Descriptions of 149 Sites Proposed for the National Priorities List as of July 1987


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   Environmental Protection Agency	 July 1987

                   DESCRIPTIONS OF 149 SITES PROPOSED FOR THE
                   NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST AS OF JULY 1987
       This document consists of descriptions of the 149 sites (including
   16  Federal facility sites) proposed for the National Priorities List
   (NPL)  as of July  1987.  Summaries were provided earlier when the sites
   were first proposed.  As a convenience, they are compiled here into one
   document.  In some (but not all) cases, there is a status section describing
   activities subsequent to proposal.

       The size of  the site is indicated on the basis of presently available
   information.  The size may change in the future as additional information
   is  gathered on the extent of contamination.

       All sites are arranged alphabetically by State and by site.

Remedial Responses Under Superfund

     The Superfund program is authorized by the Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), enacted on October 17, 1986.

Under SARA, the Hazardous Substances Superfund pays the costs not assumed

by responsible parties for cleaning up hazardous waste sites or emergencies

that threaten public health, welfare, or the environment.  The Superfund

program  is managed  by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

     Two types of responses may be taken when a hazardous substance is

released (or threatens to be released) into the environment:

      0 Removal actions:  emergency-type responses to imminent threats.
       Typically., these actions were limited to fi months and/or SI million
       under CERCLA.  Under SARA, they are limited to 1 year and/or $2
       million, with a waiver possible if the actions are consistent
       with remedial actions.  Removal actions can be undertaken  by the
       private parties responsible for the releases or by the Federal
       Government using the Superfund.

      0 Remedial responses:  actions  intended to provide permanent solutions
       at abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites.  They  are
       generally longer-term and more expensive than removals.  A Superfund
       remedial response can be taken only if a site is on the NPL.
       After publishing two preliminary lists and proposing a formal
       list, EPA published the first NPL in September 1983.  The  list
       must be updated at least annually.

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     The money for conducting a remedial response or removal action can

ccme from several sources:

     0  The party or parties responsible for the problem can clean up
        voluntarily with EPA or State supervision.

     0  The responsible party or parties can be forced to clean up by
        Federal or State legal action.

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

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

     A remedial response at an NPL site is an orderly process that generally
involves the following steps:

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

     0  Undertake initial planning activities to scope out a strategy
        for collecting information and analyzing alternative courses of
        action.

     8  Conduct a remedial investigation to determine the type and
        extent of contamination at the site.

     0  Conduct 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 $875,000 and take from 9  to 18 months to complete.

     0  Select the cleanup alternative that:

        — Protects human health and the environment

        — Attains Federal and State requirements that are applicable
           or relevant and appropriate

        — Makes maximum use of permanent  solutions, alternative treatment
           technologies, or resource recovery technologies

        — Is "cost effective" — that is, the results achieved are proportionate
           to the cost (tentative working  definition)

     0  Design the remedy.  Typically, the design phase costs 5850,000
        and takes 6 to 12 months.

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

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

     0  The State can take the lead role under a cooperative agreement,
        which is much like a grant in that Federal dollars are trans-
        ferred 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.

     0  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 this phase to average out

at about S10-12 million per site.

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National Priorities List She

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

ANNISTON ARMY DEPOT (SOUTHEAST INDUSTRIAL AREA)
Anniston, Alabama

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Anniston Ordnance Depot, which
occupies approximately 30 square miles in Anniston, Calhoun County,
Alabama, was officially designated as an ammunition storage area on October
14, 1941. Over the years, operations were expanded to include the overhauling
and repairing of combat vehicles and artillery equipment. The facility
is currently referred to as the Anniston Army Depot (ANAD).

This NPL site consists of six different disposal operations covering
600 acres in and adjacent to the Southeast Industrial/Vehicle Rebuild
Area. The six disposal operations were combined to form this NPL site.
Five are waste disposal pits or lagoons containing liquid chemical and
industrial wastes contaminated with heavy metals and chlorinated organic
solvents. At the sixth location, drums containing calcium hypochlorite
(bleaching powder) were buried.

According to analyses reported by the Army in 1982, metals and
chlorinated solvents were present in the ground water beneath the ANAD
Southeast Industrial Area. Ground water is the source of drinking water
for Calhoun County residents. The hydrogeology of Calhoun County is
very complex and requires further studies to define possible aquifer inter-
connections. The highly fractured bedrock apparently is the source rock
for Coldwater Spring, which supplies private and public water. The spring
may be connected via fractures to contaminated ground water at the ANAD
site. The Anniston municipal water supply system provides drinking water
for an estimated 39,000 people.

ANAD is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these
sites. The Army has completed Phase I (records search), Phase II (pre-
liminary survey), and Phase III (assessment of remedial action alterna-
tives). Two portions of the site (encompassing approximately 5 acres)
have been closed under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Wastes and contaminated soils from those two areas were excavated and
removed to a permitted facility.

Status (April 1987); EPA is reviewing an Army study of ground water
beneath 31 RCRA and CERCLA solid waste management units at ANAD, including
the Southeast Industrial Area. The Army is conducting an Endangerment
Assessment that will include a summary of all previous activities.

This site is being reproposed to be consistent with EPA's recently
proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned
facilities that are subject to the corrective action authorities of RCRA
Subtitle C. EPA is soliciting comments on the Hazard Ranking System score
for the site, which includes areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective
action authorities.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
APACHE POWDER CO. tv
Benson, Arizona :; \£
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Apache Powder Co. has manufactured explosives and fertilizers since
1929 in Benson, Cochise County, Arizona. Large quantities ofy nitrates
have been used. Prior to 3971, all waste water drained to.;.dtry washes on-
site that flowed to the San Pedro River. Since that time/waste water
has been contained in unlined ponds ranging from 6 to 8 feet 'deep and
covering more than 10 acres. The waste water contains elevated levels
of nitrate. In ]982, EPA found more than 13,480 parts per million
nitrate nitrogen in a sample. Soil in the bottom of the dry ponds
also contains high levels of nitrate nitrogen, as does ash in a burning
ground located in a dry wash.

EPA detected toxic heavy metals in the lagoons and on-site wells
at levels above drinking water standards. Downgradient of" Apache
Powder, 11 shallow wells contain nitrate nitrogen in excess of the
drinking water standards, according to .EPA. The maximum concentration
found was in the well closest to Apache Powder. Nitrogen isotope
analysis of this well positively identified Apache Powder's ponds as
the source, but was inconclusive for other wells. Nine of the 11
wells were used for drinking water. About 900 people get drinking
water from the shallow aquifer within 3 miles of the site. Because
nitrate is very mobile, it is likely that it precedes the migration of
toxic heavy metals, which will likely follow the same path.

A deeper artesian aquifer is not contaminated to date, but there
may be danger of contamination in the future.

EPA has also detected elevated nitrate levels in the San Pedro
River, which borders the plant.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund"
                    MESA AREA GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                               Mesa, Arizona

     Volatile organic solvents contaminate five wells  in Mesa,  Maricopa
County, Arizona.   Trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,-dichloro-
ethylene,  1,1,1-trichloroethane, and Freon-113 were detected in tests
conducted  by the  Arizona Department of Health Services and the  City of
Tempe.  Two of  the wells are owned by the Cities of Mesa and Tempe.
The other  three are owned by the Salt River Project and pump into the
Tempe Canal, a  source of irrigation water for about 20,000 acres and a
source of  raw water for the South Tempe Municipal Water Treatment Plant.

     The area is  highly urbanized, and the Tempe well  pumps into a
municipal  supply  system serving an estimated 126,000 people.

     EPA is in  the process of identifying potential sources of  the contami-
nation.
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site

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

MOTOROLA, INC. (52ND STREET PLANT)
Phoenix, Arizona

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Motorola, Inc., manufactures
semiconductors and related components at a plant on 52nd Street in Phoenix,
Maricopa County, Arizona. The facility is situated approximately 1.5 miles
northeast of the Sky Harbor International Airport and is surrounded by
residential, industrial, business, agricultural, and recreational areas.

Ground water beneath the 52nd Street Plant is contaminated with tri-
chloroethylene (TCE),trichloroethane (TCA), and other organic and inorganic
compounds, according to analyses conducted by EPA and Motorola. Contami-
nation may have resulted from leaking storage tanks, leaking effluent
lines, and past disposal practices, including the use of dry wells.
Motorola detected TCE and TCA in its off-site monitoring wells located at
least 1 mile from the facility. Analytical results indicate that several
private wells not used for drinking and one irrigation well contain TCE
concentrations above the State action level of 5 parts per billion.

Prior to October 1983, Motorola installed 22 on-site and 6 off-site
monitoring wells. This work was described in a Phase I remedial investi-
gation report. In October 1983, the Arizona Department of Health Services
established a Task Force comprised of the State, EPA, -and local agencies
to guide and evaluate Motorola's remedial activities. The Task Force has
guided Motorola in development of a detailed workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent
of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.
The RI/FS workplan was aporoved in October 1984, and Phase II of the RI
was begun.

The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application.

Status (January 1986); Motorola has completed most of the field
activities planned for Phase II of the RI/FS. The report is expected to
be completed in 1986.

Off-site well sampling has confirmed a plume extending at least
1 mile west of the plant. In 1986, additional monitoring wells will be
installed, around water and soil testing will be conducted, and a pilot
plant for pumping and treating contaminated ground water will be installed.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
then applies the policy to this site.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site

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

ARKWCOD, INC.
Qnaha, Arkansas

Conditions at listing (September 1985); The Arkwood, Inc., Site
covers approximately 20 acres on the Missouri-Pacific Cricket Railroad
siding, south of Omaha in .Boone County, Arkansas. The site consists of a
millwork shop, a wood-treating plant which used pentachlorophenol (PCP)
and creosote, and a storage yard for the treated wood products before
sale. The site owners started operations at the site in the early 1960s
and formed an Arkansas corporation, Arkwood, Inc., shortly thereafter.
In 1973, the owner of Arkwood, Inc., leased the process and land to Mass
Merchandisers, Inc., of Harrison, Arkansas. Mass Merchandisers' lease
expired on Jan. 1, 1985, and was not renewed. The plant has not operated
since then.

The history of waste disposal activities has been provided primarily
by Mass Merchandisers. Wastes from the wood-treating operation were
dumped into a cave at the plant from the beginning of the operation to
around 1970. The entrance to the cave, which is at ground level, has
been boarded and covered with a layer of dirt. Waste oils were also
placed in a ditch adjacent to the railroad until approximately 1974, when
the cost of the chemicals used in the process forced improvement of the
recover5/ system and reduced the volume of wastes generated.

Other wastes consist in part of the liguid from washing of the
treatment roan floor and the treatment eguipment. These wastes accumulated
in a tank and were then spread over the storage yard to control dust.
Based on plant operations during 1970, a minimum of 6,000 to 7,000 pounds
per year of waste were generated over the more than 20 years of operation,
according to Mass Merchandisers. There is also a large pile of sawdust
and wood chips in the southeast portion of the site. At least a portion
of this pile is contaminated with PCP, according to tests conducted by
the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology.

The State has detected PCP in local water wells, natural springs in
the area, and nearby Walnut Creek. In 1982, Mass Merchandisers drilled a
replacement well for a nearby resident, and retained a consulting firm to
conduct a geohydrological study in the area. Approximately 660 persons
depend on private wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.

Status (April 1987); In May 1986, EPA signed an Administrative
Order on Consent reguiring Mass Merchandisers to conduct a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.
A workplan submitted by the company in July 1986 has been approved by
EPA. In August 1986, under the Arkansas Water and Air Pollution Control
Act and the Remedial Action Trust Fund Act, the State filed suit against
Mass Merchandisers and the former owner and operator of Arkwood for
investigation and remedial action at the site. On-site field activities
have been delayed because the land owner has refused to grant access to
Mass Merchandisers.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site

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

FAIRCHILD CAMERA & INSTRUMENT CORP. (MOUNTAIN VIEW PLANT)
....... . .... Mountain View, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Fairchild Camera & Instrument
Corp. manufactures semiconductors at a plant in Mountain View, Santa
Clara County, California. The facility occupies approximately 56 acres
and is surrounded by residential and industrial areas.

Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with trichloroethylene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1- and trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, according to
analyses conducted by a consultant to Fairchild. Contamination is believed
to have resulted from leaking underground solvent tanks. About 270,000
people depend on ground water within 3 miles of the site as a source of
drinking water.

Since early 1982, Fairchild has been investigating the site geology
and hydrcgeolcgy and attempting to define the lateral and vertical extent
of solvents underlying the site. Fairchild has installed two wells to
pump and treat the contaminated ground water plume.

Fairchild is working with the California Regional Water Quality Con-
trol Board to further define the extent of contamination and outline
various cleanup strategies. .

The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the 'ccmpany filed Part A of a permit
application.

This is one of 19 sites in the South Pay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic "solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin.
Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-
wide approach to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
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Status (February 1986): Continuing efforts to determine the extent of
ground water contamination, Fairchild has installed 101 monitoring wells.
The two treatment wells are now in operation.

The California Regional Water Duality Control Board has issued Waste
Discharge Requirements to the ccmpany. The requirements are the board's
legal mechanism for regulating activities at facilities under its jurisdiction.

On Aug. 15, 1985, EPA issued a CERCLA Administrative Order on Consent
to Fairchild Camera's Mountain View Plant,'as well as to Intel Corp.'s and
Raytheon Corp.'s Mountain View Plants. The order calls for the three
companies to conduct a joint remedial investigation/feasibility study of
the area to determine the type and extent of contamination and identify
alternatives for remedial action.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
then applies the policy to this site.

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site

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

FAIRCHILD.CAMERA & INSTRUMENT CORP. (SOUTH SAN JOSE PLANT)
: "' South San Jose, California

Conditions at. listing (October 1984) : Fairchild Camera & Instrument
Corp. manufactures semiconductors on approximately 20 acres in South San
Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Land use in the vicinity of the
site is agricultural, residential, and commercial.

Soils and a portion of a major aquifer providing drinking water to
about 65,000 people are contaminated with trichloroethane and other
solvents, according to analyses conducted by the Great Oaks Water Co. and
Fairchild. One municipal well within 3 miles of the facility has been
taken out of service.

In response to a request from the California Regional Water Duality
Control Board, Fairchild is voluntarily taking action to contain and
reduce the plume of contamination. Fairchild has started an investigation
to determine the extent of the problem at the site and is currently
undertaking interim cleanup measures consisting of excavation of contami-
nated soils, the pumping and treatment of contaminated ground water, and
construction of a slurry wall to reduce the spread of contamination from
the site.

The plant received Interim Status under the Resource' Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the conpany filed Part A of a permit
application.

This is one of 19 sites in the South Ray Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic, solvents, which contaminate a common ground water
basin. Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply
an area-wide approach to the problem as well as take specific action as
necessary.

Status (January 1986); Continuing its investigation to determine the
extent of ground water contamination, Fairchild has removed contaminated
soil from the facility, has installed a system to pump and treat contami-
nated ground water, and is constructing the slurry wall.

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National Priorities List Site

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

FMC CORP. (FRESNO PLANT)
"'••" • '• Fresno, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); FMC Corp. has been producing
pesticides for nearly 30 years at a plant located in an industrial area of
Fresno, Fresno County, California. Ground water below the facility is
contaminated with heavy metals, as well as other chemicals, according to
analyses conducted by the company. Fresno municipal wells near the site
tap this contaminated aquifer. The wells are blended into the municipal
water supply system, which serves about 250,000 people.

FMC has removed some soil contaminated with various pesticides and
heavy metals from the facility and transported it to an approved landfill-.
FMC has conducted some site investigations at the direction of the
California Department of Health Services and the California Regional
'Water'Duality Control Roard.

Status (January 1986): FMC's contractor- has submitted to the
California Regional. Water Quality Control Roard an initial field investi-
gation report assessing the extent of soil contamination in one part of
the site and a plan for a ground water monitoring program.

EPA has issued a Notice Letter to the company, and the company is
developing a workplan for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to -
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action.

EPA believes that it may be possible to clean up this site under
authorities of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). This
site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
then applies the policy to .this site.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site

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

. IBM CORP. (SAN JOSE PLANT)
..•••'"• • •..• ..•••• .• •- San- Jose, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); IBM Corp. manufactures data-
processing equipment on approximately 400 acres in the southern portion
of San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Land use in the vicinity of
the site is agricultural and residential.

Spent solvents are stored i'n a number of underground storage tanks
at the IBM facility. Soils and a multiple aquifer system used for
drinking water'are contaminated with trichloroethane, trichloroethylene,
Freon 113, and other industrial solvents, according to analyses conducted
by the Great. Oaks Water Co. and IBM. Two municipal wells within about 1
mile of the facility have been taken out of sen/ice. About 65,000 people
use ground water within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking
water.

In response to a request from the California Regional Water Quality
Conto1 Board, IBM is voluntarily undertaking remedial measures to contain
and reduce the plume of contaminants. IBM has recently completed an
investigation to determine the extent of the problem and is currently
undertaking interim cleanup measures consisting of the removal of con-
taminated soil and the pumping and treatment of contaminated ground
'"wafer.' . - - - _ .

The State issued IBM a Part B permit under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA).

This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals,
primarily chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground
water basin. Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to
apply an area-wide approach to the problem as well as take specific
action as necessary.

Status (February 1986): IBM has removed more than 10,000 cubic yards
of soil and the leaking underground tanks and installed wells both on-
and off-site to pump and treat contaminated ground water.

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National Priorities List Site

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

HEWLETT-PACKARD
Palo Alto, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Hewlett-Packard manufactures
optical instruments at a plant in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County,
California. The facility occupies about 50 acres and is surrounded by
industrial and business areas.

Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and
toluene, according to analyses conducted by a consultant to Hewlett-
Packard. Contamination is believed to have resulted from leaking tanks.
About 56,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as a
standby source of drinking water.

Hewlett-Packard is working with the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board to determine the extent of contamination of ground water
and soils.

Status (January 1986): The extent of the contaminated ground water
plume is still being investigated. The California Regional Water Quality
Control Board, in conjunction with EPA and the California Department of
Health Services, is considering various response actions at the site.
The State has called for Hewlett-Packard to submit a Part B permit
application under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Site
investigation and any subseguent remedial action are regulated by the
board's Waste Discharge Reguirements.

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National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund"
. .-.•••• : : -.-• •'-.- -J.H.- BAXTER CO.
Weed, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); J.H. Baxter Co. has operated
a wood-treatment facility at the base of Mount Shasta in Vfeed, Siskiyou
County, California, since the 1960s. Other companies previously conducted
similar operations on the site for about 20 years. Chemicals used in the
treatment include pentachlorophenol, arsenic compounds, and creosote.
Analyses conducted by the company'and the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board (CRWOCB) detected arsenic, polynuclear arcmatics,
and pentachlorophenol in ground water beneath the site. Heavy metals,
pentachlorophenol, tetrachlorophenol, and creosote have been detected in
.surface water downstream of the site.

CRWXB issued the company a Cleanup and Abatement Order in iMarch
1983 and a Cease and Desist Order in May 1983. The company has installed
monitoring wells and taken measures to collect and direct rainwater
run-off.

Status (February 1986); CRWOCB' ordered J. H. Baxter, International
•Paper Co., and Roseberg Wood Products to develop a site characterization
study in accordance with a workplan developed earlier by the companies.

In December 1985, EPA issued a Notice Letter to the companies. In
response, the companies agreed to meet with EPA to develop a workplan for
a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the site and develop alternatives for remedial
action.

Two units at the facility that were regulated under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) have been closed. EPA and the State
are now trying to determine if the closures meet RCRA requirements.
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EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it needs more
time to analyze the comments received during the public comment period.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List Site

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

LORENTZ BARREL & DRUM CO.
-.••• • • • . /• '-.. '• -•••;• San--Jose, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Lorentz Barrel & Drum Co,
recycles drums at a plant in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
The facility occupies about 5 acres and is surrounded by residential,
industrial, and business areas.

Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with trichlorcethane,
trichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene,
according to analyses conducted by a consultant to Lorentz Barrel & Drum
Co. Contamination is believed to have resulted from overflowing sumps
'and spills. About 250,000 people depend on ground water within 3 miles of
the site as a source of drinking water.

Lorentz Barrel & Drum is working with the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board (CRWOCB) to determine the extent of ground water
contamination. The board issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order to the
company in August 1983.

The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act'(RCRA) when the company Eiled Part A of its permit application.

This is one of 19 sites in' the South Bay Area o£ San Francisco-.-
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, pri-
marily chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground
water basin. Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to
apply an area-wide approach to the problem as well as take specific
action as necessary.

Status (February 1986); In a March 1985 site inspection, EPA and the
California Department of Health Services discovered over 300 drums
containing phenols, methylene chloride, and PCBs stored on the Lorentz
property. In response to action taken by the Santa Clara County District
Attorney, the company removed all contaminated drums.

CRWCCB is overseeing the investigation conducted by Lorentz to determine
the extent of ground water contamination. The California Department of
Health Services will oversee the investigation to determine the extent of
soil contamination.

On Feb. 7, 1986, the Santa Clara County District Attorney filed a
complaint against the company for violation of State hazardous waste
laws. The facility has been shut down until "procedures for compliance
are developed.

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National Priorities List Site

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

MARLEY COOLING TOWER CO.
Stockton, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Marley Cooling Tower Co.
operates on a site adjacent to Franklin High School in Stockton, San
Joaquin County, California. The company began operation at this location
in 1942. From 1966 until 1982, the company used chromated copper arsenate
to pressure treat wood for the purpose of fabricating cooling towers.
Since 1982, acid copper chromate has been used in the wood-treating
process.'

Since 1966, rainwater run-off contaminated with arsenic, chromium,
and copper has been discharged""to a 2-acre percolation pond. The sludge
in the pond and soil on-site are heavily contaminated with arsenic,
chromium, and copper. Two on-site monitoring wells are contaminated with
chromium, according to analyses conducted by the company. No off-site
ground water contamination has been detected to date.

Marley is currently working with the California Department of Health
Services and the California Regional Water duality Control Roard to
develop a plan to determine the full extent of soil and ground water
contamination..

The facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.

Status (February 1986); Marley Cooling Tower is scheduled to complete
the initial phase of a remedial investigation in February 1986. Current
data indicate that the primary source of soil and ground water contamination
is a retort pit used in the wood-treatment process. The surface water
run-off pond is a secondary source of current soil and ground water
contamination on-site. The second phase of the remedial investigation
will focus on further defining soil and ground water contamination.

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Montrose Chemical Corp.
manufactured the pesticide DOT on a 13-acre site in Torrance, Los Angeles
County, California, from 1947 until 1982. The site is located in a light
industrial/residential area. About 3,000 people live or work within 0.25
miles of the site.

The company's operations included formulation, grinding, packaging,
and distribution of the pesticide. According to analyses conducted by
EPA, Montrose, and various State and local agencies, on- and off-site
soils and surface water are contaminated with DOT. The major transport
mechanisms identified were storm water run-off and aerial emissions.

On May 6, 1983, EPA issued an Administrative Order under CERCLA
section 106 requiring Montrose Chemical to cease all discharges of DOT
and to initiate a. study to determine the nature and extent of contamina-
tion. After a more detailed review of the-Montrose site, EPA determined
that further work was necessary to characterize the site and evaluate
alternatives. Therefore, EPA prepared a workplan for a remedial investi-
gation/feasibility study (RI/FS). This second phase of investigation
will assess all areas of contamination, both on- and off-site, and the
possible impact on public health and the environment.

Status (January 1986): In February 1985, Montrose installed a tem-
porary asphalt cover over the site. EPA did not endorse this activity
and does not consider it a permanent remedy.

In the summer vof 1985, EPA conducted Part I of the RI. On-site
sampling conducted during Part I indicates high levels of contamination
at 77-foot depths in soil and in the shallow ground water. In October
1985, Montrose and EPA signed an Administrative Order under CSRCLA section
106 requiring Montrose to conduct Phase II of the RI. Phase II consists
of off-site sampling of soil, sediments, and surface water, and sampling
of ground water both on- and off-site.

EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it needs
time to conduct additional air monitoring to support the site's score on
the Hazard Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess the relative hazards
of waste sites. The Montrose Chemical Corp. Site will remain in proposed
status until a later rulemaking.
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PHONE-POULENC, INC./ZOECON CORP.
East Palo Alto, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Rhone-Poulenc, Inc./
Zoecon Corp. Site covers about 0.1 acres in East Palo Alto, Santa Clara
County, California. It is surrounded by residential and industrial areas.

Tne site was originally proposed for listing under the name "Zoecon
Corp./Rhone-Poulenc, Inc."

Rhone-Poulenc, Inc., the previous owner, manufactured pesticides
containing arsenic at the plant. Zoecon Corp., which purchased the site
in 1972, produces agricultural chemicals, but no contamination has thus
far been traced to its operations.

Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with arsenic and other
metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and selenium, according to analyses
conducted by a consultant to Rhone-Poulenc. Contamination is believed to have
resulted from leaking underground storage tanks. About 58,000 people
depend on ground water within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking
water.

Rhone-Poulenc is working with the California Regional Water Cuality
Control Board (CRWOCB) to determine the extent of ground water contamination.
CRWQCB issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order to the company-in December 1983.

The plant has received part 8 of its application for a permit under the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin.
Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-
wide approach to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.

Status (January 1986): . In response to the Cleanup and Abatement
Order issued in December 1983, Zoecon and Rhone-Poulenc initiated action
to determine the extent of contamination. The companies submitted a
remedial action plan to the CRWQB in December 1984. The CRWQB is working
with the companies to select and implement an appropriate remedial action
plan.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the MPL and
then applies the policy to this site.
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SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON CQ'.. (VISALIA POLEYARD)
visalia, California
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Southern California Edison Co. (SCE)'"Created utility poles on a 20-acre
site in Visalia, Tulare County, California^ from the 1920s until 1980. Wood
preservatives, including creosote and pent^chorophenol (PCP), were used and
stored on-site during the poleyard's ope-raSions. Leaking tanks and stored
treated poles have contaminated ground Water and soil with wood-treatment
chemicals, as well as associated hexa-,hepta-, and octa-chlorodioxins and
furans, according to analyses conducted by both the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) and SCE.

