent wetlands, the
ccnpany constructed a spray irrigation field for waste disposal.  The
State never permitted the field.   Tower Chemical stopped operations after
two court orders  prohibited its use o£ the field and of  DDT.  The land
was later purchased by  a  real estate investment group.  EPA first
investigated the  site in  August 1980.   At that time, EPA found that the
percolation pond  and an the site  in August 1980.  At that time, EPA found
that the percolation pond and an  area  where waste had been burned were
contaminating surface water and ground water.

     Status (July 1983);  In  June 1983, EPA issued an order to the company
under CERCLA Section 106; the corrparry  did not respond to this order.
EPA then began remedial work  at the site,  including setting up a water
treatment system  for the  percolation pond,  excavating the burn site, and
removing the soil to an approved  disposal site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      93

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                     TRI-CITY OIL CONSERVATIONIST, INC.
                               Tampa,  Florida

      Conditions at listing (September 19R3);  Tri-City Oil Conserva-
 tionist,  inc.,  recycles waste oil at  a 0 .25-acre site in Tampa, Hills-
 borough County, Florida.  The site is about 3,000 feet from the Hills-
 borough River and within 3 miles of the public well field serving the
 community's  16,000 residents.  About  35 people served by nine private
 wells live within one block of the site.

      About 260  cubic yards of oil and sludge cover the ground at the site.
 An above-ground storage facility holds 16,000 gallons of waste oil.
 Sampling  performed by the State indicates high levels of heavy metals in
 the oily  wastes.

      Status  (June 1984):  In February 1984, EPA used 340,000 in CF.RCLA
 emergency funds to remove all surface wastes.  Also in February, EPA
 issued  an Administrative Order to the responsible parties informing them
 that  their activities represent an imminent and substantial danger to
 public  health and the environment and that they must act promptly to stop
 those activities.

      Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       94

-------
National Priorities List Sit*
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superiund'
                                VARSOL SPILL
                               Miami, Florida

     Conditions at  listing (October 1981):   An underground pipeline leak
resulted  in  the discharge of about 1.6 million gallons of Varsol  (a
petroleum solvent)  at the Miami,  Florida, International Airport.  After
the spill was discovered in 1968, concrete walls were installed.  The
walls, along with an existing storm drain,  contain the solvent, which
floats on top of the Biscayne Aquifer, within the airport.  About 2,000
feet from the walls is the Miami  Springs Well Field, which provides sane
of Miami's drinking water.  At the tine of the spill, Dade County took an
enforcement  action  against Eastern Airlines, owner of the material.

     To emphasize the threat to the regional water supply, this site, the
Miami Drum Services Site,  and Northwest 58th Street Landfill were
collectively designated as the "Biscayne Aquifer Site" when they ware
first listed.

     Status  (July 1983):   EPA recently completed a remedial investigation
at this site as part of the area-wide "Biscayne Aquifer" project.  In
January 1983, EPA approved $200,000 for a feasibility study of the aquifer.
The work  is  scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 1983.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      95

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                           WHITEHOUSE OIL PITS
                           Whitehouse, Florida

     Conditions at listing (October  1981):  The Whitehouse Oil Pits are
in the suburban coronanity of Whitehouse, Duval County,  Florida, about 10
miles west of downtown Jacksonville.  The 5-acre  site,  established in
1958, provided seven  pits for waste  oil and acid  sludges generated by the
Allied Petroleum Co., a waste oil recycler.  The  pits were abandonded in
1968, when Allied declared bankruptcy.  After assuming  ownership of the
property by tax default,  the City of Jacksonville installed and operated
a treatment and dewatering system at the oil pits.   In  1976, the dike
around one of the pits  ruptured, spilling 200,000 gallons  of wastes into
wetlands along McGirts Creek.  Using $135,000 made  available under Section
311 of the Clean Water Act, EPA cleaned up  the site.  During the cleanup,
EPA determined that the highly acidic water, sludges, and  waste oil in
the pits contained PCBs and heavy metals.   EPA also upgraded the treatment
system, which the city then used to  reduce  the effluent PCBs to an
acceptable level.  The pits were dewatered, packed  with various drying
materials, and capped.  The treatment system was  dismantled, and drainage
ditches were dug to control ground water  in the area.   Final monitoring of
the test wells and drainage effluents showed low  levels of chlorinated
organics, heavy metals, and acids.

     Status (July 1983):  In June 1982, EPA awarded a $306,400 Cooperative
Agreement to Florida  for: (1) work on the site ditches  and dikes to
control leachate, (2) a remedial investigation, and (3)  a  feasibility
study to identify alternatives for remedial action  at the  site.  The work
is scheduled to be completed in the  fourth  quarter  of 1983.

     EPA identified parties potentially responsible for wastes at the
site and is seeking their cooperation in  the cleanup.

        Response category / Cleanup  status  code,  October 1984:  R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      96

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAirSupertund")
                    ZELLWOOD GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                             Zellwood,  Florida

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):   The Zellwood Ground Water
Contamination Site  covers 5 acres near Zellwood, an unincorporated town
in rural central  Florida.  About 5,000 people use ground water in the
town, which  is 1  mile  east  of  the site.  Ground water at the site is
shallow and  generally  moves south to southeast.

     Th primary source of contamination is  a series of lagoons where Drum
Services, Inc., a drum recycler, disposed of rinse water.  Arsenic and
other metals were found in  wells on the Drum Services property close to
the lagoons.  In  November 1980,  the lagoons were taken out of service.
In August 1981, they were drained and  cleaned,  and the sludges were taken
to a nearby  landfill.   Drum Services now has a permit to operate a drum
reclamation  furnace and therefore no longer generates rinse water.

     Status  (July 1983):  In mid-1982,  EPA  completed geophysical studies
and installed and sampled monitoring wells.  EPA is currently reviewing
the site report.  EPA  took  additional  samples at the site at the end of
1982, but analytical results are not yet available.  On a recent visit to
the site, EPA's Emergency Response Team found an additional drum disposal
area.

        Response  category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      97

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Georgia (GA)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund">
                              HERCULES 009 LANEFILL
                                Brunswick, Georgia

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Hercules 009 Landfill
 covers 16.5 acres several miles north of Brunswick, Georgia.  Hercules,
 Inc., has used 7 acres for disposal of waste water treatment sludge con-
 taining toxaphene, a pesticide, from its Brunswick plant.  From 1975 to
 1980, the landfill operated under a State permit.  The permit was revoked
 in July 1980 when the State discovered elevated levels of toxaphene in
 drainage ditches around the site.  Hercules reports disposing of 19,300
 tons of contaminated sludge at the site.

      The landfill is in a marshland and is about 1 mile east of coastal
 wetlands.  The site is underlain by several feet of peat and marshland
 deposits over a shallow sand aquifer.  The nearest residential area is
 500 feet avey.  Residential wells in the area generally tap the shallow
 aquifer, while municipal and industrial wells usually tap the deeper
 limestone Principal Artesian Aquifer.  The two aquifers are separated by
 a  500-tc~600 foot thick confining layer; consequently, only the shallow
 aquifer is threatened at this time.

      Status (June 1984);  In October 1983, Hercules installed six moni-
 toring wells around the site in accordance with a State plan for closing
 the landfill.  Since that time, the company has sampled the wells several
 times and submitted a full geotechnical report and proposed closure plan
 to the State.  The geotechnical data are currently under review to
 determine adequacy at the  closure plan.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      99

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                          MONSANTO CORP. (AUGUSTA PLANT)
                                 Augusta, Georgia

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  Fran 1966 to 1974, Monsanto
 Corp.  used two areas at its Augusta, Georgia, plant to bury phosphoric
 acid sludge contaminated with approximately 5 percent arsenic trisulfide.
 The two areas cover about 0 .2 acres, are about 6 feet deep, and are
 covered by a highly permeable gravel-base material.  Landfill No. 1,
 active from 1966 to 1971, was used to dispose of phosphoric acid sludge
 containing more than 700 pounds of arsenic.  landfill No. 2, active
 between 1972 and 1974, received primarily plastic drums of sludge con-
 taining sane 800 pounds of arsenic.

      In June 1979, Monsanto began collecting data from two monitoring
 walls, one dowigradient from each area .  From June to November 1979,
 arsenic levels in the wells ranged from 51 to 165 parts per billion
 (ppb) .  The drinking water standard for arsenic is 50 ppb.

      There are two aquifers in the area:  the shallow Cretaceous Aquifer
 and the deeper Tuscalcosa Aquifer, which supplies roost local drinking
 water.  Most residents use private wells.  Gracewocd, about 2.5 miles
 from the site, uses the Tuscalcosa Aquifer to supply its 1,500 residents.
 Water in the shallow aquifer probably can move to the deeper aquifer
 because the two appear to be separated by layers of sand.

      Status (June 1984):  In November 1983, Monsanto completed the re-
 moval of contaminated soil from both areas.  The State then collected
 soil samples from the excavated areas and found that arsenic, cobalt,
 cadmium, barium, and lead are not present in toxic concentrations.  In
 January 1984, after receiving State approval, Monsanto backfilled the
 excavation.  In April 1984, Monsanto expanded the monitoring well system
 to include several new upgardient wells and began a monthly monitoring
 program.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     100

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               POWERSVILLE SITE
                            Peach County,  Georgia

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);   The Peach County Sanitary
  landfill, commonly refered to as the  "Powersville Site," covers 15 acres
  in Peach County,  Georgia .  It accepted hazardous waste from Wbolfolk
  Chemical Co.  fron the early 1960s until  1983.  Records indicate that
  wastes containing various pesticides  have been disposed of at the site.
  The site itself is now separated into two portions: a  hazardous waste
  area, which is fenced and posted,  and a  larger municipal waste landfill .
  However, the  State suspects that hazardous wastes have been buried in
  both sections.

      In April 1983,  the State analyzed samples collected from a nearby
  church well and detected  lindane,  benzene hexachloride (BHC)  and dieldrin .
 The State requested the church  to discontinue use of the well.

      The Powersville Site  is  located  in  the recharge zone of  the Creta-
  ceous Aquifer, the Providence Sand (a  major aquifer for local water
  supplies), and the Gosport Sand.  Furthermore,  the sandy surface soils
 permit practically all of the 5  inches of net annual precipitation in the
 area to go directly into  the  ground.   About 15 private water  wells are
 within 0.3 miles  of the site.

     Status  (June  1984);   EPA completed a topographic,  geologic, and geo-
 physical study of  the site  in November 1983.   In  April  1984,  EPA complet-
 ed installation of a network  of  monitoring wells. Samples were collected
 from these wells as well as many private wells.  Results are  pending.

          Response  category /  Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     101

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                          Guam (GU)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")


                               ORDOT LANDFILL
                                Ordot, Guam

      Conditions at listing  (October 1981):  The Ordot  Landfill,  in Ordot,
 Guam, has been in use over 40 years, mostly as an open dump.  There  are
 no accurate records of what was dumped.  The  current site occupies 47
 acres, and plans call for possible expansion  to a total  of 74 acres.
 Surface water from the site drains into the Pago River,  which discharges
 into Pago Bay.  Direct human contact and contamination of marine life
 used for food are of concern.

      This is  the top priority site in Guam.

      Status (July 1983):  In July 1982, EPA approved S75,000 for studies
 of four sites — Ordot Landfill, PCB Wastes,  PCB Warehouse, and  Taputimu
 Farm — located on islands of the Insular Territories.   Another  $65,000
 were added in November 1982.  The funds are for two separate projects.
 One is to review and compile existing data for the Ordot Landfill, where
 ground water  and surface water may be threatened by hazardous wastes
 mixed in  with municipal wastes.   The second is for the other three sites,
 where wastes  are containerized.   The funds are for a remedial investigation
 to determine  the type and extent of contamination at each site and a
 feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial  action.   The work
 is scheduled  to be completed in the third of quarter 1983.  The  next step,
 if approved,  would be to select the cost-effective remedy and begin
 design activities.   In January 1983, EPA awarded $10,000 to the  U.S. Army
 Corps of  Engineers for technical assistance to the project.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     103

-------

-------
 National Priorities List Site                                            Idaho (ID)
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)t"Superfund"l
                     ARROOM CORP. (DREXLER ENTERPRISES)
                              Rathdrum, Idaho

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Arrcom Corp.   (Drexler
 Enterprises)  Site covers 1.2 acres about 2.8 miles  southwest of Rathdrum,
 Idaho.   For several years, Arrcom recycled waste oils containing solvents,
 prior to abandoning the site in January 1982.  Remaining on-site are 17
 partially filled storage tanks, the largest capacity being 45,000 gallons.
 The contents of most of the tanks have not yet been determined.  Chloro-
 form has been found in a soil sample.  Wastes processed at the site may
 have included PCBs.  The site sits directly over the Spokane Valley-Rath-
 drum Prairie Aquifer, which is the sole source of drinking water for
 350,000 people in the region.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA has collected soil samples to document
 leakage on-site.  In addition, EPA sent a team to the site early in June
 1983 to sample all tanks, as well as soil and drinking  water from sur-
 rounding properties.  The general condition of the  site was also assessed.
 Subsequent actions will depend largely on the sampling  results.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     105

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM"Supeffund">


                 BUNKER HILL MINING & METALLURGICAL COMPLEX
                            Smelterville, Idaho

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):   The Bunker Hill Mining and
Metallurgical Complex  covers 350 acres in Snelterville, Idaho.  It
smelted lead and zinc  for 50 years.  In 1981, the plant closed for econo-
mic  reasons, and in 1982,  Bunker Hill's parent company sold the operation
to an  Idaho consortium.   Environmental problems associated with the
Bunker Hill operations are of long standing, although there has been
improvement in  recent  years.   In 1982, significant numbers of Kokanee
trout  returned  to the  South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene River, which had
been totally devoid of fish below Kellogg for many years.  Improved
conditions  can  be attributed to Bunker Hill's installation of treatment
facilities  for  wastes  that once were discharged untreated into the river.
Because of  elevated levels of lead in the blood of children around
Kellogg,  airborne lead was a cause for alarm in the early 1970s.  Control
measures subsequently  taken by the company reduced lead blood levels from
what they were  a decade ago.

     Several factors contribute to continuing environmental concern,
including:  accumulations of lead in soil and dust around the complex,
hazardous wastes in a  storage pond on the property, residues of heavy
metals in the South Fork of the Coeur d'Alene, and heavy metals contami-
nation in the aquifer  downgradient of the site.

     Status (July 1983):  Economic considerations will determine if and
when full-scale operations of the Bunker Hill complex resume.  Environ-
mental controls will be a factor in those considerations.  EPA is prepar-
ing  a  remedial  plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the
full extent of  cleanup required at the site.  It will guide further
actions at  the  site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      106

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          PACIFIC HIDE & FUR RECYCLING CO.
                                  Pocatello, Idaho

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);   The Pacific Hide & Fur
 Itecycling Co. occupies about 10 acres near a  residential area in
 Pocatello, Idaho.  For  several  years prior to 1983,  the company buried
 PCB capacitors  (previously there) and PCB oils from  transformers on this
 property.  In March 1983,  EPA conducted an emergency cleanup of the site
 at a cost of $350,000.   A  large number of buried PCB capacitors were
 recovered and incinerated,  and  PCB  contaminated soil was disposed of.
 The area where  the PCBs  were found  has been fenced.   The site sits over
 an aquifer that feeds private drinking wells  and an  industrial well of a
 nearby malt mill.  Pocatello has seven drinking water wells within
 3 miles of the  site.

      EPA made a preliminary survey  of the entire site to assess PCB con-
 tamination of soils and  collected samples from nearby drinking and
 industrial wells.

      Status (June  1984):  EPA is pursuing both civil and criminal  en-
 forcement actions  against the company.  A criminal jury  trial  reached a
 guilty verdict  against two  of three defendants.  Sentences were passed on
 June 29, 1984.  Motions  for  discovery in  the  civil action  for  cost re-
 covery have begun.

      Any actions  to be taken at this site will be coordinated with
 actions at the  Union Pacific Railroad Co. Site,  which is adjacent.

       Response  category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     107

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                         UNION PACIFIC RAILROAD CO.
                              Pocatello,  Idaho

      Conditions at listing  (September 1983):   For an unknown number of
 years, Union Pacific  Railroad Co.  has dumped  sludge from its oil/water
 separation plant  into what appears  to be a  150-foot by 40-foot unlined
 man-made pond, in Pocatello, Idaho.  The 0 .5-acre pond is just north of
 Union Pacific's West  Pocatello teilroad  terd, which covers a few hundred
 acres.  For some  time, Union Pacific  has said it plans to construct a
 sludge-thickening facility  to replace the pond .  Several years ago, union
 Pacific also treated  rail ties, probably with pentachlorophenol (PCP), at
 an unknown location in the yard.

      In 1980, the State sampled wells in the  vicinity, detecting PCP in
 parts per trillion, and oils and grease  in  parts per million (ppm) .  PCBs
 were not detected.  In March 1983,  EPA found  9 ppm PCP in the sludge in
 the pond and 4.5  ppm  in the liquid.  These  levels are considered a
 potential source  of ground water contamination,  but to date no PCP  has
 been found in drinking water samples. Samples collected at the sane time
 frcm private wells adjacent to the  site  were  contaminated with PCBs.
 Additional information is needed to further evaluate the yard's contribu-
 tion, if any, to  soil and ground water contamination.

      Status (June 1984);  My actions to be taken at this site will be
 coordinated with  actions at Pacific Hide &  Fur Recycling Co., which is
 adjacent.

          Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     108

-------
National Priorities List Site                                           Illinois (IL)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act o( 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")
                       A&F MATERIALS RECLAIMING, INC.
                             Greenup, Illinois

     Conditions at listing (July 1982):   The ASF Materials Reclaiming,
 Inc.,  Site occupies 3.8  acres  in Greenup, Illinois.   The City of Newton
 periodically withdraws drinking water from the Embarras River downstream
 of  the site.  On-site are four lagoons which hold a  mixture of waste
 oils,  sludges,  spent caustics, spent acids,  water, and other waste products
 containing PCBs.   Similar products  containing PCBs are stored in 13 steel
 tanks  on-site,  sane of which have leaked on several  occasions.  The site
 contains about  1.4 million gallons  of contaminated water, 16,000 gallons
 of  contaminated oil,  and 800,000 gallons of  contaminated sludge and soil.

     Operations at the site  began during 1977 and ended June 1980.   They
 were originally intended to  reprocess waste  oils and sludges.  The storage
 lagoons were  filled by March 1978 and began  to overflow, contaminating
 the environmental  pathways leading  to the Embarras River 1,300 feet away.
 PCBs have been  found  in  the  lagoons, tanks,  ditch, Embarras River,  site
 soils, and ground  water  beneath the site.  Significant concentrations of
other compounds and heavy metals have also been detected.

     In mid-1980,  using  $240,000 made available under Section 311 of the
Clean Vfeter Act, EPA lowered the level of  waste in the lagoons,  in  addition
 to  building dikes  and trenches and   removing wastes.

     Status  (July  1983):   In May and December 1982,  and in March 1983,
CEPCLA emergency funds were  used to again lower the  level in the lagoons,
to  reinforce  the containment dikes,  and  to take measures to permanently
contain the wastes.  The total cost was  $190,000.

     In June  1983,  EPA awarded a $277,727  Cooperative Agreement  to  Illinois
to  conduct a  remedial  investigation/feasibility study of contaminated
ground water.

     The Department of Justice,  on  behalf  of EPA and  the State of Illinois,
has brought a Federal civil  action  seeking injunctive relief  against
parties potentially responsible  for wastes associated with this  site.

    Response category / Cleanup  status code, October  1984:  V  R F  S  / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     109

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                      ACME  SOLVENT RECLAIMING,  INC.
                            Morristown,  Illinois

     Conditions  at  listing  (July  1982):   The Acme Solvents Reclaiming,
Inc., Site covers 20 acres  in a rural area of Winnebago County, about 1.5
miles fron Morristcwn,  Illinois.   Starting in 1960,  Acme reclaimed waste
solvents through distillation.  Still bottom material  and waste drums,
both full and empty, were disposed of  into numerous  shallow unlined
pits.   In late 1972, the State started  an administrative action requiring
Acme to stop its disposal operations.   In 1973, the  waste ponds were
covered over, although  partially  buried drums are still visible.

     Monitoring  by  the  State and  county, which  started in April 1981,
detected low levels of  organic compounds, including  trichloroethylene,
methylene chlorids, and tetrachloroethylene, in shallow private wells.
Four private wells were closed, and the residents began to use bottled
water.  The shallow aquifers are  hydrologically connected to the deeper,
highly productive aquifers  that supply  water to larger industrial and
municipal wells  in  the  Rockford vicinity.

     Status (July 1983):  In August 1982, EPA issued Notice Letters
requesting that  the owners  of Acme undertake a  hydrogeologic investiga-
tion at the site.  Acme declined.   In June 1983, EPA awarded a $292,365
Cooperative Agreement to Illinois for a remedial investigation/feasibi-
lity study to determine the type  and extent of  contamination at the site
and identify alternatives for remedial  action.   The  work is scheduled to
be completed in  the second  quarter of 1984.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      110

-------
National Priorities List She
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCUAM'Supertund"
                        BELVIDERE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
                             Belvidere, Illinois

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):   The Belvidere Municipal
Landfill  covers 11.3 acres in Belvidere, Boons County, Illinois.  It was
active  frcm 1939 until September 1973.  When it closed, the site was
inadequately covered with sandy soil excavated from a borrow pit and soil
left over frcm highway construction just south of the facility.  The site
is  incompletely fenced and mostly overgrown with natural grasses.  Leachate
streams are visible on the west and northwest sides of the fill.

     Monitoring wells installed by the State detected PCBs, toluene,
xylenes,  and other toxic organic compounds.   A puddle beneath one of the
leachate  plumes on the northwest side of the fill contains relatively
high concentrations of ethyl benzene and toluene.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full  extent of cleanup required at
the site.   It  will guide further actions at  the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      111

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund')
                             BYBDN SALVAGE YARD
                              Byron,  Illinois

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):   The Byron Salvage Yard
occupies 10 acres just east of Byron, Illinois, in the 2,200-acre drainage
basin of Woodland Creek.   The flow of the creek is such that any leachate
from the site drains  into the creek  and contaminates the ground water
below.  In 1974, the  State filed a complaint charging the owners of Byron
Salvage Yard with water pollution.  The State continued to monitor in and
around the yard until the end of 1981.   The  results revealed that cyanide-
containing plating  waste  had been sprayed onto the roads in and around
the salvage yard, and that plating wastes and other wastes, either bulk or
in containers, had  been durrped and buried in the yard.  These activities
resulted in high concentrations of cyanide and toxic metals in soils,
surface water, and  ground water.

     Status (July 1983);   In April 1983, EPA signed a $248,393 Cooperative
Agreement with Illinois for a remedial  investigation to determine the
type and extent of  the contamination at the  site and a feasibility study
to identify alternatives  for remedial action.  The work is scheduled to
be completed in the first quarter of 1984.

       Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      112

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund")
                       CBDSS BROTHERS PAIL RECYCLING
                        Pembroke Township, Illinois

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):   The Cross Brothers Pail
Recycling Site covers 20 acres in rural Pembroke Township, 15 miles
southeast of Kankakee, Illinois.  Between 1961 and 1980, pails and drums
were recycled at the  site by burning out the residue using hazardous
waste  solvents as fuel, and then sand blasting and painting.  During these
operations, soil and  ground water became contaminated.  Investigations by
the State discovered  over 10,000 5-gallon pails (mostly empty), 10 acres
of contaminated  soil, at least 10 covered trenches of unknown wastes, and
a plume of contaminated ground water leaving the site.  The State has
notified four families with downgradient wells that their water supplies
are contaminated with a number of toxic organic chemicals.  The State
completed a hydrogeologlcal study of the site in 1981.  On Aug. 19, 1980,
the Kankakee County Circuit Court ordered the site owners to cease
operations and clean  up the surface debris

     Status (July 1983):   In May 1983,  EPA signed a $220,871 Cooperative
Agreement with Illinois for a remedial  investigation to determine the
type and extent  of contamination at the site and a feasibility study to
identify alternatives for remedial  action.   The work is scheduled to be
completed in the first quarter of 1984.

         Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      113

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund*)
                             GALESBUFG/KOPPERS
                           Galesburg,  Illinois

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The GalesburgAoppers Site
covers 400 acres  outside Galesburg,  Knox County, Illinois.  Koppers Co.
treats railroad ties  on  the  site,  which is owned by Burlington Northern
Railroad.  The plant  has been in operation since 1907.  In the past,
waste water containing creosote and  pentachlorophenol was discharged to
four unlined ponds  on-site,  resulting in contamination of the shallow
aquifer.  Contamination  has  not been detected so far in the deeper aquifer
or  in the many private drinking water wells in the area.  In 1977, the
State required the  company  to prevent leaching oily materials from
entering a nearby ditch.  In response,  the company dug an intercepting
ditch and dammed  off  the existing ditch.  Thousands of gallons per year
of  oily waste are recovered  from the intercepting ditch.  In about 1979,
two of the three  creosote ponds were filled in.

     Status (July 1983):  The company is negotiating with the State for
cleanup of former disposal areas as  well as treatment of current waste
water.  The company,  after completing a hydrogeological study and prepar-
ing a ground water  monitoring report,  is taking additional ground water
samples.

     In June 1983,  EPA completed a draft remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  The plan is now under review.  It will guide further actions
at  the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       114

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund"
                            JOHNS-MANVILLE CORP.
                             Waukegan,  Illinois

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):   The Johns-Manville Corp.
 Site covers about 350 acres on the shore  of  Lake Michigan, north of
 Waukegan,  Illinois.  On the site  is a  970,000-cubic-yard pile of asbestos
 wastes.   Significant levels of asbestos have been found in downwind air
 sanples.   The State has noted violations  of  the  Illinois Environmental
 Protection Act regarding operation of  the waste  pile.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA and the  State  are  currently developing the
 scope of  work for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
 the type  and extent of contamination at the  site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action.

        Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: v F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      115

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund"
                        LASALLE ELECTRICAL UTILITIES
                             LaSalle, Illinois

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The LaSalle Electrical
Utilities  Site covers about 4 acres just north of LaSalle, Illinois.
Fran the late 1940s to late 1978, capacitors containing PCBs were
manufactured on  the site.   The company reportedly used waste oils to
control dust in  the parking lot until 1969.  More than 1,000 parts per
million PCBs remain in the soil throughout the site.  Warning signs,  a
three-strand barbed wire fence, and a gate have been installed around
the site.   In August 1982, EPA installed four on-site monitoring wells.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a draft remedial plan
outlining  the investigations needed to determine the full extent of
cleanup required at the site.  The plan is now under review.  It will
guide  further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      116

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)('Superfund")
                          OUTBOARD MARINE CORP.
                            Waukegan,  Illinois

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981);   Fran 1959  to 1971,  the
Johnson Motors Division of Outboard  Marine Corp.  (OMC)  in Waugekan,
Illinois, purchased about 9 million  pounds of PCBs.  The material  was
used in aluminum die cast machines,  which routinely  leaked.   In 1976,  the
company was found to be discharging  PCBs  into the Waukegan Harbor  and the
North Ditch; both feed into Lake Michigan.   This finding was  of great
concern because a number of Lake Michigan fish species  contain  PCBs  in
quantities exceeding Food and Drug Administration guidelines.   EPA and
the State issued administrative orders requiring that  the company  take
certain steps to eliminate discharges  of  PCBs.   Although those  steps  were
taken and discharges significantly reduced,  a great  deal of PCBs had  been
released to the environment.

     In 1976, EPA began studies to determine the nature and extent of the
PCB problem.  The studies show that  PCBs  are distributed throughout the
sediments of Waukegan Harbor, with the highest concentrations in Slip 3.
About 11,000 cubic yards are at a concentration  of 500  parts  per million
(ppm) or more, about 50,000 cubic yards beyond 50 ppm,  and substantially
more greater than 10 ppm.  In addition, the  flowing  waters in the  ditch
annually carry sediments containing  11  pounds of PCBs  into the  lake.   A
parking lot next to the lake shore is  contaminated.

     In 1978, with a special SI.5 million appropriation from  Congress,
EPA's Region V Office investigated the  extent of  contamination  and
identified options for cleanup.  In  1980,  an additional 3436,000,
made available under Section 311 of  the Clean Vfeter  Act and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, were  used  to  study the site.

     Following a breakdown of negotiations between Illinois and OMC,  the
Department of Justice, on behalf of  EPA,  filed a Federal civil  action
seeking injunctive relief against parties potentially responsible  for
wastes associated with the site.

     This is the top priority site in  Illinois.

     Status (July 1983):  In February  1983,  EPA  approved $100,000  to  do a
feasibility study, largely based on  existing data, to identify  alter-
natives for remedial action at the site.  A decision on the final  remedy
is scheduled for the third quarter of  1983.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F  S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     117

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund')
                 VELSIOOL CHEMICAL  CORP.  (MARSHALL PLANT)
                            Marshall,  Illinois

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Velsicol  Chemical Corp.
Site covers 20 acres about  1 mile north of Marshall,  Clark County,
Illinois.  In the 1930s, the company built a plant there to produce
resins.  In 1946, the plant started to manufacture chlordane.   In 1950,
the company shut down its two  resin units, but continued to produce the
pesticide.

     In the early years of  operation,  process waste waters were discharged
from the plant without treatment.   In  1965,  an injection well  was installed
for disposal of both waste  water and storm run-off.  A second  well was
installed in 1973.  These wells, under permit from the State,  continue in
operation.  Part of the  injection well system consisted of surface
impoundments known  as Ponds 5/6, which are now inactive.  These ponds
contain about 105,000 cubic yards of chlordane and sludge  contaminated
with hexachlorocyclopentadiene.

     The surface impoundments  have  overflowed during heavy rain, and
chlordane-related compounds have been  detected in a drainage ditch and
two monitoring wells.  Analyses  of  water  from wells adjacent to the
impoundments strongly suggest  that  shallow ground water beneath the
plant area is being polluted with chlordane-related compounds.  Mill
Creek, its tributaries, and the  Wabash River are similarly contaminated.

     Status (July 1983):  The  State and Velsicol are negotiating for the
cleanup of Ponds 5/6.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October  1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      118

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                           WAUCONDA SAND & GRAVEL
                             Wauconda, Illinois

      Conditions at listing (July 1982):  The Wauconda Sand &  Gravel Site
 covers 80 acres in Lake County, Illinois, about 2 miles  north of Wauconda
 and 3 miles east of Island Lake.  The site, originally a sand and gravel
 pit,  accepted wastes from 1950 to 1978, when it was closed and covered.
 The northern two-thirds of the site was filled prior to  the State's
 landfill regulations and was never permitted.  A 9-acre  portion in the
 southern third of the site was permitted to accept general refuse.
 Leachate from the landfill has contaminated both ground  water and surface
 water in the vicinity.   Samples from monitoring and private wells contain
 low levels of contaminants at this time, including ammonia, boron,
 chloride, iron,  phenols, PCBs, and 2,4-dimethylphenol.   Leachate
 contaminated by low levels of PCBs has also been detected entering
 Mutton Creek north of the landfill.

      Status (July 1983):  In June 1983, EPA started a remedial investiga-
 tion/ feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination
 at  the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work is
 scheduled to be completed in the second quarter of 1984.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      119

-------

-------
 National Priorities List Site                                         Indiana (IN)
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                       AMERICAN CHEMICAL SERVICE, INC.
                              Griffith, Indiana

       Conditions at listing (September 1983):  American Chemical Service,
  Inc., recycled chemicals in Griffith, Indiana, frcro 1958 to 1975, when it
  voluntarily stopped using two disposal areas on-site and covered them.
  The State has responded to complaints about the company since 1972.  The
  site contains buried drums (estimated at 20,000) and sludges (primarily
  pigment and resins); the amounts, nature, and source are unknown.

       The shallow aquifer beneath the site is contaminated with penta-
  chlorophenol, benzene, toluene, vinyl chloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethylene,
  and other organic compounds, according to analyses conducted for the
  State.  The majority of the 10,000 people residing within 3 miles of the
  site obtain drinking water fron the lower aquifer.  No contamination of
  drinking wells has been documented to date.  The aquifers are separated
  by a supposedly continuous 15-to-25 foot layer of clay.  The site is
  entirely mantled by sandy soil with high permeability.  Ground water
  flows primarily to the northwest.

       Status (June 1984):  EPA has completed a search for parties
  potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     121

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                            BENNETT STONE OUARRY
                            Hloomington, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Bennett Stone Ouarry is
 about 1 mile northwest of Bloomington, Indiana.  In April 1983, the
 Monroe County Health Department defined an area of several acres that had
 been used for dumping of electrical parts, including a large number of
 PCB-contaminated capacitors.  Labels identified them as Westinghouse Type
 FP Outdoor capacitors.  Soils adjacent to the capacitors are stained with
 oil, and the entire fill area is generally void of vegetation.  Two ponds
 along the west border of the site have oil sheens.  Both drain into Stout
 Creek.  The State detected PCBs in soil (maximum of 38% Aroclor 1248),
 stream sediments, and surface water.  Pond sediments on the west side
 contain high levels (102 parts per million) of Aroclor 1242.  This site
 is located in a region where limestone is extensively quarried for build-
 ing stone.  The population immediately surrounding this site generally
 depends on wells, but no drinking water contamination has been documented
 to date.

      In July 1983, EPA completed a three-phase emergency cleanup, which
 involved (1) removal and disposal of capacitors on the surface and con-
 taminated soils, (2) an aerial photographic survey, geophysical study,
 and soil sampling, (3) placement of an impervious cap over the site to
 prevent run-off of contaminants, and (4) construction of security fencing
 around the site.  The total cost was 8225,000 in CRRCLA emergency finds.

      Status (June 1984);  Negotiations are underway with Wfestinghouse to
 determine what further remedial measures are necessary at this site and
 four other PCB disposal sites in the Bloomington area .  A trial originally
 scheduled for January 1983 has been stayed pending negotiations.  Negoti-
 ations concerning a Consent Decree are underway.

      The extent of the contamination was established in May 1984 .

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      122

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                              ENVIBDCHEM CORP.
                            Zionsville,  Indiana

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);  Envirochem Corp. owned and
operated a waste storage  and  recycling  business  on 6 acres in Boone
County, Zionsville,  Indiana.  The site  is adjacent to the Northside
Landfill.  The facility recovered solvents and oils from industrial
sources fran 1977 until May 1982, when  it was  closed under a Court Order
obtained by the State.  The companay's  on-site storage practices resulted
in an  inventory beyond that needed to maintain recycling operations.
Thus,  when the company went into  receivership,over 20,000 drums and 400,000
gallons of waste remained on-site.   On  one occasion, this excessive
inventory resulted  in an  overflow of contaminated  rain water from a holding
pond into an unnamed ditch  that flows to Findley Creek, causing an oil
sheen  on Findley and Eagle  Creeks.   Seme drums stored in the open and
without an impermeable base deteriorated. In  1981, three organic solvents
(1,1-dichloroethane, trichloroethene, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane) were
found  in on-site wells.

     Status (July 1983):  In  February 1983,  EPA  signed a $310,200 Superfund
State Contract with  Indiana.  Under  the contract,  EPA completed a limited
feasibility study that recommends off-site disposal of all drum and tank
wastes, plus on-site treatment with  off-site disposal of contaminated
rain water.  In addition, due to  the deteriorating conditions at the site,
EPA has taken emergency measures  to  stabilize  the  site.   Concurrently,
EPA is conducting a  remedial  investigation and feasibility study to
determine the cost-effective  remedy  for dealing  with contaminated soils
and ground water.

    Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  V R F S / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     123

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                                FISHER-CALO
                              LaPorte,  Indiana

     Conditions  at listing (Decanter 1982):   Fisher Calo Chemicals and
Solvents Corp.   (Fisher-Calo) has reclaimed solvents on a 34-acre site
near LaPorte, Indiana,  since late 1972.  Wastes were buried on-site in
over 10,000 drums.  As  a result of spills, burial of drums and wastes,
and a  large fire in March 1978, ground water became contaminated.

     In July 1980, the  Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, brought a
Federal civil suit seeking injunctive  relief against the owner and operator
for improper disposal of drummed waste.  The drums were excavated imme-
diately prior to the suit.  The company entered into a Consent Agreement
on Aug. 4, 1982, to monitor quarterly  to determine if contaminants,
including 1,1-dichloroethene, trichloroethene, and tetrachloroethene,
have naturally dissipated to acceptable levels.

     Status (July 1983):  Fisher Calo  is continuing to monitor three
wells  and report the results to EPA.  After four quarters of monitoring,
EPA will determine if there is a need  for further remedial action.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     124

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund'l
                        LAKE SANDY JO (M&M LANDFILL)
                               Gary, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Lake Sandy Jo  (M&M
Landfill)  Site covers 55 acres in Gary, Lake County, Indiana.  The site
was a large pit that had provided fill to build the Tri-State Highway.
For several years, the pit was filled with water and was known as Lake
Sandy Jo.   It was emptied and in 1970, according to the present
owner/operator, filling began.  Demolition wastes were put in the pit,
and there  are records of hazardous waste disposal.  The present owner
states that "midnight dumping" occurred frequently, and the site had been
plagued by above- and below-ground fires.  EPA detected benzene, toluene,
and tetrachloroethylene in ground water and surface water.  Ground water
contamination is the primary concern because the area is surrounded on
all sides  by houses.  Over 5,000 people living within 3 miles of the site
draw water from more tha 1,400 wells.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a draft remedial plan
outlining  the investigations needed to determine the full extent of
cleanup required at the site.  It will guide further actions at the
site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     125

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund"
                           LEMDN  LANE LANDFILL
                           Blocmington,  Indiana

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   Lemon Lane Landfill is
located on the western edge of  Blocmington,  Indiana.   The site is 10.7
acres, of which 3 acres  are owned by a private citizen.  From 1950 to
1964, the site, which has no  liner or run-off controls, accepted both
municipal and industrial wastes.   Allegedly, wastes were incinerated on-
site.  No records were kept of  the types or  quantities of wastes received.
Of primary concern  are large  quantities  of exposed capacitors containing
PCBs.  Many are leaking  and have  contaminated underlying soils, which are
thin and irregular.  PCBs in  the  soil range  from 0.1  to 330,000 parts per
million.  Starting  in 1980, the State and EPA sampled several times in the
area.  They detected no  PCBs  in nearby residential wells at the time, nor
did they observe any surface  discharges.  However, the geology of the
area suggests that  ground water contamination is possible.  Pedestrians
have easy access to the  site, and children use it as  a play area.

     Status (July 1983):  Using CERCLA emergency funds, Blocmington is
working with EPA to erect a security fence around the site.

      Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      126

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAK'Superfund")
                           MAIN STREET WELL FIELD
                              Elkhart, Indiana

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):   The Main Street Well Field
supplies water to Elkhart, Indiana.   Of the city's 21 production wells,
the  field has 15, providing 70 percent of the city's drinking water.
Christiana Creek is diverted to numerous ponds, which recharge the shallow
aquifer.  All production wells drain from this aquifer.  Infiltration
from the ponds is rapid.   Though St. Joseph River is the main discharge
point for the area,  most of the ground water in the Main Street Well
Field discharges to Christiana Creek.

     Of the 15 wells,  5  are contaminated with frcm 50 to 880 micrograms
per  liter of trichlorethene (TCE).   The contamination was discovered in
April 1981.  Sampling  continued through 1982.  Elkhart took several steps
that reduced TCE levels  in the immediate vicinity of the well field and
maintained adequate water supplies.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.

         Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     127

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Supertund'l
                            MARION (BKGG)  DUMP
                             Marion,  Indiana

     Conditions  at  listing  (December  1982);   The Marion (Bragg) Dump
covers 40 acres  in  Marion,  Grant  County,  Indiana.  The area is relatively
flat, with  the Mississinewa River within 200 yards.  The landfill,
originally  an old gravel  pit,  was used for the disposal of various wastes
until it was closed and covered in 1975.   The State reports that for at
least 2 years, the  landfill received  approximately 1,400 drums per month.
At least 3,000 dnms containing a variety  of hazardous materials such as
acetone, solvents,  plasticizers,  lead,  and cadmium may be buried.

     Leachate has been observed on the southeast side of the landfill.
The primary concern is the  threat of  ground water contamination.
Approximately 3,000 people  live within 1 mile of the site and draw their
water from  an aquifer 20  to 25 feet below  the site.  To date, contamina-
tion has not been detected  in  wells in the immediate area.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA  recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  It will  guide further actions  of the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      128

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                                  MIDCO I
                               Gary, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Midwest Solvent Recovery
 Co.  (MIDCO)  I Site occupies 4 acres in an area of wetlands in Gary,
 Indiana.  In April 1975, the company began storing and reclaiming
 thousands of drums of hazardous wastes on-site.  The company apparently
 also dumped sludges and other wastes into a pit on the site.  In December
 1976, a fire destroyed more than 14,000 drums, essentially halting
 operations.   In 1977, operations started up again and continued until
 1979.  Several thousand drums containing materials such as paint sludges,
 solvents, acids, caustics, and cyanides were left on-site, many of them
 leaking and  deteriorated.  The drums burned in the 1976 fire also re-
 mained.  Surface water, ground water, and soils are contaminated.

      In June 1981, using $10,829 made available under Section 311 of the
 Clean Water Act, EPA fenced the site.  In February 1982, with $995,000
 in CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed the wastes and about 1 foot of
 soil, and placed a temporary clay cap on the site.  These efforts alle-
 viated the threats of fire, explosion, and human contact.

      The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, has brought a Federal
 civil action seeking injunctive relief against parties potentially
 responsible  for wastes associated with this site.

      Status  (July 1983);  EPA recently prepared a remedial plan outlining
 the  investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
 at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     129

-------
National Priorities List She
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                      NEAL'S LANDFILL  (BLOOMINGTON)
                           Bloomington,  Indiana

     Conditions at listing (October  1981):  Neal's Landfill covers about
18 acres 4.5 miles west of Blocmington,  Indiana.  The  site was used as an
industrial and municipal waste  landfill  frcm  1950  to 1972.  The main fill
area measures about 300 by 300  yards.  Later,  the landfill was used as
pasture for beef cattle.  A mmber of  springs  surface  near the site and
flow 0.8 miles to Richland Creek, a  tributary  of the White River.

     In 1966 and 1967, capacitors and  arresters containing PCBs, as well
as PCB-contaminated capacitor insulation material, rags, and filter clay,
were disposed of at the landfill.  Capacitors  and other contaminated
materials are visible on the surface.  PCBs have been  found in surface
soils in the northeast portion  of the  landfill, the  springs near the site,
sediments of Richland Creek, and fat from a calf that  had  grazed on the
site.

     Status (July 1983);  On Jan. 4, 1983, the Federal government filed a
lawsuit against Westinghouse Electric  Corp. under CERCLA and the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act seeking  preliminary  and  permanent injunctive
relief.  Negotiations as to settlement of a preliminary injunctive motion
are continuing.  The main case  is set  for trial on Oct. 25, 1983.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  V F S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      130

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund'
                             NINTH AVENUE DUMP
                               Gary, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):   The Ninth Avenue Dump covers
 20 acres in Gary,  Indiana, in a flat marsh area that has been partially
 filled in.  Operations started in 1973 and ended in 1980.  In 1975, the
 State documented the presence of an estimated 10,000 55-gallon drums
 (many of them empty) and found evidence suggesting that liquid wastes had
 been  dumped on-site and allowed to percolate through the sandy soil.  A
 State inspector estimated that 500,000 gallons of liquid industrial waste
 had been dumped and 1,000 drums buried on-site.  Analyses identified the
 presence of various organic compounds and heavy metals.  When operations
 stopped  in  1980, over 250 deteriorating drums and six old tank trucks
 remained above ground.

      In  the fall of 1980, the Department of  Justice, on behalf of EPA,
 brought  a Federal  civil action seeking injunctive relief under the
 Resource Conservation and Recovery Act against the owners and operators
 of  the site.

      Status (July  1983);   EPA and one of the responsible parties have
 negotiated  a  plan  for site cleanup.   Phase I calls for renoval of the
 drums, tank trucks, junk, and grossly contaminated soils.  All
 containerized wastes have been tested and classified, but removal of the
 remaining drums, trucks,  and surface soil has been delayed because of
 problems  in obtaining State permits  for disposal.   Contaminated surface
 soil  has been scraped into a pile and covered with a plastic sheet.

      Phase  IIA includes studying  subsurface  conditions and recommending
 remedial  actions.   Various organic conpounds have been detected in the
 shallow aquifer at  both the parts-per-million and parts-per-billion
 ranges.   Contamination of drinking water has not been detected at this
 time.  Negotiations for Phase IIA are underway,  and the trial is set for
October  1983.

          Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      131

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                     NOKTHSIDE SANITARY LANEFILL, INC.
                            Zionsville, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Northside Sanitary
 landfill. Inc., Site covers 131 acres in Zionsville, Indiana.  Over 16
 million gallons of hazardous wastes have been deposited in the landfill.
 It opened in the 1950s as an open dump, and was permitted by the State in
 1971 to accept hazardous wastes.

      EPA (under Section 311 of the Clean Water Act) and the State  have
 responded to complaints about the site.  In response, the owner installed
 a leachate collection system, but leachate is still not totally contained.
 Analyses of surface water and soil by the State detected organic chem-
 icals, including benzene, acetone, xylene, phenol, and chloroform, as well
 as lead.  If the leachate collection system is not pumped out properly,
 it can overflow into ground water.  The clay liner of the landfill may
 not be continuous, thus threatening ground water.  About 1,750 residents
 within 3 miles of the site use wells for drinking water.

      In June 1983, the State ordered the site to close.  The corporation
 has appealed the action .

      Status (June 1984);  EPA has started a remedial investigation/feasi-
 bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at  the
 site and to identify alternatives for remedial action.

      Administrative hearings are underway regarding the State's closure
 order.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      132

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                                  POER FARM
                           Hancock County, Indiana

       Conditions at listing (September 1983);  Poer Farm covers 5 acres
 on a  slight knoll  between two streams near Wilkinson in Hancock County,
 Indiana.  In 1973-74, the site received and stored en the ground 275
 drums of paint wastes.  The drums are leaking, and vegetation nearby is
 dead.  EPA analyzed the drums and soils and detected toluene, xylene,
 ethyl benzene, chromium, arsenic, and lead.  Ground voter provides drink-
 ing water for about 2,400 people within 3 miles of this site.  An en-site
 wall  is contaminated by arsenic, cadmium, and lead.

       In June 1983,  EPA used about $100,000 in CERCLA emergency funds to
 alleviate the fire  and  explosion hazard at the site.  All of the drummed
 materials and contaminated soils were removed and properly disposed of.
 The on-site well was resampled.

     Status (June 1984);  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasl-
 bility  study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
 site  and to identify alternatives for remedial action.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: R / o
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     133

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")
             REILLY TAR & CHEMICAL CORP .  (INDIANAPOLIS PLANT)
                          Indianapolis, Indiana

     Conditions at  listing  (September 1983);   The Reilly Tar & Chemical
Corp. Site covers about 125 acres  in  a  densely populated residential and
industrial part of  Indianapolis, Indiana.  Between the 1920s and 1972,
the company operated, on the south portion  of  the site, a coal-tar refin-
ing and wood-treatment  facility using creosote.   On-site are a trench,
landfill, and lagoons used  to dispose of  wastes  containing pyridine, a
toxic organic chemical. Citizens  have  complained frequently of head-
aches, general ill  health,  and  increased  cancer  and birth defects.
Ground water is contaminated with  pyridine, according to analyses
conducted by EPA.   About 5,200  residents  within  3 miles of the site use
ground water for drinking.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA has  prepared  a work plan for a remedial
investigation/ feasibility  stu3y to determine  the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify  alternatives for remedial action .

         Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984; F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     134

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund'l
                          SEYMOUR RECYCLING CORP.
                              Seymour, Indiana

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):   The Seymour Recycling Corp.
 Site occupies nearly 14 acres in an industrial park, 2 miles from the
 center  of  Seymour, Indiana.   The facility,  now abandoned, once reclaimed
 industrial wastes.  Operations began in 1969, when the Seymour Manufactur-
 ing Co. moved its Chemical Division to land it leased in the industrial
 park.   In  1976,  the Chemical Division was incorporated into Seymour
 Recycling  Corp.  under the ownership of Seymour Manufacturing.  In 1978,
 the site was  sold to the Envrionmental Processing Corp.  Because of
 numerous permit violations,  the State closed the site in February 1980.
 Remaining  on-site were about 60,000 drums and 98 bulk storage tanks
 containing wastes such as solvents,  phenols, cyanides,  acids, and C-56 (a
 pesticide  by-product),  as well as hundreds  of small containers of hazard-
 ous materials,  primarily from laboratory operations.  Some wastes were
 highly  explosive.  Soil and  ground water off-site are contaminated.

     EPA undertook emergency actions beginning in March 1980, using
 $2 million made  available under Section 311 of the Clean Water Act.  The
 actions included: installation of a dike around the site; installation of
 a carbon unit to treat surface water on-site; sampling and testing of
 drums,  tanks,  soil,  and water;  restaging of approximately 45,000 drums
 to more secure areas;  installation of security fencing; cleanup of a
 spill of 3,000 gallons of chromic acid; and removal of liguids from the
 bulk storage  tanks.   During  this time,  two  wastes generators removed
 wastes  from the  site.

     In May 1980, the Department of  Justice, on behalf of EPA,  brought a
 Federal civil action seeking injunctive relief against parties responsible
 for wastes  associated with this site.

     This  is  the top priority site in Indiana.

     Status (July 1983);   In August  1982, EPA signed a  $12,000  Superfund
 State contract with  Indiana  for initial remedial measures involving
 upgrading and repairing of the  on-site  system for treating surface water.

     In October  1982, EPA negotiated a  $7.7 million agreement with 24
 generators  to undertake a complete surface  cleanup at the site.   The
 cleanup is  scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1983.   An
 additional group of  generators  has committed over $4 million to a "cash-
 out" settlement  agreement for the  cleanup.

     Suit will be brought by  the end of 1983 against a  group of parties
who have not  settled.   Also,  EPA is  planning a remedial investigation
 to determine  the extent  and  type of  subsurface contamination at the  site.

     Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  V R F / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      135

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfuncT)
                              WAYNE WASTE OIL
                           Columbia City, Indiana

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982);  Wayne Waste Oil, a division
of Wayne Reclamation and  Recycling, Inc., owns a 27-acre site in Columbia
City, Whitley County,  Indiana.   Fran 370,000 to 1.4 million gallons of
wastes were durrped  on  the surface, into unlined pits, and into a. trench.
Analyses indicate high levels of cyanides, lead, chromium, and zinc.

     The site is bordered by residences and a lumber yard on two sides,
and a bend of the Blue River on the other two sides.  Three public wells
are located within  220 yards of the site.  The primary concern is the
threat to ground water.   There  are open leaking drums on-site and waste
areas that have been covered with sand, as evidenced by disturbed surface
soils.

     Status (July 1983):   The State is performing a health risk assessment
on the site.  The final report  is due in late 1983.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      136

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                          WEDZEB ENTERPRISES, INC.
                              Lebanon, Indiana

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Wedzeb Enterprises,
Inc., Site  consists of two warehouses in Lebanon, Indiana.  They were
used to store  capacitors, many containing oils, for subsequent distribu-
tion and  resale.   In May 1981, a fire destroyed one warehouse, which
contained about  50,000 capacitors,  and caused the release of PCBs and low
levels of dioxin and tetrachlorodibenzofuran (TCDF) into the imtiediate
environment.   The PCB-contaminated  warehouse debris remains on the site,
which is  neither  secured nor posted.   There is no protection from wind and
precipitation.  State and Federal investigators sampled the site on
several occasions,  beginning in May 1981.   Most samples from the
warehouse rubble  contained more than 500 parts per million (ppm) PCBs;
one contained  24,500 ppm. Dioxin and TCDF were in concentrations (30 to
500 parts per  trillion)  that could  not adversely affect human health.
Low concentrations of PCBs were detected in Prairie Creek.  PCBs may have
contaminated sludge from the Lebanon sewage treatment plant via a basement
drain (later sealed)  in the warehouse.   Ground water is threatened because
on-site soil is permeable,  as is the  aquifer 100 feet below.

     In June 1981,  the State requested that the principal owner of Wedzeb
submit a  proposal for cleanup and disposal.  The situation was referred
to the State Attorney General for action in October 1981.

     Status (July 1983);   The Indiana State Board of Health is discussing
cleanup requirements with the owner.

       Response category  / Cleanup  status  code,  October 1984:  D / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      137

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                             Iowa (IA)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAX'Superfund")


                               AIDEX CORP.
                            Council Bluffs,  Iowa

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981);   A pesticides-formulating
plant near Council  Bluffs,  Iowa,  belonging  to Aidex Corp.,  caught fire in
1976.  The 100,000  gallons  of water used to fight the fire  contaminated
the ground on the 15-acre site.   The company filed for bankruptcy in 1980.
More than 4,000 barrels of  pesticides and pesticide wastes  are stored and
buried on the property.   A  large  under-ground tank and concrete pit on
the site also contain wastes.  Soil, ground water, and surface water are
contaminated.

     This is the  top  priority site in Iowa.

     Status (July 1983);  In December 1981,  EPA fenced the  property
with $30,000 in CERCLA  emergency  funds.   In August 1982,  EPA authorized
$200,000 for a remedial investigation to determine the type and extent
of contamination  at the site and  a feasibility  study to identify alter-
natives for remsdial  action.  The work is scheduled to be completed in
the third quarter of  1983.  In September 1982,  EPA signed a Superfund
State Contract and  interagency agreement with the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers for $465,000.   In March 1983,  the  funding was increased to
$680,000 to cover initial remedial measures  to  clean up surface soils
and drums, empty  the  tank and pit,  and control  erosion from areas with
highly contaminated soils.  A contractor for the cleanup  was hired in
April 1983.  The  work is  scheduled to be completed in early fall of
1983.

     The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA,  has brought a Federal
civil action seeking  injunctive relief against  parties potentially
responsible for wastes associated with the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     139

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLAM"Superfund"


                               DBS M3INES ICE
                              Des Moines, Iowa

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);  The Des Moines TCE Site
consists of a plume of  ground water contaminated with trichloroethylene
(TCE) southwest of  downtown Des  Moines, Iowa, along the Raccoon River.
EPA installed several monitoring wells to locate the source or sources of
the chemical, centering its initial investigation around the Dico Co.  TCE
was first detected  in ground  water beneath the Dico property in 1978.
Dico used TCE to degrease metal  parts and in the past spread the oily
wastes from this process on its  property to control dust.  Early in 1979,
the company voluntarily stopped  this procedure.

     This site was  once listed under the name "Dico."

     Status (July 1983): Recently EPA reconfirmed TCE at Dico but is
investigating other potential sources as well.  Also, EPA is preparing a
remedial plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the full
extent of cleanup required  at the site.  It will guide further actions at
the site.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: P
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      140

-------
 National Priorities List Site

 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"


                               LABOUNTY SITE
                             Charles City, Iowa

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The LaBounty Site occupies
 8.5 acres  on the Cedar River floodplain at the southern edge  of Charles
 City, Iowa.   From 1953 to 1977, Salsbury Laboratories, a manufacturer of
 veterinary Pharmaceuticals, disposed of 6.4 million cubic feet of
 arsenical  sludge and organic wastes on the site.  Leachate from the site
 is contaminated with 36 chemicals, some containing metals.  Leachate-
 contaninated ground water discharges from a shallow aquifer into the
 Cedar River,  but the deeper aquifer is not presently contaminated.  The
 river and  the deeper aquifer combined supply drinking water to more than
 300,000  people, about one-third of Iowa's population.

      In  1977,  Iowa issued an administrative order that required the
 company  to prevent run-off, cease operations, and submit a plan for
 removal  of wastes.  EPA also issued an adminstrative order requiring the
 company  to take interim remedial measures.  In response, the  company
 installed  a  ground water monitoring system, capped the site,  and took
 measures to  reroute and divert run-off.

      Status  (July 1983):  The State and EPA are evaluating monthly
 ground water and surface water monitoring data to assess the  effectiveness
 of the company's interim remedial measures and determine if additional
 remedial action is necessary.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      141

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                         Kansas (KS)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM Superfund )


                             ARKANSAS CITY DUMP
                           Arkansas City, Kansas

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Arkansas City Dump,
Cowley  County,  Kansas,  was once the location of the Millikan Refining
Co., which was  destroyed by an explosion in the mid-1920s.  Refinery
wastes  remained on about 5 acres.  There was also a series of ponds
holding aqueous wastes and covering about 5 acres, plus 0.5 acres of
ponds that have been filled in.  The site is near the Arkansas River.
Trace amounts of toxic organic compounds (polynuclear aromatics)
have been  detected in ground water near the disposal areas.  Most of the
site is owned by a local development corporation and by Arkansas City.
It has  been divided into tracts and sold to small businesses.

     In July 1981,  EPA awarded a 544,700 Cooperative Agreement to Kansas
under the  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  The funds are for a
remedial investigation to determine the type and extent of contamination
at the  site and a  feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial
action.

     This  is the top priority site in Kansas.

     Status (July  1983):   In August 1981, EPA added $130,000 to the
Cooperative Agreement.   The remedial investigation was completed in the
first quarter of 1983.   The feasibility study is scheduled to be completed
in mid-1984.

         Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      143

-------
National Prioritie* List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund )


                              CHEROKEE COUNTY
                         Cherokee County, Kansas

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);   The Cherokee County Site is
 a mining area  covering about 410 square miles in Cherokee County, Kansas.
 It is part of  a larger area sometimes referred to as the Tri-State Mining
 District,  which encompasses Cherokee County, Jasper County in Missouri,
 and Ottawa County in  Oklahoma.  As a result  of extensive lead and zinc
 mining and related activities covering almost 100 years, huge tailings
 piles cover an estimated 4,000 acres in southern Cherokee County alone.
 The tailings contain  small amounts of lead,  zinc, cadmium, and asbestos.
 Acidic water in abandoned mine shafts in the area contains high concen-
 trations of toxic metals,  particularly lead  and cadmium.  This mine water
 surfaces in Tar Creek in Okalahoma.

      In 1981,  following a report by the Uninversity of Kansas School of
 Medicine indicating an unusually high incidence of cancer, particularly
 lung  cancer, in Cherokee and Jasper Counties, EPA performed a background
 study over the Tri-State area to identify potential carcinogens.  An EPA
 aerial photographic study of Cherokee County in October 19R2 indicates
 that  the piles are susceptible to water erosion, with the run-off going
 to nearby streams.

      This site was once listed under the name "Tar Creek, Cherokee
 County".

      Status (July 1983):  EPA has authorized preparation of a remedial
 plan  outlining the investigations needed to  determine the full extent of
 cleanup required at the site.  Under a Cooperative Agreement with EPA,
 Oklahoma is studying  water quality problems  in Ottawa County, Oklahoma.
 Also, Kansas,  using State funds, has begun a study of air quality in
 southeastern Cherokee County.

      In April  1983, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a health
 advisory recommending permanent relocation of 11 families on or near the
 site.  EPA then allocated $2.2 million to the Federal Emergency Management
 Agency for the relocation.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      144

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the                                  ,_,-„„, ..,.,,   .»  j-i
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK Superfund )


                         DOEPKE DISPOSAL  (HOLLIDAY)
                           Johnson County,  Kansas

      Conditions at listing (December  1982):  Doepke Disposal (Holliday)
 operated a 10-acre site on the southern  bluffs  of  the Kansas River Valley
 in Johnson County, Kansas, during the 1960s.  The  site,  at the intersec-
 tion of Holliday Drive and Interstate 435, received unknown quantities of
 industrial wastes such as paint sludges, spent  solvents, metals tailings,
 and fiberglass resins.  Leachate containing toxic  organic  and inorganic
 chemicals flows through a culvert under  Holliday Drive into the Kansas
 River.  County residents receive drinking  water primarily  fron 21 veils
 less than 1 mile downstream from the  site.  Additional supplies are drawn
 from the Kansas River.

