United States
                  Environmental Protection
                  Agency
Office of
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
Publication 9320.7-071
December 1994
      EPA  Descriptions  of   18  Final
                 Sites  Added  to  the  National
                 Priorities  List  in  December   1994
   Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
   Hazardous Site Evaluation Division (5204G)
                        ..Intermittent Bulletin
                        ^Volume 4, Number 4
     This document consists of descriptions of the 18 final sites added to the National Priorities List (NPL) in December
1994. The size of the site is generally indicated, based on information available at the time the site was scored using the
Hazard Ranking System.  The size may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of
contamination. Sites are arranged alphabetically by site name.
CLEANING UP UNDER SUPERFUND

     The Superfund program is managed by the U.S.
Environmental  Protection  Agency (EPA).   It  is
authorized  by the  Comprehensive  Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA),
enacted  on  December 11,  1980, as amended by the
Superfund  Amendments  and  Reauthorization Act
(SARA), enacted on October 17,  1986.  In October
1990, SARA was extended to September 30, 1994. An
appropriation  by  Congress  for Fiscal Year  1995
authorized Superfund to continue to  operate.   The
Hazardous Substance Response Trust Fund set  up by
CERCLA as amended pays  the costs not assumed by
responsible parties for cleaning up hazardous waste sites
or emergencies that threaten public health, welfare, or
the environment;  Superfund also pays for overseeing
responsible parties conducting cleanup.

     Two types of responses may be taken when a
hazardous substance  is released (or threatens  to be
released) into the environment:

   •  Removal actions — emergency-type responses
     to imminent threats.  SARA limits these actions
     to 1 year and/or $2 million,  with a waiver
     possible if the actions are consistent with remedial
           responses. Removal actions can be undertaken by
           the private parties responsible for the releases or
           by die Federal government using the Superfund.

           Remedial responses —  actions  intended  to
           provide permanent solutions at uncontrolled
           hazardous waste sites. Remedial responses are
           generally longer-term and more expensive than
           removals.   A  Superfund-financed  remedial
           response can be taken only if a site is on the
           NPL. EPA published the first NPL in September
           1983. The list must be updated at least annually.

           EPA's goals for the Superfund program are to:

           Ensure that polluters pay to clean up the problems
           they created; and

           Work first on the worst problems at the worst
           sites, by making sites safe, making sites clean,
           and bringing new technology to  bear on  the
           problem.

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REMEDIAL RESPONSES
      The money far conducting a remedial response at
a hazardous waste siteXand a removal action, as well)
can come from several sources:

   •  The individuals or companies responsible for the
      problems can clean up voluntarily with EPA or
      State  supervision, or they can be forced to clean
     • up by Federal or State legal action.

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

   •  Superfund can pay for the cleanup, then seek to
      recover the costs from the responsible party or
      parties.

      A remedial response, as defined by the National
Contingency Plan  (the  Federal  regulation by  which
Superfund is implemented), is an orderly process that
generally involves the following steps:

   •  Take  any measures needed to stabilize conditions,
      which might involve, for example,  fencing the
      site or  removing above-ground drums or bulk
      tanks.

   •  Undertake initial planning activities to scope out
      a strategy for collecting information and analyzing
      alternative cleanup approaches.

   •  Conduct a remedial investigation to  characterize
      the type and extent of contamination at the site
      and   to  assess  the  risks   posed  by   that
      contamination.

   •  Conduct a feasibility study to analyze various
      cleanup alternatives. The feasibility study is often
      conducted   concurrently  with   the  remedial
      investigation as one project. Typically, the two
      together take from 18 to 24 months  to complete
      and cost approximately $1.3 million.

   •  Select the cleanup alternative that:

      —  Protects human health and the environment;

      -  Complies   with   Federal   and    State
          requirements that are applicable or relevant
          and appropriate;
       -   Uses permanent solutions and alternative
           treatment technologies or resource recovery
           technology   to   the   maximum   extent
           practicable;

       -   Considers views of the State and public; and

       -   Is "cost effective" - that is, affords results
           proportional to the costs of the remedy.

   •   Design the remedy.  Typically, the design phase
       takes 6  to  12 months  to  complete and  costs
       approximately $1.5 million.

   •   Implement the remedy, which might  involve, for
       example,  constructing facilities to treat ground
       water or removing contaminants to a safe disposal
       area away from the site.

       EPA expects the implementation (remedial action)
phase to average out at about $25 million (plus any costs
to operate and maintain the action) per site, and  some
remedial actions may take several years to complete.

       The  State  government  can participate  in  a
remedial response under Superfund in one of two ways:

   •   The  State  can  take the  lead  role  under  a
       cooperative  agreement,  which is much like  a
       grant in that Federal dollars are transferred to the
       State.   The State then develops a workplan,
       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.

   •   EPA can take the lead under a Superfund  State
       Contract, with the State's role outlined.  EPA,
       generally using contractor support, manages work
       early in the planning process.  In the  later design
       and  implementation 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.

       CERCLA requires that EPA select the remedy.

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                       National Priorities List Rnal Rule #13
                                  Site Summaries
                                 Table of Contents
Page       Site Name and Location

 4..,..	Agriculture Street Landfill, New Orleans, LA

 5	Aqua-Tech Environmental Inc. (Groce Laboratories), Spartanburg Co., SC

 6	Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe Tie Treatment Plant (AT&SF), Albuquerque, NM

 7	Baytown Township Ground Water Plume, Baytown Township, MN

 8	.Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station, Havelock, NC

 9	Concord Naval Weapons Station, Concord, CA

10	Del Monte Corp. (Oahu Plantation), Honolulu County, HI

11	Escambia Wood - Pensacola, Escambia Co., FL

12	Fort Eustis (US Army), Newport News, VA

13...	General Electric Co./Shepard Farm, East Flat Rock, NC

14	ICG Iselin Railroad Yard, Jackson, TN

15	Koppers Co., Inc. (Charleston Plant), Charleston, SC

16	Mason City Coal Gasification Plant, Mason City, IA

17	Ogallala Ground Water Contamination,  Ogallala, NE

18	Onondaga Lake, Syracuse, NY .

19	Parris Island Marine Corps Recruit Depot, Beaufort, SC

20	Pfol Brothers Landfill, Cheektowaga, NY

21	Reynolds Metals, Troutdale, OR

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     	OERR Hazardous Site Evaluation Division Washington. DC 20460	December"! 994


                       ?                                        AGRICULTURE STREET LANDFILL
                                                                             New Orleans, Louisiana

     Conditions at Proposal (August 23,1994): The Agriculture Street Landfill site is located in New Orleans, Orleans
     Parish, Louisiana, approximately 3 miles south of Lake Pontchartrain. The site is bounded on the north by Higgins
     Boulevard, on the east by Piety Street, on the south by Florida Avenue, and on the west by Almonaster Avenue.

     the Agriculture Street Landfill site was used as a municipal landfill as  early as 1910. There is little information
     available regarding what was deposited in the landfill during this time  period.  Review of available file material
     suggests that the landfill received both solid and liquid wastes. This practice continued until 1950, when the advent
     of incinerators for ultimate disposal of these wastes was instituted. After the commissioning of the Florida Street
     Incineration Facility,  combustible waste was  incinerated  and  the  ashes  were disposed in the landfill.  In
     approximately 1958, the operation at  the landfill was interrupted; in 1965, the landfill reopened after Hurricane
     Betsy hit the City of New Orleans. Debris from destroyed buildings and furnishings were reportedly deposited at
     a rate of up to 300 truck loads per  day. The debris was burned in the open dump; the area was covered with ashes
     from the city incinerators and compacted with bulldozers.