California Water Service Co. wells within 3 miles of the site supply
drinking water to the City of Visalia, population 59,000. After sampling
ground water and soil in May 1976, CRWQCB issued a Cleanup and Abatement
Order requiring SCE to (1) abate discharge of treating fluids into the
soil, (2) contain contaminated soil and"water on the property, (3) pump
shallow ground water under the site before and during construction of an
underground slurry wall around the site, (4) pump the lower confined aquifer
to remove contamination, and (5) clean up contaminated shallow ground
water off-site.

In response to the order, SCE removed 2,300 cubic yards of grossly
contaminated soil to an approved Class I disposal site. The remaining soil
was not sampled after the cleanup. In 1977, a 60-foot-deep cement-bentonite
slurry wall was constructed to slow lateral migration of the shallow aguifer.
Currently, SCE is pumping the shallow wells, treating the water by carbon
filtration, and discharging it into the city sewer system. SCE has been
sampling monitoring wells, along with California Water Service Co. wells, on
a quarterly basis. The results indicate that on-site monitoring wells
contain up to 12 parts per million (pprn) PCP, and off-site monitoring wells
contain up to 0.15 ppm PCP.
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SIGNETICS, INC.
• •••- : . ' ' , ; Sunnyvale, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Signetics, Inc., manufactures
electronic components at a plant in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County,
California. The facility occupies about 20 acres and is surrounded by
residential, industrial, and business areas. '

Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with trichlorcethylene,
tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethane, according' to analyses conducted
by a consultant to Signetics. Contamination is believed to have resulted
from cracks in acid neutralization tanks and underground solvent tanks,
as well as through localized spills. The same contaminants have teen
detected in monitoring wells off the facility. About 300,000 people
depend on ground water within 3 miles of the site as a source of
drinking water.

Signetics removed the leaking tanks and excavated contaminated soil
from the facility. The company is working with the California Regional
Ifeter Quality Control Board to determine the extent of ground water
contamination. The l~x:>ard issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order to the
company in June 1QR4.

The plant received InteVim Status under" th^"'"Res"6u"fce~'Cohser^/atr6"h"'arid •
Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of its permit application.

This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water
basin. Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply
an area-wide approach to the problem as well as take specific action as
necessary.

Status (January 1986); The California Regional Water Ouality Control
Board, in conjunction with EPA and the California Department of Health
Services, is considering various response actions at the site.

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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO.
• • • •••"• Roseville, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Southern Pacific Transporta-
tion Co. operates a train yard and locomotive service facility on a
640-acre site in Roseville, Placer County, California. The site is
located to the northeast of Sacramento, a major metropolitan area.

The cleaning operations at the facility require a variety of
industrial solvents. Waste streams from these operations were discharged
into a number of locations on the site. Five waste ponds and eight other
locations that received waste discharges have been identified. The eight
locations are no longer used. All waste streams are now routed to a
central collection system and periodically removed to a hazardous waste
landfill.

According to investigations conducted by Southern Pacific, soil and
ground water, both on- and off-site, are contaminated with heavy metals
and organic solvents. About in domestic wells supply drinking water to
approximately 40 people living within 3 miles of the site. These wells
'are believed to draw from an uncontarninated, lower aquifer. In addition,
water from a large-volume municipal well, located within 3,060 feet
. downgradient of the facility, is blended into a water system serving
about 34,000 people.

EPA issued an administrative order to the company under Section 3008
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The California
Regional Water Quality Control Board has also taken an enforcement action
against the company.

Status (January 1986): Southern Pacific has complied with the Section
3008 Order. In March 1985, EPA issued a RCRA Section 3013 Order requiring
the company to undertake a sampling and analysis program. Southern
Pacific has submitted a workplan which is being reviewed by EPA, the
California Department of Health Services, and the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA adopts its final policy
with respect to placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and then applies
the policy to this site.
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VAN WATERS & ROGERS, INC.
••.'... San Jose, California

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Van Waters & Rogers, Inc.,
is a solvent distributor located in San Jose, Santa Clara Valley, Cali-
fornia. The facility occupies about 13 acres and is surrounded by
residential, industrial, and business areas.

Solvents are stored in 36 underground tanks connected to the facility
through buried pipelines. Contamination is believed to have resulted'
from.leaks in the underground storage tanks and piping as well as from
localized spills. Contaminants found in monitoring wells on the site
include a wide variety of solvents such as acetone, chloroform, toluene,
1,1-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, methanol, and isopropanol,
according to analyses conducted by a consultant to Van Waters & Rogers.
About 132,000 people depend on ground water within 3 miles of the site as
a source of drinking water.

Van Haters & Rogers is working with the California Regional Water
Duality Control Board to determine the extent of ground water contamination.

The facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application.

This is one of 19 sites in the South Ray Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water
basin. Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply
an area-wide approach, to the problem as well as take specific action as
necessary. ': .

Status (January 1986); The California Regional Water Quality Control
Board issued Waste Discharge Requirements to the company in July-1985.
The requirements are the board's legal mechanism for regulating activities
at facilities under its jurisdiction. The California Regional Water
Quality Control Board, in conjunction with EPA and the California
Department of Health Services, is considering various response actions at
the site.

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               WATKINS-JOHNSON CO.  (STEWART DIVISION PLANT)
                          Scotts Valley California

     The Watkins-Johnson  Co.  (Stewart Division Plant) has manufactured
industrial furnaces  and electrical  parts since 1965 on a 3-acre site in
Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz County, California.  The California Regional
Water Quality Control Board  (CRWQCB)  and Watkins-Johnson's consultant have
detected organic  chemicals,  including trichloroethene, trichloroethane,
tetrachloroethene, dichloroethene,  and Freon in soil and ground water on
the site.  The contamination  is apparently the result of improper handling
of hazardous waste.

     Early in July 1986,  the  CRWQCB issued Waste Discharge Reguirements to
the company.  The reguirements are  the CRWQCB's legal mechanism for regulating
activities at facilities  under its  jurisdiction.  Later in July, CRWQCB
issued a Cleanuo  and Abatement Order to the company.  In response, Watkins-Johnson
has begun an interim program  to pump and treat contaminated ground water.

     Wells within 3  miles of  the site draw on the Santa Margarita Aguifer,
designated by EPA as a "sole  source"  of drinking water in the area.  An
estimated.12,000  people use  the wells.
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                         MARTIN MARIETTA (DENVER AEROSPACE)
                                Waterton,  Colorado

      The Martin Marietta Denver  Aerospace plant covers approximately 5,200
 acres near  the  tow  of Waterton  in  southern Jefferson County,  Colorado.
 Martin Marietta began operations at the plant in 1956 when it  purchased
 the undeveloped property and  constructed  facilities  for development of
 missiles and missile components  for the U.S. Air Force.  Martin Marietta
 currently owns  the property and  continues its aerospace manufacturing
 activities  for  the U.S.  Air Force.

      In the early 1960s, the  company began disposing  of waste  oils, hexa-
 valent chromium salts, volatile  organic compounds, and other industrial
 wastes on the property in a number  of ponds covering  a few acres.  . In
 1979, the ponds stopped  receiving wastes  and in mid-1980 were  filled and
 closed.  Tests  conducted by EPA  in  early  1985 intercepted  a plume  of
 ground water contaminated with chrcmiun and organic chemicals  downgradient
 fron a former waste  disposal  area.   The area is approximately  1.5  miles
 upgradient  frcm a Denver municipal  water  treatment facility.  The  facility
 captures alluvial ground water and  surface water moving from the inactive
 waste disposal  areas.   It provides  up to  15 percent of the potable water
 danand of more  than  1 million.people in the Denver metropolitan area.

      In March 1985,  EPA issued a CERCLA 106 order that required Martin
 Marietta to begin a  comprehensive program at the site, including installa-
 tion of monitoring wells and  plans  for contairment and treatment of
 contaminated ground  water.  In February 1985,  che Colorado Department of
 Health issued an  emergency order to the cotpany to monitor ground  vater
 and to prepare  a  remedial action plan for surface vater and ground water
 drainages adjacent to  an active  waste handling  unit on the facility.
 The unit now holds Interim Status under the Resource  Conservation  and
 Recovery Act (PCRA.)  The inactive waste disposal site has  never been
 regulated under RCRA and is over 1  mile from the active waste  units
 currently subject  to RCRA.

      Under  EPA  and State orders, the company is installing monitoring
 wells in the vicinity  of the  Denver water treatment facility and planning
 further site investigations,  including ranote sensing.  EPA and the State
 are reviewing preliminary designs submitted by  the company for a system
 to punp out ground water and  treat  it.
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                           ROCKY FLATS PLANT  (USDOE)
                                Golden, Colorado

        Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Rocky  Flats  Plant began
   producing components for nuclear weapons in 1951 on  a  site of about 2,000
   acres in Jefferson County, near Golden, Colorado.  A buffer  zone was
   acquired in 1974, bringing the total to 6,550 acres.   Major  operations at
   the plant, which is owned by the U.S. Department of  Energy  (USDOE),
   include fabrication and assembly of plutonium, beryllium, and uranium,
   recovery of plutonium, and separation of and research  on americium.  Dow
   Chemical Co. operated the plant from inception until June 30, 1975, when
   Rockwell International Corp. assumed operation.

        Releases of plutonium and tritium have contributed  to contaminated
   soils and sediments in surface water.  USDOE has completed some  remedial
   work such as capping and removing plutonium-contaminated soils and is
   improving liquid waste treatment systems to reduce discharge of  liquid
   effluents, which are covered by a permit under the National  Pollutant
   Elimination Discharge System.  Three evaporation ponds have  contributed
   to nitrate contamination of ground water.  These ponds may be covered
   under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

        Approximately 80,000 people live within 3 miles of  the  facility.

        Status (July 1985):  USDOE continues  to conduct remedial work by
   removing hot spots of contamination.  A recent court settlement  requires
   USDOE to conduct remedial activities on private land east of the plant
   as a condition of its sale to local governments.  USDOE  has  begun to
   address the site through its internal cleanup program.  The  installation
   assessment phase is underway.
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NUTMEG VALLEY ROAD
Wolcott, Connecticut
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The Nutmeg Valley Road: Sirte is in southwest Connecticut in the Town
of Wolcott, New Haven County.''T Investigation of this site centers around
Nutmeg Screw Machine Products-"^o. (NSMP), which covers 3.5 acres on Nutmeg
Valley Road in the western potion of Wolcott (population, 13,000) and
0.25 miles northeast of Waterbury (population 103,800). The area around
the site is both rural residential and light industrial, with a number
of other metal-working and metal-finishing shops in the immediate vicinity,
including Waterbury Heat Treating Corp. (WHTC) and Alpine Electronic
Components, Inc. (AEC). WHTC is 300 feet to the northwest of NSMP and
performs various heat-treating operations (annealing and hardening) on
metal articles. AEC leases a portion of the NSMP building in which it
machines metal parts and performs degreasing, polishing, acid dipping, and
assembly functions.

NSMP is a small (8-30 employees) metal-working and machine shop
that has been in business since 1951. Substances used in the machining
processes include a kerosene-like cutting oil, machine lubrication oils,
and carbon tetrachloride (for cleaning and degreasing). Carbon tetra-
chloride and cutting oils were dumped onto the ground at an estimated
rate of up to 15 gallons per day, according to the Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection (CT DEP). This practice was followed for
between 14 and 20 years, ceasing by 1980.

Soil adjacent to the shop building contains volatile organic chemicals
and metals, including lead and copper, according to analyses conducted by
EPA. No contamination was detected in water and sediment in Old Tannery
Brook 300 feet from the site. -A fresh-water wetland is approximately
600 feet downstream from the site.

Local surficial deposits, primarily sand and gravel, are relatively
permeable, facilitating movement of contaminants into ground water.
About 10,500 people draw drinking water from private wells within 3
miles of the site.

EPA has conducted preliminary assessments at all three companies
and site, inspections at NSMP and WHTC. Further investigation is required
to more fully define the quantities of contaminants present in the soil
and to evaluate the underlying ground water. • '
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CHEM-SOLV, INC.
Cheswold, Delaware

Chertv-Solv, Inc., started a small solvent distillation facility in 1982
on a 1.5-acre site in Cheswold, Kent County, Delaware. The company recycled
waste solvents by placing a drum on an electric coil heater, which distilled
the solvents into a second drum. The contents of the second drum were
filtered into a third drum, which was returned to the customer. The
residues remaining after distillation were classified as hazardous waste
under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) and
were stored on-site.

On September 7, 1984, an explosion and fire at the site destroyed the
entire distillation facility. At the time, witnesses observed fluids
flowing off a concrete pad into the soil. On September 21, 1984 and
again on January 31, 1985, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control (DNREC) issued orders under State law calling
on the company to cease operations immediately, monitor ground water, and
remove all contaminated soil. The company failed to take any action.

Subsequent analyses conducted by DNREC detected hiqh concentrations-
of organic chemicals,, including trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
and 1,1-dichloroethane, in soils and qround water on and off the site.
Both the upper and lower zones of the Columbia aquifer are contaminated.
About 5,500 residents are served by private wells within 3 miles of the
site.

In September 1985, DNREC excavated contaminated soil and began using a
treatment process that passes air through the soil to remove the volatile'
organic contaminants. The air-stripping process should reduce contamination
to levels that permit returning the soil to the excavated area. Later in
the year, DNREC plans to install an air-stripping system to remove volatile
organic contaminants fro'u ground water. DNREC has filed suit against
Chem-Solv to recover the money it has spent. The company has declarer]
itself financially insolvent.

In 1984 and 1985, the State issued two orders requiring Chem-Solv to
begin remedial action at the site. The company refused to ccmply.

When Chem-Solv started operations, it filed Part A of a permit
application under RCR\, giving the company Interim Status as a storage
facility. On August 6, .1985, DNREC made a final decision to deny Chem-Solv
the storage permit.

Because Chem-Solv, Inc., has lost Interim Status (and hence authorination
to operate) and there are additional indications that the owner or operator will
be unwilling to undertake corrective action, it meets the second component of
EPA's policy for listing RCRA-related sites.
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DOVER AIR FORCE BASE
Dover, Delaware

Conditions at listing (October 1984)r Dover Air Force Base has been
in operation in Dover, Kent County, Delaware, since 1942. It currently is
the base of operation for..the 436th Military Airlift Wing. The base's
operations generated numerous wastes, including paints, solvents, and oil.
Some wastes were buried in drums, while others were disposed of through
the storm drainage system. The wastes were disposed of in various on-base
locations totaling 44 acres.

Ground water on the site is contaminated with arsenic and other metals,
and an on-site stream is contaminated with trichloroethylene, according to
tests conducted by the Air Force. The base well system serves about
10,000 people and is routinely monitored by the Air Force. Currently, it
is free of the contaminants found in the ground water.

Dover Air Force Base is participating in the Installation Restoration .
Program (IRP), the specially funded program established in 1978 under
which the Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its
past hazardous waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous
contaminants from these sites. The Air Force has completed Phase I (record
search). Phase II (hydrogeological investigation) is underway.

Status (April 1987); Approximately 11 areas on the base have now
been identified as potential sources of contamination. The Air Force is
working with the State to close the industrial wash basins, one of the
major sources of ground water contamination at the base, according to
requirements of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The
Air Force filed Part A of a permit application for the basin, giving it
Interim Status under RCRA.

Phase II of the IRP is still underway.

This site is being reproposed to be consistent with EPA's recently
proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned
facilities that are subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. EPA is soliciting
comments on the Hazard Ranking System score for the site, which includes
areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
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DOVER GAS LIGHT CO.
Dover, Delaware

Dover Gas Light Co. operated a coal gasification plant on a 0.9-
acre site in Dover, Kent County, Delaware, from 1859 to 1948. The plant
processed coal to produce a gas that was piped to street lamps in Dover.
When the plant closed, the structures, except for a brick garage, were '•
demolished. Steel and iron scrap were removed; all other materials, including
coal oil, coal tar, coke, and an unknown kind of acid, were buried on the
site.

In 1984, during geotechnical studies of the property prior to construction
of the new Kent County Family Courthouse, remains of this coal gasification
plant were discovered buried on site. The buried materials include coal
tar residues containing hazardous substances.

The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control (DNREC) installed and sampled 16 monitoring wells to determine
the nature and extent of contamination. The results show that hazardous
substances buried on site have been released to ground water. These
substances include benzene, toluene, xylene, lead, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene,
and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.

DNREC determined that these substances are in ground water at depths
of up to 53 feet and a horizontal distance of at least 300 feet southeast
of the site. The closest supply well, 1,000 feet southwest of the site,
draws on the Cheswold aguifer. It is part of Dover's municipal water
system. An estimated 45,000 people are served by public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site. Of Dover's 14 municipal supply
wells, 7 are within 1 mile of the site.
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E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC.
(NEWPORT PIGMENT PLANT LANDFILL)
Newport, Delaware

E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., formerly operated a 7-acre
industrial landfill next to its pigment plant, now known as the Holly
Run Plant, in Newport, New Castle County, Delaware. From 1902 to 1975,
the landfill was used for the disposal of inorganically bonded metals,
plant pigments, pigment sludges, magnetic tapes, and low-level radioactive
residues, according to information Du Pont provided to EPA as reguired
by section 103(c) of CERCLA.

When the landfill closed in 1975, Du Pont graded, covered, and
seeded it and installed 11 monitoring wells.

Subsequent sampling by. the Delaware Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control, EPA, and Du Pont indicated that the shallow
Columbia Aguifer, and to a lesser degree, the deeper Potomac Aguifer,
have been contaminated, both on and off the site, with heavy metals,
including barium, cadmium, and zinc, as well as trichloroethylene and
tetrachloroethylene.

The Artesian Water Co., which serves 131,000 people throughout New
Castle County, has six wells within 3 miles of the site. Private wells
are also used for drinking water supplies in some areas, the nearest well
beinq 0.5 miles from the site.
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                               . Compensate and Liab^y Ac. o, 1980
                            PIGEON POINT LANDFILL
   .  •                     '   New Castle, Delaware

       Pigeon Point Landfill covered 187 acres in New Castle, New Castle
  County,  Delaware,  along  the Delaware River just north of the Delaware
  Memorial Bridge.   It  started receiving industrial and municipal wastes
  in  1968.   Before  it was  a  landfill,  the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
  used  the site for disposal of dredge soils from the Delaware and Christiana
  Rivers.   New Castle County operated  the site from 1968 through 1981.
  In  1981,  the Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA)  took control of site
  operations.   Thereafter, it was permitted  by the State to accept municipal
  wastes.   Operations stopped and the  site was closed in November 1985.
  During closure, the site was covered with  a 2-foot  clay cap and seeded.

       Before 1980,  according to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources
  and Environmental  Control,  wastes disposed at the unlined landfill included
  paint sludges, metal  sludges,  petroleum refinery wastes, polyvinyl chloride
  wastes,  chemical process wastes, and phenol resins.

       In  1984-85,  a consultant to DSWA detected arsenic, benzene, ethylbenzene,
  and tetrachloroethylene  in on-site monitoring wells.   Aguifers of both
  the Columbia and  Potomac- Formations  are at risk. The Artesian Water Co.
  has nine  walls within 3 miles of the site.  The water is blended with
  water from other  wells.  The public  water  supply for 150,000 people is
  potentially affected.
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The Tyler Refrigeration Pit Site involves a 500-cubic-yard unlined
pit in Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. From 1952 to 1969, Tyler, which
used solvents to degrease and clean refrigeration equipment, disposed of
spent solvents, mostly trichloroethylene (TCE), and sludge in the pit.
Later, Tyler excavated the pit to about 20 feet, filled it in, capped it
with 6 inches of top soil and clay, and planted vegetation. The site is
now occupied by Metal Masters, which manufactures commercial kitchen
equipment.

In 1982, EPA detected elevated levels of toluene, ],1-dichloroethane,
and ],],]-trichloroethane in on-site soils.

Since 1977, TCE has been detected in Smyrna municipal wells.
To remove contamination from the wells, the town improved the efficiency
of its air stripping process and added an activated carbon filtration unit
to its water treatment system. The contamination in Smyrna's wells has
significantly declined, and the treatment system continues in operation.

According to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources .and -
Environmental Control, the Tyler pit is a likely contributor to the
contamination of Smyrna's wells, although there may be other sources.
About 6,700 people depend on wells, both municipal and private, within 3
miles of the site for their drinking water.
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CITY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Orlando, Florida

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The City Industries, Inc., Site
covers 1 acre in Orlando, Orange County, Florida. From 1971 to mid-August
1983, the company operated'a recycling and transferring facility on the site,
handling a wide variety of chlorinated and nonchlorinated organic solvents,
paint/varnish wastes, acid and alkaline plating wastes, PCBs, and waste
ink. According to tests conducted by EPA, ground water, soils, and sediments
are contaminated with heavy metals and volatile organic compounds.

The company abandoned the operation in mid-1983, informing the State
that it lacked resources to continue operations and leaving approximately
1,200 drums and 12,000 gallons of unknown liquids and sludges in large holding
tanks. In August 1983, the State funded and oversaw a cleanup of the site
by a contractor. In the cleanup, 41 tons of drums were crushed and removed
and 65 truck and tanker loads of contaminants were disposed of properly.
The cost was $950,000.

In February 1984,.EPA issued an Administrative Order under CERCIA
requiring City Industries to clean sludge frcm holding tanks, remove contami-
nated soils, and treat contaminated ground water. The order was not complied
with. In March through May 1984, using about $500,000 of CER.LCA emergency
funds, EPA emptied, cut open, and cleaned the holding tanks, thus removing
the threat of explosion and further soil contamination. EPA's emergency
team and its contractors used an incineration device to treat about 1,700
tons of contaminated soil. The treated soil remains on the site.

In February 1984, the State filed a civil complaint against the landowner,
operator, and four companies associated with the operator. On April 24,
1984, the State held a meeting attended by generators potentially responsible
for wastes associated with the site.

The, facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.
The company filed Part B, but EPA denied the application twice because the
company did not meet the financial guarantee and waste analysis requirements
of RCRA. The company also failed to submit a closure plan.

Status (April 1987): The generators formed a steering committee
comprising approximately 200 industries. It has worked with the State during
a remedial investigation of ground water contamination. EPA is reviewing
data from this investigation.

In August 1986, EPA issued demand letters to approximately 250 potentially
responsible parties to recover Federal money spent for the 1984 emergency action.
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Conditions at listing (October 1984): Montco Research Products,
Inc., manufactures chemical intermediates and purifies organic compounds
for commercial use on a ID-acre site in Hollister, Putnam County, Florida.
The processes generate discharge cooling water and distillation residues.
The State has confirmed that both soil and ground water at the site are
contaminated with lead, arsenic, cyanide, chromium, benzene, and several
other organic chemicals. An estimated 270 people draw drinking
water from wells within 3 miles of the site.

The State and the site owner are awaiting a civil, court ruling on
access. The State is conducting further negotiations outside of court.

EPA has taken administrative enforcement action against the company
for failing to respond promptly to a request for information under section
3007 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

Status (January 1986): In a State court decision in June 1985,
the court authorized access to the State for the limited purpose of
conducting a pollution assessment, but denied access for the purpose of
removing any materials except samples related to that assessment.

In July 1985, EPA issued a unilateral Administrative Order under CERCLA
section 106 for immediate removal of contaminated soils and sludges on-
site. This order has not been complied with.

An administrative hearing between EPA and tMontco has been held on the
subject of the company's failure to respond to the request for information
under RCRA section 3007. No decision has been issued yet.

EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it needs
more time to analyze the comments received during the public comment
period. The Montco Research Products, Inc., Site will remain in proposed
status until a later rulemaking.
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PIPER AIRCRAFT CORP./VERO BEACH WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT
Vero Beach, Florida

Conditions at listing (June 1986); The Piper Aircraft Corp.Aero
Beach Water & Sewer Department Site covers 8 acres in Vero Beach, Indian
River County, Florida. Piper assembles and paints light aircraft at the
southern end of the Vero Beach Municipal Airport. In 1980, an unknown
amount of trichloroethylene leaked from an underground storage tank and
distribution system, contaminating a nearby municipal well of the Vero
Beach Water & Sewer Department with volatile organic compounds (VOCs).
The well, which was subsequently shut down, was part of a municipal system
serving about 33,000 people. Six months later the city developed two
other wells to replace the closed one.

In 1981, the State took an enforcement action requiring Piper Aircraft
to conduct a monitoring, testing, and treatment program at the site. Piper
repaired the leaking storage tank and in April 1981 began to pump out the
contaminated ground water. To date, the pumping has yielded approximately
2,050 gallons of VOCs, including trichloroethylene, cis-trans-l,2-dichloro-
ethylene, vinyl chloride, and 1,1-dichloroethylene. The contaminated
water is sprayed into the air to enhance removal of VOCs and is discharged
into the Main Canal leading to the Indian River.

Status (September 1986); The city is continuing to submit quarterly
reports on the monitoring of the treated effluent.being discharged to the
Indian River.
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PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT/UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
West Palm Beach, Florida

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/
United Technologies Corp. Site comprises about 7,000 acres in West Palm
Beach in north central Palm Beach County, Florida. Jet engines have
been manufactured and tested on the site since 1957. Pratt & Whitney is
a privately-owned Canadian-based operation and a division of United
Technologies Corp.

On the site are a sanitary landfill where solvents were disposed of,
a solvent storage tank that leaked approximately 2,000 gallons of tri-
chloroethane through an underground valve, a solvent distilling area,
and jet fuel heaters which contained PCBs until the mid-1970s.

Ground water and surface water are contaminated with PCBs and organic
solvents, according to tests conducted by Pratt & Whitney. The company also
found that the well serving its 7,200 employees is contaminated with solvents.

Pratt & Whitney has installed a forced aeration system to remove
volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) from its well fields and is involved in
discussions with the State regarding PCBs and landfill remedial actions.