      Status (July 1983);  Recent analyses  detected iron, manganese,  boron,
 other metals, and bis-2-ethylhexylphthalate in  leachate  and shallow ground
 water.  Contaminants in the leachate  have  not been detected at the river
 intake or in the well field.  EPA is  now evaluating these  recent data.
 In addition, EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining  the investigations
 needed to determine the full extent of cleanup  required  at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup  status code,  October  1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       145

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                             JOHNS' SLUDGE POND
                              Wichita, Kansas

      Conditions at listing  (December 1982):   Johns'  Sludge Pond is a
surface impoundment in Wichita, Kansas.Between 1951 and 1970, Super
Refined Oil,  new out of business, recycled waste oil there, disposing of
an estimated  7,000 cubic yards of sludge into an unlined pond.  EPA
found lead and organic compounds in ground water on  and very near the
site.  A  number of private wells are in the area.  In the 1970s, in order
to conduct remedial actions at the site, the  city took ownership of two-
thirds of the property.  The Johns' estate owns  the  remainder.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA and the City of Wichita are negotiating
for remedial  action at the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F / I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      146

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Kentucky (KY)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAM'Superfund")
                   A.L. TAYLOR ("VALLEY OF THE DRUMS")
                              Brooks,  Kentucky

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981);   The A.L.  Taylor ("Valley of
the Drums") Site covers 13  acres in Brooks, Kentucky, 12 miles south of
Louisville.  It was used a  refuse dump,  drum recycling center, and
chemical dump from 1967 to  1977.  The chemical wastes were largely from
the paint and coatings industries of  Louisville.  Air,  surface water,
ground water, and soil are  contaminated with organic  and inorganic
chemicals.

     EPA conducted emergency  response activities in March 1979 under
Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, and in September  1981 under CERCLA,
at a total cost of $650,000.   Through these response  activities and
voluntary removal of wastes by known  generators, a majority of the surface
wastes (about 17,000 drums) were removed.   A system was installed to
control and treat contaminated run-off from the site.

     This is the top priority site in Kentucky.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA has completed a feasibility study identify-
ing alternatives for cleanup  of subsurface contamination.  The State and
EPA Region 4 have agreed on the preferred  alternative,  and it was
presented at a public meeting in June 1983.  A $1.4 million Cooperative
Agreement to provide Kentucky with the funds for cleanup is being
negotiated.

     Response category / Cleanup status  code,  October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      147

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAirSuperfund"
                                   AIROO
                         Calvert County, Kentucky

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   Airco operated a 5-acre
industrial landfill in Calvert City, Kentucky, from the mid-1950s until
1971.  Wastes  in  the fill  include acids, crotonaldehyde, and several
mercury compounds,  which were disposed of mainly in bulk.  In 1971, Air
Products and Chemicals purchased Airco's manufacturing facility and
received an easement from Airco to dispose of nonhazardous wastes in
its landfill until  1980.  When operations ceased, Air Products covered
the landfill and  installed  a drainage system.  A potential problem
exists with contamination of ground water and surface water.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.   It  will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      148

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Supertund')


                               B.F. GOODRICH
                          Calvert City, Kentucky

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);   The B.F. Goodrich Site  is  a
2-acre industrial landfill  that  operated in Calvert City, Kentucky,  from
1969 to 1978.  Among wastes accepted were brine sludges containing nercury
and paladium, which were  disposed of mainly in bulk.  The site also
contains several old pits where  organic materials were burned.   Later the
pits were covered.   Ground  water contamination associated with waste
disposal operations is  suspected.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984:   D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      149

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act o( 1980 tCERClAirSuperfund"
                             DISTLER BRICKYARD
                            West Point,  Kentucky

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  The Distler Brickyard Site
covers about 35 acres  in Wast Point, Kentucky.  It is an abandoned brick-
manufacturing  facility that was leased and used during the mid-1970s for
disposal of industrial wastes.   Among wastes accepted were those
characteristic of the  paint and coatings industries.  In February 1982,
EPA, using $300,000 in CERCLA emergency funds, removed all druns and
contaminated soil frcm the site.  However, spills are suspected of having
contaminated ground water beneath the site.

     Status (July 1983);   EPA conducted geophysical surveys and installed
monitoring wells to better define the extent of subsurface contamination.
Also, EPA recently  completed a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full extent of  cleanup required at the site.  EPA
is planning a  remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
type and extent of  contamination at the site and identify alternatives
for remedial action.

     Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      150

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLAH"Superfund")


                               DISTLER FARM
                        Jefferson County,  Kentucky

     Conditions at listing  (July  1982);  The Distler Farm Site covers 8.7
acres in southwest Jefferson County,  17 miles from Louisville, Kentucky.
In January 1979, EPA, using $300,000  made  available under Section 311 of
the Clean Water Act, responded to the emergency created when flood waters
scattered drums of industrial waste stored at the site along the flcodplain
of Stump Gap Creek.  EPA recovered and recontainerized 832 drums containing
chemicals characteristic of the paint and  coatings industry, then moved
them to higher ground.  Later, the State sent the drums  to an approved
disposal facility.

     During the cleanup, EPA discovered trenches holding buried drums. A
limited ground water study, conducted in October 1981,  identified conpounds
similar to those found  in the 1979 emergency.   Sampling  of nearby
residential wells in 1979 and 1981 showed  no contamination associated
with waste disposal at  the  site.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA has conducted geophysical  surveys and
installed monitoring wells  to better  define the extent of subsurface
contamination.  Also, EPA recently completed a  remedial  plan outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasibility study
to determine the type and extent  of contamination at  the site and to
identify alternatives for remedial action.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October  1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     151

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazaidous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)CSupertund")


                           LEE'S LANE LANDFILL
                           Louisville, Kentucky

     Conditions at listing (July 1982J:  Lee's Lane Landfill covers 125
acres along the Ohio River floodplain in Louisville,  Jefferson County,
Kentucky.  It first received waste  in 1948  from domestic,  comnrercial,
and industrial sources.  Prior to and while the wastes were  received,  the
site was a sand and gravel quarry.  In 1975,  residents living  adjacent to
the site reported flash fires around their  water heaters.  After explosive
levels of methane gas were detected, seven  families were evacuated from
their homes.  In April 1975, the landfill was closed.  County,  State,  and
Federal agencies documented the presence of methane and other  toxic gases
in the ground east of the site.  In 1978, extensive monitoring was
conducted to define the gas migration problem.  A  venting  system was
finally installed in October 1980.

     In February 1980, about 400 exposed drums of  hazardous  materials,
some highly flammable, were discovered on the Ohio River bank  adjacent
to the landfill.  Over 50 chemicals were identified,  including phenolic
resins, benzene, and relatively high concentrations of copper,  cadmium,
nickel, lead, and chrcmium.  In October 1981, liquid  wastes  were pumped
from the drums and taken to an approved disposal facility.   The empty
drums, as well as solid wastes, were removed  from  the river  bank and
buried on-site.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial  plan outlin-
ing the investigations needed to determine  the full extent of  cleanup
required at the site.  It will guide further  actions  at the  site.

        Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:   F
U.S, Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     152

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM Supertund )
                                NEWPORT DUMP
                             Newport, Kentucky

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  Newport Dump covers
40 acres  in Newport,  Kentucky.  From the late 1960s to 1978,  the city
owned and operated the site as a municipal landfill under a permit from
the State.  In 1979,  the city sold the site to the Northern Kentucky Port
Authority.  Under the agreement, the new owner would be responsible for
maintenance and  proper closure.  The authority entered into an  Agreed
Order with the State  outlining steps necessary for proper closure.
Leachate  analyses conducted in late 1979 revealed low levels  of PCBs and
some heavy metals.  The city installed a leachate collection  system, but
it was never operational.   Contamination of ground water and  surface
water is  suspected.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      153

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Louisiana (LA)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               BATOU BONFOUCA
                             Slidell, Louisiana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Bayou Bonfouca  (ftnerican
 Creosote) Site covers 55 acres near Slidell, Louisiana, in  St. Tammany
 Parish.  Anerican Creosote Works, Inc., a manufacturer of wxxl preserva-
 tives, operated on the site for about 100 years.  In  1970,  after creosote
 spilled from tanks during a fire, the site was abandoned.  The spill,  in
 addition to plant operations, significantly contaminated  sediments  in
 Bayou Bonfouca and the surrounding area.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is planning a remedial  investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at
 the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     155

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                                BAYOU SORREL
                          Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana

      Conditions at listing (July 1982);  The Bayou Sorrel Site covers
 50 acres and  is located 6 miles northwest of Bayou Sorrel, Louisiana,
 in Iherville  Parish.  The site is on the East Atchafalya Basin Floodway
 Protection  Levee,  adjacent to the Upper Grand River and Pat Bayou.  The
 site, active  in the mid-1960s, includes a number of burial cells, a
 landfarm, pits  located near storage  tanks, and a producing oil well.
 Liquid wastes and  sludges, as well as containerized wastes, are present.
 The operator  closed the site in 1979 under a court order obtained by the
 State with  assistance from EPA.  An  evaluation of the previous closure
 indicates that  it  was not totally successful .  Organic odors are prevalent
 on-site, and  cover has eroded from some areas of the pits.  During the
 closure attempt, some pits were covered with site overburden rather than
 a less permeable clay.  Soil, ground water, and possibly air are contam-
 inated with organic and inorganic pollutants.

      Status (July  1983):  The State  and EPA are negotiating for a remedial
 investigation to determine the type  and extent of contamination at the
 site  and a  feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action.

         Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     156

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                                CLEVE REBER
                            Sorrento, Louisiana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Cleve Reber Site covers
 25 acres near Sorrento, Louisiana, in Ascension parish about 25 miles
 southeast of Batcn Rouge,  fo&stes were dumped at the site in the early
 1970s until  it was abandoned in 1972.  From 500 to 600 barrels are visible
 on the surface.  Some are corroding, and others appear to have exploded.
 They  contain  sulfur,  asphalt,  tars,  plastics, and oily hastes.  Also on
 the site are  four  ponds of water,  piles of dry chemical waste, and an
 estimated 2,500  drums buried at shallow depths.

      Status  (July  1983);   In July 1983, EPA approved $200,000 in CERCLA
 emergency funds  to remove surface  drums, contaminated soil, and dry
 chemical wastes.

      The State and EPA are planning  to undertake a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
 contamination  at the  site and  identify alternatives for remedial action .

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     157

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           OLD INGER OIL REFINERY
                             Darrow, Louisiana

      Conditions at listing (July 1982);  The Old Inger Oil Refinery Kite
 covers 14 acres near Ufcrrow, Louisiana, in Ascension Barish.  It was
 obtained by the company in 1976 to reclaim oil from refinery wastes.  A
 spill in 1978 contaminated a large surface area.  In 1981, Louisiana
 officially declared the site "abandoned."  It has nine oil storage tanks,
 which have overflowed into nearby holding ponds and a swamp.  The site is
 easily accessible to people, vehicles, and animals.  Ground water and
 soil  are contaminated by organic chemicals.

      This is the top priority site in Louisiana.

      Status (July 1983);  In September 1982, EPA awarded a $210,000
 Cooperative Agreement to Louisiana for a remedial investigation to
 determine the type and extent of contamination at the site.  The work
 is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1983.  In April
 1983, EPA added $180,000 to the Cooperative Agreement for conducting a
 feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action at the
 site.  Also in April, $47,000 in CERCLA emergency funds were used to
 construct a diversion levee, repair a breach in the lagoon dike, conduct
 treatability studies on water and sludges, and fence the site.

      EPA has identified parties potentially responsible for wastes at the
 site  and is seeking their cooperation in the cleanup.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      158

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund")
                    PETRO-PFQCESSORS OF LOUISIANA, INC.
                          Scotlandville, Louisiana

     Conditions  at listing (September 1983):   The Petro-Processors of
Louisiana,  Inc.,  Site covers a total of about 55 acres near Scotland-
ville, East Baton Rouge Parish,  Louisiana.   It is comprised of two
disposal  areas on the banks of Bayou Baton  Rouge in and/or near the
floodplain  of the Mississippi River.  Although the two areas are about
1.5 miles apart,  they both threaten the same  surface waters and aquifer
systems.  Both areas were operated by the same management and equipment,
and personnel were used interchangeably. The areas were operated con-
currently from approximately 1969 until 1972.  Generators in the area
contracted  with  PetroProcessors for disposal  of hazardous wastes, and the
truck drivers took the wastes to the closest  pit or the one with the most
capacity  at the  time.

     EPA  filed suit against the owners and  10 waste generators in July
1980, alleging that toxic organic compounds and heavy metals had been
released  into local waterways, eventually finding their way to the
Mississippi River,  and were posing a threat to an underground drinking
water supply.

     The  Scenic Highway disposal area is a  pit in an area of permeable to
semipermeable soils.   Monitoring by EPA and the defendants detected a
variety of  organic chemicals in ground water  outside the pit area.  In
addition, leachate is travelling through the  banks of the bayou and
rising to the surface of the closed pits.   The U.S. Geological Survey has
expressed concern that the area poses a serious threat to the "400 foot
aquifer," a major aquifer in the area.   The Scenic Highway disposal area
was filled  and closed around 1974.   Liquid  wastes were solidified, fill
dirt added, a partial plastic cap installed,  and a vegetative cover
established.  The primary problem is the potential for leachate migration
and for exposure  of toxic materials by erosion.   About 3.5 million cubic
feet of contaminated  materials may be at the  Scenic Highway area.

     Brcoklawn, the larger of the two areas,  opened in the late 1960s.
It did not  completely  cease operation until July 1980,  when EPA filed
suit.  Brooklawn  is believed to  hold about  8  million cubic feet of conta-
minated materials.  The area has three ponds—upper,  lower, and cypress-
and several disposal  pits that have been covered.   In June 1983, the
cypress pond was  inundated by the Mississippi River,  and the floodwaters
came within 4 inches  of overtopping the lower pond.   An old channel of the
bayou runs  through part of the area and may be a conduit for subsurface
migration of wastes.   Analysis of samples taken from downgradient wells
reveals the presence  of a separate phase containing up to 90 percent of
various organic constituents.

     Status (June 1984):   On Feb.  16,  1984, a Federal judge approved a
Consent Decree requiring the 10  generators  to clean up the site.   The
cleanup must meet  the  substantive standards of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act, and  the defendants are responsible for perpetual main-
tenance.  There is  no  monetary limit on the cleanup.   The estimates for
ultimate cost start at $50 million.   In mid-May,  the  companies submitted
a work plan for the remedial  planning phase of the cleanup.

         Response category /  Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  V F

U.S, Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      159

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                         Maine (ME)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLftH Superfund )
                                 MCKIN CO.
                                Gray, feine

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The McKin Co. Site occupies
 about 10 acres in Gray, Maine.  It is a privately-owned abandoned sand
 and gravel site consisting of a fenced enclosure, an incinerator, a
 concrete-block building, an asphalt-lined lagoon, several large storage
 tanks, numerous 55-gallon drums, and other debris.  The operation was
 constructed for waste generated when the Tamano, a Norwegian tanker, ran
 aground on a ledge in Hussey Sound, spilling 100,000 gallons of industrial
 fuel .  In addition to the Tamano wastes, the owners also accepted septic
 tank wastes and industrial process wastes.  As early as 1973, residents
 of East Gray reported odors in well water and discoloration of laundry.
 As the number of complaints increased, it became apparent that a contami-
 nated plume was moving through the aquifer.  In August 1977, an Emergency
 Health Ordinance was issued to prohibit any new construction within about
 2 miles of the site.  In November 1977, EPA conducted a hydrogeologic
 assessment of the area.  About this time, the Farmers Home Administration
 provided an alternate water supply for contaminated private wells in the
 area .  In December 1977, Gray issued a cleanup order to McKin Co.  The
 State then removed the remaining wastes from all tanks, identified organic
 chemicals in the contents, and drilled over 75 shallow soil borings,
 which identified two areas of gross soil contamination .

      Status (July 1983);  EPA recently completed a remedial plan which
 recommends (1) additional studies to fully characterize the site to
 develop alternative remedial actions and (?) removal of wastes and tanks
 from the site.  During April 1983, the State removed the barrels.  The
 State has also brought legal action against McKin .

       Response category / Cleanup status cede, October 1984: R S / o
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      161

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act o) 1980 (CERCLAH"Superfund")
                                O'CONNOR CO
                               Augusta,  Pteine

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  O'Connor Co., a dealer
 in  scrap iron  and metals, occupies about 5 acres in Augusta, ffeine.  One
 of  the major operations at the site was the salvaging of used transformers
 containing PCBs.  The State first inspected the site in 1973, when
 uncontained oil frcm the transformer operation overflowed a holding pond
 and drained into Riggs Brook.  At this  time, the owner agreed to install a
 20,000-gallon  tank to recover lost transformer oil .  On a visit in 197fi,
 the State found no 20,000-gallon  tank,  but two lagoons covering 2,000
 square feet and equipped with an  overflow pipe to prevent loss of floating
 oil .   The first lagoon drained to the second, which drained to Riggs
 Brook.  Oil from the first lagoon contains 10,000 to 20,000 parts per
 million PCBs,   Sediments in Riggs Brook contain low levels of PCBs,
 indicating run-off from the site  is entering surface water.  The State
 recommended that dikes be installed to  prevent run-off from entering
 either of the  lagoons.  In March  1977,  the State recommended (1) pumping
 the oil in the lagoons to holding tanks and (2) excavating the lagoons to
 bedrock, covering them with 2 feet of marine clay, fertilizing, and
 seeding.  In June and September 1978, the owner was reminded of the
 previous recommendations.  In 1979, the State found the material in the
 lagoons had been  pumped into several tanks, one of which was leaking.
 The lagoon had not yet been filled, but the State determined it could be
 used  as a catch basin for oil leaking from a ruptured tank .

      Status (July 1983);  FPA is  preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the  full extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It  will guide further  actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      162

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                           PINETTE'R  SALVAGE YARD
                              ffeshburn,  Cbine

      Conditions at listing  (December 19R2):   Pinette's Salvage Yard is
 located 1 mile southeast of the town of Washburn,  Maine.  In July 1979,
 the owner accepted three transformers filled with PCBs form Loring Air
 Force Base.  During unloading, the transformers broke, spilling their
 contents onto an area measuring 40 feet by 40 feet.  The oil migrated
 through the soil and may have contaminated ground water and surface
 water.  The main concern is the potential  for direct contact with highly
 contaminated soil.

      Status (July 1983);  In December 1982,  the state placed a temporary
 cap over the spill area .  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full  extent of cleanup reguired at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at  the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      163

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          SAOO TANNERY WASTE PITS
                                Saco, ffeiine

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Saco Tannery Vfeste pits
 occupy about 225 acres in Saco, teine.  The property, presently owned by
 Maine Guarantee Corp., was abandoned by Kaco Tanning Corp. when it filed
 for bankruptcy.  Cn-site are about 30 lagoons and pits ranging in size
 fron about 30 to 60 square feet, as well as two large chromium pits
 several acres in size.

      In exess of 23 million gallons of chrome sludge, acids, alkaline
 sludge, and methylene chloride sludges were disposed of on the site.
 Some pits contain highly acid liquids and several chlorinated organic
 chemicals.  The pits are unfenced .  No samples of on-site ground water
 have been analyzed.  However, ground water is shallow, making contamina-
 tion possible.  Private drinking water wells show no contamination as
 yet.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
 the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
 at the site.  The plan recommends initial remedial measures involving
 emptying  the acid pits and restricting site access.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     164

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                             WINTHROP  LANDFILL
                              Wlnthrop, Maine

      Conditions at listing  (October 1981);  The Winthrop Landfill  is
 located in Winthrop, hfeine, about 10 miles west of Augusta .  The site
 includes the Winthrop Town  Landfill (11 acres) and the adjacent privately-
 owned Ravage Landfill (9.5 acres) .  Both landfills are located in  an
 abandoned gravel pit near the shore of Lake Annabessacook .  The town
 disposed of municipal and industrial wastes at its landfill for nearly
 50 years and did not restrict the types of wastes accepted until the
 mid-1970s.  Late in 1979, an attempt to expand the landfill revealed
 numerous rusting and leaking barrels.  The town decided to close the
 landfill and construct a transfer station on  the site.  The Savage land-
 fill contracted to accept municipal solid waste and debris from two small
 neighboring towns and also accepted wastes from Winthrop to extend the
 life of the town landfill.

      In September 1981, EPA made available $450,000 under the Resource
 Conservation and Recovery Act for (1) a remedial investigation to  deter-
 mine the type and extent of contamination at  the site and the probable
 routes of migration to both private water supplies and lake Annabessacook
 and (2) a feasibility stirly to identify alternatives for remedial  action
 at the site.

      Status (July 1983);  The remedial investigation was completed in
 June 1983.Volatile organics attributable to the landfill were found  to
 be migrating off-site in ground water.  Monitoring wells revealed  con-
 tamination with tetrahydrofuran (THF), toluene, methyl ethyl ketone,
 ethylbenzene, chloroethane.and other volatile organics.  cue residential
 well was found to be contaminated with THF.  The feasibility study is
 scheduled to he completed in the fourth quarter of 1983.

      EPA has identified parties potentially responsible for wastes
 associated with the site and is seeking their cooperation in the cleanup.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: v F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     165

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Maryland (MD)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1960(CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               LIMESTONE ROAD
                            Cumberland, Maryland

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982);  The Limestone Road site
consists of two contiguous areas covering 35 acres in Cumberland,
Allegany County, Maryland.  In 1981, the State identified chromium-
bearing waste from  a local industry on the site, which is privately
owned.  In March 1982,  EPA detected contamination of ground water and
surface water at the site.

     Status (July 1983);   The State has been pursuing enforcement action
against the owners  of both of the properties that comprise the site.   EPA
is planning to prepare  a  remedial plan outlining the investigations needed
to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It will
guide further actions at  the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      167

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAH'SuperfuixT)
                            MIDDLETOWN ROAD DUMP
                            Annapolis, Maryland

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Middletown Road Dump
covers 10 acres in  a mixed  residential/rural area near Annapolis, Anne
Arundel County, Maryland.   The site, which is privately owned, has been
used for the disposal of  rubble,  fill material, and miscellaneous wastes.
The State detected  toluene,  benzene, paint waste, and solvents in at
least 12 drums and  one dumpster at the site.  While taking remedial
action, the owner crushed some drums, spilling liquids onto the site.
Although ground water at  the site has not been sampled, potential
contamination is of concern because ground water is used for drinking
water in the area.  The site is located within 1,200 feet of an unnamed
tributary to Whitehall Creek,  which empties into Chesapeake Bay.

     Status (July 1983):  The  State is pursuing enforcement action
against the site owner and  the contractor who was assisting in the
remedial action.  EPA has recently completed emergency action at the
site, which included removal of contaminated soil, capping of the site,
and installation of monitoring wells.

       Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      168

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund"|
                           SAND,  GRAVEL, & STONE
                              Elkton, Maryland

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  The Sand, Gravel, & Stone
Site is an  inactive quarry near  Elkton, Cecil County, Maryland.  Fran
1969 to 1974, approximately 3 acres of the site, which is privately
owned, were used  for the disposal of bulk wastes (processing waste water,
sludge still bottoms)  and about  90 drums of solid and semisolid waste.
Pits were excavated and used for disposal of approximately 700,000
gallons of  waste.   In 1975 and 1976, in response to orders from the
State, the  owner  removed 200,000 gallons of liquid waste from the site
and buried  drums  and sludges on  the site in clay-lined pits.  In May
1982, EPA noted contamination of surface water as well as localized
contamination of  ground water at the site.  Water samples collected
from homes  within 0.3 miles of the site were not contaminated.

     Status
a party potentially  responsible for wastes at the site.  EPA recently
completed a draft remedial plan outlining the investigations needed to
determine the full extent of  cleanup required at the site.  It will guide
future actions at the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      169

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                Massachusetts (MA)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              BAIRD & McGUIRR
                          Holbrook,  Massachusetts

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Baird & McGuire Site
covers about  15 acres  in Holbrook,  Norfolk County,  Massachusetts.  Since
1912, the company has  run a batching operation involving the mixing and
packaging of  pesticides, emulsifiers,  floor  waxes,  strippers, disinfect-
ants, coal-tar emulsions, and associated products.   The site is 500 feet
west of the Cochato River,  which  is diverted 2.5 miles downstream into
the Richardi  Reservoir,  part of the water  system serving nearly 90,000
people in Braintree, Holbrook, and  Randolph.   The site is also located
within 1,000  feet of Holbrook's South Street Well Field, which was
abandoned due to contamination.   Analyses  of on-site ground water show
high levels of arsenic and  numerous organic  compounds.   Creosote is found
in ground water between  the site  and in the  Cochato River.   Similar
organic contamination  has been documented  since  1958 in the South Street
Wall Field.   Up to  10  parts per million of organic  compounds were detected
in the air on-site.

     Status (July 1983):  In March  1983, a prolonged period of heavy rain
raised the levels of ground water and  the  Cochato River, creating an oil
slick on the  river.  EPA's  Emergency Response Team  came in and brought
the situation under control.  EPA ordered  Baird  & McGuire to undertake 14
tasks to immediately stabilize the  site.   The company performed sane of
the tasks, but informed  EPA that  it was financially unable to implement
all of them.  In April 1983,  EPA  approved  $192,000  in emergency funds to
(1) erect a fence,  (2) install a  system to divert run-off,  (3)  collect
hydrcgeological data on-site, and (4)  evaluate and  modify an existing
system to control ground water.   This  work is currently underway.

     EPA recently completed a remedial plan  outlining the investigations
needed to determine the  full  extent of cleanup required at the site.   It
was circulated for public review  on May 17,  1983.   The next step, expected
to begin in the fall of  1183, is  a  remedial  investigation/feasibility
study to determine the type and extent of  contamination at the site and
to identify alternatives  for  remedial  action.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  R F / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     171

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 
-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund")
                CHARLES GEORGE RECLAMATION TRUST LANDFILL
                       Tyngsborough,  Massachusetts

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981);   The Charles George Reclamation
Trust Landfill  (the Trust)  occupies about 70 acres in Tyngsborough,
Worcester County, Massachusetts.   Fran 1973 to 1975, the privately-owned
landfill disposed of municipal and industrial waste under permit from the
State.  Concentrated leachate  has  seeped frcm the landfill through the
unconsolidated aquifer and  into surface water in a number of locations.
The leachate contains frcm  70  to 10,000 parts per billion of various
chemicals, including vinyl  chloride,  benzene, tetrachloroethylene,
methyl ethyl ketone, and arsenic.   Contaminated surface water crosses
residential and recreational areas at several points.  Bedrock wells
serving the Cannongate Condominium contain the same chemicals as the
leachate.  In July  1982, the State shut down the wells.

     Status (July 1983): In May 1983, four private bedrock wells serving
homes adjacent to the condominiums were found to have low levels of the
same pollutants as  the condominium wells.   All the other hones in the
vicinity of the condominiums may also be threatened.

     EPA recently prepared  a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  The
plan recommended as an initial remedial measure to provide a permanent
water supply for people affected.

     In the spring  of 1983, the Trust sold  assests of a trucking company
it owned and applied for reorganization under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy
Act.  In May 1983,  EPA issued  a Notice Letter to the Trust requesting its
cooperation in the  cleanup.

      Response category / Cleanup  status code,  October 1984:  R F / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      173

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                             GROVELAND WELLS
                         Groveland, Massachusetts

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982):   Groveland Production Wells
#1 and #2 once were  the sole source of drinking water for Groveland, Essex
County, Massachusetts.  This site  covers 850 acres and includes the two
municipal wells,  the surface water and ground water that supply them, and
the suspected source(s) of  contamination.   In 1979, both wells were shut
down when the State  detected trichloroethylene contamination.  At this
time, the town instituted emergency conservation measures and obtained
water through temporary hookups  to neighboring communities.  The backups
were discontinued when the  town  developed Well #3 along the Merrimack
River, using an emergency grant  from  the U.S. Department of Housing and
Uuban Development.   However, due to the lower yield of Well #3, the town
continues its conservation  measures.

     Status (July 1983);  The town's  consulting firm has identified two
likely sources of contamination  of the aguifer and municipal wells.
Trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,  1,2-dichloroethylene,
toluene,and chloroform have been found in ground water and surface water
throughout the study area.  The  town  has filed lawsuits against three
companies involved with the two  sites.  One company has reached a settle-
ment with the town to investigate  its property.

       Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Resoonsp Program
                                      174

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               HOCOMONCO POND
                         Ifesthorough, Massachusetts

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  Hocononco was a  recreational
pond in Vfestborough,  Massachusetts, until the State closed it in  1980.
It  is privately owned.   From 1920 to 1963, the site was the location of
wood-treating  and asphalt-batching operations.  Past disposal practices
resulted  in  creosote  and phenol contamination of ground water,  surface
water, and sediments  and soils in the pond and on its shore.   A municipal
well, the Otis Street Well, is located 1,500 feet to the northwest  of the
pond.  To date, no contaminants have been detected in this well,  which  is
sampled every  6 months.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan  outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.

     The  owners of the  property contracted for a study of the historical
use of the land and the  processing operations and disposal practices
associated with each  use.  The contractor also recommended an approach  to
investigation  of the  area.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      175

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               INTUSTPI-PLEX
                          Vfoburn,  Massachusetts

     Conditions at listing  (October  19B1);   The Industri-plex Site
covers  250 acres  in north WDburn,  Massachusetts.  Between  about 1953 and
1981, Merrimac Chemical  Co. and  its  successor,  Monsanto Co., manufactured
insecticides,  explosives, acids, and other chemicals at the site.  In the
late 1960s, much  of the  site  was acquired hy the Mark  Phillip Trust for
industrial development.   Excavation  in  the 1970s uncovered and mixed 130
years'  accumulation of industrial  by-products and wastes.   Many of the
pits, piles, and  lagoons are  continuously leaching toxic metals into the
environment.   As  excavation progressed, pockets of buried  animal hides
from glue manufacturing  were  exposed to the  air, causing odors.  In June
1979, the Army Corps  of  Engineers  and the State issued a cease and desist
order to the Trustee  relative to the placing of dredged or fill material
into the wetlands on  the site. Roth the Corps  and the State entered into
Consent tecrees requiring the defendant to deal with the hazardous waste
problems at the site. The  defendant did not.

     This site was once  listed under the name "Mark Phillip Trust."

     Status (July 1983);  Shortly  after the  site was listed, Stauffer
Chemical Corp. came forward to discuss  its role in cleanup of this site.
Extensive discussions resulted in  a  Consent  Order, which outlines a two-
phase investigation leading to a long-term solution .   Stauffer has
completed the  field portion of Phase I .  phase  II, a feasibility study,
is  scheduled to begin in  mid-1983.

     Since May 1981,  EPA has  spent S334,000  on  investigation of the site
and installation  of a 10,000-foot  fence.

     EPA has identified  other parties potentially responsible for wastes
associated with the site  and  is seeking their cooperation  in the cleanup.

     Pesponse  category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  v R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      176

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)(*Superfund'l
                              IRON HORSE PARK
                          Billerica,  ffessachusetts

     Conditions at listing (September 1983);   Iron Horse Park is a 1,300-
acre industrial park  in  Billerica, ffessachusetts, about 30 miles north-
west of Boston.   EPA  is  investigating five industries within the park and
two adjacent  to it.  The industries  have historically disposed of their
by-products,  which include asbestos, PCBs, and miscellaneous organic
chemicals,  in  lagoons or landfills on their properties.  The park is
located within the drainage basins of two rivers.  A canal, stream, and
wetlands are  capable  of  carrying  contaminants into both river basins.
Air pollution is  also of concern  because about 8,300 people live within
1 mile of the site.

     Status (June 1984):   EPA is  developing a scope of work for a reme-
dial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
contamination  at  the  site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

     Preliminary  sampling by EPA  indicates that ground water and surround-
ing surface water contain a number of pollutants, including asbestos,
volatile organic  chemicals, acids, and pesticides.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     177

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Sjperfund")
                              NEW BEDFORD SITE
                         New Bedford, Massachusetts

      Conditions at listing (July 1982)!  PCBs were used by two
 manufacturers of electrical capacitors located in New Bedford, ffess-
 achusetts, over several decades until the late 1970s.  As a result of
 poor disposal practices, PCB contamination in the New Bedford area is
 widespread.  The harbor is contaminated at least fi miles frcm the upper
 Acushnet River to Buzzards Bay.  Ambient air, surface water, ground
 water, soils, sediments, and the food chain are contaminated, as well as
 industrial plant sites.  Sullivan's Ijedge and the New Bedford Municipal
 Landfill, which contains an estimated 500,000 pounds of PCB waste, are
 also contaminated.

      In Hay 1982, EPA entered into Consent Agreements with two companies
 to address the PCB problem on their properties.

      This is the top priority site in Massachusetts.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
 the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
 at the site.  The next step, a remedial investigation/feasibility study
 to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
 alternatives for remedial action, is scheduled to begin in the summer of
 1983.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R F S / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      V78

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Superfund")
                         NYANZA CHEMICAL WASTE DUMP
                           Ashland, Massachusetts

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  The Nyanza Chemical Ifeste
 Dtarp is adjacent to an active industrial complex in Ashland, Massachu-
 setts.  The 35-acre site is within 1,000 feet of Sudbury Reservoir, which
 is used for recreational purposes and is considered a possible supple-
 mental  source of drinking water for the metropolitan Boston area.  Frcm
 1917 to 197S, the site MBS occupied by numerous producers of textile dyes
 and intermediates.  Nyanza Chemical, the last of these companies, operated
 from 1965 to 1978, when it went out of business due to financial problems.
 Over 45,000 tons of chemical sludges were generated by Nyanza's waste
 water treatment processes.  Soil, ground water, and surface water are
 contaminated with heavy metals and chlorinated organics.  Mercury-laden
 participates may also have been blown into the air from exposed sludges.

      The current owner leases the old plant to various businesses.  When
 Nyanza  sold the land, the court reguired that about S250,000 be placed in
 escrow, most of which the owner has spent on site studies.

      Status (July 19B3); In January 1983, EPA signed a $500,000 Superfund
 State Contract with Massachusetts for a remedial investigation to deter-
 mine the type and extent of contamination at the site and a feasibility
 study to identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work is scheduled
 to be completed in the first quarter of 1984.

      EPA has identified parties potentially responsible for wastes
 associated with the site and is seeking their cooperation in the cleanup.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     179

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                  PLWOOTH HARBOR/CANNON ENGINEERING CORP .
                          Plymouth,  Massachusetts

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Plymouth Harbor/Cannon
 Engineering Corp. Site occupies 0.5 acres in an industrial park in
 Plymouth,  Massachusetts.  About 20  yards from the shores of Plymouth
 Harbor are two above-ground 250,000-gallon tanks and one 500,000-gallon
 tank containing mixed solvents and  oily wastes .  Several seams have
 leaked,  contaminating soils around  the tanks.  Ground water contamination
 could not  be documented because there are no wells and numerous potential
 sources  of contamination .  Officials of the industrial part have com-
 plained  about odors.  Major concerns center around possible rupture of
 the  tanks, which would contaminate  both ground water and surface water .
 In addition, the site poses a fire  and explosion hazard.

      Status (July 1983);   EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
 the  investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
 at the site.  Actions proposed to safeguard the harbor and the community
 include  removal and proper disposal of the hazardous substances from the
 tanks.   Planning is underway on the next step, a remedial investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the  type and extent of contamination at
 the  site and identify alternatives  for remedial action.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      180

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK Supertund )
                               PSC RESOURCES
                           Palmar, Massachusetts

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The PSC Resources Site,
 formerly owned by Philips Resources, Inc., is located in T&lner,
 Massachusetts.  The property, which abuts a residential area, once
 covered 3 .fi acres and included two buildings with a 1 3-roillion-gallon
 storage capacity.  NOW, the site covers 2 acres and holds 34,000 gallons
 of waste.  The inactive facility reclaimed waste oil from Massachusetts
 collection  points.  These products were then heat treated and sold as a
 base for lubricating oil, road spray oil,and fuel.  After a spill in June
 19R2, EPA discovered several leaking tanks and containment dikes, as well
 as saturated soils.  Surface waters, wetlands, and ground water are
 directly threatened by the waste.  Trichloroethane and PCBs have been
 identified  in an adjacent swamp.

      In 1982, acting under Section 311 of the Clean Vfeter Act, EPA
 required the owner to contain the oil discharge, determine the contents
 of 22 tanks, and investigate the possibility of ground water contamina-
 tion .  In response, the owner sampled tanks, installed a boon in the
 swamp, and  began further maintenance activities, including the installa-
 tion of a chain link fence.

      Status (July 1983);  The State and EPA are monitoring the containment
 process and are awaiting results of more extensive sampling and a proposal
 from the owner detailing how to proceed with the cleanup.

      EPA recently completed a remedial plan outling the investigations
 needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the stie.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: S / I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      181

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               RE-SOLVE, INC.
                          Dartmouth,  Massachusetts

      Conditions at listing (October  1981):  Re-Solve, Inc., reclaimed
 solvents for 24 years on a fi-acre site in Dartmouth, Massachusetts,
 before closing voluntarily in October 1980.  The site is in a rural area
 of  few residences, deep woods, and an adjacent wetland.  Preliminary data
 indicate that the ground water is shallow, with flow towards the Copicut
 Piver 500 feet east.  On site are unlined waste lagoons containing high
 concentrations of solvents, PCRs, and toxic metals.  The lagoons, which
 are within 12 to 18 inches of overflowing, are in poor condition.  The
 bottoms of the lagoons are situated  in the water table, and some contami-
 nants have migrated to ground water.  Surface waters are threatened by
 ground water discharge, run-off,  and potential lagoon overflows.

      In 1980,  when Re-Solve closed the facility, it surrendered its State
 license and sold the property to  the current owner.  The State required
 the company to remove all  hazardous  waste from the site and to take
 certain other actions.  The company  refused, and the State started an
 enforcement action.

      Status (July 1983):  In August  1QR2, EPA started a remedial
 investigation  to determine the extent and type of contamination at the
 site and a feasibility study, which  recommended alternatives for remedial
 action.  The final cleanup option for source removal and encapsulation is
 estimated to cost S3 million.  Design for this work is scheduled to start
 in  the summer  of 1983.

      EPA began negotiations for remedial action with responsible parties
 on  June 14, 1983.  Negotiations for  surface cleanup by responsible parties
 will be concluded later in the year .

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984; R F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     182

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          SILRESIM CHEMICAL CORP.
                           Lowell, Massachusetts

      Conditions at listing (July 1982):  The Silresim Chemical Corp.
 Site covers 5 acres in an industrial area 1 mile south of  the central
 business district of Lowell, Massachusetts, and 0.3 miles  from several
 residential areas.  Starting in 1971, Silresim began reclaiming  (under a
 State permit) a variety of chemical wastes, waste oil, solvents, and
 sludges containing heavy metals.  In 1977, Silresim declared bankruptcy
 and abandoned the site, leaving behind 30,000 decaying drums and several
 large storage tanks.  When the owner abandoned the site, the State
 undertook a S2 .2 million cleanup of the drums and tanks.

      Ground water flows generally to the northwest towards Meadow Brook,
 which drains into the Herrimack Fiver, the source of water for Lawrence.
 Surface water containing volatile organic compounds, pesticides,and PCBs
 drains from the site onto two or possibly three adjacent properties.
 Soil is similarly contaminated.  A noticeable odor is present and is
 aggravated by hot or humid weather.

      Status (July 1983);  In April 1983, EPA completed a remedial plan
 outlining the investigations needed to determine the full  extent of
 cleanup required at the site.  EPA is upgrading the fence  which surrounds
 the site and undertaking a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
 alternatives for remedial action.  During the summer and fall of 1983, EPA
 is scheduled to demolish the buildings on-site and temporarily encapsulate
 the site to prevent contaminants from migrating off-site.  Negotiations
 with parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site
 will also be undertaken during the summer.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      183

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)('Supertund'(
                              SIJLLIVAN'S LEDGE
                         New Bedford, Massachusetts

     Conditions at listing (September 1983);  Sullivan's  Ledge is an
abandoned granite quarry about 10 acres in size located in New Bedford,
Massachusetts. The site, owned and operated by the city, ves  used for
decades as an  industrial dump.

     In 1982,  EPA detected high levels of PCBs in ambient air  and soil.
Additional EPA investigations in the spring of 1983 found significant
levels of PCBs, vinyl  chloride, and chlorinated industrial solvents in
soil and ground water.  Run-off from the site drains into nearby  Appanogan-
sett Swamp.

     Status  (June 1984);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
the sTteT

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      184

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)|"Superfund"
                   W.R. GRACE & CO., INC. (ACTON PLANT)
                            Acton, Massachusetts

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The W.R. Grace & Co., Inc.,
 plant covers 500 acres in Acton, Massachusetts.  Until early 1982, the
 plant manufactured various specialty chemicals and other products for
 industrial use.  Since at least 1973, residents in South Acton have filed
 complaints about periodic odors and irritants in the air around the Grace
 plant.  In addition, the town drilled Assabet wells ftl and 2 in the area,
 which contains deep deposits of sand and gravel and hears large amounts
 of ground water .  However, the water had odors indicating significant
 contamination.  In 1978, when Grace proposed expanding part of the plant,
 local and State officials undertook a more detailed examination of the
 company's waste disposal practices.  This led to the precautionary closing
 of two contaminated municipal wells, reducing Acton's drinking water
 supply by 40 percent.  On Oct. 21, 1980, EPA and Grace signed a Consent
 recree, representing an out-of-court settlement of a Federal suit filed
 against the company under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
 The settlement required Grace to clean up and restore the quality of the
 aquifer supplying Assabet Wells dl and #2 and to close out the existing
 lagoons and landfill on-site, which are no longer in use.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is evaluating Grace's proposal to start
 cleanup of the lagoons and landfill and drill wells to intercept contami-
 nated water in the aquifer.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     185

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund"
                                WELLS G & H
                           Hbburn,  ^ssachusetts

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Wells G & H Site covers
about 500 acres in Bast Central Wbburn, tossachusetts.  Between 1964 and
1979, the wells provided approximately 25 percent of the drinking water
for  the  town,  primarily 25 hones and businesses in the southeastern
portion.  In  1979, the State closed the wells after detecting four chlori-
nated solvents in the water.  The  concentration of total volatile organics
was  approximately 500 parts per billion.  In 1980, EPA began preliminary
assessments of several industries  in the area that may have affected
Wells O  & H.   The investigation, later expanded to include an evaluation
of the geology and ground water quality of North and East Wbburn, was
completed in  June 1982 .

      Status (July 1983);  EPA has  issued three orders against potentially
responsible parties under Section  3013 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act  (RCRA) .  The orders reguire the companies to conduct a hydro-
geological investigation of their  properties.  EPA has also sent 15
letters  (under Section 3007 of RCRA) to other companies within the study
area requesting detailed information about their use of hazardous
materials.

      EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It
will guide further actions at the  site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: V F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      186

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Michigan (Ml)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                          ANDERSON DEVELOPMENT CD.
                              Adrian, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Anderson Development 00.
 (ADC) Site covers 10 acres in Adrian, Michigan.  Fran 1971 to March 1979,
 ADC manufactured a chemical curing agent under the name Curene 442.  The
 chemical,  4,4-methylene bis(2-chloroaniline) (MBOCA), is a carcinogen.
 In 1973, anilines were found in the East Side Drain, where ADC discharged
 wastes waters  to the South Branch of the Raisin River.  Later that year,
 ADC began  discharging to the Adrian municipal waste water treatment plant,
 decreasing the plant's efficiency.  MBOCA was detected in sewage sludge
 and in sediments from a treatment lagoon.  Studies conducted throughout
 1979  also  found MBDCA widely distributed in soils within 2 miles of the
 plant,  and in  the urine of ADC workers and preschool children living near
 ADC.

      The State paved streets adjacent to the ADC industrial zone, cleaned
 253 house  holds, and removed or tilled and covered contaminated soils in
 the industrial and residential areas.

      Status (July 1983):   Conditions at this site are currently being
 addressed  through a State enforcement action against parties responsible
 for wastes  at  the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     187

-------
National Priorities List She
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH Supertund )
                          AUTO ION CHEMICALS,  INC.
                           Kalamazoo,  Michigan

     Conditions  at  listing  (Decanber 1982):   The Auto Ion Chemicals,
 Inc., Site covers 1 acre  in  Kalamazoo, Michigan.  Between 1963 and 1973,
 the company  treated chroniun plating wastes  on the site.   About 122,000
 gallons of liquid plating wastes and sludges remain on-site in three
 basement  areas and  an outside concrete-lined lagoon.  While the plant
 operated, the State documented numerous discharges of pollutants to the
 ground, sewers,  and Kalamazoo Rivaer.   Hexavalent chromium and cyanide
 were detected in spills on the ground and in the river.  Two city wells
 located within 1.3  miles  of  the site may be  threatened.  The wells are
 part of the  Kalamazoo municipal system, which provides water to over
 100,000 residents.

     In 1981, Kalamazoo tried to condemn the facility. The owner filed
 for an injunction,  but the case was dropped  when the property reverted to
 the State because the owner  failed to pay taxes.  Vandals have repeatedly
 destroyed sections  of the fence around the site.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to  determine the full  extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It will  guide  further actions at  the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: V
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       188

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM Supertund )
                              BERLIN &  FARRD
                          Swartz Creek, Michigan

     Conditions at listing  (July 1982):  Berlin &  Farro operated an
incinerator for liquid  industrial wastes in  Swartz Creek,  Michigan,
from 1971 until 1980, when  the company  filed for bankruptcy.   The 40-acre
site was then placed in receivership.   A landfill  on  the property was
used for disposal of crushed and empty  drums.  In  1974, the company was
ordered to close down because the incinerator, which  had no emission
controls, and an open lagoon on-site posed a health threat.   After that,
the State pursued adminstrative and legal actions  to  force cleanup,  with
little success.  The site holds an estimated 10,000 buried drums, five
buried tanks containing about 30,000 gallons of C-56  liquids (a pesticide
by-product), and four lagoons containing approximately 11,000 cubic yards
of contaminated sludges.  Slocum Drain  and Swartz  Creek are contaminated
with C-56.  Emissions of C-56 into the  air present a  public health threat.

     In May 1980, the Michigan Governor declared a toxic substance
emergency at the site, and  the State has since used $850,000 to remove
and dispose of 15,300 cubic yards of sludges.  In  June 1980,  EPA spent
$96,000 in an emergency action to fence the  site and  excavate and dispose
of contaminated soil and drums west of  the lagoon  area.

     Status (July 1983):  In July 1982, EPA  awarded a $1,033,844
Cooperative Agreement to Michigan to (1) install a temporary cap over
the lagoon area, (2) remove the underground  storage tanks  (both completed
in the fourth quarter of 1982), (3) conduct  a remedial investigation of
hydrogeological conditions  and the wastes present  (scheduled to be
completed in the fourth quarter of 1983), and (4)  a feasibility study to
identify alternatives for remedial action at the site (scheduled to be
completed in the third quarter of 1984).

     In the first quarter of 1983, the  State removed  an additional 15,000
cubic yards of sludge.  A limited feasibility study is being conducted to
identify alternatives for the landfill  and other buried tanks,  drums,  and
drain tiles.  It is scheduled to be completed in the  third quarter of 1983.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  V R F S  / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      189

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund"
                            FURROWS SANITATION
                            Hartford, Michigan

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983):   The Burrows Sanitation
Site covers 4 acres in a mostly rural area about  1 mile  from Hartford,
Michigan.  The privately-owned company accepted industrial sludges from
1970 to 1977 .  Six lagoons containing metal hydroxide  sludge remain
on-site.  Sampling of the lagoons by the  State indicates high levels of
lead, chromium, zinc, and nickel.  Monitoring  wells  on-site are contam-
inated with heavy metals, but private wells nearby show  no contamination
as yet.  The berms around the lagoons have been breached in places, and
the lagoons overflow during heavy rains.  The  State  estimates that 2,000
to 4,000 gallons of sludge have been lost to surrounding areas.  Flow
from the site is toward  the Paw Paw River.

     Status (June 1984):  On June 8, 1984, EPA issued  an Administrative
Order requiring the parties responsible for wastes associated with the
site to start an immediate cleanup of the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     190

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                           BUTTERWDRTH #2 LANDFILL
                           Grand Rapids, Michigan

      Conditions at listing  (December 1982):  The Butterworth #2 Landfill
 covers 60 acres adjacent  to the Grand River in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
 It was owned and operated by the city until the State closed it in 1971
 for improper operations.  It accepted industrial wastes, including plating
 wastes, cyanides, and organic solvents.  The site is improperly covered,
 and leachate is occasionally a problem.  The Grand River is threatened by
 leachate and run-off from the site.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to  determine the full extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It will guide  further actions at the site.

          Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      191

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund'l
                               CEMETERY DUMP
                           Rose Center, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  Cemetaty Dump  is  in rural
Oakland County,  near Rose Center, Michigan.  From 300 to 600 barrels
of  industrial wastes were dumped in an old gravel pit near  a cemetery in
the late  1960s.   Excavation of a trench uncovered 20 to 30  barrels that
contained paint  sludges,  solvents, PCBs, and oils.  Sampling of  three
residential wells next to the site detected no contamination.

     Status  (July 1983):   EPA is preparing a remedial plan  outlining the
investigations needed to  determine the full extent of cleanup  required at
the site.  It will guide  further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      192

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCUAM'Superfund )
                         CHARLEVOIX MUNICIPAL WELL
                            Charlevoix, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The 5,000  residents of the
City of Charlevoix, Michigan, are served by one municipal  well.  In
September  1981,  the State detected 37 parts per billion of trichloro-
ethylene (TCE)  in the well.  In November 1981, the city installed four
monitoring wells around the municipal well, which also  detected TCE.  A
study by EPA  in  mid-1982 identified three possible sources of contaminat-
ion, but could not define the actual source.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently prepared a remedial plan outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent  of  cleanup required
at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

       Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      193

-------
National Priorities List She
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Superfund')
                                CHEM CENTRAL
                        Wyoming Township,  Michigan

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982);  The Chan Central Site covers
5 acres in Wyoming  Township,  Kent County,  Michigan.  In 1977, the State
detected high concentrations  of PCESs heavy metals, phthalates, oils, and
organic compounds in oily sediments in a ditch near the site.  Despite
repeated draining,  contaminants continue to leach into the ditch, which
discharges to Cle Drain,  a  tributary of Plaster Creek.  Ground water
studies conducted by the  State have traced the contamination to Chem
Central (formerly Vtolverine Solvents), a chemical distribution facility.
The ditch area has  been fenced and warning signs posted.

     In 1980, the State filed suit seeking a permanent injunction to halt
Chem Central's discharges to  the  ground and dry wells and to stop
contaminating ground water.

     Status  (July 1983):  Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through a State enforcement action.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      194

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Supeftund"
                             CLARE WATER SUPPLY
                              Clare, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  Two of  three municipal wells
in the City of Clare,  Clare county, Michgan, are contaminated with
chlorinated solvents,  including dichloroethylene (DCE) and  trichloroethy-
lene (TCE).  The State discovered the contamination  as part of its samp-
ling of public water supplies.  TCE levels were has  high as 57 parts per
billion.  The city has increased production of its uncontaminated well
and is using  an aeration system to volatilize the contaminants in the
other two wells.   The  State has identified eight potential  sources of
ground water  contamination.  EPA installed monitoring wells in the Clare
area in August 1982.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA's monitoring wells indicate four sources
are potentially responsible for the well contamination.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      195

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Supeffund"
                               CLIFF/DOW DUMP
                            Marquette, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Cliff/Dow Dump is located
 in Marquette,  Marxjuette County, Michigan.  About 20,000 cubic yards of
 wood tars,  a by-product of the manufacture of  charcoal briquets, were
 disposed of at the site from 1954 until the late 1960s.  Ground water
 contains benzene, phenol, xylene, chloroform,  and other toxic constituents.

      Status (July 1983);  Conditions at this site are currently being
 addressed through an enforcement action against parties responsible for
 wastes  at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       196

-------
National Priorities List Sit*
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1960 (CERCLAM'Superfund"
                          DUELL & GARTNER LANDFILL
                         Dalton Township, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Duell & Gardner Landfill
covers 30 acres in Dalton Township, Muskegon County, Michigan.   The  site,
which was privately owned, was in operation from about 1969 to  1975. The
site is poorly covered and there is evidence of open dumping of leaking
unsealed containers.  General refuse and garbage are scattered  about the
site.  PCBs,  ethylenimine, and other chemicals were detected in soil.
Contamination of ground water is suspected.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required  at
the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      197

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund')
                                ELECTROVOICE
                             Buchanan, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  Electrovoice operates an
 electroplating plant on a 5-acre site in Buchanan, Michigan .  until the
 late 1960s, the plant discharged waters into two seepage lagoons on-site.
 Then the company stopped using the lagoons and removed much of  the
 material already in than.  In 1979, an industrial sewer link broke,
 discharging an unknown amount of plating wastes into  the abandoned
 lagoons.  The company immediately treated and removed the discharge,
 repaired the line, and installed a holding tanK to prevent similar
 incidents in the future.

      In January 1980, the State detected toluene and  xylene in  two of the
 four monitoring wells around the lagoons and trichloreothylene  in  one of
 the lagoons.

      Status (June 1984);  EPA deferred rulemaking on  this site  in
 September 1983 to allow more time to resolve technical issues related to
 its inclusion on the NPL.  After further review and investigative work,
 EPA placed the site on the NPL.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      198

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")
                           FOREST WASTE  PRODUCTS
                            Otisville, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Forest Waste Products
 Site is in Otisville, Genesee County, Michigan.   From 1972  to 1978, the
 company was licensed by the State to operate an industrial  landfill and
 receive liguid industrial wastes.  The  site did not  screen  incoming
 wastes properly and accepted toxic materials such as polybrominated
 biphenyls and C-66.  Oils, PCBs, and plating wastes  were buried in
 drums or dumped into surface impoundments.  PCBs,  copper, and zinc have
 been detected in ground water.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan  outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the  full extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      199

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               G &  H  LANDFILL
                              Utica,  Michigan

     Conditions at  listing  (July 1982);  The G&H Landfill covers 40 acres
in Utica, Maccmb County,  Michigan.  From the late 1950s to 1966, millions
of gallons of  industrial  wastes, including oils, solvents, and process
sludges, were  dumped  into pits and lagoons at the site.  In response to
a law suit filed by the State, a Consent Order was entered in 1967.  It
required the company  to stop disposal of all liquid wastes, but not to
clean up wastes already at  the site.   The site was operated as a refuse
landfill from  1967  until  it closed in 1974.  EPA and the State have
documented contamination  of soil,  surface water, and ground water in the
vicinity of the site.

     Status (July 1983);  In July  1982,  EPA. spent $6,902 in CEFCLA
emergency funds to  fence  an area contaminated with high levels of PCBs.

     EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full extent  of cleanup required at the site.  It
will guide further  actions  at the  site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      200

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Supeffund")
                     GRAND TRAVERSE OVERALL SUPPLY 00.
                          Grellickville, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Grand Traverse Overall
Supply Co. Site covers 1 acre in Greilickville, Leelanau County, Michigan.
Perchloroethylene (PCE) and trichloroethylene (TCE) were identified  in
nearby shallow private wells serving residences and a school.  PCE was
also found  in soils and water of an on-site seepage lagoon, and in soil
samples from inside and outside a dry well on the site.  In 1977,
cooling waters were discharged to sanitary sewers.  The wet well was
excavated and new wells constructed for the school and residences with
contaminated wells.

     Status (July 1983);   Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through an enforcement action against parties responsible  for
wastes at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      201

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                         GRATIOT COUNTY LANDFILL
                           St. Louis, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The  Gratiot County Landfill
covers 40 acres about 0.5 miles southeast of St. Louis, Michigan.   Prior
to 1977, the Michigan Chemical Corp.  (later purchased  by Velsicol  Chemical
Corp.) disposed of various plant wastes,  including  polybrominated
biphenyls (PBBs), at the landfill.  In 1977, the State discovered  that
PBBs had been disposed of in the Gratiot  County  Landfill and found elevated
levels of contaminants in shallow aquifers and in several  nearby ponds.
In addition, the State learned that in at least  one or possibly two
places the wastes were in direct contact  with the immediately underlying
aquifer and that the potential existed for contamination of deeper
aquifers supplying drinking water for the region.

     In August 1981, EPA awarded a Cooperative Agreement to Michigan
using $386,000 made available under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.  The agreement called for developing  plans and
specifications for:

     " Containment to minimize migration  of contaminants from the
       landfill.  This includes regrading the surface  to maximize
       run-off, capping it to prevent infiltration,  which  would increase
       hydraulic pressure within the fill, and constructing a slurry
       wall along the property boundary to contain  contaminated ground
       water.

     0 Construction of a dewatering and purge system to minimize
       migration and to prevent increases in hydraulic pressure, which
       could damage the slurry wall.

     0 Installation of an on-site treatment facility to decontaminate
       water used to purge the landfill.

     This is the top priority site in Michigan.

     Status (July 1983):  In November 1982, Velsicol agreed to a $38.5
million combined settlement for cleanup of this  site and two others in
Michigan—the Gratiot County Golf Course  and the Velsicol  plant in St.
Louis.  About $13 million is for installing a clay  cap, slurry wall,
purge system, and transmission line for the purge water (which will be
used instead of the on-site treatment facility). Velsicol will
supply the clay for the cap and a deep well for  injection  of the purge
water.  EPA and the State are monitoring  the construction,  which is
scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarer of 1985. Under the
Cooperative Agreement, the State is preparing design documents for
the transmission line.  The work is scheduled to be completed in the
third quarter of 1983.

      Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: V R F S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      202

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAK'Superfund"
                             HEDBLUM INDUSTRIES
                              Oscoda, Michigan

      Conditions at listing  (December 1982):   The Hedblum Industries Site
 is located in Oscoda, losco County,  Michigan.  The company produced
 stamped metal parts for the automotive industry.  From 1968 until 1972,
 Hedblum dumped an estimated 4,000 gallons of trichloroethylene (TCE),
 which was used to degrease  the parts, directly onto the ground.  TCE
 contaminations was detected in 13 residential wells nearby.  A municipal
 line was extended to supply the affected area.

      Status (July 1983):  Conditions at this site are currently being
 addressed through a Federal enforcement action against parties responsible
 for wastes at the site.

          Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     203

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                            IONIA CITY LANDFILL
                              Ionia,  Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Ionia City Landfill
occupies 10 acres  0.8 miles of the City of Ionia, Ionia County,
Michigan.  From  the 1950s to 1968, the city owned and operated the site
for disposal of municipal wastes. A portion of the site later became a
recreational area.   A citizen's complaint in February 1981 led to
discovery of drums  at the site, both buried and on the surface.  Some
were on the floodplain  of the Grand  River.  In June 1981, the State
excavated about  100 drums, many containing industrial liquids and some
leaking.  The  city placed snow fences around the excavated drums.  Sampling
showed that the drums contain organic solvents and heavy metals.  In July
1981, the State placed  monitoring wells around the site and found organics
and heavy metals in ground water. Ionia's well field lies about 1 mile
northwest of the site.

     Status (July  1983):   EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to  determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It  will guide  further actions at the site.

       Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F / I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      204

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfuod')
                            K&L AVENUE LANDFILL
                         Oshtetno Township, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The K&L  Avenue Landfill
 covers 5 acres in Oshtemo Township, Kalamazoo, Michigan.   It was owned
 and operated by Kalamazoo County from 1968 to 1975.   The  landfill accepted
 municipal and industrial wastes.  Residential wells near  the landfill
 became contaminated with organic compounds,  including chloroform,
 trichloroethylene, and perchloroethylene.  In 1979, homeowners near the
 site brought suit against the county.  As a  result, the county provided an
 alternative water supply and capped the landfill.  The cap is not adequate,
 and leachate enters nearby surface waters.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     205

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund")
                             KENTVOOD LANDFILL
                             Kentwcod, Michigan

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982);   The Kentwood Landfill occupies
55 acres in Kentwood, Kent  County,  Michigan.  Until 1972, the site was
used as an open  dump.   Fran 1972  until 1975, Kent County operated the
site as a municipal landfill.   The  landfill  reportedly received unidenti-
fied hazardous wastes.  The county  installed a leachate collection system,
but maintenance  problems  led to contamination of nearby Plaster Creek
with leachate containing  cyanide  and heavy metals.