     Residential and commercial development of the area began in the mid-1970s and continued until 1987. Low income
     housing was constructed within the original boundaries of the landfill, including approximately 250 residences and
     the Gordon Plaza Apartments.  The majority of the residents are minorities.

     A Site Inspection (SI) was conducted  by EPA Region 6 on May  20 and 21, 1986.  During the inspection, a total
     of 45 soil samples were collected  on site. Results  from the SI indicated that lead, zinc, mercury, cadmium, and
     arsenic were elevated in some samples. Concentrations in 12 of the 45 total samples exceeded 1,000 ppm lead, with
     three samples having lead concentrations greater than 4,000 ppm. The  highest lead concentrations were found in
     an undeveloped area along the western and southern site boundaries; however, elevated lead levels were also found
     in other residential sample locations.  Polynuclear Aromatic  Hydrocarbons (PNAs) were detected in almost every
     soil sample.

     EPA Region 6 completed an Expanded Site Inspection in September 1993 at this site.  EPA collected 133 surface
     soil samples and five subsurface soil samples from the site, residential yards, and school yards surrounding the site.
     Soil contamination is of concern due  to observed contamination within residential yards.  Chemical analyses of
     surface soil samples collected from 24 residential yards revealed  the presence of arsenic and benzo(a)pyrene.

     Status (December 1994): A Remedial Investigation (RI) was completed in November 1994.  The Feasibility Study
     is expected to be completed in early 1995 and will  be released for public comments on possible remedies for the
     site.

     [The description of the site  (release) is  based  on  information available at the time the site  was scored.  The
     description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
     FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                            AQUA-TECH ENVIRONMENTAL INC. (GROCE LABORATORIES)
                                                                      Spartanburg, South Carolina

    Conditions at Proposal (August 23, 1994):  Aqua-Tech Environmental Inc. (Groce Laboratories) is located on
    Highway 290 at Robinson Road in Greer, Spartanburg  County, South Carolina.   The site is a closed RCRA
    treatment, storage, and disposal facility (TSDF) which recently completed emergency response and  removal
    activities under an EPA Unilateral  Administrative  Order  (UAO).   Upon  closing Aqua-Tech, South Carolina
    Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) and EPA emergency response personnel discovered
    approximately 7,000 drums and lab packs, 97 above-ground tanks, 1,200 gas cylinders (some containing phosgene
    and other toxic gases), unexploded ordnance material, and small amounts of low-level radioactive material  and
    biohazard material at the site.  Many of the drums, tanks, and cylinders were deteriorated, leaking, and improperly
    stored. Containers and debris were located throughout the 35-acre facility. Over 41,000,000 pounds of hazardous
    waste have been sent to the Aqua-Tech (Groce Labs) site, as documented by RCRA Hazardous Waste Manifests.

    From approximately 1940 until 196.8, the property was used as a municipal solid waste landfill. The City of Greer
    purchased the property in 1968, then sold it to Groce Laboratories in 1974.  Groce Laboratories operated a
    hazardous waste   treatment,  storage,  and reclamation  facility  over  the  former  landfill site.    Aqua-Tech
    Environmental, Inc. purchased the operations in April 1987 and continued to accept, store, and treat most hazardous
    wastes as well as  a variety of other solid wastes.  Most wastes were accepted in drum containers; however, bulk
    wastes, gas cylinders,  and lab packs were also accepted.  Both Groce Laboratories and Aqua-Tech Environmental,
    Inc. operated under RCRA Interim status.

    On September 4,  1991, after several complaints, RCRA inspection violations, and on-site accidents, Aqua-Tech
    Environmental, Inc. was ordered closed by SCDHEC due to the large volume of improperly stored hazardous waste
    and the imminent threat to public health.  Several days later, Aqua-Tech's RCRA TSDF Part B application was
    officially denied.  From September 1991 to January 1992, SCDHEC conducted emergency stabilization activities.
    In January 1992, EPA assumed emergency response and stabilization activities. EPA issued UAOs to more than
    90 potentially responsible parties to continue emergency response activities.  Site stabilization and removal/treatment
    of containerized wastes were conducted from September 1991 to January 1994.

    Four sources of hazardous materials were considered in the evaluation of this site.  These include drums, above-
    ground tanks, contaminated soil, and manifested wastes.
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    Sampling investigations have been conducted  by  EPA,  SCDHEC, and  Aqua-Tech (Groce  Labs).   These
    investigations indicate significant contamination throughout the site including soils, drainage pathways, surface
    water, and ground water.   Primary contaminants include metals,  volatile  organic compounds,  and other
    contaminants. All of the surface water runoff from the property drains south into Maple Creek, a perennial water
    body which borders the site.  Contaminants found in both this creek and the sources include cadmium, chromium,
    cobalt, lead, mercury, nickel, and zinc. Maple  Creek flows eastward until it drains into the South Tyger River,
    which is used for fishing, and may also be used  as a municipal drinking water source in the future.

    Status (December 1994): Negotiations are underway with PRPs to conduct an early enforcement lead Remedial
    Investigation and  Feasibility Study (RI/FS).  Negotiations are also underway to determine de minimis settlement
    with appropriate PRPs.

    [The description of the site  (release) is based on information available at the time the site was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
   Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                 ATCHISON, TOPEKA AND SANTA FE TIE TREATMENT PLANT (AT&SF)
                                                  Albuquerque,  Bernalillo County, New Mexico
    Conditions at Proposal (October 14, 1992):  The Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe (AT&SF) tie treatment plant is
    an abandoned wood-preserving facility located at 3300 Second Street SW in the South Valley area of Albuquerque,
    Bernalillo County, New Mexico.  The plant is in a commercial area of an Albuquerque suburb.  The plant, owned
    by the AT&SF Railway Co., treated various wood products (railroad ties,  bridge timbers, fence posts, etc.) with
    a solution of creosote and oil from 1908 until 1972. Washdown waters, spills, and leakage were disposed of hi an
    unlined impoundment.  The facility, except for a waste water impoundment and a sump, was dismantled in 1972.
    The impoundment and sump cover approximately 3.4 acres.

    Sludge from the impoundment contains hazardous  substances,  including arsenic,  barium, lead, and creosote
    constituents (3,4-benzofluoranthene,  benzo(a)pyrene,  and naphthalene), according to a 1990 report of the New
    Mexico Environmental  Improvement Division (NMEID). No sludge is present hi the sump, but analyses of soil
    from the sump area detected hazardous substances, including barium, acenaphthylene, anthracene, fluoranthene, and
    benzo(a)pyrene, according to a 1990 report of an AT&SF contractor.  The  report indicates that  fluorene, 2-
    methylnaphthalene, naphthalene,  phenanthrene,  pyrene,  acenaphthene,   anthracene,  benzene,  dibenzofuran,
    ethylbenzene,  fluoranthene, and xylenes were detected in on-site monitoring wells. The Valley, or Basin Fill,
    Aquifer is the principal aquifer in the Albuquerque area. There  are 15 City of Albuquerque and 3 Kirtland Air
    Force  Base wells within 4 miles of the site.