Status (January 1986); On April 26, 1985, the company signed a
Consent Agreement with the State under which the company is to implement
a State-approved remedial action plan to deal with VOCs and PCBs.

Other areas of contamination, including PCB-contaminated soil and a
buried leaking waste oil tank containinq VOCs, have been discovered on
the property.

Voluntary cleanup of the site is continuing.

The Pratt & Whitney facility was first proposed for the NPL as part
of Update #2. In response to public comments received, EPA completely
reevaluated the site and made' a significant change in its score on the
Hazard Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess waste sites for the NPL.
Conseguently, EPA reproposed the Pratt & Whitney facility on Sept. 18,
1985 (50 FR 37950) as part of NPL Update #4 and solicited comments on the
revised score.
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The Sydney Mine Sludge Ponds cover 2.1 acres in Brandon, Hillsborough
County, Florida. The ponds are part of an old 1,700-acre phosphate strip
mine and were used for storing and dewatering waste clays and tailings
from phosphate ore processing. The Hillsborough County Division of
Public Utilities leases the land from American Cyanamid Co. and used two
on-site ponds from 1974 to 1982. The larger pond (1.5 acres) received
primarily septic sludge and the smaller pond (0.6 acres) received the
grease trappings fron commercial restaurants, industrial cutting oil, and
other types of waste oil. The total volume of wastes in both pits is
over 6,000 cubic yards.

Tests conducted by EPA in 1979 found arsenic and lead in.the septic
sludge pond and 1,1,1-trichloroethane and toluene in the oil pond. EPA
also detected 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethene, toluene, and benzene
in ground water that forms the secondary artesian aquifer developed in
the Hawthorne Formation. Over 4,000 persons draw water from wells into
this aquifer within 3 miles of the site.

Turkey Creek is contaminated with cadmium, chromium, lead, and zinc,
according to EPA. The creek is about 0.5 miles to the east of the
site.

The county is working with consultants to determine the best
method for cleaning up the site. The county has constructed an under-
ground slurry wall around the ponds to prevent contaminants from escaping
and ground water from entering. Also, the county is pumping out the
contaninated ground water within the wall, treating it, and spraying the
treated water onto the ground. Incineration of sludges in the pond is
scheduled to get underway shortly.
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                      DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. LANDFILL
                             Cedartown, Georgia

     The Diamond Shamrock Corp. Landfill covers less  than  1 acre- in Cedartown,
Bolk County, Georgia.   Between 1972 and 1977, the company  buried drummed
and bulk waste  in three 6-foot-deep trenches.  The waste included
fungicides,  amides,  oil and oil sludges, esters, ethers, alcohols, and
metallic salts,  according to the company.

     The trenches are unlined, in an area of permeable soils, and in the
floodplain of Cedar  Creek, which is a major tributary of the Coosa River.
Ground water is  shallow (less than 10 feet).  These conditions potentially
threaten surface water and ground water in the area.

     An estimated 25,000 people draw drinking water from public wells
within 3 miles of the site.
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.•;/ MATHIS BROTHERS LANDFILL (SOUTH MARBLE TOP ROAD)
Kensington, Georgia

• The Mathis Brothers Landfill is located 1.5 miles north-northwest of
Kensifsgton, along the east side of South Marble Top Road in the north central
part q£ Walker County, Georgia. The site is on a hill on a 20-acre parcel
of laqicl, of which only 5 acres were used for waste disposal. The privately-
owned'.-landfill operated from. 1974 to 1980. It had a permit from the Georgia
Environmental Protection Division to accept nonhazardous wastes. Sometime
after'1980, the landfill was abandoned.

Residues from herbicide manufacturing and latex waste from the
carpet-manufacturing industry were buried in unlined trenches. According
to records obtained from Velsicol Chemical Corp.'s plant in Chattanooga,
Tennessee, the wastes contained arsenic and organic chemicals, including
benzonitrile and herbicides. About 3,000 tons of hazardous waste were
buried during the operational period.

'• The site is located in the outcrop of the Knox Group in the Valley '
and'Ridge Geologic Province. The soil is permeable, thus facilitating
movement of contaminants into ground water, which is at 40 feet. The
Kensington Water and Sewer Authority provides drinking water to an estimated
4,300 people from wells 1.5 miles south of. the site. A private well is
1,900 feet from the site.

Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the wastes is used for
fishing and irrigation.
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Conditions at listing (September 1983): 01 in Corp.'s plant in
Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia, manufactures chlorine and caustic
soda, generating a mercury-contaminated brine sludge in the process.
Since the early 1970s, Olin has disposed of the sludge in two unlined
disposal pits and in a lined surface impoundment (Areas 1,2,and 4). The
liner in the impoundment may have been damaged by dumping of construction
rubble. About 32,000 tons of mercury-contaminated wastes have been
disposed of in the three areas. All three areas, plus a retort ash and
filter cake dump, occupy about 5 acres on the southern portion of the
plant property. In April and July 1981, the company's on-site monitoring
wells near the disposal facilities detected mercury in ground water.

Within 3 miles of the disposal areas are 11 Richmond County drinking
water wells. More than 10,000 people use ground water in this area.
Large areas of fresh-water wetlands are within. 1.5 miles of: the Olin plant.

The plant acquired Interim Status under the Resource.Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit appli-
—cation..

Status (June 1984): A State Consent Order executed in January 1984,
required Olin to cease waste disposal in the two pits and to retain a
consultant to fully define the extent of contamination. The ccmpany
submitted the resulting Groundwater Assessment Program Report to the
State, where it is currently under review.

EPA is deferring rulemaking on this site because appropriate scoring
documents were not in the public docket and so were not available during
the comment period. Thus, EPA is providing an additional comment period
for this site.

Status (January 1986); In May 1985, the State issued an order
requiring Olin to submit a corrective action plan for all releases into
the environment from all disposal units at the site. Olin appealed the
order and in December 1985 the State agreed to rescind it. Then the
State required Olin to meet the January 1984 order calling for the closing
of Pits 3 and 4. However, the State required no further corrective
action beyond that, and EPA is currently assessing the State-Olin agreement
for consistency with RCRA requirements.

EPA called in Part B of the RCRA permit application in August 1985.
EPA certified that the ccmpany is in compliance with the financial
requirements and ground water monitoring requirements of RCRA.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA adopts its final policy
with respect to placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and then applies
the policy to this site._

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KUNIA WELLS I
County of Honolulu, Island of Qahu, Hawaii

Conditions at listing (October 1984) : The Kunia Wells I Site consists
of four drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the City and
County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the Schofield Plateau in the
County of Honolulu, Island of Qahu, Hawaii. They are contaminated with
trichloropropane (TCP), according to analyses conducted by the Hawaii
Department of Health and other government agencies. The Kunia Wells I are
part of a distribution system which serves 21,000 people. Wkter from the
Kunia I Wells is blended with water from another well field.

There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing TCP'with granulated activated carbon and with aeration towers.

Status (January 1986) ; EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely frcm the
application of pesticides- registered under~~the~ Federals-Insecticide'", "" •
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results frcm the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
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Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Kunia Wells II Site
consists of two drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the
City and County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the Schofield
Plateau in the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. They are
contaminated with dibrcmochloropropane (DBCP) and trichloropropane (TCP),
according to analyses conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and
other government agencies. They have been closed since July 1983. The
wells are part of the Kunia distribution system that provides drinking
water to about 13,700 people.

There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing DBCP and TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration
towers.

Status (January 1986); EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the .
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely frorrTthe
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites at
which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.

A contract was awarded by a private developer to build a carbon
treatment plant at Kunia II. Construction is complete, and the plant is
scheduled to be operational in March 1986.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund'
MILILANT WELLS
County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii

Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Mililani Wells Site
consists of six drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the
City and County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the lower Schofield
Plateau in the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. They are
contaminated with dibromochloropropane (DBCP) and trichloropropane (TCP),
according to tests conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and other
government agencies. Three of the wells are presently not being used.
The Mililani wells normally supply water to 19,500 pe°ple through a
closed distribution system. ... .

There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing DBCP and TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration
towe rs.

Status (January 1986): EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in'Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.

The developer of Mililani Town has awarded a contract to build a carbon
treatment plant at the wells. The plant will be designed to remove the
pesticides from the water prior to distribution. The plant is complete
and is scheduled to be operational in March 1986.
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. - • WAIAWA SHAFT
County of Honolulu, Island of Qahu, Hawaii

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Waiawa Shaft is located
on the Ewa Plain in the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii, and
is owned and operated by the U.S. Navy. The well is part of a closed
distribution system which provides drinking water to 64,000 people in the
area of McGrew Point, Pearl Harbor, and part of Hickam Air Force Base.
The well is contaminated with dibrcmochloropropane (DBCP) and trichloro-
propane (TCP), according to analyses conducted by the U.S. Navy and other
government agencies.

'" There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu -Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing DBCP and TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration
towers. The Navy is currently reviewing alternative treatment methods
for DBCP removal in a study designed to complement the Board of Water
Supply effort.

Status (January 1986); EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence,.EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
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~V WAIPAHU WELLS
IjT County of Honolulu, Island of Qahu, Hawaii

f: Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Waipahu Wells Site
t' onsists of four drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the
...ity and County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the Ewa Plain in
'the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. They are contaminated
With ethylene dibrcmide (EDB) and trichloropropane (TCP-), according to
analyses conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and other government
agencies. The Waipahu Wells are part of. a distribution system which
serves 13,700 people in Waipahu, Ewa, and Waianae. All the wells have
been closed down.

There are.several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration towers.
However, because of continuing contamination, the people served by the
Waipahu Wells are being provided with an alternative supply of drinking
water.

Status (January 1986): EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Podenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.

The Board of Water Supply 'is building a carbon treatment plant at
the Waipahu well field. The treatment plant will be designed to remove
the pesticides from the water prior to distribution. The plant is
scheduled to be operational in the summer of 1986.
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Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Waipio Heights Wells II
Site consists of two drinking water wells that are owned and operated by
the City and County of Honolulu. The wells are located in Waipio on the
lower Schofield Plateau in the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
One well is contaminated with trichloropropane (TCP), according to'analyses
conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and other government agencies.
The other well has been shut down for repairs and has not been tested for
contamination. The wells are part of a distribution system which serves
3,400 people in the Waipio Heights area.

There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has.had success in
removing TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration towers.

Status (January 1986); EPA received numerous comments on the six
.sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
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H.O.D LANDFILL
Antioch, Illinois

Conditions at listing (September 1985); H.O.D Landfill covers 82
acres in Antioch, Lake County, Illinois. Bulk liquid organic wastes and
drummed wastes generated by Johnson Motors Division of Outboard Marine
Corp. were disposed of at the site in 1963-81, according to the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). One tanker dumped wastes containing
moderately high levels (80 parts per billion) of PCBs, according to State
tests.

Monitoring wells downqradient of the site contain zinc, lead, and
cadmium, according to tests conducted by EPA. Antioch municipal wells
serving 4,600 people are within 3 miles downgradient of the site. The
nearest well is 600 feet from the site.

The site is in a fresh-water wetland. Seguiot Creek, which is adjacent
to the site on the south and west, flows into a series of lakes used for
recreation.

In 1975, the State filed a suit against Waste Management, Inc., of
Illinois, which had purchased the site from H.O.D. Corp. The suit alleged
violations involving operation of the landfill without a permit and cover
violations. The daily cover violations were dismissed because inspections
were not performed at the end of the working day, and intermediate cover
violations occurred on only a small area of the site and had been corrected.

In 1978, the State filed an enforcement notice against Waste Management
for repeated violations of State law regarding cover -reguirements at the
landfill. Under a settlement reached in October 1984, Waste Management
agreed to stop the cover violations and pay a $5,000 fine.

Status (September'1986): EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund"

JOLIET ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (LCAD-ASSEMBLY-PACKING AREA)
. . Joliet, Illinois

Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Joliet Army Ammunition
Plant (JAAP) is an inactive Army munitions installation located in north-
eastern Illinois near Chica'go. JAAP is divided into two major functional
areas: the Manufacturing Area, which was proposed for the NPL in October
1984, and the Load-Assembly-Packing Area (LAP Area).

This NPL site consists of the LAP Area, which covers about 22 square
miles of JAAP east of Illinois State Highway 53. During its operating
life (the early 1940s to 1977), high explosive artillery projectiles,
aerial bombs, and a variety of ammunition component items were loaded,
assembled, and packaged. Other activities included testing of ammunition,
washout and renovation of projectiles, and burning and demolition of
explosives. Since 1977, JAAP has been maintained in nonoperating standby
condition by the contractor/operator (Uniroyal, Inc.)

JAAP is participating in the Installation Restoration Program (IRP),
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling migration of hazardous contaminants from these
sites. As part of this program, the Army has documented releases into
ground water and surface water of munitions-related contaminants—including
trinitrotolulene (TNT), dinitrotoluene and heavy metals—attributable
to production activities in the LAP Area. The main source of waste water
from this area was "pink water" resulting from washout of rejected bombs
and from washing of equipment and floors. Munitions-related contaminants
have been found in monitoring wells located near a former leaching pond
in the washout facility. About 260 people depend on ground water within
3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water. Munitions-related
contaminants have also been found downstream in Prairie Creek sediments
and in Doyle Lake sediments.

Status (April 1987); IRP activities continue.

This site is being reproposed to be consistent with EPA's recently
proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned
facilities that are subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. EPA is soliciting
Garments on the Hazard Ranking System score for the site, which includes
areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
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Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Kerr-tMcGee (Kress Creek/
West Branch-of DuPage River) .Site includes about 1.5 miles of Kress Creek
and 0.5 miles of the West Branch of the DuPage River in DuPage County,
Illinois. About 20,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.

In 1931, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co. established a mill in West
Chicago for the extraction of thorium and nonradioactive elements from
monazite and other ores. Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
gaslight mantles (which contain thorium), mesothorium, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric acid. Ownership of the facility changed from Lindsay
to American Potash & Chemical in 1958 and to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in
1967. Operations at the site continued until 1973, when Kerr-McGee, the
current owner, closed the plant.

Over the years, a portion of the wastes from the plant was discharged
into Kress Creek, a tributary of the DuPage River, either via a storm sewer
or drainage ditch. Radiation contamination, which is found to a depth of
several feet along'the stream, decreases with distance from the creek.
Many of the highest levels are found near•the storm sewer outfall, water
in the area is obtained from municipal or private wells.

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an Order to Show Cause,
dated March 21, 1984, requiring Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. to either
prepare and implement a cleanup plan, or show it should not be required
to do so.

Status (January 1986); Because of an administrative error during the
public comment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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KERR-MCGEE (REED-KEPPLER PARK) ;::'
West Chicago, Illinois ;. ^
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Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Kerr-McGee fReed-Keppler
Park) Si£e is in Reed-Keppler Park in West Chicago, Illinois. About
15,000 people live; within 3 miles of the site. .:..;•;:

In 1931, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co. established a mill in West •
Chicago for the extraction of thorium and nonradioactive'elements .from
monazite and other ores. Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
gaslight mantles (which contain thorium), mesothorium, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric acid. Ownership of.the facility changed from Lindsay
to Anerican Potash & Chemical in-1958'and to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in
1967. Operations at the site continued until 1973 when Kerr-McGee, the
current owner, closed the plant. '.-.-"' ;

Radioactive materials were landfilled at an 11-acre 'site which had
apparently been a gravel quarry. The JJ.S. Muclear Regulatory Commission1?;
contractor located contaminated areas within the landfill and around and
under tennis courts adjacent to it. Contaminated material around (not
under) the tennis- courts was moved onto an area of surface contamination,
_wh.ich._was_thea.£enced_and_. posted.

Status (January 1986): Because of an administrative error during the
public ccmment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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• KERR-McGEE .(RESIDENTIAL AREAS)
Wtest Chicago/DuPage County, Illinois

Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Kerr-McGee (Residential
Areas) Site is in West Chicago and DuPage County, Illinois. The site
covers the general area of elevated radiation levels adjacent to the
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. "facility on the east (about 30 acres), as well
as other adjacent areas and isolated spots of elevated radiation levels.
/About 15,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.

In 1978, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's contractor located
75 spots of elevated radiation levels. Since that time, the nunher has
grown to around 87. Overlying many of these spots adjacent to the Kerr-McGee
facility is an area of- generally elevated radiation levels. Although the
general area of contamination may be due, in part, to long-term emissions
Prom the facility, the primary source of contamination is believed to be
the result of specific incidents such as spills or use of contaminated
materials as fill.

Status (January 1986): Because of an administrative error.during the
public comment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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KERR-McGFF! (SFWA3E TREATMENT PLANT)
'':-''.- ' West Chicago, Illinois

Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Kerr-McGee (Sewage
Treatment Plant) Site covers about 23 acres in West Chicago, Illinois.
About 15,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.
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In 1931, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co. established a mill in West
Chicago for the extraction of thorium and nonradioactive elements frcm
monazite and other ores. Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
gaslight mantles (which contain thoriun), mesothoriun, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric acid. Ownership of the facility changed from Lindsay
to American Potash & Chemical in 1958 and to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in
1967.. Operations at the site continued until 1973, when Kerr-McGee, the
current cwner, closed the plant.

The original sewage treatment plant was built in 1919 and included
two septic tanks. Over the years, the plant changed, and the tanks were
filled with radioactive materials. In addition, fill, including radio-
active materials, was placed in other areas of the site, while modernizing
the plant, the city has located many surface and subsurface areas of
contamination. To allow the modernization to continue,-any areas that
obstruct construction are expected to be excavated and the material placed
in a designed storage area on the site. --_
Status (January 1986); Because of an administrative error during the
public conment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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SAVANNA ARMY DEPOT ACTIVITY
Savanna, Illinois

Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Savanna Army Depot Activity
(SADA) is an Army munitions installation occupying more than 13,000
acres north of Savanna, in -Carroll County in northwestern Illinois, on
the east banks of the Mississippi River. The facility has handled, processed,
and stored munitions, explosives, and industrial chemicals since operations
began in 1918. Renovation and loading of artillery shells and bombs
began at SADA in the 1930s and has occurred intermittently. Several
areas of the facility have been used for the demolition and burning of
obsolete ordnance.

The Army has detected munitions-related contaminants, primarily trini-
trotoluene (TNT), in surface soils and ground water on the base. The
volume of contaminated ground water is unknown.

SADA is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants frcm these
sites. The Army has completed Phase I (records search) and Phase II
(preliminary survey). Phase III (engineering analysis of alternative
remedial measures) is underway.

Status (April 1987); Phase III was completed in November 1984. The
Department of Defense will meet with the State and EPA to discuss alternatives
'for remedial action. The Army has decided to incinerate TNT-contaminated
soils.

This site is being reproposed to be consistent with EPA's recently
proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned
facilities that are subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. EPA is soliciting
comments on the Hazard Ranking System score for the site, which includes
areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
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. SHEFFIELD (U.S.. ECOLOGY, INC.)
' • Sheffield, Illinois

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The U.S. Ecology, Inc.,
Landfill covers 45 acres in a strip-fnined area in Sheffield, Bureau
County, Illinois. The company, which was formerly known as Nuclear
Engineering Co., began operating the site in the late 1960s. U.S.
Ecology was purchased by Teledyne, Inc., in January 1981. The site '
ceased operation in January 19R3.

At one time, the site was the largest hazardous waste disposal site
in Illinois. It accepted a wide variety of hazardous waste, including
acids, bases, low-flash-point organic solvents, pesticides, and sludges
containing heavy metals. Monitoring wells in the shallow aquifer at
the site are contaminated'with arenes', aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones,
aliphatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, ethers, and PCBs,
according to -tests conducted by the State Water' Survey Division and
the (J.S. Geological Survey. An estimated 450 people use the shallow
aquifer within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.

The facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application.-

U.S. Ecology has submitted a plan for closing the site according
to RCRA requirements, but the State considers the plan incomplete.

Status (January 1986): EPA is reviewing a revised closure plan
submitted by the company and conducting monitoring to determine if the
facility is meeting RCRA requirements.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. (CHICAGO HEIGHTS PLANT)
Chicago Heights, Illinois

Stauffer Chemical Co. produces food-grade products and pesticides in
a plant covering 15 acres in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois.
Stauffer purchased the plant in 1958 from Victor Chemical Works, which
had made phosphates there since 1902.

Stauffer Chemical disposed of about 175,000 cubic feet of hazardous
waste in an unlined pile and in buried drums, according to information
the company provided EPA as required under CERCLA section 103(c). The
waste area covers 2.5 acres. At one time, Stauffer also had two settling
lagoons. After they were closed, the sediment from the lagoons was added
to the pile. When on-site disposal ceased in 1979, the 60-foot-high pile
was covered with 1 to 2 feet of clay.

According to tests conducted in 1984 by EPA, high levels of arsenic
and lesser amounts of antimony and selenium are present in shallow ground
water below the site. To date, the deeper aquifer is not contaminated.
However, the two aquifers are hydraulically connected so that water can
move between them. Wells extending into the lower aquifer within 3 miles
of the site provide drinking water for an estimated 70,000 people. The
nearest well is within 1 mile of the site.

The site is near a drainage ditch that leads to Thorn Creek 3,000
feet away. Sauk Trail Lake, which is used for recreation, is within 3
miles downstream of the site.
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TRI-COUNTY LANDFILL CO./WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS, INC.
South Elgin, Illinois

The Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., Site
covers approximately 46 acres in South Elgin, Kane County, Illinois.
This site was originally owned and operated by Tri-County Landfill Co.
(3968-73). It had a permit from the State to accept general municipal
refuse. Waste Management of Illinois, Inc., operated the site from 1973
until it closed in ]977. The property owner from 1973 to present is
Michigan Avenue National Bank.

In May 1984, EPA detected cyanide, benzene, chlorobenzene, and 1,1-
dichloroethane in monitoring wells downgradient of the landfill. Over
10,000 people use wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.
This population figure includes the towns of Valley View and South Elgin,
which are served by municipal systems. A residential well is 1,800 feet
from the site.

The Fox River, approximately 1 mile west of the site, is used
extensively for fishing and boating. A fresh-water wetland is 1,100 feet
from the site.

In March 1971, the Elgin Jaycees filed suit against Tri-County
Landfill Co. for allegedly violating the Illinois Environmental Protection
Act with respect to "water, soil, leaching, and air pollution." In 1973,
the Illinois Pollution Control Board ruled in favor of the complainants,
issuing a penalty and invoking a bond to be posted to ensure compliance
with two Consent Orders resulting from findings in the case. There
are no records indicating further actions.
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DOUGLASS RQAD/UNIROYAL, INC., LANDFILL
Mishawaka, Indiana ' £?*

The Douglass Road/Uniroyal, Inc., Landfill covers!; approximately 19
acres in St. Joseph County just north of Mishawaka, Iiljfiana, near the
corner of Douglass Road and Grape Road. The landfill-'is owned by
Uniroyal, Inc., and was operated between 1954 and 1979. Fran 1954 to
1971, solvents, fly ash, paper, wood stock, rubber,-and plastic wrap were
disposed at the landfill, which was unlined. Only fly ash was disposed
from 1971 to 1979. Uniroyal then covered the landfill with 1 foot of
topsoil and seeded it.

According to Uniroyal, sane 6,000 barrels of waste were disposed at
the landfill, including methyl ethyl ketone, tetrahydrofuran, toluene,
eyelohexanone, and xylene.

The landfill is underlain by permeable soils and is located in an
area of glacial sand and gravel deposits, conditions that facilitate
the movement of contaminants into ground water, as well as the rapid
movement of ground water. The South Bend Water Department has seven
wells within 3 miles of the site. They draw water for public consumption
from a sand and gravel aquifer at an average depth of 150 feet. The1—
Water Department serves approximately 120,000 people.
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FIRESTONE INDUSTRIAL PR9DUCTS CO.
Noblesville, Indiana

Conditions at listing (September 1985): Firestone Industrial Products
Co. manufactures molded rubber products in Noblesville, Hamilton County,
Indiana. Between 1938 and 1973, Firestone buried debris, drums, and
limestone contaminated with sulfuric acid and cyanide plating wastes on
three areas covering 23.5 acres. About 7,750 drums were buried, according
to information the company provided to EPA, as required under CERCLA
section 103(c). The wastes consisted of raw material wastes and cured
and uncured products, including rubber- and solvent-base cement, organic
solvents (chlorinated and nonchlorinated), paints, lacquers, process
oils, resins, and chemical additives.

On-site wells providing process water are contaminated with traces
of chlorinated organic solvents, according to tests conducted by EPA.
The soil beneath the site is permeable, thus facilitating the movement
of contaminants into ground water, which is shallow. About 14,250 people
depend on municipal wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.
The nearest well is less than 1 mile from the site.

The site is an inactive portion of an active facility that received
Interim Status under the Resource- Conservation and Recovery Act in 1980
when Firestone filed Part A of a permit application. In April 1985,
Firestone submitted Part 3 of the application, which the State has reviewed
and EPA is reviewing.

Status (September 1986): The company is providing bottled water to
homes closest to the facility. They formerly were supplied by the shallow
wells. The company has also put in place water mains, but they have not
yet been hooked up to the homes.
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                         MCCARTY'S BALD KNOB LANDFILL
                             Mt. Vernon,  Indiana

      McCarty's Bald Knob Landfill covers 28 acres near Mt.  Vernon, Posey
 County,  Indiana.   From 1971 to 1978, the privately-owned operation accepted
 municipal  wastes  from the city of Mt. Vernon under a State  permit.  In
 addition,  according to information provided to  EPA under CERCLA section
 103(c),  the  landfill received 3,000 tons of hazardous wastes from the Mt.
 Vernon plant of General Electric Co. (GE).  The wastes contained bisphenol-A
 and solvents.

      In  1982,  GE  covered the landfill with 1 foot of clay topped by clean
 soil, graded and  seeded it to control erosion,  and installed 35 monitoring
 wells.