     Status (July 1983:   EPA is preparing a  remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to  determine  the full  extent of cleanup required
at the site.  It will guide further actions  at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      206

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                           LIQUID DISPOSAL, INC.
                              Utica,  Michigan

     Conditions at  listing (July 1982);   The Liquid Disposal, Inc., (LDI)
Site covers 6 acres in Utica,  Macomb County, Michigan.  The site contains
an incinerator for  liquid  wastes,  various industrial liquids and sludges
in two lagoons, numerous surface and buried tanks, over 1,000 drums, and
numerous small containers.  Following an incident in which hydrogen
sulfide gas was produced and killed two workers,  the citizens of Shelby
Township filed suit in January 1982 to permanently enjoin LDI from
operating.  In April  1982, LDI was forced into involuntary bankruptcy
and closed permanently in  May  1982.   EPA and State investigations have
revealed contamination of  air, soil,  surface water,  and ground water in
the vicinity of the site.   In  May  1982,  EPA cleaned up a PCB-contaminated
oil spill at the site.   In July 1982, EPA removed liquid wastes frcm a
lagoon that was in  danger  of overflowing and also removed contaminated
water from the area surrounding the incinerator.   A total of $319,000 was
expended on these cleanups.

     Status (July 1983):   In April 1983,  EPA awarded a $346,732
Cooperative Agreement to Michigan  for a remedial  investigation/
feasibility study to  determine the type and extent contamination at
the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.  In May 1983,
$580,000 were approved for a third emergency action involving disposing
of wastes in two lagoons,  overpacking leaking drums, and removing
miscellaneous wastes  from  the  site.   The action is scheduled for
completion in the summer of  1983.

      Response category  /  Cleanup  status  code,  October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     207

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAH'Superfund")
                           MASON  COUNTY LANDFILL
                    Pere Marquette Township,  Michigan

     Conditions at  listing (December  1982);   The Mason County Landfill
occupies 3 acres  in Pere Marquette Township,  Mason County, Michigan, about
1 mile east of Lake Michigan.  From late 1971 until August 1978, it was
operated for the  county by Acme  Disposal.  Wiile in operation, the
landfill received residential, commercial, and industrial refuse, as
well as liquid wastes and sludges. In 1979,  it was covered with 2 feet
of clay.  After that, the site and adjacent  land eroded and may have
polluted ground water and nearby Iris Creek.   Ground water contaminants
include pentachlorophenol, trichloroethylene, 1,2-trans-dichloroethylene,
and 1,1-dichloroethane.  In late 1978, Acme  Disposal was ordered to
install additional  monitoring wells,  analyze water samples, and survey
the site.  A Consent Order was subsequently  issued to cover the items that
remained to be completed.  In late 1981 and  early 1982, residents filed
two suits against the county and Acme.

     Status (July 1983);  Conditions  at this site are currently being
addressed through an enforcement action against parties responsible for
wastes at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     208

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act o( 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                            MCERAW-EDI90N CORP.
                              Albion, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The McGraw-Edison Corp.  Site
covers  5 acres  in Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan.  The company manu-
factured air conditioners, humidifiers, and similar equipnent until  it
closed  in  1980.  From 1970 to 1980, still bottoms  (an oil waste)
contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) were spread on the site's
dirt roads to control dust.  As a result, TCE has been found in  two
on-site wells and 45 nearby residential wells.  The Albion municipal
wells also show TCE contamination.

     Status (July 1983):   Conditions at this site are currently  being
addressed  through an enforcement action aganist parties responsible for
wastes  at  the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      209

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Supertund")
                             METAMOFA LANDFILL
                             M3tamora, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Metamora Landfill
occupies about 80 acres (about 50 actually landfilled) in a mostly rural
area in Metaraora, Lapeer County,  Michigan.  The privately-owned site
operated from  1966 to 1980.  The  generators, amounts, and types of wastes
buried at  the  site are unknown .  A magnetometer survey conducted by the
State indicated as many as 35,800 drums could be buried.  The 100 exposed
drutis contain  ethyl benzene,  chloroform, toluene, xylene, and other
organic chemicals.  Ground water  is contaminated with heavy metals,
according  to the State, although  no residential wells have been contam-
inated to  date.  Several fires occurred at the site in 1972 and 1979.

     Status  (June 1984);  EPA is  considering various alternatives for tte
site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      210

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAM'Superfund")
                            NORTHEKNAIRE PLATING
                             Cadillac, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (July 1982):  The Northernaire Plating Site
covers  1 acre  in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan.  On the site, an
inactive electroplating facility, are 2,000 gallons of plating sludge,
2,500 gallons  of liquid plating solution in containers, and drums contain-
ing wastes  contaminated with chrome and cyanide.  A large volume of
wastes  released through an improperly sealed sewer line has contaminated
ground  water and soil.   Two private wells are contaminated, and the
Cadillac Well  Field is  threatened by surface and subsurface releases
from the site.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently prepared a remedial plan outlin-
ing the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup
required at the site.   It will guide further actions at the site.

     In July 1983, EPA  took emergency actions to clean up the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      211

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supen*und")
                             NOVAOO INDUSTRIES
                            Temperance, Michigan

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  Novaco Industries operates a
chrome plating facility on a 2-acre site in Temperance, Michigan.   In
June 1979, a buried tank leaked about 100 gallons of a hard-chrome
plating solution over an unknown period.  Three private wells plus  the
company well are contaminated with hexavalent chromium.  In the summer  of
1979, the company recovered and treated 50,000 gallons of contaminated
ground water, then  suspended operations due to freezing weather.  Cleanup
operations were never resumed.

     Status  (July 1983);  Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through an enforcement action against parties responsible for
wastes at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      212

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH Superfund )
                         ORGANIC CHEMICALS,  INC.
                           Grandville,  Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):   Organic Chemicals, Inc.,
occupies 20 acres in Grandville,  Michigan.   The facility reclaims spent
solvents and manufactures small  quantities of various organic chemicals.
From at least September  1974  to  June 1980, the facility discharged process
waste water and other water to a seepage  lagoon on the site, contaminating
ground water.  Analyses  detected 3,586  parts per  million (ppm) total
organic carbon, as well  as methylene chloride, toluene, trichloroethylene,
1,1-dichloroethane, and  almost 70 other substances.  In April 1976,
Organic Chemicals applied for a  state Ground Water Discharge Permit,
which was granted in January  1977.   It  required monitoring for pH,
phenol, oil, and grease, and  the diversion of process wastes to the
Grandville sanitary system.   The permit limits for these parameters
were exceeded on several occasions.   The  State issued a Notice and Order
to Comply in 1977, when  the company  failed to comply with the permit time
schedule.  In late 1981, the  company removed accumulated sludges frcm
the former cooling water pond on the site and filled it with clean
material.

     Status (July 1983):  Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through an enforcement action against parties responsible for
wastes at the site.

         Response category /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      213

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund')
                    OSSINEKE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                             Ossineke, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (Decgnber 1982):  The Ossineke Ground Water
Contamination Site is near Ossineke, Alpena County, Michigan.   Starting
in 1977,  several shallow wells were contaminated with benzene,  xylene,
trichloroethylene, and chloroform.  A deeper aquifer, about 70  feet  below
the  surface,  is providing water that has not been found to be contaminated
to date.  The State identified a laundromat and a gasoline station as
potential sources of the contamination.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the  site. It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      214

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1380(CERCLA)("Supeffund")
                       OTT/STORY/CORDOVA CHEMICAL CO.
                         Dalton Township, Michigan

     Conditions at  listing  (July 1982):   The Ott/Story/Cordova Chemical
Co. Site  is  in Dalton Township, Muskegon County, Michigan.  Various
companies, including  Ott Chemical and Story Chemical, occupied the site
between 1957 and  1977,  when it abandoned by Story Chemical.  In that
period, waste water was placed in seepage lagoons, resulting in extensive
contamination of  ground water and soil.   Unprotected tanks of phosgene
gas were  on-site, as  well as 8,700 drums.  Before acquiring the facility
in late 1977, Cordova Chemical Co. and the State entered a Stipulation
and Consent Order whereby Cordova agreed to neutralize and dispose of
the phosgene gas  and  pay $600,000 to the State to deal with the other
problems  at  the site.  The  State agreed to use $500,000 to remove the
drums and 8,000 cubic yards of sludges and contaminated soil, and to use
$100,000  to plan  an alternative water suply system for affected residents.

     About 1.2 billion gallons of ground water contaminated with organic
chemicals are currently moving into Little Bear Creek and its tributary,
seriously degrading 1 mile  of stream.

     Status  (July 1983):  All drums were removed from the site, and a
municipal water line  was extened to residents with threatened or contami-
nated wells.

       Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     215

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                        PACK&3ING CORP.  OF AMERICA
                            Filer City,  Michigan

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   Packaging Corp. Of America
 (PCA) operates a  kraft  paper mill on a  2-acre site in Filer City,
Manistee County,  Michigan.   From the 1950s until 1974, PCA dumped untreated
pulp mill black liquor  and  other process wastes in a series of unlined
lagoons in Stronach Township,  about 1 mile northeast of Filer City.  In
1976, the Village of  East Lake,  to the  northwest of the site, aoandoned a
municipal well because  of contamination caused by the lagoons.  In 1978,
PCA placed nine monitoring  wells around the  site.  EPA sampling in August
1981 detected high  levels of heavy metals and arsenic in ground water.
Ground water in the region  flows toward Manistee Lake, an important
recreational resource.

     Status (July 1983);  Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through an  enforcement action against parties responsible for
wastes at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     216

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund">
                       PEIDSKEY MUNICIPAL WELL FIELD
                             Petoskey, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Petoskey Municipal Well
Field  is  in Petoskey, Bnmit County, Michigan, on the shore of Little
Traverse  Bay and the delta of the Bear River.  It is the city's  sole
source of water.  In September 1981, the State detected 20 to 50 parts
per  billion of trichloroethylene in the city's water supply.  An adjacent
die  casting and  plating firm, Petoskey Manufacturing, was suspected of
being  the source of contamination.  The company conmissioned an  extensive
hydrogeologic investigation to determine the extent of its responsibility,
if any.

     Status (July 1983):   The city appropriated funds for new wells and
installed monitoring wells in the new field.  The State is reviewing
Petoskey  Manufacturing's proposed investigation.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      217

-------
National Priorities Ust Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Supeffund")
                              RASMUSSEN'S DUMP
                       Green Oak Township, Michigan

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982):  Rasmussen's Dunp occupies
5 acres in Green Oak Township,  Livingston County, Michigan.  The owner
buried an unknown number of drums of paint sludge and liquid waste and
also dunped liquid  wastes directly into the ground.  The dump was unable
to meet State  licensing  requirements and closed in 1974.  Later, gravel
mining removed the  old fill material, uncovering numerous drums.  Soil
near the drums showed high concentrations of PCBs, although contamination
of ground water  or  surface water has not been documented at this time.

     Status (July 1983);   EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining  the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It  will  guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     218

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'SuperfuncT)
                             ROSE TOWNSHIP DUMP
                          Rose Township, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (July 1982):  The Rose Township Dump covers
10 acres.   It  is one of three sites within a 5-square-mile-area in Rose
Township, Oakland County, Michigan.  About 5,000 drums of liquid
industrial  wastes (paint sludges, solvents, oils, PCBs, and greases)  were
buried or deposited on the surface of the three sites.  Some may have
been emptied into the ground or pits so that the drums could be recycled.
The State removed most of the drums in 1980.  Ground water, surface water,
and soils remain contaminated.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.   It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      219

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund"
                              SHIAWASSEE RIVER
                              Howell, Michigan

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982);   The Shiawassee River Site is
in Howellr Livingston County, Michigan.   Since 1969,  the Cast Forge Co.
has manufactured  aluminum cast products in Howell.  Until 1973, waste
water contaminated by hydraulic  fluids  containing PCBs was discharged to
the South Branch  of  the Shiawassee River.  Fran 1973  to 1977, waste water
was discharged into  a 400,000-gallon on-site lagoon.   Discharges from this
lagoon, as well as periodic overflows,  have  contaminated nearby wetlands
and subsequently  the Shiawassee  River.   In 1978 and 1979, the State
detected high levels of PCBs  in  soils around the site and in on-site
monitoring wells.  Concentrations above 1  part per  million were found in
Shiawassee River  sediments  for 14 miles downstream  of the plant.  PCBs
were also found in fish as  far as 52 miles downstream of the plant.

     In November  1977, the  State filed  suit  against Cast Forge for
PCB contamination of the environment.   The case was settled through a
Consent Judgment  in  June 1981.   Under that settlement, the company
removed the  lagoon,  cleaned up PCB-contaminated soil  and sediment from
its property, and provided  $750,000 for restoration of the Shiawassee
River.

     Status  (July 1983):  The State's program for dredging contaminated
sediments from the South Branch  of the  Shiawassee River began in June
1982.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      220

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund')
                       SOUTHWEST OTTAWA COUNTY LANDFILL
                          Park Township, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (Decanter 1982):  The Southwest Ottawa County
Landfill covers  40 acres in Park Township,  Ottawa County, Michigan.  The
landfill, constructed and licensed by the State in 1968, received municipal
refuse, industrial sludges, and sludges from waste water treatment plants.
The State detected aromatic hydrocarbons and heavy metals in monitoring
wells around  the site.   Several private wells are also contaminated.  The
State closed  the site in 1981 and required the county to cover the
landfill, provide hookups to the municipal water sytem for residents with
potentially affected wells, and undertake a 5-year program of postclosure
care.

     Status (July 1983):  The county is conducting a study to assess the
feasibility of installing a system to treat ground water.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      221

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund")
                              SPARTA LANDFILL
                         Sparta Township, Michigan

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982):  Sparta Landfill is located
in Sparta Township, Kent County,  Michigan.  Prior to 1965, Sparta Township
and a private  firm  operated the  landfill.  The site was purchased in 1970
by Kent County and  until 1977 accepted municipal refuse, foundry sand,
and industrial wastes.   In  1979,  toluene and several other organic solvents
were found in on-site monitoring  wells and off-site residential wells.
At the request of the State,  Kent County installed deep wells for two
nearby affected  residences  and provided bottled water for other affected
hones.

     Status  (July 1983): Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through an enforcement  action against parties responsible
for wastes at  the site.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      222

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)CSuperfund"
                            SPARTAN CHEMICAL CO.
                             Wyoming, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Spartan Chemical Co.
Site covers 2  acres in Wyoming, Michigan.  Since 1952, the  company has
blended,  packaged, and distributed chemicals,  including industrial
solvents  and thinners.  Nearby residential wells have beccm contaminated
with trichloroethylene, perchloroethylene, chloroform, and  other organic
compounds.   These wells have been abandoned and residences  connected to a
municipal water supply.

     Status (July 1983):  Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through an enforcement action against parties responsible for
wastes  at the  site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     223

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)('Superfund")
                            SPIB3ELBERG LANDFILL
                       Green Oak Township, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (Decgnber 1982):  The Spiegelberg Landfill
covers 10 acres  in Green Oak Township, Livingston County, Michigan.
Prior to 1966, the site  was an open dump.  About 1977, unknown quantities
of paint sludges and  liquid waste were dunped into a 0.5-acre pit from
which sand  and gravel had  been excavated.  Later, the pit was covered
with gravel.  Disposal of  paint sludges ceased, but excavation of sand
and gravel  continues  elsewhere on the site.  All operations have been
under private ownership.

     Status (July  1983);   The  State completed a limited study to detect
ground water contamination. EPA recently completed a remedial plan
outlining the investigations needed to determine the full extent of
cleanup required at the  site.   It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      224

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAH Superfund
                         SPRINGFIELD TOWNSHIP DUMP
                            Davisburg, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Springfield Township
Dump covers  5 acres near Davisburg in rural Oakland County, Michigan.
Between 1966 and 1968,  and possibly longer, drums of liquid industrial
wastes (including paint sludges,  solvents, PCBs, oils, and greases) were
buried in or dumped onto the ground to reclaim the drums.  In 1980, the
State removed most contaminants.   Most soils remain contaminated with
PCBs, other  organic chemicals,  and metals.  Ground water below the dumping
area is also contaminated with  organic chemicals, but nearby residential
wells are not contaminated as yet.

     Status  (July 1983):   EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      225

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfunol")
                          STURGIS MUNICIPAL WELLS
                             Sturgis, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (September  1983);   During routine sampling,
 the State determined that two of the four  municipal wells that serve
 13,000 people in Sturgis, Michigan, are  contaminated with trichloroethy-
 lene, perchloroethylene, and other solvents.   The  two contaminated wells
 are used only as a standby source of water during  peak demand periods.
 The State has advised against using contaminated wells.

      Status (Jtne 19B4);  The City of  Sturgis  has  increased the capacity
 of  one of the uncontaminated wells and is  exploring sites for a new well .

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      226

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAH'Superfund")
                          SCA INDEPENDENT LANDFILL
                         Muskegon Heights, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  SCA Independent Landfill
occupies 5 acres in Muskegon Heights, Muskegon County, Michigan.   From
1965 to the late 1970s, it accepted domestic and industrial wastes.
Site soil is sandy, and the water table is 5 to 7 feet below the  surface.
Methane gas was detected on the site, which is within 0.3 miles of
residences.  A portion of the site was treated with bentonite  to  prevent
migration of contaminants.  However, problems have been detected  with the
bentonite liner.  Xylene, benzidine, dichlorobenzidine, 1,1-dichloroethane,
and toluene were detected in monitoring wells downgradient of  the site.
Surface water is also contaminated.

     Status (July 1983):  Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed through an enforcement action against parties responsible  for
wastes  at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     227

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")
                                  TAR LAKE
                        Mancelona Township, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Tar Lake Site  consists
of a shallow 4-acre pond in Mancelona Township, Antrim County,  Michigan.
From the 1880s until 1944, Antrim Iron Co. disposed of wastes in the
pond.  The company's complex included a saw mill, chemical plant,  iron
extraction and smelting plant, and steel mill.  As early as  1949,  the
State detected ground water contamination as far as 3 miles  from the
site.  Sludge deposits in Tar Lake contain high concentrations  of: heavy
metals and phenol.  Analysis of area residential wells in 1980  detected
lead and phenol.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      228

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")
                                 U.S. AVIEX
                         Howard Township, Michigan

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982);  The U.S. Aviex Co. Site
covers 2 acres in Howard Township, Cass County, Michigan.  The company
produces various automobile solvents.  In 1972, several residential wells
southwest of  the plant were contaminated with ether from a leaking
transmission  line on-site.  The line was repaired, and the company replaced
three wells.  In November 1978, fire destroyed most of the facility and
released a  number of organic compounds into the soil and ground water.
Dichlorcmethane, benzene, toluene, and other chemicals were detected  in
nearby residential wells.  In early 1982, the State filed suit against
the company.  The court ordered U.S. Aviex to conduct a pump test in
preparation for  possible purging and treatment of contaminated ground
water.

     Status (July 1983);  U.S. Aviex completed the court-ordered test in
the spring  of 1983 and has begun purging operations.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     229

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act ol 1980 ICERCLAH'Superiund'
                VELSIOOL CHEMICAL  CORP.  (ST.  LOUIS PLANT)
                            St. Louis,  Michigan

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Velsicol Chemical Corp.
Site occupies 50 acres  in St. Louis, Michigan.  The plant, once owned by
Michigan Chemical Co., manufactured  a variety of chemicals, including
polybrominated biphenyls and TRIS.   Discharges from the plant and poor
housekeeping practices  have contaminated the  Pine River and soils and
ground water at the site with these  compounds.  The plant closed in 1978,
and all buildings have  been removed.  In November 1982, Velsicol agreed
to a $38.5 million  combined settlement for cleanup of  this site and two
others in Michigan—the Gratiot County Landfill and the Gratiot County
Golf Course.

     Status (July 1983);  Containment activities, including capping and
placement of underground slurry walls  around  the site,  started May 12,
1983.  The State and EPA are monitoring  these activities.   All
construction-related activities for  containment are scheduled to be
completed in November 1984.

     Response category / Cleanup status  code, October  1984: V F S / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      230

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                             VEBDNA WELL FIELD
                           Battle Creek, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Verona Well  Field covers
 160 acres in Battle Creek, Michigan.  It supplies all water for  the city's
 35,000 residents, as well as several major food-producing  industries in
 the area.  Of the 31 wells in the well field, 20 are contaminated  with
 trichloroethylene and other volatile organic chemicals.  These compounds
 are being introduced into the distribution system at low levels.   Private
 wells near the well field are also contaminated.

      Status (July 1983):   EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
 the investigations needed to determine the full extent of  cleanup  required
 at  the site.   It will guide further actions at the site.   In  July  1983,
 EPA began providing bottled water to about 100 nearby residences and
 businesses with private wells.  This activity will cost about 520,000
 until September 1983, when a State-funded program to extend a water main
 is  completed.

      Response  category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F s  / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     231

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund')
                            WASH KING LAUNDRY
                    Pleasant Plains Township,  Michigan

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982);   Wash King Laundry, a small
privately-owned laundromat, has been  in operation in Pleasant Plains
Township, Lake County, Michigan, since 1962.   During the early 1970s, dry
cleaning solvents were discharged  with laundry wastes to the facility's
waste water lagoons.  As  a  result, about 30  residential water supplies to
the north were contaminated with perchloroethylene (PCE).  PCE contaminat-
ion was first detected in August 1977 in a well used by a local business.
In 1978, the State cleaned  out the laundromat's lagoons and forced the
firm to stop using PCE.   A  preliminary study conducted in 1979 by the
State established that Wash King Laundry was responsible for the PCE
contamination.  A contaninated plume  of ground water is migrating to the
northeast toward the Middle Branch of the Pere Marquette River.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a ranedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to  determine the full  extent of cleanup reguired at
the site.  It will guide  further actions at  the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      232

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAM'Superfund")
                            WHITEHALL WELL FIELD
                            Wnitehall, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Whitehall Well Field
provides water  to residents of Whitehall, Michigan.  In January 1981, the
State detected  perchloroethylene (PCE) in Well Number 3.  The city
stopped using the well and increased pumping rates at the other four
municipal wells.   Number 3 is used only on an emergency basis.  In
February 1981,  two monitoring wells close to Well Number 3 were found to
be contaminated with high levels of trichloroethylene and cis-
l,2dichloroethylene, in addition to low levels of PCE and 1,1-
dichloroethane.  Limited sampling detected the same chemicals in
residential wells northeast of Wall Number 3.  The several suspected
sources of contamination are spread over a relatively wide area
because of uncertainly about the direction of ground water flow.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA recently installed five monitoring wells.
Further activities are pending.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      233

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                    Minnesota (MN)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAM'Superfund")
                           ARROWHEAD REFINERY CO.
                           Hermantown,  Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September  1983):   Arrowhead Refinery Co.
reclaimed  waste oil  in  Hermantown,  St. Louis County,  Minnesota,  from 1945
to February 1977.  The  operations generated  7,000 cubic yards of a highly
acidic, metal-laden  sludge, which was  disposed of in  a  2-acre lagoon  on
the property.   Analyses conducted by the state indicate that the ground
water and  surface water near  the  site  are contaminated  with PCBs,
phenols, cyanide, lead, barium, arsenic, cadmiun, chromium,  and  seleniun.

      Several residents  living as  close as 0.3 miles from the site have
drinking wells  that tap the ground  water contaminated by the Arrowhead
site. Ftecent analysis  of monitoring wells and surface  neter by  the State
confirms that contaminants continue to migrate from the site. For
example, the closest monitoring well to the  site contained about 25
percent oil when it was sampled in  June 1980. In November  1982, it
contained  more  than  75  percent oil  contaminated  with  25 parts per million
PCBs.

      In 1980, EPA, using S36,806  made  available  under Section 311 of  the
Clean Vfeter Act,  diverted surface water and  installed a fence around  the
site. EPA also completed an  investigation of the site's impact  on soil,
ground water, and surface water.

      Status (June 1984);   EPA is  starting a  remedial  investigation/feasi-
bility study to determine the type  and extent of contamination at the
site  and identify alternatives for  remedial  action.

         Response category /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     235

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund")
                  BOISE CASCADE/OMAN CORP ./MEDTRONIC, INC.
                             Fridley,  Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):   Fran the raid-1920s to the
early 1960s,  Boise Cascade  preserved  railroad  ties and poles with
creosote and  pentachlorophenol  on a 170-acre site in Fridley, Minnesota.
The northern  portion of the site  is now owned  by Onan Corp., and the
remainder  by  Medtronic, Inc. Vteste water  containing creosote and oil
collected  in  two lagoons on what  is now Medtronic property.  Soil and
ground water  on  both properties have  been  extensively studied by consult-
ants  representing the  two owners.  Monitoring  wells on-site have detected
elevated levels  of polynuclear  arena tic hydrocarbons and phenolic com-
pounds.  Sediments from Rice Creek and Norton  Creek contain the same
contaminants, as do soil borings  throughout the site.  Creosote sludge
was also found at the  bottom of a deep multiaguifer wall on the site.
Ground water  is  the route of major concern because Moundsview and Fridley
municipal  wells  are nearby.  Ground water  contamination could affect
nearly 20,000 people.

      Status (June 1984):  Medtronic has entered into a Consent Decree
with  the State for its portion  of the site. The cleanup is scheduled to
be completed  by  the end of  the  summer of 1984.

      For the  Onan portion of the  site, cnan, Boise, and two railroads are
now in court  to  decide responsibility and  remedy.

       Response  category /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: S / I
U.S, Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     236

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CeRClAM'Superfund")
               BURLINGTON NORTHERN (BRAINERD/BAXTER PLANT)
                        Brainerd/Baxter,  Minnesota

     Conditions at listing  (July  1982);   Burlington Northern (BN)
preserves railroad ties with creosote on  a 70-acre site in the Brainerd/
Baxter area of Minnesota.   Waste  water and sludges from the process
have been discharged to on-site ponds since the plant's construction in
1907.  The original pond was abandoned in the 1930s and covered.  A
second pond has been used since that  time.   Both probably lack any natural
or constructed seal.  The second  pond covers about 2 acres and contains
3 feet of sludge on top of  an unknown quantity of contaminated soil.
Several exploratory borings confirm the existence of sludge and/or
contaminated soil in the area of  the  original pond.  On-site ground water
is contaminated by a number of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.  The
State sampled a number of area wells,  most of which are north or west of
the site.  Ground water flows to  the  southeast from the site.  No drinking
water wells appear to be contaminated as  yet,  although the Mississippi
River may be receiving contaminated ground water.

     Status (July 1983):  BN stopped  discharging into the second pond in
late 1982.  The company also started  a ground water investigation on-
site, then expanded it at the request of  the State to include off-site
areas between the plant and the Mississippi River.  BN is also investigat-
ing methods by which to remove and dispose of or treat sludges and con-
taminated soils, and recently hired a consultant to begin a remedial
investigation to determine  the extent of  contamination at the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: P S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      237

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAK'Supertund")
                        FMC CORP.  (FRIDLEY  PLANT)
                            Fridley, Minnesota

     Conditions at listing (July 1982):  The  FMC Corp.  Site occupies
about 18 acres in Fridley, Minnesota,  adjacent  to  the Mississippi River.
Fran the early 1950s  to the early  1970s, FMC, formerly  Northern Pump Co.,
disposed of hazardous wastes  (including solvents,  paint sludges,  and
plating wastes) at two on-site locations, one an 11-acre unlined landfill.
Records indicate that solvents and sludges  were dumped  directly into
unlined pits and burned or buried.  Three wells used by FMC for drinking
and processing water are contaminated  with  various toxic organic chemicals,
including trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene,  and methylene chloride.
Fridley and Brooklyn Center draw drinking water from the contaminated
aquifer.  The ground water also discharges  into the Mississippi River,
which supplies water to Minneapolis 800 feet downstrean of  the  FMC
property.  Low levels of trichloroethylene  have been found  in the city's
drinking water.

     Status (July 1983):  On June  8, 1983,  FMC, the State,  and  EPA entered
an agreed order under Section 106  of CERCLA.  That order provides, among
other things, that FMC construct a large clay-lined vault on an
uncontaminated portion of the site and place  in it about 58,000 cubic
yards of contrainated soils excavated from the site and  from an  adjacent
property owned by the Burlington Northern Railroad.  FMC did so by
June 30, 1983.  The order further  provides  for  FMC to reimburse Minnesota
and EPA for expenses  (both past and future) related to  the  order and to
apply to EPA for a permit (under the Resource Conservation  and  Recovery
Act) for the vault.  Finally, FMC  has  agreed to conduct a study to
determine the extent of ground water contamination at the site  and
a feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  V F S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     238

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCUAM'Superfund")
                         GENERAL MI LLS CORP ./HENKEL CORP .
                           Minneapolis,  Minnesota

      Conditions at listing  (September 1983):   Henkel  Corp.  operates
 in an industrial and residential area of  Minneapolis,  Minnesota .  Before
 selling the site to Henkel, General Mills Corp. operated a  research
 laboratory there from about 1947 to 19fi2.  During  that time,   General
 Mills disposed of  about 1,000  gallons  per year of laboratory solvents in
 a dry well to a depth of 10 feet.  The  State's analyses of  soil,  shallow
 ground water, and the deeper bedrock  Prairie  du Chien-Jordan  aquifer
 detected volatile organic compounds.  Both aquifers recharge  the
 Mississippi River, from which Minneapolis obtains  its drinking water.
 The Town of St. Anthony (population 8,000)  obtains its drinking  water
 from the Prairie du Chien-Jordan aquifer,  but its  wells are about 2.5
 miles upgradient from the site.

      The State has been working with  General  Mills to complete the
 investigation and cleanup of the site.

      Status (June 1984):  The State is  developing  a Consent Order for
 General Mills to complete the investigation and cleanup of  the site .

          Response category / Cleanup  status code,  October 1984:  S
U,S, Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     239

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                     JOSLYN MANUFACTURING & SUPPLY CO.
                         Brooklyn  Center, Minnesota

     Conditions at listing (September  1983);   Joslyn Manufacturing &
 Supply  Co.   treated wood on a 93-acre  site adjacent to Twin lakes in the
 urban community of Brooklyn Center,  Hennepin  County, Minnesota.  The
 plant,  which operated  from 1920 to 1980, used processes involving
 creosote, pentachlorophenol, and  copper-arsenic solution.  Before the
 1960s,  the plant  was called Consolidated Pole Treating Co.  and before
 the 1940s, Naugle Pole and Tie Co.

     In 1944,  this facility discharged its waste water to a marshy area
 connected to Twin lakes.  later,  an  unlined surface impoundment adjacent
 to the  irarsh was  used.  In the 1970s,  an oil  reclamation unit preceded
 the surface  impouidment.  In 1976, 216,000 gallons were discharged to the
 surface impoundment.  Vfeste sludge has also been buried on the site.
 Sampling and analysis  conducted for  Brooklyn  Center in 1961 and by the
 State in 1980  showed that  a number of  nearby  residential wells are con-
 taminated by phenol  and  pentachlorophenol.

     Joslyn  completed  a  ground water investigation in October 1981.

     Status  (June 1984);   In September 1983,  the State issued a fteguest
 for Response Action  to Joslyn, which requires the company to conduct a
 remedial investigation/  feasibility  study to  determine the type and
 extent  of contamination at the site  and identify alternatives for
 remedial action.   The  company continues to negotiate with the State.

        Response  category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984:  F S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     240

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH Supertund )
                                KOPPERS COKE
                            St.  Paul,  Minnesota

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982):  The former Koppers Coke Site
covers about 45 acres  in Midway Industrial  Park in St. Paul, Minnesota.
Fran 1911 to 1979, Koppers  operated a facility that converted coal to
coke and produced such by-products as coal  tars and coal tar distillates.
The company has dismantled  and  removed all  equipment from the site and
completed an intensive on-site  investigation.  It revealed that wastes
discharged to the ground in unlined earthen pits and disposed of on the
surface contaminate soil and  ground water with polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons, thiocyanate,  ammonia, sulfates, phenols, oil, and grease.
Based on information currently  available, the contamination does not
threaten St. Paul's municipal water supply, which cones from the
Mississippi River north  of  Minneapolis.

     Status (July 1983);  In  cooperation with the State, Koppers has been
working to remove coal tar  wastes and contaminated soil from the property.
Thus far, Koppers has  excavated and shipped 17,500 cubic yards of material
to a secure disposal site in  Illinois.  The surface cleanup has been
completed, and Koppers has  sold the property to the St. Paul Port
Authority, which intends to make it available to developers of the St.
Paul Energy Park.

     EPA and the State are  investigating migration of contamination from
the site.

         Response category  /  Cleanup  status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      241

-------
National Priorities Ust Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supeffund*)
                          LE HILLIER/MANKATO SITE
                       Le Hillier/Mankato, Minnesota

     Conditions at  listing (July 1982):   The Le Hillier/Mankato Site
covers 6,400 acres  in Le Hillier, just west of Mankato, Minnesota.  In
October  1981,  the State discovered chlorinated organic solvents in the
community's ground  water.  The  contamination may come fron degreasers
used in  cleaning  local septic tanks.

     Le  Hillier is  located in a floodplain of the Blue Earth and Minne-
sota River.  Until  1976, when the U.S.  Corps of Engineers constructed a
dike around this  area,  it was subject to seasonal flooding.  The contani-
nated area of  Le  Hillier/Mankato has  permeable soils that allow liquids
to infiltrate  rapidly into the aquifer,  thought to be 20 to 25 feet below
the surface; bedrock  (sandstone)  is at about 60 feet.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA and the State are conducting a preliminary
hydrogeological study of this area to determine the source(s) of
contamination  and the extent of the contaminated plune of ground water.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     242

-------
National Priorities List Site

                               . Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980ICERCLA)(-Superfgnd-)
                MACGILUS & GIBBS CO ./BELL  LUMBER  & POLE  CD.
                          New Brighton, Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  MaoGillis  & Gibbs Co. and
 Bell Umber & Pole Co. operate separate wood-treatment facilities on
 adjacent parts of a 44-acre site in New Brighton, Ramsey County,
 Minnesota .  These processes involve a nutiber of materials, including
 creosote (not used since 1960), pentachlorophenol, and a chrome-copper-
 arsenic solution (used by MacGillis from 1970 to  the present) .  Between
 1920 and 1974, sludges from these operations were discharged  to a surface
 impoundment in a wetland on the site.  Contaminants from the disposal
 site have migrated from the impoundment into the  surrounding ground
 water, according to analyses conducted by  the two companies.  Nearby
 wells into the aquifer periodically contain low levels of the chemicals
 used at the site.

      Status (June 1984);  The State is negotiating a Consent Order with
 the two companies.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      243

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                            MORRIS ARSENIC  DUMP
                             Morris, Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):   Morris Arsenic Dump covers
 5 acres in a rural area outside Morris, Stevens  County,  Minnesota .  In
 the late 1930s, burlap bags of arsenic—laced grasshopper bait were buried
 in  a Minnesota Etepartrtent of Transporation  gravel  pit.  Tests by EPA have
 detected arsenic in the shallow ground water.  No  private drinking water
 wells in the area have been affected to date.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA will soon be  starting a remedial investiga-
 tion/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination
 at  the site and identify alternatives for remedial  action .

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      244

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund"
                         NEW BRIGHTON/ARDEN HILLS
                         New Brighton,  Minnesota

     Conditions at listing  (July  1982):  The New Brighton/Arden Hill Site
covers 69,120 acres in the New Brighton/Shoreview/Arden Hills area of
Ramsey County, Minnesota.   In June  1981, the State discovered
trichloroethylene (TCE) and  other organic  chemicals in the Prairie du
Chien-Jordan aquifer, which supplies drinking  water to several comnuni-
ties.  The plume of contaminated  ground water  is believed to be 6 miles
along, 3 miles wide, and affect approximately  38,000 residents.  Several
suspected source of contamination have  been identified.

     Status (July 1983);  The state,  in coordination with EPA, is making
a hydrogeological study of the area to  determine the type and extent of
contamination and is also monitoring suspected sources to determine what
they disposed of in the past, when  record-keeping was not strictly
regulated.  The Department of the Army  is  making an extensive hydrogeolog-
ical study of the Twin Cities Army  Ammunition  Plant in New Brighton.
Both the State and EPA have  met with Army  officials to coordinate all
phases of the study.  The Army is also  furnishing bottled water to homes
with wells containing high  levels of TCE.

     In June 1983, EPA signed a $1,467,242 Cooperative Agreement with
Minnesota for a remedial investigation  to  determine the type and extent
of contamination at the site.  It is  scheduled to be completed in the
fourth quarter of 1984.

       Response category / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984:  R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     245

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM Supertund )
                         NUTTIM3 TRJCK &  CASTER CO.
                            Faribault,  Minnesota

      Conditions at listing  (September 1983):   Nutting Truck  X  Caster Co.
 manufactures and distributes  casters,  wheels,  hand trucks, and similar
 products in Farihault,  Minnesota.  The company began  operation in  1891
 and  currently occupies  225,000  square feet of  space on about 11 acres of
 land. The processes new in use are:   aluminum and iron  casting, machin-
 ing,  painting, rubber molding,  welding,  and woodworking . A  waste  survey
 by the State in early 1979  discovered that Nutting discharged  seme of its
 liquid and semisolid wastes to  a seepage pond  adjacent to the  manufactur-
 ing  building.  Nutting  stopped  using  the pond  and  in  1979, then pumped
 it out and disposed of  liquid wastes  in  a municipal sewer.   The sludge
 from the pond was  landfarmed  on the site during 1980  under a State permit.
 Nutting  met the conditions  of the permit, one  of which specified that
 foodchain crops could not be  grown on the site without first notifying
 the  State. The pond has been filled  with clean soil  and paved for
 parking.

      Ground water  adjacent  to and downgradient from the  pond is contami-
 nated with volatile organic compounds, including trichloroethylene (TCE),
 according to analyses conducted by  the State.   Five municipal  wells in
 Faribault contain  TCE,  one  beyond safe drinking water limits.   These
 wells are downgradient  frcm the shallow  ground water. So far, adjust-
 ments of pumping rates  have kept TCE  concentrations in Faribault's
 central  reservoir  within human  health standards.  Private wells are not
 contaminated to date.

      The State continues to monitor the  Faribault  municipal  wells  twice
 a  month  for volatile chlorinated organic compounds, especially TCE.

      Status (June  1984); A Consent Order was  signed  en  April  26,  1984
 requiring Nutting  to conduct  an investigation  of the  extent  of ground
 water contamination originating frcm  its property. If necessary.
 Nutting  will prepare a  feasibility study, based on the results of  the
 investigation, to  identify  alternatives  for remedial  action .  The  work
 plan  for the investigation  is to be delivered  to the  State by  mid-June
 1984.
          Response  category  /  Cleanup  status code,  October 1984: S
 U S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      246

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund~)
                     NL INDUSTRIES/TARACDRP/GOLDEN AUTO
                         St. Louis Park, Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  National  Lead (NL)  Industries,
 Inc., operated a secondary lead smelter on about  10 acres in St. Louis
 Park, Minnesota, from the 1930s to August 1979.   NL sold a portion of the
 site to Golden Auto Parts, Inc., in the early  1960s and the remainder to
 Taracorp,  Inc., in August 1979.  Large amounts of lead slag from the
 plant's early operations were buried in a part of the site later occupied
 by Golden  Auto Parts.  Starting in June 1979,  air monitoring conducted
 by the State revealed that lead standards were frequently violated when
 the  plant  was in operation.

      Status (July 1983):   In May 1982, Taracorp notified the State that
 it was permanently closing the smelter.  NL, Taracorp,  and Golden Auto
 Parts are  conducting investigations at the site to assess the impact of
 the  buried slag and lead emissions on area soils,  surface water, and
 ground water.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      247

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCUAM'Supertungj
                               OAKDALE DUMP
                            Oakdale,  Minnesota

     Conditions  at  listing  (October 1981):   The Oakdale Dump covers 40
acres in Oakdale, Washington  County,  Minnesota.  The site consists of
three adjoining  properties  that  were used for the disposal of industrial
wastes during the 1950s.  The three (named for the property owner at the
time of disposal) are:  Abresch (the largest), a wetland in which a number
of large trenches were  excavated for waste burial: Brockman, used for
disposal when the water level was high at Abresch; and Eberle, where
solvents were spilled on  the  ground and ignited.  Many thousands of drums
of waste appear  to  be buried  on  the site, plus large quantities of other
solid industrial wastes.  Ground water and surface water in the area are
contaminated with a wide  variety of organic chemicals, including acetone
and isopropyl ether.

     Status (July 1983):  3M  Corp., possibly one of the waste contri-
butors, has removed surface materials and cleaned up several children's
play areas on the site.   3M,  the State, and EPA have reached an agreement
in principle under  which  3M will undertake complete remedial work at the
site, including  treatment of  ground water.

         Response category /  Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      248

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the                                           «._«.,
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCIA)( Superfund I
                            PERHAM ARSENIC SITE
                             Perham, Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Perham Arsenic Site is
a  small  burial  area covering abour 0.25 acres in Per ham, Minnesota.  It
was discovered  in 1972 when employees from a land construction company
were poisoned by arsenic in the company's well.  The State did extensive
sampling of soil and ground water, which helped to define the boundaries
of the site and to establish the extent and magnitude of ground water
contamination.   The source of the contamination is apparently the remains
of a program in the 1930s and 1940s to control grasshopper infestations.
There are probably 25 sites in Minnesota where arsenic-containing
materials are buried and another 50 to 100 where they are stored above-
ground .   The arsenic issue remained dormant, except for monitoring of
wells, until the late 1970s.  Public concern with hazardous waste renewed
efforts  by the  state to resolve the issue.  The State has concluded that
the arsenic and contaminated soil must be excavated to solve the ground
wa ter problem.

      In  May 1982, the City capped the site with a plastic film and soil
to limit infiltration of rain and snow into the wastes.

      Status (June 1984):  A remedial investigation to determine the type
and extent of contamination at the site has been completed .  A feasi-
bility study to identify alternatives for remedial action is scheduled to
be completed in the summer of 1984.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      249

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ot 1980 ICERCLAH'Supertund")
                       REILLY TAR & CHEMICAL CORP.
                        St. Louis Park, Minnesota

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):  Between  1917 and 1972,  Reilly
Tar & Chemical Corp. operated a coal tar distillation and wood preserving
plant on 80 acres in St. Louis Park, Minnesota.  Wastes fron the operation
were disposed of on the site and in a netwwork of ditches that discharged
to an adjacent wetland.  The wastes contained many compounds, including
polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAH) , seme of which are  carcinogenic.
Soil and ground water below the wetland and the southern portion of the
site are heavily contaminated.  Seven wells have been closed.  All  draw
on the Prairie du Chien-Jordan Aquifer, which provides most of the  drink-
ing water for local communities.  In the late 1970s, 28 multiaquifer
wells were reconstructed to prevent the spread of contamination.

     In July 1981, EPA awarded a $200,000 Cooperative Agreement  to
Minnesota, using funds made available under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA).  The funds were used to clean out  two deep wells
on the site and conduct a complete off-site well survey.  In September
1981, an additional $200,000 in RCRA funds were awarded to  perform  a
water treatability study on the closed municipal wells.

     This is the top priority site in Minnesota.

     Status (July 1983):  In December 1982, EPA awarded a $1,993,287
Cooperative Agreement to Minnesota to plug additional multiaquifer  wells,
test the State's proposed gradient system to control migration of
contamination to existing wells, and conduct a remedial investigation/
feasibility study of contaminated soils.  The work is scheduled  to  be
completed in the first quarter of 1984.

     The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, has brought a  Federal
civil action under RCRA and CERCLA against parties potentially responsible
for wastes associated with  this site.  The action seeks injunctive  relief
and the costs incurred in response actions at the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R F S/I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      250

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund )
                             SOOTH  ANDOVER SITE
                             Andover, Minnesota

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):  The South Andover Site in
Andover, Anoka County, Minnesota,  is a  collection of  five  separately-
owned contiguous  areas covering  a  total of  37  acres.   Bebvan 1969 and
1976, all were used for dispose  of hazardous wastes,  including inks,
paint thinners, paint sludges, acids, petroleum,  and  chlorinated solvents.
Some flammable liquid wastes were  burned in pits, while  others may have
been allowed  to seep into the ground.   There was also considerable spillage
and leakage of wastes.  In  1980, an estimated  1,000 drums  (most containing
ignitable wastes) were on the site, and an  unknown number  were suspected
of being under the  10 million tires stored  in  one area.  Since then,  one
owner sold and removed hundreds  of the  druns at one time,  and unreported
removal and disposal probably continue.  The three shallow on-site drink-
ing water wells are contaminated with organic  chamcals  and  heavy metals.
No other contamination of drinking water wells has been  detected at this
time.

     This site was  one listed under the name "Andover Sites."

     Status (July 1983):  About  370 drums are  visible on-site.   Most
appear to be  empty  or contain solid, dried-out material.   However, a
number are full, and a few  of these are leaking.   In  addition,  some drums
may be buried under the tires.   Some soil is heavily  contaminated. An
EPA study underway  indicates  that  the shallow  aquifer is heavily contamin-
ated at one location by what appears to be  fuel oil;  10  to 100 parts
per million of naphthalene,  bis  (2-ethylhexyl)  phthaiate,  phenanthrene,
and fluorene  are also reported.  However, this heavy  contamination is
localized and is not moving at this time.

     The State negotiated unsuccessfully with  the owners and about four
generators for cleanup of surface  wastes, monitoring,  and  purging  of
ground water at the  area of high contamination.   The  State plans to
request CERCLA funds for cleanup.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October  1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     251

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                            ST .  LOUIS  RIVER SITE
                        St. Louis County,  Minnesota

      Conditions  at listing (September 1983);  The St. Louis River Site
near  Duluth,  St. Louis  County,  Minnesota,  includes  the U .S. Steel Corp.'s
Duluth Works  and the  Interlake  Iron/Duluth Tar  Site,  as well as  that
portion of  the St. Louis River  with related contaminants.

      From 1915 to 1979, the Duluth Works  generated  wastes  containing
polynuclear aromatic  hydrocarbons and heavy metals  from its coke, iron,
steel, and  wire  operations. The plant covers 450 acres adjacent to the
St. Louis River, an estuary to  lake Superior.   Waste  water from  the coke
and wire  mill was discharged to settling  basins,  which in  turn discharged
to  the St.  Louis River. Ground water and surface water are contaminated,
according to  analyses conducted by the State, EPA,  and U .S. Steel .
Cloquet's municipal drinking water intake in Lake Superior, near the
mouth of  this river,  is contaminated  with varying,  but low, levels of
polynuclear aromatic  hydrocarbons from the St.  Louis  River.

      Interlake Iron sold coal tar and coal tar  distillates to Duluth Tar,
which made  roofing paper.   They discharged their  wastes directly to the
St. Louis River.  Duluth Tar burned down  in the last  few years.   Inter-
lake  Iron was in business  from  the 1920s  to the 1950s. There is little
waste apparent on-site. Sludge in the river from the operation  of the
two companies is the  main  concern.

      Status (June 1984):   An enforcement  action was initiated by the
State on  Sept. 27, 1983, requiring U.S. Steel to  conduct a remedial
investigation/ feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the  Duluth Works and identify  alternatives for  remedial
action

          Response category / Cleanup  status code, October  1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     252

-------
National Priorities List Site

Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)CSuperfuixT
                            ST. REGIS PAPER 00.
                            Cass lake, Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The wheeler Division of
 St. Regis Paper Co. has operated a 125-acre wood-treateent facility in
 the rural community of Cass lake, Cass County, Minnesota, since 1957.
 The site is in the Chippewa National Forest and between Pike Bay and Cass
 Lake.  The ccrtpany once used creosote in its operations but now uses
 pantachlorophenol and a chrome-copper-arsenic solution .  The waste waters
 and sludges generated were buried in pits or a landfill or discharged to
 surface impoundments.  Contamination has migrated from these disposal
 areas into the surrounding ground water and surface water, according to
 tests conducted by St. Ragis.  Monitoring wells on the site are contami-
 nated, but Cass lake municipal wells are not as yet.  A private well has
 a low level of contamination.

      St. Regis has presented a proposal to the state that includes sampl-
 ing of residential wells, construction and sampling of additional mon-
 itoring wells, further investigation of soil conditions, and investi-
 gations into the feasibility of remedial measures.

      Status (June 1984):  St. Regis is investigating site conditions and
 submits quarterly monitoring reports .

      The State is negotiating with responsible parties to conduct a
 remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
 of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
 action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      253

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")
                        UNION SCRAP IRON & METAL CO.
                           Minneapolis,  Minnesota

       Conditions at listing (September  1983):   Unicn Scrap Iron & Metal
 Co. sorted and  crushed lead battery fragments  on a 1-acre site in
 Minneapolis,  Minnesota, from 1973 through 1980.  Lead was separated and
 sold for recycling.  The plastic and rubber fragments remaining, which
 also contain  lead,  accumulated in piles, which are partially covered
 with tarpaulins. Presently, an estimated 30,000 tons of these fragments
 are on the  site. According to the State, airborne lead levels adjacent
 to the site significantly exceed background levels.  There is also
 potential for ground water and surface  water contamination.

      In a Stipulation Agreement signed  with the State on Aug. 22, 1983,
 Unicn Scrap agreed  to remove the piles  by December 1984 and conduct a
 soil contamination  study.

     Status  (June 1984):  Union Scrap submitted plans for removal of the
 piles and for the soil contamination study. The plastic and rubber
 fragments will  be sieved to remove lead fragments, which will be recycled
 at Poly Metals, Inc., in St. Paul, Minnesota.   The sieved plastic will be
 sold for recycling.  The rubber fragments will be used as an additive in
 asphalt paving  material.

         Response category / Cleanup status cede, October 1984: S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      254

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAJCSuperfund")
                         WASHINGTON COUNTY  LANDFILL
                            Lake Elmo, Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Washington  County Land-
 fill is located south of lake Jane in Lake Elmo, Washington County,
 Minnesota. It operated on a 40-acre site from 1969  to 1975, when  it was
 closed and covered.  The facility, owned and operated by Washington and
 Ramsey Counties, was not licensed to accept hazardous substances.
 Analyses by the State indicate that on-site monitoring wells  and  re-
 sidential wells along the southwestern edge of the  property are contam-
 inated with chlorinated solvents.  The State has closed three residential
 wells because of excessive levels of these solvents and is closely mon-
 itoring others nearby.

      Status (June 1984);  The two counties are funding a barrier  control
 well on the southwestern portion of the site to intercept contaminated
 ground water before it reaches the residential wells. The State  is
 negotiating a Consent Agreement with the counties regarding a solution  to
 the ground hater problem.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     255

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                        WASTE  DISPOSAL ENGINEERING
                            Andover,  Minnesota

     Conditions at listing  (July 1982):   The Waste Disposal Engineering
(WDE) Site covers 114 acres in Andover,  Anoka County, Minnesota.  About
6,600 drums of hazardous wastes were  placed in a 0.2-acre pit between
November 1972 and January 1974.   Ground water beneath the site in the
upper and aquifer is highly contaminated.  Contaminants include
chlorinated organic compounds,  benzene,  and toluene.  Since 1962, the
rest of the landfill has handled municipal wastes.

     Status (July 1983):  In January  1983, Melron, Inc., stopped opera-
tion of the landfill and started to cover the site with lime sludge.
(WDE merged with other companies in May 1975.)

     In June 1983, the State submitted a draft Cooperative Agreement to
EPA for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
and extent of contamination at the  site and identify alternatives for
remedial action.  It is being  reviewed.

       Response category /  Cleanup  status code, October 1984: V R F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      256

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Supeffund")
                              WHITTAKER CORP .
                           Minneapolis, Minnesota

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);   The Whittaker Corp. Site
 contains  several contaminated areas within a  10-acre Whittaker property,
 which is  in an industrial area of northeast Minneapolis, Hennepin County,
 Minnesota.  The Mississippi River flows about 1,200 feet to the west.  A
 residential area begins several  blocks to the south.

      Industrial operations have  been conducted at the site from the mid-
 19403 through 1981 .  Whittaker has owned most of the site since 1957,
 when  it acquired American Petrochemical Co.,  the site's previous owner.
 Tool  Tech, a manufacturer of rotary drill pipe, purchased a portion of
 the site  in 1977.  Materials manufactured and/or packaged at the site
 included  paints, industrial coatings, and antifreezes.  Riints, paint
 sludges,  paint pigments,  solvents, and still  bottoms are among the wastes
 that  may  have been buried or spilled in several areas of the site.
 Suspicious materials were unearthed during a  1978 excavation for in-
 stallation of a parking lot on Tool Tech property.  The State learned of
 the materials in 1981 .

      At the request of  the state, Whittaker and Tool Tech have cotpiled
 records and interviewed former employees to gather information on
 previous  activities at  the site.  They have compiled some corporate
 records regarding past  ownership and disposal practices on their pro-
 perties .   Whittaker has conmissioned a study  to determine what, if any,
 impacts the site has on area ground water.

      Status (June 1984);   The State has requested that Whittaker (1)
 undertake additional investigations of ground water contamination at or
 near  the  site,  including  resampling of existing monitoring wells and
 installation  of three additional  monitoring wells and (2)  establish more
 clearly the types and amounts of materials buried en-site.  The State is
 contacting other parties  in the  vicinity of the site for additional
 information.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     257

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                    Mississippi (MS)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAn Supeffuna )
                                FLOWOOD SITE
                            Flowood, Mississippi

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Flowood Site covers
 about 2 acres approximately 500 feet behind two large industrial
 facilities in Flowood, Mississippi.  The site consists of a ditch that
 drains into Neely Creek .  Industrial waste water was discharged without a
 State permit into the ditch fron the 1950s until 1972.  The discharge
 consisted of ceramic wastes, waste inks, and oil.  Samples collected by
 the State from the ditch have high levels of lead.  The primary threat
 from the site appears to be to Neely Creek, a tributary of the Pearl
 River.  There are no surface water intakes downstream within 3 miles.
 Contamination of ground water has not been documented to date.

      This is the top priority site in Mississippi.

      Status (June 1984):   EPA is considering various alternatives for the
 site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      259

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                       Missouri (MO)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              ELLISVILLE SITE
                            Ellisville, Missouri

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):   Three properties, Callahan
 (28 acres),  Rosalie (85 acres), and Bliss (12 acres), near Ellisville,
 Missouri,  are known collectively as the Ellisville Site.  In 1980, a
 contractor unearthed buried drums of paint solvents and pesticides while
 constructing a sewer line at the Callahan property.  Further investigation
 revealed two other areas where industrial wastes had been buried within a
 1-mile  area  along Caulks Creek, a tributary of the Missouri River.
 Leachate is  flowing from the disposal area to the creek.  Ground water,
 which is used as drinking water, may have been contaminated.

     This  is the top priority site in Missouri.

     Status  (July 1983):  In January 1982,  EPA used $310,000 in CEPCLA
 emergency  funds to excavate drums and take other emergency actions at the
 Rosalie and  Callahan sites.  Since early February 1982, EPA has authorized
 about $500,000 (part under a Cooperative Agreement with Missouri) for (1)
 disposal of  the excavated drums, (2)  a remedial investigation to determine
 the type and extent of  contamination at the Bliss property, and (3) a
 feasibility  study to identify alternatives for remedial actions at all
 three.  The  work is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 1983.

     EPA and the State  have identified parties potentially responsible
 for wastes associated with the site,  and their cooperation in the cleanup
 is being sought.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     261

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                             FULBRIGHT LANDFILL
                           Springfield, Missouri

     Conditions at  listing (October 1981):  The Fulbright Landfill  is on
the floodplain of the Little Sac River near Springfield, Missouri.  Fran
1963 until 1969, the city-owned facility accepted municipal wastes, as
well as industrial  wastes  containing cyanides, acids, plating and paint
sludges, solvents,  and pesticides.   In 1967, a hauler died when he
inadvertently dumped a drum containing acid into a pit containing cyanide.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA worked with the State and the City of
Springfield to develop a program to monitor ground water and surface
water.  Initial results  identified  several organic compounds and metals
in ground water and surface water collected at the site.  The State and
EPA are evaluating  the monitoring data collected to date.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      262

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                        MINKER/STOUT/RDMAINE  CREEK
                             Imperial, Missouri

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982);   The Minker/Stout/Romaine
Creek Site covers about 10  acres near Imperial, Missouri.   In 1971,  the
Bubbling Springs Ranch horse arena became  contaminated with dioxin when a
St. Louis waste oil hauler  sprayed oil on  it  for dust control.   Afterward,
several horses became ill,  and six or seven died.   In 1972, the lessee of
the arena excavated seme of  the dioxin-contaminated soil.   Later it  was
used as fill material in two residential areas, one occupied by the  Minker
family and the other owned  by the Stout family.  Preliminary samples
taken by EPA in May and June 1982 confirmed the presence of dioxin-
contaminted soil at all three areas.  In October 1982, EPA analyzed  300
samples collected in the vicinity of the two  fill areas.   All data were
subject to vigorous quality  assurance and  reviewed  by experts in EPA
laboratories.  These results confirmed the presence of dioxin in the fill
areas and in sediments along 6,000 feet of Rccnaine  Creek.   The highest
level of dioxin detected in  the area is 301 parts per billion.

     The site was once listed under the name  "Arena 2: Fills 1  & 2".

     Status (July 1983):  In December 1982, EPA allocated  about $750,000
for (1) initial remedial measures involving erosion controls and relocation
of residents near the two areas, (2) a remedial investigation to determine
the extent of contamination  at the site, and  (3) a  feasibility study to
identify alternatives for remedial action.  In February 1983, the State
signed a State Superfund Contract with EPA outlining the scope  of work
to be conducted at the site.  It is scheduled to be completed in the
first quarter of 1984.

     In April 1983, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control issued a health
advisory recommending permanent relocation of 11 families  on or near the
site.  EPA then allocated S2.2 million to  the Federal Emergency Management
Agency for the relocation

       Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     263

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                             SHENANDOAH STABLES
                          Moscow Mills,  Missouri

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);   The Shenandoah Stables Site
covers about 7 acres near Moscow Mills,  Lincoln County, Missouri.  In May
1971, the horse arena became contaminated with dioxin when a St. Louis
waste oil hauler sprayed approximately 2,000 gallons of contaminated oil
for dust control.   Afterward, numerous birds, rodents, and over 40 horses
died.  Several adults and children  became ill.  In August 1971, the top 6
to 8 inches of contaminated soil were excavated and used as fill material
in a new highway.   In April 1972, more soil  was removed from the arena
and placed in a swampy area on-site.   EPA sampling in May and June 1982
indicated that the  top 30 inches of soil  in  the arena contain from 1 to
127 parts per billion of dioxin.

     This site was  once listed under the name "Arena 1:  Shenandoah
Stables."

     Status (July 1983);  In May 1983, EPA entered into a Consent Order
under CERCLA Section 106 requiring  the owner of the property to limit
public access to the contaminated areas  until such time as cleanup
measures are taken.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F / 0
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      264

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              SWTTEX FACILITY
                              Verona, Missouri

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  North Eastern Pharmaceutical
and Chemical Co. produced hexachlorophene (soap) from 1969 to 1972 in
Verona, Missouri, at  a site leased from Hoffman-Taff Chemical Co.  The
facility was later  acquired by Syntex Agribusiness, Inc.  Dioxin was
produced as a by-product during the manufacturing of trichlorophenol,
which was used to make hexachlorophene.  Dioxin residues were disposed of
in several areas at the Verona facility.  Fish taken from the Spring
River, which runs by  the site, are contaminated with dioxin as far as 96
miles downstream.   In August 1982, Syntex signed a Consent Order with EPA
under Section 3013  of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, agreeing
to study the disposal sites and Spring River.