    Run-off from the site enters an irrigation ditch south of the site. From this point, the drainage water travels through
    a series of canals until it enters the Rio Grande River 7 miles downstream from the site.  No drinking water intakes
    are located along the canals and river. However, they are used as recreational  areas and fisheries stocked by the
    State.  Portions of the downstream segment along the Rio Grande are also considered wetlands according to Federal
    and State inventories.  NMEID sampling conducted in January 1987 indicates that creosote constituents may have
    migrated from the site to surface water. Further documentation is  required to establish that surface water is indeed
    contaminated.

    Status (December 1994):   Since the site was proposed to the NPL hi 1992, AT&SF has entered  into  an
    Administrative Order on Consent (AOC) with the  U.S.  EPA  Region 6 to  conduct  and finance a Remedial
    Investigation and Feasibility  Study (RI/FS) for the site.  The purpose of the RI/FS is to determine the nature and
    extent of contamination and any threat to the public health, welfare or the environment caused by the release or
    threatened release of hazardous substances, pollutants, or contaminants at or from the site, and to evaluate remedial
    alternatives to address the contamination.  Sampling activities began in December 1993.

    [The description of the site  (release) is based on information available at the time the site was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991 or subsequent FR notices.]
    Supertund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                                          BAYTOWN TOWNSHIP GROUND WATER PLUME
                                                                Baytown Township, Minnesota

 Conditions at Proposal (October 14, 1992): The Baytown Township Ground Water Plume site is defined by 34
 contaminated wells (31 of which provide drinking water) in Baytown Township, Washington County, Minnesota.
 The county is one of the seven-county metropolitan area surrounding the Twin Cities.

 In June 1987, the Minnesota Department of Health (MDH) sampled wells in the area surrounding the Baytown
 Dump as part of a State-wide program to determine water quality near solid waste facilities. The results indicated
 private wells were contaminated with volatile organic compounds such as 1,1,2-trichloroethene (TCE),  1,1,2,2-
 tetrachloroethene (PCE), and cis-l,2-dichloroethene. MDH then issued a well advisory for the Baytown Township
 area.

 The MDH data indicate a plume of TCE-contaminated ground water extends for 3 miles from the main hangar
 complex at the Lake  Elmo Airport. The majority of the plume continues through Baytown Township, involving
 a 1.5-mile-wide strip extending from Manning Avenue on the west to the St. Croix River. An estimated 10,450
 live in the area, which is primarily agricultural and rural-residential.

 The highest concentrations of TCE were detected in the vicinity of the main hangar complex at the airport.  TCE
 may have been used in parts cleaning activities in this area.  Also, the contaminated wells at the airport have
 chlorinated solvent concentrations up to an order of magnitude higher than the majority of the contaminated wells
 located east of the airport, according  to tests conducted  during 1987-91 by State agencies and the Metropolitan
 Airports Commission (MAC), which owns and operates the Lake Elmo Airport.  The location of the ground water
 plume suggests that at least a portion of the TCE may be attributable to a source on or near the airport property.
 Although some .of the TCE contamination may be attributable to past activities at the airport, other sources of TCE
 and other chlorinated solvents may also exist in the area.

 An estimated 26,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 4 miles of the site.

 Status (December 1994):  The Minnesota Pollution Control Agency (MPCA) and MAC have continued ground
 water  monitoring at the site.  The Agency  for Toxic  Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) reportedly
 completed a health assessment of the site.  MPCA has also been conducting a limited Remedial Investigation (RI)
 on their own.

 [The description of the site (release) is based on  information available at the time  the site was scored.   The
 description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
 FR 5600, February 11, 1991 or subsequent FR notices.]
Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                                                 CHERRY POINT MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
                                                                           Havelock, North Carolina

     Conditions at Proposal (August 23,1994):  Cherry Point Marine Corps Air Station is located within Havelock,
     Craven County, North Carolina.  The  air station covers  11,485 acres and is located on a peninsula between the
     Neuse River to the north and Core and Bogue Sounds to  the south.

     The air station was commissioned in 1942 and a massive  aircraft assembly and repair facility, which later became
     the Naval Aviation Depot (NADEP), was added in 1943. The NADEP Flight Line and Maintenance and Support
     Squadron are the primary generators of waste. Hazardous wastes generated by the air station include plating wastes
     which contain heavy metals and cyanides; organic solvents, paint removers and cleaners; waste petroleum, oil and
     lubricants; and polychlorinated biphenyl (PCB) wastes.  Prior to 1982, most hazardous wastes were disposed on
     site.  Presently, hazardous wastes are placed in drums and sent to the Defense Reutilization and Marketing Office
     hazardous waste storage facility for disposal off-site. Other hazardous and non-hazardous wastes are piped to the
     industrial wastewater  treatment plant at  the air station.   Discharge of treated wastewater to Slocum  Creek is
     permitted under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

     The air station submitted a RCRA Part A application on November 18,  1980, for the storage and  treatment of
     hazardous wastes.  The Part  A application was modified and  resubmitted on May 28, 1981.   The air station
     submitted the first version of the Part B application on November 4, 1984 and submitted revisions in 1986, 1987,
     and 1988. Available file material does not indicate whether the Part B permit application has been approved.

     The hydrogeologic units which underlie the air station include a surficial aquifer, an upper confining  unit,  the
     Yorktown aquifer,  a lower confining unit, and the Castle Hayne aquifer.  A discontinuity occurs in the confining
     units  in the southern part of the air station. The air station is supplied by 24 wells located on site which draw from
     the Castle Hayne  aquifer.  Sampling in  1986, conducted by the US Geological Survey,  indicated elevated
     concentrations of benzene, arsenic, lead, and nickel in air station drinking water wells.

     Surface water runoff from source  areas travels to Slocum Creek or its  small tributaries,  Turkey  Gut and
     Schoolhouse  Creek, which all drain into the Neuse  River  estuary.  The  Neuse River is a recreational and
     commercial fishery.  Sediment samples collected from Slocum Creek, in 1987 and 1990, have documented PCB
     and arsenic contamination.  Slocum Creek is a recreational fishery and a state-designated inland primary nursery
     area.

     Status (December 1994):  Remedial action is underway  to remove PCB contaminated soil at sites 1-5 and 1-17.
     A Base-wide  sampling plan has been prepared to identify areas  in need of remediation. This sampling effort will
     lead to a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) and Record of Decision (ROD) for some areas.

     [The  description of the  site (release) is based on  information  available  at the time the site was scored.   The
     description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
     FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or  subsequent FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended
                                                                                                         Revised

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                                                        CONCORD  NAVAL WEAPONS STATION
                                                                                  Concord, California

   Conditions at Proposal (February 7,1992): Concord Naval Weapons Station is located in the north-central portion
   of Contra Costa County, California. Approximately 30 miles northeast of San Francisco, it is bordered to the north
   by Suisun Bay and to the south and west by the City of Concord.  The facility encompasses over 12,800 acres in
   three separate holdings: the Inland-Area (6,150 acres), the Tidal Area (6,650 acres), and a radiography facility hi
   Pittsburg, California.  On-site activities also include administrative and support work.  Transshipment operations
   are  centered on the wetlands bordering Suisun Bay (Tidal Area). Wastes generated on site from base operations
   have been disposed of in the Tidal Area since base operations began  in 1942.

   The Navy's substantial investigations of the station have identified 19 sites to be investigated under the Installation
   Restoration (IR) program, of which 8 are located in the Tidal Area.  In addition, 24 Solid Waste Management Units
   (SWMUs) will be investigated, pursuant to RCRA, 4 of which are located in the Tidal Area.