      Three aquifers below the landfill are contaminated with phenol,
 according  to tests conducted in June and October  1981 by GE.  An estimated
 1,000 people obtain drinking water from private wells tapping the two top
 aquifers within 3 miles of the site.  The nearest well is 700 feet from
 the site.
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PRESTOLITE BATTERY DIVISION
Vincennes, Indiana

Prestolite Battery Division manufactures lead acid batteries on a
17.5-acre site in Vincennes, Knox County, Indiana. In 1945, Prestolite,
a division of Allied Corp. of Ohio, purchased the property from Eltra
Corp., which is no longer in existence.

About 30.9 tons of hazardous wastes in the form of spills and un-
contained piles are on the site. Analyses conducted by a consultant to
Prestolite detected high levels (up to 25,000 parts per million) of lead
in on-site soil, threatening ground water. PC3s and sulfuric acid were
also found in on-site soil. About 20,000 people within 3 miles of the
site depend on ground water as a source of drinking water.

Other portions of the Prestolite facility are regulated under other
Federal laws. A waste water lagoon on the site received Interim Status
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act when Prestolite filed
Part A of a permit application. Instead of seeking an operating permit,
the company has decided to close the lagoon. Its closure plan is being
reviewed by the State.

When the waste water lagoon overflows, the contents go into the
Vincennes sewer system. Storm water run-off from the facility enters
Kelso Creek, which flews into the Wabash River. These waste water
discharges are regulated under the Clean Water Act.
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Southside Sanitary Landfill covers 34 acres of the White River
floodplain in southwest Indianapolis, Marion County, Indiana. Landfill
Management owns the site and started landfilling in December 1971 and is
still in business. The site is adjacent to the Envirochem Corp. Site,
which was placed on the NPL in September 1983.

In ]971, the north side of the area was licensed by both Marion
County and the State for disposal of solid wastes. A 100-foot strip of
land was excavated to depths of 3 to 6 feet. The loose dirt was piled on
a 50-foot strip of land immediately south of the excavated area for use
later as cover material. After the first excavated area was filled by
alternate dumping of refuse and covering with a layer of dirt, a second
area was excavated ]50 feet south of the first one. After these areas
were filled, the land between the two was excavated. More than 4
million cubic yards of waste have been buried at the landfill, according
to estimates made by the U.S. Geological Survey. The wastes include coal
tar, asbestos insulation, iron oxide sludge, paint waste, and clarifier
sludge.

Metals, including arsenic, chromium, cadmium, and nickel, are
present in ground water, according to analyses conducted by EPA.
The landfill lies above a continuous shallow sand and gravel deposit
along White River, Fall Creek and Eagle Creek. About 6,100 people depend
on private wells drawing on the shallow deposit. The area has been
described by several sources, including the Indiana State Board of Health,
as having the greatest potential for ground water development (in terms
of well yield) of any area in Marion County.

Eagle Creek is contaminated with metal compounds (aluminum, lead,
and zinc), according to tests conducted by EPA. The creek is used for
fishing and boating. All of White River and Eagle Creek are a potential
habitat for the Indiana bat, a species designated as endangered by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.

The landfill continues to operate as a solid waste disposal facility
under a State permit. The State has taken an enforcement action based
on permit violation and is negotiating a settlement for the alleged
violation with owners and operators involved with the site. In addition,
the State is discussing measures to control leachate with the current
owner/operator.
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A. Y. MCDONALD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Dubuque, Iowa

Conditions at listing (September 1985): A. Y. McDonald Industries, Inc.,
formerly operated an iron and brass foundry on a site covering approximately 19
acres on the Mississippi River floodplain in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa.
From 1896 to 1983, the company placed piles of casting sands and sludge from air
pollution control scrubbers on the property. The materials contain lead,
according to tests conducted by EPA.

Because the piles are unlined, unstabilized, and uncovered, they threaten
to contaminate ground water, surface water, and air. About 62,300 people depend
on wells within 3 miles of the site for their drinking water.

In the fall of 1983, the Iowa Department of Transportation acquired'the site
under eminent domain for a Federal highway project.

On Dec. 5, 1984, EPA issued a compliance Order under section 3008(a) of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. 'The order required the company to submit
a complete closure plan for the disposal site and a ground water assessment
plan.

Status (September 1986): On Nov 21, 1985, the company submitted a draft
closure plan, which EPA determined was inadequate. EPA is currently evaluating
response options.
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. ' CHEMPLEX CO.
Clinton/Camanche, Icwa

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Chemplex Co. facility is
on the western edge of Clinton and Camanche, Clinton County, Iowa. The
facility has manufactured high- and low-density polyethylene since 1968.
Wastes generated by this facility include peroxides, mineral spirits,
vinyl acetate, and various organic hazardous substances such as styrene,
benzene, toluene, and polyarcmatic hydrocarbons. Unknown quantities of
these wastes were disposed in an unlined landfill on the site, which has
been covered and is no longer used. Waste water containing some of
these constituents was also stored in a 2-acre lined impoundment on the
site. During dredging of the sediments from the bottom of the impoundment,
the liner was- ruptured, releasing hazardous substances to the environment.

The facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.

Oround water downgradient of the landfill and the impoundment 'is
contaminated with polyaromatic hydrocarbons and the other organic
chemicals identified above, according to tests conducted hy the company
and its consultants. The company has recovered previously released
hazardous substances and taken measures to prevent the release of
additional hazardous substances. The company is conducting additional
investigations to completely characterize releases from the landfill.

About 5,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site 'as a
source of drinking water.

Status (January 1986): The company has installed a system for •
recovering contaminated ground water and treating it prior to disposal.

Chemplex has submitted Part R of its RCRA permit application. EPA
is reviewing the application.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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FRIT INDUSTRIES (HUMBOLDT PLANT)
Huraboldt, Iowa
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Conditions at listing (April 1985): The Frit Industries Site covers
about 6 acres north of Humboldt, Huraboldt County, Iowa. ; T$s company
produces trace mineral additives for agricultural use. ?Ihe' process
involves combining baghouse dust and waste sulfuric acid. ;Two waste
treatment ponds on-site have received waste phosphoric acid, sulfuric
acid, fluoride compounds, and other hazardous materials containing high
levels of lead and cadmium. Waste from air scrubbers has also been
dumped on the ground south of the site, threatening ground water. About
4,800 people obtain their drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the
site. Lake Nakcmis, located about 1 mile from the site, is used for
recreation.

In 1980, the tank storage area of the plant site received Interim
Status under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act when Frit filed
Part A of a permit application. On Sept. 30, 1983, the .Iowa Department
of Water, Air and Waste Management issued an Administative Order to Frit
to develop appropriate cleanup actions. The company is appealing the
order.

Status (January 1986): The State has reviewed a remedial action plan
submitted by Frit Industries. In January 1986, the State returned its
comments on the plan to Frit.
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JOHN DEERE (DUBUQUE WORKS)
Dubuque, Iowa

John Deere operated a 160-acre landfill north of Dubuque, Dubuque County,
Iowa, for disposal of wastes from equipment-manufacturing activities at its
nearby Dubuque Works. From 1946 until 1974, according to reports the company
filed with EPA, as required by CERCIA Section 103(c), approximately 3,000
tons of solvents, paint sludges, acids, heavy metals, and cyanide were disposed
of in the unlined landfill. An estimated 2,750 people use private wells within
3 miles of the site as their source of drinking water. The site is within 200
feet of the Mississippi and Little Masquoketan Rivers and adjacent to the
upper Mississippi River Wildlife and Fish Refuge and neighboring wetlands.

An area of the Dubuque Works was used for treatment of hazardous wastes
and storage of drums. The facility received Interim Status under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for these operations when John Deere
filed Part A of a permit application.

The landfill ceased receiving wastes prior to the effective date of the
RCRA permitting standards for land disposal and was not included in the permit
application. The landfill is thus an inactive portion of an active facility
and so is eligible for the NPL under EPA's current policy for listing RCRA-
related sites.
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                            RED OAK CITY LANDFILL
                                Red Oak,  Iowa

       The Red Oak City Landfill covers  40  acres in Red Oak, Montgomery
  County, Iowa.  It was owned and operated  by the city from 1962 to 1974.
  It is now owned by a private citizen.   In June 1981, Union Carbide
  Corp. and Uniroyal, Inc., notified EPA, as  required by CERCLA section
  103(c), that wastes buried in the landfill  contained lead, mercury,
  toluene, tetrachloroethylene, diacetone alcohol, and methyl isobutyl
  ketone.

       The landfill is in permeable soil.   It has no liner and was
  inadequately covered when it closed, according to an inspection
  conducted by EPA.  The contents are exposed along the bank of the East
  Nishnabotna River and elsewhere.  In September ]984, EPA observed
  leachate from the landfill seeping into the river and collected samples
  of ground water, surface water, and sediment.   Analyses detected toluene,
  chlorobenzene, and 1,1,1 -trichloroethane.

       About 7,000 people depend on ground  water within 3 miles of the
  site as a source of drinking water.  The  nearest residence uses a
  private well 1,800 feet from the landfill.   Prime agricultural land is
  adjacent to the site.
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. ' U.S. NAMEPLATE CO.
Mount. Vernon, Iowa

Conditions at listing (October 1984); U.S. Nameplate Co. manu-
factures aluminum, brass, and stainless steel nameplates on a 7-acre site
near Mount Vernon in Linn County, Iowa. Etching and plating are among
the processes involved. Liquid wastes from these processes are acidic
and have high concentrations of chromium, fluoride, lead, and zinc.

Prior to 1979, U.S. Nameplate treated the wastes in septic tanks
that discharged into a drainage field and a nearby creek. In 1979, the
State received complaints about the discharge. In response, U.S. Name-
plate constructed a waste treatment lagoon system and began operating it
in.November 1979. In 1982, based on high fluoride levels (137 milligrams/
liter) detected in ground water, the State determined that the lagoon was
leaking. EPA has taken a compliance action under the Resource Conser-
vation and Recovery Act (RCRA) to require U.S. Nameplate to close the
lagoon and monitor ground water. The listing under CERCLA involves the
septic tank and drainage field.

Mount Vernon (population 3,300) draws its water from two municipal
wells less than 1.5 miles from the U.S. Nameplate plant.

• ' Status (January 19R6) ; This site remains in proposed status until
EPA implements the appropriate elements of its final policy for placing
RCRA-related sites on the NPL and then applies the policy to this site.
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                 NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
                               Furley,  Kansas

      Conditions at listing (October 1984) :   The National Industrial
 Environmental Services (NIES)  Site covers  160 acres approximately
 10 miles northeast of Wichita  and 3 miles  south of the unincorporated
 community of Furley,  Sedqwick  County,  Kansas.  Approximately 30 households
 are within a 9-soua re-mile rural agricultural area surrounding the site.

      In 1977, NIES began operating a hazardous waste landfill on the
 80-acre north half of the site under a State permit.  Two evaporation
 and four treatment ponds were  also in use.   Wastes received at the facility
 included:  liguid chromium, liquid cyanide, acids, bases, chlorinated and
 nonchlorinated solvents, sludges, and bulk solid wastes.  In December 1980,
 Chemical Waste Management, Inc. (CWMI) bought the company.  In January
 1982, the State closed the site when it discovered that ground water,
 surface water, and soil off -site were contaminated with toxic oraanic
 chemicals, including  known carcinogens.

      In May 1982,  CWMI submitted a hydroqeological report and remajial
 action plan to the State.  The plan recommended digging drainage trenches,
 drilling an underground injection well for disposal of the liguid wastes,
 closure of treatment  and evaporation ponds, capping of existing landfill
 areas, and construction of a new landfill.   The drainage trenches and new
 landfill have been constructed, the treatment ponds decommissioned, and
 the old landfill areas capped.  Ground water. pumped from the trenches is
 beina hauled off-site to an approved disposal facility.  Monitoring wells
 are being sampled on  a monthly basis.

      In 1984, the State issued a series of Administrative Orders to the
 company for various remedial actions.

      The facility received Interim Status  under the Resource Conservation
 and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
 application.

      Status (January  1986); On May 31, 1985, EPA signed two Administrative
 Orders involving NIES, CWMI, and Waste Management, Inc. (parent company of
 CWMI).  The orders, issued under section 106 of CERCLA and section 3008(h)
 of RCRA, are aimed at stopping migration of contaminated ground water and
 closing the inactive  units at  the facility.  The responsible parties are
 to develop Alternate  Concentration Limits  for 89 contaminants detected in
 RCRA Appendix VIII analyses and other historical analyses conducted by
 EPA, the State, and the responsible parties.

      In November 1985, NIES submitted  Part B of the RCRA permit application
 to cover expansion of the facility into adjacent property.

      This site remains in proposed status  until EPA implements the appropriate
 elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
 and then applies the  policy to this site.
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The Combustion, Inc., Site covers approximately 6 acres in Denham
Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Prior to late 1980, the
company transported nonreclaimable tars, paraffins, waste oil, sediments,
and waste water to the site via pipeline from its petroleum hydrocarbon
recycling plant located approximately 0.25 miles to the southeast.
During the life of the facility, 11 irregularly shaped earthen pits were
constructed; five contain oily wastes, three contain oil and waste water,
and three contain principally waste water. Approximately 3 million
gallons of material are in the pits. Although the pits were constructed
to isolate the wastes, they are connected by a series of trenches or
pipes that allow mixing.

Two above-ground tanks are also located on the Combustion, Inc.,
property: a 20,000-gallon tank and a 30,000-gallon tank. These tanks
were used primarily for storing the wastes before they were processed
to recover oil, but they may have been used for other storage at times.
In addition, Dubois, Inc., the previous owner of the property, may have
treated potentially hazardous chemicals other than waste oils on the
site.

Combustion, Inc., began to close the facility late in 1980, and by
May 1982, had completely shut down operations. In October 1983, the
Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) analyzed wastes
from the site and found they contained PCBs, volatile organic chemicals,
and heavy metals. In February 1985, LDEQ detected lead and thallium
in ground water at the site, and volatile organic chemicals in the
air. Ground water within 3 miles of the site is used for irrigation
and drinking water. About 500 people live within 1 mile of the site.

On Jan. 18, 1984, a State Compliance Order was issued to the site
owner. The property has allegedly been sold to unknown parties, and the
former owner says he is financially unable to clean up the site.
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LOUISIANA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
Doyline, Louisiana

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Louisiana Army Ammunition Plant
is located in Doyline near Shreveport, Webster Parish, Louisiana. The primary
mission involves loading, assembling, and packing military ammunitions, and
the manufacture of metal ammunition parts. The hazardous waste site consists
of 16 1-acre pits in which trinitrotoluene (TNT), RDX (an experimental
explosive), and other explosive waste materials settle out of treatment
waters. The pits received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the Army filed Part A of a permit application.

According to tests conducted by the Army, soil, surface water, and ground
water are contaminated with TNT, dinitrotoluene, phenols, 4-DNT, tetryl, and
cadmium. About 1,300 people depend on private wells within 3 miles of the
site as a source of drinking water.

The plant is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites
and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The
Army has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II (preliminary survey)
is underway.

Status (April 1987); Phase II activities continue. In July 1986, the
State issued a compliance order against the plant based on deficiencies in
its application for a RCRA permit. The Army has corrected the deficiencies,
but issuance of the permit has been delayed until a decision is reached on
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UNION CHEMICAL CO., INC.
South Hope, Maine

Conditions at listing (April 1985); Union Chemical Co., Inc., operated
a chemical recycling and incineration business from 1978 to 1984 on a
0.75-acre fenced lot in South Hope, Knox County, Maine. The site is
bounded on the east by Quiggle Brook and is in the 100-year floodplain.
Grassy Bond, an alternate drinking water source for the towns of Camden,
Rockport, Rockland, and Thomaston (approximately 22,800 people), is located
less than 1 mile downgradient.

The site once contained approximately 2,500'drums and over 30 tanks
holding 100,000 gallons of flammable materials and sludges. Among the
wastes were PCBs, methylene chloride, cyanides, methyl ethyl ketone, and
trichloroethene. An on-site well and Quiggle Brook are contaminated with
trichloroethylene, according to tests conducted by the Maine Department
of Environmental Protection and EPA.

Union Chemical lost Interim Status in June 1984 under Maine's
Uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Act because it failed to satisfy requirements
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).' Under section
3008 .of RCRA, EPA fined the company for failure to submit, a complete
Part B permit application.

Using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed all surface drums, over
100,000 gallons of liquid wastes and sludges from above-ground storage
tanks, and some contaminated soil from the site. The action was completed
on Oct. 8, 1984.

Status (April 1987): EPA is considering various alternatives for
this site.
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                 ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND - EDGEWOOD  AREA
                            Edgewood, Maryland

     Conditions at listing (April 1985);  The Aberdeen  Proving Ground  (APG)
occupies some 79,000  acres of land and water in southern Harford County  and
southeastern Baltimore County, Maryland, near the head  of Chesapeake Bay.

     Until 1971, Edgewood Area operated as a distinct military entity  known
as the Edgewood Arsenal.  The primary mission of the Arsenal, and  subseguently
the Edgewood Area of  APG, has been developing and testing of  chemical  agent
munitions.  According to an Army Installation Assessment report  (1976):
"From 1917 to the present, the Edgewood Area has conducted chemical research
programs, manufactured chemical agents, and tested,  stored and disposed  of
toxic materials.  As  a result of these extensive programs, the Edgewood
Area has large areas  of land and water, and numerous buildings, which  are
contaminated or suspected of contamination." A "contamination map" and
discussion in the report indicate "contaminated or potentially contaminated"
areas in virtually every land portion of the Edgewood Area.

     Among the substances disposed of in the Edgewood Area are significant
guantities of napalm, white phosphorus, chemical agents, and  nerve agents.
Several of the chemical agents, which include arsenic and cyanide, are suffi-
ciently toxic and.persistent to present a danger for months or even years.

     APG is participating in the Installation Restoration Program  (IRP), the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the  Department  of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites
and controlling the migration of hazardous constituents from  these sites.
As part of the IRP, the Army conducted an environmental monitoring program
at Edgewood Area in 1977 and 1978 covering "0" Field, Canal Creek, "J"
Field, Graces Quarters, and Carroll Island.  Evidence was found of substantial
contamination of surface water and ground water in the  vicinity of Old
"0" Field, which includes a wetlands area that is a  designated habitat for
bald eagles.  In February 1984, the State recommended that four Edgewood
.Area standby water-supply wells in the Canal Creek area be immediately
removed from service  because of high levels of volatile orqanic chemicals
detected during routine testing in late 1983.  These wells serve a resident
population of about 3,000 persons.  Also within 3 miles of the facility
are the Long Bar Harbor well field of the Harford County Department of
Public Works and the  well field used by the Joppatowne  Sanitary Subdistrict.
About 35,000 persons  are served by these two well fields; an  alternate
water source is available.

     The Army is continuing to monitor surface water and ground water  at
several locations within Edgewood Area and has undertaken a detailed
hydrogeological study in the vicinity of the Old "0" Field.

     The facility acguired Interim Status under the  Resource  Conservation
and Recovery Act when the Army filed Part A of a permit application.

     Status (September 1985);  IRP activities continue.
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND - MICHAELSVILLE LANDFILL
Aberdeen, Maryland

Conditions at listing (April 1985): The Aberdeen Proving Ground
(APG) occupies some 79,000 acres of land and water in southern Harford
County and southeastern Baltimore County, Maryland, near the head of
Chesapeake Bay. It is an active Army test and evaluation installation
primarily responsible for planning and testing of weapons, munitions,
vehicles, and various equipment. APG consists of two functional areas:
The Edgewood Area (13,000 land acres, including Gunpowder Neck, Pooles
Island, Carroll Island, and Graces Quarters) and the Aberdeen Area (17,000
land acres). The land portions of the two areas are separated by Bush
River.

The Aberdeen Area is bordered on the west by the Bush River and
northeast to south by the Chesapeake Bay. The area is drained by seven
creeks plus the Bush River. Most of these creeks have their headwaters
on the Aberdeen Area. The area contains firing ranges, impact areas,
vehicle test racks, and laboratories-in support of the testing activities.

The location of concern on the Aberdeen Area is the 20-acre
Michaelsville Landfill. The Army has detected lead, mercury, chromium,
benzene, and cadmium in ground water on the site. Other potentially
hazardous portions of the Aberdeen Area are currently being evaluated.

APG is participating in the Installation Restoration Program (IRP),
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous constituents from these
sites. As part of the IRP, the Army has performed an environmental
contamination survey and assessment of the Aberdeen Area and is monitoring
ground water and surface water in the areas of suspected contamination.
APG is cooperating with the State of Maryland Department of Hygiene and
Mental Health in determining the extent of the Aberdeen Area contamination.

The facility acquired Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act when the Army filed Part A of a permit application.

Status (September 1935): IRP activities continue.
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                            AMERICAN ANODCO, INC.
                                Ionia, Michigan

       The American Anodco, Inc.,  Site covers approximately 5 acres in
  Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan.   This company has cleaned, brightened,
  anodized, and sealed aluminum parts for the automotive industry on the
  site since 1962 and has owned the property since then.

       The company disposes of  process and cooling water in a 7-foot deep
  unlined seepage lagoon measuring 207 feet x 60 feet.  The lagoon holds
  an estimated 2,400 cubic yards of waste.  According to analyses conducted
  by EPA, the water placed in the  lagoon contains nitric acid and chromium.

       The potential for ground water contamination is high because the
  subsurface consists of highly permeable glacial drift, mainly sand and
  gravel, and because wastes  can easily enter the ground water from the
  unlined lagoon.  The glacial  drift aquifer underlying American Anodco, .
  Inc., supplies public and private wells within 3 miles of the site which
  serve over ]0,000 people.

       EPA detected low levels  of  arsenic in Prairie Creek, which is near
  the site.  Grand River, which is within 3 miles of the site, is used for
  fishing and recreation.
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BARRELS, INC.
Lansing, Michigan

The .Barrels, Inc., Site covers 1.8 acres at 1404 North Larch Street
in the city limits of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. The company
recycled drums on the property, which it leased from the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Co. from 1964 to 1981.

Barrels, Inc., allegedly dumped waste residues from drums directly onto
the ground as an initial step in recycling drums. According to tests •
conducted by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (riDNR) in 1983,
shallow ground water is contaminated with lead and zinc. The shallow
contaminated aquifer is hydraulically connected to the deeper Saginaw
Formation, so that water can move between then. Tne shallow and deeper
aquifers provide drinking water to the 133,000 residents of Lansing and
Holt via municipal wells within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well
is 800 feet away.

The nearest downslope surface water, Grand River, is 1,800 feet from
the site. The Grand River, which is a fishing stream, is potentially
threatened by conditions at the site. The areas along the river are a
habitat for the Indiana bat, designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service as an endangered species.

In January 1986, MDNR gained access to the site from a State Court.
MDNR has approved $449,589 under the Michigan Environmental Response Act
for removal and disposal of barrels, debris, contaminated soil, and
buried tanks. All drums, 1,001 yards of visibly contaminated soil, and
nine underground tanks have been removed and sent to an approved hazardous
waste disposal facility. The contents of one underground tank and two
tanks in the building have been pumped out.

Activities remaining include: removal of additional soil, crushed
drums, resins, nonhazardous and hazardous liquids, nonhazardous solids,
and additional buried tanks. Soil sampling is undarway to determine the
extent of soil contamination.
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E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOUPS & CO., INC. (MONTAGUE PLANT)
Montague,' Michigan

Conditions at listing (October 1984): E.I. du Pont de Nemours &
Co., Inc., produces petrochemicals and handles many raw materials and
products on a 1,325-acre site in Montague, Muskegon County, Michigan.
Problems at this site date;to 1961, when the State found that a private
well was contaminated with thiocyanate. Subsequently, Cu Pont supplied
water to a limited number of residents. The contamination apparently
results from a waste pile on the site, as well as occasional spills
during routine operations. Du Pont installed two interceptor wells that
pump the contaminated water to a treatment plant. The extent of off-site
contamination is unknown. About 4,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles
of the site as a source of drinking water.

The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.
After filing Part B, the company received a permit in September 1984 for
two drum storage areas.

Status (January 1986): This site remains in proposed status until
EPA implements the appropriate elements of its final policy for placing
RCRA-related sites on the NPL and then applies the policy to this site'.
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FOLKERTSMA REFUSE
Grand Rapids, Michigan

The Folkertsma Refuse Site covers 8 acres in Grand Rapids, Kent
County, Michigan. From 1965 to 1969^ the site operated as a sanitary
landfill and was also licensed by the? State to accept industrial waste.
Muck was excavated to a depth of 4?to' 10 feet, and the area was filled in
with waste; 99 percent of the waste was foundry sand and the rest was
construction debris. The water table is 2 feet below the surface.
According to the original owner, Waste Management of Michigan, Inc.,
owned and operated the s/ite from 1969 to 1972 under the name Industrial
Disposal. Again, foundry sand, which contains iron, was accepted.

In 1972, the original owner bought back the property, closed the
landfill, and covered it with foundry sand. Since then, Bergsma Pallet
Co., a wood pallet business, has occupied the site.

In June 1984, EPA took sediment samples in a drainage ditch that
originates in the northwest portion of the landfill. On-site samples, as
well as downstream off-site samples, contain high levels of semivolatile
compounds and heavy metals. The ditch drains into Indian Mill Creek at
• the south end of- the fill, via an unnamed creek and drainage pipe.
Indian Mill Creek flows into the Grand River.

The site is in a river valley directly north of the city limits of
Grand Rapids. About 3,600 people draw drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site. One well is on the site. During the summer,
the Grand Rapids Water Department, which serves 235,000 people, draws
water from the Grand River 1.7 miles downstream of the site.
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FORD MOTOR CO. (SLUDGE LAGOON)
Ypsilanti, Michigan

Ford .Motor Co. operated an aircraft bomber plant for the Federal
Government during World War II in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County,
Michigan. Sludge from the plating operation was piped to a 3-acre unlined
lagoon on plant property. The present owners are Ford Motor and the
Wayne County Road Commission, which operates the Willow Run Airport. The
abandoned lagoon is on airport property.

Ford Motor disposed of approximately 1 million cubic feet of sludge
in the lagoon, according to information the commission provided to EPA as
required by CERCLA section 103(c). Analysis of the sludge conducted in
1979 by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources detected PCBs and
heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, and mercury.