     Status (July 1983);   EPA is reviewing the results of a monitoring
study by Syntex and is currently in negotiations with the company to
undertake remedial  actions under the terms of a Consent Order under CERCLA
Section 106.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  V F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      265

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                               TIMES  BEACH
                          Times Beach, Missouri

     Conditions at listing  (March  1983):  The City of Times Beach
(population 2,800) covers 8 square miles on the  floodplain of the Meramec
River in St. Louis County, Missouri.  In 1972  and again in 1973,  the city
contracted with a waste oil hauler to spray oil  on unpaved roads  for dust
control.  It was later learned that the waste oil contarained dioxin.  In
November and early December 1982,  EPA sampled  the roads and right-of-ways
in Times Beach.  Soon afterward, the  Meramec River flooded the city.  EPA
expedited the sample analyses and  found dioxin at levels from less than 1
part per billion (ppb) to 127 ppb.  As a result, the U.S. Centers for
Disease Control (CDC) issued a health advisory on Dec.  23, 1982,  recom-
mending that people relocated from Times Beach due to flooding should
stay away, and that those remaining should  leave.   EPA  resampled  the area
in January 1983 to determine if flood waters had deposited contaminated
soil into homes and yards.  In the second week of January, EPA allocated
$500,000 to CDC to collect health  questionnaires and examine the  people of
Times Beach.  On Feb. 22, 1983, EPA pledged $33  million from Superfund
to purchase the Times Beach property  under  a relocation plan to be de-
veloped and implemented by the Federal Emergency Management Agency.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing  a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
Times Beach.  The next step is a feasibility study to identify alternatives
for remedial action.  CDC will continue its questionnaires and examinations
and is also working with EPA to define cleanup levels for dioxin  at Times
Beach.

       Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       ?66

-------
National Priorities List Site                                      Montana (MT)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund">
                            ANACONC& 00. SMELTER
                             ?naconda, Montana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Anaconda Co. copper
 anelter covers 5,000 acres in ?naconda, Montana.  It operated from the
 late 1800s until it closed in September 1980.  For the most part, the
 wastes left on-site at closure still remain.  The State and EPA are
 concerned over possible release of hazardous substances, primarily heavy
 metals, from the smelter wastes into surface water, ground water, and air.

      Status (July 1983);  The Anaconda Co. voluntarily entered into an
 agreement with EPA and the State for a study to identify and quantify
 hazardous materials at the smelter.  The sampling and analysis of the
 results have  been  completed by the parties to the agreement.

      EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
 alternatives  for remedial action.  EPA is also negotiating with the
 company to have  it take interim remedial  measures to stabilize conditions
 at  the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: V R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     267

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAICSuperfund")
                             EAST HELENA SITE
                           East Helena, Montana

     Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The East Helena  site
 (proposed for listing as the East Helena Smelter) covers 8 .4 square
miles near East Helena, Montana.  A primary lead and  zinc smelter now
owned by ASARCO has operated on the site since about  1888 .  The  smelter
 has emitted participates containing metals (including lead, cadmium,  and
arsenic) into the air throughout its history.  Bscent data obtained by
EPA and the state indicate that the upper soil on the site contains at
least 1,000 parts per million  (ppm) of lead.  The EPA lead Smelter Study
Task Force has recommended that values of 1,000 ppm or greater warrant
 further investigation .  There are concerns that the soil can be
reentrained into the air as inhalable particulates, can be directly
ingested (especially by young children), and can contaminate surface  water
and ground water.  Analyses in 1975 indicated that  children in East
Helena had elevated levels of lead in their blood .

     Several activities are underway at the site:   (1) EPA has signed a
Cooperative Agreement with the Montana office of the  u .S. Geological
Survey (USGS) to develop a plan to investigate ground water flows and
possible metal contamination in the study area; (2) the U .S. Centers  for
Disease Control (CDC) and EPA  have awarded money to the State  for a
health screening study of East Helena children in July-August  1983; and
 (3) EPA is preparing a contract to have Montana State University develop
a plan to gather soils and vegetation data, which will better  define  the
extent and nature of the area's soil contamination  and its effects on the
environmen t.

     Status (June 1984):  USGS has completed a preliminary survey
 involving sampling of area domestic wells .  No wells  sampled were above
drinking standards for the target metals — arsenic,  cadmium,  and lead.
The screening study by the State and CDC found only one East Helena child
with a mean blood lead level over the level at which  cnc recommends
 treatment.  East Helena children do have levels higher than those of  the
control group in the study.  Nearly 2,000 environmental samples, plus
 hair and stool samples, remain to be analyzed.  RBSults are expected  in
 late summer of 1984.

     A work plan to guide the  remedial investigation/feasibility study
 has been completed and was released to the public on  June 1, 1984.  This
plan includes: (1) surface water investigations; (2)  ground water in-
vestigations; (3) soil studies to better determine  the extent  of metals
 contamination and their mobility; and (4) crop and  livestock sampling.
ASARCO has agreed to participate by undertaking studies of ground water
and surface water.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     268

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                       LIBBY GROUND WSTER CONTAMINATION
                                Libby, Men tana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Libby Ground Vfeter
 OBntantination  Site covers 1,500 acres in Libby, Montana.  In April 1979,
 in response  to a  homeowner's complaint of an irritating "creosote" odor
 in water from  a new well, the State found elevated levels of pentachloro-
 phenol  (PCP) .  In September 1980, EPA, the State, and St. Regis Paper Co.
 discussed possible sources of contamination, including the way the company
 disposed in  the past of creosote and other preservatives formerly used to
 treat wood.

      In June 1981, EPA and county officials tested 11 wells in the Libby
 area for PCP and  polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon components of creosote.
 Significant  levels of these contaminants were found in some wells.

      Status  (July 1983);   St. Regis is sampling ground water to define
 the extent of  contamination.  Results are expected in July 1983.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      269

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAlC'Superfund")
                        MILLTOWN RESERVOIR SEDIMENTS
                             Milltown, Montana

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  In May 19R1, Missoula County
 took  routine samples from seven drinking water wells in Milltown, Montana .
 Four  snowed levels of arsenic that exceed the Interim Primary Drinking
 Vfcter Standard.  Subsequent analyses by the State confirmed that the four
 wells,  serving a total of 35 residences, were contaminated with up to 10
 times the  standard of 0.05 milligrams arsenic per liter (mg/1) .  Residents
 were  advised to seek alternate supplies of drinking water.

      Possible sources of contamination are leachate from an abandoned
 landfill east of town or dissolution of metals from mill tailings, the
 sediments  deposited behind Milltown Dam located south and immediately
 adjacent to the town and across the Clark Fork River.  Analyses of these
 sediments  show total recoverabe arsenic levels of up to 148 mg/1 .

      Status (July 1983);  In June 1983, EPA awarded the State $513,000 to
 conduct a  remedial investigation to determine the extent and sources of
 contamination at the site and a feasibility study to identify alternatives
 for remedial action .  The work is scheduled to be completed in the first
 quarter of 1985.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      270

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                              SILVER BOW CREEK
                  Silver Bow/Deer Lodge  Counties,  Montana

      Conditions at listing  (December 1982):   The  Silver Bow Creek Site
 covers about 24 stream miles in Silver  Bow and  Deer Lodge Counties,
 Montana.  The creek, between where  it meets  Copper Creek in Butte and
 Warm Springs Ponds northeast of Anaconda,  has been contaminated with a
 variety of \
-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                               New Hampshire (NH)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                            AUBURN  ROAP LANHFTLL
                        Londonderry,  New Hampshire

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982):  The  Auhorn  Read Landfill
covers 200 acres  in  Londonderry, New  Hampshire .  The  site  is bordered  on
three sides  hy residences and  is drained by  two unnamed  streams that flow
into the Oohas Brook, which in  turn empties  into  the  Merrimack River.
From about 19SO until 1964,  the town  used 1  acre  for  disposal.  Then it
applied for  and received State  approval  to receive municipal wastes.  By
196ft, the landfill reached  its  approved  capacity  and  expanded into another
site nearby. In  1970,  the  State found evidence that  garbage from out-of-
State was being received, as well  as  industrial wastes.

     In 1974, the State approved a new 5-acre site with  several
modifications and conditions.   In  March  1979, the town sold the landfill
to an individual  who operated  it as a private disposal site.  The State
soon identified hazardous wastes in the  landfill  and  toxic organic chemi-
cals in surface water and ground water in and around  the site.  In 19RO,
the owner stopped operation, after the State ordered  the town to close
the site.  In 1981-1982, KPA conducted a hydrogeologic investigation of
the site.

     Status  (July 19R3):  The owner in 1979-1980, Grassy Knowles
Associates,  and the  Town of Londonderry, in  response  to  a  State order,
have contracted to do the field investigations  necessary to plan remedial
action .

        Response  category / Cleanup status cede,  October 1984:  R s
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     273

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                          DOVER MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
                           Dover, New Hampshire

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982);  The Dover Municipal Landfill
occupies 55 acres in  the  Mallego Plains Section of Dover, New Hampshire.
It is owned and has been  operated by the city since 1954.  At first, it
accepted domestic refuse  from Dover, but by  the 1960s was accepting drums
and loose trash from  both Dover and  Madbury.  Materials buried include
leather-tanning wastes, organic solvents, municipal trash, and sludge
from the Dover waste  water treatment plant.   After 1975, it is believed
that drums were no  longer accepted.   In 1977, the State installed
monitoring wells around the  area and found that organic solvents were
entering ground water, posing a potential threat to public water supplies
for Dover and Portsmouth.  In May 1980, the  State and Dover City Council
closed the landfill.

     Status (July 1983);  Dover's consultant has completed a hydrogeologic
investigation of the  landfill,  and EPA has completed a remedial plan
outlining the investigations needed  to determine the full extent of
cleanup required at the site.  Ttie State and EPA are negotiating a
Cooperative Agreement for a  remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type  and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action.  At the same time, EPA is completing a
search for parties  potentially responsible for wastes associated with the
site.

        Response category /  Cleanup  status code, October 1984:  R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       274

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                       KEARSARGE METALLURGICAL OORP.
                           Convoy, New Hampshire

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):   Kearsarge Metallurgical
 Corp.  (proposed for listing as Kearsage Metallurgical Corp.) produced
 cast metal parts for industry on a 5-acre site in Convey, New Hampshire,
 from 1964 until it went out of business in January 1982.  It appears that
 over 5 years of operation, the owner discharged hazardous materials into
 the ground at the rear of the facility.  Sampling by the State detected
 1,1,1-trichloroethane, toluene, chromium, and cadmium in ground water and
 chlorinated solvents in surface water near the facility.  The degree of
 contamination is not known at this time.

      Indian Ftead Rank North (security bank for the facility) arranged for
 removal of 300 drums and quantities of contaminated soil and for in-
 stallation of eight monitoring wells around the site.

      The State filed a Civil Action in Superior Court, Carrol County, on
 April 23, 1983, asking for civil penalties for disposal of hazardous
 waste and ordering the owner to conduct a hydrogeologioal study.

      Status (June 1984):  The owner has declared bankruptcy.  The State
 is tentatively planning to complete a limited hydrogeologic investigation
 during the summer of 1984.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      275

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Lability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                    KEEFE ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES  (KES)
                          Epping, New Hampshire

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):  Keefe Environmental Services
(KES), Inc., started operating a waste bulking and transfer station on a
50-acre site in Epping, New Hampshire, in  1978.   In 1979,  during peak
operation, wastes stored at the site included over 6,000 drums, bulk
storage containers, pails, and a 750,000-gallon waste storage lagoon.  In
1980, Epping and the State started legal action against the company.  KES
declared voluntary bankruptcy in 1981, leaving on the site flammable
chlorinated and other organic chemicals, heavy-metal and paint sludges,
laboratory wastes, and waste oils.  Air, soil, and ground  water are
contaminated.

     Status (July 1983):  Between March 1981 and  September 1982, using
$1.0 millin in CERCLA emergency funds, EPA stablized drums and tanks,
punped down the lagoon three times to avoid breaching of the dike,  and
removed explosive and shock-sensitive materials.   During this time, the
State succeeded in getting the owner and some generators to remove  some
drums.

     In September 1982, EPA approved $100,000 for design of a plan  to
remove the remaining drums.  In September, EPA also awarded a $1,709,945
Cooperative Agreement to New Hampshire for (1) two initial remedial
measures—fencing of the site and removal  of the  remaining drums and (2)
completion of a remedial investigation and feasibility  study to identify
alternatives for cleanup of the waste lagoon, contaminated soils, sus-
pected buried drums, and any contamination of ground water.

     EPA has identified other parties potentially responsible for wastes
associated with the site and is seeking their cooperation  in the cleanup.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R S/  O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      276

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"J
                    OTTATI  & GOSS/KINGSTON STEEL DRUM
                         Kingston, New Hampshire

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981);  The Ottati  & Goes/Kingston
Steel Drum Site consists of two parcels of land in Kingston, New Hamp-
shire.  One 28-acre parcel  is owned  by Senter Transportation Co., which
leased about 1 acre to Ottati and Goss Corp.  (O&G), 6 acres to Kingston
Steel Drum Co. (KSD), and a larger area to Austin Powder Co.  O&G and KSD
reconditioned and rented 55-gallon drums.   O&G also treated and disposed
of hazardous wastes.  The second parcel, consisting of  about 6.5 acres, is
owned by Great Lakes Container  Corp.

     Surface water and ground water, both  on- and off-site, are contami-
nated with volatile organic compounds.   Levels as high  as 12,307 parts
per billion (ppb) were detected in ground  water immediately downgradient
from the site, threatening  future ground water supplies for the area.
In addition, county pond, 0.3 miles  downgradient from the site, is used
for sport fishing, swimming, and other water  recreation.

     Status (July 1983): Between the fall  of  1981 and sunnier of 1982, EPA
used about SI.7 million in  CERCLA emergency funds to remove drummed wastes
from the site.  In April 1983,  EPA signed  a $572,412 Cooperative Agreement
with the State for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
for remedial action.  The work  is scheduled to be completed in the third
quarter of 1984.

     The Department of Justice, on behalf  of  EPA, has brought a Federal
civil action against O&G and other responsible parties, seeking to recover
costs incurred in cleaning  up the site or  to  compel further cleanup.

   Response category / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984:  V R F S / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      277

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund")
                       SAVAGE MJNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY
                           Milford, New Hampshire

      Condition at listing (September 1983): The Savage Municipal Vfells
 in Milford, New Hampshire, encompass an area of about 30 acres.  Routine
 sampling of the well field by the State detected volatile organic chem-
 icals,  including tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloro-
 ethane, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane.  Similar compounds were detected in
 adjacent surface waters.  Alternative voter supplies had to be installed
 to maintain service to existing residential and commercial units.
 Further investigation is needed to determine the source and extent of
 contamination in and adjacent to the well field.

      The State has previously issued cleanup orders to parties alleged to
 be responsible for the discharge of volatile organic chemicals in the
 general area of the well field.  In response, some of the parties have
 started hydrogeologic studies to determine the extent of contamination
 possibly caused by earlier industrial activities at their respective
 facilities.

      Status (June 1984);  The parties are scheduled to submit their
 reports to the State by the fall of 1984.  The State is planning to
 conduct a limited hydrogeologic investigation during the summer of 1984.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     278

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                       SOMERSWORTH SANITARY LANDFILL
                         Somersworth, New Hampshire

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The Somersworth Sanitary
Landfill covers 24  acres in Somersworth,  New Hampshire.  Originally, the
town burned residential,  commercial, and  industrial wastes on the site.
In 1950, the dump was  converted to a sanitary landfill.  Unknown quan-
tities of sludges,  solvents,  acids,  dyes, metals, laboratory or pharma-
ceutical wastes, and potash were diposed  of at this site.  Both surface
water and ground water are  contaminated.   On-site monitoring wells
detected moderate levels of carbon tetrachloride, ethyl benzene, toluene,
and metals.  Leachate  was observed at the eastern edge of the site.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlin-
ing the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup
required at the site.   EPA  and the State  are negotiating a Cooperative
Agreement for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
type and extent of  contamination at the site and identify alternatives
for remedial action.   At the same time, EPA is completing a search for
parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     279

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund'l
                     SOOTH WJNICIPAL WATER SUPPLY WELL
                        Peterborough, New Hampshire

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The South Municipal  Water
 Supply (fell in Peterborough, New Hampshire, serves about 4,600 people.
 Routine sampling of the water supply by the State detected volatile
 organic compounds, including 1,1,1-trichloroethane, carbon tetrachloride,
 1,1-dichloroethane, and trichloroethylene.  Similar compounds were
 detected in adjacent surface waters.  Further investigation is needed  to
 identify the source(s) and determine the extent of contaminant migration.

      Status (June 1984);  The State is planning to conduct a limited
 hydrogeologic investigation at the site during the summer of 1984.

          Response category / Cleanup status cede, October 1984:  S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      280

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                                 SYLVESTER
                           Nashua, New Hampshire

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Sylvester (Gilson Road)
 Site covers 20 acres in a residential area of Nashua, New Hampshire .
 During the 1970s, a fi-acre former sand/gravel pit became a dump for
 household refuse, demolition materials, chemical sludges, and hazardous
 liquids.  High concentrations of heavy metals and organic chemicals
 contaminate the underlying ground water, which formed a plume that moved
 rapidly toward Lyle Reed Brook .  The brook is a tributary of the Nashua
 River, which is a source of drinking vater.

      The dumping at the site was first discovered in late 1970.  After
 several court appearances and court actions, an injunction was issued in
 1976 to remove all material from the site.  However, operations continued,
 and in November 1978, State personnel observed drums being sorted at the
 site.  A court order was issued in October 1979 prohibiting all further
 disposal of hazardous wastes on  the site.

      Between June 1980 and June 198?, RPA, first under Section 311 of the
 Clean V*ter Act and later under CERCLA, installed a system to temporarily
 pump and recirculate contaminated ground water, thus preventing it from
 reaching Lyle Reed Rrook, preventing further contamination of the aquifer,
 and controlling air pollution by volatile chemicals.  The total cost was
 $925,000.  In 1980, the city and the State also contributed to fencing of
 site, removal of 1,300 drums, and installation of alternate water supply
 lines.

      In August 1981, EPA awarded a 82,305,600 Cooperative Agreement to
 New Hampshire for (1) design and construction of a slurry vail and cap to
 permanently contain contaminated ground water on-site, (2) a feasibility
 study to evaluate alternatives for treating contaminated ground water, (3)
 design of the cost-effective treatment system, and (4) extension of a
 municipal vater system to serve  residents whose wells would become con-
 taminated within 12 months.
      This is the top priority site in New Hampshire.
      Status (July 1983);   In June 19R2, EPA amended the Cooperative
 Agreement to award an additional 32,064,940 to (1) construct a larger
 (20-acre)  slurry vail than originally planned (completed in recember
 1972) and (2)  conduct pilot studies to develop design specifications for
 the ground water treatment system.  The pilot studies were completed in
 the second quarter of 1983.  The Cooperative Agreement will he amended to
 provide funds for construction of the treatment system, which is expected
 to opera te for 2 years .

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     281

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               TINKHAM GARAGE
                         Londonderry, New Hampshire

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Tinkham Garage  Site
 cavers about 25 acres in Londonderry, New Hampshire.  The open and wooded
 land is bordered by residential and agricultural land.  During the 1970s,
 oil, oily materials, washings from septic tank trucks, and other sub-
 stances were discharged on the site.  In May 1978, the State ordered the
 site owner to prevent further degradation of surface water and ground
 water.  In November 19R1, EPA detected chemicals in ground water at the
 site.  In October 1982, volatile organic chemicals were identified in
 surface water and ground water in areas adjacent to the site.  The State
 confirmed these results independently.

      Status (July 1983):  In early 1983, wells of the Londonderry Green
 Apartment complex and several other private wells closed due to contami-
 nation .  CERCLA emergency funds (S15n,000) were made available to truck
 in bottled and bulk water.  A line to the Town of Perry's municipal well
 will be constructed as a permanent source of uncontaminated water .

      EPA has completed a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed
 to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  Now RPA
 and the State are negotiating a Cooperative Agreement for further cleanup.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, Detainer 19H4: p a / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      282

-------
 National Priorities List Site                                    New Jersey (NJ)
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                A . O. POLYMER
                         Sparta Township, New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (December 1982);  A . O. Polymer manufactured
  resins on a 4-acre site in Sparta Township, New Jersey.  Pmong the wastes
  left on-site when operations ceased were 350 leaking and deteriorating
  drums.  Buried drums were crushed or left unsealed prior to burial.  In
  mid-1980, the State removed all solid and buried materials.  In October
  1980, a waste generator removed 84 drums of liquid wastes.  In recember
  1981, the state removed another 2fifi drums and completed removal of liquid
  materials.  The site continues to threaten the Allentown Formation, which
  supplies water for 700 people.  The State is undertaking an extensive
  program to sample ground wa ter.

       Status (July 1983);  The state is pursuing cleanup through an
  enforcement action and is conducting additional monitoring and analysis
  to further define the nature and extent of contamination.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     283

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                            AMERICAN CYANAMin CO.
                           Bound  Brook,  New Jersey

      Conditions at  listing (December 1982);   American Cyanamid Co.
 manufactures a wide range of  organic compounds on a 575-acre site in
 Round Brook, New Jersey.  On  the site  are a  number of individual disposal
 areas, including both active  and inactive lagoons and inactive landfills.
 Ground water beneath the site is contaminated with a wide range of organic
 compounds.  The plant is located on the Raritan Piver adjacent to surface
 water intakes for public water  supplies.

      Status (July 1983);   American Cyanamid  is pumping a sufficient amount
 of ground water to  prevent migration off-site and is also conducting
 additional studies  of the source of contamination .  All activities are
 part of an Administrative Consent Order the  company signed with the State.

          Response category /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      284

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund )
                                ASBESTOS HTMP
                            Millington,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);   The Asbestos Dump covers 12
 acres adjacent to the Passaic River in Millington,  New Jersey.  The
 Asbestos Hill is  the  result of years of dumping by  several asbestos
 processing companies.  In  the 1905s, National Gypsum Co. acquired the
 site.  Before closing the  plant in 1975, National Gypsum had the dump
 covered with soil and seeded.  The property «as later sold to TIFA, Ltd.,
 a manufacturer of pesticide-distributing equipment.  At times, erosion
 and weathering have exposed  small areas of asbestos along the river hank .
 National Gypsum has an agreement with  TTFA and the  State to maintain the
 dump and stabilize the river bank.  Recently, allegations have been made
 that phenylmercuric acetate had been disposed of in the dump.

      Status (July 1983):   Recently, National Gypsum restabilized the
 river hank, correcting erosion that took place during heavy spring rains.
 EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
 the type and extent of contamination at the  site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      285

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                           BEACHWOOn/BEPKLEY WELLS
                         Berkley Township, New jersey

       Conditions at listing (recember 1982);  The  Beachwood/Berkley Wells
  involve an area of contaminated ground water in Berkley Township, New
  Jersey.  To date, county health officials have closed 128 residential
  wells served by the Oohansey Aquifer due to excessive levels of lead .
  The Cohansey Aquifer is the major source of drinkinq water for residents
  in  the surrounding area .  The source of the contamination is unknown .

       Status (July 1933);  EPA is planning to prepare a remedial plan
  outlining the investigations needed to determine  the full extent of cleanup
  required at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      286

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA/("Superfund")
                                BOG CREEK FARM
                         Howell Township, New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Bog Creek Farm Site in
  Howell Township, New Jersey, is a 4-acre dump at the rear of a 12-acre
  farm.  The site is adjacent to the North Branch of Squankum Brook.  Paint
  wastes, oils, lacquer thinners, paint solvents, metal paints, paint
  resins, creosol, and disinfectants were dumped on the site.

       Many of these chemicals are leaching into Squankum Brook, which
  leads to the Manasquan Fiver.  The Manasquan is used for fishing, heating,
  and swimming.  Allaire State Park is just downstream.  These same chemical
  contaminate the nearby aquifer.  Citizens have frequently complained of
  odors coming from the site.

       Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
  the investigations needed to determine ths full extent of cleanup required
  at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     287

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)l"Superfund")
                          BRICK TOWNSHIP  LANDFILL
                             Brick, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (December  1982);   Brick  Township Landfill (Old
 French's landfill) covers 50 acres in  a  residential area  of Brick, Ocean
 County, New Jersey.  Prior  to 1972, the  landfill was  privately owned and
 received up to 120,000 gallons of waste, including  chemical wastes,  per
 day.  Brick Township acquired the site in 1972. Remaining on the site
 are five liquid-filled lagoons, about  180 empty drums, and an old waste
 incinerator.  Four en-site monitoring  wells  indicate  high concentrations
 of organic solvents.  The source of drinking voter  for 57,500 area
 residents is the underlying Cohansey Aquifer.  The  site is 50 feet from a
 group of condominiums and across the street  from the  proposed site for a
 school.

      Status (July 1983);  A landfill closure plan is  being developed by
 the township.  However, further investigation  is necessary to determine
 the need for and extent of additional  remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      288

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                      BRIDGEPORT RENTAL & OIL SERVICES
                           Bridgeport, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (October 1981);  Bridgeport Rental & Oil
 Services (BROS) is a 27 ,2-acre site in Bridgeport, Gloucester County, New
 Jersey.  It is adjacent to Cedar Swamp, a tidal area .  Little Timber
 Creek, a tributary of the Delaware River, borders the site.  The company
 operated from 19fi9 until 1980 .  The site holds more  than 80 tanks and
 process vessels, drums, tank trucks, and an 11 .8-acre unlined lagoon.  The
 lagoon contains an estimated 50 million gallons of oil, oil-water emulsions,
 contaminated water, and sluJge.  The wastes, which contain heavy metals,
 PCBs, and other organic compounds, have seeped into  the soil and contaminate
 surface waters and ground water supplying private drinking wells.

      In the spring of 1981, 5200,000, made available through Section 311
 of the Clean Vfeter Act, were used to lower the level of the lagoon, which
 was overflowing from heavy rains.  In September 1981, with $410,000 made
 available through the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, EPA started
 a remedial investigation to determine the extent and type of contamination
 and to evaluate alternative water supplies for local residents.

      Status (July 1983);  In the summer of 1982, the lagoon was lowered
 again, this time with 3200,000 in CERCLA emergency funds.  Also, a plan
 for an initial remedial measure was developed to lower the lagoon an
 additional 8 to 10 feet, treat the aqueous phase, discharge the water to
 Little Timber Creek, and dispose of the wastes off-site.  A Superfund
 State Contract signed in December 1982 approved S3 .3 million for site
 cleanup, S? .8 million of it to implement the plan.  The design phase is
 scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 1983 .  Funds are also
 provided for a feasibility study to identify alternatives for long-term
 remedial action at the site.  It is scheduled to be completed in the
 first quarter of 1984 .

      In June 1982, the Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, entered
 into a Consent Decree with the owners and operators of the site under
 Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     289

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'SuperfuncI")
                               BURNT FLY BOG
                       fferlboro Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  Burnt Fly Bog is a semirural
 area covering approximately 1,700 acres, most of it in terlboro Township,
 Monmouth County, New Jersey.  Some of the bog also extends into Middlesex
 County.  During the 1950s and early 1960s, as many as seven unlined
 lagoons en 10 acres within the bog were used for storage, primarily of
 waste oil.  As a result of both intentional and accidental discharges
 fron the lagoons, at least 60 acres of the bog have been contaminated.
 In addition to the contaminated area, the site consists of:  four lagoons
 — two containing liquid, two containing sludge; an approximately 13,000-
 cubic-yard mound of sludge; and an undetermined number of exposed and
 buried drums.  The site is a ground water discharge area for the Qiglish-
 town Aquifer.  Ground water flows to the surface and drains into Deep
 Run.  Ground water, surface water, and air are contaminated by oil and
 various organic chemicals.

      In June 1979, the State filed suit against the owners.

      In September 1981, FJ>A awarded a Cooperative Agreement to New Jersey
 for $336,305 in grant funds authorized under the Resource Conservation
 and Recovery Act.

      Status (July 1983);  Under the Cooperative Agreement, the state
 completed (1)  a field investigation to characterize ground water, (2) a
 feasibility study for removal of contaminated soil and drums, and (3) a
 feasibility study for closing the site.  Early in 1982, EPA used $35,000
 in CERCLA emergency funds to install a 900-foot fence and repair a 6-foot
 section of dike.  EPA and the State are negotiating on two Cooperative
 Agreements for further cleanup activities.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      290

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                            CALDWELL TRICKING CO.
                            Fairfield, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  Caldwell Trucking Co. is an
 active sewage  hauling firm occupying 9 acres in Fairfield, Essex County,
 New Jersey.  For several  years up to 1974, the owners hauled industrial
 waste and  discharged  it into four unlined lagoons.  The sludge in the
 lagoons contains, among other things, trichloroethylene, chloroform, and
 lead.  About 50 private wells have been closed because of contamination
 fron this  site,  and another 50 to 100 are threatened.  Two public wells
 have been  closed.

      The plume of contaminated ground water is moving toward the Passaic
 River.  The  point where the plume is predicted to enter the river is
 about 2 miles  upstream of a drinking water intake in the river.  In
 September  1982,  the State required Caldwell Trucking to install monitoring
 wells and  to decontaminate the site, including removing contaminated soil
 and sludge from the lagoons.

      Status  (July 1983);   Conditions at the site are currently being
 addressed  through a State enforcement action against parties responsible
 for wastes at  the site.

      Response  category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     291

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              CHEMICAL CONTROL
                           Elizabeth, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Chemical  Control  Rite is
 in Elizabeth, New Jersey.  The Elizabeth River borders  the site on  the
 west and Authur Kill is about 200 feet east.  The State,  through  liti-
 gation, placed the company in receivership in January 1979, leaving
 on-site about 65,000 drums of untreated hazardous chemical waste,  two
 buildings used for the storage of chemicals and pesticides, and seven
 storage tanks containing chemicals .  The state worked on  cleaning up the
 site until April 1980, when there was a massive fire.   Due to fire,
 cleanup of the site was accelerated.

      Status (July 1983);  Cleanup activities continued  to November  1981.
 The site is now a fenced-in gravel lot with about 200 gas cylinders and
 11 trailers awaiting disposal, and blocked storm sewers.  A n .S .  Coast
 Guard report indicates several metallic objects are in  the river adjacent
 to the site.

      EPA plans to conduct additional studies and corrective actions at
 the site under a Superfund State Contract with New Jersey amounting to
 about 5500,000.

      The owner and a waste transporter were found guilty  of criminal
 charges and are in jail .

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R S  /  O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     292

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                      CHEMICAL LEAMAN TANK LINES, INC.
                           Bridgeport, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  Chemical Leaner! Tank Lines,
 Inc.  (proposed for listing as Chemical teaman Tank Liners, Inc.) has
 operated a tank-washing facility (including cleaning the interior and
 exterior of trailers) since 1960 en a 2-acre site in Bridgeport, New
 Jersey.  The waste water generated was placed in a series of six lagoons
 and ultimately discharged to Moss Creek.  In 1975, sludge in the settling
 lagoons was excavated and disposed of off-site.  They were then filled
 in.  The aeration lagoons were filled in, but no sludge was removed.  In
 1980-81, the State found carbon tetrachloride and other organics in
 ground water on the site, as well as in private walls.

      The State is currently negotiating with the owner for cleanup of the
 site.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasi-
 bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
 site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     293

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                                CHEMSOL,  INC.
                           Piscataway, New Jersey

      Ccnditions at listing  (December  1982);  Chemsol, Inc., was a
 chemical manufacturer in Piscataway,  New Jersey.  The site is no longer
 active.  The State determined  that  40 drums of chemical wastes are buried
 at the 12-acre site and suspects  that more may be buried .

      Both surface water and ground  water near this site are contaminated
 with chlorinated solvents (including  trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethy-
 lene, and carbon tetrachloride) and other toxic organic chemicals.  Soils
 have also been contaminated from  leaking drums.  Ground water is used
 primarily for industrial processes, although there are private wells in
 the area .

      Status (July 1983):  EPA  is  considering various alternatives for
 this site.

          Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     294

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               CIBA-GBIGY CORP .
                           Toms  Fiver,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (tecember  1982):   Ciba-Geigy Corp. operates
 the Toms River Chemical Plant on a  1 .5-square mile site in Toms Fiver,
 Ocean County, New Jersey.  The  plant  is engaged in the batch manufacture
 of a variety of synthetic organic dyes,  pigments,  and epoxy resins.
 Vfeste waters are treated in a 7 .5^million-gallon-per-day treatment plant and
 discharged under a Clean Vfeter  Act  permit to the Atlantic Ocean.  Other
 wastes generated during the manufacturing process  are disposed of in on-
 site landfills.  Within the property boundaries are inactive landfills
 that received large quantities  of chemical wastes  over the past years.
 Of concern is the potential impact  these materials may have on both public
 and private wells in  the surrounding area.

      This site ves once listed  under the name  "Toms River Chemical ."

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine  the full  extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at  the site.

          Response category /  Cleanup status  code,  October 1984:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     295

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                         COMBE FILL NORTH LANDFILL
                      Mount Olive Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The  Combe Fill North Landfill
 (formerly the Morris County Landfill) occupies about 102 acres  in Mount
 Olive Township, New Jersey.  Between 1966 and 1981, the landfill  accepted
 municipal and industrial (ncnchemical) wastes.  When the landfill closed,
 procedures specified by the State were not followed.

      Ground water on- and off-site contains numerous organic contaminants,
 as do residential wells downgradient of the site. Air monitoring on  the
 landfill has also detected several organic contaminants.   An incident in
 which an individual contacted sulfuric acid on the site is also recorded.
 Because the majority of the population surrounding the landfill relies on
 private or municipal wells, a potential public health threat exists.
 Additionally, the site is not fenced or capped, and gases  can migrate off-
 site.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA recently completed  a remedial plan  outlining
 the investigations needed to determine the full extent of  cleanup required
 at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      296

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                          COMBE FILL SOUTH LANEFILL
                         Chester Township, New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (December 1982);  Combe  Fill  South Landfill
  covers 80 acres in Chester Township, Morris County, New  Jersey.  The area
  near the landfill is drained by the North Branch of the  Raritan River and
  by the lamington River.  Trout Rrook, a recreational waterway, runs
  through the site.  The State detected various  chlorinated organic compounds
  in ground water and surface water.  There is the  potential for contaminating
  drinking wells that tap the underlying Precambrian  Gneiss Aquifer.

       Status (July 1983);  EPA recently completed  a  remedial plan outlining
  the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
  at the site.  It will guide further actions at the  site.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     297

-------
National Priorities List Sit*
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                                COOPER ROAD
                      \foorhees  Township,  New Jersey

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983);   The Cooper Road Site covers
85 acres in Vborhees Township,  New Jersey.  It is the result of "midnight
dumping" by unknown persons,  fn  unknown  quantity of vials containing
numerous hazardous substances,  including  hexachlorocyclopentadiene, 1,3-
dichlorobenzene, and other  solvents,  are  visible, and many more are
probably buried under sand. Several  private  and  municipal wells are
within 500 feet of the site.  The nearest surface water, North Branch
River, empties into the telaware  River.   Ground water and surface water
have not yet been sampled.

     Status (June 1984);  EPA is  considering  various alternatives for the
site.

         Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     298

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                            CPS/MADISON INDUSTRIES
                       Old Bridge Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);   The CPS/Madison Industries
 Site covers  35 acres  in Old Bridge Township,  Middlesex County, New Jersey.
 Since  1967,  these companies have repeatedly dumped and discharged chemicals
 into the public sewer system,  as well as onto their respective properties.
 The State  estimates that about 400 tons of hazardous wastes have been
 dumped, including organic chemicals (for example, benzene, carbon
 tetrachloride, brcmoform, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and methylene chloride)
 and heavy  metals (for example, cadmium and lead) .  Both surface water and
 ground water are contaminated.

      Through a Middlesex County Superior Court decision (Oct. 15, 1981),
 the State  has  begun the process of remedying the surface water and ground
 water  problems associated with this site. The court order directs the
 two companies  to reimburse the State for costs it incurs for site cleanup
 or containment.

      Status  (July 19R3);   The  State continues to work on the cleanup.

          Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      299

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                             D'IMPERIO PROPERTY
                       Hamilton Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  The  n'Imperio Property is a
 1-^acre inactive open dump bordered by wooded property  in  Hamilton Town-
 ship, Atlantic County, New Jersey.  It  is within 0.3 miles of a  major
 residential development.  Prior to 1976, the site,  believed to have been
 an old borrow pit, was used to bury an  unknown quantity of 55-gallon
 drums; 50 corroded drums are exposed .   Ground  water in the upper aquifer
 is contaminated with benzene and chlorinated organic chemicals,  including
 trichloroethylene.  The lower aquifer,  the Cohansey Aquifer,  is  a source
 of drinking water.  Because there is potential for  the contamination to
 flow vertically, the lower aquifer could be contaminated.

      Status (July 1983);  In September  1982, EPA signed a S3fi8,000
 Superfund State Contract with New Jersey to fence the  site and conduct a
 feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action.   The
 fence is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter  of 1983 and the
 study in the first quarter of 1984 .

      EPA has identified parties potentially responsible for wastes
 associated with the site and is seeking their cooperation in  the cleanup.
 The owner of the site filed a complaint for declaratory judgment in
 District Court on April 22, 1983.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      300

-------
National Priorities List Sit*
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Supertund")
                           DE REWAL CHEMICAL CO.
                       Kingwood Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);   De  Rewal  Chemical Co. is a
 waste disposal operation that covered 1.4 acres in  Kingwood Township,
 Hunterdon County, New Jersey.  From about 1973 to 1976, the company
 accepted wastes containing chromium and copper.   Soil in  parts of the
 site, now a private residence, is contaminated with the two metals,
 according to analyses conducted hy the State.  Ground water on-site is
 also contaminated.  Ground water is the source of drinking  water for the
 area .  Storm run-off from the site flows into  the Delaware  River, about
 150  feet to the west.  The site is located  in  the floodplain of the
 river,  which is used for recreation .

      Status (June 1984);  EPA is considering various alternatives  for
 the  site"!

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      301

-------
National Priorities List Site

                               Compensate and Lability Act of IMOgERCUK
                                nELIIAH ROAD
                      Bgg  Harbor Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September  1983):   The Delilah Road  Site
 covers 40 acres in Bgg Harbor Tovnship, Atlantic  County,  New Jersey.  The
 site, an old sand-mining  operation,  is filled with municipal wastes,
 construction wastes,  and  lead and  trichloroethylene  sludges.

       In 1980,  a  State case against  Lightman  Drum Co., Inc., went to
 trial, and  the  defendants were  found guilty of illegally  dunping  a
 truckload of drums of chemical  wastes  at  the  site.

    In August 1982, EPA discovered  that ground water  at the site is
 contaminated with mercury, chrcmiun, lead,  and methylene  chloride.

      Status (June 1984):   EPA is planning a remedial investigation/
 feasibility study to  determine  the type and extent of contamination at
 the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       302

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           DFNZER & SCHAFER X-RAY CO .
                              Rayville,  New Jersey

       Conditions at  listing  (December  1982):  Denzer & Schafer X-Ray Co.
  reclaims silver on  a  5-acre site in Rayville, Ocean County, New Jersey.
  Since 1979, the facility has discharged caustic waste nater to an en-site
  septic system .  The underlying Cohansey Aquifer is contaminated with
  toxic and volatile  organics.  The aquifer supplies drinking water to
  residential and public water supply wells serving 25,500 area residents.
  No contamination of surface water or  air has been documented to date.

       Status (July 1983);  EPA plans to prepare a remedial plan outlining
  the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
  at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

           Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: T>
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     303

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                             DIAMDND ALKALI CO.
                             Newark, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Diamond Alkali Co. Site
occupies about 1 acre immediately adjacent to the Passaic River, in
Newark,  Essex County, New Jersey.  From 1943 through 1968, the company
manufactured  numerous chemicals on the site, including 2,4,5-trichloro-
phenol,  which is likely to contain dioxin as an impurity.  Extensive
sampling conducted by EPA and the State has detected extremely high
concentrations of dioxin on and off the site.  EPA and the State have
covered  the area of major contamination with plastic tarpaulins.  Ad-
jacent transportation routes and residential areas were swept and
vacuumed.   Workers may have been exposed to dioxin during normal
operations, as well as during renovations conducted during the summer of
1982. Another company has since purchased the  land.

      The area is both densely populated and heavily industrialized.
Municipal water is drawn from the Wanaque Iteservoir, roughly 35 miles
from  the site.

      Status (June 1984);  On March 13, 1984, the State and Diamond entered
into  an Administrative Order on Consent for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study and for on-site cleanup.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      304

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund")
                            TTWIR MINICIPAL WELL 4
                          raver Township, New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (December 19B2);  The Town of rover foster
  Commission owns and operates Municipal Vfell 4  in Dover Township, Morris
  County, New Jersey.  In August 1980, the well  was  taken out of service
  because it was contaminated with halogenated organic  solvents from an
  unknown source.

       Status (July 19S3);  No source has thus far been linked to the
  contamination .  The State is actively investigating possible sources and
  is reviewing a hydrogeological study submitted by  a private party.  The
  rover V&ter Commission has been authorized  to  spend $45,000 over a 2-year
  period to identify possible sources and has engaged a consultant to
  assist in the work .

           Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      305

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               ELLIS PROPERTY
                        Evesham Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 19B2);  The Ellis Property covers 3
 acres in Evesham Township, New Jersey.  The site, once the scene of drum-
 cycling operations, consists of:  a large  two-story building  housing
 several washing tanks and troughs and 50 to 75 drums, many full; three
 sheds containing various size drums and chemical containers,  which are
 full; and an area adjacent to the sheds containing about  100  55-gallon
 plastic drums, most of which still contain seme acid liquid.  Several
 hundred drums are spread haphazardly around the site.  Many spills are
 obvious.

      The site is surrounded by cultivated  fields,  fin intermittent stream
 named Sharps Run is less than 0.3 miles to the south.  Ground water and
 surface water are suspected of being contaminated with acids.  The
 Englishtown Aquifer directly underlies the site, with the tegothy  and
 Raritan Formation at about 320 feet below. Ground water  in the vicinity
 supplies drinking water for 900 homes and  water for irrigation  of  farmland .

      Status (July 1983);  The State has removed all drums from  the site
 and neutralized soils in the area with lime.  EPA is awaiting documentation
 from the State regarding the cleanup.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:   R  / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      306

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                            KVOR PHILLIPS LEASING
                       Olf Bridge Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 19R2):  The Evor Phillips Leasing
 Site covers  6 acres in Old Bridge Township, New Jersey.  A State
 investigation conducted in May 1982 found that drums containing explosive
 chemicals had been buried at the site.  Both surface water and ground
 via ter are threa tened .

      Status  (July 1983);   The State excavated 30 to 40 drums; 4,000 to
 5,000 drums  remain buried.  In toy 1983, the State met with the current
 site owner to discuss ways in which to remedy the problem.

      EPA plans to prepare a remedial plan outlining the investigations
 needed  to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It
 will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984; D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      307

-------
National Priorities List Site

Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)CSuperfund'l
                               EWAN PROPERTY
                        Shamong Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Ewan Property is a 43-
acre, privately-owned property located in Shamong Tovnship, Burlington
County, New Jersey.  An estimated 400 to 500 druns of hazardous waste
containing various solvents,  heavy metals, and polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons have been buried on an approximately 4-acre section of the
property.  The State has detected those chemicals in the aquifer currently
supplying drinking water to about 1,000 area residents.  Single-family
residences are located as close as 2,000 feet away.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is conducting a search for parties poten-
tially responsible for wastes associated with the site.

          Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       308

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             FAIR LAW WELL FIELD
                            Fair Lawn, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  Fair  Lawn, New Jersey,
 operates  three well fields to supply water to  its  32,000  residents.  The
 wells  in  the Westmoreland Field are the most heavily contaminated .  Lower
 levels  have also been detected in wells in the Memorial and Cadmus Fields .
 Chloroform, carbon tetrachloride, and tetrachloroethylene are among the
 major contaminants.  None of the levels has been high enough to force
 closing of the wells .

      Status (July 1QB3);  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
 the  investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
 at the  site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: S / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      309

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLAH"Superfund")
                FLORENCE  LAND RECONTOURING,  INC., LANDFILL
                       Florence Township,  New Jersey

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983):   The Florence Land Recon-
touring, Inc., Landfill covers 39  acres in Florence Township, Burlington
County, New Jersey.   It was licensed by the State as a municipal waste
landfill.  In 1981,  it ceased operations in response to a 1980 Admini-
strative Order issued by  the State denying an application to expand and
requiring it to close.

     On-site wells are contaminated with hazardous substances, including
toluene, according to analyses conducted by the State.  The landfill has
a history of water-ponding  problems.   In 1979, the State issued a final
Consent Order requiring that the owner rehabilitate the dikes, cover, and
leachate collection  system.   The operator has been unable to meet the
requirements of the  order,  and standing water is routinely found on the
site.

     The area, largely rural/agricultural,  is highly dependent on ground
water for drinking water  — 16 public wells and over 1,800 private wells
are within 3 miles of the landfill.   Development of a 1,500-home complex
is proposed within 0.5 miles of the site.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA is planning a  remedial investigation/feasi-
bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
site and identify alternatives for remedial  action.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      310

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             FREEMAN PROPERTY
                    Upper Freehold Township,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (October  1981);   The Friedman  Property is
 located in Upper Freehold Township,  Monmouth County,  New  Jersey.  The 3-
 acre site lies just across  the boundary frcm Plumstead Township, and is
 immediately adjacent to an  unnamed tributary to lahaway Creek, which is
 itself a tributary of  the Delaware River.  In the  late 1950s and early
 1960s, drums and free-flowing liquids were dumped  into a  natural ditch
 and then covered over.  Several residences and two trailer parks within
 0.3 miles of the site have  private wells.  Four monitoring wells installed
 in 1980 by New Jersey detected heavy metals  and a  number  of organic
 pollutants.

      The Friedman Property, Goose Farm,  Pijak Farm, and Spence Farm (the
 so-called "Plumstead Sites") are within  a 2-mile radius.   The Friedman
 Property was once listed under the name  "Upper Freehold Site."

      Status (July 19B3);  In September  1982,  EPA awarded  a 8270,000
 Cooperative Agreement to New Jersey  for  a feasibility study to identify
 alternatives for remedial action at  the  site.  It  is  scheduled to be
 completed in the third quarter of 1984 .

          Response category / Cleanup status  code,  October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      311

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)l"Superfund")
                               GEMS LANDFILL
                      Gloucester Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (July 1982):  The Gloucester  Environmental
 tenagement Services  (GEMS) Landfill covers  60 acres  in Gloucester
 Township, Canvden County, New Jersey.  The landfill is now  closed.  The
 land is owned by the township and was leased to GEMS.  Although  the  site
 is zoned for industrial purposes, the surrounding land is  principally
 residential.

      Organic solvents and other industrial  chemicals were  dumped into
 pits at the landfill between 1970 and 1974. These chemicals are presently
 contaminating ground water, surface water and air.   About  38,000 people
 live within 3 miles of the site; many depend on private  wells.   Leachate
 from the site is also contaminating Holly Run Stream and Briar Lake.

      Status (July 1983);  In February 1983, using 8270,000 in CERCLA
 emergency funds, EPA removed debris from the site, constructed a fence,
 and took other measures to prevent the wastes frcm coming  in contact with
 residents in the area.  In the summer of 1983, EPA plans to start a
 $125,000 remedial investigation to determine the type and  extent of
 contamination at the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984: R  / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      312

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund"
                                  GOOSE FARM
                        Plumstead Township, New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (October 19R1):  Goose Farm is a 1 .5-acre site
  in a rural  area of Plumstead Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.  In the
  late 1960s  and early 1970s, drums and free-flowing liquids were dumped
  into an  excavation, which was later covered with soil.  PCBs and other
  toxic organic chemicals have been detected in air, ground water, and
  surface  stater.  With the State as the lead agency, emergency removal
  actions  began at the site in late 1980.

       Goose  Farm, the Friedman Property, Pi jack Farm, and Spence Farm (the
  so-called "Plumstead Sites")  are within a 2-mile radius.

       Status (July 1983);  The emergency actions ended in February 1982 .
  They included excavation and disposal off-site of more than 4,800
  containers, 3,000 cubic yards of highly contaminated soil, and over 9,000
  gallons  of  bulked liquid wastes.  A system was installed to treat 7.7
  million  gallons of ground water.  Site cleanup was funded initially under
  Section  Til of the Clean Vfeter Act and the New Jersey Spill Compensation
  Fund. Later, CERCLA emergency funds were used.  By late 1981, the State
  had spent S4 million on the site and EPA S2.4 million.  Ground water in
  and near the site continues to be contaminated with significant levels of
  organic  compounds and heavy metals.

       In  .September 1982, EPA awarded a 5189,000 Cooperative Agreement to
  New Jersey  for a feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial
  action at the site.  It is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter
  of 1984.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     313

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                           HELEN KRAMER LANFFILL
                        ffentua Township,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (July 1982);   Helen Kramer Landfill covers 60
 acres in tentua Township, Gloucester  County, New Jersey.  The privately-
 owned landfill operated  from 1970 until  the State closed it in 1980
 because of permit violations.   During this  time, the landfill received
 municipal waste, municipal  construction  debris, and ncnchemical industrial
 waste.  Chlorinated organics and heavy metals have been identified in
 ground water and surface water  downgradient of the landfill .  The ground
 water provides drinking  water,  while  the surface water downstream is used
 for irrigation.  fr\ underground fire  at  the site in 19R1 burned for about
 2 months, emitting noxious  fumes to surrounding areas.  Airborne contami-
 nants were detected during  and  after  the fire.

      Status (July 1983);  In the fall  of 1983, EPA plans to start a
 S350,000 remedial investigation to determine the type and extent of
 contamination at the site.

          Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      314

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                       HERCULES, INC. (GIRBSTOWN PLANT)
                            Gibbstown, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (Etecemher 19B2);  Hercules, Inc., owns a  5 .5-
 acre site  in  indeveloped land in Gibbstown, Gloucester County, New Jersey.
 On  the property and adjacent to the Delaware River are two  unlined,  open
 disposal pits in which Hercules and the previous owner of the site
 disposed of  industrial chemicals, solvents, acids, and waste oils.   Ground
 rater is contaminated with benzene.

      Status  (July 19B3);  EPA is preparing a remedial plan  outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      315

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)('Supeffund">
                                HOPKINS FARM
                       Plums tead Township, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Hopkins Site covers  57
acres  in  Plumstead Township, New Jersey.  It is one of seven "Plunstead"
sites  in  Ocean and Monmouth Counties, of which four were placed on  the
National  Priorities list in September 1983.  All sites are within about a
20-square-mile rural farming area.  The site was used for disposal  of  an
unknown number of drums, and there is evidence that bulk liquids ware
dumped.   The State detected heavy metals and other hazardous chemicals in
concentrations above drinking water standards in two of the six monitor-
ing wells on-site.  Also, State inspectors noted chemical odors on-site.

     Status  (June 1984):  EPA is considering various alternatives for  the
site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      316

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the                                   _.-„_..„„«.   _,  ,,»,
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK Superfund  )
                 IMPERIAL OIL CO.,  INC/CHAMPION CHEMICALS
                           Morganville, New Jersey

      Conditions at  listing  (December  1982);   The Imperial Oil Co.,
 Tnc ./Champion Chemicals  site covers 5 acres  in Morganville, Monmouth
 County, New Jersey.  Imperial blends  oil  on  the site,  which is leased
 from Champion Chemicals. .Several  companies  have operated at the site in
 the past,   fhe, a reprocessor of waste oil,  may have discharged wastes to
 a nearby stream.  A waste pile  on  the premises is contaminated with PCRs.
 PCBs, petroleum hydrocarbons, and  heavy metals contaminate soil surrounding
 both the waste pile and  an  oil/water  separator, sediments in the stream
 nearby, and ground  water beneath the  site.

      This site was  once  listed  under  the  name "Imperial Oil Co."

      Status (July 1983);  The State is reviewing a preliminary assessment
 prepared by the present  owner.  In the summer of 1983, EPA plans to start
 preparing a remedial  plan outlining the investigations needed to determine
 the full extent of  cleanup  reguired at the site.  It will guide further
 actions at  the site.

          Response category  / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      317

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                          JACKSON TOWSHIP LANHFILL
                         Jackson Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 19B2);  Jackson Township owned and
 operated a  12-acre landfill  in a semirural area within its boundaries  in
 Ocean County,  New jersey. The township obtained the site, originally  a
 mining pit,  from a local mining company in the early 1970s and filled  it
 fron 1972 until it closed in 1980 .  In addition to accepting refuse and
 sewage for  which it had a State permit, the landfill received liquid
 hazardous waste.  As a result, the underlying Cohansey Aquifer, which
 supplies water to area residents, has been contaminated with various
 organic chemicals.  Local officials condemned over 40 residential wells,
 and the State  provides funding for an alternate water supply.

      Status (July 1983):  The State is pursuing cleanup through an
 enforcement action .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: n
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      318

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK Superfund )
                                JIS LANITILL
               Jamesburg/south Brunswick Township,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (December  198?):   Jcnes industrial Service
 (JIS) operated a landfill in  an agricultural  area  of Jamesburg/South
 Brunswick Towiship, Middlesex Cbunty,  ^w Jersey.   The landfill, origi-
 nally a borrow pit, received  liquid chemical  wastes from the 1960s until
 the state closed it in 1980.  Investigations  indicate that numerous drums
 of solvents may also  have been buried at  the  site.  Volatile organics
 have contaminated the Old Bridge Aquifer, and the  contaminated ground
 water plume has migrated off-site, fine residential well has been closed,
 and others are threatened .

      Status (July 1983);  The State has an  ongoing judicial action aimed
 at requiring the owner/opera tor to properly cap the site and decontaminate
 the ground hater.

          Response category /  Cleanup  status code,  October 1984: S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      319

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              KIN-RUC LANFTILL
                        Edison Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (October 1981);  Kin-Buc landfill  covers  20
 acres in Edison Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey.  It accepted 7(1
 millicn gallons of various  industrial wastes from about  1971  through
 1976, when the State revoked its permit,  oil heavily laden with PCBs
 accumulates in a natural depression called "Pool C" adjacent  to the
 landfill and then discharges into Edmund's Creek, a tributary of the
 Raritan River.  The pond also holds aqueous leachate that contains
 chlorinated organic compounds and is believed to be coming from the
 landfill.  Ground water is  contaminated.  As a result of Federal enforcement
 action, the owner capped the fill with a clay/synthetic  cover.

      In February 1980, EPA  started to collect leachate in Pool  C with
 funds provided initially under Section 311 of the Clean  Vfeter Act and
 later under CERCIA.

      Status (July 1983);  A Superfund State Contract signed with New
 Jersey in July 1982 approved about S3 million to (1) design,  construct,
 and operate an interim collection/treatment system, (2)  dispose off-site
 of the drums of wastes collected and stored on-site, and (3)  prepare a
 feasibility study to identify alternatives for long-term remedial action.
 In September 1982, the owner took over operation of the  Pool  C  collection
 system from FPA .

      The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, is continuing a Federal
 civil action seeking injunctive relief against parties potentially
 responsible for wastes associated with the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:   V  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     320

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               KING OF PRUSSIA
                         Winslow Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at  listing  (Dscember 1982);   The King of Prussia Site
 consists of a 7-acre abandoned chemical  waste treatment facility in
 Winslow Township  in the Pine  Rarrens area of southern New Jersey.  The
 facility closed in  1975.  Six lagoons on the site contain chemical wastes.
 Records indicate  that more  than 40,000 drum  equivalents of waste water
 containing toxic  chemicals  were delivered to the site.

      A number of  hones  within 3 miles of the site, as well as a local
 industry, have drinking water wells.  Arsenic,  heavy metals, vinyl
 chloride, phthalate esters, chloroform,  and  trichloroethylene have been
 detected in ground  water nearhy, and copper, zinc, trichloroethylene, and
 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethane in  fireat Egg Harbor River,

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is considering various alternatives for this
 site.

          Response category  /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     321

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)|"Superfuncl")
                               KRYSOWATY FARM
                          Hillsborough, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (July 19R2);  The Krysowaty Farm is located  in
 Hillsborough, Somerset County, New Jersey.  The south branch of the
 Raritan River is 0.3 miles from the site.  Between 1965 and 1970, various
 chemicals, including paint and dye wastes, were disposed of in 5 acres
 along a ravine at one end of the 42-acre farm.  In late 1980, a witness
 to the dumping came forward after the farm owner died.  Eyewitness accounts
 estimate that 500 drums of waste were dumped in the ravine, along with
 unknown volumes of waste solvents and sludge.  In July 1981, the township
 and the State excavated 20 to 30 drums at the site.  Studies indicate
 that both ground water and surface water are contaminated with volatile
 organic compounds.  The closest residences, about 900 feet from the
 disposal area, depend on private wells for drinking water.

      Status (July 1983);  In December 1982, EPA signed a $300,000 Superfund
 State Contract with New Jersey for a remedial investigation to determine
 the type and extent of contamination at the site and a feasibility study
 to identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work is scheduled to
 be completed in the fourth quarter of 1983 .

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     322

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Sopeffund")
                         LANIFILL & DEVELOPMENT CO.
                          Mount Holly, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  landfill & Dsvelopment Co.
 operates a 210-acre landfill in Mount Holly, New Jersey. It is adjacent
 to Rancocas Creek and surrounded by residential developments.  The site,
 originally a sand and gravel pit, accepts municipal refuse, industrial
 and commercial solid waste, and treated sewage sludge.  It may have
 accepted hazardous substances in the past.  The local health department
 has documented that monitoring wells and sane private wells are contam-
 inated with volatile organic chemicals.

     In September 1977, the State issued an Administrative Order requiring
 the company to replace the private walls, install a liner at the landfill,
 and pump and treat contaminated ground water.  The pumping, which is
 currently underway, involves 15 walls downgradient of the landfill .  The
 water from these wells is aerated and sprayed over a 5-acre wooded area
 on  the site.

      Status (June 1984);   The State is involved in an administrative
 hearing process to force  the facility to obtain a new and revised
 registration.

        Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     323

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)|"Superfund")
                               LANG PROPERTY
                       Pemberton Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (Pecember 1982):  The  Lang Property is a  10-
 acre dump site in Pemberton Township, Burlington  County,  New Jersey,  just
 north of Lebanon state Forest.  The site  is within  the Pine Barrens  in an
 area of blueberry and cranberry farms.  About 1,500 drums of wastes  were
 emptied onto the ground at the site.  Localized contamination  of ground
 water and surface water by various chemicals, including phenols,  heavy
 metals, and trichloroethylene, has been documented. The  primary concern
 is contamination of the Cohansey Aquifer, which supplies  drinking water
 to Pemberton Township's 13,000 residents.  As many  as 20  private wells
 are within 1 mile of this site.  In addition, a back-up well for the
 Pemberton system is within 3 miles.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is preparing  a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent  of cleanup  required at
 the site.  It will guide further action at  the site.

      In June 1983, the State collected additional ground  water samples .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      324

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               UPARt LANDFILL
                              Pi bran. New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (October 1981);  The Lipari Landfill is an
  inactive landfill occupying a 6-acre former gravel pit in Pitman, New
  Jersey.  The site is in an area of fruit orchards.  From 1958 to 1971,
  domestic and industrial wastes, including various toxic organic compounds
  and heavy metals, were dumped at the site.  They percolated into the
  ground water under the landfill and leached into Chestnut ftranch, Rabbit
  Run, and Alcyon Lake.

       In the fall of 1981, EPA completed a remedial investigation and
  feasibility study of the site.

       Status (July 1983);  Between 1980 and 1982, using 8726,000 made
  available under Section 311 of the Clean Vfeter Act, EPA'S office of
  Research and Development, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
  EPA studied leachate distribution, drilled and sampled 16 wells, and
  evaluated various cleanup alternatives.  In 1982, using S125,000 in
  CEPCLA emergency funds, EPA installed over 2,000 feet of security fencing
  around the site.  An additional 1,600 feet must still be installed.

       In September 1982, EPA signed a $1,689,150 Superfund State Contract
  with New Jersey to complete design of the remedial alternative selected
  in the feasibility study and undertake the construction activities.  The
  work is being supervised by the 0 .S . Army Corp of Engineers.  Construction
  is scheduled to start in the third quarter of 1983.

       The remedial action is divided into two phases.  The first phase
  calls for (1) an underground slurry wall encircling a 16-acre area to
  prevent ground water from leaving or entering and (2) a bentcnite clay
  cap.  The second phase evaluates the need to collect ground water from
  within the enclosure and transport it to a nearby public sewage treatment
  plant.  A decision on the second phase will be made after completion of a
  stirty on the compatibility of the ground water to be treated with the
  collection and treatment system of the sewage plant.