   The Tidal Area Landfill, R-Area Disposal Site, and the Wood Hogger Site are wetlands hi the western portion of
   the  Tidal Area contaminated from on-base waste disposal.  The 20 acre site was a major disposal area from 1944
   to 1979 and received an estimated 33,000 tons of waste.  Materials and waste generated during the  segregation of
   conventional munitions were discarded hi the R-Area Disposal Site. At the Wood Hogger Site, wood contaminated
   with pentachlorophenol (PCP) was chipped and placed hi an adjacent wetland.  Another potential wetland area of
   concern is the Froid and Taylor Road site.  Chemical analytical data identified hazardous substances including zinc,
   copper, cadmium, lead, arsenic, naphthalene,  and methylene chloride, hi soil, sediment, or surface water.

   The Kiln Site and the K-2 Area are wetlands in the eastern portion of the Tidal Area.  They were contaminated as
   a result of private sector industrial activities, and were subsequently purchased by the Navy to create a "buffer zone"
   for  base operations.  Soil sampling hi these areas in 1986 detected zinc, copper, lead, cadmium, and  arsenic.  High
   tides inundated the sources, carrying contaminants to Suisun Bay.  Elevated levels of copper, zinc, lead, and arsenic
   were detected hi surface and composite soil samples hi the K-2 Area.

   The contaminated areas are critical habitats for the salt marsh harvest mouse, a Federally endangered species. The
   black California rail,  a candidate Federally  endangered species, and the California clapper rail, a Federally
   endangered species, inhabit adjacent wetlands.  Suisun Bay supports extensive commercial and recreational fishing
   and is  a habitat for the Whiter-run Chinook Salmon, also  a Federally endangered species.

   Status (December 1994):  Workplans for the Tidal and Inland Areas have been completed and approved.  Field
   sampling occurred hi the Tidal Area hi 1994 and is planned for the Inland Area hi the spring of 1995. RCRA solid
   waste management units will also be sampled hi 1995.  Those requiring clean up will be folded into the CERCLA
   remediation.

   The Navy conducted a removal of sediments hi the Litigation Area hi  1994.  A post removal ecological assessment
   is also planned for 1995.

   [The description of the site  (release) is based on information  available at the time the site was scored.  The
   description may change as  additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
   FR  5600, February 11, 1991 or subsequent FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                                                     DEL MONTE CORP.  (OAHU PLANTATION)
                                                                         Honolulu  County, Hawaii

    Conditions at Proposal (May 10, 1993):  Del Monte Corp.'s Oahu Plantation occupies 6,000 acres in Honolulu
    County, Hawaii, near the small village of Kunia on the coastal plain of the Island of Oahu. The area surrounding
    the plantation is used mostly for agricultural and military purposes. Del Monte has cultivated pineapple on the
    plantation since the  1940s.  In pineapple agriculture, fumigants are used to .control nematodes that infest the
    pineapple root. The dominant fumigant used at the plantation from the 1940s until 1983 was ethylene dibromide
    (EDB).

    During the spring of 1980, the  Hawaii Department of Health (HDOH) began a program designed to determine
    whether the fumigants used in pineapple agriculture had contaminated drinking water wells on Oahu.  As part of
    this program, the Del Monte Kunia well was sampled. The well is located on the Oahu Plantation and provided
    drinking water for the  approximately 700  residents of Kunia.  Analyses detected two fumigants, EDB and 1,2-
    dibromo-3-chloropropane (DBCP).  On April 25, 1980, HDOH ordered the Del Monte Kunia well removed from
    service. Water from the contaminated well is sprinkled onto non-crop fields.

    Following the discovery of contamination, investigations by Del Monte, HDOH, and the Hawaii Department of
    Agriculture revealed two sources of contamination: an area used to store drums of fumigant from the 1940s until
    1975, and an area near the well where 495 gallons of EDB spilled in 1977. Soils and ground water beneath these
    sources contained high concentrations of EDB and DBCP, according to over 400 analyses conducted between 1981
    and 1991.

    Since the discovery  of contamination at the Kunia well, Del Monte engaged in .remedial activities at the site,
    including the removal of 18,000 tons of soil, which was spread on a nearby field.

    Despite these actions, the Kunia well contains concentrations of EDB and DBCP that are greater than the Cancer
    Risk Screening levels for these two contaminants.

    Status (December 1994):  Effective September 6, 1994, Del Monte voluntarily disconnected the Kunia Well from
    the non-crop irrigation  system.   Del  Monte is working with EPA to develop and implement alternative treatment
    technologies and a ground water monitoring program.

    EPA is beginning the Remedial Investigation (RI) process to determine the extent of contamination at the site and
    will evaluate all existing site data to determine the need for a baseline risk assessment.

    [The description of the site (release) is based on information available at the  time the site was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
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                                                                 ESCAMBIA WOOD-PENSACOLA
                                                                          Escambia  County, Florida

    Conditions at Proposal (August 23, 1994):  Escambia Wood-Pensacola is located at 3910 North Palafox Street,
    in a primarily low-income,  minority area of Pensacola,  Escambia County, Florida. The facility is an abandoned
    wood preserving plant which operated from 1942 until 1982. During its operational period the facility treated wood
    products with creosote and pentachlorophenol. Three open surface impoundments remained at the facility after its
    closure. Another backfilled surface impoundment was located in the northeast portion of the facility.

    In November 1980, Escambia Wood-Pensacola filed a RCRA Part A application, but there is no record of a RCRA
    Part B application for the facility. In 1986 the Florida Department of Environmental Regulation (FDER) determined
    that the backfilled surface impoundment was an unpermitted disposal area not regulated under RCRA. In 1990, a
    RCRA Facility Assessment was conducted at the facility, but the facility is no longer classified under RCRA.

    Sampling investigations were conducted at the facility by EPA in April 1982, FDER in September 1987, EPA in
    April and June 1991, and by EPA in May 1992. During the various investigations, pentachlorophenol and numerous
    other creosote constituents were  detected at elevated  concentrations in ground water samples.   In  addition,
    pentachlorophenol and several  other organic  and inorganic analytes were detected in numerous surface soil,
    subsurface soil, and sludge samples collected during the investigations.

    In 1985, Escambia Wood-Pensacola conducted a partial removal action that removed sludges from the three surface
    impoundments. A subsequent removal conducted in 1988 removed the contaminated wooden side walls of the two
    small impoundments.  During both of these removal actions, the waste was taken off-site for proper disposal. In
    addition, approximately 220,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil have been excavated from two pits and stored in
    piles at the facility. The presence of an observed release to ground water at the facility indicates that hazardous
    substances were released prior to the initiation of removal activities at the site.

    The primary source of ground water in  Escambia  County is  the Sand-and-Gravel aquifer, which lays beneath the
    facility. Approximately 20 public water supply and numerous private wells located within 4 miles of the Escambia
    Wood-Pensacola facility are completed within the Sand-and-Gravel aquifer and serve approximately 129,330 people.
    The nearest public supply well is located 1 mile northeast of the site.

    Status (December 1994):  EPA has started a fund-lead Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at the
    site.  To enhance community involvement during the RI/FS process, EPA has established a Community Working
    Group  for the site.  Members will have an opportunity to comment on EPA documents and will serve as a conduit
    for disseminating information to the community at large.