A noncontinous sand and gravel aquifer underlies the area at a depth
of 65 to 100 feet. An estimated 60,000 people draw drinking water from
municipal wells within 3 miles of the site. Private wells are also in
the area, the nearest about 2,000 feet from the si'te.

The nearest downslope surface water, Willow Creek, is 800 feet from
the site. It is potentially threatened because the lagoon is unlined and
had no structures to divert run-off. Belleville Lake, 3,600 feet from
the site, is used for recreation.

The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals
to come in direct contact with hazardous substances.
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HOOKER (MONTAGUE PLANT)
Montague, Michigan

Conditions at listing (September 1985); Starting in 1954, Hooker
Chemicals and Plastics Corp., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum
Corp., manufactured chlorine, sodium hydroxide, and hydrochloric acid
on a 900-acre tract of land in Montague, Muskegon County, Michigan.
Until February 1977, the plant also manufactured hexachlorocyclopentadiene,
a toxic chemical used in the production of pesticides. The plant has
been inactive since 1982, and there are no plans to reactivate it.

About 506,000 cubic yards of organic wastes were improperly disposed
of on 50 of the 900 acres. The disposal has contaminated ground
water and surface water on and off the site with chlorinated organic
chemicals, according to tests conducted by EPA. A shallow aauifer below
the site supplies drinking water to about 700 people. There is no altern-
ative drinking water source.

On Feb. 21, 1979, the State filed suit against Hooker to compel
cleanup of the site. Pursuant to a consent judgment, Hooker removed
most of the waste on the surface in 1981 and 1982 and disposed of it
properly. Since 1979, Hooker has -been pumping and treating ground water
with carbon to prevent contamination from migrating off-site.

The site is an inactive portion of a facility that acguired Interim
Status for a small barrel storage area under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act when Hooker filed Part A of a permit application.
Hooker has now decided to close the storage area instead of seeking an
operating permit.

Status (September 1986); Hooker is pumping eight purge wells,
including two installed in 1986, to contain the plume of contaminated
ground water and has also upgraded the carbon treatment system. The
State guestions whether the purge wells are drawing enough ground water
Eor treatment to prevent contamination from reaching nearby Vfrute Lake.
Discussions are continuing with the company.
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                                  J&L LANDFILL
                           Rochester Hills, Michigan

       The J&L  Landfill covers 100 acres on Hamlin Road in Rochester Hills,
  Oakland County,  Michigan.   Recently, the owner, Jones & Laughlin Steel
  Corp., assumed the name of its parent company, LTV Steel Corp.

       While  the landfill operated (]967 to 1980), approximately  1.5
  million cubic feet of wastes, including dusts from emission control
  devices in  electric furnaces, were buried at depths of up to  25 feet.
  Analyses conducted by the  company detected manganese, chromium,  and
  nickel in dusts  at the site.

       The landfill  has no liner and is located in a stratification
  consisting  of sands and gravels extending between 18 and 35 feet below
  the surface.  These materials facilitate the movement of contaminants
  into ground water.   About  1,500 people depend on shallow wells  within
  3 miles of  the site as a source of drinking water.  The nearest
  well is less  than  2,000 feet from the site.

       Ladd Drain  borders the site and flows into Clinton River,  which
  flows through the  Rochester-Utica Recreation Area less than 1 mile from
  the landfill.
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KYSOR INDUSTRIAL CORP.
Cadillac/ Michigan

Conditions at listing (September 1985): Kysor Industrial Corp.
manufactures temperature control systems for the automotive industry on
a 0.10-acre site in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan. The process
involves stamping and machining metal parts. Prior to 1979, 665 cubic
yards of liquid/sludge wastes containing solvents (1,1,1-trichloroethane,
trichloroethylene, toluene, and ethyl benzene) used to clean metal parts
were disposed of in unlined earthen pits on the site, according to the
State, in 1981, the company excavated the pits and sent the materials
to an off-site disposal facility.

On-site monitoring wells that tap shallow ground water are contami-
nated with solvents, including toluene and trichloroethylene, according
to tests conducted by consultants to the company. A shallow aquifer
within 3 miles of the site provides water for 4,500 people, approximately
8 percent of Cadillac's population. The nearest surface water (0.4
miles downstream from the facility) is used for fishing.

A container storage area at Kysor received Interim status under
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed
Part A of-a permit application. In July 1984, EPA approved a plan for
closing the area.

Status (September 1986): The State is conducting an area-wide
remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
of contamination and identify alternatives for remedial action. The
effort includes several NPL sites, among them Kysor Industrial Corp.
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. LACKS INDUSTRIES, INC.
. Grand Papids, Michigan ,

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Lacks Industries, Inc.,
operates a die-casting and painting facility for the automotive and'
appliance industries on a 40-acre site in Grand Rapids, Kent County,
Michigan. A plating operation also existed until July 1984% Process
wastes were deposited in two unlined lagoons, each covering about
0.25 acres.

Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with heavy metals,
according to the State. The major concern is potential contamination of
private drinking water wells, although sampling in May and June of 1984
by Kent County showed no contamination. About 300 people (lower estimate)
use wells within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.

The facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit appli-
cation. The company filed Part B, but EPA1s review determined that it
was incomplete.

Status (January 1986): This site remains in proposed status until
EPA implements the appropriate elements of its final policy for placing
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METAL WORKING SHOP
Lake Ann, Michigan

The Metal Working Shop Site covers approximately 1 acre in Lake Ann,
Benzie County, Michigan. Fran 1974 to 1977, the owner of the property
finished metals in the shop using iron phosphate. Two types of rinse
waters were generated in an oxidizing phase of the operation: an acidic
rinse (dilute hydrochloric acid) containing iron phosphate and a caustic
rinse (sodium hydroxide). From approximately October 1975 to February
1977, effluents from these rinses were mixed to neutralize them and then
dumped onto the ground. According to the owner, 400 gallons per day were
disposed of for 8 to 10 days a month.

Analyses by the State detected chromium, molybdenum, and other.
heavy metal salts in the rinses. Ground water occurs at shallow depths
(10 feet), and wells draw from the very permeable sand and gravel drift
aquifer. Hence, the wells are threatened by any heavy metals in site
soil. An estimated 1,100 people obtain drinking water from private wells
into the aquifer within 3 miles of the site. One well is on the site.

The site is on a hill between Lake View and Lake Ann. Many other
lakes are within 3 miles of the site.

In June 1983, a new owner took over the site and operates it under
the name Lake Ann Manufacturing.
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             MICHIGAN DISPOSAL SERVICE (CORK STREET LANDFILL)
                           KalamaJzpo,  Michigan

      Conditions at listing  (OctoSar  1984):   Michigan Disposal Service's
 Cork Street Landfill covers approximately  64 acres in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
 County, Michigan.  The city operated  the site as a general refuse landfill
 from 1925 until 1968.  Until tfie/'mid-1960s, a teepee-type incinerator was
 on the site.  After closing the  landfill for general refuse, the city
 operated it for inert material'until  1981,  when Michigan Disposal Service
 (formerly Dispos-O-Waste) bought the  site.   The company has applied to
 the State for a permit to operate a sanitary landfill.

      Monitoring wells on the site contain  lead and arsenic above drinking
 water standards, according to tests conducted by the State.  The City of
 Kalamazoo (population 80,000) has three well fields within 3 miles of
 the site.  -••

      Status (January 1986):  EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this
 site because it needs more time  to analyze  the comments received during
 the public comment period.  The  Michigan Disposal Service (Cork Street
 Landfill) site will remain in proposed status until a later rulemaking.
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CONSERVATION CHEMICAL CO.
Kansas City, Missouri

Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Conservation Chemical Co.
(CCC) Site covers approximately 6 acres in Kansas City, Jackson County,
Missouri. It is on the south bank of the Missouri River near where the
Blue and Missouri Rivers meet. CCC operated a waste treatment and disposal
facility on the site from 1960 to 1980. The primary wastes handled were
metal-finishing wastes, including pickle liquors, spent plating solutions,
heat-treating materials, and alkaline cyanides; chlorinated and nonchlorinated
solvents and other organics; alkaline refinery wastes; laboratory chemicals;
and wastes containing arsenic and elemental phosphorus. Approximately
300,000 tons of wastes were accepted for treatment and disposal. Some
wastes were incinerated, but most were buried in lagoons which were either
unlined or inadequately lined to contain the wastes. CCC attempted physical
stabilization of the lagoons by mixing the lagoon contents with fly ash
and waste pickle liquor. The lagoons were then covered with soil.

CCC obtained Interim Status for various storage tanks under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by filing Part A of a permit application.
Subsequently, those wastes were disposed of off-site, and the tanks are no
longer used. Technically, the facility has Interim Status until it is properly
closed.

EPA investigations of the site and surrounding areas have detected
various hazardous substances in surface soil, and ground water downgradient
of the site is contaminated with numerous metals, organic compounds, and
other pollutants. This ground water is part of an aquifer that is used
locally as a drinking and industrial water supply. Because the ground
water and the Missouri River are hydraulically connected, contaminants
in the ground water are entering the Missouri River, which is used locally
and regionally for recreation, industry, irrigation, and municipal water
supply.

On Nov. 22, 1982, the United States filed a civil action under RCRA
and CERCLA seeking a court-ordered site cleanup and reimbursement of the
government's investigative costs. The parties sued were CCC, its president
and principal stockholder, Conservation Chemical Co. of Illinois (a related
corporation), and four major contributors of waste to the site: Armco, Inc.,
FMC Corp., IBM Corp., and AT&T Technologies, Inc. (formerly Western Electric).
On June 19, 1984, the four original generator defendants filed third-party
suits against 152 other generators, 7 Federal agencies, and 16 insurance
.companies. On Oct. 1, 1984, 77 additional third-party defendants were added
to the lawsuit.

Status (April 1987): On Aug. 2, 1985, the U.S. reached a preliminary
settlement under which the four original generator defendants agreed to
perform remedial design and remedial action at the CCC site and to reimburse
the U.S. $500,000 of its response cost. During the design, the bedrock
was further defined, revealing a trench, which raised the cost of the
remedial alternative selected. Therefore, EPA is further evaluating the
appropriate remedy.
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.,. ..." FINDETT CORP.
' • St. Charles, Missouri

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Findett Corp. currently
operates on a site near the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, St. Charles
County, Missouri,.on the floodplain of the Mississippi River. The Findett
facility covers about 3 acres; however, contamination originating at the
facility may cover a much greater area. A municipal well field is within
1 mile of the .site.

Among other, activities, Findett reprocessed fluids containing PCBs
between 1963 and 1974. Some wastes from the reprocessing were disposed
of in a small pond on the Findett property. In 1977, after significant
levels of PCBs were detected in the pond, Findett excavated and back-
filled a portion of the pond.

In 1979, EPA conducted further investigations at the site, which
showed that the pond area was again contaminated with PCBs. In 1980, as •
a result of these investigations, EPA issued an Administrative Order
under the Clean Water Act requiring further excavation of the pond area.
Additional sampling under the 1980 order indicated PCBs had migrated
beyond the immediate pond area and into subsurface areas.

The facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit appli-
cation for treating and storing hazardous waste.

EPA issued an Administrative Order under section 3013 of RCRA in the
summer of 1982. The order required Findett to design and implement a
monitoring, sampling,, and analysis plan to characterize the nature and
extent of soil contamination, as well as the potential for ground water
contamination at or beyond the Findett facility. Findett has installed
monitoring wells and begun the ground water monitoring phase of the
order.

Status (January 1986): EPA sampled wells in June 1985 and developed
a workplan for a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action. EPA is negotiating with Findett to
conduct the RI/FS under a CERCLA Section 106 Consent Order.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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KEM-PEST LABORATORIES
Cape Girardeau, Missouri

The Kern-Pest Laboratories Site occupies 6.1 acres on Missouri State
Highway 177, near Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
The company formulated various pesticides on the site from 1965 to 1975,
when it went out of business.

According to information provided to EPA as required by CERCLA
section 103(c), the plant generated wastes, including the following pesticides;
aldrin, dieldrin, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), endrin,
heptachlor, methyl parathion, and thiuram. On the site was a 1,250 square-
foot lagoon used to treat plant waste and sewage. When the company closed
the lagoon in April 1981, it was filled in with compacted clay and covered
with another layer of compacted clay.

An EPA inspection in May 1983 revealed that the lagoon cover was
eroding, and no vegetation was observed on the cover. Heptachlor and
endrin were detected in surface soil near the lagoons and in drainage
paths leading off-site. In April 1984, EPA detected heptachlor, chlordane,
endrin, aldrin, and 4,4-DDD in on-site monitoring wells into the shallow
aquifer.. This aquifer, which is not currently used, is connected to a
deeper aquifer that supplies private drinking water wells within 3 miles
of the site. The wells serve an estimated 1,300 people.

The site is in the floodplain of the Mississippi River. A fresh-
water wetland is within 1 mile. Cape Girardeau (population 34,000) draws
drinking water from the Mississippi less than 1 mile downstream of the
site.
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'••"." , . . QUAIL RUN MOBILE. MANOR «
Gray Summit, Missouri

Conditions at listing (September 1983); Quail Run Mobile Manor is a
trailer park located 2 miles east of Gray Summit, Franklin County,
Missouri. In the early 1970s, the road through the park was sprayed with
an unknown quantity of dioxin-contaminated waste oil. In 1974, some of
the soil was excavated from the road and deposited in the area between
the road and a lagoon and also on two nearby properties which are also part
of the site.

Early in 1983, EPA identified dioxin in soil samples from numerous
locations on the site, one as high as 1,100 parts per billion. As a
result, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a health advisory
warning that the more than 100 residents were at risk of developing adverse
health effects from dioxin if .they remained in their homes. Some of-the
residents had come to the trailer park from Times Beach, Missouri, which
also has a dioxin problem.

In May 1983, EPA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
and the State briefed the residents on the findings and explained FEMA's
offer of temporary relocation. Of 33 families, 29 applied for relocation.

Status (July 1984); A few families are still residing at Quail Run.
The site is scheduled to be cleaned up as part of a planned removal using
CERCLA emergency funds. The project involves excavating and restoring
several on-site areas contaminated with dioxin. The contaminated soil
•will be stored temporarily on the site.

EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it does not
meet the criteria currently specified to place a site on the NPL. EPA
is considering revising the National Contingency Plan (NCP), the Federal
regulation by which CERCLA is implemented, in such a way that Quail Run
and similar sites where CDC has issued a health advisory will qualify
for the NPL.

Status (January 1986); Removal actions are currently underway. All
families have been temporarily relocated, and all of the mobile homes-
have been decontaminated and sent off-site for rehabilitation. The tasks
remaining under the removal action include construction of one remaining
steel structure of a tctal^of 11 for temporary storage of contaminated
soil; excavation and storage of remaining contaminated soil; and site
restoration.

On Sept* 16, 1985, EPA revised the NCP to allow placing Quail Run
and similar sites on the NPL. EPA is continuing to evaluate this site
and so is again deferring final rulemaking.
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WHEELING DISPOSAL SERVICE CO., INC., LANDFILL
Amazonia, Missouri

Wheeling Disposal Service Co., Inc., operates a landfill on two
contiguous areas covering approximately 200 acres. The site is approximately
1 mile southeast of Mazonia in Andrew County, Missouri.

The landfill was established in the early 1970s. Between June 1980
and September 1981, the company voluntarily ceased operations pending
the issuance of State and Federal regulations on hazardous waste disposal
facilities. In September 1981, the facility resumed operations under the
authority of a special waste disposal permit issued by the State of
Missouri. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) has •
periodically inspected and monitored ground water at the site since 1975.

Based on monthly MDNR hazardous waste logs, wastes containing
pesticides (including heptachlor, toxaphene, and lindane), cyanide, arsenic,
sulfide, nickel, cadmium, lead, zinc, asbestos, paint sludge, and tanning
sludge were disposed of at this landfill.

In field investigations conducted by EPA in December 1980, November
1982, and November 1983, trichloroethylene, chloroform, and 1,2-dichloro-
ethane were detected in monitoring wells and springs on-site at concentrations
significantly above background levels.

Drinking water is supplied to 314 residents of Amazonia through wells
within 1 to 2 miles of the site and 90 to 100 feet deep in the Missouri
River alluvial aguifer. Shallow ground water beneath the site provides
partial recharge to the aguifer.

Mace Creek, 4,000 feet downslope from the landfill, is threatened by
drainage from the site. Local surface waters are used for fishing.
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BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (SOWERS TIE-TREATING PLANT)
. ..•••..• Scmers, Montana

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Burlington Northern Railroad
has treated ties on a 4.5-acre site in Somers, Flathead County, Montana,
since around 1900. The plant's current operations are regulated under
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). An old waste disposal
lagoon downgradient of the RCRA-regulated facility has not been used
since 1974 and is not regulated by RCRA.

The old lagoon was used to dispose of creosote wastes from the wood-
treatment process. The wastes were discharged from the pond via a ditch
to a marshy area on the shore of Flathead Lake, the largest fresh water
lake west of the Mississippi River. The lake is extensively used for
camping and fishing, and towns along the lake such as Somers use it for
drinking water.

On Feb. 28, 1984, the State dug several shallow holes along the lake
shore and took samples of creosote-saturated sand below the ditch outfall.
Sludge/sediment samples were collected from the bottom of a 0.5-acre swamp
pond located along the shore adjacent to the waste ddtch. The material
was silty-sandy and stained with oil.

Early in March 1984, consultants from Burlington Northern drilled
approximately 60 "test borings in the vicinity of the swamp pond, in the
waste ditch, and below the seasonal high water beach of Flathead Lake.
About 46 percent of the test holes showed visual evidence of creosote
contamination. The holes encompassed an area of approximately 3.5 acres,
including the pond. Soil samples were collected frcm the test borings.
Monitoring wells were installed at 10 sites around the pond.

Status (January 1986); In May and June 1985, Burlington Northern
removed contaminated sludge, soil, and water from the swamp pond under a
CERCLA section 106 EPA Consent Order for an immediate removal. The
materials were placed in two existing RCRA lagoons on the plant site which
were reconstructed to meet RCRA standards. The conpany is moving the
sludges and soils to another of its facilities at Paradise, Montana, where
they are being placed in a waste pile that meets RCRA standards. Swamp
.pond water was processed through the plant's waste water recycling system.

In December 1984, Burlington Northern voluntarily submitted to EPA
a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type
and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for
remedial action. FPA negotiated with Burlington Northern for further
RI/FS studies, and a Consent Agreement was signed on Oct. 9, 1985. RI/FS
activities are scheduled to be complete in approximately January 1987.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.
Lindsay, Nebraska

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Lindsay Manufacturing Co.
generates acid waste from a qalvanizinq process at its plant in Lindsay,
Platte County, Nebraska. The wastes were discharged into a 0.1-acre
unlined pond. On Jan. 11, 1983, the company sampled monitoring wells
near the pond. Analyses indicate that ground water is contaminated by
acid and metals. In October 1983, the ponds were closed. Prior to the
closing, the plant received Interim Status, under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.

Under a Stipulated Agreement issued by the State, the company has
removed the source of contamination and is purging the ground water.
Five municipal wells serving the community of Lindsay are within 1 mile
of the site.

Status (January 1986): Lindsay is pumping ground water and treating
it by neutralization and precipitation. The State is monitoring the
ground water restoration program. Data from monitoring wells away from
the site suggest that the program is controlling the migration of contami-
nants from the site.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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MONROE AIJTO EQUIPMENT CO.
Cozad, Nebraska

The Monroe Auto Equipment Co. Site covers approximately 26.3 acres
on the Platte River flcodplain on the outskirts of Cozad, Dawscn County,
Nebraska. The company began manufacturing activities in Cozad in 1961.
In 1981, it employed 600 workers and produced 40,000 shock absorbers each
day. The company is owned by Tenneco and is still in operation.

Manufacturing processes include metal finishing, welding, painting,
electroplating, and reclaiming of waste oil. Sludges generated from
treating plant wastes contain chromium, cadmium, and zinc. This sludge is
stored in on-site surface impoundments. Underground tanks for storing
organic solvents are also on the site.

Results fron an 1982 EPA Water Supply Survey revealed that two of
Cozad's seven drinking water wells, located in the vicinity of the Monroe
site, were contaminated with trichlorcethylene and other synthetic organic
compounds. The well system serves 4,400 people. Subsequent sampling
showed that significant levels of trichloroethylene and acetone exist in
on-site wells. The Platte River and the Dawson County canal (which is
about 2,000 feet downstream of the site) are used for irrigation.

On Jan. 18, 1983, EPA Headquarters granted a temporary exclusion
delisting Monroe Auto sludge under the Resource Conservation and Recover/
Act (RCRA). The surface impoundments, therefore, are not currently subject
to-Interim Status requirements of RCRA. EPA has asked the company to
supply new information on the sludge to meet the requirements of the RCRA
amendments passed in November 1984.

Additional data are needed to establish which part of the facility
is responsible for ground water contamination.
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   ;                          HORSTMANN'S DUMP
                         East Hanover, New Jersey

; •--*• Horstmann's Dump covers about 15 acres on Great Meadow Lane-in East
Hanover, Morris  County,  New Jersey.  From 1965 to 1973, the owner/operator
accepted raw sewage and  septic  wastes from various industries.  The
sit£ is  in a marshy area,  and the wastes were dumped as fill.  Wastes
were deposited below the water  table.  The site was unlined and had
no leachate controls.

     In  1970 Horstmann registered as a public utility.  Subsequently,
citizens objected  about  Horstmann's operations to the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) and the New Jersey Board
of Public Utilities  (NJBPU).   In 1973,  Horstmann petitioned NJBPU to
stop operations, which NJBPU agreed to.  As a result of this action,
NJDEP in 1974 ordered the  site  to close so that closure requirements
could be enforced.

     In  1984, EPA  tests  found lead, nickel, mercury, volatile organic .
chemicals, and PCBs in on-site  soil.  The soil is highly permeable,
which facilitates movement of contaminants into ground water.  About
75,000 people draw drinking water from public and private wells within
3 miles of the site.  A .well  of the South East County Utilities Authority
is less  than 2,000 feet  away.

     Surface.water is threatened because the site is in a swampy area
and is surrounded by wetlands.   The site is within the Passaic Valley
floodplain and is bordered by two Passaic River tributaries — Black
Brook ami Pinch  Brook.
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                             LODI MUNICIPAL WELL
                               Lodi, New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):   The  Lodi Municipal Well in
  Lodi,  Bergen County, New Jersey, is contaminated with uranium and its
  decay products, according to tests conducted by  the State.  In December
  1983,  the State closed the well, which is one of nine wells serving
  about 24,000 people.  Other municipal  wells  are  being used, but they
  draw from the same aquifer.  The State is investigating to determine if
  ground water migrating from a nearby thorium-processing facility is
  contaminating the Lodi Municipal Well.

       Status (January 1986):  Additional  tests of the well water are
  planned to determine if the radionuclides present are associated with a
  naturally-occurring formation in the area.   The  analyses will also include
  nonradiological constituents, which are  used to  help identify the source
  of contaminants.

       EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it needs more
  time to analyze the conments received  during the public comment period.
  Thus,  the' Lodi Municipal Well will remain in proposed status until a
 •later rulemaking.
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MATLACX, INC.
Woolwich Township, New Jersey

Matlack, Inc., has operated a tank cleaning and truck terminal in
Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, New Jersey, since 1962. Fran 1962
to 1976, rinse water from the cleaning of tanks used for transporting a
variety of materials (including resins, organic solvents, and acids) was
disposed of in an unlined sand and gravel pit behind the terminal building.
At the end of disposal operations, Matlack punped the lagoon and left the
sludge in place. The pit was subsequently filled with demolition rubble
and clean fill.

The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP),
Gloucester County Health Department, and Matlack have sampled ground
'water and soil both on- and off-site. The results indicate that on-site
soils are contaminated with volatile organic chemicals, including
trichloroethane, tetrachloroethane, and 1,2-dichloroethene. A private
residential well about 0.25 miles northwest of the site is similarly
contaminated. The residents are now using bottled water.

On January 18, 1984,^JDEP notified Matlack that it should investigate
hydrogeological conditions at the site. In response, Matlack hired a
consultant to install and sample additional monitoring wells.

About 300 people within 3 miles of the site are served by ground water.

This site is an inactive part of an active facility that received
Interim Status under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act when the
owner filed-Part A of a permit application.
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NAVAL WEAPONS STATION EARLE (SITE A)
Colts Neck, New Jersey

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Naval Weapons Station
Earle covers 10,048 acres in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Since the early 1940s, the U.S. Navy has handled, stored, renovated, and
transshipped munitions at the station. These operations involve preserving
and maintaining ammunition, missile components, and explosives; rendering
safe unserviceable and/or dangerous ammunition and explosives; and providing
support to the Fleet Mine Facility. The station also conducts or has
conducted nonordnance activities, radiological operations, materials
storage, and waste disposal operations.

Site A covers 29 waste areas identified by the Navy. Wastes
generated in Site A include ordnance materials, grit and paint, paint
scrapings, solvent/paint sludges, ammonium picrate, lead bullets from
small arms ranges, zinc, lead, titanium, and small amounts of other
constituents. The Navy detected contaminants in a limited number of
sediment and surface water samples, but further background samples are
necessary.

The waste areas of Site A overlie the Cohansey Sand, Kirkwood
Formation, Vincentown Formation, Red Bank Sand, Navesink Formation/
and the Wenonah Formation aquifers. All are hydraulically connected, so
that water can move among them. An estimated 1,900 people within 3
miles of Site A are served by these aquifers. Local surface water is
used for recreation and irrigation purposes. An estimated 270 people
are served by surface water within 3 miles downstream of Site A.

The station is participating in the Installation Restoration Program,
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Depart-
ment of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from
these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II
(preliminary survey) is underway.