       In July 1982, the Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, entered
  into a Consent Decree with the owier under Section 7003 of the Resource
  Conservation and Recovery Act.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     325

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                             LONE PINE LANEFILL
                       Freehold Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  Lone Pine Landfill in Freehold
 Towiship, Monmouth County, New Jersey, operated from 1959 to 1979, when
 it closed by the State.  Leachate from the 80-acre site flows into the
 ftenasqian River.  Allegedly, 50,000 drums of chemical wastes, as veil as
 free-flowing liquid wastes, were dumped at the site.  Excavation of
 limited areas of the landfill in September 1981 confirmed the presence of
 drums.  A number contain organic chemicals.  Benzene, toluene, vinyl
 chloride, lead, and zinc have been detected in leachate on the site.
 Downstream, the river has lower levels of the same chemicals.  Monitoring
 veils have found a variety of organic compounds in both the Vincentown
 Aquifer and the deeper Red Bank Aquifer.

      Status (July 1983);  In July 1982, EPA signed a S330,000 Super fund
 State Contract with New Jersey for a feasibility study to identify
 alternatives for remedial action at the site.  A draft was released in
 June 1983.

      The former general manager of the landfill and a transporter pleaded
 guilty to charges stemming from the illegal disposal of drummed vaste in
 the landfill.  In addition, three corporate officers of Scientific Chem-
 ical Processing were convicted in Federal District Court of mail fraud
 charges also related to the illegal disposal activity.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     326

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAICSuperfund")


                           M & T DELISA LANDFILL
                          Asbury Park, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The M & T Delisa Landfill
operated on a 132-acre site in Asbury Park, New Jersey, from about  1945
to 1975.   It  reportedly received only municipal waste.  In 1976,  the
Seaview Square Mall was constructed on 25 to 30 acres.  Although  the mall
itself  is situated on clean fill, the parking lot is built on garbage.
Methane gas vents are located around the parking lot, and a leachate
collection system runs underneath it.  EPA inspectors have frequently
observed leachate streams and seepages discharging into a nearby  stream
which empties into Deal Lake less than 1 mile away.  This fresh water
lake  is occasionally used for recreational fishing.  In June 1981,  EPA
found that ground water, surface water, and soil are contaminated by poly-
nuclear aromatic  hydrocarbons and netals.  Private water wells surround
the site and  may  be threatened.

      Status (July 1983):  In May 1983, the mall and surrounding outside
areas were tested for methane gas migration.  The results indicate  a
plume of methane  exists about 1  to 3 feet below the ground, outside the
mall.  The mall owners are installing about four vents in the area  of
known methane migration.

      EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the investigations  needed
to determine  the  full extent of  cleanup required at the site.  It will
guide further actions at the site.

         Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     327

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                            MANNHEIM AVENUE LUMP
                       Galloway Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Mannheim Avenue Dump is
 located in Galloway Township, Atlantic County, New jersey .  The 2-acre
 site is owned by Galloway Township and was used to dispose  of about 300
 drums (11,400 pounds) of degreasing sludge during the  1960s and possibly
 into the early 1970s .  The waste was deposited in a 15-foot deep pit.
 The Ctohansey Aquifer underlies the site at 20 to 30 feet below the  surface.
 It provides drinking water to about 1,300 area residents.   The nearest
 hone is 0.1 miles southwest of the site.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is planning to start a remedial plan
 outlining the investigations needed to determine the full extent of
 cleanup required at the site.  It will guide further action at the  site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4; D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     328

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                            MAYWOOD CHEMICAL CO.
                     Maywocd/Rochelle Park, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Maywood Chemical Co.
 Site consists of three areas in Maywood and Pochelle Park, New Jersey.
 Starting in the early 1920s, Maywood Chemical processed radioactive
 thorium for, among other things, the production of mantles in gas lan-
 terns.  The process resulted in thorium waste that, while knovn to be
 radioactive, was not considered particularly dangerous at that time.  The
 material was used as a fill in three areas now used for residential and
 commercial purposes.  Testing by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)
 and the state indicates that some areas show radiation levels above
 background.  Radcn gas is present at levels significantly higher than
 background in a home built in the residential neighborhood.

      Status (July 19R3);  An EPA investigation is underway to determine
 the extent of contamination at areas not addressed previously by the
 State or NRC.  EPA is also preparing a remedial plan which will assess
 all existing information and guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     329

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             METALTEC/AEROSYSTEMS
                        Franklin  Borough, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (December 1982);  The Hetaltec/Aerosysterns
 Site covers 0.5 acres in Franklin  Borough, Sussex County, New Jersey.
 The conpany buried hazardous  wastes, including lead, in a pond on  the
 plant site, which is within 500  feet of a municipal back-up for Franklin
 Borough.

      Status (July 1983)!  In  1981, the State sent the company an
 Administrative Order to update a hydrogeologic investigation and evaluate
 remedial alternatives.

          Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      330

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          MONROE TOWNSHIP LANDFILL
                        Monroe Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Monroe Township landfill
 covers 86 acres in Monroe Township, Middlesex County, New Jersey. The
 landfill operated from 1955 to June 1978,  when  the State  closed  it because
 a colored leachate was seeping from the site.  The seepage  forced the
 abandonment of a nearby housing construction project.  Hydrochloric acid
 is known to have been disposed of at the site.  In 1979,  the State obtained
 a court order against the landfill owners  to correct the  seepage. A 900-
 foot cut-off wall and leachate collection  system, which recycled leachate
 to the landfill, were installed as an interim measure in  1980.

      Status (July 1933);  A site closure plan is nearing  completion.  It
 includes the installation of a 7,000-foot  leachate cut-off  wall  around
 the perimeter of the landfill, leachate collectors, and intercepting
 sewers to convey leachate to the Middlesex County Sewage  Authority's Old
 Bridge Sewage Treatment Plant.

        Response category / cleanup status  code, October 1984: S  / o
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     331

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH"Superfund")
                  MONTGOMERY TOWNSHIP HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
                      Montgomery Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Montgomery Township
 Housing tfevelopment Site is in Montgomery Township, Somerset  County, New
 Jersey.  About 13 households in the development used private  wells that
 became contaminated with organic chemicals, including  trichloroethylene .
 Residents now use municipal water.  The State has not  been  able to iden-
 tify the source of contamination .

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is preparing a remedial  plan  outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent of  cleanup required  at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

      The State continues to collect ground water samples at the site to
 locate the plume of contamination.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      332

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")
                                MYERS PROPERTY
                        Franklin Township,  New Jersey

      Conditions at  listing (December 19R2);   The Myers Property covers 2
 to 3 acres in a rural  area in  Franklin Township, Hunterdon County, New
 Jersey.  The site,  currently an auto repair  shop, previously contained
 various commercial  facilities  that produced  pesticides, several drums and
 asbestos materials  are stored  in  buildings on the site,  me well on the
 property supplies drinking vater.  The State recommended that it be
 closed because it is contaminated by various volatile organic chemicals.
 The site borders Cakepoulin Creek .  A spring surfaces on the property and
 flows into the creek toward a  State wildlife refuge.

      Status (July 1983);   The  State has proposed removing the drums stored
 on-site and is negotiating a Cooperative  Agreement with EPA for the
 surface cleanup.

        Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     333

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the                               -._„,..»„.«.   _«  .,.,
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH  Supertund )
                              NASCOUTE CORP.
                           Millville, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  Nascolite Corp. operated
 an acrylic sheet manufacturing plant en 15.5 acres in Millville, Cumber-
 land County, New Jersey, fron 1953 to 1980, when it closed in response to
 an Administrative Ccder issued by the State.  The order required
 Nascolite to stop discharging waste water into a nearby ditch, install
 monitoring wells, and draw up a plan for disposal of waste water in the
 future and removal of all waste water and sludges on the site.  In
 September 1981, Nascolite entered into an AJrainistrative Consent Order
 with the State.  The order repeated the requirements of the previous
 Administrative Ccder and added a provision for removal of contaminated
 soil.  The company, which still owns the site, has not complied fully
 with the two orders.

      Solvents stored in drums and both above- and below-ground tanks have
 caused extensive contamination of ground water, according to analyses
 done by the state.  The area is highly dependent en ground water for
 drinking supplies.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasi-
 bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
 site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       334

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               NL INmSTRIES
                          Pedricktown, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (December 19R2):  The NL Industries landfill
 covers 14 acres in a rural area  in Pedricktown,  Salem County, New Jersey.
 The company recovers lead from spent automotive  batteries and separates
 the plastic from the rubber casings.  After  the  rubber and plastic are
 separated, the plastic is reprocessed and the  rubber is  placed in the
 landfill, which is lined but not capped.

      As a result of improper storage of batteries on the site and other
 factors relating to their processing, ground water,  surface water, and
 soils are extensively contaminated with various  heavy metals.  Also en-
 si te is a marsh area (which is heavily contaminated  with lead) and Oldsman
 Creek, a tributary to the Delaware River.

      Status (July 1983);  The State is pursuing  cleanup  through enforcement
 action .

        Response category / Cleanup status code,  October  1984: S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      335

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund'l


                                 PEPE FIELD
                            Boonton, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  Pepe Field  is  a 3.5-acre
municipal athletic field in a residential area of Boonton,  Morris County,
New Jersey. The site,  fonrerly a swamp, is suspected  of having been a
hazardous waste dump.  The nearby Rockaway River, which  receives sub-
surface drainage fron the site, empties into the Boonton Reservoir,  the
source of Jersey City's water.  Hazardous substances have been detected
in a below-ground drain that releases directly into the  Rockaway River.
Hydrogen sulfide and other chemical odors are noticeable.

      Status (July 1983);  The Town of Boonton is treating the  odor problem
at Pepe Field  with hydrogen peroxide, but with limited success.  EPA is
preparing a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed  to determine
the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It will guide further
actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      336

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                  PIJAK FARM
                        Plumstead Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  The Pijak Farm Site occupies
 5 acres in Plumstead Township,  Ocean County, New Jersey.  The site, a
 working farm,  is  flat, dropping off into a marshy* wooded floodplain .  A
 corn field and two unnamed tributaries to Crosswicks Creek border the
 site.  Between 1963 and 1970, drums and free-flowing liquids were dumped
 into a natural ditch and then covered over.  In 1980, the State found
 that ground water was  contaminated by organic chemicals .  Initial analyses
 of the nearest private wells showed no contamination .

      The Pijak Farm, Friedman Property, Goose Farm, and Rpence Farm  (the
 so-called "Plumstead Sites") are within a 2-mile radius.

      Status (July 1983);  In September 1982, a S292,500 Cooperative
 Agreement was  awarded  to New Jersey for a feasibility study to identify
 alternatives for  remedial action at the site.  It is scheduled to be
 completed in the  third quarter  of 1984 ,

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     337

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                               PRICE LANDFILL
                         Pleasantville,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):   Price landfill is a 26-acre
 inactive landfill  located in Pleasantville, New Jersey.  While in  operation
 (1969 - 1976),  it accepted industrial wastes containing benzene, chloroform,
 and trichloroethylene,  septic tank and  sewer wastes,  sludge,  grease,  and
 oil.  Some liquid, wastes were poured directly into the landfill, while
 others were buried in 55-gallon  drums.   leachate is noticeable at various
 locations on the site,  as well as chemical odors and  organic vapors.
 Because their wells are contaminated, residents of about 35 homes now use
 bottled water.   The well field supplying drinking water to Atlantic City,
 1 mile downgradient of  the site, is threatened by the plume of contami-
 nated ground water.

      This is the top priority site in New Jersey.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA started a number of activities  at the site
 in 1982.  During the summer, measures were taken to provide emergency
 back-up water supplies  for Atlantic City.  The measures involved arranging
 for new sources and treating existing sources to ensure their quality.
 EPA has completed  a feasibility  study and is developing a long-term
 remedial action plan.  The study involved (1) evaluating alternatives
 (including carbon  treatment) to  protect Atlantic City's water supply, (2)
 containing or eliminating additional migration of contaminants from Price
 landfill, and (3)  dealing with contamination that has already migrated
 from tha landfill.  EPA has approved about $940,000 for the work, under a
 Cooperative Agreement and a Superfund State Contract.

      The Department of Justice,  on behalf of EPA, has brought a Federal
 civil action seeking injunctive  relief  against the past and present owier,
 as well as 36 companies and individuals alleged to have generated and
 transported waste to the landfill .  The district court denied EPA's
 request for injunctive relief.  The decision was appealed, and the case
 was ordered to  the district court for trial.  Several motions are now
 pending, and the Government is awaiting opportunity for discovery.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     338

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                 PJP LANrFILL
                          Jersey City, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (nscember 1982):   The PJP landfill covers
 about 50 acres near  the ffeckensack River in  Jersey City, New Jersey.
 Much of the dump, now closed,  is uncovered,  and fires frequently flare up
 on the surface and underground.  Volatile organics and other toxic
 substances have been detected  in air, ground water, and run-off.  Ground
 veter is used by local industries.  Surface  waters in the area are used
 for commercial shipping and recreation .  The property is adjacent to
 heavily populated residential  areas .

      Status (July 1983):  The  State is negotiating with the current owners
 of the site to undertake a  study to define the nature and extent of
 contamination at the site.

        Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: S / I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Resoonse Program
                                      339

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund')
                         RADIATION TECHNOLOGY, INC .
                       Ftockaway Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Radiation Technology, Inc.,
 manufactures plastics on a 15-acre site close to lake Denmark in Rockaway
 Township, Morris County, New Jersey.  The area is totally dependent upon
 ground water for drinking supplies.  Analyses by the State indicate that
 ground water is contaminated by plasticizers and chlorinated solvents,
 which were released through dumping of wastes or burial of drums.  These
 pollutants also pose a threat to nearby streams and Lake Denmark.

      Two on-site wells were condemned by the local health department in
 March 1981, and the State issued directives of various types in 1981
 instructing the company to remedy the situation.  When the company did
 not comply, the State filed a Verified Complaint and Order to Show Cause
 in  fferch 1982.  On July 7, 1983, the State issued a Consent Order requir-
 ing the company to monitor ground water to determine the source of
 contamination .

      Status (June 1984);  The monitoring program continues.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: v
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      340

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 jCERCLA)("Superfund")
                                REICH  FARMS
                        Pleasant Plains, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (December  1982);  The  Reich Farms Site covers
 5 acres in the Pleasant plains section of Hover Township,  Ocean County,
 New Jersey, about 3 miles north of Toms River.  As a  result of improper
 storage and disposal of various hazardous substances  — including organic
 solvents, still bottoms, and residual chemicals in S5-gallon drums —
 on the surface and buried,  soil and ground  water  are  contaminated with
 toxic and volatile organics.  The area is rural with  suburban developments.
 Its sits above the Cohansey Aquifer,  a major source of drinking water for
 61,000 people in Dover Township and the surrounding area .

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is preparing  a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     341

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK"Superfund")
                                PENORA INC .
                        EHison Township,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (December  1982);   Renora,  Inc., a hazardous
 waste collector/hauler, operated from a  5-acre site in Bdiscn Township,
 Middlesex County, New Jersey, intil the  state revoked its permit in
 November 1980.  The site  is bordered  by  Mill Creek, Conrail Fkilroad
 Tracks, New Jersey Turnpike, and South Main  Street.  About 1,300 drums
 and 21 containers on-site contain  solvents,  resins, and oils.  Because of
 leaking drums and tank trucks, Mill Creek has been contaminated from site
 run-off.  Access to the site is controlled by a fence on three sides and
 parked trucks on the fourth.

      Status (July 1983);  The State has  re-established an earthen berm
 along Mill Creek to prevent further contamination from site run-off.

          Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     342

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLAM"Supertund")


                          RINGWDOD MINES/LANDFILL
                        Ringwood Borough, New Jersey

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982);  The Ringwood Mines/Landfill
Site in Ringwood Borough, Passaic County, New Jersey,  is about  0.5 miles
wide and  2  miles long.  It consists of a series of abandoned  mine shafts
and pits, inactive  landfills, and open dumps.  Cannon Mine and  Peter's
Mine have been filled with garbage over the years.  Peter's Mine also
contains paint sludges, solvents, and scrap metal.  Several drums have
been observed in the Cannon Mine.  Soil, surface water, and ground water
may be  contaminated.

     Ringwood gets  drinking water from Wanaque Reservoir, which is supplied
by neighboring streams, two originating in the immediate vicinity of  the
mines;  10 wells are within 2 miles of the site, and one spring  is less
than 0.5 miles from the site.

     Status (July 1983):  In late surmer of 1983, EPA  is planning to
undertake a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
type and extent of  contamination at the site and identify alternatives
for remedial  action.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     343

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund"
                        ROCXAWAY BOROUGH WELL FIELD
                       Rockaway Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Rockaway Borough Well
 Field is in Rockaway Township, Morris County, New Jersey.  Three  wells  in
 the field are contaminated with volatile organics, including trichloro-
 ethylene and tetrachloroethylene, from an unknown source.  The aquifer
 the wells tap is the sole source of drinking water for 10,000 people.
 The contaminated wells are close to the Rockaway River.  In  February
 1981, Rockaway Borough installed carbon filtration systems at the three
 contaminated wells at a cost of 5700,000.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required  at
 the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      344

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Superfund")


                          BOCKA&RY TOWNSHIP WILLS
                            Rockaway, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The  Rockaway Township Wells
Site is in Rockaway, Morris County, New Jersey.   Three wells are contami-
nated with various volatile organic chemicals.  Several  sources of con-
tamination are suspected, but only one has been confirmed.  The Rockaway
Township  well system services about 12,000 people.

     Status (July 1983):  Rockaway Township currently treats the
contaminated  wells.  Shell Oil, identified as a source of ether contami-
nation, installed an aeration system to remove ether  from the water, and
the township  installed an activated carbon system to  remove other volatile
organics.

       Response category / Cleanup status  code, October  1984:  V / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      345

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                         ROCKY HILL MUNICIPAL WELL
                       Rocky Hill Borough,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (racemher  19S2);   The Rocky Hill Municipal
 Well in Rocky Hill Borough, Somerset  County, New Jersey, has been
 contaminated with various volatile organics  from an unknown source.  The
 well, which serves about 1,000 residents of  the borough, has been sealed,
 and Elizabethtown Vfeter Co.,  Q miles  from  the site, is providing water.

      Status (July 1983);  The Towi of Pocky  Hill is installing an aeration
 system to remove contaminants from the well.

          Response category /  Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      346

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund")


                             ROEBLING  STEEL 00.
                            Florence,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December  1982):   Roebling Steel Co. produced
steel on  a site adjacent to the Delaware River in Florence, New Jersey.
Two unlined lagoons are on the site,  and there is evidence of dumping and
spillage.  The lagoons, estimated to  be 3 feet deep, contain heavy metals.
Drums may also have been buried at  the  site.   Run-off may have contaminated
the river.  The water table in the  area is only about 10 feet below the
surface.   Homes in Roebling and much  of the  surrounding area rely on
ground water for their drinking water.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA  is considering various alternatives for
this site.

          Response category / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      347

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste;
                                Compensate, and L,ab,l,ty Act of 1980 (CERCLAirSuperfund"
                             SAYREVILLE  LANHFILL
                           Sayreville,  New Jersey

      Ccnditions at listing  (December 1982):  The Sayreville Landfill
 covers 30 acres in a moderately industrialized section of  Sayreville,  New
 Jersey.  Part of  this  site  is  in a wetland adjacent to the South River.
 The town owned and operated  the site as a municipal  landfil] .  The State
 excavated 30 drums from the  site and found that  they contained para-ethyl
 toluene and pentachlorophenol . As many as 500 drums containing  similar
 chemicals may be  buried on-site.  wastes from  this site  have contaminated
 surface water and ground water.  The Sayreville  and  Perth  Anboy  well
 fields, which serve about 65,000 people, are within  3 miles of the site.
 Perth Anboy has had to discontinue using some  of its wells. Sayreville,
 however, has not  yet detected  any contamination  in its well .

      Status (July 1983):  The  State has included this site on  its 4-year
 plan for cleanup  of hazardous  waste sites.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  D
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       348

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                    SCIENTIFIC CHEMICAL PROCESSING, INC.
                           Carlstadt, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  Scientific Chemical
 Processing, Inc., recovered and recycled various chemical wastes on a
 13.5-acre site in Carlstadt, Bergen County, New Jersey.  As a result of a
 State order, the company ceased operations in 1980.  About 375,000 gallons
 of hazardous substances are stored on the site in tanks, drums, and tank
 trailers.  Soil are extensively contaminated, probably from spillage.
 Ground water contamination is likely.  Run-off from the site is contami-
 nated.  The site is located within a coastal wetlands management area,
 bordered on the northeast by Peach Island Creek, a tidal waterway.  Local
 surface water is used for recreation and industrial water supplies.

      Status (July 1983):  In 1983 three corporate officers of Scientific
 Chemical Processing were convicted in Federal District Court of nail
 fraud charges resulting from the improper disposal of chemical wastes.
 The State has filed a civil complaint against the owner and operators of
 the site to require full cleanup of the site.  In addition, EPA is
 preparing a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed to determine
 the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It will guide further
 federal actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     349

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")


                              SHARKEY LANDFILL
                     Parsippany/Troy Hills, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  Sharkey Landfill covers 200
acres  in  Parsippany and Troy Hills, New Jersey.  The privately-owned
landfill  ceased operation in the early 1960s.  It consists of two fill
areas  separated by the Rockaway River.  The Sharkey Landfill has a long
but undocumented history as a disposal site for municipal solid waste.
In addition,  industrial wastes reportedly have been dumped,   state and
EPA inspections have documented leachate seeps.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.   It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      350

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")
                              SHIELEALLOY CORP .
                        Newfield  Borough, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September  1983):   Shieldalloy Corp .  manufac-
 tures specialty alloys, particularly chromium, on 61.6 acres  in  Newfield
 Borough, Gloucester County,  New  Jersey.  The plant  now  treats its process
 waste nater before discharging it.  In  the past, however, the plant
 released the water directly  to an unlined lagoon and  to  surface  water.
 £nalyses conducted by the State  detected extensive  hexavalent chromium
 contamination in ground water and surface water.  The area is totally
 dependent upon ground water  for  drinking supplies.

      The State has issued numerous directives  to the  company  since 1970.
 In 1972, the State condemned Newfield Borough Well  K2A due to chromium
 contamination.  The company  is under a  State directive to prepare a
 detailed proposal for decontaminating ground water.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is planning a remedial  investigation/feasi-
 bility study to determine the type and  extent of contamination at the
 site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     351

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          SOUTH BRJNSVffiCK LANHFILL
                       South Brunswick,  New Jersey

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982):   The South Brunswick Landfill
covers 68 acres in a rural  residential area  in South Brunswick, New
Jersey.  The privately-owned site,  now closed, consists of bo mounds
separated by a small stream that  is a tributary of Heathcote Brook .  EPA
has found that both ground  water  and  surface water are contaminated with
various chemicals, including vinyl  chloride, toluene, benzene, and heavy
metals.  There are private  water  wells within 3 miles of the site.

     Status (July 1983);  Under the terms of a Consent Order with EPA,
the owner is currently cleaning up the site.

       Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 198*! V / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      352

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund">
                                SPFNCE FARM
                       Plumstead Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (Octoher 19B]):  Spence Farm occupies 5 acres
 in Plumstead Township, Ocean County, New Jersey.  The site, a  working
 farm, is flat, dropping off into a marshy, wooded floodplain.  The
 population in the area relies en ground  voter for drinking water and
 surface water for irrigation.  Between 1963 and 1970, drums and  free-
 flowing liquids were dumped off the edge of the field into the floodplain,
 then covered over.  A limited investigation by the State  found a number
 of organic and inorganic pollutants in ground water and surface  water,
 and organic pollutants in air.

      The Spence Farm, Friedman Property, Goose Farm, and  Pijak Farm  (the
 so-called "Plumstead Sites") are within  a 2-mile radius.

      Status (July 1983):  In September 1982,  EPA awarded  a 52,538,000
 Cooperative Agreement to New Jersey.  Under the agreement, $288,000 is
 being used on a feasibility study to evaluate various alternative methods
 for excavating the waste and disposing of it.  The study  is scheduled to
 be completed in the second quarter of 1984.  The remaining 52,250,000 is
 to design and implement the alternative  selected.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:   R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     353

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                          SfcDPF OIL & CHEMICAL CO.
                           Pennsauken, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (July 19B2):  Swope oil & Chemical Co. is one
 of many companies in an industrial complex north of Pennsauken, New
 Jersey.  Problems at the site include contaminated soil; an unlined lagoon
 containing various hydrocarbons, phenols, and metals; and approximately
 150-250 deteriorated and leaking drums.  Adjacent to the drum storage area
 are about 16 3,000- to 20,000-gallon storage tanks surrounded by a 10-
 inch earth dike.  The contaminated area covers about 1 acre.  A municipal
 well is located about 1,000 feet from the site.  Past State inspections
 indicate that spills probably have occurred and entered storm sewers via
 drainage ditches along the north and southeast sides of the property.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
 the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
 at the site.  EPA is planning a remedial investigation to determine the
 type and extent of contamination at the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: v R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     354

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCUA)("Superfund")
                               SYNCONS RESINS
                          South Kearny, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (July 1982);  Syncon Resins once manufactured
 paints, varnishes, and resins on a 5-acre site in South Kearny, Hudson
 County, New Jersey.  The company closed in 1981 and declared bankruptcy.
 The site is situated within a coastal wetland management area and is
 bordered on the west by the Passaic River, a tidal waterway.  About 11,000
 55-gallon drums are stored in warehouses and also in the open on the
 ground.  Analyses indicate that many drums contain hazardous susbtances.
 tteny are volatile and flammable, posing the threat of air pollution and
 fire.  Some drums have rusted, spilling their contents onto the soil.
 Several bulk storage tanks suspected of containing hazardous substances
 are also on the site.  Two unlined ponds used for subsurface disposal of
 process waste contain hazardous organics.  A large amount of soil is
 contaminated, and ground water is contaminated with organic chemicals,
 including benzene, PCBs, and toluene.

      Status (July 1983);  In December 1982, EPA awarded a 82,115,000
 Cooperative Agreement to New Jersey for (1) an initial remedial measure
 involving removal of surface drums and (2) a long-term feasibility study
 to fill any gaps in the information on ground water and to identify
 alternatives for remedial action at the site.  The work is scheduled to
 be completed in the first quarter of 1984.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     355

-------
National Priorities Ust Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 lCERCLA)("Supeffund"l
                            TABERNACLE DRUM DUMP
                      Tabernacle Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Tabernacle  drum  Dump
 covers 1 acre In a farmland and wooded area in Tabernacle Township,
 Burlington County, New Jersey.  In 1977, 120 55-gallon drums  and several
 5-gallon pails of solvents, paint, and paint sludges were dropped  off
 trucks, with the resident's permission, for a fee of S2 .00 per drum.

      The State has found toluene and ethyl benzene in drums.  Several
 have rusted and released their contents.  Carbon tetrachloride is
 present in soil en the site, according to the State.

      There is the potential to contaminate ground water serving 6,000
 residents.

      Status (June 1984):  Cn Feb. 17, 1984, EPA issued a unilateral
 A3ministrative Order under CERCLA Section 106 to one of the responsible
 parties.  The order requires the party to remove the drums and start a
 ground water monitoring program.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     356

-------
 National Priorities List Site

 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              0 .S . RADIUM CORP .
                              (irange. New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  U £ . Radium Corp.  formerly
 processed radium on a 1-acre site in the highly populated area  of Orange,
 Essex  County, New Jersey.  Seven commercial/industrial buildings are
 currently on  the site.  From 1915 through 1926, the company processed 0.5
 tons of ore per day and disposed of the processed ore on-site.   These
 data indicate that 1,600 tons of wastes were dumped on the site.  The
 State  has  found radon and its decay products in the air in concentrations
 considered  excessive.  In addition, radiation levels in areas around the
 property are  greater than normal.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
 the Site.   Tt will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984;  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      357

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                 UNIVERSAL OIL PRODUCTS (CHEMICAL DIVISION)
                        Fast Rutherford,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December  1982);   Universal Oil  Products
 (Chemical Division) once  manufactured specialty chemicals on an 85-acre
 site in East Rutherford,  Bergen County,  New Jersey.  The company razed
 the plant in 1980.  fo&ste solvents and solid chemical wastes were dumped
 into two unlined lagoons, which were  later filled in.  Surface water,
 ground water, and a large quantity of soils  are contaminated.  Ground
 water provides process cooling water  to  industry and drinking water to
 residents of Kallington Township.

      The site is in the coastal wetland  management area of  the Hackensak
 River Basin.  It is bordered on the southeast by Berry's Creek; one of
 its tributaries, Ackerman's Creek, passes through the site.  Berry's
 Creek joins the Ffeckensack River about 3.5 miles downstream.  Surface
 waters are used for recreation .

      Status (July 1983);   The  State issued an Administrative Order and
 Directive Letter to the site owners to conduct a remedial investigation .

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     358

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supeitund")
                 UPPER DEERFIELD TOWNSHIP SANITARY IANCFILL
                    Upper Dserfield Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Upper Deerfield Town-
 ship Sanitary landfill is an active 14-acre sanitary landfill operated by
 Upper Deerfield Township in a rural area of Cumberland County, New Jersey.
 On-site monitoring wells and five private hells are contaminated with
 mercury and chlorinated solvents, according to analyses conducted by the
 State.  The wells tap the Cohansey Aquifer, the major source of drinking
 water for the area.  The contamination is traveling south toward other
 residential wells.  There are no substantiated reports of hazardous
 material being disposed of at the landfill, so the amount and sources
 remain unknown.  Further contamination of the aquifer is of concern .

      The State and local health department advised affected residents not
 to drink their water and are monitoring other homes in the immediate area
 for signs of contamination .

      Status (Jine 1984);  The state is negotiating with the township for
 cleanup of the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     359

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                             VENTRON/VELSICOL
                      Wbod-Ridge Borough, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing  (September  1983);  The Ventron/Velsicol  Site
was a chemical-processing operation from before  1953 until  it closed  in
1974.  The site is on 19 acres bordering Berry's Creek and  the Hackensack
Meadowlands in Wxd-Ridge Borough, Bergen County, New Jersey.  The  region
is densely populated and industrialized.  Heavy  metals are  leaving  the
site in ground water and air, threatening extensive wetlands  and a  very
large population, according to the State.  There is also a  significant
direct contact hazard from  wastes dumped on  the  ground.

     The State filed suit in 1976 against the company seeking a judgment
of liability and funds to clean up the site. The Chancery  Division found
for the State in 1979.  Following appeal by  the  defendants, the Appellate
Division found for the State in 1981 .  The case  is now before the Supreme
Court of New Jersey.

   The State is considering various remedial actions; costs are expected
to be at least $4 million.

     Status (June 1984);  EPA is planning a  remedial investigation/feasi-
bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
site and identify alternatives for remedial  action.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     360

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Supeffund')
                        VINELAND CHEMICAL CO., INC.
                            Vineland, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Vineland Chemical Co.,
 Inc., has manufactured arsenic-based herbicides since before 1966 on 26
 acres in suburban Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey.  Prior to
 1977, the company stored byproduct arsenic salts in open piles and
 chicken coops.  As a result, contaminated ground water and run-off have
 entered the Blackwater Branch of the Maurice River, according to the
 State.  The area is highly dependent upon ground water for drinking
 supplies.

      In 1979,  the company, under a State Administrative Order, began
 operating a  ground water decontamination system and currently recycles
 all  its process water in a closed system.  Under an Administrative
 Consent Order  in EBcember 1981,  the company maintains an 11-well grouid
 water monitoring system.  However, the decontamination system can treat
 cnly 25,000  to 35,000 gallons of ground water per day, while an estimated
 600,000 gallons leave the site daily.

      Status  (June 1984);  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasi-
 bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
 site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      361

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                           VINELAND STATE SCHOOL
                            Vineland, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Vineland State School in
 Vineland, Cumberland County, New Jersey,  operated an  unregulated incinerator
 and landfill for disposal of its waste.   Between  the  1950s and mid-1960s,
 6,000 to 8,000 quart cans of mercury-based pesticide  were dumped in a pit
 near the incinerator.  The incinerator has since been disassembled, and
 the pit filled and graded.  The landfill  is also reported to contain
 pesticides.  The hares nearest  to  the  dump depend on  the Cohansey Aquifer
 for water.

      Status (July 19B3)t  The state has  installed three monitoring wells,
 which detected arsenic above the water quality  standard.  The State has
 discovered three additional disposal areas at  the school:  another
 pesticide dump, an area where PCBs  from  the school's  transformers were
 dumped, and an old landfill.  Analyses of soils near  the spill detected
 10 to 67 parts per million PCBs.  The  State is  also sampling three of the
 eight private wells on the site.

      EPA is preparing a remedial plan  outlining the investigations needed
 to determine the full extent of cleanup  required at the site.  It will
 guide further actions at  the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     362

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuperfund")
                      W. R. GRACE & CO. (WAYNE PLANT)
                         Vfeyne Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  W .R. Grace & Co . extracted
 thorium and rare earths from monazite ore on a 6 ,5-acre site in Jteyne
 Township, Passaic County, New Jersey, from 1948 to 1971 .  First the
 operation was under the supervision of Rare Earth, Inc., and then Havison
 Chemical, a division of WJ?. Grace.  Grace ceased processing monazite ore
 in  1971 and amended its license to cover only storage of radioactive
 materials.

      The company and its consultant decontaminated the site in 1974, and
 in  1975 the 0 ,S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission released the site for
 unrestricted use provided the land deed indicated that radioactive
 material was buried on the property .  The waste consists of residues from
 processing monazite ore and from the decontamination.  An aerial survey
 performed by EPA in May 1981 indicated elevated radiation levels at the
 plant site and an area to the west.  As a result of extensive soil
 contamination,  the overburden covering the waste disposal area on the
 site may be insufficient to prevent further movement of the contaminated
 soil  by run-off.

      Status (June 1984):  The 0 .S. Department of Energy is addressing
 the site under  a S2 million appropriation as part of its Formerly
 Utilized Site Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP) .

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     363

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             WILLIAMS PROPERTY
                            Swain ton, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Williams Property is an
 abandoned waste dump covering 5.6 acres in a rural-agricultural region of
 Swainton, Cape May County, New Jersey.  The property is near coastal
 wetlands and wildlife management areas.  Surface water bodies are used
 for recreation, while aquifers supply water for about 60 percent of  the
 population of Cape May County.

      The State drilled and sampled monitoring wells on the site.  Analyses
 revealed high concentrations of toxic and highly volatile organics.  The
 shallow Holly Beach Aquifer has been polluted by the dumping, confirmed
 by records, of about 225 drums of liquid hazardous wastes in 1979 .   During
 initial inspections, the State observed heavy organic odors, extensive
 soil contamination, and damaged vegetation.  The State removed about
 1,200 cubic yards of contaminated soil and transported it to the Browning-
 Ferris Industries landfill in Glen Burnie, Maryland.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
 the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
 at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     364

-------
 National Priorities List She
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1960 (CERCLAX'Supertund'l
                                WILSON FARM
                       Plumstead Township,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (September 1983);   The Wilson Farm site covers
 438 acres in Plumstead Township, New Jersey.   It is one of seven "Plum-
 stead" sites in Ocean and Monmouth Counties,  of which four were placed en
 the National Priorities List in September  1983.  All sites are within a
 20-square-roile rural fanning area.  The  site  was used for the disposal of
 620 cubic yards of contaminated soil and hazardous materials during the
 late 1960s and early 1970s. In September  1980, the State removed the
 contaminated soil and hazardous materials,  but surface water and ground
 water are still threatened.

      Status (June 1984);  EPA  is considering  various alternatives for the
 site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     365

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAK'Superfund'l'
                         WOODLAND ROUTE 532 DUMP
                      Woodland Township, New Jersey

     Conditions at  listing  (September 1983):  The Woodland Route 532 Dump
covers about 35 acres of relatively flat land in Woodland Township in
rural Burlington County, New Jersey.   In the early 1960s, the owner
accepted wastes from several chemical manufacturers for open burning,
dumping, and burial of drummed and bulk chemical wastes.  This location
came into use after complaints from nearby residents forced abandonment
of a nearly identical site  along Route 72.  On-site are several sludge
mounds, numerous sandy depressions containing drums, and a pond filled
with thick oil.  Sampling by the State and EPA indicates heavy contami-
nation with organic solvents,  heavy metals, and suspected carcinogens.
These materials threaten ground water, surface water, and air, and show
potential for harm  through  direct contact.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA  is planning a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at
the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      366

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supeffund")
                           WOODLAND ROUTE 72 DUMP
                       Woodland Tonship, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Wbodland Route 72 Dump
occupies about 15 acres of relatively flat land in Wbodland Township in
rural Burlington County, New Jersey.  During the 1950s, the owner accepted
hastes from several chemical rranufacturers for open burning, dumping,
and burial  of drummed and bulk chemical wastes.  The site closed in 1959.
On-site are several sludge mounds/ numerous sandy depressions containing
drums, and  a pond filled with thick oil .  Sampling by the State and EPA
indicates heavy contamination with organic solvents, heavy metals, and
suspected carcinogens.  These materials threaten ground water, surface
water, and  air, and show potential for harm through direct contact.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasi-
bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
site and  identify alternatives for remedial action.

         Response category / Cleanup status cede, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     367

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                   New Mexico (NM)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                               AT&SF (CLOVIS)
                             Clovis, New Mexico

      Conditions at listing  (October 1981);  The Atehison, Topeka, and
 Santa Fe Railway  (AT&SF) has conducted  switchyard and car repair
 activities in Clovis, New Mexico, since the early 1900s.  Activities over
 the past 30 years have included hashing of hopper cars and refueling of
 locomotives.  Vfeste water from the  various operations discharges to a
 nearby playa lake, a potential source of contamination of the underlying
 aquifer.  In addition, diesel oil from  fueling operations at the site has
 been found atop the aquifer, which  supplies drinking  water to Clovis.

      Status (July 1983);  EPA has requested that the  company determine
 the extent of contamination at the  site and develop any  needed remedial
 program.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      369

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH"Superfund")
                            HOMESTAKE MINING CO.
                             Milan, New Mexico

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  The Homestake Mining Co.  has
 operated a uranium mill near Milan, New Mexico, since 1958 .  Seepage  from
 two large tailings pcnds on the site has contaminated a shallow aquifer
 that provides water to residents in several downgradient subdivisions.
 The water is unsafe for drinking and cooking,

      Status (July 1983);  The State is requiring the company to undertake
 long-terra restoration of the aquifer through a Ground water Discharge
 Plan .  The company is collecting contaminated water in the shallow aquifer
 in wells and is injecting water from a deeper uncontaminated aquifer  in
 an effort to flush and iwprove the quality of the contaminated shallow
 aquifer.

      EPA negotiated with the company to supply an alternate source of
 drinking voter for residents of the subdivisions.  A Consent EBcree signed
 in June 1983 provides for extension of the village of Milan public water
 system to the subdivisions,  under terms of the decree, Homestake will
 pay for extension of the system and hookup of individual residences,  as
 veil as monthly water charges for 10 years.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V P / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      370

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                SOUTH VALLEY
                          Albuquerque, New Mexico

      Conditions at listing (July 1982);  The South Valley Site covers
 about 2 square miles of Albuquerque, New Mexico.  In 1979,  veils  in  the
 San Jose well field became contaminated by organic compounds,  forcing
 closing of one private veil and two Albuquerque  municipal wells.
 Numerous sources are suspected of contributing to the  problem.

      This is the top priority site in New Mexico.

      Status (July 1983);  The State, with a grant of SRO,200 made
 available through the Clean tfcter Act, is attempting to determine the
 extent of ground water pollution and possible specific sources of the
 contaminants.  In addition, EPA is evaluating methods  of  restoring the
 capacity of the Albuquerque wells lost due to contamination .

      EPA is starting a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type and extent of contamination at the  site  and identify
 alternatives for remedial action .

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October  1984;  R  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      371

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                            UNITED NUCLEAR CORP .
                          Church Rock, New Mexico

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  United Nuclear Corp.  has
 operated a  uranium null on a 640-acre site near Church Rock, New  Mexico
 (approximately 17 miles northeast of Callup) since May 1977.  Tailings
 from the mill  are deposited in a large impoundment on-site.  A break in
 the tailings dam in 1979 released 93 million gallons of tailing fluid
 to the Rio  Puerco River.  Subsequently, seepage from the impoundment
 contaminated the Upper Gallup aquifer in the vicinity of the pond.

      Status (July 1983);  New Mexico is requiring the company to address
 ground water contamination through a Ground Water Discharge Plan. For
 the State to approve the plan, it must include monitoring of ground water
 around the  site, a program to control the migration of contaminants, and
 neutralization of the contents of the impoundment.  The plan has not yet
 been approved.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      372

-------
National Prioritim List Site                                      New York (NY)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAM"Supeffund")
                         AMERICAN THERM3STAT CO.
                           South Cairo, New York

     Conditions at  listing (December  1982):   The  American Thermostat Co.
Site covers 100 acres  in South Cairo, New York.  The firm dumped sludge
containing trichloroethylene  (TCE) on its property from 1968 until the
spring of 1981.  In 1981,  local officials discovered that surface water,
sewer outfalls, on-site soils, and domestic wells dcwngradient of the
site were contaminated with TCE.  Residents in  the affected area were
advised not to drink or cook  with their well water.   American Thermostat
is supplying them with bottled water.  Over 5,000 people within 3 miles
of the site use ground water  as drinking  water.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed  to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.

     The State has  started legal action against the company.

         Response category /  Cleanup  status code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     373

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAM Supertund )
                              BATAVIA LANDFILL
                             Batavia, New York

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Batavia Landfill covers
21 acres  near Batavia, Genesee County, New York.  It is owned and operated
by the Town of Batavia.  In the past, industrial wastes, including
magnesium sludges, chromium hydroxide sludges, spent solvents, and oils,
were disposed of at the site.  Run-off from the site has been observed
entering  Galloway Swamp, a protected wetland adjacent to the site.
Ground water appears to be the greatest concern due to the potential
contamination of an underlying aquifer which supplies drinking water to
about  6,500 people within 3 miles of the site.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasibility
study  to  determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and
to identify alternatives for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      374

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH "Superfund")
                            BREWSTER WELL  FIELD
                          Putnam County, New York

      Conditions at listing (December  1982):   The Brewster Well Field
 serves the Village of Brewster in Putnam  County, New York.  Volatile
 halogenated organic chemicals from  an unknown source contaminate 18
 shallow wells.  Two emergency wells show  a  rise in trichloroethylene.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing  a remedial plan outlining the
 investigations needed to determine  the full  extent of cleanup required at
 the site.  EPA and the State are negotiating a Cooperative Agreement for
 a  remedial investigation/feasibility  study  to determine the type and
 extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
 action.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      375

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAH'Supeftund')
                          FACET ENTERPRISES,  INC.
                              Elmira, New York

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981);   Facet Enterprises, Inc.,
manufactures motor  components on a  31-acre site in Elmira,  New York.  On-
site are numerous discrete  areas including waste pits,  lagoons, and
surface dumps.  Wastes known  to have been disposed of at the site include
cyanide salts, heavy metal  sludges, spent solvents, and various quenching
and cutting oils.   Heavy metals and PCBs have been detected in the soil,
and trichloroethylene  (TCE) and other  volatile organics in  on-site drainage
ditches that flow into nearby creeks.  Ground water appears to be the
contamination route of major  concern.  TCE has been detected at Facet's
process well about  2,000  feet east  of  the site and at the Elmira Water
Board's Sullivan Street Well  about  2 miles south.  The  site is adjacent
to a residential area and is  less than 200 feet from the nearest house.

     Status (July 1983):  Facet has entered  into an administrative order
on consent with EPA to study  hydrogeologic conditions at the site.  The
study is scheduled  to be  completed  in  the fourth quarter of 1983.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      376

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund )
                              FULTON TERMINALS
                              Fulton, New York

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):   The Fulton Terminals Site
covers 2 acres adjacent  to the Oswego River  in Fulton, New York.  It has
been alleged  that up to  31,000 gallons of waste oils and sludges have
been stored in tanks on  the site,  which is now inactive.  In recent years,
the State has supervised removal of some wastes by the owner.  All but
5,000 gallons of  sludge  were removed and transported to an approved
disposal site.

     The State has  detected PCBs on-site.  EPA sampled surface water
sediment around a discharge pipe that was once connected to one of the
storage tanks.  Analyses verified  a number of contaminants associated with
waste oil.  At present,  the source of contaminants cannot be proved using
analytical methods.   The site is unfenced and easily accessible.

     Status (July 1983);   EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full  extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will  guide further actions at  the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      377

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                GENERAL MOTORS  (CENTRAL FOUNDRY DIVISION)
                            ffassena,  New York

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983);  The General  Motors (Central
Foundry Division) Site is a 165-acre  aluminum casting facility on the
St. Lawrence River,  in Massena,  St. Lawrence County,  New York.  The site
contains two areas that have received an  estimated 30,000  cubic yards of
PCB-contaminated sludges generated from recycling of  hydraulic oil
formerly used in the plant's machinery.  A portion of the  waste lies
below  the water table.  An additional 9,000 gallons of contaminated oil
are stored in an abandoned pump  house.  Analyses by the State  indicate
that ground water and surface water are contaminated  en the site.  Run-
off is towards the Raquette River, St. Lawrence River, and the St. Regis
Indian Reservation; all are about 1,000 feet from the site. The
company's response to an information  reguest letter indicates  there are
other areas of concern at the facility.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA and the State are planning a remedial
investigation/feasibility study  to determine the type and  extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      378

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                                 GE fOREAU
                         South Glen Falls, New York

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The General Electric Co.
Moreau  Site,  also known as Caputo Landfill, covers 40 acres  in  South Glen
Falls,  Saratoga County, New York.  Wastes are scattered over the entire
site.   Also on the site are a small evaporation lagoon and a drum disposal
area.   Liquid PCB wastes were dumped into the lagoon, previously an open
sand pit.  Soil in the drum disposal area, which holds about 100 drums,
is contaminated.  Numerous private drinking wells and the public wells
for Fort Edwards are in the area.  Due to chemical contamination, treatment
units have been installed in private wells south of the site.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required  at
the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      379

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)l"Superfund")
                             HOOKER (HYDE PARK)
                          Niagara Falls,  New York

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  Hooker's Hyde Park landfill
covers 16 acres in  Niagara  Falls,  Niagara County, New York, only a few
blocks east of a 500-home residential community.  About 80,000 tons of
chemical wastes were dumped at this site, owned by Occidental Chemicals
Corp. (OCC—formerly known  as  Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corp.).  The
wastes include hexachlorocyclopentadiene (C-56), trichlorophenols, and
chlorinated benzofluorides.

     Monitoring data show that surface water and ground water have been
contaminated by wastes  leaching from this landfill.  Dioxin has been
found in the sediment taken from Bloody  Run creek, which drains the site.
This creek runs through the residential  community and discharges into the
Niagara River gorge.

     On Januaary 19, 1981,  the Federal and State governments and OCC
signed a Consent Decree.  This agreement, which became effective on July
1, 1982, specifies  the  process by  which  OCC will remedy the problems at
the site, maintain  these  remedies, and ensure that they remain effective.

     Status (July 1983):  Hooker is currently implementing the measures
specified in the consent  agreement.

     Response category  /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: V R S / 0
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Prpgrpm
                                      380

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEBCLAM'Superfund")
                              HOOKER (S-AREA)
                          Niagara Falls,  New York

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  Hooker's S-Area Landfill
covers 8 acres on the  Buffalo Avenue Plant in Niagara Falls, Niagara
County, New York.   The plant is owned by Occidental Chemicals Corp.
(OCC—formerly known as Hooker Chemicals and Plastics Corp).  From 1947
to 1975, OCC dumped about 65,000 tons of inorganic and organic wastes at
S-Area, which is built on partially reclaimed land from the Niagara
River.  These wastes include:  bexachlorobutadiene (C-46), hexachlorccyclo-
pentadiene (C-56),  chlorinated benzenes, chlorinated toluenes, tri-
chlorophenols, benzene, and toluene.

     Both surface water and ground  water are contaminated.   Chemicals
have migrated through  the bedrock and overburden to adjacent areas.
Traces of S-Area chemicals  have been detected in the finished drinking
water from Niagara  Falls' water treatment plant, which is about 200 yards
east of S-Area.  This  plant serves  77,000 people.  Contaminated run-off
and ground water flow  into  the Niagara  River.

     The Department of Justice, on  behalf of EPA, has brought a Federal
civil action against OCC  seeking injunctive relief.

     Status (July 1983):  To alleviate the threat to drinking water,
the city has closed the contaminated main intake tunnel and put an
emergency tunnel into  service.

     In June 1983,  EPA allocated a  first installment of $700,000 for a
remedial investigation/feasibility  study to determine the type and extent
of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
action.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     381

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                          HOOKER (102ND STREET)
                         Niagara Falls,  New York

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982):  The Hooker portion of the
102nd Street landfill covers 16  acres east  of Griffon Park  in Niagara
Falls, Niagara County, New  York.  Fran  1943 to 1975,  Occidental Chemicals
Corp.  (formerly known as Hooker Chemicals  and Plastics Corp.) dumped
approximately 23,000 tons of chemical waste at the site,  including
hexachlorocyclohexanes, organic  phosphates, chlorinated hydrocarbons
(including chlorinated benzenes  and toluenes), benzyl chloride, benzoyl,
and acids.

     Both surface water and ground water are contaminated.   The point
where wastes have leached into the Niagara  River is about 2.8 miles
upstream of the intake tunnels for Niagara  Falls'  water treatment plant,
which serves about 77,000 people.  Besides  contamination of the river and
the city's drinking water supply, the other major  concern is the
contamination of Lake Erie.

     The Department of Justice,  on behalf of EPA,  has brought a Federal
civil action seeking injunctive  relief  against parties  potentially
responsible for wastes associated with  the  site.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is planning a remedial  investigation/feasibility
study to determine the type and  extent  of contamination at  the site and
identify alternatives for remedial action.

       Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     382

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supeffund")
                             HUDSON RIVEP PCBS
                           Hudson River, New York

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):   The Hudson River PCBs Site
 is  a 40-mile stretch of the Hudson River between Mechanicville and Fort
 Bd*ard,  New York.  General Electric Co. discharged an estimated 1.1
 million  pounds of PCBs into this stretch of river.  The State has identi-
 fied 40  "hot spots," defined as sediments contaminated with greater than
 50  parts per million (ppm) of PCBs.  Also included in the site are five
 "remnant" areas, which are river sediments exposed when the level of the
 river was lowered due to removal of the Fort  Edward Dam.  The State has
 taken initial measures to stabilize the remnant areas from erosion.

      In  September 1980, Congress passed an amendment to the Clean Vteter
 Act (CWA) that included the Hudson River PCB  Reclamation Demonstration
 Project,  under this legislation, the EPA Administrator could authorize a
 75  percent grant, not to exceed S20 million.   EPA issued a final Envircn-
 mental Impact Statement in October 1982 evaluating various dredging
 alternatives for a demonstration project.  EPA has prepared a feasibility
 study to evaluate alternative remedial  actions under CERCLA.  The
 Administrator has determined that CERCLA funds may be used for remedial
 action at the remnant areas and for evaluating the effectiveness of the
 water supply system at fcfeterford, New York .

      Status (June 1984);   EPA has completed a  draft feasibility study
 identifying alternatives for remedial action.   A search for parties
 potentially responsible for wastes associated  with the  site has been
 completed,  and EPA has sent letters to two potentially responsible
 parties  notifying them of  possible legal  action under CERCLA.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     383

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act ot 1980 ICERCLAM'Supettund')
                        KENTUCKY AVENUE WELL FIELD
                           Horseheads,  New York

     Conditions at  listing  (July 1982):  The  Kentucky Avenue Well Field
in Horseheads, New  York,  is  part of the Elraira Water Board system, which
supplies water to over 60,000 residents in Elimira, Elmira Heights, and
Horseheads, New York.   In September 1980, the well field was closed
because it was contaminated  with trichloroethylene.  Private water wells
believed to be in the  same aquifer, including an industrial well serving
Facet Enterprises,  Inc.,  were also contaminated.  The Elmira Water Board
is using temporary  alternative water supplies instead of the Kentucky
Avenue Wells.

     Pour known disposal  sites operated in the area in the 1940s and
1950s; the source of ground  water contamination, however, is unclear.
EPA detected metals, phthalates, and tetrachloroethylene in surface water
upgradient of the well field.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA has conducted an initial evaluation of the
need for remedial action  at  the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      384

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CEflClA)("Superfund")
                                LOVE CANAL
                         Niagara  Palls, New York

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):   Love Canal  is a 16-acre
landfill in the southeast corner  of the City of Niagara Palls,  New York,
about 0.3 miles north of the Niagara River,  in the 1890s,  a canal was
excavated to provide hydroelectric power.   Instead,  it  was later used by
Hooker Electrochemical  for  disposal of over 21,000 tons of various
chemical wastes.  Dumping ceased  in 1952.   In 1953,  the disposal area
was covered and deeded  to the Niagara Falls Board of Education.   Extensive
development occurred near the site, including construction of an elementary
school and numerous hones.

     Problems with odors and residues, first reported at the site during
the 1960s, increased in the 1970s as the water table rose, bringing
contaminated ground water to the  surface.   Studies indicate that numerous
toxic chemicals have migrated into surrounding areas.  Run-off  drains
into the Niagara River  at a point 2.8 miles upstream of the intake tunnels
for Niagara Falls' water treatment plant, which serves  about 77,000
people.  At this dicharge points, the river sediment has also become
contaminated.

     Between 1977 and 1980, New York State  and the Federal government
spent about $45 million at  the site: $30 million for relocation of
residents and health testing, $11 million for environmental studies,  and
$4 million for a demonstration grant (under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act) to build  a leachate collection and treatment system.

     Status (July 1983):  A study completed in 1982  recommended as the
long-term solution construction of a slurry wall and cap to contain
ground water in the site.

     In July  1982, EPA awarded a $6,995,000 Cooperative Agreement to
New York for (1) construction of  a slurry wall and cap, (2)  four
feasibility studies, and (3) a long-term monitoring study to determine
seasonal variations in  ground water levels  and leaching.  In September
1982, $892,800 were added to (1)  demolish the school, (2)  install a
synthetic membrane over a temporary clay cap,  and (3) erect a fence.
Construction of the slurry  wall and cap is  scheduled to be completed in
the fourth quarter of 1983, and the feasibility studies in the  third
quarter of 1983.

     The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA,  has brought a Federal
civil action seeking injunctive relief against parties  potentially
responsible for wastes  associated with the  site.

     Response category / Cleanup  status code,  October 1984:  R F S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     385

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Supertund")
                            LUDLOW SAND 5, GRAVEL
                            Clayville, New York

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Ludlow Sand & Gravel Site
 is  an  active landfill of about 5 acres in Clayville, just south  of Utica,
 New York.  The owner has accepted various industrial wastes  (including
 PCBs,  solvents, and heavy metals) and municipal wastes.  A portion of the
 site is uncovered.  Debris is washing down into a swamp, and leachate is
 running into a State-protected wetland.  Surface water is contaminated
 with PCBs.   The site is not fenced.  The nearest residence is about 0.5
 miles  frcm the site and uses a private well.

     Status  (July 1983):  The Town of Paris, New York, is suing  to force
 Ludlow to stop all dumping at the site.

     EPA is  preparing a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed
 to  determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It  will
 guide  further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      386

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfuntl"
                           MARATHON BATTERY CORP.
                           Cold Springs, New York

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1981);  The Marathon Battery Corp.
Site is  in Cold  Springs,  New York.  The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
built a  plant  at Foundry  Cove by the Hudson River in 1953 to make nickel-
cadmium  batteries.   In the 1960s, the plant was sold to a private firm
and then resold  to  another firm that manufactures airplane batteries.
From 1953 to 1959,  plant  wastes containing cadmium were dumped at the
edge of  a marshy area that leads into the Hudson River.  As early 1966,
the State cited  the plant for its discharges and ordered it to clean up
its emissions.

     Analyses  of discharge areas revealed concentrations of over 60,000
parts per million (ppm) cadmium, with values of about 1,000 ppm in the
surrounding  land.   In an  attempt to correct the problem, the company
dredged  the  outfall site.   As a result, the cadmium is new spread over the
bottom of the  cove  at concentrations of about 1,000 ppn.  While the
cadmium  remains  largely localized, the tides that sweep in and out of the
cove daily are slowly flushing the cadmium into the Hudson River.  The
dredged  cadmium-containing material has been placed in an underground
vault on the Marathon Battery site.

     Within  3 miles of the site, the Gordon School, the Post Road Mobile
Home Park, and a number of residences are served by ground water.
No other source  of  drinking water is available.

     Status  (July 1983):   The State and EPA are negotiating a Cooperative
Agreement for  a  remedial  investigation/feasibility study to determine the
type and  extent  of  contamination at the site and identify alternatives
for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      387

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAICSuperfund"
                           MERCURY REFINING, INC.
                             Colonie, New York

     Conditions  at  Isiting (December 1982);  Mercury Refining,  Inc.,
processes  industrial wastes to reclaim mercury in Colonie,  New  York,  near
the Albany City  boundary.   On the property is a 0.5-acre dumping area
littered with  thousands of cases of miniature silver-mercury batteries.
Tests indicate the  waste is at least 3 feet deep.  The site is  adjacent
to Patron Creek,  a  tributary to the Hudson River, which feeds the Three
Mile Water Works, an alternate water supply for Albany.  Stream sediments
have high concentrations of heavy metals, including mercury,  as well  as
PCBs.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan  outlining  the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It  will  guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      388

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                           NIAGARA COUNTY REFUSE
                            Wheatfield, New York

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Niagara County Refuse
 Site is  an inactive 50-acre landfill in Wheatfield, New York.  The  land-
 fill was operated by the county from 1968 until 1976.  Large  amounts of
 industrial waste chemicals are alleged to have been buried on the site.
 Analyses of leachate and sediments detected PCBs, chlorinated organics,
 and  heavy metals.  Contaminated run-off flows into the Black Creek  and
 into the Niagara River about 5 miles upstream fron the water  intake that
 helps supply water to the 77,000 residents of Niagara Falls.  Organic
 vapors are ccming frcm the site, which is within 0.3 miles of private
 residences.

      Status (July 1983):  EPA conducted a hydrogeological investigation
 of the site in April 1983.  Results are pending.  EPA plans to perform
 any  other studies needed to determine the extent of contamination.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     389

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERClAH'SuperfurKl")
                          OLD BETHPAGE LANDFILL
                           Oyster Bay, New York

     Conditions at listing (October  1981):   Old Bethpage Landfill covers
2 acres in Oyster Bay, Nassau County,  New York.  It is inactive, but is
within an active sanitary landfill complex.  The area around the site,
with the exception of Bethpage State Park to the south, is fairly well
developed with residences and industrial facilities.

     Oyster Bay began operating  the  Old Bethpage Landfill in 1957,
primarily for disposing  incinerator  residue.  In 1967, the town began
accepting garbage and trash  and  allowing home owners to dump trash.  From
1968 through 1978, liquid and solid  industrial process wastes and damaged
drums containing organic residues were disposed of at the site.
In 1978, Oyster Bay applied  to the state for a permit to operate a
sanitary landfill.  Since then,  the  only industrial waste disposed of at
the landfill has been metal  hydroxide  sludges.  The exact location of
the hazardous wastes is  unknown  because they were deposited with other
wastes throughout the landfill over  10 years.

     There is no surface water near  the site.   However, there are several
ground water recharge basins used to dispose of scrubber water from
incinerators.  The site, as  is all of  Long Island, is located above the
Magothy Aquifer, which supplies  many public wells.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA has prepared a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

        Response category /  Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: V S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      390

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                              CLEAN WELL FIELD
                              Clean, New York

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Clean Well Field is within
both the Town and City of Clean, Cattaraugus County, New York.  The
1-square mile site contains three public water supply wells and numerous
private wells, in addition to municipal and industrial dumps.  Excessive
levels  of  trichloroethylene (TCE) were discovered in public wells  in late
1980.   Several suspected sources of contamination have been identified.
Olean now  gets its drinking water tram a nearby well field and from
surface water, which must be treated in an aging filtration plant.
Private wells continue to draw water from the contaminated aquifer.