    [The description of the site (release) is based on information  available at the time the site  was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                   J                                                   FORT EUST1S (US ARMY)
                                                                          Newport News, Virginia

Conditions at Proposal (January 18, 1994):  Fort Eustis, owned and operated by the U.S. Department of the
Army, occupies approximately 8,300 acres in southeastern Virginia, within the City of Newport News.  The site
is located on the western side of a low-lying peninsula formed by the York River and the James River estuaries,
approximately 30 miles upstream of the confluence of the James River and the Chesapeake Bay.  The facility is
bounded on the west and south by the James River and to the east by the Warwick River, a large tributary of the
James River. The James River is a major commercial fishing and recreational resource area.

The site began operations in 1918 as  a training center known as .Camp Abraham Eustis.  In 1923, it became a
permanent military installation renamed Fort Eustis.  From 1931 to the early  1940s, Fort Eustis was operated by
several  nonmilitary Federal agencies for various uses.  During World War II, it resumed military operations and
was used for intensive antiaircraft training. In 1946, Fort Eustis became the Transportation Corps Training Center,
providing training in rail, marine, and amphibian operations and other modes of transportation. Currently, Fort
Eustis is the U.S. Army Transportation Training  Center.   Approximately 17,500 military personnel, their        ,
dependents, and civilians live or work at the installation.
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In 1988, the U.S. Army Toxic and Hazardous Materials Agency identified 34 potential waste sources at Fort Eustis.
The sources include unlined landfills, pesticide storage areas, firefighting training areas, maintenance shops, range
and impact areas, and numerous other areas that were created as a result of operations. Sanitary landfills at Fort
Eustis are  currently undergoing closure. EPA initially evaluated seven sources based on documented releases of
hazardous  substances to surface water.  Two of the sources are adjacent to Bailey's Creek, a 160-acre, low-lying
wetland area used for  fishing.   Thirteen of  the 34 identified sources are presently  undergoing a Remedial
Investigation/Feasibility Study.  Sampling conducted in 1987 and 1990 indicated contamination of sediments from
Bailey's Creek.    The contamination  included PCBs,  chlordane,  dichlorodiphenyldichloroethane (DDD),
dichlorodiphenyldichloroethylene (DDE), DDT, and lead.  Fish collected from Bailey's Creek contained PCBs.
A sanitary landfill that received hazardous waste is located at the headwaters  of Bailey's Creek. In addition,  the
Central Heating Fuel Spill Area, where waste oils were stored, is on a bluff overlooking the creek.

Brown's Lake once was used as a drainage lagoon for the adjacent Helicopter Maintenance Area (HMA) and the
upgradient Locomotive Area. The lake was used for recreation but was closed to water sports and fishing in the
late 1970s  by the Fort Eustis Preventive Medicine Group.  A 1990 survey of Brown's Lake indicated that fish had
lesions,  ectoparasites,  and skeletal deformities.   Contaminants detected in  the lake in  1987 included PCBs,
pesticides, and polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs).  Sediment sampling in 1990 revealed contamination by PCBs
and heavy metals in the lake and a tributary to the lake below the Locomotive Area.  Surface drainage from
Brown's Lake flows south through a sanitary landfill that is adjacent to the HMA and enters wetlands along the
Warwick River and Milstead Island Creek drainage way.  Both the Warwick  River and Milstead Creek are used
for fishing. In 1988, sampling in Milstead Island Creek found sediments contaminated with PAHs and pesticides.

The site includes all the sources identified in the package and areas where contamination has come to be located.
In addition, the site may include other sources and suspect areas later determined by EPA after NPL listing of the
initial sources; conversely, if an area is later determined to be uncontaminated, it will not be included in the NPL
site.

Status (December 1994): EPA is currently considering various alternatives for the site.

[The  description of the site (release)  is based on information available at the time the site was scored.   The
description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
FR 5600, February 11,  1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
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                       -                           GENERAL ELECTRIC CO./SHEPHERD FARM
                                                                    East Flat Rock, North Carolina

    Conditions at Proposal (February 7, 1992): The General Electric Co./Shepherd Farm site is in East Flat Rock,
    Henderson County, North Carolina.  Since 1955, General Electric's Lighting System Division has manufactured
    various types of luminaire systems on a 50-acre property bounded by Tabor Road, Spartanburg Highway (U.S.
    176),  and Bat Fork Creek.   On the GE property are  a manufacturing plant,  a warehouse, plots used for
    landspreading of wastes, two unlined waste treatment ponds, a sludge impoundment, landfills, and a recreation
    center.

    From 1957 to 1970, wastes from the General Electric (GE) facility were also disposed of approximately 2,500 feet
    to the southwest in an old dry pond or ravine known as Shepherd Farm.  Wastes were brought to this 3-acre area
    and deposited, burned, then bulldozed.  A trailer park is now located on a portion of the old dump site.  Samples
    collected in May 1990 by EPA indicate primarily the same waste types and contaminants are present on Shepherd
    Farm and the GE property. GE wastes were also deposited on the Seldon Clark property located across Tabor Road
    from GE.  GE wastes may also have been deposited in other nearby areas.

    Studies conducted by EPA,  the State, and GE between 1976 and 1989 revealed that several inorganic compounds
    and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) had contaminated ground water and surface water sediments on and off both
    the GE property and the farm.  A drainline that carried wastewater from the manufacturing plant to the treatment
    ponds had apparently ruptured.  VOCs also contaminated 19 nearby private wells. Municipal water lines have been
    extended to these homes.  The wastewater treatment ponds and sludge impoundment on site were found to be
    contaminated with PCBs and heavy metals.

    Among  the  compounds  identified in  on-site and off-site  wells  are  tetrachloroethene, trichloroethene,  1,2-
    dichloroethene, cobalt, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, and manganese. An estimated 4,400 people formerly
    obtained drinking water  from private wells within 4 miles of the site, the nearest 0.04 mile from the site.

    Soils in the trailer park contain PCBs, according to  a 1991 EPA report.

    Status (December 1994): In June 1994,  EPA Region 4 began a fund-lead Remedial Investigation and Feasibility
    Study (RI/FS). GE refused to sign the Administrative Order by Consent. Ground water, surface water, sediment
    and soil samples have been taken to determine the extent of contamination on the GE facility, the Shepherd Farm
    property and the Seldon Clark property.  EPA plans to propose a clean-up alternative in late 1995.

    [The description of the  site (release) is  based on  information available at the time the site was scored.   The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991 or subsequent FR notices. J
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                                                                      ICG ISELIN RAILROAD YARD
                                                                                 Jackson, Tennessee

    Conditions at Proposal (May 10,1993): The ICG Iselin Railroad Yard (ICG Iselin) is located in Jackson, Madison
    County, Tennessee.  The 80-acre site  is situated at the intersection of Eastern Street and  Magnolia Street in a
    predominately suburban area.

    From 1906 to 1940, the property was owned and operated by Mobile & Ohio Railroad Co. (M&O).  According
    to a 1926 tax map for the City, the facility at one time included a round house, a steam locomotive fueling station,
    a coal-fired power plant, and the locomotive maintenance building. In 1940, M&O was sold to Gulf Mobile & Ohio
    Railroad Co., which reorganized in 1972 as the Illinois Central Gulf Railroad Co. (ICG).  From 1972 to 1986 ICG
    used the site as a locomotive maintenance facility.  The Williams Steel Co. purchased partial acreage in 1986, and
    used it as a steel fabrication facility until 1989. In that year, the property was transferred to its present owner Iselin
    Properties, Inc.  through Campbell & Associates.  The remaining acreage is owned by Norfolk Southern Railway
    Co.  The ICG Iselin site includes a main warehouse; numerous railroad tracks; storage tanks; a pollution abatement
    system that  includes  a lye vat,  a neutralization tank, several  drainage ditches, a concrete tank,  and a surface
    impoundment; a battery waste disposal pile; and a fueling platform under an open-air shed.