Status (July 1985): EPA and the Navy have agreed upon a scope of
work which calls for investigation of 13 of the 29 areas.
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BIOCLINICAL LABORATORIES, INC.
Bohemia, New York

Conditions at listing (June 1986); BioClinical Laboratories, Inc.,
formulated and mixed organic and inorganic chemicals for repackaging and
distribution in Bohemia, Suffolk County, New York, from 1978 to 1981. The
company occupied one 3,000-square-foot unit of a 10 unit one-story brick
building.

Drums used for mixing chemicals were washed for reuse; the rinse water
was routinely dumped down sink drains or directly onto the ground. Leaking
drums containing hazardous wastes were stored outdoors for long periods of
time, according to Suffolk County. After receiving complaints, the County
Department of Health investigated and sampled surface water, storm drains,
sanitary drains, and leaching pools on the site. The Health Department
detected high levels of organic solvents and heavy metals, chloroform at
particularly high levels. In November 1981, five months after the highest
level of chloroform was confirmed, the Health Department ordered the company
to pump out a septic tank and pool.

In August 1981, the county issued a Consent Order to BioClinical
Laboratories, citing several violations, including improperly storing hazardous
materials, discharging materials in excess of ground water standards, and
not possessing a permit under the State Pollutant Discharge Elimination
System. The company has not installed monitoring wells, as reguested by the
Health Department. BioClinical Laboratories abandoned the site following a
fire in July 1981. The site is currently occupied by the American Flagpole
Division of Kearney National Co.

One well in the Suffolk County Water Authority's Locust Avenue Well
Field is within 0.5 miles of the site. The well taps the contaminated aguifer,
which is the sole source of drinking water for about 11,000 people within 3
miles of the site.

Rattlesnake Brook, which is used for recreation, is within 3 miles of
the site.

Status (September 1986): EPA is reviewing the property owner's workplan
for an investigation of the site.
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CONKLIN DUMPS
Conklin, New York

Conditions at listing (June 1986); The Conklin Dumps Site consists
of two abandoned landfills located on a 619-acre tract of land in Conklin,
Broome County, New York. -The Town of Conklin owned and operated the
landfills from 1964 to 1975.

The lower or eastern-most landfill, which operated fron 1964 to
1969, consists of three linear trenches. Assuming an average depth of
30 feet for each trench, the lower landfill contains approximately 3.7
million cubic feet of waste material. Preliminary indications are that
the landfill contains municipal solid waste, according to a consultant
to the Broome County Industrial Development Agency (BIDA), which is
considering purchasing the property to create an industrial park. Some
industrial and chemical wastes also may have been deposited.

The upper landfill operated from 1969 until it closed in 1975 under
a closure order issued by the State. Most of the waste deposited in this
landfill was placed in six unlined cells; subseouently, additional waste
material was piled over the cells. The majority of the waste is municipal
solid waste, although sampling indicates that some industrial and chemical
waste may have been deposited. Assuming an average depth of 25 feet, the
total filled volume of this landfill is estimated at 6.9 million cubic feet.

The State has observed leachate from the dumps draining towards
Carlin Creek, a tributary to the Susguehanna River, which is used for
recreation. Ground water on the site is grossly contaminated with arsenic,
chromium, mercury, and various organic chemicals, including benzene,
according to tests conducted by BIDA's consultant. Private wells near
the site contain high levels of arsenic and traces.of organic chemicals,
according to the consultant and the New York State Department of Health.

The lower dump is in highly permeable soils and is about 800 feet
upgradient frcm residential areas using private wells. About 2,000
people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site for their drinking
water. On the site is a large wetland designated by the U.S. Department
of the Interior as an important biological resource.

Status (September 1986); EPA is considering various alternatives
for the site.
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                     ISLIP MUNICIPCAL SANITARY LANDFILL
                              Islip,  New York

     The Islip Municipal  Sanitary Landfill covers approximately 65 acres
on Blydenburgh Road  in the  Town of Islip,  Suffolk County, New York.  The
site is also known as the Blydenburgh Road Landfill.  The town has operated
the landfill since 1957.  It has  a permit  from the State to accept municipal
wastes.

     In early 1978,  the State filed  an Administrative Complaint against
Hickey Carting Co.   A hearing was conducted which concluded that in June
1978 Hickey Carting  had disposed  approximately 50 or more 55-gallon
drums containing  a mixture  of tetrachloroethylene and other liguids at the
site.  The drums  were buried in the  highest (southeastern) part of the
site.  In May 1979,  the New York  Commissioner of Environmental Conservation
adopted the findings of the hearing  and fined Hickey Carting $4,000.

     According to tests conducted by the County Health Department in
1980, private wells  adjacent to the  landfill are contaminated with
tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and vinyl chloride.
An estimated 75,000  people  draw drinking water from Suffolk County Water
Authority wells,  in  addition to numerous private wells; all are within 3
miles of the landfill.
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WARWICK LANDFILL
Warwick, New York

Conditions at listing (September 1985): Warwick Landfill is located
in the Town of Warwick, Orange County, New York. It is approximately 1 mile
northeast of the Village of Greenwood Lake and approximately 7.5 miles south
of the Village of Monroe.

The landfill is roughly L-shaped and occupies approximately 13 acres on
a 25-acre privately-owned property fronting on Penaluna Road. The surrounding
area is generally hilly, with residential clusters and wooded areas. Both
wetlands and rock outcrops exist adjacent to landfilled areas.

In about 1957, the town started to accept municipal wastes at the site
under a permit from the Orange County Department of Health. Industrial
chemical wastes also may have been disposed of at the site over an undetermined
period of time. In 1977, the owner leased the site to Grace Disposal and
Leasing, Ltd., of Harriman, New York. In 1979, the State identified volatile
organic compounds in leachate at the site. The State subseguently issued a
restraining order and closed the landfill.

Later, the State found relatively low levels of organic and metal compounds
in soil, ground water, surface water, and sediment on the site. Drainage
from the landfill enters a stream south of the site which flows into Greenwood
Lake, a major recreational resource approximately 0.5 miles from the site.

The landfill is unlined and overlies moderately permeable soil and rock.
Ground water is found at shallow depths (between 1 and 2 feet). Private
wells, the nearest within 0.15 miles, are potentially threatened. Approximately
2,100 residents depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as their source
of drinking water.

Status (September 1986): EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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ABERDEEN PESTICIDE DUMPS
Aberdeen, North Carolina

The Aberdeen Pesticide Dumps Site is located in Aberdeen, a" rural area in
Moore County, North Carolina. The site consists of five dumps within 2 miles of
each other. All but one are privately owned.

The Fairway Six dump covers approximately 1.5 acres and was discovered in
August 1984 during construction of a new golf course. In October 1984, the North
Carolina Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch (SHWMB) found several bags
labeled toxaphene and noted a strong chemical odor. The soil contained DDT, ODD,
toxaphene, and lindane (BHC), according to SHWMB analyses.

The Twin dumps cover about 1 acre; one is privately owned and one is
owned by Aberdeen and used for recreation. They are within 350 feet of each
other. The dumps were reported to SHWMB in August 1984 by State highway personnel
who had smelled chemical odors in the area. SHWMB detected various pesticides in
Twin dumps soil. Several operations have manufactured pesticides in a building 500
feet from the dumps: Taylor Chemical Co. (1936-64); E-Z Flo, owned by Union Carbide
Corp. (1964-72); and Farm Chemicals, Inc. (1972 to the present).

The Mclver pesticide dump covers approximately 1 acre. It was discovered in
November 1984 when SHWMB, acting on information provided by a citizen, found 200-
300 55-gallon pesticide drums in Lucks Landfill, a rubble landfill occupying a
leased portion of the Mclver property. The State determined that the drums con-
tained small amounts of parathion and had been shipped by Farm Chemicals, Inc.
Soil at the landfill contains many of the same pesticides found at the other
dumps. Further investigation found another area where pesticide bags and
residues had been dumped.

In February 1985, the State, Farm Chemicals, Inc., and Lucks Construction Co.
signed an Administrative Order on Consent requiring the companies to remove
the drums from the Mclver dump. In March 1985, 687 drums were removed, steam
cleaned, triple rinsed, crushed, and sent to the Moore County landfill. Rinsate
was applied to farm land as per label directions for the pesticide.

In June 1985, using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed pesticide-contaminated
soil and wastes from the Fairway Six, Twin, and Mclver dumps.

The Route 211 dump covers approximately 0.75 acres. The owner re-
ported it in July 1985 after EPA emergency actions. SHWMB investigated, finding
a pile containing cardboard containers, pesticide bags (one marked Taylor Chemical),
and various powders and tarry residues. SHWMB detected various pesticides in soil.

The 0.5-acre Farm Chemicals, Inc., dump is approximately 500 feet from the
Twin dumps. The company has manufactured pesticides since 1972. Previously,
E-Z Flo (1964-72) and Taylor Chemical (1936-64) manufactured pesticides there.
After discovery of the four other pesticide dumps, EPA investigated Farm Chemicals
in May 1986. Various pesticides and PCB-1242 were found.

Soils at all five areas are permeable, facilitating movement of contaminants
into ground water. Nearby Page's Lake is also potentially threatened. About 5,100
people draw drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
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NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL CORP.
Salisbury, North Carolina

Conditions at listing (April 1985); National Starch & Chemical Corp.
manufactures specialty chemicals for the textile and furniture industries
in two plants covering more than 465 acres in Salisbury, Rowan County,
North Carolina. The company purchased the land and a plant from Proctor
Chemical Co. in 1969 and in 1970 started construction of another plant.
From November 1980 until June 1983, the Proctor Chemical plant (National
Starch kept this name for one of the plants) was regulated under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act as a storer of hazardous waste. The status
was withdrawn_after the company guit storing hazardous waste on-site for
over 90 days.

National Starch deposited about 350,000 gallons of liguid waste containing
lead and various organic chemicals in unlined trenches in a 2-acre area.
According to tests conducted by the company's consultant, ground water
beneath the trench area is contaminated with lead, xylene, toluene, and
other organic chemicals. The plants are located in a rural area that
depends heavily on wells for drinking water. About 7,700 people use public
and private wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water. The
nearest well is 2,200 feel from the site.

Status (September 1985); EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.
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                  GENERAL ELECTRIC CO.  (COSHOCTON PLANT)
                             Coshocton,  Ohio

     Conditions at listing  (October  1984);   General  Electric Co. disposed
of wastes on a 2.5-acre site at  its  Coshocton, Coshocton  County, Ohio,
plant.  The wastes, frcm the production  of  resins, contained phenol.
They were placed in a landfill and infiltration lagoons from 1946 to 1977.

     Ground water near  the  lagoons is contaminated with phenol, barium,
arsenic, and other pollutants, according to tests conducted by a consultant
to General Electric.  City  and private wells within  3  miles of the site
draw water from a shallow aquifer.   About 15,000 people are involved.

     General Electric has hired  a consultant to study  ground water in the
area of the waste site.

     The facility received  Interim Status under the  Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the ccmpany filed Part  A  of  a  permit application
for treatment and storage of hazardous waste.

     Status (January 1986);  This site remains in proposed  status until
EPA implements the appropriate elements  of  its final policy for placing
RCRA-related sites on the NPL and then applies the policy to this site.
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TRW, INC. (MINERVA PLANT)
Minerva, Ohio

The TRW, Inc., Site covers 54 acres in Minerva, Stark County, Ohio.
The Minerva plant is adjacent to State Road 183, approximately 1.3 miles
northeast of the intersection of Route 183 and U.S. Route 30. TRW
purchased the initial property in 1954 and expanded twice by addinq
adjacent properties. Farmland lies to the north and east of the site.
The TRW property extends south to Sandy Creek, which is used for
recreation.

The plant conducts metal-castinq operations. Until 1976, PCBs were
used as working fluids in diffusion pumps. Spent PCBs were stored in
drums on the back pad of the plant and apparently leaked into the drainage
ditch adjacent to the pad. Waste wash water and spent casting wax,
which may have come into contact with the PCBs, were discarded into a
ditch that flowed to the south to a pond. Volatile organic chemicals
(trichloroethylene before 1972 and 1,1,1-trichloroethane after 1972)
were used as degreasers, and spent degreasers were discharged to the
ditch.

Ground water on the site is contaminated with PCRs, trichloro-
ethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, and 1,1-dichloro-
ethylene, according to analyses conducted by a consultant to TRW.

Minerva city wells are located approximately 1 mile southwest and
downgradient of the TRW building, west of Sandy Creek, and south of Route
30. The wells draw water at. 30 to 120 feet from a sand and gravel aguifer,
the same aguifer that underlies TRW property. The wells serve 4,560
people. Within 3 miles of the site are shallow residential wells serving
approximately 114 persons in Minerva, 125 persons in Pekin, 400 persons
in East Rochester, and 200 persons in Bayard. The nearest residential
well is 925 feet from the TRW plant.

On June 23, 1985, the State issued an Administrative Order involving
contaminated soil, sediments, and wastes. In November 1985, TRW completed
placing the materials in an on-site secure disposal cell. On April 2R,
1986, the State issued an Administrative Order covering cleanup of ground
water.
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ALLIED PLATING, INC.
Portland, Oregon

Allied Plating, Inc., started operating a chrome-plating facility in
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, in 1957. The operation generated
electroplating wastes that contain heavy metals (including chromium,
barium, cadmium, lead, and mercury) and arsenic, according to tests
conducted by EPA, the State, and the company.

For over 25 years, the company discharged the wastes without pre-
treatment into an unlined pond in an on-site 0.5-acre swamp that had
been filled in. In mid-1985, during an EPA inspection, the banks of the
pond were eroding, and the natural drainage channels were filled in with
refuse. Shortly thereafter, the owner pumped the contents of the pond
into the Portland sewer system.

In 1978, the company detected chromium and barium in an on-site well
and in industrial and municipal wells within 2 miles of the site. EPA
and the State confirmed the results in 1981, 1984, and 1985. About
1,500 people draw drinking water from public and private wells within 3
miles of the site. -A well used for food processing is 1,700 feet frcm
the site. Ground water is also used for irrigation within 3 miles of
the site.

The site drains into Columbia Slough, which is 600 feet to the north
northeast. The slough is a part of the Columbia River.

The company received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed Part A of a permit application
for a surface impoundment. In 1982, the company filed for bankruptcy
under Chapter 11 of the Federal .bankruptcy code, and in 1984 consented to
liguidation under Chapter 7 bankruptcy.

Because the owner or operator is in bankruptcy and may not be
financially able to take appropriate remedial action, the site meets the
first component of EPA's policy for listing RCRA-related sites. In
addition, the company lost Interim Status (and hence authority to operate)
when it did not certify by Nov. 8, 1985, that it was complying with
certain RCRA Subtitle C regulations.
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                  AMERICAN ELECTRONICS LABORATORIES,  INC.
                       MDntgoneryville, Pennsylvania

      American Electronics Laboratories, Inc. (AEL) manufactures"electronic
communication equipment and components on a 20-acre parcel  of  land in
Montgomeryville, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  AEL uses trichloroethylene
 (TCE)  in  its  operations.

      The  Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER)  and
AEL have  detected TCE, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, and
related breakdown products in on-site and off-site wells.   Soils  on the
site also contain TCE (up to 50,000 ppb).

      An estimated 106,000 people use public and private  wells  within 3 miles
of  the  facility as their source of drinking water.  A public well is
within  50 feet of the site.

      AEL  has  removed 125 cubic yards of contaminated  soil and  transported
it  to an  EPA-approved hazardous waste facility.  Since 19.81, AEL has been
treating  contaminated ground water by punping on-site monitoring  wells
and treating  the water at a nearby sewage treatment plant.

      The  site is 950 feet north of an unnamed tributary  to  Neshaminy
Creek,  which  is used for recreation.
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                   AMETEK,  INC.  (HUNTER SPRING DIVISION)
                            Hatfield, Pennsylvania

      Anetek, Inc.'s  Hunter Spring Division manufactures precision springs,
 reels, and measuring  and controlling apparatus on an 8-acre site  in
 Hatfield, Montgomery County,  Pennsylvania.  The facility  uses  trichloroethylene
 (TCE) as a degreasing solvent.

      In February 1986, the North Penn Water Authority  (NPWA) detected TCE
 and 1,1-dichloroethylene in on-site and downgradient wells.  Background
 wells contained  neither of these contaminants.

      An estimated 69,700 people  obtain drinking water  from public and
 private wells within 3 miles  of  the facility.
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AVCO LYCOMING (WILLIAMSPORT DIVISION)
Williamsport, Pennsylvania

The'Avco Lycoming (Williamsport Division) Site consists ^approximately
28 acres in the west-central portion of Williamsport, Lycoming.County,
Pennsylvania. For over 50 years, this facility has been primarily involved
in the production of aircraft engines. The plant operates a s^ill for
the reclamation of Varsol, a petroleum solvent, and (since the-^early 1950s)
a waste treatment facility. Past poor housekeeping practice^' apparently
have contaminated the site, according to the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources (PA DER).

On-site monitoring wells, off-site downgradient wells, and a well
field of the Williamsport Municipal Water Authority (WMWA) 3,000 feet
southwest of the site are contaminated with trichloroethylene and
chromium, according to tests conducted in 1985 by a consultant to the
company. The well field was used as a backup supply under drought
conditions until it was closed in November 1984 because of contamination
with volatile organic chemicals. WMWA serves about 65,000 people within
3 miles of the site. -• .

In November 1985, Avco and PA DER signed a Consent Order and Agreement
involving monitoring of ground water and cleanup of on-site soils and
ground water. Currently, ground water is being pumped, treated to remove
contaminants, and returned to the ground. Cleanup of the municipal well
field was not addressed in the order.
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CCMMODORE SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP
Lower Providence Township, Pennsylvania

The Oonmodore Semiconductor Group Site covers about 10 acres in the
Valley Forge Corporate Center in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania. Commodore manufactures computers, calculators,
and various electronic components on property rented from Valley Forge
Corporate Center.

Waste solvents, including trichloroethylene (TCE), were stored in
an underground concrete storage tank on-site until 1974, when it was taken
out of service. A steel tank was then installed. Inspections conducted
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) indicate
both tanks have leaked.

According to tests conducted by EPA, PA DER, and Commodore, soils
and ground water both on and off the site have been contaminated with
TCE, 1,1-dichloroethylene, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, and 1,1,2,2-
tetrachloroethane. Two public water supply wells of the Audubon Water
Co., which serves 6,300 people, were taken out of service in 1979 due to
contamination. Approximately 800,000 people draw drinking water from
wells into the contaminated aquifer within 3 miles of the site.

In 1979, Commodore started investigations and cleanup actions at
the site. The company has excavated soils and pumped water from a
contaminated well, then sprayed it onto fields. The volatile solvents
dissipate into the air. Since February 1984, an air stripper, which is
more efficient at removing the solvents, has been in use.
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CRYOCHEM, INC.
Wbrman, Pennsylvania

CryoChem, Inc./ has operated a metals-fabrication facility on a
19-acre site in Woman, Berks County, Pennsylvania, from 1962 to the
present. The facility is composed of several production and storage
buildings and an office complex situated at the lower portion of the
property. The company uses solvents to clean finished metal parts. Any
excess solvent is collected in shop drains. Prior to 1982, the company
used about one 55-gallon drum of 1,1,1-trichloroethane per year for 3 or
4 years and allowed the shop drain system to discharge into nearby surface
waters that lead to Manatawny Creek.

In August 1981, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
(PA DER), acting on complaints of area residents, began sampling
residential wells. Analysis of nine wells downgradient of the site
detected chlorinated solvents, including 1,1,1-trichlorethane. In June
1982, PA DER detected up to 270 parts per billion (ppb) of 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane on-site in an unnamed tributary to Ironstone Creek, which is
used for fishing. As a result of this discharge, PA DER notified the
company that it was in violation of the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law.
PA DER also recommended that the company discontinue the use of 1,1,1-
trichloroethane, clean out the drain system, and properly dispose of all
contaminated materials. The company complied with the recommendations.

Since the original sampling, PA DER has extensively sampled resi-
dential wells located near and mostly downgradient of the site. Concen-
trations of 1,1,1-trichloroethane generally ranged from 0 to ]80 ppb, and
one measured 600 ppb.

PA DER notified the affected residents of the contamination. Seme
citizens have opted to buy bottled water or are filtering tap water at
their own expense. About 1,100 people are served by wells within 3 miles
of the site.
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              DELTA QUARRIES &  DISPOSAL, INC./STOTLER LANDFILL
                    Antis/Logan Townships, Pennsylvania

      The Delta Quarries &  Disposal,  Inc./Stotler Landfill Site covers
 40 acres in Antis and  Logan Townships, Blair County, Pennsylvania.
 Since the 1960s, the site  has  disposed of municipal wastes without  a
 permit.  Originally, the site  consisted of two adjacent landfills—Stotler
 and Parshall-Kruise.   They are now one large fill owned by Delta Quarries &
 Disposal, Inc.

      On-site wells and an  off-site spring are contaminated with chlorine-
 containing organic chemicals,  according to tests conducted by the
 Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources.  Nearby residential
 wells contain low levels of the contaminants.  About 1,500 people depend
 on wells within 3 miles of the site  as a source of drinking water.
 Ground water flows to  the  northeast  in the direction of the Little  Juniata
 River, which is within 3 miles of  the site.  The river is used for
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The Eastern Diversified Metals Site covers about 25 acres in Hometown,
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. From 1966 to 1977, the company disposed
of an estimated 157 million pounds of "fluff (waste insulation material)
from recycling of copper wire in an open pile 60 feet high covering an
area 500 by 3,000 feet. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources (PA DER) found that the waste pile was producing phenolic
leachate. In 1974, as a result of a Consent Agreement with PA DER, the
company installed a waste water treatment plant, diversion ditches, and
an interceptor that diverts shallow ground water to the treatment plant.
The surface impoundment associated with the waste water treatment plant
sometimes overflows into a tributary to the Little Schuylkill River,
which is used for trout fishing within 3 miles downstream of the site.

Sludge from the waste water treatment plant was disposed of on top
of the waste pile until 1983, when PA DER issued a Notice of Violation
to the company. The sludge is now being taken to a disposal facility
regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

The site is underlain by Mauch Chunk, one of the most important
water-bearing formations in northeastern Pennsylvania. About 1,400
people are served by wells that are within 3 miles of the site and draw
on the Mauch Chunk Formation.
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            GENTLE CLEANERS,  INC./GRANITE KNITTING MILLS,  INC.
                          Souderton, Pennsylvania

     The. Gentle Cleaners,  Inc./Granite Knitting Mills,  Inc., Site  is  in
Souderton, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.   Gentle Cleaners,  Inc., has  been
in business since 1953.   It used  perchloroethylene (PCE or tetrachloroethylene)
during 1953-83; it changed  to a combination of PCE and  1,1,1-trichloroethane
(1,1,1-TCEA)  in 1983.  Next door  to Gentle Cleaners is Granite Knitting
Mills, Inc., a hosiery mill that  has operated for over  50 years.   This
facility used PCE as  part of its  dry cleaning operations for many  years.

     The North Penn Water Authority (NPWA) discovered PCE in a municipal
well in the area  in  1979.   Tests Conducted by EPA in August 1986 identified
Gentle Cleaners,  Inc., and  Granite Knitting Mills, Inc., as the sources  of
'of 1,1,1-TCEA in  a private  well 200 feet south of the site.

     An estimated 74,700 people obtain drinking water from public  and
private wells within  3 miles of the site.  There is no-other source of
drinking water.

     The site is  800  feet northwest of Skippack Creek, which is used  for
recreation.
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HELLERTOWN MANUFACTURING CO.
Hellertown/ Pennsylvania

HelXertown Manufacturing Co., a subsidiary of Champion Spark Plug
Co., of Toledo, Ohio, formerly manufactured spark plugs at 1770 Main
Street in the borough of Hellertown, Northampton County, Pennsylvania.
Operations commenced at the facility in 1930 and continued until it
closed in October 1982.

Between 1930 and 1976, Hellertown used five on-site lagoons for the
disposal of its wastes. According to a preliminary assessment made by the
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER), the wastes
disposed of on-site included zinc plating waste, chrome dip waste,
cleaners, and cutting oils. The lagoons were unlined, thereby permitting
wastes to seep into the local soils and rock strata. The lagoons
covered approximately 50,000 square feet and could hold an estimated
18,400 cubic yards. In 1970, the company reported that it discharged
300,000 drums of wastes to the lagoons. In 1976, all five lagoons were
filled with excavated material from construction of the City of
Bethlehem Waste Water Treatment Plant. From 1976 until 1982, Hellertown
wastes were discharged into the local sanitary sewer system.

Ground water underlying the site is contaminated with 1,2-
dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, tetrachloroethylene, •
and 1,1,1-trichloroethane, according to tests conducted by PA DER in early
1985. This aquifer within 3 miles of the site supplies water to the
Hellertown Water Co., the Bethlehem Steel Corp. plant, and private residences,
affecting an estimated 15,000 people.

Surface water is potentially threatened by the site because the filled
lagoons have no diversion structures. Saucon Creek and fjehigh River are
used for fishing within 3 miles downstrean of the site.
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   J.W.  REX CO./ALLIED PAINT MANUFACTURING CO., INC./KEYSTONE HYDRAULICS
                           Lansdale, Pennsylvania

      The  J.W. Rex Co./Allied Paint Manufacturing Co.,  Inc./Keystone Hydraulics
 Site  covers 1 acre in Lansdale, Montgomery County,  Pennsylvania.   J.W.  Rex
 Co.,  which was involved in heat-treatment of metals, owned  the  site before
 the mid-1970s.  An underground storage tank was on  the site.  J.W.  Rex
 used  trichloroethylene (TCE)  in another plant it operated nearby.   Allied
 Paint Manufacturing Co., Inc., acquired the site in the mid-1970s.   In
 1979, while Allied owned the site, a fire destroyed a  building  on  the
 site.  Subsequently, Allied removed the underground tank.   Soils surrounding
 the tank  contained high levels of TCE, according to the North Penn Water
 Authority (NPWA).

      Keystone Hydraulics has owned the site since 1979 and  used it to
 store construction equipment.