     Status  (July 1983):  In January 1982, $25,000 in CBRCLA emergency
funds were used to install carbon filters in 16 hones and businesses
with contaminated wells.  The county maintains and operates the filters.
Since late 1981, EPA has approved $632,000 (seme of it under a Cooperative
Agreement) for a remedial investigation to determine the extent and type
of  contamination at the site and a feasibility study to identify alterna-
tives for  remedial action.  The work, scheduled to begin in the third
quarter of 1983, includes a modeling of the aquifer system to identify
source  (si of contamination.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     391

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act ol 1980 (CEHCLAH'Supertund')
                     POLLUTION  ABATEMENT SERVICES (PAS)
                             Oswego, New York

     Conditions at  listing  (October  1982):   Pollution Abatement Services
 (PAS), now bankrupt, operated  a  liquid waste incineration facility just
 east of Oswego, New York, frcm 1970  through 1976,  when it was closed by
 the State.  Remaining on the 15-acre site were  toxic,  flammable, and
 explosive wastes, including off-specification polymer gels,  plating wastes,
 metals sludges, paint wastes,  and  laboratory chemicals.   The wastes were
 in 15,000 drums,  in lagoons, and in  six surface and buried storage tanks.
 Ground water  is polluted, as is  surface water,  which discharges into Lake
 Ontario approximately 1 mile frcm  Oswego's  drinking water intake.

     Between  1977 and 1981, EPA, with  $2.1  million made  available under
 Section 311 of the  Clean Water Act,  removed and disposed of  oil and
 hazardous liquid wastes, including large quantities of materials
 contaminated  with PCBs.

     This is  the top priority  site in  New York.

     Status (July 1982):  In July  1982 , $100,000 in CERCLA emergency
 funds were approved to control run-off, repack  leaking drums, and erect a
 fence.  Since early 1981, EPA  has  approved  $3.4 million  (through a
 Cooperative Agreement and contracts) for removal of remaining surface
 wastes (completed in December  1982) and a feasibility study  to identify
 alternatives  for remedial action to clean up subsurface  contamination
 (scheduled to be completed  in  the  third quarter of 1983).

     EPA plans to send letters to  generators of wastes at the site asking
 them to participate in the cleanup.

     The Department of Justice,  on behalf of EPA,  has brought a Federal
 civil action  seeking injunctive  relief against  PAS and its principals.

      Response category / Cleanup  status code,  October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      392

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)| Supertund )
                         PORT WASHINGTON LANDFILL
                         Port Washington, New York

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);   The Port Washington Landfill,
also known as the Town of North Hempstead L-4 Landfill, has been in
continuous operation since  March 1974 on the western side of Hempstead
Harbor within port  Washington,  Nassau County, New York.  The site is
bordered by sand pits, the  North Hempstead Country Club, and a residential
community.  The Salem School, which is adjacent to the residential area,
is less than 700 feet froti  the  site.   Before North Hempstead operated the
site as a landfill, it was  used for sand mining.  At the time, the site
sloped gently frcm  an elevation of  40 to 60  feet above mean sea level and
terminated in a 100-foot cliff.  Over the years, the landfill has accepted
refuse at the rate  of 200,000 tons  per year.  This has created a fill 115
feet thick and extending 15 feet above the cliff.

     Area residents have complained of gas problems at the site.  In early
1981, Nassau County found that  methane was migrating off-site and, in a
number of instances, creating potentially explosive conditions in adjacent
homes.  Benzene, toluene, xylene, and vinyl  chloride were identified in
gas from the landfill.   Ground  water in a deep zone (100 to 110 feet
below sea level) under the  landfill has a high salt content from sand-
washing operations  when  the site was  used for sand mining.

     Status (July 1983):  The State is working with the Town of North
Hempstead for cleanup of the site.

     EPA is preparing a  remedial plan outlining the investigations needed
to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It will
guide further actions at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: D
U.S, Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      393

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)('Superfund")
                               RAMAPO LANDFILL
                               Ramapo, New York

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);  The Raroapo Landfill covers  45
acres in Ramapo, Rockland County,  New York.  It opened in 1972.  In  1978,
the State denied the operators a permit because of an incomplete permit
application and violations  of State codes.  The facility received sludge
frcm a cosmetic company,  and midnight dumping may have occurred.  In 1980,
about 50 drums containing an unknown waste were observed on the site.
Leachate frcm the site  is contaminating Torne Brook, a tributary to  the
Ramapo River.  Monitoring wells around the facility have detected various
pollutants, including toluene,  xylene, and methylene chloride.  Wells
providing water for the Spring Valley Water Co. are close to the site.

     Status (July 1983):  The State has entered into a Consent Agreement
with the Town of Ramapo,  the site  owner, to clean up the site.  EPA  will
evaluate the provisions of  the Consent Agreement by preparing a remedial
plan, which will outline  the investigations needed to determine the  full
extent of cleanup at the  site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      394

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH  Supertund
                             SINCLAIR REFINERY
                            WellsviHe,  New York

     Conditions  at  listing  (July 1982):  The Sinclair Refinery Site in
Wsllsville, New  York,  is  a  100-acre  refinery that closed in 1963.  Through-
out  the operation and  dismantling of the refinery, various types of
wastes (including cloth filters,  fuller's earth,  oil sludges, contaminated
soil, and fly ash)  were disposed of  in  a 10-acre  landfill adjacent to
the Genesee River.   In addition,  oil and other materials from spills
when the refinery was  in  operation have apparently saturated much of the
soil in the 90-acre refinery portion of the site.   These materials are
leaching into the Genesee River.

     Wellsville  draws  its drinking water from the Genesee River about 0.5
miles downstream of the site.  The river has changed course and is now
eroding the edge of the disposal  area.   Oily material enters the Genesee
River, and debris from the  site  litters the banks  of the river downstream
of the disposal  area.  The  oily material has been detected in raw water
entering the Wellsville water  treatment plant.  The State found mercury,
PCBs, and oil components  in samples  collected at  the site.   The contami-
nants may be entering  ground water,  which supplies about 1,600 nearby
residents.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA  recently  completed  a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to determine  the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.

     The State applied to EPA  for a  $780,000 Cooperative Agreement to do
remedial investigations/feasibility  studies.   The  first is  to select a
method for stabilizing the  eroding landfill and install gates and warning
signs to limit access.  The second is to evaluate  and select a cleanup
plan for the entire site.

     As a temporary means of stabilizing the landfill,  the State has
constructed a channel  to accommodate a  2-year frequency flood.

       Response  category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984:  V R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      395

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAH'Supertund")
                               SOLVENT SAVERS
                            Lincklaen, New York

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982):   Solvent Savers recovered
solvents on a 13-acre site  in Lincklaen,  New York, from 1967 to 1974.
The owner and operator  hauled waste solvents from Syracuse area industries
for reprocessing or disposal.   Large quantities of bulk and drummsd
liquid, soil, and semisolid wastes may have  been dumped into two 15- to
20-foot deep pits on the property.  There are also indications that a
tanker was buried.

     EPA and the State  have conducted extensive investigations of the
site, including  sampling of soil,  surface water, stream sediment, and
fish.  Seven wells  have been installed to monitor ground water, and buried
drums have been  surveyed.   PCBs, chloroform, tetrachloroethylene, phenol,
naphthalene, and 1,2-dichlorobenzene have been detected in ground water
in the immediate vicinity.

     Status (July 1983);  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full  extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will  guide further actions  at  the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      396

-------
National Priorities List SH«
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICEHCLAM'Superfund")
                              SYOSSET LANDFILL
                            Oyster Bay, New York

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982):  The Syosset Landfill  is  in
Oyster Bay, New  York.   The town suspended operations at the landfill  in
January 1975 after  Nassau County detected water pollution.  Investigations
revealed high concentrations of heavy metals in the industrial sludges
being deposited,  as well as in wastes discharged from scavenger plant
operations.  In  addition,  volatile organic compounds in two private
wells and one Jericho Water District well are substantially above  safe
drinking levels.  The site is located in the county's primary ground  water
recharge area.   A school is nearby.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining  the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will  guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     397

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                       VESTAL WATER SUPPLY WELL 1-1
                              Vestal, New York

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982):   The Vestal Water Supply Well
1-1, in Vestal, Broorae County,  New York, is contaminated with high  levels
of 1,1,1-trichloroethane  and trichloroethylene.  Other wells in Water
District #1 have smaller  amounts of chlorinated organic chemicals.  Some
wells in Water District #4  are  also contaminated.  Further work is  needed
to locate and eliminate the sources endangering the water supply  for this
town of 6,000 people.

     Status (September 1983):  In December 1982, EPA proposed the Vestal
Water Supply Site for listing.   Later, EPA discovered that there  were  two
separate plumes of contaminated ground water from two separate sources.
Thus, the site was divided  into two sites—Vestal Water Supply Well 1-1
and 4-2—and both are being placed on the NPL at this time.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     398

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEflCLA)("Superfund")
                       VESTAL WATER SUPPLY WELL 4-2
                              Vestal, New York

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Vestal Water Supply
Well  4-2,  in Vestal, Broome County, New York, is contaminated with high
levels of  1,1,1-trichloroethane and trichloroethylene.  The State has
taken legal action against Monarch Chemical Co. and  other potentially
responsible parties concerning contamination of the  well.   Other wells in
Water District #4, as well as in District #1, also contain chlorinated
organic chemicals.  Further work is needed to locate and  eliminate the
sources endangering the water supply for this town of 6,000 people.

      Status (September 1983):  In December 1982, EPA proposed the Vestal
Water Supply Site for listing.  Later, EPA discovered that there were two
separate plumes of contaminated ground water from two separate sources.
Thus, the  site was divided into two sites—Vestal Water Supply Well 4-2
and 1-1—and both are being placed on the NPL at this time.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                              399

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Suparfund'l
                           WIDE BEACH DEVELOPMENT
                              Brant, New York

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982);  Wide Beach  Development is a
subdivision  of 66 homes covering 60 acres on Lake Erie  in Brant,  Erie
County, New  York.  The site is immediately north of  the  Cattaraugus Indian
Reservation.  Waste oils were spread on roads for dust control from the
1940s to 1978.   Erie County received a complaint of  odors near the site.
Its investigation confirmed that PCBs exist throughout the area in soils,
surface water, air,  dust, and several private wells.

     Status  (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan  outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      400

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                               YORK OIL, CO.
                              Molra, New York

     Conditions  at listing (July 1982);  York Oil Co. formerly recycled
waste oils on  a  17-acre site in Moira, New York.  The State identified
the facility as  an environmental problem after it was sold to local
residents.  The  site  consists of two storage tanks filled with PCB-
contaminated oil,  one graded lagoon, and two consolidated lagoons which
are filled with  PCB-contaminated soils and sludges and capped with kiln
dust and sand.   Before the site was abandoned, it consisted of eight
steel storage  tanks,  two buildings, and three lagoons.

     The berms of  the lagoons have failed in the past, discharging oil
into the adjacent  wetlands that drain into Lawrence Brook.  Analyses
indicate 50 parts  per million (ppm) of PCBs in lagoon waters,  and up to
350 ppm in solids.  In 1980 and 1981, using about 5790,000 made available
under Section 311  of  the Clean Water Act and CERCLA,  EPA took  steps to
minimize off-site  migration of PCBs.  Actions included closing the
facility, partially cleaning up the wetlands area,  treating oil wastes
from one of the  lagoons,  and interim closing of the remaining  two lagoons.
However, oil, soil, and  sludges containing PCBs remain at the  site and
adjacent wetlands.  The  site threatens the area wildlife as well as the
wetlands.  The threat to the area's drinking water is undefined at
present.

     Status (July  1983);   In June  1983,  using CERCLA emergency funds,  EPA
collected seeping  oil, constructed filter fences,  posted warning signs,
and placed barriers to prevent vehicles from entering.  Concurrently,  EPA
is negotiating a Cooperative Agreement with New York  to perform a remedial
investigation/feasibility  study to determine the type and extent of
contamination that  remains  and identify alternatives  for remedial action.

      Response category / Cleanup  status code,  October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      401

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                 North Carolina (NC)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM Superfund I


                            CHEMTRONICS,  INC.
                         Swannanoa,  North  Carolina

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982): The Chemtronics,  Inc., Site
covers  10 acres  in  Swannanoa,  North Carolina,  in the Picrate Branch
drainage basin.  Two areas  are involved.   Number of 1 consists of eight
abandoned acid and  organic  waste pits used by  Chenttronics and its
predecessors.  Number 2  consists of two lined  basins for neutralization
and equalization of wastes  prior to their discharge into the Metropolitan
Sewage  District  Collection  facilities.

     The pits were  closed in December 1979. Five were covered, and three
holding liquids  were left uncovered.  All lie  in the drainage basin of
Gregg Branch.  Two  wells monitoring ground water near the pits were con-
taminated by numerous organic  compounds and metals.  One well monitoring
leachate contained  numerous organics, metals,  and high dissolved solids.
The leachate was also highly acidic.  A monitoring wall about 100 feet
northeast of the site showed a dramatic increase in dissolved solids
between April 1981  and March 1982.   Lead, barium, cadmium, nitrates, and
nitrites were found in excessive quantities, in addition to many identi-
fied and unidentified organic  compounds.

     A  basin liner  in the second area failed in June 1979, discharging
waste into ground water  and possibly surface water.  In 1980,  the liner
was replaced.  During an inspection of the site, an organic odor was
noted in holes drilled to determine the depth  to the water table and the
nature  of the underlying material.

     Status  (July 1983): EPA  is considering various alternatives for
this site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      403

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLAK"Superfund"l


                      MARTIN MARIETTA,  SODYECO,  INC.
                        Charlotte,  North Carolina

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982);  The Martin Marietta Sodyeco,
Inc., Site  covers 100 acres just west of Charlotte,  Mecklenburg County,
North Carolina.  The facility manufactures chemical  dyes for the textile
industry.   In October 1980, the  company reported that organic solvents
had infiltrated  into ground water at the site.   In April 1981, the company
reported that veils and streams  near the site contained various toxic
organic chemicals,  including chlorinated compounds,  some in concentrations
as high as  16 parts per million.  Tests indicated that the chemicals came
from an on-site  landfill, which was later closed and its contents moved
to an approved site.

     According to the April 1981  report,  only the drinking water from the
company well and two nearby commercial  sites (a  tavern and a convenience
food store) was significantly affected.   Martin  Marietta purchased and
closed the  tavern and supplied a  carbon filter system to the convenience
store to reduce organic compounds in the water.

     Five additional  residential  wells  and three commercial wells
contained solvent levels ranging  from just detectable to 3 parts per
billion.  The company purchased and vacated three of  the residences and
also purchased a gas  station for  use as a monitoring site.  The company
concluded that the  remaining residences and ccmmercial sites were not
significantly affected but  is still maintaining  carbon filter systems at
each location.

     Status (July 1983);  EPA is  considering various  alternatives for
this site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      404

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund')


                                 KB SPILLS
                     210 Miles of Road, North Carolina

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981);  Between June and August 1978,
over 30,000 gallons of industrial waste containing PCBs were deliberately
discharged along  210 miles  of highway shoulders in 14 counties of North
Carolina.  In late  August,  the State covered the spill areas with acti-
vated charcoal and  liquid asphalt.   Because of the quantity of soils
involved and the  distances  to approved landfills, the State decided to
construct a new landfill.   In December 1978, North Carolina sought EPA
approval for a PCB  landfill in Warren County.  EPA approved the landfill
site in June 1979,  subject  to compliance with a number of technical and
procedural conditions.

     This is the  top priority site in North Carolina.

     Status (July 1983):  In May 1982, EPA awarded a $2,543,700 Cooperative
Agreement to North  Carolina for a remedial action to: (1)  construct the
landfill; (2) remove,  transport,  and dispose of the contaminated soils;
and (3) reconstruct the highway shoulders.  The landfill was constructed
in the summer of  1982.   Disposal  of contaminated soils was completed in November
1982, and the landfill  was  capped,graded, and seeded.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / C
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      405

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                  North Dakota (ND)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH Supertund )


                           ARSENIC TRIOXIDE SITE
                         Southeastern North Dakota

      Conditions at listing (October 1981);  The Arsenic Trioxide Site
 covers 700 square miles in Sargent, Richland, and Ransom Counties in
 southeastern North Dakota.  Heavy grasshopper infestations in the 1930s
 resulted  in large and repeated applications of arsenic-based poisons such
 as arsenic trioxide.  Dated or excess poisons were often buried near
 shallow aquifers,  left unmarked in outbuildings, hauled to open dumps, or
 thrown onto agriculturally unproductive lands.  Arsenic levels exceeding
 the maximum acceptable limit set by Federal drinking water standards were
 identified in  the Lidgerwood city water supply, as well as in numerous
 private wells  on farms.  Rutland and Wyndmere water supplies also contain
 arsenic.

      This is the top priority site in North Dakota.

      Status (July 1983);  In August 1982, EPA awarded a $218,000
 Cooperative Agreement to North Dakota for a remedial investigation to
 determine the  extent of arsenic contamination in ground water and soils.
 The work  is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1984.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      407

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                            Ohio (OH)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                      ALLIED CHEMICAL & IfDNTON COKE
                               Ironton, Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982):  The Allied Chemical & Iron-
ton Coke Site covers 40 acres in Ironton,  Lawrence County, Ohio.  It
involves two adjacent industrial facilities that use lagoons to hold
hazardous wastes on their properties.   Hazardous wastes such as lime
sludge and tar sludge located between the  two facilities are suspected of
contaminating ground water.   Studies detected ammonia, chloride, cyanides,
phenols, and thiocyanates in ground  water, creating a potential for
affecting local wells.  There is also a potential for contamination of
the Ohio River and Ice Creek, which  supply municipal drinking water.

     Status (July 1983);  Ironton Coke is  no longer using its lagoons.

        Response category /  Cleanup  status code, October 1984: R F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     409

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                            ARCANUM IRON & METAL
                             Darke County, Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Arcanun Iron & Metal
Site covers 10 acres  in  Arcanum,  Darke County, Ohio.  The facility has
been in the scrap metal/recycling business since the early 1960s.  It now
recycles lead batteries.  Large piles of battery casings, lead, and lead
oxides are on the property,  as well as standing pools of acid wastes.
Acid overflow from  this  operation has killed both fish and vegetation in
Painter Creek downstream of  the site.  Arcanum's water supply is fur-
nished by wells within 1 mile  of  the site, and private wells are also
nearby.  In October 1979, the  state entered into a Consent Decree with
the owner to clean up the site, but the results were not satisfactory.
The defendant subsequently was found in contempt of the Darke County
Court of Common Pleas, but the site has not been cleaned up.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA  recently completed a remedial plan out-
lining the investigations needed  to determine the full extent of: cleanup
required at the site.  It will guide further actions at the site.

                          /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       410

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              BIG D CAMPGROUND
                              Kingsville, Ohio

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982);  Big D Campground, a  10-acre
site in Kingsville, Ohio,  was originally a sand and gravel pit.   From
1964 to 1976, wastes,  sane known to be hazardous, were dumped  in  the pit.
Leachate from the site is  contaminating Conneaut Creek with chloro-
benzene.  There  is  potential for contamination of ground water.

     Status  (July 1983);   After negotiating with the State, one of the
companies responsible  for  sending wastes to the facility has completed  a
soil erosion control program.

     EPA is preparing  a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed
to determine the full  extent of cleanup required at the site.  It will
guide further actions  at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984; D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      411

-------
  National Priorities List Site
  Hazardous waste site listed under the
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA|("Superfund")
                             BOWERS LANDFILL
                            Circleville, Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982):   Bowers Landfill,  also kncwn
as Island Road Landfill, covers 80 acres about 1  mile north of Circle-
ville, Ohio, within the Scioto River  floodplain.   The site is situated
over a very productive aquifer (capable of yields of 1,000 gallons per
minute) that supplies both  industrial and domestic water.   In 1958, a
gravel pit started operations on the  site.   Shortly thereafter,  a land-
filling operation started in which soil from the  nearby pit was used to
cover refuse dumped on top of the existing surface.  Little is known of
the initial years of the landfill, but from  1963  to 1968,  it accepted
organic and inorganic chemicals and general  domestic and industrial
refuse.  In response to a Congressional inquiry,  two local chemical
manufacturers stated that in excess of 7,500 tons of chemical  waste
(physical state and concentrations unknown)  had been disposed o£ at
this site.  In July 1980, EPA identified toluene  and ethylbenzene in
water from the landfill.  The State worked with the current owner, who
hired an engineering firm to evaluate the site.   The State reviewed the
report and asked for additional information.

     Status (July 1983):  The State reviewed the  additional information
from the owner and is awaiting the final remedial plan EPA is preparing.
It will outline the investigations needed to determine the full extent of
cleanup required at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984:  V
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       412

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                            BUCKEYE RECLAMATION
                           St.  Clairsville,  Ohio

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  The Buckeye Reclamation
Site, a former strip mine, covers 50 acres  near St. Clairsville, Belroont
County, Ohio.  It was  licensed as a sanitary landfill but also accepted
industrial wastes,  including sludges and liquids, without State approval.
Industrial wastes were dumped  into permeable mining wastes.  The slopes
of the filled area  are steep,  and the mining wastes used for cover are
eroding.  Substantial  amounts  of leachate from the rear of the site have
entered a stream adjacent  to a private home.  The site has polluted
McHahon Creek, which may be used for recreational purposes.  There is
potential to contaminate local wells.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA  is preparing  a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed  to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will  guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      413

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                CH EM-DYNE
                              Hamilton, Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):  Chan-Dyne Corp. began operat-
ing a chemical waste transfer, disposal, and storage facility on a 10-
acre site in Hamilton, Ohio, in 1975.  The facility handled a variety of
wastes, including pesticides, PCBs, polybrominated biphenyls, TRIS,  lab
packs, acids, resins, solvents, heavy metals, and cyanides.  Fires,
explosions, and fish kills have occurred from the facility's operations.
Contamination of air, soil, surface water, and ground water has been
documented.

     In July 1979, a stipulation and judgment entry was filed in State
court requiring, among other things, that all material be removed from
the site by July 1980.  In February 1980, the State court appointed  a
receiver to direct, manage, and control the assets and business activi-
ties of Chan-Dyne and to carry out the stipulation.

     In May 1980, EPA used S22 ,000 made available under Section 311  of
the Clean Water Act to stabilize, remove, and dispose of 17 potentially
explosive drums.  The State has spent $300,000 on site cleanup.

     This is the top priority site in Ohio.

     Status (July 1983):  In November 1981, the receiver informed the
court that he lacked the funds to eliminate the inventory, as required
by the stipulation.  In 1982, EPA approved $3.8 million for site cleanup,
part of it for a Superfund State Contract with Ohio to remove surface
wastes, including 9,000 drums and 200,000 gallons of liquid and solid
wastes in 33 storage tanks.  On Aug. 26, 1982, EPA reached a settlement
with 112 companies that had generated wastes on the site.  They are
contributing $2.4 million to the surface cleanup, which is being managed
by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and a study of ground water, scheduled
to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1983.  On the same day, the
Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, brought a Federal civil action
seeking injunctive relief against the owners and operators of Chem-Dyne,
as well as the major waste generators that declined to participate in the
cleanup.

     The surface cleanup is scheduled to be completed in the fourth
quarter of 1983.  A remedial investigation and feasibility study are
underway to determine alternatives for cleanup of contaminated soil  and
ground water.  The work is scheduled to be completed in the second quarter
of 1984.

    Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R F S / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      414

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                             CDSHOCIDN LANDFILL
                          Franklin Township, Ohio

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  The Coshocton Landfill
covers 50 acres in  Franklin Township, Coshocton County, Ohio.  From 1969
to 1979, the site was  operated by the City of Coshocton as a sanitary
landfill.  It also  accepted industrial wastes, including (reportedly)
paints, sewage, oily wastes, chlorinated organic solvents, PCBs, caustics,
and various organic compounds and metals.  After landfill operations
stopped, surface coal  mining started.  Leachate is discharging to a
tributary of the Muskingum River.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed  to  determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will  guide  further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      415

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          E.H.  SCHILLING LANDFILL
                          Hamilton Township, Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (Decanter 1982);  E.H. Schilling Landfill
covers 5 acres in Hamilton Township, 4.5 miles downriver from Ironton,
Ohio.  The site, which was privately owned and operated, was licensed by
the State to receive  industrial waste.  It operated from April 1972 to
July 1980, when its license  was revoked because it accepted liquid waste
and failed to cover waste properly with soil.  While the landfill was
operating, hazardous  substances entered surface water.  After the land-
fill closed, the site was covered.  Leachate is still migrating from the
landfill, although  the owner has attempted to contain the flow.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will  guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      416

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                FIELDS BIOOK
                              Ashtabula,  Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):   Fields Brook is located in
Ashtabula in the northeastern corner of  Ohio.   It meanders for approxi-
mately 4 miles, first  though  a diversified  chemical industrial complex
and then through a  residential area in Ashtabula, before emptying into
the Ashtabula River.   The site consists  of  the brook plus the 14 in-
dustries bordering  it.  Both  point and nonpoint sources adjacent to
Fields Brook have contaminated its sediments with a variety of toxic
chemicals, including PCBs and other chlorinated organics, mercury,
chronium, and arsenic.  The contaminated sediments threaten drinking
water intakes of Lake  Erie.   Analyses of fish  flesh indicate the
bioaccumulation of  chlorinated organics, posing a secondary threat to
people who consume  contaminated fish.

     Status (July 1983):  In  September 1982, EPA approved $450,000 for a
remedial investigation  to identify the existing and potential sources of
contamination, as well  a routes of contamination, and a feasibility study
to identify alternatives for  remedial action.   For the remedial investiga-
tion/feasibility study, the site also includes the Ashtabula River and
harbor, since contamination in those sediments can be linked to the
brook.  However, any remedial action will be limited to the brook and
surrounding industrial  sites, since the  Ashtabula River and harbor are
maintained by the Army  Corps  of Engineers for  navigation purposes.  The
work is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1984.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984; D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      417

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH"Superfund"|
                               FULTZ LANDFILL
                          Jackson Township, Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The Fultz Landfill covers 40
acres in Jacksonville Township,  Guernsey County, Ohio.  It is a privately-
owned landfill that accepts a variety of industrial and commercial wastes.
Contaminants  (including  ethylene glycol and methylene chloride) have  been
found in. nearby Will's Creek. A trace of methylene chloride has  also been
found in Byesville's municipal water.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining  the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will  guide further actions at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       418

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          LASKIN/FOPLAR OIL CO.
                         Jefferson Township, Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (July  1982);  The Laskin/Poplar Oil Co.  Site
covers 10 acres in  Jefferson Township,  Ashtabula  County, Ohio.  It  is an
abandoned greenhouse and waste oil recovery operation.  Liquids stored in
ponds and tanks contain heavy metals, PCBs, and other organics. The
tanks and ponds have the potential to overflow, leak, or collapse because
of poor construction and maintenance.   Any contaminants released would
enter Cemetery Creek, which runs  adjacent to the  site.  The  creek,  a
tributary of the Grand River, is  the source of drinking water for
24,000 Ashtabula County residents.

     In late 1980,  following a discharge of oil into Cemetery Creek,
emergency response  funds under Section  311 of the Clean Water Act were
used for cleanup and containment  activities.  In  early 1981,  emergency
funds were needed to prevent oil  from spilling into  the creek.  The cost
of the two actions  was $479,000.

     The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, brought  a  Federal civil
action seeking injunctive relief  against parties  responsible  for wastes
at the site.  This  resulted in a  suit in 1979 under  the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.  A Consent Decree  in  1980 conmitted  the
company to clean up the site.  When it  did not, $1.2  million  in CERCLA
emergency funds were allocated to eliminate the threat posed  by two open
storage tanks and two large lagoons containing contaminated oil.

     This site was  once listed under the name "Poplar Oil  Co."

     Status (July 1983);  In May  1983,  EPA approved  $430,000  for a  (1)
remedial investigation to determine the type and  extent of contamination
both on- and off-site and (2) a feasibility study to identify exposure
pathways and alternatives for remedial  action at  the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R F /  O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      419

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund^)
                         MIAMI COUNTY INCINERATOR
                                Troy,  Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (September  1983):  The Miami County
incinerator and its associated landfill are located  in Miami  County,
Ohio, ? miles north of Troy.  The complex represented the  fir<5t county-
wide solid vaste management program in Ohio when  it  opened  in  1968 on
county-owned land.  It was envisioned  to be an environmentally safe,
cost-effective disposal method for residential, commercial, and  in-
dustrial wastes for 20 years.  The incinerator was designed  to burn 150
tons per day of combustible rubbish.   Nonburnables and incinerator
residue were to be landfilled .

     A combination of poor geologic location and  environmentally unsound
disposal practices resulted in significant contamination to one  of the
most productive and valuable aquifers  in Ohio.  .Solid wastes  were land-
filled within 6 feet of the water table.  Scrubber water from the in-
cinerator stacks and quench water from the ashes  were discharged to an
infiltration lagoon.  Bulk liquid wastes (estimates  vary from 104,000 to
150,000 drum equivalents) were allowed to percolate  directly  into the
ground until this practice vvas stopped in 1974.   All landfilling opera-
tions stopped in 1978, and  the site now serves as a  transfer  station for
wastes that are disposed of elsewhere.

     Heavy metals, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and  aroratic  "solvents con-
taminate the aquifer, according to tests conducted by the  State. The
nearest residential wells are about 1,000 feet downgradient of polluted
wells.  Municipal wells serving 19,000 people are within 3 miles of the
site.

     Status (June 1984);  EPA is reviewing a draft work plan  for a reme-
dial investigation/feasibility study  to determine the type and extent of
contamination and identify alternatives for remedial action .   EPA is also
conducting a search for parties potentially responsible for wastes
associated with the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      420

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                               NEASE CHEMICAL
                                Salem, Ohio

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982):  The Nease Chemical  Site
occupies 40 acres in  Salem,  Mahoning County, Ohio.  It manufactured
chemicals such as pesticides and fire retardants from 1961 until 1973,
when the State closed it because it discharged waste water illegally.
While the plant  was operating, process wastes were put into drums,
which were then  buried on-site.  Also, wastes were placed in unlined
lagoons as part  of  waste water treatment.  The drums are leaking, and
the lagoons are  leaching.  An on-site well and leachate from a lagoon
contain organic  compounds, including chlorinated organics.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA is considering various alternatives for
this site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      421

-------
  National Priorities List Site
  Hazardous waste site listed under the
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                             NEW LYME LANDFILL
                              New Lyme, Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  New Lyme Landfill occupies
40 acres in New Lyme,  Ashtabula County, Ohio.  Detailed plans for the
site to operate as  a sanitary landfill were approved in May 1971.  The
county closed the site in 1978 because it was not complying with several
landfill regulations.   While in operation, the privately-owned site
accepted some industrial  wastes, including cyanide sludge in drums.
Leachate containing organics discharges from two sides of the fill area,
threatening surface waters.   There is also concern that ground water
might be contaminated  by  leachate from the landfill.

     Status (July 1983):  In July 1983, EPA approved 5360,000 to proceeed
with (1) a remedial investigation to determine the type and extent of
contamination both  on- and off-site and (2) a feasibility study to
evaluate alternatives  for controlling source(s) of contamination.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                        422

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund"
                                  OLD MILL
                              Rock Creek, Ohio

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982):  The Old Mill Site in Rock
Creek, Ashtabula County, Ohio,  consists of two adjacent areas: a former
potting soil processing operation (1 acre) and a drum storage area (5
acres).  About 1,400  drums of flammable hazardous substances, including
resins, solvents, oils, and aqueous/acid materials, accumulated at the
site.  In 1980,  the owner  filed for bankruptcy.  PCBs have been detected
on the site, which  is close to a school and several houses.  The possi-
bility of fire or explosion is  a concern.

     The site was once listed under the name "Rock Creek/Jack Webb."

     Status (July 1983):   EPA negotiated with responsible parties for
removal of about 550  drums.   KPA removed the remaining drums and 80 cubic
yards of contaminated soils using $110,000 in CERCLA emergency funds.

      Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / 0
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      423

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK"Saperfuncl"
                            POWELL ROAD LANDFILL
                                Dayton,  Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (September  1983):   Powell Road Landfill covers
67 acres in  EByton, Ohio.   The  privately-owned operation began in 1959
and is still active.  Records indicate  that for approximately 2 years at
least 250 drums of wastes,  including strontium chromate and benzidine,
were delivered  to the site  every  month.  The wastes, in solid, sludge,
and liquid form, are toxic, persistent,  flamnable, and highly volatile.
There is no evidence of  the landfill being lined, and some containers are
leaking.

     Ground water nearby supplies private wells. The surface water is
used for recreational purposes.  The site is  filled  to about 30 feet
above the surrounding area. The  top and sides of  the inactive area of
the landfill are seeded, and vegetation  is beginning to grow.

     Status  (June 1984);  EPA is  considering various alternatives for the
site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: r>
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      424

-------
  National Priorities List Site
  Hazardous waste site listed under the
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                               PRISTINE,  INC.
                               Reading, Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Pristine, Inc., Site
covers 3 acres in Reading Ohio.   It  borders on a railraod track with an
adjacent trailer park and on the  well field supplying Reading's water.
Between November 1974 and June 1980,  an  incinerator for liquid wastes
operated on the site.   In April 1979, an inspection revealed the presence
of 8,000 to 10,000 drums and 13 bulk  storage  tanks containing a wide
variety of hazardous substances.   Soil was contaminated, and there was the
potential for contamination  of ground water and surface water as well as
for fires and explosiions.

     After the facility closed in June 1980 as a result of State
enforcement actions, responsible  parties reduced the wastes to 15 drums
and sane bulk wastes.   Threats posed  by  the facility have been greatly
reduced, but contaminated run-off to  Mill Creek may still be a problem.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is  preparing a  remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will guide further  actions at the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F / I
  U S  Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       425

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                              SKINNER LANDFILL
                             West Chester, Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982);   The Skinner Landfill covers
85 acres in West Chester, Ohio,  on a ridge about 30 feet above the East
Fork of Mill Creek.  The privately-owned facility, which was never
licensed, closed in the early 1970s.  On-site are (1) about 100 drums con-
taining a variety of chlorinated organics, other organics, and heavy
metals and (2) a lagoon once used to dispose of similar bulk wastes.  The
owner indicated that old demolition bombs were also disposed of on-site.

     Although no contaminants have been detected leaving the site at this
time, the potential exists  for contamination of private drinking wells
and surface water.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      426

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAM'Superfund")
                             SOUTH POINT PLANT
                             South Point, Ohio

     Conditions at listing (September 19R3):  The South Point Plant
covers  75 acres on the Ohio River floodplain in South Point, Lawrence
County, Ohio.  From 1943 to 1979, Allied Chemical produced ammonia, urea,
nitrogen fertilizer, melamine,  and formaldehyde at the site.  During
operations,  several landfills and surface impoundments were used for
disposal of  process wastes.  lr\ extraordinary number of leaks and spills
in  production areas, plus run-off from a large fire, have contaminated
the aquifer  under  the site with nitrates and ammonia, according to
analyses conducted by the State.  The South Point well field is near the
plant and is in jeopardy.  Contaminants also have reached the Ohio River
where Ashland, Kentucky, draws  its water.

     The present owner,  Ashland Chemical, is monitoring the production
wells on-site.

     Status  (June  1984):  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.

         Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     427

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA!("Superfund")
                             SUMMIT! NATIONAL
                         Deerfield Township,  Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):  The Summitt National Site
occupies 11 acres near Deerfield Township,  Portage County,  Ohio.  From
late 1972 to March 1978, it  incinerated  liquid  wastes from about 60
companies.  Mien it closed,  an estimated 16,000 drums and 300,000 gallons
of wastes , including flammable solvents, paint sludges, waste oil,and C-
56 (a pesticide by product), remained on-site.   Run-off from the facility
threatened to contaminate the Berlin Reservoir, a backup water supply for
Youngstown.  Ground water and soils were contaminated.   In  October 1980,
under Section 311 of the Clean Water Act, EPA spent $160,000 to remove
material contaminated with C-56, which threatened the Berlin Reservoir.
Between February 1980 and January 1981,  the State spent $788,000 to
control on-site pollution and to minimize public health hazards.

     Status (July 1983):  In November  1981, the State reached a settlement
with a number of potentially responsible parties to finance a $2.4 million
cleanup of the materials stored on the surface.

     EPA, recently completed  a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full extent of cleanup  required at the site.  It
will guide further actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      428

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAK'Superfund )
                        UNITED SCRAP LEAD CO.,  INC.
                                 Troy,  Ohio

     Conditicns at  listing  (September  1983);   The United Scrap Lead Co.,
Inc., Site covers 10 acres  south of Troy,  Ohio.  Between 1948 and 1980,
the ccnpany reclaimed  lead  batteries,  generating an estimated 32,000
cubic yards of crushed  battery cases,  which were used as fill material  .
The battery acid and rinse  rater ware  disposed of in a 12-foot by 8-foot
by 9-foot infiltration  pit.  State  files suggest that 500 to 1,00(1
gallons per day of  water  containing 14 .6 percent sulfuric acid and 20 to
100 milligrams per  liter  of lead were  discharged to the pit.  Monitoring
wells en-site are contaminated with lead,  according to tests conducted
by the state.  Two  residential water wells contain lead above background
levels but within the  standards  for drinking water.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site .

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     429

-------
  National Priorities List Site
  Hazardous waste site listed under the
  Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                           ZANESVILLE WELL FIELD
                              Zanesville,  Ohio

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Zanesville Well Field
covers 1 acre northeast of  Zanesville,  Ohio,  on the east side of Muskin-
gum River.  It supplies water to the city.   In late 1981, the State found
that 3 of the 13 production wells were  highly contaminated.  A ground
water study conducted  by  EPA  identified trichloroethylene (TCE) as a
primary contaminant; lesser concentrations of dichloroethylene and
chloroform were also present.  The  city took  the three contaminated wells
out of service and  began  flushing to remove contaminants remaining in the
water lines.  By August 1982,  the contaminated wells were still not in
use but were being  continually pumped to  reduce the contamination and
prevent its further migration into  the  well  field.  A nearby production
well was also not in use  because of the danger of contamination.

     Status (July 1983):  The city  is conducting a regular monitoring
program at the site. A neighboring  industry,  after studying its operation,
began to excavate buried  wastes  and treat local ground water.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       430

-------
National Priorities List Site                                      Oklahoma (OK)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                      COMPASS INCUSTRIRS (AVFRY DRIVE)
                              Tulsa,  okla homa

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Compass Industries
 (Avery nrive)  Site (originally listed as Compass Industries) is in an
abandoned  limestone quarry near the  Arkansas River in  Tulsa, Oklahoma .
From  1972  to 1976, the 108-acre site was owned and operated by Compass
Industries.  Although permitted as a sanitary landfill,  it may also have
received an  unknown quantity of hazardous wastes.  Underground fires are
a  problem  at the facility.  Liquid waste seeping to the  surface at the
landfill contains PCBs, according to analyses conducted  by the state.
Surface run-off and possible ground  water contamination  are concerns,
as are  air releases from  the fires.

      Status  (June 1984):   The State  and EPA  are planning a Cooperative
Agreement  for  a remedial  investigation/feasibility study to determine the
type and extent of contamination  at  the site and identify alternatives
for remedial action .

         Response category / Cleanup status  code,  October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     431

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund")


                               HARDAGE/CRINER
                             Criner,  Oklahoma

     Conditions  at  listing  (October 1981):   The Hardage/Criner Site
covers 40 to 60  acres near  Criner,  McClain County, Oklahoma.  The site
consists of several surface impoundments and a drum burial area.  More
than 18 million  gallons  (bulk  and containerized liquids and solids) were
disposed of at the  site, which was  licensed by the State to accept
industrial wastes.  It started operating in late 1972 and continued until
late 1980.

     Substances  found on-site  include pesticides,  solvents, alcohols,
waste oils, paints, acids,  caustics,  and rretal sludges.   In 1976, the
State found that on-site monitoring wells were contaminated.  Subse-
quently, the State  initiated an administrative enforcement action against
the owner.  An EPA  inspection  in 1979 also detected contamination of
ground water and surface water.

     In September 1980, the Department of Justice, on behalf of RPA,
brought a Federal civil action seeking injunctive  relief against Mr.
Hardage, the owner  of  the site.

     This site was  once  listed under the name "Criner/Hardage Waste
Disposal."

     Status  (July 1983);  The  trial was held in September 1982, and in
December 1982 the judge ruled  that  an imminent and substantial endanger-
ment existed at  the site and that Mr. Hardage is liable for all costs of.
removal or  remedial actions at the  site.  A second trial will be held in
the near future  on  the costs associated with response actions at the site.

     in June 1983,  EPA allocated $200,000 for a feasibility study to
identify alternatives  for remedial  action at the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     432

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                         TAR CREEK (OTTAWA COUNTY)
                          Ottawa County,  Oklahoma

     Conditions at  listing (October 1981);  The Tar Creek Site, near
Picher,  in Ottawa County, Oklahoma, covers 40 square miles.  It is a
portion of the Tri-State Mining District, which covers 100 square miles
and extends  into Missouri and Kansas.  The area produced significant
quantities of iron  and  zinc into the 1920s and 1930s.  When major mining
operations ceased in the early 1970s, ground water accumulated in the
mines.  In 1979, acid mine water with high concentrations of heavy metals
began to discharge  to the surface,  contaminating surface water.  This
problem, along with the potential for contaminating the drinking water
aquifer under the mining area,  prompted the U.S. Geological Survey and
the State to investigate the site.   In 1981, the State declared the site
its number one pollution problem.

     Status  (July 1983):   In June 1982,  EPA awarded a $435,368 Cooperative
Agreement to Oklahoma for a remedial investigation to determine the type
and extent of contamination at the  site and a feasibility study to iden-
tify alternatives for remedial action.   The work is scheduled to be
completed in the fourth quarter of  1983.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      433

-------

-------
National Priorities U*t She                                         Oregon (OR)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund')


                                GOULD, INC.
                              Portland, Oregon

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):   The Gould,  Inc.,  Site covers
about ID  acres in Portland, Oregon,  The site was a battery recycling and
disposal  facility which Gould acquired in 1979,  It also handled large
quantities of lead wastes.  The battery facility is no longer  active, but
a pile of more than 10,000 tons of battery castings remains on the site.
Air,  surface water, and ground water are contaminated  with lead.

      Status^ (July 1983):  The States has cited Gould for water quality
violations.  The conpany and the State are negotiating to  develop a plan
for cleaning up the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  V / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     435

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Actot 1980 (CERCLAM'SuperturxTI
                        TELEDYNE WAH CHANG (ALBANY)
                               Albany,  Oregon

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982);   The Teledyne Wah Chang Site
covers 100 acres in Albany,  Linn County,  Oregon.  The company is the
largest producer in the Western world  of  zirconium and other rare earth
metals and alloys.  Production began in 1957.  Wastes have generally been
disposed of on-site.   Process wastes contain a large volume of solids
that contribute  radiation, heavy metals (barium, cadmium, chromium, and
lead), and chlorinated solvents to ground water, surface water, and air.
Radiation off-site  is generally below  established limits.  Until 1980,
sludges were taken  to unlined storage  ponds  on company property adjacent
to the williamette  River.  In 1979, the plant added a process to reduce
radiation in sludges  and waste water.   Sludges now have lower levels of
radition than previously and are taken to lined dewatering ponds about
1 mile frcm the  plant.

     Status (July 1983):   Wah Chang had requested permission frcm the
State to cover the  old storage ponds to minimize percolation that could
contribute to possible leachate into the  Williamette.  In January 1983,
the State drafted a permit indicating  its preference for moving the
sludges to another  location  on company property farther frcm the river.
This action has  been  appealed.

     EPA recently completed  a remedial plan  outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It
will guide further  actions at the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      436

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                       UNITED CHROME  PRODUCTS,  INC.
                            Corvallis, Oregon

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983); Frcm  1960  through 1977,
United Chrome Products, Inc.,  discharged an unknown quantity of chrome
plating waste water  into a  dry well on a 2 .5^ ere  site  in  Corvallis,
Oregon.  The facility continues plating operations on the  site.   Soil on
the  site, as veil as sediments and water in adjacent surface drainages,
including Booneville Slough, are contaminated with chromium, according to
analyses conducted by the State and EPA.  The level in  Booneville slough
exceeds Oregon water quality standards and EPA  recommended water  quality
criteria.  An aquifer is beneath the  site at 30 feet.   The City of
Corvallis supplies drinking water from this aquifer to  the Airport
Industrial Park .  The effects  of United chrome's waste  disposal practices
on the aquifer are unknown  at  this time.

     In early 1983,  the State  conducted a field investigation, which
included sampling of soil and  run-off at the facility,  surface water and
sediment in local drainages leading to the Willamette River, and  four
nearby wells.  In June 1983, EPA drilled five additional deep  wells into
the  aquifer to determine ground water flow.

     Status (June 1984):  Analyses of ground v«ter samples taken  in the
summer of 1983 and in January  1984 show significant levels of  chromium in
the  shallow zone around the dry well and lower  levels in two of the five
deep wells.  Local city and private drinking water wells were also
sampled in January 1984 and showed levels of chromium and  lead well below
maximum contaminant  levels. Additional studies are planned to further
define the extent of contamination.

         Response category  / Cleanup  status code,  October  1984: 9
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     437

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                   Pennsylvania (PA)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")
                                  BERKS SAND PIT
                         Icngswamp Township, Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Berks Sand Pit covers
 0 .5 acres in Icngswamp Township near the Village of Huffs Church in Berks
 County,  Pennsylvania.  The privately-owned sand pit was used for disposal
 of  chemical  waste before it was filled in and regraded.  Nearby residen-
 tial wells serving three heroes have been severely contaminated with
 organic  compounds such as trichloroethane and 1,2-dichloroethane, as well
 as  some  metals, according to tests conducted by EPA and the State.
 Contaminated ground water is discharging into the headwaters of the north
 branch of the Perkicmen Creek, which is a major public water source for
 the Philadelphia Suburban Vfiter Co. and is also used for recreational
 fishing.

      Tn  April 1983, EPA allocated $782,000 in CERCLA emergency funds to
 provide  terrporary drinking water to nearby residents, install a collec-
 tion and treatment system, and remove contaminated material frcm the pit.

      Status  (June 1984):  The State and EPA have signed a Cooperative
 Agreement for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
 type and  extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action.  Also, EPA will assess the site to determine if any
 additional  imrrediate response is necessary.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     439

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                             BLOSENSKI LANDFILL
                      west Cain Township, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  Blosenski Landfill, now
inactive, covers  20 acres in West Cain Township, outside of Coatesville,
Pennsylvania.  While  in operation in the 1970s, the site, which  is
privately owned,  reportedly disposed of industrial and chemical wastes
along with demolition and municipal wastes.  Sampling of on-site wells
shows that trichloroethylene, along with other organic and inorganic
chemicals, has entered ground water.

     Status  (July 1983):   Private wells were sampled in May 1983, and the
results will show if  contamination has moved off-site.  Pennsylvania has
taken a number of enforcement actions against the landfill operator, but
the site has not  been satisfactorily cleaned up.

     EPA is planning  a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type  and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for  remedial action.  When the work is completed, EPA will
negotiate with the  responsible parties regarding cleanup of the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      440

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supetfund")


                               BRODHEAD CREEK
                         Stroudsburg,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December  1982):   The Brodhead Creek Site
covers  12 acres in  Stroudsburg,  Monroe County,  Pennsylvania.  From 1888 to
1944, a coal gasification plant  operated there, disposing of 3 to 8
million gallons of  coal  tar.   In 1981,  the tar  was found to be seeping
into Brodhead Creek,  a  heavily used trout fishing stream.   Ground water
near the site was also  contaminated with toxic  organic chemicals associated
with coal tar.

     In the fall of 1981, using  about $450,000  in CERCLA emergency funds,
EPA took steps to stop  the  seepage.   These actions included, in part,
construction of filter  fences  and an  underflow  dam,  construction of an
underground slurry  wall  to  contain  the wastes and prevent uncontaminated
ground water from entering, and  partial excavation of coal-tar-contaminated
soil.   In addition,  the  current  landowner puraped about 10,000 gallons of
coal tar out of the ground.

     Status (July 1983):  On May 23,  1983,  the  Federal government filed a
complaint in the U.S. District Court  for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania
to recover costs incurred by EPA and  the Coast  Guard in the response.

     EPA and the current landowner  have installed monitoring wells to
determine the extent of ground water  contamination.   EPA is also preparing
a remedial plan outlining the  investigations needed to determine the full
extent of cleanup required  at  the site.  It will guide further actions at
the site.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R F / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     441

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")


                               BRUIN LAGOON
                       Bruin Borough, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  Bruin Lagoon  covers about 4
acres adjacent to the western bank of the South Branch  of Bear Creek  in  a
highly industrialized narrow valley in Bruin Borough, Butler County,
Pennsylvania.  Homes adjoin the site.  Bruin tagoon  is  approximately  7
stream miles above where Bear Creek msets the Allegheny River,  an important
water supply source for many industries and communities,  including
Pittsburgh.  The site consists of:  (1) a 1-acre open sludge lagoon
contained by a 22-foot earthen dike, (2) a 2-acre closed  lagoon,  (3)  an
effluent pond, (4) abandoned storage tanks and equipment, and  (5)  an  area
of contaminated soil on adjacent private property.  The wastes  on-site
are primarily from the white oil manufacturing industry.  They contain
sulfuric acid, heavy metals, and other materials.  Contamination  of ground
water, surface water, and air has been documented.  Failure  of the dike
containing the open lagoon is the foremost concern.

     In September 1981, 5300,000 were made available under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act for a remedial investigation to  determine
the type and extent of contamination at the site, for a feasibility study
to identify alternatives for remedial action, and for design of the cost-
effective remedy selected.

     Status (July 1983);  The feasibility study, completed in  February
1982, calls for:  removing the liquid floating on top of  the open lagoon
and disposing of it off-site, containing the remaining  wastes  on-site,
stabilizing the lagoons and dikes, building a channel to  prevent  ground
water fron entering the site, and covering the site with  an  impermeable
multilayer cap.

     In September 1982, EPA signed a $3,073,000 Superfund State Contract
with Pennsylvania for  implementation of the remedial action.  The work
will be managed by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers.  Another  S5ft,000 for
additional studies were approved in December 1982.  The corps  advertised
for bids in late May 1983.  Construction is expected to begin  in late
summer and is scheduled to be completed in mid-1984.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  R / I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      442

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")


                            CENTRE COUNTY KEPONE
                    State College Borough, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Centre County Kepone
Site is a batch chemical manufacturing plant near State College Borough,
Pennsylvania.  The  company  manufactured Mirex in 1973 and 1974, and Kepone
in 1958, 1959, and  1963.

     Process wastes were originally disposed of on-site in a spray
irrigation  field  and  lagoon and  stored in drums.  The company later
removed the drums and contaminated soil, treated the material in the
lagoon to harden  it,  and buried  it on-site.   The material from the lagoon
failed to harden  properly,  and contaminants  were leaching to ground water
and surface water.   In 1982, the company excavated and removed the material
and started to treat  contaminated ground water.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is planning additional sampling to determine
the need for further  remedial action at the  site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     443

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 jCERCLA)("Supertund")


                              CRAIG FARM DRUM
                            Parker, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):   The Craig Farm Drum Site in
Parker, Pennsylvania,  is  a  combination of several areas totaling 8 to 10
acres located on  one property owned by a chemical manufacturer.  Five
sites (number 2,  3a, 3b,  3c,  and a lagoon) have been investigated.  From
1958 to 1963, Site  2, which is of most concern, was used for disposal of
drums of hydroxy  diphenyl wastes.  Subsequently, the drums were coverd
with dirt.  Ground  water  contamination is the greatest concern.  Also,
a stream draining the site  and flowing to the Allegheny River shows signs
of contamination  by the wastes.

     Status (July 1983);  As  a result of negotiations with the State, the
responsible party has agreed  to  make a study of the site.  The study
began in April 1983 and is  scheduled to be completed late in the year.
It will identify  the wastes present, estimate the amounts, examine any
contamination leaving the site,  estimate the environmental effects, and
assess renedial measures  necessary to clean up the site.  The study
involves monitoring of  ground water and testing throughout the site.

        Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      444

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund")
                             DORNEY ROAD LANDFILL
                   Upper Wacungie  Township,  Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing  (September  1983):   The rorney Read landfill
 covers 37.5 acres in Upper  Macungie Township,  Lehigh County,  Pennsylvania,
 near the Lehigh County-Berks County border. The privately-owned site
 operated as an open dump from 1952 to  1966. From 1966 to 1978,  it was
 leased and operated as a sanitary landfill . However,  a variety of munici-
 pal and industrial waste is believed to have been buried at the  site over
 the years.  In 1980 and 1983, the State detected benzene,  phenol,  1,1,1-
 trichloroethane, and lead in on-site monitoring  wells.  Pools of surface
 water are similarly contaminated.

      Status (June 19R4);  The State and EPA have signed a  Cooperative
 Agreement for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
 type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action.  Also, EPA will assess the  site to determine  if any
 immediate response is necessary.

          Response category / Cleanup status code,  October  1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     445

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"


                          DOUGLASSVILLR DISPOSAL
                        Douglassville,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (December  1982);   The Douglassville Disposal
Site covers 50 acres  adjacent to  the  Schuylkill River in Douglassville,
Pennsylvania.  The company  reclaims waste  oils.   Fran 1941 to 1972, waste
oil sludge was placed in  on-site  lagoons.   The  contents  were washed into
the Schuylkill River  during flooding  in 1970 and 1972.   After the 1972
flood, the sludge remaining in the lagoons was  removed,  and the lagoons
were filled in and seeded.  Sludge generated in the oil  recovery process
was land farmed on the  site.  Fran 1979 to 1982, about 700 drums, many
leaking, were stored  on the site.  Pennsylvania ordered  the facility to
remove the drums and  surface soil contaminated  by their  storage.  This
were done in April 1982.  A 50,000-gallon  tank  that may  contain water
contaminated with solvents  remains on-site.   Sampling on the site indi-
cates that ground water and soil  in a drainage  ditch have been contami-
nated with organic compounds and.  lead.   In addition, some pollutants are
being released into the Schuylkill River.   The  drinking  water intake for
the City of Pottstown is  2.3 miles downstream from the site.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is  preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to  determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will guide  further  actions at the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:   R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      446

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 iCERCLA)("Supertund )
                               DRAKE CHEMICAL
                          Lock  Haven, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (July 1982):   Drake Chemical formerly
manufactured chemical  intermediates for pesticides and other organic
compounds on an 8-acre site  in Lock Haven,  Clinton County, Pennsylvania.
Operations started in  the 1960s and closed  when Drake filed for bankruptcy
in the fall of 1981.   On-site  are 1,700 drums (many leaking and seme
labeled  "cyanides"), numerous  tanks, three  large unlined lagoons filled
with demolition debris,  two  lined lagoons,  and a small feeder lagoon.
The feeder lagoon is believed  to be the source of a leachate stream
flowing  through a municipal  park (which had to be closed) into Bald
Eagle Creek, a major tributary of the Susquehanna River.  Drums are
emerging fron unlined  lagoons.   Air, soil,  and ground water are also
contaminated.  Sediments in  the creek contain high concentrations of a
herbicide and other chlorinated organic compounds.

     In March and April  1982,  EPA used $950,000 in CERCLA emergency funds
to remove the 1,700 exposed  drums and to drain and neutralize the tanks.

     Status (July 1983):  In January 1983,  EPA signed a $475,000 Superfund
State Contract with Pennsylvania for a remedial investigation to determine
the type and extent of contamination at the site and a feasibility study
to identify alternatives for remedial action.   The work is in two phases.
The first deals with the migrating leachate stream and the second with
the other wastes on the  site.   The remedial investigation/feasibility
study is scheduled to  be completed in the first quarter of 1984.

      Response category  / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      447

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAJC'Superfund"
                               FART MOUNT ZION
                    Springettshury Township, Pennsylvania

       Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Fast Mount Zion Rite
  covers 10 acres in Springettsbury Township, York County, east of Mount
  Zion, Pennsylvania.  It is on a wooded ridge whose southern and western
  slopes average 70 to 80 percent grade.  The privately-owned site was
  never permitted, according to the State.  Tt accepted both municipal and
  industrial wastes, including electroplating sludges, between 1947 and
  1972, at which time it was deeded to a new owner.  The land changed hands
  again in 19fl?.

       The State detected vinyl chloride and benzene in ground water;
  trichloroethylene, phenol, and zinc in leachate; and cyanide, chromium,
  cadmium, nickel, zinc, and copper in the electroplating sludges.  Re-
  sidents within 1 mile of the site depend on ground water for their drink-
  ing water.

       Status (June 1984);  The state and FPA have signed a Cooperative
  Agreement for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
  type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
  for remedial  action.  A] so, RPA will assess the site to determine if any
  immediate response is necessary.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     448

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                             ENTERPRISE AVENUE
                         Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Enterprise  Avenue Site
covers about 57 acres along the Delaware River in Philadelphia,  Pennsyl-
vania.  Fran 1971 to mid-1976, the city operated the site as a municipal
landfill.   At least 10,000 drums of hazardous wastes were dumped there
without the city's permission.  In 1978, the city discovered that various
toxic wastes were being disposed of illegally at the site.   In 1982,  the
city started cleanup actions, including removal of drums  and soil.  In
October 1982,  after spending S7 million cleaning up the site,  the city
ran out of  noney, leaving on-site 20,000 tons of contaminated soil.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA and the State are reviewing the site for
potential CEKCLA  funding.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R S / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      449

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ot 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund")


                            FISCHER & PORTER CO.
                          Warminster, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The Fischer  &  Porter Co.
Site occupies about 6 acres in Warminster, Pennsylvania.  It  is  an active
facility that produces  scientific equipment and chlorinators.  In 1979,
trichloroethylene and polychloroethylene were detected in local  ground
water.  This  contamination  reached sons wells of the Hatboro  and Warminster
Heights Water Authorities,  forcing several wells to be closed in 1979.

     Status (July 1983);  A suit filed by EPA against the company in
October 1980  is proceeding.  Currently, EPA is in the final stage of
negotiation.

       Response category  /  cleanup status code, October 1984:  V F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      450

-------
National PriorKhM List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund'l


                               HAVERTOWN PCP
                          Haverford,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);   The Havertcwn PCP Site is
located in Haverford, Pennsylvania.   From 1947 to 1963, National Wood
Preservers,  Inc., disposed  of  waste  liquids,  primarily oil contaminated
with pentachlorophenol (PCP),  in a well that drained into ground water
below the plant.  This waste liquid  eventually leached into Naylor's Run,
a tributary  of Cobbs Creek  and the Delaware River.  In 1976, EPA took
emergency action  to contain the leaching.

     In 1973, the State took legal action against National Wbod and others
in the area  to require a cleanup of  the wastes.  After seven years of
litigation,  the courts required National Waod to clean up the site.

     Status  (July 1983):  The  State  and National Wood are negotiating a
schedule for removing the wastes. Meanwhile, EPA is preparing a remedial
plan outlining the  investigations needed to determine the full extent of
cleanup required  at the site.   If the States is unsuccessful in obtaining
adequate cleanup  of the site,  EPA will determine what additional measures
are required.

        Response  category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984:   R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     451

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")


                              HELEVA LANDFILL
                  North Vfriitehall Township, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The Heleva Landfill  covers
93 acres in North Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania.  The
site, which is privately owned,  is believed to be the source of contami-
nation of residential and public wells.  Several were closed when high
concentrations of trichloroethylene were found in the ground water  near
the site.  The landfill closed early in May 1982.

     Status (July 1983):  The State is attempting to negotiate an agree-
nent with the owner for cleanup  of the site.

     EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the investigations  needed
to determine  the  full extent of  cleanup required at the site.  It will
guide further actions at the site.

        Response  category / Cleanup status code, October  1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      452

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                 HENDERSON ROAD
                      Upper Merion Township, Pennsylvania

        Ccnriiticns at listing (September 19R31:  The Henderson Road Site
   in tipper  Merion Township, Pennsylvania, is a well that contains such
   chemical  wastes as benzene,  chloroform, and 1,1-dichloroethane, according
   to tests  conducted by Philadelphia Suburban V&ter Co. and EPA.  These
   wastes pose a major threat to ground water and surface water.  The tipper
   Merion Reservoir about 0.3 miles north of the site provides between 8 and
   12 percent of the  water annually distributed by the water company to its
   more  than 800,000  customers.  EPA drilled monitoring wells on- and off-
   site  in January 1981, and took samples then and in February 19R3 .  The
   results confirmed  ground water contamination .