    Disposal practices at the site prior to 1972 are unknown.  In 1973, ICG Iselin was issued a temporary National
    Pollution Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit for discharge into river mile 0.5 of Jones Creek, pending
    the construction and approval of a pollution abatement facility.  In  1975 and in 1980, the facility reported that it
    exceeded its NPDES permit parameters for chromium.

    A 1990 investigation by the Tennessee Department of Health and Environment identified organic and inorganic
    constituents  in surface soils.  In 1991, the EPA conducted further sampling.  Both investigations  showed elevated
    levels of chromium,  copper, and lead in surface  soils.  The  1991 investigation also identified vinyl chloride,
    chloroethane, tetrachloroethene,  1,1-dichloroethane, benzene, ethylbenzene,  and xylenes  in on-site sediments.

    The Jackson Utility Division supplies drinking water to approximately 31,000 people from 10 wells within 4 miles
    of the facility.

    Status (December 1994):  The State of Tennessee has taken the role of lead agency for Remedial Investigation and
    Feasibility Study (RI/FS) activities.  On June 6, 1994, the State issued a Commissioner's Order requiring the PRPs
    to perform a RI/FS for the site.  The Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) are currently performing the  RI/FS
    under State oversight.

    {The description of the site (release)  is based on information available at the time the site was scored.   The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
    FR 5600, February 11,  1991, or subsequent  FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                                                    KOPPERS CO., INC.  (CHARLESTON PLANT)
                                                                        Charleston, South Carolina

    Conditions at Proposal (February 7, 1992): A milling, wood-preserving, and pole storage facility operated in
    the Charleston Heights District of Charleston, Charleston County, South Carolina, between 1925-78. Koppers, Inc.
    operated the facility between 1945 and 1978. The 102-acre site is  in a mixed industrial/residential area.  It is
    bordered on the west by Ashley River, and on the north and south by industrial facilities.  Approximately 94,000
    people live within 4 miles of the site.

    Sources of hazardous substances on the site include a pit where timbers were soaked in creosote wood preservative,
    the "drip pad area" where the timbers were stored, and a bermed area  that received contaminated sediment from
    canal dredging on the site. Southern Dredging Co. leased part of the site in 1978 after wood-preserving operations
    had stopped.  In 1984, the company dredged a canal from the Ashley  River, intersecting a waste disposal area.
    Dredged materials were placed in the bermed area.

    EPA tests conducted in 1988 detected numerous polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are constituents
    of creosote, in soil in all three sources.  Runoff from all  three sources enters the Ashley River.  The 1988 tests
    found PAHs, chromium, copper, and zinc (metals typically used in wood preservatives) in sediment samples from
    the canal and the Ashley River.

    Wetlands are adjacent to the site, and wetlands to the west and southwest are a State wildlife sanctuary. The Ashley
    River and  Charleston Harbor support recreational and  commercial fishing, and serve as important breeding and
    nursery habitats for a variety of marine finfish and shellfish.

    Status (December  1994):  Beazer East, Inc., formerly Koppers Co.,  entered into an Administrative Order by
    Consent with EPA Region 4 on January 14, 1993 for the performance of an Remedial Investigation and Feasibility
    Study (RI/FS) at the Site.  The results of the RI are scheduled to be released to the public in early 1995.  Interim
    Measures will also be proposed to the public at this time to mitigate off-site migration of the site contaminants from
    the former treatment area to surface waters and subsequently the sensitive Northern marsh areas.

    [The description of the site (release) is based on information available at the time  the site was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991 or subsequent FR notices.}
   Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                                                  MASON CITY COAL GASIFICATION PLANT
                                                                                  Mason City, Iowa

 Conditions at Proposal (January 18, 1994): Mason City Coal Gasification Plant covers approximately 2.3 acres
 in central Mason City,  a north-central Iowa community with a population of approximately 29,000 people.  The
 plant operated from 1900 to 1951 and was demolished in 1952.  An electrical substation and small storage building
 currently occupy the southwest corner of the site.  The remainder of the site is idle.  Land use in the immediate
 vicinity consists of commercial and residential areas.  The site is bounded to the east by South Pennsylvania Avenue,
 to the south by 5th Street Southeast, to the west by South Delaware Avenue, and to the north by a retaining wall
 along Willow Creek.

 During excavation activities for installation of a sewer line in 1984,  oily sludges were encountered in subsurface
 soils at the site.  Subsequent investigations conducted by the site owner, Interstate Power Co. (IPW), revealed the
 presence of three underground storage structures containing oily sludge.  The three structures and their contents
 were excavated, along with contaminated soil from around the structures.  The excavated material was stockpiled
 directly onto the ground near the southeast corner of the site, and is covered with a membrane cap. This waste pile
 is one of two sources of hazardous substances at the site.  Contaminated soil is also present  in the north-central
 portion of the site. Soil samples collected  from soil borings indicated that contaminated soil is present to depths
 to 13.5 feet.  The area  of contaminated soil is the second source of hazardous substances.

 The site is situated on fill material consisting of sand, gravel, and construction rubble  and debris, and is in direct
 contact with bedrock. Although the water table level fluctuates with precipitation, the water table in the fill material
 is typically present at depths ranging from 8 to 10 feet below land surface.  A portion of the shallow ground water
 moving through the fill material and the upper portion of the bedrock discharges to Willow Creek. Well logs for
 the eight Mason City municipal drinking water wells, which are within 2 miles of the site, indicate that six of the
 wells are uncased through portions of the  Cedar Valley aquifer.  The Cedar Valley aquifer  yields water to the
 municipal wells. Approximately 98 percent of the population of Mason City is supplied by the municipal drinking
 water supply.                                                                             .

 The most significant contamination identified by a series of investigations conducted at the site between 1986 and
 1989 by IPW, is the presence of polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH) contamination in the on-site waste pile,
 on-site soil, bedrock and ground water beneath the site and Willow Creek, and in Willow Creek sediments.  High
 concentrations of PAHs have been detected in samples of ground water collected from  the uppermost aquifer, and
 in samples  of Willow Creek sediment downstream from the site.  Site characteristics indicated the potential for
 PAH-contaminated ground water in the uppermost aquifer to discharge to the surface water.  Willow Creek is used
 for public recreational fishing.

 The site owner is conducting a Remedial Investigation and Feasibility Study (RI/FS) at the site under EPA oversight.
 Field activities  within the RI/FS include the installation of additional  ground  water  monitoring wells, and the
 collection and analysis of soil, sediment, surface water, and ground water samples.

 Status (December 1994):  The FS is expected to be completed during the first quarter of fiscal year 1995.  The
 Draft Engineering Evaluation/Cost Analysis  (EE/CA) is under review at EPA in lieu of a Record of Decision
 (ROD). This is for the purpose of selecting a removal action. The planned completion date for the EE/CA is
 January 1, 1995.