      High levels of TCE, vinyl chloride, cis-1,2-dichloroethylene,
 perchloroethylene  (PCE or tetrachloroethylene), and 1,1-dichloroethylene
 were  detected by NPWA in an on-site well.  Contamination decreases  with
 distance  from the  site.

      In 1979, NPWA took a well within 200 feet of the  site  out  of  service
 due to  contamination from TCE and PCE.  An estimated 101,000 people
 obtain  drinking water from public and private wells within  3' miles  of the
 site.

      An unnamed tributary to Towamencin Creek is about 5,000 feet  from
 the site.
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LETTERKENNY ARMY DEPOT (PDO AREA)
Franklin County, Pennsylvania

Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Letterkenny Army Depot is
located 2 miles north of Chambersburg, Franklin County, Pennsylvania.
It was established in 1942-as an ammunition storage facility. Fran 1947
to the present, operations have included the maintenance, overhaul, and
rebuilding of wheeled and tracked vehicles and missiles. These operations
have employed large quantities of chlorinated organic solvents and cleaning
agents. Some wastes from these operations have been stored and disposed
of in the Property Disposal Office (PDO) Area by landfilling and spreading
on the ground. This NPL site consists of the PDO Area, which covers
approximately 250 acres.

Ground water beneath the PDO Area and the surface waters draining
the area are contaminated with chlorinated organic chemicals, including
chloroform, 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and trichloroethylene,
according to tests conducted by the Army. To date, no residential water
wells have been found to be contaminated by activities in the PDO area.

Letterkenny Army Depot is participating in the Installation
Restoration Program (IRP), the specially funded program established in
1978 under which the Department of Defense has been identifying and
evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and controlling the migration
of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The Army has completed
studies to determine sources of on-depot ground water contamination.

The facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act when the Army filed Part A of a permit application.

Status (April 1987); IRP activities continue.

This site is being reproposed to be consistent with EPA's recently
proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned
facilities that are subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. EPA is soliciting
comments on the Hazard Ranking System score for the site, which includes
areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
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The Naval Air Development Center (NADC) covers 734 acres in
Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. NADC was commissioned
in 1944. Its main mission is research, development, testing, and
evaluation for naval aircraft systems. The center also conducts studies
in antisubmarine warfare systems and software development.

Waste-generating activities include aircraft maintenance and
repair, pest control, fire-fighting training, machine and plating shop
operations, spray painting, and various materials research and testing
activities in NADC laboratories. Wastes generated include paints,
solvents, industrial waste water treatment sludge, and waste oils. Eight
waste areas covering more than 2 acres are included in this NPL site.

Navy contractors detected 1,1-dichloroethane, chromium, and
nickel in ground water on the base. No significant contamination was
detected in nearby surface water. The waste areas potentially affect
the Stockton Formation aquifer, which provides water for over 100,000
persons within 3 miles of the site. Local surface water bodies are used
for recreation and industrial purposes.

NADC is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded progran established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these
sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search) and Phase II
(confirmation study). As part of these efforts, NADC's contractor
installed monitoring wells and completed a ground water quality study.
Ground water continues to be monitored.
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NOVAK SANITARY LANDFILL
South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania

The Novak Sanitary Landfill covers approximately 60 acres in -South
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The privately-owned
landfill started operating in the late 1960s. Initially, demolition
wastes were disposed in an abandoned quarry on the site. Later, the
landfill began accepting municipal and industrial wastes.

In 1980, a new phase began when the first of five trenches was
excavated. Disposal in these trenches was under a solid waste permit
from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER).
PA DER closed the landfill in December 1984. General Electric Co. notified
EPA, as required by CERCLA section 103(c), that its Allentown, Pennsylvania,
plant had sent electroplating wastes containing heavy metals and organic
wastes, including spent solvents, to the landfill. According to PA DER,
other industrial clients of the landfill include Tyler Pipe Co., Tarkett
Corp., Western Electric, and Caloric Corp.

Ntonitoring wells on the site are contaminated with a variety of
organic and inorganic chemicals, including tetrachloroethene, toluene,
1,1-dichloroethane, and barium, according to EPA tests. A private well
1,200 feet southwest of the landfill boundary is similarly contaminated,
according 'to EPA and PA DER. The landfill is in a limestone region that
is very susceptible to ground water contamination and migration of
contaminants. An estimated 17,300 people draw drinking water from public
and private wells within 3 miles of the site. In January 1985/ South
Whitehall Township extended its water line to two residences near the
landfill, because a well sampled by EPA contained organic and inorganic
contaminants which could also be attributed to the landfill.

According to an EPA inspection in June 1984, a ditch encircling the
site diverts run-off and leachate into an on-site pond. The diversion
ditch and pond are not properly engineered, and the landfill is not
adequately covered. Hence, surface water in the area is threatened.
Jordan Creek within 3 miles downstream of the site is used for recreation.
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The Paoli Rail Yards cover approximately 10 acres in Paoli, Chester
County, Pennsylvania. The site consists of an electric train repair
facility and a commuter rail station owned by Mtrak and operated by the
Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA). Commuter
trains are serviced, repaired, and stored at this facility. Routine
maintenance and repair of railroad cars involve PCB-containing electrical
equipment. The site is surrounded on three sides by residential communities
and on the fourth side by commercial facilities. Until recently, the site
was unsecured and easily accessible. Residents and commuters regularly
used it as a shortcut to reach both the train station and the cormercial
properties.

In the late 1970s, both EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources (PA DER) inspected the Paoli Rail Yards. This
inspection, coupled with subsequent State investigations, led PA DER to
issue an order in 1979 requiring Mtrak and SEPTA to determine the extent
of contamination and correct any problem areas. Amtrak and SEPTA took
some actions primarily involving collection of samples, seme cleanup
efforts, and further study of the site.

In November 1985, analyses of samples taken in July 1984 by a consultant
to Amtrak and SEPTA were made available to EPA. The results indicate
that a severe PCB problem exists at this site, with contamination ranging
as high as 3 percent in on-site soils and to depths of up to 3 feet.

In December 1985, a team consisting of staff from EPA, the Federal
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and the State Health
Department made a preliminary assessment of the rail yards. The purpose
of this assessment was to verify the existing sample results and identify
those areas that were of most concern. The sampling effort was centered
around the immediate threat posed by the presence of high levels of PCBs
both on site and in the residential community.

On February 25, 1986, EPA filed a complaint in Federal court under
the Toxic Substances Control Act, CERCIA, and the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act. The complaint seeks an order requiring the responsible
parties to limit access to the site, control migration of PCBs, conduct
sampling and analysis, and take measures to clean up the site and protect
worker safety. A Consent Dacree was also lodged on the same date. As a
first step, SEPTA installed a security fence around the site.
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                RIVER ROAD LANDFILL  (WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.)
                          Hermitage,  Pennsylvania

      The. River Road  Landfill covers  approximately 102 acres in'tiermitage,
 Mercer County, Pennsylvania.  It  is  owned by Eric Disposal Co., a subsidiary
 of Waste Management, Inc.  The landfill  has operated since 1962 as a
 sanitary landfill, accepting industrial, residential, and an unknown
 quantity of hazardous wastes.  In 1984,  it received a State permit to
 dispose of solid waste.

      According to tests conducted in 1980 by a  consultant to Waste Management,
 sludge disposed at the site contained PCBs.

      In June 1985, EPA detected PCBs in  sediments in a diversion ditch that
 discharges to the Shenango River.  The ditch collected runoff from the
 landfill.   The Shenango Valley Water Co.  draws  water for approximately
 75,000 customers at a point 2 miles  downstream  of the landfill.  EPA also
 detected chloroethane and 1,1-dichldroethane in wells on and off the site.  •

      The site is not completely fenced,  making  it possible for people and
 animals to come into direct contact  with hazardous substances in the
 diversion ditch.
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ROHM AND HAAS CO. IANDFILL
Bristol Township, Pennsylvania

Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Rohm and Haas Co. Landfill
covers approximately 60 acres adjacent to the Delaware River, just south
of Croydon in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. From 1952 to
1975, the landfill received wastes from the company's chemical manufacturing
plants in Bristol Township and Croydon. Rohm and Haas reports that it
disposed of 309,000 tons of wastes in the landfill, of which 4,600 tons
were considered hazardous. The Bristol Township Sewage Treatment Plant
and Chemical Leaman Tank Lines, Inc., now occupy the northwest corner of
the filled area.

In 1980, EPA detected contaminants in on-site ground water and surface
water. Rohm and Haas is conducting a comprehensive study of environmental
conditions in and near the landfill. The company reported the first results
in April 1984. The investigation revealed that ground water, surface water,
and soil within the landfill are contaminated. Among contaminants detected
on-site are benzene, bis(2-chloroethyl) ether, a-endosulfan, heptachlor
epoxide, and g-BHC(lindane).

Parts of the site are accessible, so that people and animals can come
in direct contact with hazardous substances in on-site soil.

Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, and Burlington City, New Jersey, have
public water supply intakes on the Delaware River within 3 miles of the
landfill. The water systems serve approximately 18,000 people.

Status (September 1985); EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.
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                               SALFORD QUARRY
                       Salford Township, Pennsylvania

      The Salford Quarry covers approximately 3 acres  on Quarry Road in
 Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.   The  site was
 quarried for stone/aggregate for an unknown period  prior  to 1963.   In
 1963,.American Clean Tile Co., which is owned by National  Gypsum Co.,
 purchased the abandoned quarry, and until 1980 used the site for disposal
 of its wastes.  Included were waste tiles, unfused  tile slurry, and
 other production wastes.  In 1980, the State received complaints that
 tanks were buried on the site.  In 1981, American Clean discovered two
 10,000-gallon tanks.  According to tests conducted  by the  company and
 the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER), the
 tanks hold tile slurry containing boron and fuel oil.  After the company
 pumped out the oil, the site was officially closed  in May  1982 in accordance
 with a plan approved by PA DER.  Closure involved capping  with soil,
 grading,  and revegetating.  Two monitoring wells were also installed as
 part of closure.

      The downgradient monitoring well on-site is contaminated  with
 trichloroethene, boron, arsenic, and cyanide, according to EPA analyses.
 An estimated 54,000 people draw drinking water from public (North Penn
 Water Authority) and private wells within 3 miles of  the site.  A private
 well 650 feet from the site is contaminated with boron, according  to EPA
 analyses.
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                   T          SPRA-FIN, INC.
                   •;'•;'    North Wales, Pennsylvania

     Spra-Fin,  Inc^ has manufactured metal products on a 0.5-acre site in
North Wales, Montgcjiery  County, Pennsylvania, since 1963.  This facility
uses trichloroethylene  (TCE)  and stores it on-site in a 550-gallon
above-ground tank. ?JThis tank replaced a deteriorated underground tank
which was removed  i$ 1982. The company also removed 80 cubic yards of
TCE-contaminatedfsoiil near the buried tank in 1982.
                   i
     On-site production  wells sampled by the North Perm Water Authority
show elevated levels of  1,1,1-trichloroethene, vinyl chloride,  TCE, 1,1-
dichloroethylene,  and tetrachloroethylene.  On-site soil  samples contain
the same contaminants.

     An estimated  91,000 people obtain drinking water from  public and
private wells within 3 miles  of the site.  There is no  other  source of
drinking water.  :Wissahicken  Creek is 1,500 feet north  of the site.
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                              TRANSICOIL, INC.
                          Worcester/ Pennsylvania

     Transicoil,  Inc./ manufactures electric motors on  a 20-acre-
site in Worcester,  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  Records of the
Pennsylvania Department  of Environmental Resources (PA  DER)  show that the
facility used  several drums of trichloroethylene  (TCE)  per year as a
degreasing solvent  until 1976, when it changed to 1,1,1-trichloroethane.
The company stores  waste oil and solvents in an underground  tank.

     In September  1979,  PA DER found high concentrations of  TCE, 1,1,1-
trichloroethane,  1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and  cis-1,2-
dichloroethylene  in on-site wells.  Subseguent sampling by a
consultant to  Transicoil confirmed the results.

     An estimated  99,400 people obtain drinking water from public  and
private wells  within  3 miles of the site.
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The Medley Farm Drum Dump covers 2 acres in Gaffney, a rural area in
Cherokee County, South Carolina. In about 1973, an unknown person buried
about 5,400 drums and dug six lagoons in a clearing in the woods of the
Medley Farm. On June 1, 1983, an anonymous caller informed the State of
the site. At the State's request, EPA investigated and found that all
the drums were rusted and seme had leaked or were leaking. EPA analyses
indicated that the drums contained numerous flammable organic liquids,
including toluene, benzene, vinyl chloride, and PCBs. The six unlined
lagoons held 300,000 gallons of contaminated rain water and tons of
sludges. On June 21, 1983, EPA started to clean up the site using CERCLA
emergency funds. EPA removed 2,400 cubic yards of contaminated soil and
sludges plus the drums and their contents (25,000 gallons of liquids).
The liquids in the lagoons were treated on-site and discharged. The
lagoons were then filled in.

Ground water on and off the site is contaninated with volatile
organic chemicals, including chloroform and ],],2-trichloroethane,
according to tests conducted by the South Carolina Department of Health
and Environmental Control. About ]20 people draw drinking water
fron private wells within 3 miles of the site.

Thickety Creek, a tributary of Jones Creek, is about 300 feet down-
gradient of the site. Surface and subsurface flows are such that Thickety
Creek is threatened.
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ROCHESTER PROPERTY
Travelers Rest, South Carolina

Conditions at listing (June 1986); The Rochester Property covers
about 2 acres in Travelers Rest, a rural area in Greenville County, South
Carolina. In 1971-72, the property owner permitted licjuid industrial
wastes containing volatile organic chemicals and arsenic to be buried in
four trenches in what had been farm land.

The wastes came from Polymer Industries of Greenville, South Carolina,
according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control (DHEC). During an inspection in September 1982, the State
observed wastes seeping out of the ground.

In November 1984, DHEC detected arsenic and volatile organic .chemicals,
including trichlorofluoromethane, in soils on the site.

Site soils are permeable. Thus, contaminants can move into ground
water, which occurs at depths of 10 feet and is the source of drinking
water for about 1,000 people within 3 miles of the site. All drinking
water is from shallow private wells; no municipal supplies are available.

The site is about 200 feet upgradient from a small stream.

Status (September 1986): EPA is considering various alternatives
for the site.
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SANGAMO-WESTON INC./TWELVE-MILE CREEK/LAKE HARTWELL PCB CONTAMINATION
Pickens, South Carolina

The Sanqamo-Weston, Inc./Twelve-Mile Creek/Lake Hartwell PCB Contamination
Site consists of PCB-contaminated portions of the Twelve-Mile Creek Basin system
and the Twelve-Mile Creek arm of Lake Hartwell. The site is in northwestern
South Carolina, in Pickens, Pickens County. Sanqamo has manufactured electrical
capacitors on a 224-acre area in Pickens since 1955. PCBs were used in
production of the capacitors between 1955 and 1976.

As required by CERCLA section 103(c), Sanqamo notified EPA that it had
disposed of approximately 38,700 cubic yards of PCB-contaminated waste on its
plant site and an undetermined amount of waste in seven satellite dumps., all in
the Twelve-Mile Creek Basin. Solid, sludqe, and liquid wastes were stored or
disposed of in piles, landfills, and impoundments. EPA is continuinq to search
for any additional sources of contamination that may exist.

EPA and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control
(DHEC) detected .PCBs in run-off leavinq the Sanqamo-Weston Pickens Plant and
throuqhout the Twelve-Mile Creek Basin, includinq Lake Hartwell. Specific
streams in which PCBs have been detected include: unnamed tributaries located
downqradient from the Sanqamo-Weston Pickens Plant and flowinq into Town Creek,
Twelve-Mile Creek, Golden Creek, Middle Fork Twelve-Mile Creek, and North Fork
Twelve-Mile Creek. Lake Hartwell and Twelve-Mile Creek are used for recreation '
and drinkinq water.

In December 1984, residents of Catteechee, South Carolina, initiated law-
suits aqainst Sanqamo and two other companies over alleqed health effects
resultinq from exposure to PCBs. Sanqamo-Weston has removed over 17,000 cubic
yards of PCB-contaminated waste from some past disposal areas located on and off
the plant property. These wastes are contained in an EPA-approved landfill.

PCBs have been detected by DHEC and EPA in the drinkinq-water distribution
system of the Easley-Central Water Plant, which serves -14,500 people. The plant
intake is in Twelve-Mile Creek. Clemson University has an intake in the Twelve-
Mile Creek arm of Lake Hartwell. It serves 15,800 students and employees.

PCB contamination in Lake Hartwell and its tributaries was first discovered
in 1975. It was traced to effluent from the Sanqamo-Weston Pickens Plant and
from other sources in the watershed. Since 1977, EPA and DHEC have monitored
PCB levels in fish taken from Lake Hartwell. Over the years, levels have been
declininq, althouqh the rate of decline appears to be slowinq.

From 1983 until early 1986, the Aqency for Toxic Substances and Disease
Reqistry reviewed data reqardinq possible exposures to PCBs in Pickens County. The
aqency said PCBs appear to present no imminent or substantial public health threat._

In Auqust 1986, EPA neqotiated a Consent Aqreement with Sanqamo-Weston for
samplinq to determine the extent of contamination at the Brazeale dump, one of
the seven satellite dumps. The 0.5-acre dump was used for landfillinq 24,000 •
cubic feet of PCB waste. The Brazeale property is on Wolf Creek Road about 1
mile southwest of Pickens. In November 1985, after findinq PCB levels as hiqh
as 27,000 ppm in soil samples, EPA removed a mobile home from the property.

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••}. MALLORY CAPACITOR CO.
';>: Waynesboro, Tennessee

> ^ Mallory Capacitor Co. formerly manufactured electrical capacitors on
art 8.5-acre site in a small residential community in Waynesboro, Wayne
G&inty, Tennessee. The site is in the floodplain of the Green River.
..
>. ;•?. This facility, a former shoe factory, was purchased by P.R. Mallory
land Co. Inc., in 1968. In 1969, the company, now known as Mallory Capacitor
;Co. , began to manufacture capacitors using PCBs as a dielectric fluid.
In 1978, Mallory switched to dioctyl phthalate as a dielectric fluid.
Dart Industries, Inc., acquired Mallory Capacitor Co. in early 1979 and
sold it later in the year to Ehihart Industries, Inc. As part of the
sales agreement with Bnhart, certain PCB wastes, a buried tank, and
contaminated soil were removed from the site and sent to an approved PCB
disposal facility.

-• PCBs entered the environment through spills, leaks, and intentional
sdischarges, according to investigations conducted by EPA. On July 31,
':1984, the plant voluntarily closed because of the discovery of PCB
•contamination throughout the site.

In 1985, tests conducted by EPA, Mallory, and its contractors detected
PCBs in on-site sand and off-site wells downgradient of the site. An
estimated 900 people obtain drinking water from wells and springs within
3 miles of the site. Sediments downstream from the site also contain
PCBs, according to Mallory. Surface water within 3 miles downstream of
the site is used for fishing and swimming.
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AIR FORCE PLANT 14/GENERAL DYNAMICS
Fort Worth, Texas

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Air Force Plant #4 occupies approxi-
mately 650 acres in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. General Dynamics operates
the plant, which manufactures aircraft for the Air Force. In November 1982, the
Air Force and General Dynamics notified EPA via the National Response Team that
hazardous substances were found in a storm water outfall that drains into a creek
on the west side of the plant. Under Air Force supervision, General Dynamics con-
structed a french drain and a collection basin at the outfall. Since that time,
leachate from the drain and outfall has been collected, stored, and disposed of in
an EPA-approved disposal facility. In 1983, the Air Force removed 21,300 cubic
yards of contaminated soil-from closed waste pits and disposed of the soil at an
approved disposal facility.

The Air Force has drilled numerous test holes and 97 monitoring wells in and
around 20 areas, which cover a total of about 8 acres. Many of the areas have
contained hazardous substances. Analyses of the wells indicate that ground water
in the upper zone under the site is contaminated with several organic chemicals
and heavy metals. Several deeper wells were drilled at the site into the Paluxy
aquifer, which is the source of drinking water for nearby residents, including
the municipality of White Settlement (population 13,420). Two wells have been
found to be contaminated by 1,2-transdichlorethylene and trichloroethylene.

The plant is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of Defense
has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and controlling
the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites.

At the reguest of the Air Force, EPA has further investigated off-site
areas, including several White Settlement wells, sediment in the creek and Lake
Worth, and selected residential wells near the site. EPA drilled four monitoring
wells near the plant area. The White Settlement municipal wells and the four EPA
wells are monitored on a quarterly basis by EPA.

In November 1980, the facility received Interim Status under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when General Dynamics and the Air Force filed
Part A of a permit application to treat and dispose of hazardous wastes.

Status (April 1987); Phase II (preliminary survey) of the Installation
Restoration Program is underway.

This site is being reproposed to be consistent with EPA's recently proposed
policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned facilities that
are subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA. EPA is
soliciting comments on the Hazard Ranking System score for the sites, which
includes areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
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•'••••: A--;-./ •• •:..."-.•.-•-•- .-'.. BRIO REFINING CO., INC. •" •.•••. ' '-.- • ••••
-, :•: /•; ' ' .';. • :•-' v . Friendswpod, Texas . . .-.

Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Brio Refining Co., Inc.,
Site consists of approximately 12 closed pits on a 50-acre site in Harris
County south of Houston near Friendswood, Texas. Tanks and processing
facilities remain on a portion of the site. The facility was operated
from the late 1950s to December 1982. Earlier operations carried out at
the site included copper catalyst regeneration, oil blending and refining,
and hydrocarbon (styrene) cracking. Previous owners or operators of
the facility have included Hard Lowe Chemical, Lowe Chemical, Phoenix
Chemical, JOG Oil Aromatics, and Friendswood Refining.

-Spills have entered the nearby Mud Gulley and subsequently, via Clear
Creek, into Galveston Bay. A recent inspection by EPA indicated that
shallow ground water 'is potentially contaminated with copper, vinyl
chloride, fluorene, styrene, and ethylbenzene. In January 1984, EPA
detected toluene, benzene, and other aromatic organic chemicals in the
air. A housing development borders the site on the north.

Status (January 1986): The parties potentially responsible for wastes
associated with the site have organized themselves into the Brio Task
Force. On June,27, 1985, 14 members of the Task Force signed an
Administrative Order on Consent with EPA to conduct a remedial investi-
gation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination
at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action. Initial
field work began on May 17, 1985.

EPA is deferring!final rulemaking on this site because it has received
additional technical information and needs more time to evaluate this
information. The Brio Refining Co., Inc., Site will remain in proposed
status until a later rulemaking.
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                        SHERIDAN DISPOSAL SERVICES
                             Hempstead, Texas

     The Sheridan Disposal Services Site is approximately  9 miles  north-
northwest of Hempstead in a predominately agricultural area in Waller  County,
Texas.  It consists of a 1,4-22 acre surface impoundment and a 40-acre.
evaporation system; at one time, an incinerator also was in operation.  The
company collected a wide range of petrochemical and general industrial wastes
from Gulf Coast industries.  The impoundment began operation in  the  late  1950s.
The State ordered it to close in 1976, then in 1984 ordered the  entire site  to
close.  In response, Sheridan Disposal Services constructed the  40-acre
evaporation system for treatment of accumulated rain water and covered approxi-
mately 7 acres of the impoundment with construction debris and soil.

     Of the two shallow water-bearing zones at the site, the upper zone is
contaminated with about 200 parts per billion, total, of chlorodibromanethane ,
1, 1,1-trichloroethane, and isophorone, according  to limited data collected
by EPA and parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with  the
site.  The extent of contamination of both zones  is being  studied  in an ongoing
remedial investigation of ground water.  The deeper zone provides  drinking
water for approximately 500 people within 3 miles of the site.   The  site  is
located in alluvial deposits about 250 feet from  the Brazos River, within the
100-year floodplain.

     The Brazos River is not now impacted by the site, according to  EPA analyses
of upgradient and downgradient samples of river water.  A  water  overflow  from
the site in 1978 caused a fish kill in Clark Lake, a private lake  adjacent to
the site.  Recent air testing by EPA found that no toxic compounds were present
above background levels.

     In April 1984, approximately 60 potentially responsible parties set  up
the Sheridan Site Cotmiittee.  It began negotiating with the State  and  EPA,
hired an engineering contractor who is investigating ground water  at the  site
and has also taken the following remedial actions:  transferred  approximately
1.5 million gallons of water from the impoundment to the evaporation system;
repaired, strengthened, and raised the dikes around the impoundment  and the
evaporation system to above the 100-year floodplain; and transferred approxi-
mately 6,000 gallons of oil floating on top of the impoundment to  on-site
tanks .

     On February 5, 1987, the Sheridan Site Committee entered into an
Administrative Order on consent with EPA to conduct a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to control the source and migration of contaminated  ground
water from the site.
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/••, V"' : '•'•'" / ':V'*'SOL LiNN/INDUSTRIAL TRANSFORMERS 4'
• •".'.'-•• • •'-.- Houston, Texas . j.-.:

Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Sol Lynn/Industrial
Transformers Site consists of three commercial lots on Joop 610 in
Houston, Harris County, Texas. The 1-acre site, which ^s within 0.5
miles of the Astrodome, Astroworld amusement park, several industrial
plants, and apartment complexes, is contaminated by trichloroethylene
(TCE) and PCBs. A transformer reclamation company and a chemical supply
company previously used the property. According to analyses conducted
by the State, oil containing PCBs and approximately 75 drums of TCE were
dumped or spilled on the ground behind warehouse buildings on the site.
A well on. the site..is highly contaminated with TCE, and sediment samples
from a drainage ditch are contaminated with PCBS and TCE.

The State filed suit against .the present owner in March 1983. In a
deposition in February 1984, the owner stated that he does not have the
financial resources to clean up the.site. In April 1984, the State
started to prepare the case for trial. ;

Status (January 1986); The State continues to gather information to -
prepare the case for trial. The case seeks no injunctive action but
punitive'actions.

Under a cooperative agreement with EPA, the State is conducting a
remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
action.

EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it has received
additional technical information and needs more time to evaluate this
information. The Sol Lynn/Industrial Transformers Site will remain in
proposed status until a later rulemaking.
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The Midvale Slag Site covers 300 acres in Midvale, Salt Lake
County, Utah. Midvale (population 10,000) is part of the Salt Lake
City Metropolitan area (population 936,000). Between 1902 and 1971,
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. smelted ores on the
site to produce copper, gold, lead, and silver. The site consists of
piles of slag estimated at 2 million tons that remain from the smelting
operations. The smelter no longer exists. In 1971, Valley Materials,
Inc., acquired the site and processes the slag into materials for
railroad beds and asphalt highways.

Testing by the Utah Department of Health indicated that the slag
contains high concentrations of arsenic and heavy metals. The slag is
found on the surface and down to a depth of 20 feet. Hence there is a
potential for ground water contamination. Several municipal wells serving
an estimated 38,000 people are within 3 miles of the site.

The Jordan River, which forms the western boundary of the site, is
not contaminated to date, according to tests conducted by EPA in May
1985. However,, slag piles are as close as 50 feet to the river, causing
concern that the river can become contaminated.
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... ... - . OLSON/NBIHART RESERVOIR
•••'••.-.:'.•'. '.•'•"• ..••.,'.-.-•-:•'.'•.: -Wasatch County,. Utah •.'--. . .-.- ..

:Conditions at listing (October 1QR4); The Olson/Neihart Reservoir
covers 5 acres in Wasatch County, Utah. It is located on McHenry Creek,
a minor tributary of the Provo River, a major stream. About 200,000
cubic yards of mill tailings from the Mayflower Mountain Mine, approxi-
mately 1.25 stream miles upgradient, were placed in the reservoir,
according to the State. They contain elevated levels of numerous heavy
metals. The reservoir is currently used to store and release irrigation
water.

According to analyses conducted by the State, surface waters off the
site are contaminated with cadmium, lead, and arsenic. A major dam and
.reservoir-, the Jordanelle, will be .constructed downstream, of the site.

Status (January 1986); This site is included in a multisite coop-
erative agreement between EPA and the State of Utah. The State is currently
developing a workplan for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action.

This mining site is not'being placed .on the NPL at this time because
it ceased mining before Aug. 3, 1977, the enactment date of__the Surface
Mining Control and'Reclamation Act'(SMCPA). Therefore,'it^may be eligible
for reclamation funds under SMCRA. EPA is deferring final rulemaking
until it adopts a policy on the relationship that SMCPA should have to
the NPL.
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.... SHARON :STEEL CORP.'. (MIDVALE TAILINGS)
•'.'•'' • .V .,;.':..••; . .*•:•.• ••,.. v'- :' .: .^Midvale, Utah-, . •-. . ..-.-".... . ...

' Conditions at listing (October 1984); Sharon Steel Corp. owns a
mill tailings site in Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah. Midvale
(population 10,000) is a part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area
(population 936,000). Metals were milled on the 260-acre site from about
1910 to 1971. Approximately 10 million tons of mill tailings containing
high concentrations of lead, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, and zinc
remain on the site. Sharon Steel purchased the site in 1979.

This site was first proposed as "Sharon Steel Corp. (Midvale
Smelter)."

.• .. Issues of concern at the.site include air contamination from wind-
blown tailings, tailings washing into- the Jordan River, and impacts on
ground water. Ground water samples have shown contamination with arsenic
and lead, according to analyses conducted by the State and Sharon Steel.
About 500,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as
a source of drinking water.

Status (January 1986); This site is included in a multisite coop-
erative agreement between EPA and the State of Utah. "The State has a
contractor to perform a' remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent of Contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action.

This mining site is not being placed on the NPL at this time because
it ceased mining before Aug. 3, 1977, the enactment date of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Therefore, it may be eligible
for reclamation funds under SMCRA. EPA is deferring final rulemaking
until it adopts a policy on the relationship that SMCRA should have to
the NPL.
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                         TOOELE ARMY DEPOT (NORTH AREA)
                                  Tboele, Utah

        Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Tooele .Army Depot (TEAD),
   Tooele, Tooele County, Utah, consists of two separate areas, the North
   Area and the South Area.  The North Area covers about 25,000 acres in
   Tooele Valley south and west of Tooele.

        TEAD's mission is fourfold: store ammunition, demilitarize  ammunition,
   rebuild military equipment, and store military equipment.   In fulfilling
   its mission, TEAD decommissions munitions by cutting the casings and
   removing and recycling the explosive material.  The casings are  then
   rinsed with water to remove residual explosives.  Between  1948 and 1965,
   rinse waters were discharged into the "TNT Washout Area,"  which  covers
   less than 1 acre in the North Area.  The Army has detected TNT and RDX, an
   experimental explosive, in soil near the TNT Washout Area, threatening
   ground water.  About 2,500 people depend on ground water within  3 miles
   of the site as a source of drinking water.

        TEAD is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
   specially funded program established in 1975 under which the Departinent
   of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste-
   sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these
   sites.  The Army has completed Phase I (records search).

        Status (July 1985);  EPA is negotiating an interagency agreement with
   TEAD to perform a remedial investigation to define the nature and extent  of
   contamination at the site and take the necessary corrective action.
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WASATCH CHEMICAL CO. (DDT 6)
Salt Lake City, Utah

The Wasatch Chemical Co. (Lot 6) Site covers 6 acres in Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake County, Utah. Wasatch beqan formulating various organic chemical
products, including pesticides, on 15 acres in the early 1960s. Subsequently,
the site was subdivided into parcels of 6 and 9 acres, which are now owned
by two separate entities. Lot 6 has not been used since before 1980.

The Utah Department of Health estimates that approximately 2,300 cubic
yards of wastes have been disposed in a concrete pond and in drums on Lot
6. During an inspection in June 1985, the State found 48 drums holding
ignitable and reactive liquids and 13 pressurized gas cylinders in poor
condition; several of the drums were leaking. Residential and commercial
industrial areas are within a few hundred yards of the drum storage area.
Approximately 85,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.

Additional wastes from the operation were discharged into the 700
West Stream, a ditch that drains into the Jordan River.

Tests conducted by the State in June 1985 detected several chemicals,
including pesticides and methyl isobutyl ketone, in ground water. 700
West Stream also has elevated levels of some of these compounds.

About 60,000 people obtain drinking water frcm private wells within
3 miles of the site. The nearest well is within 2,000 feet. No alternative
source of water is available in the area. The Jordan River/Surplus Canal
is used primarily for industrial, irrigation (3 square miles), and
recreational purposes.

In January 1986, the State requested the owner of Lot 6 and a number
of other parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the
site to remove drums and other materials from Lot 6. When they refused,
the State filed an action in Federal Court seeking the potentially responsible
parties (PRPs) to remove the drums and compensate the State for its costs.
in February 1986, the State and EPA negotiated a Consent Order under CERCLA
section 106 for the drums.

In April 1986, during a CERCLA emergency removal action, EPA detected
dioxin in drums, standing water, and soil on the site. In the removal
action, EPA (1) excavated contaminated soil, (2) transported non-dioxin
drums and soil and the cylinders to a hazardous waste landfill permitted
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and (3) placed dioxin-
contaminated materials in a temporary storage unit adjacent to Lot 6. EPA
has reached a partial agreement with several PRPs to pay for a portion of
the emergency action. The PRPs have also agreed to provide and maintain a
storage facility for the dioxin materials pending final disposal.
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ATLANTIC WOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Portsmouth, Virginia
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The Atlantic Wood Industries, Inc., Site consists of a wood-treating
facility and adjacent river water and sediment in the city of Portsmouth,
Virginia. The site is on the South Branchaof the Elizabeth River, approxi-
mately 7 miles upstream from Chesapeake .Say. The facility covers 15 acres?
the area of contaminated river sediment Us-undetermined. The facility has
been in operation since 1926.

Contaminants of concern are creosote and pentachlorophenol, both
wood preservatives used by the facility. Wastes present on-site include:
350,000 gallons of creosote and creosote-contaminated water in leaking
above-ground storage tanks, an unknown quantity of creosote-contaminated
sediment and soils, and 20,000 cubic feet of landfilled wood chips con-
taminated with creosote and pentachorophenol.

According to sampling conducted by.';EPA, Atlantic Wood, and the
Virginia State Water-Control Board, wastes pn-site have contaminated
ground water, which is infiltrating a storm sewer owned by the City of
Portsmouth. The storm sewer outfall discharges into an intertidal
drainage ditch that is part of the South Branch of the Elizabeth River.
EPA has detected high concentrations of creosote in the ditch, and
benzene and naphthalene, both constituents of creosote, in air above the
ditch. Approximately 14,000 people work within 0.5 miles of the ditch.

The South Branch of the Elizabeth River is an estuarine, tidal water
body. Tides would be expected to carry contaminants upstream to waters
used for crabbing and to estuarine wetlands. Oyster beds are located
within 3 miles downstream of the site. Studies by the Virginia Institute
of Marine Science have shown that oysters within this reach have accumulated
significant levels of creosote constituents.
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. ....I"...'..' ...... /CULPEPER WOOD, PRESERVERS«., INC., . . .
• '•''• ; • ' Culpepe'r County, Virginia' '"•'•'- t

Conditions at listing (October 1984); Since 1976, Culpeper Wbod
Preservers, Inc., has treated wood with a chromated copper arsenate
solution on a 20-acre site in the outskirts of Culpeper, Culpeper County,
Virginia. In February 1981, approximately 100,000 gallons of waste
containing significant levels of arsenic and chromium spilled from an
impoundment, contaminating neighboring surface waters. In February
1981, EPA issued an administrative complaint against Culpeper Wbod Pre-
servers under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). In
September 1981, the site owner agreed to issuance of a Consent Agreement
and.Consent Order requiring certain remedial actions.

Ground water under :the" site 'is contaminated with.arsenic and chromium,
according to analyses conducted by the State. About 2,000 people depend
on the contaminated aquifer within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.

Status (January 1986): In March 1985, EPA completed a search for
parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the Site. In
April 1985, EPA issued a Notice Letter informing Jefferson Homebuilders,
Inc., of its responsibility for operations at the site.

EPA assessed the need for removal action at the site in July 1985 and
concluded that a removal was not warranted at that time.

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the MPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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                       DIXIE CAVERNS COUNTY LANDFILL
                              Salem, Virginia

     The Dixie Caverns County Landfill covers 27 acres in Salem,- Roanoke
County, Virginia.   Roanoke County operated the landfill from 1955  to
1976, accepting  itunicipal refuse,  industrial sludge, norihalogenated
solvents, and other wastes.

     In 1983, EPA observed uncontrolled leachate from the site entering
local streams.   In subsequent site investigations, EPA identified  an
uncontrolled pile of  emission control dust from an electric steel  furnace.
The pile consists of  an  estimated 15,000 cubic yards of dust.  The dust,
which is migrating via surface drainage, contains high levels of lead and
cadmium, according to EPA.

     Conditions  at the site threaten ground water and surface water.   An
estinated 2,100  people draw drinking water from private wells within 3
miles of the site.  Dixie Caverns, a tourist attraction, is located 1
mile downstream  of the site.
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H&H, INC., BURN PIT
Farrington, Virginia

The H&H, Inc., Burn Pit covers approximately 1 acre 0.5 miles south
of Farrington in Hanover County, Virginia. The site is owned by the
former owner of Haskell Chemical Co. It was used exclusively by the
company between 1960 and 1976 for disposal of solvents containing printing
inks and of paint-manufacturing wastes. These materials were transported
from the Haskell factory in Richmond to the site in drums, which were emptied
into the shallow unlined pit and burned. As required by section 103(c) of
CERCLA, Haskell reported to EPA that it had delivered an estimated 750
cubic feet of waste materials to the site. Virginia State Health Department
files indicate that 1,000 empty drums were on-site prior to remedial
activities undertaken in 1982.

EPA sampling in March 1984 indicated that PCBs are being discharged off-
site via surface drainage. Also, toluene, xylene, and benzene are present
in a monitoring well downgradient of the pit.

An estimated 2,700 people draw drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well is about 1,000 feet away.

Surface waters within 3 miles downstream of the site are used for
fishing. A fresh-water wetland, as designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service, is within 3,000 feet- of the pit.

Access to the site is unrestricted. Thus, people and animals can
come in direct contact with hazardous substances at the site.

In response to enforcement actions by the Virginia State Department
of Health, H&H, Inc., and Haskell removed contaminated soil, took measures
to control erosion and sedimentation, and installed monitoring wells
in 1982.
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. . ' . . ; . , IBM CORP..(MANASSAS PLANT SPILL) .
•"'"•.' ' : :- '•'••:•' " Manassas, Virginia '•."'"•-' • . • • ' •"" •' •

Conditions at listing (October 1984): Fran 1970 to 1975V IBM Corp.
degreased electrical components at its plant in Manassas, Prince William
County, Virginia. The operations involved storing, using, and recycling
chlorinated organic solvents. Spills during maintenance have contaminated
ground water with a variety of chlorinated organic solvents, according to
analyses conducted by IBM. The contaminated aquifer within 3 miles of the
site provides drinking water to about 32,000 people.

The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and.Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.

. ' .Status" (January 19R6): ' IBM is performing studies to determine the
extent of the contamination. IBM has also excavated soil containing
chlorinated organic solvents. EPA is reviewing information provided by
IBM on the soil removal.

IBM has filed Part B of its RCRA permit application.. Part B
includes a workplan for taking corrective action under RCRA section'
3008(h).

This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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LOVE'S CONTAINER SERVICE LANDFILL
Buckingham County, Virginia

Conditions at listing (April 1985); Love's Container Service Landfill
covers 8 acres in a rural area near the town of Buckingham, Buckingham
County, Virginia. Buckingham County purchased the landfill from Love's
Container Service in May 1982. Love's Container Service began accepting
municipal waste in 1962. In 1972, the Virginia State Health Department
issued the facility a permit to dispose of municipal waste. In 1977,
the permit was modified to allow disposal of chemical wastes generated
by the local furniture-making industry. In 1979, the portion of the
landfill receiving the above wastes was closed.

In 1980, the facility received Interim Status as a hazardous waste
disposal facility under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act by "
filing Part A of permit application. Subsequently, the facility accepted
1,254 drums of used organic solvents and flammable liquids/solids.
These wastes were placed, in trenches separated from the previously closed
portion of the site.

The facility stopped accepting hazardous waste after December 1981.
In May 1983, Buckingham County closed the new portion of the site in
accordance with plans approved by the Virginia State Health Department.

Sampling conducted by EPA in September 1983 indicates that on-site
ground water and off-site residential well water are contaminated by
chromium and beryllium. In early 1985, one residential well was
contaminated. About 1,100 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the
site as a source of drinking water.

Status (January 1986); In late 1985, EPA determined that an immediate
removal was not warranted at that time.
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             RENTOKIL, INC.  (VIRGINIA WDOD PRESERVING DIVISION)
                              Richmond, Virginia

      Rentokil,  Inc. (Virginia Wood Preserving Division) has operated.a
 wood-treatment  facility on  a 4-acre site in Richmond, Henrico County,
 Virginia, since 1965.  Until about 1981, the company used creosote and
 pentachlorophenol as preservatives.  In 1982, use of pentachlorophenol
 was discontinued, and chromated copper arsenate came into use.  Creosote
 continued in use.

      EPA has detected high  concentrations of chrcmated copper arsenate
 in an unlined surface impoundment on the site.  Rentokil has detected
 the seme contaminant in run-off, soils, and a monitoring well on the
 site.  An estimated 350 people draw drinking water from private wells
 that tap the contaninated aquifer within 3 miles of the site.  The nearest
 private well, which is within 1,300 feet of the site, is not contaminated
 to date.

      Run-off from the site  enters North Run, which is used for swimming
 within  1.5 miles of the site.
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SAUNDERS SUPPLY CO.
Chuckatuck, Virginia

Saunders Supply Co. has treated wood on a site in Chuckatuck, Suffolk
County, Virginia, since 1964. From 1964 to 1984, the facility used a
pentachlorophenol/No.2 Fuel Oil mixture as a wood preservative. Chronated
copper arsenate was also used starting in 1974 and is still in use. The
spent pentachlorophenol/oil mixture was disposed by burning in an unlined
pit, which resulted in the generation of dioxin compounds.

Tests conducted by EPA in November 1984 detected elevated levels of
chromium in Godwin's Mill Pond Reservoir, a source of drinking water for
over 30,000 people in Suffolk, Virginia. A fresh-water wetland is within
1,000 feet downstream of the point where chromium was found. The tests
also found pentachlorophenol, lead, chromium, and arsenic in the Columbia
aguifer, which supplies private wells serving over 1,990 people within 3
miles of the site. The nearest well is approximately 1,900 feet from
the site.

In 1983, the company excavated some contaminated soil and transported
ib to an EPA-approved landfill. A recovery well was drilled, and contaminated
ground water is pumped out of the well and recycled back into a treatment
system.
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                     HIDDEN VALLEY LANDFILL (THUN FIELD)
                          Pierce  County,  Washington

       The Hidden Valley Landfill,  located next to Thun Field, covers
  about 75 acres near Puyallup in Pierce  County, Washington,  From 1967
  to 1983, the landfill, an old gravel pit, accepted liquid and solid
  waste.  Approximately 48 acres  have been covered with waste.  The
  landfill has no liner or leachate collection system.  Originally, the
  landfill was operated by Pierce County  on leased land.  Land Recovery,
  Inc., purchased the property in 1977 and now operates the landfill.

       In 1982, a consultant  to the Taccma-Pierce County Health Department
  detected metals and organic chemicals,  including manganese and methylene
  chloride, in ground water on the site.   About 7,300 people are served
  by 35 public water supply systems drawing ground water within 3 miles
  of the site.  The nearest well  is 1,000 feet from the site.

       A fresh-water wetland  is within 1  mile of the site.
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NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND
(AULT FIELD)
Whidbey Island, Washington

The Naval Air Station (MAS) at Whidbey Island in Island County,
Washington, was comiissioned in September 1942. It covers over 7,000
acres and is conposed of two bases — Ault Field and Seaplane Base — 5
miles apart. The mission of MAS Whidbey Island is to maintain and operate
facilities and provide services and materials in support of the Navy's
aviation activities and units.

Ault Field contains most of the military activities. Its major ,
waste generating activities include aircraft and vehicle maintenance and
washing, engine testing, nondestructive testing, parts cleaning, painting
and paint stripping, battery maintenance, pest control, public work
'maintenance, and transformer servicing. Wastes generated include carbon
tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, methyl ethyl ketone, toluene,
trichlorcethane, zinc, lead, caustic cleaners, waste paints, and
pentachlorophenols.

The Ault Field Site consists of 23 waste areas. To date,
contamination of ground water or surface water has not been documented.
The waste areas overlay both the shallow and the sea level aquifers.
These aquifers provide drinking water to about 21,000 people within
3 miles of the site. Local surface water bodies are used for recreation
and irrigation. One surface water intake, 6,500 feet fron the site, is
used to irrigate 66 acres of farmland. A fresh-water wetland is within
500 feet of the site.

MAS Whidbey Island is. participating in the Installation Restoration
Program, the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the
Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from
these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II
(preliminary survey) is scheduled to start in October 1985.
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NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND
(SEAPLANE BASE)
Whidbey Island, Washington

The Naval Air Station (NAS) at Whidbey Island in Island County,
Washington, was coimissioned in September 1942. It covers over 7,000
acres and is composed of two bases — Ault Field and Seaplane Base — 5
miles apart. The mission of NAS Whidbey Island is to maintain and operate
facilities and provide services and materials in support of the Navy's
aviation activities and units. Ault Field contains most of the military
activities.

The major waste generating activities at Seaplane Base involve
aircraft and vehicle maintenance, paint and paint stripping, and machine
•and boat shop activities. Wastes generated include solvents, zinc chronate,
lead-containing paint wastes, thinners, ethylene glycol, sulfuric acid,
and lead-based sealants. The Seaplane Base Site consists of six waste
areas (a landfill and five uncontained spills)'covering 7 acres. To
date, contamination of ground water or surface water has not been documented.
The waste areas potentially affect both the shallow and sea level aquifers.
These aquifers provide drinking water to about 16,500 people within 2
miles of the site. Local surface water bodies are used for recreation.
A coastal wetland is within 200 feet of the site.

NAS Whidbey Island is participating in the Installation Restoration
Program, the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the
Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants £ron
these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II
(preliminary survey) is scheduled to start in October 1985.
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NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE ENGINEERING STATION (4 WASTE AREAS)
Keyport, Washington

The Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station (NUWES) at Keyport,
Kitsap County, Washington, was acquired in 1913 to develop a still water
torpedo testing range. The main station, which is located on a peninsula
15 miles west of Seattle, covers slightly over 200 acres and employs
approximately 3*500 people. NUWES (Keyport) has been involved in a wide
variety of activities, including maintenance of torpedoes; storage of fuel
and ordnance; and production functions such as welding, plating, painting,
carpentry, and sheet metal work. Waste contaminants generated include
cadmium, chromium, copper, cyanide, lead, nickel, tin, zinc, carbon
tetrachloride, methyl ethyl ketone, and trichloroethylene.

Four waste disposal areas are included in this NPL site. The areas
are part of the same operation, have the same sources of contamination,
and have the same contaminants. They also threaten the sane ground water
and surface water. The four areas are: Keyport Landfill, situated in a
marsh and having no liner or leachate containment system; the Van Meter
Road Spills, an area about 100 x 200 feet located near an intermittent
creek that flows into a lagoon used for fishing and swimming; Sludge
Disposal Area, which covers about 100 feet x 200 feet and is located less
than 200 feet from Liberty Bay; and Liberty Bay Outfalls/ Shoreline, where
very substantial quantities of wastes were discharged directly into the
water. The waste from at least one of these areas, Keyport Landfill, is
in direct contact with ground water.

Thousands of gallons of wastes were dumped onto the ground at the
Van Meter Road Spill area. Up to 500 gallons of sludge were disposed of
at the Sludge Disposal Area. Sediment from the Liberty Bay Outfalls/
Shoreline area and from the landfill contain lead, cadmium, chromium, and
zinc, according to analyses conducted by a consultant to the Navy.
Liberty Bay is used for commercial shell fishing and recreation.

There are 135 private wells and 22 public-suppply wells drawing from
the surficial aquifer within 3 miles of the site. The wells serve a
total of 230 households.

NUWES (Keyport) is participating in the Installation Restoration
Program, the specially funded program established in 1978 under which
the Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past .
hazardous waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contami-
nants from these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search),
and Phase II (confirmation study) started in October 1985.
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National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
                               OLD INLAND PIT
                            Spokane,  Washington

       The Old Inland Pit covers  about ]0 acres in Spokane, Spokane
  County, Washington.  The property previously was owned by Inland
  Asphalt Co., but it is now under new ownership.

       In 1976, the unlined gravel pit began accepting baghouse emission
  dusts from Spokane Steel Foundry Co.   The company manufactures iron
  and steel parts at a foundry across the road from the Old Inland Pit.
  The pit is still operating, and during a recent EPA inspection there was
  evidence that baghouse emission dusts apparently continue to be dumped.

       Wastes in the pit contain  toxic metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium,
  and lead) and organic chemicals (acetone, methylene chloride, toluene,
  and trichloroethylene), according to tests conducted by EPA...

       The site overlies the Spokane  Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, which
  is the sole source of drinking  water for more than 30,000 people within
  3 miles of the site.  The soil  is permeable so that contaminants can
  move into ground water.
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National Priorities List Site

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

TOMAH MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL
Tomah, Wisconsin

The Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill covers 17 acres in a rural
area in Monroe County outside Tomah, Wisconsin. The City of Tomah owned
and operated the site from 1960 to 1979. It was licensed by the State to
accept municipal refuse. One local facility, Union Camp Corp., notified
EPA, as required by Section 103(c) of CERCLA, that it had sent to the
landfill 1,514 drums of wastes containing barium, chromium,, lead, spent
halogenated and nonhalogenated solvents, ethyl acetate, and 1,1,1-
trichloroethane.

In June 1984, EPA inspected the site and sampled ground water and
sediments in Deer Creek, which runs through the site. On-site ground
water was contaminated with heavy metals, including cadmium, chromium,
lead, and zinc, and organic chemicals, including benzene, toluene, vinyl
chloride, and xylenes. The sediments were contaminated with arsenic,
chromium, copper, lead, zinc, toluene, tetrachloroethene, and 2-butanone.

The City of Tomah's municipal well field, which serves 7,330 people,
is 2 miles from the site. An additional 1,700 people get drinking water
from private wells within 3 miles of the site. Deer Creek, which is
nearby, is a trout stream. A fresh-water wetland is within 1,000 feet of .
the site.
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National Priorities List Site

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

.'• ' MOBAY CHEMICAL CORP. (NEW MARTINSVILLE PLANT)
4:' New Martinsville, West Virginia

* .^Conditions at listing (October 1984): Mobay Chemical Corp.-manufactures
organic compounds, including polycarbonates, toluene diisocyanate, and
ferrous oxide pigments, in New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West Virainia.
The s*dte is bounded on the west by the Ohio River and on the south by
Beaver Creek. Since starting operation of the plant in the 1950s, Mobay
hafi'4'isposed of wastes in various areas on the property. Information
Mobay provided EPA in 1981 indicated that about 540,000 cubic feet of
process wastes were disposed of on the property. Many of the wastes
contained hazardous substances. EPA analyses of. soil and ground water
on and underlying the Mobay facility detected benzene, chlorobenzene
vinyl chloride, and other organic chemicals, many of them listed as being
disposed of on the site.

Approximately 1,700 people use wells within 3 miles of the Mobay
facility as their source of drinking water.

The plant acouired Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit appli-
cation.

Status (January 1986); On Jan. 16, 1986, Mobay entered into a
Consent Order with EPA under RCRA section 3013. The order calls for
sampling and monitorinq of the area surrounding and underlyinq the Mobay
facility.

This site remains in proposed status until "PA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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