        Status (Jtne  1984);  Using CERCLA funds, the State is undertaking a
   remedial  investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
   of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
   action.

            Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: P
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     453

-------
National Priorities List She

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Superfund")


                              HRANICA LANDFILL
                      Buffalo Township,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981);   The Hranica Landfill  is a  1 fi-
acre drum disposal and  landfill  facility located in a farming conmunity
in Buffalo Tcwnship, Butler County, Pennsylvania.  The privately-owned
landfill stopped accepting  industrial waste in 1974.  The site contains
about 7,700 55-gallon drums and  larger vessels of waste consisting of
solvents, paint pigments, and metal sludges.  A preliminary investigation
of the site by the generator  of  most of the waste showed that local soil,
surface water, and ground water  may be contaminated with organic  and
inorganic conpounds.

     Status (July 1983);  The State is attempting to negotiate with two
parties potentially  responsible  for wastes  at the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      454

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund">
                              INDUSTRIAL LANE
                     Williams Tcwnship, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (September 1983):  The Industrial Lane Site is
in Williams Township,  south of Easton,  Pennsylvania.  It includes a zoned
industrial area and a  29-acre sanitary landfill located south of In-
dustrial Lane.  The landfill has been in operation since the late 19th
century.  The current  owners purchased the Industrial Lane Site in 1958,
at which time it was operating as an open dump.  The owners are currently
operating under a State  sanitary landfill permit and are negotiating
with the State for  closure  of a portion of the landfill and opening of a
new area.

     Several residences  get drinking water fron individual wells located
between the landfill and the Lehigh River.  In July 1982, EPA detected
hazardous substances,  including lead, benzene, chloroform, and carbon
tetrachloride, in three  private wells.   The  State and EPA are conducting
a water sampling program of these and other  private wells in the area and
are also continuing their investigation of all potential sources of
ground water contamination  in the  area.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA is beginning a remedial investigation to
determine the type  and extent of contamination at the site and will
discuss plans for the  investigation at a public meeting.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      455

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                               KIMBERION SITE
                     Kimberton Borough, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982);  The Kimberton Site occupies
about 1 acre  in Kimberton Borough,  Chester County, Pennsylvania.   A. local
chemical company  placed waste solvents in several unlined lagoons  that
later were  found  covered with soil.  In the spring of 1982, ground water
in the borough was  found to be contaminated.

     Above-background levels of trichloroethylene (TCE) and dichloro-
ethylene (DCE) were detected in wells near the site.  In addition,
suspected carcinogens such  as benzo(u) fluoranthene and benzola)orthracene
were detected in  a  tributary to French Creek, which is used for recreation.

     Status (July 1983):  The State is negotiating a consent order with
the suspected generator of  the TCE  and DCE wastes.

        Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      456

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")
                             LACKAWANNA REFUSE
                      Old Forge Borough, Pennsylvania

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982):   The Lackawanna Refuse Site
covers 258 acres in Old  Forge Borough,  Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania.
In 1978, the State  closed the privately-owned site for accepting indus-
trial waste without a permit.  One  5-acre strip pit contains 10,000 to
over 100,000 drums  of hazardous substances.   Wastes were also disposed of
on other parts of the property, but it is not known if they contained
hazardous substances.  Leachate flows frcm the site into an intermittent
stream and drainage ditches and into the nearby St. John's Creek, which
flows to the Lackawanna  River.   Organic vapors have been detected in the
air near the 5-acre pit.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  In the  summer of  1983,  EPA is  scheduled to start a remedial
investigation to determine  the type and extent of contamination at the
site.  It rfill be followed  by a feasibility  study to identify alternatives
for remedial action.

     In 1983, the owners  and operators of the site pleaded guilty to
failing to notify EPA that  hazardous substances were disposed of, paid a
$30,000 fine, and agreed  to use the proceeds frcm any sale of the land to
help finance a cleanup at the site.  They were also convicted on criminal
charges in a State  action arising from operation of the landfill.  The
potential penalty associated with the State  conviction is a fine of up to
$100,000, 4 years imprisonment,  or  both.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     457

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund")


                    LEHIGH ELECTRIC & ENGINEERING CO.
                     Old Forge Borough, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Lehigh  Electric  &
Engineering Co. Site, in Old Forge Borough, Pennsylvania, occupies
approximately 5.4 acres adjacent to the Lackawanna River.  The company
operated a storage and repair facility for electrical equipment  from the
mid-1970s until March 1981.  On-site are 4,000 pieces of equipment,  some
contaminated with PCBs.  Analyses indicate that extremely high levels
accumulated in the soil due to the indiscriminate disposal of dielectric
fluids containing PCBs.  Contamination of ground water  and surface water
is possible because the soil is highly permeable and the site is in  the
floodplain.

     in April 1981, with $40,000 made available under Section 104 of the
Clean Water Act, EPA fenced the site and analyzed soil  and water samples.
In September 1981, using $350,000 made available under  the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act, EPA started a remedial investigation  to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and a feasi-
bility study to identify alternatives for remedial action.

     Status (July 1983);  Early in 1982, an additional  $148,000  were
approved for the remedial investigation/feasibility study.   In July  1982,
EPA signed a $1,271,000 Superfund State Contract with Pennsylvania for
removal of surface equipment and other materials containing  PCBs.  The
work was completed in October 1982.  In January 1983, EPA added  $300,000
to design the plan for excavation of contaminated soil  and its disposal
off-site.  The design is scheduled to be conpleted in mid-1983.

     The Department of Justice (DOJ), on behalf of EPA, has  brought  a
Federal civil action seeking injunctive relief and recovery  of government
cleanup costs from parties potentially responsible for  wastes associated
with the site.  In May 1983, EPA obtained access to the site to  perform
the remaining work.  This, together with the cleanup performed thus  far,
eliminates any need for injunctive relief.  The cost-recovery action is
pending until the remaining cleanup is completed.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     458

-------
National Prioritto U*t Sto

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")


                                LINDANE DUMP
                      Harrison Township, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981);  Lindane Dump covers about 30
acres  in Harrison Township,  Allegheny County, Pennsylvania.  About 400
tons of powdered  lindane pesticide waste and other industrial waste were
dumped at the site,  which is privately owned.  Parties potentially
responsible for the wastes  did a study indicating that lindane is leaching
continuously  from seeps at  the edge of the landfill.

     Status (July 1983);  The State is negotiating with the potentially
responsible parties for a leachate treatability study to evaluate short-
and long-term treatment and disposal alternatives.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984; D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      459

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               LORD-SHOPE LANDFILL
                          Girard Township, Pennsylvania

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1981):  The Lord-Shope Landfill
covers 4 to 5 acres in Girard Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania.   About
4 million cubic  feet of waste were disposed of on this privately-owned
site between 1959 and 1979.   Contaminants identified in ground water
include chloroform,  benzene,  toluene, vinyl chloride, and trichloro-
ethylene.

     Status (July 1983):   A party responsible for wastes at  the  site
funded an investigation/feasibility study and undertook remedial action
at the site, which  is expected to be completed in summer 1983.   Recently,
both EPA and the State took samples of ground water, surface water,  and
soil.  Results are  due in late summer 1983.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  V S  /  I
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      460

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund I


                                MALVERN TCE
                           Malvern, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  The Malvern  TCE  Site  occupies
a 2-acre wooded area in Malvern, Pennsylvania.  From 1952 to  1976,  drums
of wastes contaminated with various organic compounds, including PCBs,
were dunped in  pits on the site, which was owned by a solvent reclamation
plant that  is still in operation.  Soil in the pits is contaminated with
the same chemicals, and ground water in the area is contaminated with
trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene.

     Status (July 1983);  The owner of the solvent reclamation plant has
provided carbon filters to residents with contaminated wells, fenced the
pits, and made  plans to clean up the pits and ground water.   The work has
fallen behind schedule,  and EPA and the State are re-evaluating the
situation to  determine what additional government action  may  be needed.

        Response  category /Cleanup status code, October  1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      461

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Respcnse. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund"


                            MCADOO ASSOCIATES
               Mcfdoo Borough/Kline Township,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981);   The McAdoo Associates Site
consists of two areas approximately 1.3 miles apart.   One, in the Borough
of McAdoo, Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania,  covers  less than 0.2 acres.
The other, in Kline  Township, covers  10 acres.   Waste was  stored at the
site between May 1978 until April 1979, when Pennsylvania  revoked McAdoo1s
permit.  Contamination of ground water, surface water, and air has been
documented.  The McAdoo Borough facility  has four underground tanks
containing hazardous subtances.  The  Kline  Township area,  used as a metal
reclamation/incineration facility, consists of  approximately 7,000 drums
and six aboveground  tanks.

     This is the top priority site in Pennsylvania.

     Status (July 1983):  In July 1982, EPA approved $100,000 for a
remedial investigation of soil and ground water to  determine the type and
extent of contamination at the Kline  Township area.   In September 1982,
the owners of the site and generators responsible for the  wastes volun-
tarily removed all surface waste.  In January 1983,  EPA signed a $350,000
Superfund State Contract to complete  the  remedial investigation and to
start a feasibility  study to identify alternatives  for remedial actions
at Kline.  The work  is scheduled to be completed in the first quarter
of 1984.

         Response category / Cleanup  status code, October  1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     462

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund"


                                METAL BANKS
                         Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982):   The Metal  Banks Site  covers
6 acres  in  an urban/industrial neighborhood next to the Delaware River in
Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania.   After processing transformers and oil
contaminated with PCBs there for a number of years, Metal Banks closed
the operation in  1972.  In  1977,  EPA determined that periodic oil  slicks
found  in the Delaware River  adjacent to the site were contaminated with
PCBs.  The  site was subsequently identified as the source of the slicks.
A U.S. Coast Guard study revealed that up to 20,000 gallons of PCB-
contarainated oil  were in the ground water under the site and were  leaking
into the Delaware River.

     Status (July 1983): Negotiations are in progress  on a suit filed by
EPA against Metal Banks  in  1980.   The company is currently pumping the
contaminated ground water and treating it to remove the contamination.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     463

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Supertund")
                             MILL CREEK  DUMP
                            Erie, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing (September 1983); The Mill Creek Dump
operated en a 60-acre site in Erie, Pennsylvania, from 1941 through 1981,
when it was closed by the State because  of  illegal dumping activities.
reportedly, 1,000 to 2,000 drums containing degreasers, foundry sands,
furnace slag, oils, and solvents are buried on  the site,  die portion of
the site was once a 43-acre swam? that has been filled with foundry sands
and slag, which cover much of the area.  The site is located in a
commercial and residential area immediately east of the Erie Airport.
About 10,000 people live within 0.3 miles of the site, which is unfenced.

     Investigations conducted by EPA, the State, and the County Health
Department have detected contaminants, including heavy metals, solvents,
and polynuclear hydrocarbons, in ground  water, soil, and tersh3lls Run, a
stream that is adjacent to the site and  flows into Lake Erie.  Two munici-
pal wells about 0.3 miles upgradient of  the site are not contaminated as
yet.

     Status (June 1984); late in 1983, EPA used $50,000 in CERCLA
emergency funds to remove and dispose of about  100 surface drums.

     EPA has prepared a work plan for a  remedial investigation/feasibility
study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and
identify alternatives for remedial action.

     EPA is completing the initial phases of the remedial investigation .
Well drilling and environmental sampling are scheduled for mid-June 1984.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     464

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                              MDYERS LANDFILL
                          Eagleville, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982);  Meyers Landfill covers
50 acres near Eagleville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  Frcm 1940  to
1981, it accepted an unknown quantity of municipal and industrial wastes.
In May 1982,  the  past owner and  operator of the landfill was convicted of
negligently allowing leachate to discharge to Skippack Creek.  Among the
pollutants were metals,  including lead and arsenic, and a variety of
organic chemicals.

     Status (July 1983):   The court-appointed receiver in bankruptcy is
supervising the design and construction of a leachate collection system.
This system,  due  to be completed in the summer of 1983, is designed to
control the flow  of thousands of gallons of leachate from the site each
day.

        Response  category /Cleanup status code, October 1984: R P
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      465

-------
National Priorities Li«t Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLAK"Superfund")


                        OLD CITY OF YORK LANDFILL
                        Seven Valleys,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982):   The Old City of York Landfill
covers 176 acres just outside Seven Valleys,  York County, Pennsylvania.
The City of York owned  and  operated the landfill from 1961 to 1975.  In
December 1981, EPA and  State investigators found that the landfill was
contaminating ground water  in the area with volatile organic compounds.
The State then advised  nearby residents with  contaminated wells to obtain
alternate sources of drinking water or to treat their well water before
drinking.  The investigations also  found that leachate was flowing from
the landfill into the nearby Codorus Creek, which is used for fishing and
other recreational activities.

     In the fall of  1982, the State ordered the City of York to study the
site in order to take remedial action.  The city appealed the order.

     Status (July 1983):  The State and city  are now negotiating an
agreement for cleanup.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      466

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Supertund )


                              OSBORNE LANDFILL
                            Grove City,  Landfill

     Conditions at  listing  (July 1982);  Osborne Landfill covers 15 acres
about 0.5 miles east of Grove City in Pine Township, Mercer County,
Pennsylvania.  In the 1950s,  the privately-owned landfill accepted various
types of industrial wastes.  In  1978, the State closed the landfill for
accepting industrial wastes without a permit.  EPA and the State found
elevated levels of  a wide range  of hazardous substances (including lead,
arsenic, cadmium, benzene,  benzo(a)pyrene, and benzo(b)fluoran) in the
soil and surface  water  at and near the site.  An adjacent swamp, which
drains to a fishing stream, Swamp Run,  is also contaminated.  Another
concern is the potential for  contamination of ground water, which supplies
all drinking water  in the area.

     Status (July 1983):  As  a results of negotiations with EPA and the
State, Cooper Industries, Inc.,  which is responsible for some wastes at
the site, is voluntarily fencing the site, as well as removing surface
drums, other containers,  and  contaminated soil.

     EPA recently completed a remedial  plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full  extent of  cleanup required at the site.  It
will guide further  actions  at the site.

        Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      467

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund")


                            PALMEPTON ZINC PILE
                          Palraerton,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The Palmerton Zinc Pile
occupies about 200  acres  in Palmerton,  Pennsylvania, on the north slope
of Blue Mountain along  Aquashicola Creek.  During the past 70 years, New
Jersey Zinc Co. "s nearby  zinc smelter deposited 33 million tons of
residue, creating a cinder  bank  that extends for 2.5 miles and measures
about 200 feet high and 500 to 1,000 feet wide.  Zinc and cadmium were
detected in Aquashicola Creek and nearby drinking wells.  Air pollution
frmm the smelter has also resulted in area-wide contamination, and very
high concentrations of  zinc and  cadmium have been detected in soil and
garden vegetables.

     Status (July 1983):  New Jersey Zinc Co. is controlling run-off from
the cinder bank by  placing  material  containing large amounts of lime at
the base of the bank, which precipitates the heavy metals.  The company
has also graded and seeded  the cinder bank to help reduce run-off.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      468

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLA)(*Superfund")


                                PRESQUE ISLE
                            Erie/  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The Presque Isle Site is
located in  the City of  Erie,  Erie  County,  Pennsylvania.  In the early
1970s, a foul-smelling,  sulfur-laden,  black liquid began discharging fron
an abandoned gas well at Presque Isle state Park.  The source of the
discharge was a deep underground formation, the Bass Island Formation.
The color of the material and its  composition indicated it was not natural
to the formation.   The  discharge released  dangerous levels of hydrogen
sulfide into the air and other hazardous substances into the soil.  EPA
is continuing to investigate  the sources of contamination in the Bass
Island Formation.   In the fall of  1982, the State plugged the Presque
Isle well.  EPA and the U.S.  Geological Survey are concerned that the
same material could rise in additional abandoned wells and contaminate
ground water over a wide area.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine if  materials similar to that discharged
at the Presque Isle well can  affect other  wells, causing environmental or
public health problems  that would  require  remedial action.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     469

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 jCERCLAH'Supertund")


                               RESTN DISPOSAL
                      Jefferson Borough,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listi"g  (December 1982):  The Resin Disposal Site
covers 40 acres near the Monongahela River in Jefferson Borough, Allegheny
County, Pennsylvania.  The  privately-owned site consists of two unlined
diked ponds situated in  a gully between  two residential areas.  Between
1949 and 1964, these ponds  received about 77,000 tons of industrial waste
containing organic  solvents,  resins, and oils.   Once filled, the ponds
were covered with local  soil.   Leachate  is seeping along the base of the
second dike.  Monitoring wells on-site and at the edge of the disposal
area are contaminated by naphthalene,  benzene,  toluene, phenol, lead, and
nickel.  Leachate leaving the  site  is  similarly contaminated.

     Status (July 1983):  The  State is negotiating with a party
potentially responsible  for wastes  at  the site  regarding collection and
treatment o£ the leachate,  a  program to  recover resins and solvents from
the ground, and sampling of ground  water.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      470

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLA)("Superfund")


                              STANLEY KESSLER
                       King of Prussia, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  The Stanley  Kessler Site is
in King of  Prussia, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.   Fran 1962 to 1978,
solvent wastes were disposed of via a floor drain  into a  septic tank-
cesspool system.  This practice resulted in contamination of ground water
with organic  compounds such as chloroform and  trichloroethylene.  Ground
water in the  area feeds the Upper Merion Reservoir, which supplies drinking
water to approximately 170,000 people.

     Status (July 1983):  The company removed  the  septic  tank  and cesspool.
EPA is negotiating  with the company for complete site  cleanup.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      471

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK"Superfund"l
                             TAYLOR BOROUGH HJMP
                         Taylor Borough, Pennsylvania

       Conditions at listing (September 1983):  The Taylor Borough Dump
  covers about fiO acres in Taylor Borough, Lackawanna County, Pennsylvania .
  It is near a residential area and a community park.  Tne privately-owned
  site served as a municipal dump in the mid-1960s.  rver 1,000 drums are
  piled and scattered over the surface.  Records indicate materials con-
  taining hazardous substances were dumped on-site.  Extensive sampling of
  the drums by EPA has found elevated levels of a range of metals and
  organic compounds .  EPA has also detected organic compounds such as
  chloroform and trichloroethylene in the air around the drums.

       Status (June 1984):  Late in 1983, EPA removed the surface drums
  using $375,000 in CERCLA emergency funds.  Approximately 253 tons of
  hazardous solids and 1,595 gallons of liquids were removed.  In addition,
  security gates were erected at the access roads to prevent midnight
  dumping .

       EPA has also begun a remedial investigation aimed primarily at
  defining the extent of soil contamination and determining if buried waste
  poses a threat to human health and/or the environment.  After the reme-
  dial investigation is completed, F.PA will conduct a feasibility study to
  determine the need for additional cleanup and, if needed, the type of
  cleanup measures .

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984; R / o
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     472

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund')
                                TYSONS DUMP
                    Upper Msrion Towiship, Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  Tysons Dump  is located near
 a residential area in Upper Nferion Township, Montgomery County,
 Pennsylvania,  The privately owned site consists of seven  unlined lagocns
 covering about 5 acres.  In the 1970s, it accepted sludges and liquid
 wastes, primarily chlorinated and other organic solvents, and dumped them
 into the lagoons.  Leachate from the site flows into the nearby Schuyl-
 kill River, which provides drinking water to over 30,000 people in
 Norristowa and other nearby communities.  The State detected organic
 ccrpounds in the air, which pose a potential threat to the heavily
 populated residential area nearby.

      In March 1983, EPA used S?35,000 in CRRCLA emergency  funds to fence
 the site and to construct a leachate collection and treatment system.  In
 August 1983, EPA prepared a remedial action plan for the site.

      Status (June 1984);  EPA has completed a remedial investigation and
 is now working en a feasibility study to identify alternatives for reme-
 dial action at the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                     473

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CEHCiAK'Supertund'l


                               VOORTMAN FARM
                   Upper saucon  Township, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982);   The Voortman Farm Site  in
Upper Saucon Township,  Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, is a sink hole 48
feet in diameter  and 120 feet deep.   In the mid-1970s, an estimated  10,000
battery casings were dumped on the privately-owned property.  The State
detected elevated concentrations of  various heavy metals in the sink
hole.  Analyses of nearby domestic wells show heavy metals at below  the
maximum permissible  limits.

     Status (July 1983):  By January 1983, inspections by the State  had
revealed that the battery casings were no longer in the sink hole.   EPA
plans to inspect  the site later  in 1983.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      4T4

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund"


                                 WADE (ABM)
                          Chester,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):   The Wade  (ABM) Site covers 3
acres on the  bank of the Delaware River in Chester, Pennsylvania.  The
site was originally a rubber  reclamation facility but has been used as an
industrial waste  storage and  disposal facility since  the early 1970s.
Several thousands drums of  toxic industrial waste were stored on the
property, or  the  contents were poured directly onto the ground.  In
addition, thousands of  gallons of waste were discharged directly from
tank trailers onto  the  ground.   The site is contaminated with toxic and
carcinogenic  compounds.

     This site was  once listed under the name "ABM-Wade."

     Status (July 1983):  EPA and the State have conducted a partial
cleanup of this site.   The  State will be the lead agency for the remainder
of the cleanup.   The next phase  will include inventorying, categorizing,
and staging of waste currently on-site.  This work should begin in the
summer of 1983 and  may  take several months  to complete.

     EPA has  reached a  settlement with 34 waste generators who have agreed
to contribute $1.9  million  to the site cleanup.  A current civil action
against nine  other  responsible parties (other generators, transporters,
and owner), seeks court-ordered  cleanup and recovery  of costs incurred.

     Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     475

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                WALSH LANDFILL
                      Hcneyhrook Tcwiship, Pennsylvania

       Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Kfelsh Landfill  operated
  on  an 8-acre site in Honeybrook Tovnship, Chester County, Pennsylvania .
  Operations at the unpermitted site reportedly began prior to 1971 and
  continued until the State forced the landfill to close in 197fi .   The
  owner accepted both municipal and industrial wastes .  Samples obtained hy
  the State from on-site monitoring wells (installed by the State as  part
  of  the closure plan) contain organic compounds .  Nearby residential
  wells sampled by the State and county are also contaminated  with  organic
  compounds.

       Status (June 19R4);  The .State and RPA have signed a Cooperative
  Agreement for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to  determine  the
  type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
  for remedial action.  Also, EPA plans to inspect the site in mid-June
  1984 to determine if any immediate response is necessary.

           Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1Q84: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency'Remedial Response Program
                                     476

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSuparfund")
                               WESTLINE SITE
                           Westline, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The Westline Site  covers
about 40 acres in  Westline,  McKeon County, Pennsylvania.  The privately-
owned site consists of a series of abandoned lagoons once used  to hold
sludge and other residues frcm a wood chemical plant that operated from
the late 1800s to  1952.   The lagoons have contaminated local ground water
with phenol and other organic compounds.  Low levels of organic compounds
have also been identified in nearby Kinzua Creek.

     Status (July  1983):   After an investigation by EPA, the present
owners of the properties on  which the lagoons are located fenced the
lagoons to prevent direct contact with the wastes.  EPA is preparing a
remedial plan outlining  the  investigations needed to determine  the full
extent of cleanup  required at the site.  It will guide further  actions at
the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      477

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                     Puerto Rico (PR)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Ad of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                            BARCELONETA LANrFILL
                        Florida Afuera, Puerto Rico

      Conditions at listing (December 19R2);  The Barceloneta  landfill
accepts industrial vastes on a 20-acre site in Florida Afuera, Puerto
Rico.  The hastes are placed in sink holes, seme of which are 100  feet
deep.  There is no natural or artificial barrier to prevent migration  of
contamination.  Ground water is used for municipal drinking water.

      Status (July 1983);  Later in 1983, EPA plans to start developing a
remedial plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the full
extent  of cleanup required at the site.  It will guide further actions at
the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984;  n
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     479

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                         FIBERS PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLS
                             Jobos, Puerto Rico

     Conditions at  listing (September 1983):  The Fibers Public Supply
Wells serve 4,300 residents of Jobos, Puerto Rico.  Two of the five wells
in the field  have been  closed due to contamination frcm chlorinated
solvents,  me additional  well with low-level contamination is still open.
The U.K. Geological Survey detected the contamination in 1977 during a
survey of public water  wells.  The source has not yet been established.

     Status (June 1984);   EPA is conducting a search for parties poten-
tially responsible  for  wastes associated with the site.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      480

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                               FRONTERA CREEK
                           Rio Abajo, Puerto Rico

      Conditions at listing (Pacember 1982):  Frontera Creek in Rio Abajo,
 Puerto Rico, is a small creek that receives industrial waste discharges
 and drains into the Caribbean Sea 2 miles downstream.  Adjacent to the
 creek are two large fresh water lagoons totalling about 640 acres.  They
 are hydraulicly connected to the creek.  EPA has found that mercury and
 pesticides are discharged into the creek.  There is concern that these
 contaminants could enter the aguatic food chain, contaminating finfish,
 shellfish, and the endangered brown pelican .  local residents use the
 lagoons for fishing and recreation.  The finfish and shellfish trapped in
 the lagoons are significant in the local diet.

      The land in the immediate vicinity of the lagoon is used for
 agriculture (cattle, sugar cane) .  A community of some 100 homes is
 adjacent to Frontera Creek .  At this time no wells are known to be used
 for public water or irrigation within 3 miles of the site.  Access to the
 lagoons is limited by barbed wire fence and a security guard.  However,
 EPA inspectors saw a nunber of local residents on the property during two
 site inspections .

      Status (July 1983):  later in 1983, EPA plans to start developing a
 remedial plan outlining the investigations needed to determine the full
 extent of cleanup reguired at the site.  It will guide further actions at
 the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     481

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund')
                             RE WIRING DEVICES
                           Juan riaz, Puerto Rico

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  The General Electric Go.
Wiring  EBvices Site in Juan raaz, Puerto Rico, is a 5-acre facility that
formerly manufactured mercury light switches.  ct\ the property is a 0.5-
acre  inactive  open dump for off-specification products.  It is possible
for contaminants to erode frcm the dump, which is uncovered, onto a farm.
The site, located  in a residential  area, is fenced.  A snail amount of
debris  from the dump is just outside the fence.  A public water supply
well  is Icoated withint 1,200 feet of the site.  To date, EPA has not
detected mercury in the air or well.  Testing by the company for the
Puerto  Rico Environmental Quality Board (BOB) has found mercury in the
open  dump .

      Status (July  1983);  The company plans to clean up the site.  It has
hired a consultant to determine the extent of ground water and soil
contamination  and  to present evidence that a continuous clay layer uderlies
the open dump.  EPA is working with BOB and the company in efforts to
clean up the site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      482

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ot 1980 (CEBCLAM'Superlund")
                              JUNCOS LANDFILL
                            Juncos, Puerto Rico

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Juncos Landfill covers 2
acres  in Juncos,  Puerto Rico.  Thermometers containing mercury may have
been dumped on the site, a closed municipal landfill.  A small underground
fire is burning  at the  landfill.   A small leachate seep and soil erosion
were evident during two site inspections.  The site rises approximately 20
feet above grade.  Of greatest concern is a new housing development built
over the landfill.  Although most of the homes are not yet occupied,
there  is concern about  potential  impact when they are occupied.  The
new ccnrtunity will be served frcm a public water supply.  Soil and air
contain higher-than-background concentrations of mercury.  No barriers
exist  to prevent local  residents  or animals entering the site.

     Status (July 1983);  In February 1983, EPA conducted f-'.eld studies
at the site to ascertain the health hazard posed to local residents.  Late
in 1983, EPA plans to start developing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will guide further  actions at the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      483

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAlC'Superfund")
                               RCA DEL CARIBE
                          terceloneta, Puerto Rico

      Conditions at listing (December 1982);  RCA Etel Caribe manufactures
masks for  television  screens on an approximately 2n-acre site in
Barceloneta,  Puerto Pico.  This process generates wastes containing
chroraiumr  selenium, and  iron,  which were discharged into four holding
lagoons.   Limestone formations below the site are highly susceptible to
development of  sink holes.  The sink holes resulted in discharge of the
contents of  two lagoons  into ground water.  Sampling of lagoon sediments
detected significant  concentrations of chromium and selenium.  Limited
sampling of a public  water well immediately downgradient of the site
shows no contaminants that would be attributed to the site.  Other public
supply wells  serving  a population of 12,000 people are located within 1 .5
miles of the  site,

      Status  (July 1983):   EPA is working with the Puerto Rico Environmental
Duality Poard and RCA to  clean up the site.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D / C
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      484

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund")
                              UPJOHN FACILITY
                          Barceloneta,  Puerto Rico

     Conditions at listing (September  1983):   The Upjohn Si te in Barce-
loneta,  Puerto Rico,  is  the  result of  a  spill of 15,300 gallons of a
mixture  of 65 percent carbon tetrachloride and 35 percent acetonitrile.
In  September  1982, a  buried  tank holding this mixture leaked, releasing
its contents  into ground water.  EPA and the u .S. Geological Survey have
documented contamination of  ground water. A large portion of the spilled
material remains in the  soil.  A public  well serving more than 12,000
people is less than 1  mile from the site.

     Upjohn has taken a  number of remedial measures at the site, includ-
ing (1)  installing a  grid of monitoring  wells to define the plume of
contaminated  ground water; (2)  installing a  water line to the Puerto Rico
Aqueduct and  Sewer Authority supply line to  Tiborones; (3) providing
emergency water supplies to  Garrochales; (4)  cleaning, inspecting, and
testing  the remaining underground tanks  (no  other  leaks were found); and
(5)  installing a pilot extraction plant  to remove the carbon tetrachlo-
ride from the soil.  Upjohn  says it has  already recovered 800 gallons of
carbon tetrachloride  from the soil by  vapor  extraction.  Upjohn plans to
install  an extraction  wall to recover  a  plume containing 2,000 parts per
billion  of carbon tetrachloride.

     Status (June 1984):   EPA is currently negotiating an agreement with
Upjohn to ensure that the remedial actions are completed in accordance
with CERCLA requirements.

          Response category / Cleanup status  code,  October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      485

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                       VEGA ALTA PUBLIC SUPPLY WELLS
                           Vega  Alta,  Puerto Rico

     Conditions at listing (September 1983):   The well field supplying
28,500 residents of Vega Alta,  Puerto Rico,  consists of five wells.  All
are contaminated with chlorinated solvents.  One, the Ponderosa well, was
closed in January 1983 when a survey  of public water wells made by the
TI .S . Geological Survey (USGS) detected high levels of trichloroethylene .
The Puerto Rico Aqueduct and Sewer Authority is trucking and/or piping in
drinking water to the  residents.  The source  of the contamination has not
been identified.

     Status  (June 1984);   Through an  Interagency Agreement with EPA, USGS
plans to undertake a  preliminary hydrogeological assessment of the site.
The study will be integrated into a remedial  investigation/feasibility
study EPA is planning  to identify the source(s) of contamination and
alternatives for remedial  action .

         Response category / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      486

-------
National Priorities List Site                                    Rhode Island (Rl)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                            DAVIS  LIQUID WASTE
                         Smithfield, Rhode  Island

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981):   The Davis Liquid Waste Site
occupies 10 acres near a residential area of Smithfield,  Rhode Island.
The site was used as a hazardous waste  disposal facility  until 1977, when
it was closed by court order.  Hazardous materials  handled on the site
include paint pigments, oils, halogenated and nonhalogenated solvents,
acids, caustics, pesticides, phenols, and laboratory wastes.  Liquid
wastes in both drums and tank trucks were dumped into at  least three
unlined pits.  Contaminated soils  and wastes in drums and tanks remain
on-site.  Monitoring verified that both surface water and ground water
are contaminated.  A plume  of contaminated  ground water is migrating
northward through highly fractured bedrock.  The main point of discharge
appears to be into Latham Brook.

     Status (July 1983):  In August  1982, EPA awarded a 8336,132
Cooperative Agreement to Rhode Island for a remedial investigation to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and for a
feasibility study to identify alternatives  for remedial action.  The
work is scheduled to be completed  in the fourth quarter of 19R3.  The
next step, if approved, would be to select  the cost-effective remedy and
begin design activities.

     The State has an enforcement  action underway against the site owner.

        Response category / Cleanup status  code,  October  1984: R S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      487

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                LANDFILL & RESOURCE RECOVERY,  INC.  (LSRR)
                      North Smithfield,  Rhode  Island

     Conditions at listing (December  1982);  Landfill & Resource Recovery,
Inc., (L&RR) occupies 36 acres  in North  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island.  The
area, originally a sand and gravel pit,  has  been used for  refuse disposal
since 1927.  In 1969, the site  began  accepting solid waste for disposal.
This small-scale operation was  sold in 1974  to L&RR, which developed it
into a large-scale facility accepting commercial, domestic, and industrial
wastes.  Between 1978 and September 1979,  from 0.5 million to 2.0 million
gallons of hazardous waste were accepted at  the site.  In  December 1979,
a plastic liner was placed over the hazardous  waste  to protect it from
precipitation.

     The L&RR Site is located in a recharge  area of  an aquifer with the
potential to be developed for municipal  drinking water. Ground water and
the Slatersville Reservoir (both downgradient)  are  being used for drinking
water.  The site is bisected by a tributary  of Trout Brook that drains to
the Slatersville Reservoir.  On-site  and off-site monitoring wells show
low levels of organic and metal contamination.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a  remedial plan outlining
the investigations needed to determine the full extent of  cleanup required
at the site.  It will guide further actions  at the  site.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V S
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       488

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund")
                           PETERSON-PURITAN, INC.
                      Lincoln/Cumberland, Rhode Island

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Peterson-Puritan,  Inc.,
 Site covers 920 acres in the well fields of Lincoln and Cumberland,  Rhode
 Island .  Organic contamination was first detected in October 1979 in  three
 Lincoln wells on the west bank of the Rlackstone River and  in a Cumberland
 well on the east bank of the river.  These wells were closed and retrain
 out of service.  Although Lincoln received Federal funds  for an alternate
 water supply, the town trade several attempts from October 1979 through
 June 1980 to flush contaminants from its wells by pumping them.  However,
 long-term pumping increased contaminant levels .

      In March 1982, EPA completed a study of an area 2 miles in length
 along the Blackstone River, extending 2,000 feet east and west of the
 main channel .  The northeastern corner of the site, on the  Cumberland
 side of the river, is occupied by a small industrial area that includes
 Peterson-Puritan .  The study concluded that Peterson-Puritan was the most
 probable source of contamination of the Lincoln wells and that the
 Cumberland well was contaminated by some of the same compounds found  in
 the Lincoln wells .

      Status (July 1983);  EPA has met with Peterson-Puritan and its parent
 company, CPU International, Inc. Peterson-Puritan conducted an initial
 study to determine the source or sources of contaminants  leaving its
 property.  EPA received the report in late June 183, at which time EPA
 started to negotiate a Consent Dscree with Peterson-Puritan for remedial
 action at the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: P
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      489

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                                PI CI LI/1 FARM
                           Coventry, Rhode Island

      Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Picillo Farm Site covers
 7 .5 acres in Coventry, Rhode Island .  The area is sparsely populated .
 All nearby residences are served by private wells, and a large recreation
 reservoir is about 1.5 miles to the east.  The site was discovered in
 1977 when several drums containing water-reactive material exploded and
 started a fire.  Subsequently, the state found four trenches filled with
 about 15,000 drums containing wastes, including solvents, oils, pesti-
 cides, PCBs, paint sludges, and explosives.  There is evidence of bulk
 discharge of liquid chemical wastes.  Air, soil, ground water, and surface
 water are contaminated.

      In the spring of 1980, EPA began emergency removal of 10,000 buried
 drums from two trenches, using $560,000 provided under Section 311 of the
 Clean Vteter Act.  In September 1981, EPA added 5410,000 in CERCLA emergen-
 cy funds .

      This is the top priority site in Rhode Island .

      Status (July 1983):  The State completed the excavation and off-site
 disposal of all buried wastes in mid-1982.  Since 1979, the State has
 spent SI .5 million on the site.  EPA's Office of Research and Development
 spent Sfi8,000 on a pilot study to detoxify PCBs in two large piles on-
 site.  In February 1982, FPA awarded a $4,938,570 Cooperative Agreement
 to Rhode Island to (1) excavate and dispose of drums in two remaining
 trenches (completed in July 1982) and (2) do a remedial investigation and
 feasibility study to identify alternatives for cleaning up contaminated
 soil and ground water (to be completed in the third quarter of 1983) .

      The state has identified parties potentially responsible for wastes
 associated with the site, and litigation to recover cleanup costs is
 pending against them and the site owner.

       Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S / 0
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      490

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                            STAMINA MILLS, INC.
                       North Smithfield,  Rhode Island

      Conditions at listing (December 1982):  The Stamina Mills, Inc.,
 Site  covers 50 acres in North Smithfield, Rhode Island.  In 1969, to
 reduce water pollution from its textile weaving and finishing mill,
 the company adopted a solvent scouring system to replace a water/detergent
 system, which discharged untreated waste waters into the nearby Rranch
 River.  Spent solvents from the system were recycled in on-site stills.
 Oils  and other contaminants removed from the fabric remained in the still
 bottoms, and these were deposited in an on-site landfill at a rate of
 about 1 barrel per day.  In the early 1970a, about 800 gallons of
 trichloroethylene solvent spilled in the process of transferring a lead
 from  a tanker truck .  Shortly thereafter, Stamina detected an odor
 and "sweet taste" in its drinking water and began to use bottled water.
 In  1974, Stamina discontinued all wet processing, including the solvent
 scouring system.  From fiflO to 70.0 gallons of solvent remain in storage
 tanks on-site.  The mill was later sold.  A fire in 1977 destroyed the
 mill, and the storage tanks could not be found.  The State detected
 organic solvents in 41 of 53 wells in Forestdale, including a community
 well  serving 12 homes and approximately 50 people.  In 1981, EPA
 commissioned a hydrogeological investigation .

      This site was once listed under the name "Forestdale-Stamina Mills,
 Inc."

      Status (July 1983):   The hydrogeological study concluded that the
 most  probable source of trichloroethylene contamination of the Forestdale
 wells is the former Stamina Mills Site.  A public water supply has been
 installed to serve the contaminated area .  EPA is now reviewing enforce-
 ment  alternatives.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     491

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM"Superfund",i
                          WESTERN SAND & GRAVEL
                        Burrillville,  Rhode  Island

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):   The Westen Sand & Gravel Site
covers 20 acres in a rural residential area  in Burrillville, Rhode Island.
Originally, it was a sand and gravel quarry.   From  1975 to April 1979,
various liquid wastes and sewage were  dumped into 12 lagoons or pits
concentrated on a hill that slopes down to Tarkiln  Brook.   The soil is
highly permeable.  Organic chemicals  infiltrated  ground water and are
flowing into Tarkiln Brook.  Seme private wells show low levels of
contamination.

     The State closed the disposal operation because nearby residents
complained of odors.  The quarrying operation continues.  Early in 1980,
the State started to remove and dispose of waste  in the lagoons.  In
March 1980, under Section 311 of the Clean Water  Act, EPA pumped and
removed chemicals in four open pits at a cost of  about S575,000.
This was supposed to remove all major  sources of  contamination.  The
State, however, found evidence that some sludges  may have been buried at
the site.  The State then contracted  for a hydrogeological study.  These
actions cost the State almost S300.000.

     Status (July 1983):  In July 1982, EPA  awarded a 5292,000 Cooperative
Agreement to Rhode Island for a remedial investigation to determine the
type and extent of contamination at the site and  a  feasibility study to
identify alternatives for remedial action.   The work is scheduled to be
completed in the first quarter of 1984.

     EPA has identified parties potentially  responsible for waste associ-
ated with the site and is seeking their cooperation in the cleanup.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

                                      492

-------
National Priorities List Site                                 South Carolina (SC)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAirSuperrund")
                               CAROIAWN,  INC.
                         Fort Lawn,  South Carolina

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982);   The Carolawn, Inc., Site is
an abandoned  3-acre waste storage and disposal facility located near
Fishing Creek, west of  Fort Lawn,  South  Carolina.  Several hundred drums
of chemical wastes  (including acids,  bases,  organic solvents, and
contaminated  soil)  were stored both outside  and inside the site, which is
surrounded by a  chain-link fence.   Also  on-site was a diked lagoon filled
with sludge.  Heavy metals,  phenols,  and numerous volatile organic
conpounds have been detected.   A significant amount o£ contaminated run-
off frcm the  site has migrated into a tributary of the Catawba River,
which supplies drinking water for Lugaff.  Air contamination affects the
nearest homes, which are located 100  yards from the site.

     In late  1981 and early 1982,  $600,000 in CERCLA emergency funds were
approved to bulk and dispose of all liquids  in drums, remove remaining
drums, and dispose  of contaminated  water from the lagoon.   However, ground
water is contaminated,  and on-site  soil  may  also be.

     Status (July 1983):   EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to detemine the  full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  EPA is planning  a remedial investigation/feasibility study
to determine  the type and extent of contamination at the site and a
feasibility study to identify  alternatives for remedial action.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  R F / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      493

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)('Superfund")
                              GEIGER/C & M OIL
                         Rmtowles,  South Carolina

     Conditions at listing (September 1983);   The Geiger Site, previously
known as  the  C &  M Oil  Site,  occupies about 5 acres in the small community
of Rantowles,  South Carolina. The  site, an abandoned waste oil facility,
consists  of 7  unlined pits (each roughly 50 feet wide, 100 feet long, and
1 to 2  feet deep)  containing  about  35,000 gallons of a waste oil/water
mixture.  EPA  analysis  of  the mixture indicated  the presence of trichlo-
roethane  and dimethylbenzene . To  the east of the pits is a pond with an
outlet  to the  north. Pun-off from  the site flows through substantial
hardwood  swamps and estuarine marshes before  emptying into Wallace River.

     Status (June 1984);   EPA has completed a search for parties
potentially responsible for wastes  associated with the site.  A financial
assessment of  the  parties  is  pending.

     A  remedial investigation/feasibility study  is under consideration.
It would determine the  type and  extent of contamination at the site and
identify  alternatives for  remedial  action.

          Response  category /  Cleanup  status code, October 1984: n
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      494

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                            INDEPENDENT  NAIL CO.
                          Beaufort,  South Carolina

       Conditions at listing  (September  1983):   The Independent Nail Co.
 manufactures metallic screws on a site  3  miles  north of  Beaufort,  Heau-
 fort County, South Carolina.  The company bought  the site from Blake and
 Johnson in 19RO .  There is a 1-acre lagoon  on the  site into which Blake
 and Johnson placed waste water containing cyanide,  chromium, cadmium,
 lead, nickel, zinc, copper, and iron.   When Independent  Nail bought the
 site, it asked Rlake and Johnson to investigate the quality of ground
 water.  In response, Blake and Johnson  installed  three monitoring  wells
 of intermediate depth.  Analyses revealed that  ground water has been
 impacted by the lagoon.  Further tests  conducted by the  State showed that
 the contaminated ground water has moved outside of  the area covered by
 the monitoring wells.  Surface water has  been locally contaminated  by the
 lagoon, but it is not used as a source  of drinking  water,

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is considering various alternatives  for the
 site .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  n
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     495

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund")
                         KALAMA SPECIALTY CHEMICALS
                          Beaufort,  South Carolina

      Conditions at listing (September  1983);   The  Kalama Specialty
Chemicals  Site covers about 16 acres in  a coastal  environment in Beau-
fort, Beaufort County,  South Carolina .  The company is no longer in
business.   Its primary  product was  Krinite, a  herbicide.  Vfestes present
on  the site include methanol bottoms,  laboratory wastes, distillation
bottoms, phosphorus oxychloride,  phosphorus trichloride, xylene wastes,
Krinite wastes, spent oil, and methyl  methacrylate.  Qn-site is a lagoon
that  at one time overflowed into  a  tile  field.  In January 1979, an
explosion  of one of the reactors  caused  extensive  spilling of various
organic chemicals.  State data indicate  that  the explosion, as well as
the tile field operation, has contaminated shallow ground water with
lead, benzene, ethyl benzene, and toluene. The site is in the recharge
zone  of a  primary  aquifer.  State analytical  data  also indicate surface
water is contaminated with the same chemicals.  In January 19RO, the
State issued a Consent  Order requiring the company to (1) upgrade a
treatment  system on the site and  (2) develop  a plan to study ground
water.

      Status (June  1984);   In accordance  with an amended Consent Order,
the company has submitted a proposal to  the State  for a study of ground
water and  soil contamination.

         Response  category / Cleanup status code,  October 19R4: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     496

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Superfund")
                     TOPPERS CO., INC. (FLORENCE PLANT)
                          Florence, South Carolina

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Koppers Co., Inc.,  treats
 and preserves wood with creosote and pentachlorophenol on a 20-acre site
 in Florence, Florence County, South Carolina .  The company has  had numer-
 ous difficulties in the past with contaminated run-off.  The primary
 problem at this site, however, is an old evaporation lagoon closed since
 1979.  It has led to contamination of six of nine monitoring wells on-
 site, according to company data.  The State has detected contamination in
 private wells off-site.  At least 1,200 people use the shallow aquifer
 for drinking water.  Surface water contamination has not been documented
 to date.  In October 1981, the State issued a Consent Order requiring the
 company to conduct a ground water study.

      Status (June 1984):  The State is reviewing the company's response
 to an amended Consent Order which calls for the company to (1) complete
 installation of a monitoring well, (2) report on the progress of a
 sampling program, (3) submit a hyrirological report, and (4) submit a plan
 for remedial action.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      497

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Superfund")
                            LEONARD CHEMICAL CO., INC.
                            tock Hill,  South Carolina

      Conditions at listing (September  1983);  Leonard Chemical Co., Inc.,
 stored wastes and  disposed of process  residues (mainly distillation
 bottoms and chemical wastes)  on a 7-acre site in Rock Hill, York County,
 South Carolina. About 3,400  drums and 11,500 gallons of various chem-
 ical  wastes in  surface tanks  were stored on the site.  Numerous spills
 and leaks  have  occurred,  threatening ground water.  The State ordered
 Leonard Chemical to install three monitoring wells at the site.  The
 company's  data  indicate low levels of  organic contamination in a shallow
 aquifer.  In May 1983, a  group of generators, in response to a State
 Consent Order,  retained a contractor to remove surface wastes from the
 site.  The operation was  completed in  June 1983.  However, due to low
 estimates  in the generators'  bid proposal, not all of the surface wastes
 were  removed.

      Status (June  19S4):   The generators of wastes at the site have
 voluntarily moved  more than 80 percent of the waste.  The State is
 negotiating a Consent Order to complete the cleanup.

        Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 19R4: S / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     498

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                          PALMRTTO WOOD PRESEFOTNG
                         Dixianna, South Carolina

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Palnetto Wood Preserving
 occupies about 10 acres in Dixianna, Lexington County, South Carolina.
 Since about 1980, the company's process of pressure  treating lumber has
 resulted in excess chromated copper arsenate solution  being drained to
 the ground.  The shallow aquifer, which supplies drinking water to seme
 1,000 to 2,000 people, has been contaminated.  The State  has detected
 high levels of chromium in nearby private wells.  Surface vrater contami-
 nation has not been documented to date.

      Status (June 1984):  Under a State Consent Order, the company imple-
 mented a monitoring plan in late 19R3.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  n
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      499

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                             SCRDI BLUFF ROAD
                         Columbia, South Carolina

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):  The South Carolina Recycling
and Disposal, Inc. (SCRDI) Bluff Road Site  is on State Highway 48  (Bluff
Road) about 7 miles southeast of downtown Columbia,  South Carolina.  The
property covers about 7 acres, of which 2 acres are  actually  used  for
waste storage.  About 7,200 drums of toxic, flammable, and  reactive
wastes are on-site, as well as numerous smaller containers.   Two small
ponds at the northern end of the site are remnants of lime  slurry  disposal
ponds used by an acetylene manufacturer that once occupied  the property.
The storage area is partially fenced.  Air, ground water, and surface
water are contaminated.

     This is the top priority site in South Carolina.

     Status (July 1983):  During early 1982, a group of generators
contracted with one of the generators, TRI, Inc., to clean  up 75 percent
of the surface of the site at a cost of $1.6 million.  The  cleanup was
completed in late 1982.  In June 1982, EPA  awarded a $1,078,292 Coopera-
tive Agreement to South Carolina to clean up the remaining  surface waste
and conduct a remedial investigation and feasibility study  for cleanup of
ground water.  In August 1982, EPA approved $100,000 for remedial  design
activities.  The surface cleanup is scheduled to be  completed in the
third quarter of 1983, and the feasibility  study in  the third quarter  of
1984.

     The Department of Justice, on behalf of EPA, has brought a Federal
civil action against those generators who failed to  participate in the
surface cleanup by TRI.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R F  /  O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      500

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund )
                               SCRDI DIXIANA
                           Cayce, South Carolina

     Conditions at listing (July 1982):  The South Carolina Recycling and
Disposal,  Inc.  (SCRDI) Dixiana Site covers 2 acres near Cayce,  South
Carolina.  At one time, the site contained over 1,100 drums of  materials
such as paints, solvents, acids, waste oils, phenols, and dyes.  In August
1978,  the  State filed a suit against the site owners.  The resulting
court  order  specified that the site no longer receive wastes  and that
the wastes on-site be contained.  In May 1980, as a result of SCRDI's
failure to contain the wastes, a State court found SCRDI in contempt,
which  resulted  in the company being placed in receivership.   Shortly
thereafter,  SCRDI removed all drums and some contaminated soil.

     As a  result of spillage of a dye (a suspected carcinogen), shallow
ground water is contaminated, and the State advised two families living
nearby not to use their well water.

     Status  (July 1983);  Conditions at this site are currently being
addressed  through a State enforcement action against parties  responsible
for wastes at the site.

     Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F S / 0
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      501

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               WAMCHEM, INC.
                           Burton, South Carolina

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Until the late 1970s,
          Inc.,  synthesized organic chemicals and formulated color concen-
 trates on 200 acres in Burton, Beaufort County, South Carolina.  It
 disposed  of  its wastes (including phenols, lead, cadmium, and solvents)
 in an evaporation lagoon.  Then it switched to spraying its wastes onto
 two fields.   State monitoring of veils on-site has detected lead,
 chromium, toluene, dichloronitroethane, and benzene.  Some 1,100 to 2,000
 people get drinking water from the shallow aquifer within 3 miles of the
 site.  Surface  water is contaminated with the same chemicals, but it does
 not supply drinking water at this time.

      Status  (June 1984);   The company is conducting further ground water
 studies to determine the  impact of the spray fields and disposal lagoon .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     502

-------
National Priorities List Site                                  South Dakota (SD)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund"l


                              WHITEWOOD CREEK
                          Vtfiitewood, South Dakota

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  Over 100 years worth of gold
mining  and  mill tailings have discharged into approximately  20 miles of
Whitewood Creek near Whitewood in the Black Hills area of South Dakota.
Heavy metals contaminate soil, ground water, and surface water.

     This is the top priority site in South Dakota.

     Status (July  1983):  Under a voluntary agreement, EPA,  the State,
and Homestake  Mining Co., which has operated in the area, are proceeding
with a  remedial investigation along the contaminated segment of the creek.
The investigation  will  identify the location and condition of tailings
materials,  the existence and forms of the contaminants, and  the potential
for human health or environmental problems.  The work  is scheduled to be
completed in the fourth quarter of 1984.

          Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      503

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                     Tennessee (TN)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")


                               AWJICOLA DUMP
                          Chattanooga, Tennessee

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  Amnicola Dump covers 18
acres, with 12 acres filled,  near the Tennessee River in Chattanooga,
Tennessee.  It was  operated by the city as a municipal dump  (on private
property) from 1970 to  1973.   Primarily brush and demolition wastes were
disposed of,  but same industrial wastes were accepted as well.  When the
site closed,  it was covered,  graded, and revegetated.

     Seasonal leachate  streams containing low concentrations of
trichloroethylene leave the site and enter the adjacent Tennessee River.
To date, water quality  downstream has not been affected, but it will need
to be carefully monitored.

     Status (July 1983):  The State is monitoring water quality near the
site.

         Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      505

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAICSupeffund")


                              GALLAWAY PITS
                           Gallaway,  Tennessee

     Conditions at  lasting (December  1982):   The Gallaway Pits cover 10
acres near Gallaway, Tennessee.   They are a series of old gravel pits
used for unpermitted dumping of municipal and industrial wastes.  Illicit
dumping of pesticide-containing wastes was discovered in 1981.  In
February 1982, the  State ordered  dumping to stop.  The responsible party
failed to comply with a State-ordered cleanup.   The types and quantities
of waste at this site,  principally  pesticides,  indicate a potential for
ground water contamination, although  State samples frcm residential wells
in the area show no contamination.  While the waste material appears to
be contained in the ponds, any migration could pass through the underlying
sand and gravel and enter the aquifer.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA is  considering an emergency action to deal
with the most highly contaminated areas and a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the  type and extent of contamination at
the site and identify alternatives  for remedial action.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F/0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      506

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCLAM'Superfund")


                               LEWISBURG  DUMP
                            Lewisburg, Tennessee

     Conditions at listing (December 1982): The  Lewisburg Dump covers 20
acres  in  Lewisburg, Tennessee.  For 20 to  25 years  until  it officially
closed in 1979, it was Lewisburg's municipal dump.   It also accepted
industrial wastes, including inorganics  and solvents.   The dump partially
filled a  former limestone quarry that contains a lagoon fed by ground
water.  There is  a potential for ground  water  contamination.  Run-off
enters an unnamed tributary to Big Creek,  but  sampling shows no contamina-
tion to date.

     Status (July 1983):   The State is working with Lewisburg to control
access to the site to eliminate illicit  dumping  and also  to provide for
routine monitoring.

           Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      507

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund'|


                              MURRAY-OHIO DUMP
                          Lawrenceburg, Tennessee

     Conditions at  listing  (December 1982):  The Murray-Ohio Dump near
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee,  has been receiving company  wastes since 1964,
including electroplating  sludge and paint wastes.  Ground  water beneath
the site and  a tributary  of Shoal Creek are contaminated with chromium.

     Status (July 1983):  The State is trying  to bring the site into
compliance with the Tennessee Hazard Waste Management Act, although no
deadline for  compliance has been set.

          Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       508

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund")
                            NORTH HOLLYWOOD DUMP
                             Memphis, Tennessee

     Conditions  at listing (October 1981):  North Hollywood Dump occupies
100 acres  in  the floodplain of the Wolf River in Memphis, Tennessee. It
received municipal and industrial wastes from 1930 to 1967, when it was
closed by  the city.   Pesticide-related compounds and heavy metals have
been detected on the site.  Nearby soils and surface water are contami-
nated, and there is a potential for ground water contamination.

     In March 1980,  using $215,000 made available under Section 311 of
the Clean  Water  Act, EPA took emergency action to reduce run-off from the
site.  In  addition,  a fence was put up and a monitoring program started.
In February 1981,  the Technical Action Group (TAG), consisting of
representatives  from the State, the City of Memphis, Shelby County, local
industry,  and EPA,  removed some of the chemical wastes from the surface.

     In March 1981,  EPA approved $184,000 for a remedial investigation
to determine  the type and extent of contamination at the site and to
initially  screen alternatives for remedial action.  This amount was
matched by the non-Federal parties to LAG.

     This  is  the top priority site in Tennessee.

     Status (July 1983):   The remedial investigation is scheduled to be
completed  in  the fourth quarter of 1983.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R s
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      509

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act o( 1980 (CERCLA)("SuperfuntT)


                VELSICOL CHEMICAL CORP. (HARDEMAN COUNTY)
                              Toone, Tennessee

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  Velsicol Corp's  Hardeman
County Dump,  near Toone, Tennessee, accepted the company's process wastes
in the 1960s  and  1970s.   Detection of organic contaminants  in local wells
in 1978 resulted  in extensive sampling and geological and hydrogeological
assessments.  Velsicol  capped the site and agreed to monitor  until December
1983 to determine the effectiveness of the action.

     Status (July 1983);  When the monitoring period ends, Velsicol, the
State, and EPA will review the effectiveness of the cap.  Any additional
measures to control the site will be discussed at that time,  as  well as
the possible  need for decontaminating area ground water.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       510

-------
National Priorities List Site                                           Texas (TX)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")


                         BIO-ECOLOGY SYSTEMS, INC.
                            Grand Prairie, Texas

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):  The Bio-Ecology Systems,
Inc., Site covers 11.2 acres in  a floodplain in Grand Prairie, Dallas
County, Texas.  The site was used for incineration, chemical treatment,
biological oxidation of waste waters, and landfilling of solids resulting
from treatment processes.   The site operated from June 1972 thorugh June
1978, when Bio-Ecology filed for bankruptcy.  The State recovered available
assets froti  the company and spent them for a limted site closure.  Wastes
present at the site include mixed oils,  solvents, and ketones (all in
tanks) in addition  to buried chromium,  cyanide,  and heavy metal sludges.
Shallow ground water is contaminated.

     Status  (July 1983);  In April 1982,  EPA awarded a $328,000
Cooperative  Agreement to Texas for a remedial investigation to determine
the type and extent of contamination at  the site and a feasibility study
to identify  alternatives for remedial action.  In March 1983, EPA added
529,090 to the award.   The  work  is scheduled to be completed in the
third quarter of  1983.   EPA is also moving forward with plans for an
initial remedial  measure at the  site to  remove  the tanks.  A Superfund
State Contract for  $200,000 is being negotiated.

       Response category /  Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      511

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                           CRYSTAL CHEMICAL CO.
                              Houston, Texas

     Condition at listing  (July 1982):  Crystal  Chemical Co.  started to
produce arsenic-based pesticides on a site in Houston,  Harris County,
Texas,  in 1968.  During plant operations, containers of both  raw and
finished materials were stored  in the open on the  ground.   The materials
subsequently spilled and leaked into  the  soil.   Arsenic materials spread
outside of  the process areas in June  1976 when rain caused waste water
ponds to overflow.  In 1980, the State issued Crystal a "no discharge
order."  Crystal responded by building a  dike around the plant and took
other remedial actions.  However, when EPA imposed a civil penalty of
$112,600 for violations of the  Resource Conservation and Recovery Act,
Crystal determined that taking  corrective action to prevent further
incidents would be too expensive.  Crystal declared bankruptcy in October
1981.

     Status (July 1983):   Between September 1981 and late 1982, EPA used
$276,000 in CERCLA emergency funds to:   (1) dewater the site,  (2) fill
in the ponds with contaminated  soils,  (3) temporarily cap most of the
plant site with 6 inches of clay, and  (4) add topsoil and seed.

     In November 1982, EPA awarded a  $369,900 Cooperative Agreement to
Texas for a remedial investigation to determine  the type and  extent of
contamination at the site  and a feasibility study  to identify alternatives
for remedial action.  The  work  is scheduled to be  completed in the second
quarter of  1984.  In September  1983,  EPA  filed with the bankruptcy court
to recover  Federal funds expended at  the  site.

      Response category /  Cleanup status  code, October  1984:  R F / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      512

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                FRENCH, LTD.
                               Crosby,  Texas

     Conditions at  listing (October 1981):  The French, Ltd., Site is an
abandoned waste pit on 15 acres in Crosby, Harris County, Texas.  It is
in the floodplain of the San Jacinto River and has been flooded on several
occasions.  The site received approximately 100,000 barrels of industrial
waste per year between 1966 and 1972.   Wastes included heavy rretals,
phenols, PCBs, oil,  grease,  acids, and solvents.  During litigation with
the State over violation of environmental law, the company declared
bankruptcy and deeded the site to the State in 1973.  No wastes have been
disposed of at the  site since then.   The pit is located in permeable
sands, and ground water is contaminated, as well as adjacent drainage
ditches which discharge to the San Jacinto River.  Low levels of
contamination were  measured in the air in the immediate vicinity of the
pit.

     Status (July 1983):   In April 1982, EPA awarded a $437,000
Cooperative Agreement to Texas for a remedial investigation to detemine
the type and extent  of  contamination at the site and a feasibility study
to identify alternatives for remedial  action.  The work is scheduled to
be completed in the  fourth quarter of  1983.  In March 1983, EPA added
$29,668 to the award.