 [The description of the site (release) is based on  information available at the time the sites was scored.  The
 description  may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
 FR 5600, February 11, 1991,  or subsequent FR notices.]
Superfund hazardous waste site listed under trie Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                                             OGALLALA GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                                                                                 Ogallala, Nebraska

     Conditions at Proposal (October 14, 1992): The Ogallala Ground Water Contamination site is in the western part
     of Ogallala, Keith County, Nebraska, along the South Platte River. Land in the area is primarily used for industrial,
     commercial, and residential purposes.  In 1987,  the Nebraska Department of Health (NDH) detected various
     chlorinated organic compounds in five of the nine municipal wells serving Ogallala.  Subsequent investigations
     identified ten companies as possible sources of the ground water plume and more have been suggested.  Two
     companies have been studied in some detail.

     Since 1987, American Shizuki Corp. has manufactured electrical components on an approximately IS-acre property
     at 301 West O Street. TRW, Inc., owned and operated the facility from the early 1960s through 1986.  Operations
     involved various organic solvents, including trichloroethene (TCE) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (TCA).

     Since the  early 1960s, Ogallala Electronics has manufactured electronics components  on two parcels  of land
     covering about 1 acre at 601 West 1st Street.  Its operations also involve TCE and TCA.

     A June 1990 Nebraska Department  of Environmental  Control  (NDEC) soil-gas survey  in Ogallala detected
     significant concentrations of TCE,  TCA, and'other chlorinated organic compounds on the  properties of both
     companies. In mid-1991, NDEC detected similar compounds.in monitoring wells in and around both properties,
     and in two Ogallala municipal wells.  Earlier (1990), NDEC had detected similar compounds in six private wells.
     An estimated 5,100 people obtain drinking water from public  and private wells within 4 miles of the site.  Wells
     are also used for irrigation.

     The 1990 soil-gas survey had identified additional potential sources of the contamination of Ogallala's wells. They
     will be investigated in the Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study that typically follows listing.

     Status (December 1994): The Remedial Investigation (RI) was started during the fourth quarter of 1994.  The
     search for Potentially Responsible Parties (PRPs) is underway.

     [The description of the site (release) is based on  information available at the time the site was scored.   The
     description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
     FR 5600, February 11, 1991 or subsequent FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended   Revised

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                                                                                  ONONDAGALAKE
                                                                                Syracuse, New York
    Conditions at Proposal (May 10, 1993): The Onondaga Lake site is located in the City of Syracuse and in the
    Towns of Salina, Geddes, and Camillas, Onondaga County, New York.  Onondaga Lake is approximately 4.5 miles
    long and averages 1 mile in width.  Seven major tributaries flow into the lake; water exits the lake via a barge canal
    at its northwest end and flows into the Seneca River. The land immediately adjacent to the lake consists primarily
    of industrial properties and county parks. The site is composed of the lake itself, its tributaries and the upland
    hazardous waste  sites which have contributed or are contributing contamination to  the lake (sub-sites).

    A ban was placed on public fishing from the lake in 1970 due to high concentrations of mercury in several species
    of fish.  The lake was re-opened to fishing in 1986 on a catch and release  basis only. Population and industrial
    growth in the areas surrounding Onondaga Lake has resulted in extensive biological, chemical, and  physical
    degradation of its waters.  In addition to mercury contamination in the lake,  analyses of sediment samples detected
    barium,  cadmium, chromium, cobalt, lead, benzene, chlorobenzene, total xylenes, various polycyclic aromatic
    hydrocarbons, pesticides, and PCBs.

    Historical information indicates that the lake received surface water discharges from various industrial processes
    and municipal waste water treatment plants.  Initially, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has evaluated
    only operations of Allied Signal, Inc. (AS) and/or its predecessors, and Linden Chemicals and Plastics, Inc. (LCP),
    now owned by the Hanlin Group.  EPA is attempting to identify additional potentially responsible parties.

    The AS facilities manufactured numerous organic and inorganic chemicals.  AS's Willis Avenue plant and LCP's
    Bridge Street plant (located west of the Main Plant complex), used a  mercury cell process to produce chlorine,
    sodium hydroxide, and potassium hydroxide. Each plant discharged aqueous waste streams containing mercury as
    part of normal operations.  Other waste sources include AS's Solvay Waste Beds containing by-products generated
    from soda ash production and Semet Residue Ponds containing wastes generated from acid washing of light oil.

    Several consent  orders have been signed in recent years  between AS and the New York State Department  of
    Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) related to the Solvay Waste Beds, the Semet Residue Ponds and ground-
    water contamination at the location of the Willis Avenue Plant. In early 1992, AS and the NYSDEC signed a
    consent decree to perform a Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
    contamination at Onondaga Lake and to identify alternatives for remedial action.

    NYSDEC has also filed an action against the Hanlin Group under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
    Recovery Act (RCRA). The Hanlin Group commenced bankruptcy proceedings on July 10, 1991.

    Status (December 1994): Presently, AS is performing the Onondaga Lake RI/FS and RI/FSs for the Solvay Waste
    Beds,  Semet Residue  Ponds, and  Willis Avenue Plant.  EPA has entered into  a  cooperative agreement with
    NYSDEC to provide funds so that NYSDEC can coordinate, manage, and oversee the ongoing work at the subsites
    and prepare a comprehensive RI/FS for the Onondaga Lake NPL site.  NYSDEC,  together with EPA, has started
    mailing information request letters to companies located in the Onondaga Lake watershed in an attempt to identify
    other potentially responsible parties.

    [The description of the site (release) is  based on information  available at the time the site was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
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                                            PARRIS ISLAND MARINE CORPS RECRUIT DEPOT
                                                                           Beaufort, South Carolina

    Conditions at Proposal (August 23,1994): The USMC Marine Corps Recruit Depot (MCRD) is located on Parris
    Island and several smaller islands located approximately 4 miles south of the City of Beaufort, South Carolina. The
    primary activity at MCRD is the training of Marine Corps recruits.  The facility covers more  than 8,000 acres,
    including more than 4,000 acres of salt marsh and tidal streams.

    Numerous potentially hazardous waste sites have been identified at the facility. The Incinerator Landfill and the
    Borrow Pit Landfill are located on Horse Island.  The unlined Causeway Landfill was constructed across Ribbon
    Creek, a tidal stream and marsh between Parris Island and Horse Island. Wastes known to be disposed in landfills
    at MCRD include empty pesticide containers, oil contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), and mercury
    amalgam. In addition, from 1950 until 1978, rinsewaters from pesticide application containers and equipment were
    disposed in a dirt or grassy area (Pesticide Rinsate Disposal Area)  located between Quonset huts N282 and N277.

    MCRD conducted an Initial Assessment Study (IAS) in 1986.  Of the 16 areas evaluated during the IAS, 6 were
    recommended for further confirmation studies.

    In February  and March 1988,  MCRD conducted sampling activities at the facility as  part of the Remedial
    Investigation Verification Step.  Mercury, lead, and other inorganic analytes were detected in surface water and
    sediment samples collected from the streams and marshland located adjacent to the Causeway Landfill.

    In 1991, EPA  conducted an Expanded  Site Inspection at the Causeway Landfill.  Numerous organic analytes,
    including PCB-1254, were detected in tissue samples from oysters  collected from the tidal waters located adjacent
    to the Causeway Landfill. The average concentrations of several organic analytes in oyster tissue samples collected
    were higher for samples from an impoundment on the northeast side of the Causeway Landfill than for samples
    collected from the southwest side.

    A release was documented based on evidence that hazardous substances were deposited directly into Ribbon Creek
    and adjacent tidal marshes. The presence of hazardous constituents in surface water, sediment, and tissue samples
    collected from Ribbon Creek, adjacent to the Causeway Landfill, demonstrate adverse effects associated with the
    release to surface water.  Surface water runoff from MCRD enters  salt marshes and streams which surround Parris
    Island.  Several bodies of water located within 15 miles downstream of MCRD, including the Causeway Landfill
    impoundment and the Broad River, are used for  fishing.   Extensive estuarine wetlands and nesting areas for the
    loggerhead turtle are present within 15 miles downstream of MCRD.  All residents within 4 miles of the source
    areas normally obtain drinking water from the Beaufort-Jasper Water and Sewer Authority (BJWSA).  BJWSA
    obtains water from a surface water intake located on the Savannah River which is not affected by runoff from the
    facility.

    Status (December 1994): Federal Facility  Agreement (FFA) Negotiation start is planned for the third quarter of
    fiscal year 1995.  EPA,  SC-DHEC, the Marine Corps, and the Navy are in the process of forming an Installation
    Restoration Team and have initiated scoping the Remedial Investigation, developing a Site Management Plan, and
    initializing funding requests from the  Defense Environmental  Restoration  Account (DERA)  for anticipated
    environmental clean up  work.   A  Restoration Advisory Board Implementation plan  is being  developed  to get
    community involvement early in the Superfund process at MCRD Parris Island. A Preliminary  Natural Resource
    Survey  Study has been initiated to assist in scoping environmental  concerns for the Remedial Investigation.

    [The description of the  site (release) is based on information available at the time  the site was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination. See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
   Superfund hazardous waste site Hated under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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                                                                      PFOHL BROTHERS LANDFILL
                                                                           Cheektowaga, New York

     Conditions at Proposal (May 10, 1993):  Pfohl Brothers Landfill, a privately owned and operated landfill,
     deposited municipal and industrial wastes between 1932 and 1971 at a 166.5-acre property in Cheektowaga, Erie
     County, New York.  The northern section of the landfill has been graded and is now occupied by a trucking firm.
     The area is residential and commercial.  Buffalo International Airport is approximately 0.5 mile west of the site.

     Chemical wastes in liquid, solid,  and sludge form were either buried at the site in drums or placed into cells
     excavated in the ground. The wastes deposited included cyanides and plating sludge, waste paint and paint sludge,
     lithographic inks, pigments, organic solvents, liquid and solid PCB-contaminated wastes, sludge from distillation
     processes, petroleum wastes, and 100 to 125 tons of phenol tar containing chlorinated benzenes and dioxins.

     Since  1980, the Erie County  Health Department, EPA,  the  New York  State Department of Environmental
     Conservation (NYSDEC), and  the owner have investigated the  site.  A remedial investigation was conducted in
     1988-89 by NYSDEC.

     The investigations indicated that surface water  both on and off the site is contaminated by organic chemicals,
     including benzene, phenol, chlorobenzene, and dichlorobenzene.  Nearby surface water consists of Ellicott Creek,
     an adjacent ditch that leads into the creek, and Aero Lake, which lies just north of the ditch.  The lake and creek
     are used for recreational fishing. A wetland formerly existed in what is now the central section of the property.
     Other wetlands border the creek and ditch.

     On-site and off-site soil is contaminated with PCBs, barium, manganese, and mercury, according to the remedial
     investigation.  Most  of the site is fenced, but drainage ditches contaminated with leachate from the landfill lie
     outside the fencing and are accessible to the public. Ten homes are within 200 feet of an area of contaminated soil.

     Status (December 1994): Currently, the potentially responsible parties (PRPs)  are preparing the design for the
     landfill cap, even though a Consent Order has not been officially signed with DEC. EPA will be reviewing all
     design documents. Additionally, the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) has announced
     that it will be collecting attic dust samples from homes adjacent to the landfill, as well as some further away to be
     used for control purposes.  ATSDR is currently  preparing the sampling protocol, which will be reviewed by EPA
     and DEC. The sampling is expected to take place in early  1995.

     [The description of the site  (release) is based  on information  available at the time the site was scored.   The
     description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
     FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) aa amended

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                                                                               REYNOLDS METALS
                                                                                  Troutdale, Oregon

    Conditions at Proposal (August 23, 1994): The Reynolds facility is a primary aluminum reduction plant where
    alumina from bauxite is reduced to aluminum.  The facility is approximately 1.25 miles north of the City of
    Troutdale, Oregon.  The Columbia River forms its northern border and the Sandy River forms its eastern border.
    A dike surrounds the plant on the northern and eastern sides, and protects the plant from floods. Site areas north
    and east of the dike are within the 100-year flood plain.

    The plant was completed in 1941 for the United States government war-time operations. Reynolds first leased the
    plant from the government in June 1946, and purchased it in June 1949.  Currently, Reynolds owns the 80.25-acre
    plant area and approximately 500 surrounding acres. The aluminum  reduction plant has been shut down since
    November 1991 for economic reasons.  Currently, there are approximately 100 workers for maintenance, security,
    administration, and casting ingots from molten aluminum transported to the plant from the Reynolds reduction plant
    in Longview, Washington.

    Large quantities of wastes  were produced at the Reynolds plant during the production of aluminum. Twenty-one
    separate waste streams were identified by Reynolds in response to an EPA information request letter.  Major
    hazardous substances of concern include polyaromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), aluminum and other metals associated
    with bauxite, cyanide, fluoride, and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) from electrical equipment.

    In May 1993, an EPA contractor collected samples at the Reynolds site.  On-site sampling included surface and
    subsurface soil, sediment,  surface water, ground water  and an unknown waste pile.  Elevated concentrations of
    cyanide, PAHs, many metals, and fluoride were detected in various sources on site. Elevated levels of cyanide and
    fluoride were detected in several on-site drinking water wells.  Significant concentrations of aluminum, barium,
    manganese, cyanide, and fluoride were detected in the surface water samples. Concentrations of copper and cyanide
    in an on-site drainage ditch which flows to an on-site lake and then the Columbia River  exceeded the freshwater
    quality criteria promulgated under the Clean Water Act. Elevated concentrations of fluoride, metals, and extremely
   .high concentrations of PAHs were detected  in  sediment samples taken from the ditch and  lake.   The same
    contaminants were also detected in on-site wetlands.

    The Columbia and Sandy Rivers are used for recreation and fishing, people reach the rivers through the Reynolds
    property.   Anadromous fish are found in both rivers as well as numerous sensitive environments.

    The Reynolds Metals Company (RMC) has expressed an interest in investigating and conducting early actions under
    the EPA Removal Program.   RMC has initiated  an integrated assessment under EPA oversight.  The scheduled
    seven week assessment is the first phase of investigations and is a cooperative effort between RMC and EPA. On-
    site ground water contamination and newly discovered dump  sites are being characterized and  evaluated for
    expedited response actions.

    Status (December 1994):  RMC completed field  work in summer of 1994 which will help determine time-critical
    actions, non-time-critical actions, and further investigations to be conducted at the site.

    [The description of the site  (release) is based on information available at the time the site was scored.  The
    description may change as additional information is gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.  See 56
    FR 5600, February 11, 1991, or subsequent FR notices.]
    Superfund hazardous waste site fisted under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended

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