     In June, using  about $83,000 in CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed
PCB-contaminated sludge from the  pit and sent it to an approved landfill
for disposal.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / o
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      513

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                  GENEVA INDUSTRIES/FUHRMANN ENERGY CORP.
                               Houston,  Texas

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Geneva Industries/
 Fuhrmann Energy Oorp. Site covers 13 acres in Houston, Texas.  It is an
 abandoned petrochemical manufacturing and reprocessing facility.  Five
 companies have owied the site since it began operation in 1970.  The
 present owner (Fuhrmann) is salvaging the remaining equipment on-site.
 At least one of the previous owners used the facility to manufacture
 chlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, and phenoxy phenol .  State and county
 officials have cited previous and/or present owners for permit violations,
 spills, and discharges.

      EPA and State testing has confirmed contamination of the shallow
 aquifer with PCBs, xylene, and other organic compounds, and releases of
 PCBs in surface run-off to an adjacent flood control channel .

      In June 1983, using $75,000 in CERCLA emergency funds, EPA fenced
 an area adjacent to the site where drums had been buried and tested an
 abandoned chlorine tank, which was confirmed to be empty.

      Status (June 1984):  In February 1984, EPA removed deteriorating
 drums,  PCB-contaminated waste piles, waste water from lagoons and tanks,
 and 3,800 tons of PCB-contaminated sludge, soil, and sediments from the
 site.  lagoons and ponds were backfilled and capped, and a diked tank
 area was stabilized and capped.  Cost of the project was SI .6 million in
 CERCLA  emergency funds.

      The State and EPA have signed a Cooperative Agreement covering a
 remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
 of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
 action.  On-site field work began June 18, 1984.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     514

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act o( 1980 ICERCLAIl'Superfund")


                           HARRIS (FARLEY STREET)
                               Houston, Texas


     Conditions at  listing (July 1982):  The Harris (Farley Street) Site,
an abandoned  landfill containing tars and sludges, is located in Houston,
Harris County, Texas.   Records indicate that a  transporter leased the site
in 1958 and disposed of over 550 tons of liquids and sludges from local
chemical  industries in two trenches,  each 120 by 40 feet.   Following
complaints, a thin  layer of soil was  placed over the disposal area.
Subsequent owners discovered the waste as it migrated into a swimming
pool and  appeared in other construction activity.   Air, soil, ground
water, and surface  water are contaminated with  organic chemicals.  All
residents in  the  immediate area  depend on ground water for drinking water.

     Status (July 1983):   In November 1982,  EPA awarded a $325,563
Cooperative Agreement to Texas for a  remedial investigation to determine
the type  and  extent of contamination  at the site and a feasibility study
to identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work is scheduled to
be completed  in the second quarter of 1984.

     In January 1983,  EPA was notified that parties potentially responsible
for wastes at the site had declined to participate in the remedial
investigation and feasibility study.   The potentially responsible parties
will again be notified of the opportunity to participate in the next
phase of  remedial activities,  prior to the design phase.

     In June  1983,  EPA and Dow Chemical,  U.S.A., signed an Administrative
Order on  Consent.   Dow will investigate possible contamination of soil,
surface water, and  ground water  and develop  any remedial alternatives
that may  be necessary.

        Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:   V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      515

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             HIGHLANDS ACID PIT
                              Highlands,  Texas

     Conditions at listing  (July 1982):   The Highlands Acid Pit  is  located
on the bank of the San Jacinto River in Highlands, Harris County, Texas.
The 18-acre site appears  to be an excavated sand pit in which spent
sulfuric acid sludges from  an unknown chemical process were dumped  in  the
early 1950s.  The highly  acid sludge contains heavy metals and organic
chemicals.  Strong odors  emanate from the site during hot dry weather.
Contaminants have been discovered in run-off as well as in ground water
at the site.  The area is subsiding, and portions of the property are
under water.

     Status (July 1983):  In September 1982, EPA awarded a 5402,864
Cooperative Agreement to  Texas for a remedial investigation to determine
the type and extent of contamination at the site and a feasibility  study
to identify alternatives  for remedial action.  The work is scheduled to
be completed in the first quarter of 1984.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      516

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Superfund")


                                MOTCO,  INC.
                              La Marque,  Texas

     Conditions  at  listing  (October  1981):   The Motco,  Inc.,  Rite known
originally  as Petro Processors  Site  No.  1,  is  located near La Marque,
Galveston County, Texas.  It  consisted of  seven unlined open  pits on 11
acres of flat coastal plains  near Galveston Bay.  The site, opened in
1959 to reclaim  styrene  tars, was devastated in 1961  by Hurricane Carla.
For several years thereafter, it was used  for  waste disposal  by in-
dependent haulers.   One  pit originally was  used to receive a  wide variety
of wastes.  The  others were used to  reclaim waste  oils.   Both organic
and inorganic (cooper, mercuric chloride, elemental mercury,  and lead)
waste was received  at the site.   Surface water, ground water, and air
are contaminated.   The site had a State  permit to  operate a series of
"salvage ponds"  between  1964  and 1968, when the city  restricted open pit
disposal.   Motco, Inc.,  attempted to recycle wastes at the site frcm 1974
to 1976, when it went bankrupt.   The site then went into receivership.

     In 1980, and again  in 1981,  the Coast  Guard,  with EPA assistance,
undertook emergency cleanups  at the  site, funded by $450,000  made
available under  Section  311 of  the Clean Water Act.  About 100 drums were
removed, over 5 million  gallons of wastes  in the pit  were treated and
discharged, the dikes were reinforced, and  the site was  fenced.  In
mid-1981, using $421,000 made available  under  the  Resource Conversation
and Recovery  Act, EPA started a remedial investigation to determine the
type and extent of  contamination at  the  site and a feasibility study to
identify alternatives for remedial action.

     This is  the top priority site in  Texas.

     Status (July 1983):  The remedial investigation  is  complete, and the
feasibility study is scheduled  to be completed in  the third quarter of
1984.  In February  1983, $52,418  in  CERCLA  emergency  funds were used to
treat and discharge 2 million to 3 million  gallons of contaminated li-
quids,  providing 25  feet of free  board.  In June 1983, EPA signed a
Superfund State Contract with Texas  for  an  initial remedial measure
involving removal of the tanks  and their contents.

       Response category / Cleanup status code,  October  1984:  R / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     517

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")


                           SIKES  DISPOSAL PITS
                              Crosby,  Texas

     Conditions at listing (October  1981):   The Sikes Disposal Pits are
located on a 40-acre site in Crosby, Harris County, Texas, in the flood-
plain of the San Jacinto River,   The entire area has flooded twice in the
recent past.  During the late 1960s  and early 1970s, the site owner
dumped unsegregated chemical wastes  from area petrochemical companies
into four major pits.   A large number  of drums  are on the site.  Chromium
and various organic chemicals have been identified.  A large area of
sludge extends eastward from the  site  and flows into the San Jacinto
River bottom lands.  Surface waters  are contaminated, and ground water is
suspected of being contaminated.

     Status (July 1983):  In June 1982, EPA awarded a $476,000 Cooperative
Agreement to Texas for  a remedial investigation to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the site.   In March  1983, EPA entered into an
interagency agreement with the Federal Emergency Management Agency and
awarded $30,000 to relocate the Sike family.  The relocation was completed
in early May.  In March 1983, EPA added $19,078 to the Cooperative
Agreement.  The work  is scheduled to be completed in the fourth quarter
of 1983.  In June 1983, EPA used  $36,164 in CERCLA emergency funds to
remove sands and phenolic wastes  from  the site.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R F / 0
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      518

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCUAirSupertund'l
                           TRIANGLE CHEMICAL CO.
                             Bridge City, Texas

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  Triangle Chemical Co.
produced antifreeze,  windshield wash solvent, industrial cleaning com-
pounds, hand cleaners,  and brake fluids on a 4.5-acre in Bridge City,
Orange County, Texas.   Operations started in the early 1970s.  In 1981,
the company discontinued operations, declared bankruptcy, and abandoned
the facility.  About  900 drums and several large tanks of hazardous
substances were  left  at the facility.  In April 1982, using $8,082 in
CERCLA emergency funds,  EPA fenced the site.  In August 1982, using
$74,755 in CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed the drums and some con-
taminiated soil  and sent them to an approved disposal site.  A cost
recovery action  has been filed with the bankruptcy court.

     Status (July 1983):   Conditions at the site are currently being
addressed through response actons funded by CERCLA, as well as by an
enforcement action against parties potentially responsible for waste at
the site.

      Response category  / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R F / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      519

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClA)("SuperTund")
                          UNITED CREOSOTING CO.
                              Conroe, Texas

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983):   United Creosoting Co.
operated a wood-preservation facility prior to 1975  on a 50.7-acre site
in Conroe, Montgomery County, Texas.  The  original site was subdivided
and later sold to Conroe Construction Co.,  Clarke Bottling Co., and
developers of Tanglewood East Subdivision.

     Aerial photographs dated 1958,  1968,  1975,  and  1979 show the sequence
of events from the wood-treating operations to abandonment and then
redevelopment.  The photos  clearly outline the boundary of two ponds used
in the wood-preservation process.  The major portion of the larger pond
lies on property now owned  by Clarke Bottling Co. A portion of the pond
appears to be under several lots of  a new  subdivision.

     EPA has identified pentachlorophenol  and toluene in the pond.
Ground water is contaminated with naphthalene, raethylene naphthalene,
and dibenzofuran.  Run-off  frcm contaminated areas moves through Tangle-
wood Subdivision to the west.

     Status (June 1984):  In January 1984,  Clarke Distributing Co., under
an Administrative Order by  EPA, constructed a clay cap and drainage
diversion berms to mitigate the run-off problem.  EPA has awarded a
Cooperative Agreement to the State for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at
the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

     Soil sampling in December 1983  indicated levels of dibenzo-p-dioxins
of the octa, hepta, and hexa varieties.    These were further analyzed for
three isomers of the hexa variety.   The laboratory reported only the
presence of the 123678 isomer at a range of 0.7  to 3.7 parts per billion.
Dust samples from homes were taken March 12,  1984, and analyzed for
pentachlorophenol (PCP) and three isomers  of the hexa variety dioxin
under a sampling plan coordinated with the U.S.  Centers for Disease
Control.  The interior samples indicated the presence of up to 1 part per
million PCP and no detectable levels of dioxin.

      Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V R / C
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      520

-------
National Priorities List Site                                  Trust Territory (TT)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and liability Act of 1980(CERCLAM"Superfund">
                                 PCB WASTES
                   Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands

     Conditions  at listing (October 1981):  The Trust Territory of the
Pacific Islands  (Palau,  Yap,  Truk,  Ponape, Kosrae, and Majuro) has areas
for storing  transformers contaminated with PCBs.  The storage sites, which
hold more than 2,000  gallons  of wastes,  are unprotected and could contami-
nate ground  water  and surface water used as drinking water.  Contamin-
ation of marine  resources used for food  could also result.  Wastes
migrating from some of these  sites may already have contaminated the
surrounding  area.

     This is the top  priority site in the Trust Territory.

     Status  (July  1983):   In  July 1982,  EPA approved $75,000 for studies
of four sites—Ordot  Landfill,  PCB Wastes,  PCB Warehouse, and Taputimu
Farm—located on islands of the Insular  Territories.  Another $65,000
were added in November 1982.   The funds  are for two separate projects.
One is to review and  compile  existing data for the Ordot Landfill, where
ground water and surface water may  be threatened by hazardous wastes
mixed in with municipal  wastes.   The second is for the other three sites,
where wastes are containerized.   The funds are for a remedial investigation
to determine the type and extent of contamination at each site and a
feasibility  study  to  identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work
is scheduled to  be completed  in the third  quarter of 1983.  The next step,
if approved, would be to select the cost-effective remedy and begin design
activities.   In  January  1983,  EPA awarded  $10,000 to the U.S. Army Corps
of Engineers for technical assistance to the project.

         Response  category /  Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R / C
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     521

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                            Utah (UT)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                                 ROSE PARK
                            Salt Lake City, Utah

    Conditions  at listing (October 1981):  The Rose Park sludge  Pit covers
5 acres  in Salt Lake City,  Utah.  It was used for the disposal of  petroleum
wastes from the 1920s until 1957.  Sludges were placed  into unlined pits
and sometimes covered with  lime and soil.  The site has been  fenced,  but
park users can  directly contact sludge exposed at the site.

     This is the top priority site in Utah.

     Status (July 1983);  EPA, the State, the city, and Amoco (which had
purchased the company that  deposited the wastes on the site)  reached an
agreement for cleanup.  Amoco constructed a slurry wall and will  construct
a clay cap to isolate the sludge.  Construction of the clay cap  is
scheduled for completion  in July 1983.  Amoco and Salt Lake City each
contributed $45,000  to pay  for ground water monitoring around the  outside
of the slurry wall for 30 years.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      523

-------

-------
 National Priorities List Site                                       Vermont (VT)

 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")


                          OLD SPRINGFIELD LANDFILL
                            Springfield,  Vermont

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982):  The Old Springfield
Landfill, in  Springfield, Vermont,  is on a terrace above and 0.3 miles
west of  the Black River.  On the 80-acre site now are a trailer park and
a few homes.  From  1946 to  1968, the privately-owned site was the
principal disposal  place  for Springfield's domestic and industrial wastes,
including wastes oils, solvents, paint sludges,  plating and etching
wastes,  and strong  acids.   Leachate flows to the Black River and Seaver
Brook.   Neither  is  used as  a drinking water source.  Of 10 private
drinking wells tested in  the immediate area,  one had low levels of
volatile organics and two had metals.  Metal  contamination in two private
wells has been determined to cause  no immediate health risk, but has
rendered the  water  aesthetically undrinkable.  Alternative water supplies
have been suggested for the one residence with a well contaminated by
organics.

     Status (July 1983);  The State is monitoring the residentia] wells
in the area on a quarterly  basis.

     EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining the investigations
needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It
will guide further  actions  at the site.

     Response category /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: V R F / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      525

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                             PINE  STREET CANAL
                           Burlington,  Vermont

     Conditions at listing (October  19B1):   The Pine Street Canal Site
covers 30 acres of partially filled  wetland bordering an abandoned
shipping canal (Pine Street  Canal) and  Lake Champlain in Burlington,
Vermont.  In  1906, a coal gasification plant began operating on Pine
Street, southeast of the canal.   There  is evidence that residual oil and
wood chips saturated with organic compounds were disposed of in the Pine
Street Canal wetland.  During  the 1960s and early 1970s, and oil-like
material was deteced seeping from the wetland into Pine Street Canal,
Barnes Basin, and Maltex Pond.  The  State detected high levels of organic
compounds associated with coal tar at several locations on the site,
which is along the proposed  location of a portion of a major highway.
The State is concerned that  construction will release organic compounds
to the canal and possibly to Lake Champlain, the source of Burlington's
drinking water.

     This is the top priority  site  in Vermont.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA  is  preparing a remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the  full extent of cleanup required at
the site.  At the same time, it  is searching for parties potentially
responsible for wastes associated with  the site.

     Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: V/I
  U.S  Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       526

-------
National Priorities List Site                                         Virginia (VA)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund"l


                               CHISMAN CREEK
                           York County, Virginia

     Conditions at listing (October 1981):  The Chisman Creek  Site covers
27 acres  in  a  suburban area of York County, Virginia.   From about 1957 to
1980, fly ash  from a nearby power station was dumped on the site in a
series of pits adjacent to Chisman Creek.  In  1980,  nearby shallow
residential  wells became contaminated with vanadium  and could  no longer
be used.  The  homes now must use public water.

     Status  (July 1983):  The Virginia Institute of  Marine Sciences has
studied contamination at the site and is expected to release its draft
report shortly.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      527

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERClAH'Supertund"
                         MATTHEWS  ELECTRDPIATING
                         Roanoke County,  Virginia

     Conditions at listing  (October  1981);   The Matthews Electroplating
Site is 4 miles west of Salem,  in  Roanoke County, Virginia.  An electro-
plating plant operated at the 1.7-acre  site from 1972 to 1977.  The
plant's process wastes contaminated  local ground water with chromium.
There is no public water supply in the  area, and residents rely on wells
for drinking water.  The property  was purchased by the current owner in
1977.  Under an agreement with  the State  Water Control Board, the owner
took several steps to control the  flow  of rain water and storm run-off
through the contaminated portion of  the site.  The ground water remains
contaminated, however, and  there is  evidence that the plume of contami-
nation is spreading.

     This is the top priority site in Virginia.

     Status (July 1983);  In November 1981, $340,000, made available
under the Resource Conservation and  Recovery Act, was approved for a
rerredial investigation to determine  the extent and type of contamination
at the site and a feasibility study  to  identify alternatives for remedial
action.  The work was completed in January  1983.  The cost-effective
remedy has been tentatively selected, and a Superfund State Contract for
cleanup is in the final stage of negotiation.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      528

-------
National Priorities U*t Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund"


                       SALTVILLE WASTE DISPOSAL PONDS
                            Saltville, Virginia

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982):  The Saltville Waste Disposal
Ponds Site  consists of two  ponds adjacent to the North Fork of the Holston
River, at Saltville,  Smyth  County,  Virginia.  Between 1951 and 1972,
chlorine and  caustic soda were produced at a plant near the ponds.
Although the  plant  itself has been  demolished,  the ponds remain, holding
approximately 11 million tons of mercury-contaminated waste.  Discharges
frcm past operation of the  plant and leachate from the ponds have
contaminated  50  miles of the  North  Fork of the Holston River with mercury.
Since September  1970, this  portion  of the river has been closed to fishing
for eating  purposes (game fishing is allowed on a "catch and release"
basis).

     A task force comprised of EPA  (Region III), Virginia State Water
Control Board, Tennessee Valley Authority, and the Tennessee Department
of Public Health was organized in 1979 to study the mercury contamination
problem.  Several steps have  already been taken under a State order to
stop discharges  frcm the waste ponds, and portions of the river were
dredged in  1982  to  remove nercury-contaminated sediments.

     Status (July 1983);  The river is being monitored to measure the
effectiveness of the cleanup  measures.

        Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     529

-------
National Priorities List Sit*
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 |CERCLAH"Supeffund"|
                              U.S.  TITANIUM
                           Piney River,  Virginia

     Conditions at listing (December  1982):   The U.S. Titanium Site covers
80 acres near the village  of Piney  River,  Nelson County, Virginia.
Between 1931 and 1971, a mine and ore-refining plant at the site produced
titanium dioxide for paint pigments.   About 80,000 cubic yards of acidic
wastes from the ore-refining process  were  left at the site when the plant
closed.  Storm run-off from this waste caused several large fish kills in
the Piney River in the late 1970s.  In 1980, the acidic wastes were
removed from the original  exposed location and buried in a clay-lined
cell.  In the summer of 1982, the State completed a grading and revege-
tation project at the site.

     Status (July 1983);   Although  the recent work has improved conditions
at the site, acidic  run-off still threatens the Piney River.  EPA recently
completed a draft remedial plan outlining  the investigations needed to
determine the full extent  of cleanup  required at the site.  It will guide
further actions at the site.

     The state is currently pursuing  an enforcement action against the
present and former owners  of the site.

        Response category  / Cleanup status code, October 1984: F S
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       530

-------
National Priorities List Site                                  Washington (WA)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLAX"Superrund")
                            AMERICAN LAKE GARDENS
                              Tacoma,  Vfeshington

        Conditions at listing (September 1983);   In January 1983,  a
   resident of American lake Gardens in Tacoma, Vbshington, complained  to
   EPA about family health problems, which she blamed on bad drinking
   water.  She claimed that contamination resulting from disposal
   practices at McChord Air Force Rase, which borders her property on
   three sides, were polluting her wells.  EPA and the Tacoma-Pierce
   County Health Department found high levels of  iron, trichloroetnylene,
   and 1,2-transdichloroethylene in her wells. Subsequent sampling
   identified several more contaminated wells nearby, in all,  20  of the
   57 walls in American lake Gardens were tested.  The Health Department
   advised owners of several wells serving about  25 people to use  bottled
   water .

        Because of the discovery of this wall contamination, plus  the con-
   tamination of two large public walls adjacent  to another part of
   McChord, the Air Force accelerated its Installation Restoration Program
   at the base.  As part of this effort, the Air  Force has sampled exist-
   ing wells on-site, drilled a number of monitoring wells, and reviewed
   records of disposal practices and spills on the base.  However, the
   information covering the area adjacent to American Lake Gardens is
   incomplete  EPA is now drilling four monitoring walls along  the
   boundary of the most contaminated property and will drill up to six
   additional walls to determine the extent of contamination and to locate
   the source.  The Air Force has agreed to drill at least two  monitoring
   walls on the base to help locate the source and to continue  its general
   investigation of ground water contamination.

        Status (June 1984);   EPA drilled and sampled eight monitoring
   wells in American Lake Gardens and sampled three monitoring  wells
   constructed by the Air Force on adjacent property. The lab  results
   showed contamination of the American Lake Gardens wells to be coming
   from McChord Air Force Base.  Accordingly, on  Parch 1, 1984,  EPA turned
   the site investigation over to the Air Force.   The Air Force has agreed
   to perform a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
   type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
   for remedial action.  The Air Force is now providing  bottled water to
   American Lake Gardens'  residents dependent on  contaminated wells. In
   addition,  the Air Force recently sampled approximately 20 wells in the
   subdivision and constructed several additional monitoring walls on the
   HcChord Air Force Rase.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  V  / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     531

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                              COLBERT LANDFILL
                             Colbert, Washington

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982);   The Colbert Landfill, owned
and operated by Spokane County,  is located in Colbert, 10 miles north of
Spokane, Washington.   For 5 years, the 40-acre landfill accepted liquid
solvent wastes and buried them in unlined pits in permeable soil.  The
surrounding rural area depends on nearby ground water for drinking water
and irrigation.  No alternative  supply is readily available.  Some wells
are contaminated by the same organic solvents that were dumped at the
landfill, which continues to accept municipal wastes.

     In September 1981, EPA awarded an $80,000 Cooperative Agreement to
the State, using funds available under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act, for a remedial investigation to determine the source of
ground water contamination.  The work was completed in July 1982.

     Status (July 1983):  Along  options being considered for the future
are: capping the landfill,  conducting long-term monitoring studies of
ground water, and providing alternative water supplies to those families
using contaminated wells.

       Response category  /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: R / O
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      532

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund")
                   COMMENCEMENT BAY,  NEARSHORE/TIDEFLATS
                         Pierce County, Washington

     Conditions at listing (October  1981);  The Commencement Bay,
Nearshore/Tideflats Site covers about 16 acres in Pierce County around
Taccma, Washington.   The area is heavily industrialized and includes a
copper smelter, pulp mill,  and several chemical industries.  About 50,000
people live nearby.   High levels of  arsenic and aluminum are found in
soils in heavily  populated residential areas, and high levels of arsenic
have been found in the urine of nearby school children.  A wide range of
pollutants is  found in the waterways of the tideflats.  The land is
predominantly  privately owned, although a port authority is on-site, and
an Indian tribe claims much of the area.  The extent of past versus on-
going contamination is unknown.

     This is one  of  two Commencement Bay sites.  They were considered one
site when they were first proposed.

     Status (July 1983);   In April 1983, EPA awarded a $1,357,751
Cooperative Agreement to Washington  for a remedial investigation to
determine the  type and extent of contamination at the site. The work is
scheduled to be completed in the first quarter of 1985.  In addition, EPA
and the State  are considering a  number of legal actions under other
environmental  laws.

         Response category  / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     533

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                  COMMENCEMENT BAY, SOOTH TAOOMA CHANNEL
                            Tacorna, Washington

     Conditions at listing  (October 1981):   The Commencement Bay, South
Taccma Channel Site covers  2.5 square miles  in Tacoma,  Washington.  It
has been an industrial center for more  than  100 years.   It includes the
South Tacoma Swamp, the American Surplus Sales Co.  site, and the Tacoma
Municipal Landfill.  Wells  supplying drinking  water to  Tacona are
contaminated with chlorinated organic chemicals.

     This is one of two Commencement Bay sites.   They were considered one
site when they were first proposed.

     Status (July 1983);  On March 24,  1982, a fire occurred at American
Surplus.  Using $215,000 in CERCLA emergency funds, EPA cleaned up the
site, removing 645 drums of flammable solvents and  other chemical wastes,
as well as 400 cubic yards  of debris.   In April 1982, EPA signed a
$100,000 Superfund State Contract with  Washington to gather information
for planning future remedial action in  the South Tacoma Swamp.  The work
is scheduled to be completed in the third quarter of 1983.  In April
1982, EPA signed a $228,000 Superfund State  Contract for a remedial
investigation of Municipal  Wells 12A and 9A  to determine the extent and
type of contamination and a feasibility study  to identify alternatives
for remedial action.  In March 1983, EPA authorized $1.3 million for con-
struction of five aeration  towers to remove  organic solvents from Well
12A.  The towers, which are essentially complete, improve the quality of
the ground water so that it can be used for  public  drinking water or
discharged to Commencement  Bay.  Pumping and treating Well 12A protect the
remaining 12 wells in the field from contamination.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October  1984:  R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     534

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act o( 1980(CERCLA)rSupertgnd")
                         FRONTIER HARD CHROME, INC.
                           Vancouver,  Washington

     Conditions  at  listing (December 1982);  The Frontier Hard Chrone,
Inc., Site covers 2 acres in Vancouver, Washington.  For a number of
years in the middle to late 1970s,  the company discharged chromium-
contaminated waste  water from electroplating operations into a "dry-well"
on-site. There is no impervious layer between the dry well and ground
water beneath.   Chromium,  including the more toxic hexavalent form,
has been detected in an industrial  and drinking water well about 0.3
miles from the site.   Drinking water for 10,000 Vancouver residents
is drawn from the same aguifer;  the nearest city well is about 1 mile
from the contaminated well.

     Status (July 1983):   The State has issued an order to Frontier to
stop its discharge  and to prepare a plan for remedial action.  Monitoring
wells are necessary to determine the  extent of contamination of the
aguifer.

     EPA is preparing a remedial plan outlining the investigations needed
to determine the full extent of cleanup required at the site.  It will
guide further actions at  the site.

         Response category / Cleanup  status code,  October 1984:  R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     535

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                           FMC CORP. (Yakima Pit)
                             Yakima, Washington

     Conditions at  listing (December 1982):  The FMC Corp. Site covers
about 4 acres  in Yakima,  Washington.  From 1952 to 1959,  FMC and other
firms disposed of agricultural pesticides in a "poison pit"  on FMC's
property.  The unlined pit contains at least 44 cubic yards  of mixed
chemicals and residues, and the surrounding soil appears  contaminated.
high potential exists for contamination of ground water,  which supplies
residential wells in the  area.

     Status (July 1983):   Samples of soil were taken in June 1983.
Results are expected soon.   The State is working with FMC to determine
what other actions  are needed and to schedule them.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      536

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1386 (66flCLAK"Supeffund"
                            GREENACRES LANDFILL
                         Spokane County, Vfeshington

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):   The Greenacres Landfill
 covers 40 acres in Spokane County, Vfeshington. The county operated the
 facility from 1968 to 1972.  A drinking well immediately downgradient of
 the  landfill  is contaminated with chlorinated  organic solvents, according
 to EPA data .   This area is part of the Spokane Aquifer, which is  the sole
 source of drinking water for 350,000 people in the region.  Since 1980,
 EPA  has collected data showing that the aquifer is becoming more  contamin-
 ated .  EPA plans additional sampling, especially in the immediate
 vicinity of the landfill .

      Status (June 1984);  EPA is planning a site investigation to define
 the  problem more clearly.  Several monitoring  wells are scheduled for
 installation  in the fall of 1984.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     537

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"l
                            HARBOR ISLAND (LEAD)
                            Seattle,  Washington

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982);   The Harbor Island (Lead) Site
covers about 350 acres and  is  an industrial  area in Seattle, Washington,
at the month of the Duwamish Waterway where  it empties into Elliott Bay.
Air monitoring has recorded lead at  levels several times the national
standard established to protect  human health.  There is also concern that
run-off has carried leadladen  dust and accumulations of lead in the
Harbor Island soil into nearby surface water and, by percolation, into
ground water.

     Status (July 1983):  The  City of Seattle has paved areas where
concentrations of airborne  lead  are  the highest.  In addition, one company
that is a source of airbone lead has taken measures to reduce fugitive
lead-Laden dust and emissions of  lead from it process.  The city is paving
more areas and will then evaluate if additonal paving is still needed.
More information is required to  determine how much of the lead problem on
Harbor Island is caused by  current emissions from one or more industrial
sources and how much by re-suspension of accumulated lead in soil.

     EPA recently completed a  draft  remedial plan outlining the
investigations needed to determine the full  extent of cleanup required at
the site.  It will guide further actions at  the site.

         Response category  / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      538

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Supertund*)
                        KAISER ALUMINUM (MEAD WORKS)
                              Mead, Washington

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  Kaiser Aluminum's Mead Works
 is  located  near  the town of Mead in Spokane County, Washington. Cyanide,
which originates from a 6-acre pile of spent pot liners on the plant
property, was  first noticed in several drinking water wells  in 1978.  The
cyanide has contaminated an aquifer which supplies water to  a tributary
of  the Little  Spokane River.  The company provided alternative water
supplies to 27 homes with contaminated wells and paved the old pot-liner
pile with asphalt.   Since 1980, the pot liner wastes being generated have
been placed in a specially constructed building.

     Status (July 1983):  Kaiser continues to take corrective actions,
including the  elimination of a retention pond.  Water in the pond was
infiltrating the contaminated soil beneath the storage pile  and probably
carrying cyanide into the aquifer.  Kaiser reports that the elimination
of  the pond has  significantly reduced the cyanide levels in  certain test
wells near  the pile.   Kaiser expects that improvements will continue and
that the aquifer will eventually be cleaned by normal inflow of
uncontaminated ground water.

     No additional remedial actions are scheduled.  Kaiser will continue
monitoring  for an extended period to determine if the cyanide is being
contained effectively.

       Response  category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: V / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     539

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund"
                               LAKEWOOD SITE
                            Lakewood,  Washington

     Conditions  at  listing (December   1982):  The Lakewood Site covers
about 1 square mile,  including a 1-acre laundry identified as a source,
in Lakewood, Pierce County,  Washington.  In 1981, two major we]Is of  the
Lakewood Water District,  which serves more than 10,000 people, were found
to be contaminated  by chlorinated organic compounds.  The district closed
the wells and used  other  uncontaminated wells to satisfy its needs.

     Status  (July 1983);   EPA determine that the contaminants are
components of degreasers,  solvents, and other substances in common
industrial use.  EPA  drilled 25 test  wells in the Ponder's Corner-McChord
Air Force Base area.   Of  the 25,  only three were contaminated.  A plume
of contaminated  ground water was found indicating one source and the
direction from which  the  contaminants were coming.  The State ordered a
ccmmerical dry cleaner to remove the  contaminated soil from its property
and cease discharging solvents.  Future options include keeping the wells
closed or treating  and restoring them to use.  Ground water monitoring in
the area is expected  to continue for  the foreseeable future.

      Response category / Cleanup status code,  October 1984: R S / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      540

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                           PESTICIDE LAB (YAKIMA)
                             Yakima, Washington

     Conditions  at listing (December 1982):  The Pesticide  Lab Site
covers about  40  acres in Yakima, Washington.  The site  is  leased by the
U.S. Department  of Agriculture (UDSA).  Over the years, wastes from the
pesticide storage/formulation/mixing facility at the Central Washington
Experimental  Laboratory of the USDA have been discharged into  an on-site
septic tank disposal system.   As a result, pesticides have  permeated the
soils and may have contaminated ground water.  The site is  about 3  miles
frcm the backup  sources for Yakima's drinking water.  Irrigation is the
primary use of downstream surface water and ground water.   Contaminants
in the water  could be taken up by crops.

     Status (July  1983):   The State and USDA are working together to
determine what actions are needed and to prepare a schedule for doing
them.  USDA has  started sampling the soil.  Preliminary results are
expected in late summer of 1983.

         Response  category /  Cleanup status code, October 1934:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      541

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980(CERCLA)("Superfund"
                              OUEEN CITY FARMS
                          Maple \folley,  Vteshington

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);   Oueen City Farms,  Inc.,
 owns  a  site  by the sane name  which covers 320 acres about 2.5 miles
 north of Maple Valley, W&shington, and  south of King County's Cedar Hill
 landfill. The site includes  a wooded area,  Oueen City lake,  six ponds, a
 gravel  pit,  an airstrip,  and  several  residences.  From about 1955 to the
 late  1960s,  at least three of the  six ponds  were used for disposal  of
 industrial wastes.

      Tn November 1980, EPA detected significant concentrations of a number
 of  heavy metals and organic chemicals in water and soil from the six
 ponds.   In March 1981, EPA found very low concentrations of PCBs in five
 drinking wells in the vicinity of  the ponds,  but not the same type  of PCRs
 found in the ponds.  In June  1983, EPA  was granted access to the site to
 drill test wells.  Also in June, tha  company submitted to EPA a  plan to
 investigate  shallow ground water and  take over the investigation EPA had
 started.

      Status  (June 1984);   The company is beginning development of a
 second  phase of the investigation  at  the site.  This phase will  include
 construction of several more  deep  wells to establish the gradient of the
 lower regional aquifer and determine  if any  contaminants are  present in
 this  aquifer.  Vfork is also underway  to develop a remedial investigation
 and focused  feasibility study to determine the appropriate interim reme-
 dial  measures to remove and/or contain  the wastes in the three main
 ponds .

          Response category /  Cleanup  status  code, October 1984:  F
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     542

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and liability Act of 1980 (CERCUAH'Supertund")
                        WESTERN PROCESSING CO.,  INC.
                              Kent,  Washington

     Conditions at  listing (July 1982):   The Western Processing Co., Inc.,
Site covers 10 acres  south of Seattle in Kent, Washington.  The principal
operations are recovery of solvents,  neutralization of acidic and basic
wastes, and precipitation of  heavy  metals.   Other chemical and/or physical
processes are used  on a batch basis.   Hazardous  materials are stored
directly on the ground and have entered  the environment from leaks and
spills.  In the past,  wastes  were buried on-site as a means of disposal.
In 1981 and again in  1982,  EPA ordered Western Processing to meet the
hazardous waste requirements  of the Resource Conversation and Recovery
Act.  The company did not comply.

     Status (July 1983);   Recent EPA studies indicate that hazardous
contaminants have migrated off-site in surface water and that soil and
ground water beneath  the  site are grossly contaminated.  As a result, in
April 1983, EPA ordered the company to stop accepting or processing
hazardous substances  and  to remedy  the contamination.  The company stated
it was unable to undertake the remedy.  EPA, using $1.5 million in CERCLA
emergency funds, undertook  measures to stabilize the site.  Further
investigation is now  underway to more completely assess the extent of
contamination on and  off  the  site and to determine an appropriate remedy.

     Response category /  Cleanup status  code,  October 1984: v R F / O
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                              543

-------

-------
National Priorities List Site                                  West Virginia (WV)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Superfund')


                            FIKE CHEMICAL, INC.
                            Nitro,  West Virginia

     Conditions  at  listing  (December 1982):  The Fike Chemical, Inc.,
Site, in Nitro,  Kanawha County,  West Virginia,  occupies about 12 acres
next to the Kanawha River  in  an urban/industrial setting.   The site
contains an active  chemical manufacturing facility, spray lagoons used
for the evaporation of  water  from solvents, a drum burial area, and tank
storage areas.   Two of  the  lagoons have been filled.  Contamination of
ground water and air has been documented, and fires have occurred.
Surface water contamination is suspected.  An EPA suit against Fike
resulted in a Consent Decree  filed in November 1982.

     Status (July 1983):  Cleanup  at the site is proceeding under the
terms of the decree.

      Response category / cleanup  status code,  October 1984: V F / I
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     545

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                              FOLLANSBEE SITE
                         Follansbee,  Vfest Virginia

     Conditions at listing  (December 1982);   The Follansbee Site covers
26.5 acres on the Ohio  River in  Follansbee,  West Virginia.  Ground water
under the site is contaminated with  high concentrations of phenol.  The
site is owned by  Kcppers Co.  and has been operating for over 50 years.

     Status (July 1983):  Kcppers has installed a trench to intercept the
contaminated ground water as it  leaves the plant site.  The ground water
is pumped to the  company's  waste water treatment facility.  The company
has installed a second  pump in an attenpt to prevent the contaminated
ground water from reaching  the Ohio  River, as well as to control the flow
of ground water.  The ccnpany and EPA are negotiating further cleanup at
the site, and several possibilities  are being considered.

        Response  category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: F
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      546

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act o< 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund'l


                             LEETOWN PESTICIDE
                           Leetown,  West Virginia

     Conditions at  listing (Itecember 1982);   The Leetown  Pesticide Site
in Leetown, Jefferson County,  West  Virginia, may be a case of midnight
dumping.  A pile  containing about 1,200 cubic yards of material  is
contaminated with several pesticides.   Contamination of ground water,
the only source of  drinking water for the area, is the major  concern.
Possible contamination  of Bells Spring, which supplies the Federal Pish
Hatchery and National Fish Research Laboratory, is also of concern.

     Status (July 1983):   In April  1983, the contaminated pile was removed
and properly disposed of  by a potentially responsible party.  The removal
was conducted under the supervision of the State and EPA.  Further testing
is underway to check for  possible residual contamination.

       Response category  / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: R  / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      547

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund"')
                         WEST VIRGINIA ORDNANCE
                       Point Pleasant,  West Virginia

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1981):  The West Virginia Ordnance
Site in Point Pleasant, Mason County,  West Virginia, was originally an
8,000-acre ordnance works run by the U.S.  Army during World War II.
Presently, the state owns and operates the land as the McClintic Wildlife
Refuge, open for public hunting and fishing.  Portions of the site that
contain buried lines associated with the manufacturing of trinitrotoluene
(TNT) may be filled partially with crystalline TNT.  Surface water (Pond
13) is contaminated with dinitrotoluene (DNT), a chemical precursor of TNT.

     This is the top priority site in  West Virginia.

     Status (July 1983):  EPA recently completed a remedial plan outlining
the investigations  needed to determine the full extent of cleanup required
at the site.  Initial  remedial measures recommended for this site include
posting and fencing of open manholes leading to the buried lines and
fencing of Pond 13.

       Response category /  Cleanup status code, October 1984: V / 0
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      548

-------
National Priorities List Site                                      Wisconsin (Wl)
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 ICERCIAX"Supertund")
                        CITY DISPOSAL CORP. LANDFILL
                              Dunn, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  City  Disposal  Corp. (owned
 by Vfeste reinagernent of Wisconsin, Inc.) filled about 35 acres of  a  58-
 acre landfill in the Town of Dunn, Dane County, Wisconsin, from 1969  to
 1978.  In a separate area, the operator buried an estimated  5,000 to
 10,000 drums of industrial wastes (including solvents  from the  plastic
 fabrication industry and a water-lube oil mixture) and smaller  quantities
 of paint waste.  The site is less than 400 feet fron a branch of  Bad  Fish
 Creek, and there is a potential to contaminate ground water. The land-
 fill, now closed and covered, is unlined and rests  on silty  soils.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is negotiating for cleanup of  the site  hy
 a party potentially responsible for wastes associated with the  site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     549

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM Supertund I
                         DELAVAN MUNICIPAL WELL NO. 4
                              Delavan,  Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing  (September 1983);   Municipal Wall No. 4
 supplying Dalavan, Vfelworth County, Wisconsin, is contaminated with
 traces of trichloroethylene and smaller amounts of three other solvents.
 The city closed the veil in July 1982,  when  it discovered the contam-
 ination.  Sta-Rite Industries,  located less  than 2 miles from the well,
 is working with the city to determine if the  contamination may come from
 a buried tank in which  the  company formerly  stored waste solvents.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA  is  considering  various alternatives for the
 site .

          Response category  / Cleanup  status  code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       550

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Supertund')
                      EAU CLAIRE MUNICIPAL WELL FIELD
                           teu Claire, Wisconsin

       Conditions at listing  (September  1983):  The Municipal Well Field
 serving residents of Eau Claire, Eau Claire County,  Wisconsin, is contam-
 inated with trace amounts of four  chlorinated  organic solvents, including
 trichloroethylene (TCE) .  The well field  serves over 45,000 persons.  It
 is just north of the middle  of town and near the airport and a variety of
 industries.  The source and  extent of the contamination are unknown .

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is considering various alternatives for the

 site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      551

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                            JANESVILLE ASH BEDS
                           Oanesville, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);   The City of Janesville,
 Wisconsin,  owns and operates a 5 ,3-acre ash filtration bed facility just
 west of its old landfill.  The first bed has opened in April 1974.  The
 bottom of each bed is covered with fly ash, then industrial sludges,
 including paint and clarifier sludges, plating wastes, and petrochemicals
 (during first 6 months only) are added.  In theory, the sludge dries on
 top of the  ash bed.  The sludge-ash mixture is periodically cleaned out
 and disposed of, first at its old  landfill (which closed in 1978) and
 later at its new landfill.  From 1 .5 million  to 3 million gallons (7,500
 to 15,000 cubic yards) of industrial sludges  are accepted annually.
 Limited amounts of leachate are collected to monitor the facility's
 performance.

      In February 1980, the State acted to require the city to seek a
 license or  close the facility under the State's new hazardous waste code.
 In October  1982, the city constructed three clay-lined ash beds to
 collect leachate but must also satisfy other  conditions to obtain a State
 interim license to continue to operate for an additional 2 years.  The
 city has started a comprehensive investigation of soils and ground water.
 Preliminary results indicate both  have been contaminated.  All data
 available will  be evaluated to determine if additional remedial action is
 necessary.

      Status (June 1984):   EPA has  started a search for parties poten-
 tially responsible for wastes associated with the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      552

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                          JANESVILLE OLD LANDFILL
                           Janesville,  Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September  1983):   The old Janesville landfill
 in  Janesville,  Wisconsin, was owned and operated by the city.   From 1950
 to  1978,  the site, a  40-acre unlined gravel pit, accepted both municipal
and  industrial  wastes.  Prior to 1974,  the site received some General
 Motors  (GM)  wastes (paints,  petrochemicals, solvents, etc.), although it
appears that most GM  wastes  vent elsewhere.   In 1974, when Janesville
 started to operate an ash bed facility for disposal of industrial
 sludges,  the site also received  a sludge-ash  mixture generated when the
 ash beds  were cleaned out.  As much as 12 million gallons (60,000 cubic
yards) of industrial  sludges have been  applied to the ash beds; the
 quantity  of  sludge-ash mixture received at the landfill was smaller
because of the  water  lost.  Ground voter under the site is contaminated
with chromium and lead, according to analyses conducted by the city.

      In late 1978,  the county constructed an  18 .2-acre landfill,  with a
 5-foot clay  liner and leachate collection system, adjacent to the old
landfill. It is still active.

      Status  (June 1984);   The site has  been closed and capped, and ground
water is  being  monitored. EPA has initiated  a search for parties poten-
 tially responsible for wastes associated with the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     553

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAX'Superfund")
                            KOHLER CO. LANITILL
                             Kohler, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1983): The Kohler Co. Landfill in
 Kohler,  Wisconsin, is within 300 feet of the Sheyboygan River.  In August
 1976, the State licensed 40 acres for disposal of industrial wastes.
 Kohler also operates two 4-million-gallon lagoons west of the landfill .
 The lagoons reduce the total suspended solids in the company's process
 waste water before it is discharged to the Sheboygan River.

      In  1977 and in 1981, sludges (14,500 cubic yards and 21,413 cubic
 yards respectively) from the lagoons ware buried at the landfill .  In
 addition, the landfill received foundry sand, municipal waste residues,
 oils, and other wastes from the Kohler foundry.

      Ground water at the landfill is apparently contaminated with
 chromium, cadmium, and phenols from past landfilling operations, accord-
 ing to data collected by the state.

       Status (June 1984);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      554

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAK'Supertund")
                         LAUFJR I SANITARY LANDFILL
                         Menomonee Falls, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Lauer I Sanitary Land-
 fill  covers 56 acres in Menomonee Falls, laukesha County, Wisconsin .
 From the mid 1950s to 1972, the privately-owned landfill accepted a
 variety of municipal and industrial vestes.  Ground water beneath the
 site  is shallow.

      In 1973-74, State inspections revealed holes in the benti around the
 site, allowing leachate from a collection pond to escape into a drainage
 ditch that drains into the Menomonee River.  In 1974, the state issued an
 order  for the owner to close the site properly.  In 1981, the owner
 installed an underground wall of clay materials between the landfill and
 the pond to stem the flow of leachate.  Presently, leachate accumulating
 behind  the cutoff wall is going to a municipal waste water treatment
 plant.   Although the landfill has been covered and seeded for recreational
 use, leachate continues to threaten ground water and nearby surface
 waters,  according to samples collected by the company and inspections by
 the State.

     Status (June 1984):   The state continues to work with the site owner
 to provide for complete and proper closure of the site and resolution of
 the problem.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     555

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"|
                   LEMBEBRER TRANSPORT & RECYCLING, INC.
                        Franklin Township,  Wisconsin

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983);   From 1969 to 1976,
temberger Transport &  Recycling,  Inc.,  operated an unlined landfill in
Franklin Township, Manitcwoc County,  Wisconsin.  From 800,000 to 1
million gallons of tars and  paint sludges  were buried at the site.  Heavy
metals  (mainly cadmium and  lead)  and  phenols  have leached into ground
water, according  to analyses conducted  by  the State,  large quantities of
aluminum dust are also buried nearby.  Ground water connected to the site
supplies water for more than 900  people within 3 miles of the site.

     The owner of the  site  farms  property  adjoining the site and has
plowed portions of the site, exposing bulk wastes and drums .

     In 1982, the State signed a  Consent Order with the company requiring
a report on site  conditions, extent of  ground water contamination, and
preliminary remedial actions.

     Status (June 1984):  The company has  not fully complied with the
Consent Order, so the  State  has referred the  natter to the State Attorney
General's Office  for action.

     EPA is conducting a  search for parties potentially responsible for
wastes associated with the site.

         Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      556

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                  MASTER DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC., LAMPFILL
                           Brookfield, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Master Disposal Service,
 Inc., operated a 40-acre landfill on the western edge of Brookfield,
 Waukehsa County, Wisconsin.  The site was licensed by the state to
 receive wastes in August 1977.  Between 1962 and January 1982, the
 company filled a 26-^acre wetland near the banks of the Pox River with in
 excess of 1.5 million gallons of industrial wastes — solvents, paints,
 adhesives, oils, and foundry wastes.  No wastes have been accepted for
 about 2 years.

     State sampling established that ground water near the site is contam-
 inated by chromium, lead, phenols, and PCRs.  A ditch drains from the
 site into the Fox River.

      In 1977, the State signed a Stipulated Agreement reguiring the
 company to develop and implement a proper site abandonment plan .

      Status (June 1984):   Wisconsin's Department of Natural Resources
 and  the Attorney General's Office have been dealing with the company to
 bring it into compliance with the Stipulated Agreement.

      EPA is conducting a  search for parties potentially responsible for
 wastes associated with the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     557

-------
National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'SuperfuncT)
                     MID-STATE DISPOSAL,  INC., LANDFILL
                       Cleveland Township,  Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):   The Mid-State Disposal,
 Inc., Site  covers about 160 acres in Cleveland Township, Marathon County,
 Wisconsin.   From  1971  to 1979,  the company owned and operated a landfill
 and  three lagoons on the site;  the area  involved is about 30 acres.
 Between  1974 and  1976, the company buried  about 4,800 tons of asbestos
 wastes from a  fire-door manufacturer in  trenches where ground water is
 shallow. The  lagoons were used for disposal  of significant amounts of
 paper mill  sludges.

      The site  has a history of overflowing lagoons, run-off to surface
 water, and  seepage.  When the site closed, the landfill areas were covered
 with a clay cap,  graded, and seeded; the lagoons were covered with a
 fabric liner and  gravel layer;  and a leachate collection system was
 installed.   The system is overflowing, and leachate continues to dis-
 charge from the site,  according to inspections conducted by the State.

      In  1975,  the State issued an order  requiring the company to properly
 close the landfill .  In 1976, when the company failed to comply, the
 State went  to  court.  In 1983,  the State terminated its legal action
 because  Mid-State had  no assets.

      Status (June 1984):  EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the type  and extent of contamination at
 the  site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

         Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: R
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     558

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ot 1980 tCERCLAH'Supertund")
                MOSS-AMERICAN CO.,  INC. (KERR-MO3EE OIL CO.)
                             Milwaukee,  Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing  (September  1983)-.   From 1946 until 1976, Mass-
 American Co., Inc., a division of  Kerr-McGee  Oil Co.,  treated railroad
 ties, telephone poles, and  building materials with preservatives such as
 creosote on a 90-acre site  in Milvsukee,  Wisconsin .  Creosote-soaked logs
 were stored and coated at several  areas in  the plant.   As a  result,
 creosote and other coal tar distillates contaminated  the site.  Ths old
 factory buildings were demolished  in 1978,  and creosote sludge and the
 most contaminated soils ware  excavated and  sent to a disposal site in
 Illinois.  Creosote-like compounds from past  operations, however,
 continue to contaminate surface soil,  ground  water, and river sediments
 near the site, according to analyses conducted by EPA.

      The site, a portion of which  is owned  by the Milwaukee  County Barks
 Commission, is adjacent to  the Little  Menomonee River.

       Status (June 1984):   EPA is  considering various  alternatives for
 the site.

          Response category /  Cleanup status code,  October 1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     559

-------
National Priorities List Sfta

Hazardous waste site listed under the                                  ,,~CD/-I AU-C ,,~,*,.~-<-
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH Superfund
                         MJSKEGO SANITARY LWJDFILL
                             Muskego, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing  (September  1983);  The privately-owned Muskego
 Sanitary landfill covers 56 acres in Muskego  in  southeastern W*ukesha
 County, Wisconsin.  An active landfill operated  by feste i^nagement of
 Wisconsin, inc., and a rendering plant are  to the north of the property.
 The site was closed and covered in  1977. Files  indicate that prior to
 the early 1970s, the landfill accepted some hazardous wastes, including
 paints and oils.  After 1973, so far as is  presently known, the landfill
 accepted only municipal refuse. Ths present  operator has detected lead
 and zinc in on-site monitoring  wells and nearby  private wells.  The State
 verified the presence of only the zinc in private wells.

      Status (June 1984);  EPA is considering  various alternatives for
 the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: D
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                       560

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")
                           NORTHERN ENGRAVING CO.
                             Sparta, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1983):  Northern Engraving  Co .
 ovned and operated an acid pit and a lagoon from the early 1960s  until
 1983.  The site is on the southwestern edge of Sparta, Monroe County,
 Wisconsin.  The company disposed of wastes from its metal-finishing
 operations on the site.  The lagoon lies in sandy soil, intercepts  the
 water table, and lies less than 500 feet from the la Crosse River,  which
 is used for recreational activities.  About 4,400 cubic yards of  sludges
 containing heavy metals, cyanides, and arsenic were deposited in  the pit
 and lagoon, which were unlined and allowed wastes to seep  into ground
 water.  The pit and lagoon were abandoned in the late 1970s.  Sludge from
 the lagoon was buried on-site on at least one occasion.

      Status (June 1984);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October  1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     561

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund"
                    OCONOMCWDC  ELECTROPLATING CO.,  INC.
                           Ashippin, Wisconsin

     Conditions at  listing (September  1983):  Oconotiowoc Electroplating
Co., Inc., operates an electroplating  shop  in Ashippin,  Lodge County,
Wisconsin.  In 1972,  two waste water settling ponds  were constructed
on-site, each about 20 by 40 feet and  up  to 8 feet deep.  Metal-bearing
sludges  have accumulated in the ponds  and nay have been  removed at in-
frequent intervals  through the early 1970s.  During  this sane period,  the
firm constructed a  waste water treatment  plant.  Inefficient operation of
the ponds and the treatment plant, as  well as discharges of  untreated
waste water, have resulted in  an accumulation of metal sludge in a wet-
land adjacent to Davy Creek, according to inspections conducted by the
State.  The creek is  a tributary to the Rock  River about 1 mile down-
stream.  The extent and composition of this accumulated  sludge have not
been determined.

     Plant operations may also have contaminated ground  water in the area.
Plating wastes, which typically contain nickel, chromium,  copper,  zinc,
cadmium, tin, and cyanide, have eaten  through the  concrete waste troughs
in the plant floor and have also seeped out of the ground  near the plant
walls,  Drums of wastes are leaking on-site,  and sludges have spilled,
according to the State.

     Ground water in  the area  is shallow  and  supplies water  for all in-
habitants in the immediate area.

     In March 1981, the State  court ordered  the company  to restrict its
discharge of metals into the wetlands.

     Status (June 1984);  In December  1983,  the state ruled  that the
company was in contempt.  At present,  the State and  the  conpany are
negotiating a settlement that  would include  improved equipment for
treating the company's wastes.

         Response category / Cleanup status code,  October  1984:  D
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      562

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Supertund")
                        OMEGA HILLS  NORTH LANDFILL
                          Germantown, Wisconsin

     Conditions at  listing  (September 19R3):   V*ste Management of
Wisconsin, Inc., owns and operates the 83-acre Onega  Hills North Landfill
in Germantown, Wisconsin, in  the extreme  southeastern corner  of Vfeshing-
ton County.  M adjoining 83-acre parcel  (in Vfeukesha County)  is the  site
of a proposed landfill .  The  Omega Hills  North Landfill  is one of the
largest landfills in Wisconsin, accepting 2,000  tons  per day  of mixed
municipal and industrial refuse (about 550,000 tons of wastes annually) ,
From 1977 to 1982,  the site was licensed  by the  State to dispose of
harardous wastes, including liquids.  More  than  12 million gallons of
liquids were accepted annually.  The site stopped accepting hazardous
wastes in November  1982 and liquid wastes in April 1983.   The disposal of
large volumes of liquid wastes, precipitation, and the failure to remove
and treat adequate  amounts of leachate have resulted  in  the accumulation
of more than 200 million gallons of liquid in  the landfill, according to
inspections conducted by the  State.

     Layers of sand that intersect the botton and sides of the landfill,
after becoming saturated, serve as conduits, transmitting  liquid wastes
and leachate to surrounding ground water. Monitoring wells around the
landfill show that  ground water is contaminated, according to  data
collected by the State.  Some nearby wells  tap the same aquifer.

     Status (June 1984):  The State is working with the owner  to resolve
the problems at the site.

         Response category /  Cleanup status code, October  1984:  D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     563

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                       ONAIASKA MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
                           Cnalaska,  Wisconsin

     Conditions at listing (September 1983);  The Town  of Onalaska owns
and operated a landfill in Cnalaska,  about 10 miles north of La Crosse,
La Crosse County, Wisconsin,  from  1969 to 1980.   The  site is within 500
feet of the Black River, near where it meets the Mississippi River.  The
landfill accepted residential,  commercial, and industrial wastes.  The
site operators buried various laboratory  solvents from  1971 to 1974 and
significant quantities of naphtha  and PTL-1009,  a synthetic lubricant,
from 1975 to 1978.  The equivalent of 2,500 drums of  solvent wastes are
estimated to have been disposed en-site.   Soils  underneath the unlined
disposal site are highly permeable, and ground water  is believed to rise
into the waste during part of the  year.  As a result, although the land-
fill was covered in 1982, waste products  are leaching through the soil .
Sampling by the State established  that ground water and a nearby private
well are contaminated with various organic compounds.

     Status (June 1984);  EPA is considering various  alternatives for the
site.

         Response category /  Cleanup  status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     564

-------
 National Priorities List Site
 Hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAWSuperfund")
                                SCHMALZ DtlMP
                            Harrison,  Wisconsin

     Conditions at listing (September 1983);   The Schrelz Dump is a
privately-owned and unauthorized site in a  0 .7-acre wetland in Harrison,
Calumet County, Wisconsin.  The wetland empties into lake Winnebago 0 .3
miles downstream.  A municipal  water  supply intake for the City of Apple-
ton  is within  2 miles  of the site.

     While  in  use from 1971 to  1979,  the site accepted demolition debris
and  power plant ash.  In late 1978 and early 1979, 2,500 cubic yards of
demolition  waste  containing PCRs were dumped,  EPA has documented up to
1,600 parts per million PCBs in soil  and demolition waste at the site.
PCRs have not  been shown to be  migrating off-site.  However, the high
concentrations of PCBs could be a threat to nearby residential wells,
surface waters, and the water supply  intake.

     Status (June 1984):   EPA plans to collect samples near the site to
determine if PCBs are  migrating off-site.

         Response category / Cleanup  status code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     565

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act ot 1980 (CERCLAM'Supertund")
                         SCRAP PROCESSING CO., INC.
                             Medford, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (September 1Q83):  Scrap Processing Co., Inc.,
operated a  salvage yard on a 2-acre site in Medford, Taylor County,
Wisconsin.   Between 1955 and 1974, the company cracked lead/acid
batteries on-site  to reclaim lead.  The equivalent of 399,000 gallons of
acid  wastes contaminated with lead were contained in a small unlined
pond. The  pond has intermittently overflowed into the nearby Slack
River, contaminating it with lead, cadmium, copper, and acids, according
to analyses conducted by the State.  Acid wastes have seeped into the
soil  and can potentially contaminate ground water.  The area between the
pond  and the river is almost devoid of vegetation .

      Status (June  1984);   As a result of an enforcement action brought
by the State, the  company has been ordered to clean up the site.

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: S
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                      566

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund">
                      WASTE RESEARCH & RECLAMATION CO.
                           Eau Claire, Wisconsin

     Conditions  at listing (September 19B3);  Vfeste Research & Reclama-
 tion Co.  has recycled oil  and solvents from industrial sources at a
 19-acre site in  Eau Claire, Wisconsin, since 1975.  Hazardous wastes were
also treated and stored on the site,  which is privately owned and operated,
It  is  located  about 0.5 miles east of Lowes Creek, a tributary of the
Chippewa  River.   The techniques used  to handle and store drums allowed
wastes to spill  on the site.  Run-off £rom waste processing has been
collected in unlined impoundments. Organic solvents from the site
contaminate ground water,  according to analyses conducted by the State,
but to date no residential wells are  contaminated.

     In June 1980, the State ordered  the company to monitor the ground
water. The company submitted a technical response, which the State
evaluated.

     Status (June 1984):  In February 1983, the State signed a Consent
Order  with the company for a long-term monitoring program.  The results
of  ths technical investigation are due later this year .

          Response category / Cleanup status code, October 1984: n
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     567

-------
National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAH'Superfund")
                               WHEELER PIT
                          Janesville,  Wisconsin

     Conditions at listing  (September  1983):   The Wheeler Pit covers 4
acres near Janesville, Wisconsin.  The unlined gravel pit, owned by the
Chicago, Milwaukee, St. Paul  & Pacific Railroad,  is about 30  feet above
ground stater in 200 feet of permeable  soils.  Wastes were accepted from
1956 until 1974.  From 1960 to 1974, General Motors (GM)  used the site to
dispose of paint sliriges and  fly ash from its Janesville  auto assembly
plant.  GM indicates  that ahout 22.3 million gallons of organic and
inorganic sludges containing  solvents  and heavy metals were disposed of
in the gravel pit.  It was  closed, covered,  regraded, and seeded in 1975.

     Sampling by GM established that ground  water under the site is con-
taminated with arsenic, chromium,  zinc, and  barium.  Six  private and
industrial wells for  drinking water in the area are contaminated.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site .

         Response category /  Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     568

-------
National Priorities List Site                                      Wyoming (WY)

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAM'Superfund")


                     BAXTER/UNION PACIFIC TIE  TREATING
                              Lararaie, Wyoming

     Conditions at listing (December 1982):   The Baxter/Onion Pacific
Tie  Treating  Facility covers 100 acres just southwest  of Lararaie,
Wyoming.   It  has been operating since the 1880s.  The  site includes
unlined surface impoundments that contain approximately  1  million  cubic
feet of waste.   Pollutants, including pentachlorophenol, benzene,
naphthalene,  toluene, and phenol, have migrated from the ponds,  contami-
nating  the shallow ground water beneath the site, and the Laramie River.

     Status (July 1983):   The State and both  companies agreed to conduct
investigations  to define  the contamination problem.  The work is scheduled
to be completed in the fourth quarter of 1983.

           Response category / Cleanup status  code, October 1984: D
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program
                                     569

-------
U.S. Environmental  Protection Agenc^
Region V, Library
230 South Dearborn Street
Chicago, Illinois  60604

-------