PB95-964103
                                 EPA/ROD/R05-95/275
                                 February 1996
EPA  Superfund
       Record of Decision:
       Albion-Sheridan Township
       Landfill Site, Albion, MI
       3/28/1995

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                            DECLARATION

                   SELECTED REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE
                              FOR THE
              ALBION-SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP LANDFILL SITE
                         Albion, Michigan


Statement of Basis  and  Purpose

This decision document  presents the selected remedial  action and
contingent remedial action for  the  Albion-Sheridan Township
Landfill Site, Albion,  Michigan,  which were chosen in  accordance
with the Comprehensive  Environmental Response,  Compensation,  and
Liability Act  (CERCLA)  of  1.980,  as  amended by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization  Act  (SARA)  of 1986,  and,  to the
extent practicable, the National.Oil and Hazardous Substances
Pollution Contingency Plan (NCP).   This  decision  is based on the
administrative record for  this. Site.   The  State of Michigan
concurs with this  decision.

Assessment of the  Site                   .                   .

Actual or threatened releases of hazardous substances  from this
Site, if not addressed  by  implementing the response action in
this Record of Decision (ROD),  may  present an imminent and
'substantial endangerment to  public  health,  welfare,  or the
environment.

Description of the  Selected  Remedy

The purpose of this remedy is to reduce  the risks associated  with
exposure to the  contaminated materials on-site  and to eliminate
or reduce migration of  contaminants to the groundwater, and to
reduce the risks associated  with arsenic contamination in  the
groundwater.  The  remedy includes treatment of  principal threat
waste, but other contaminants will  remain  on-site above health-
based levels;  Human health  and the environment: will be protected
from these remaining contaminants by capping the  wastes.

The major components of the  selected remedy -include:

          Removal  and off-site  treatment and disposal of drums
          which  contain hazardous and liquid wastes  from Test Pit
          Area #9  and other  drums encountered during grading  of
          the  landfill  surface;

          Construction  of  a  solid waste  landfill  cover (cap)
          which  makes use  of a  Flexible  Membrane  Liner (FML)  over
          tthe  entire landfill mass,-

          Use  of institutional  controls  on landfill property  to
          limit  both land  and groundwater  use and on adjacent

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           property co limit only groundwater use until the clean-
           up standard is attained (estimated at 14 years) ,-

           Installation of an acti"- landfill gas collection
           system including flaring to treat the off -gas frrrr, zhe
           landfill,  unless U.S. EPA approves passive ventir.g
           following design studies;

           Monitoring of groundwater to ensure effectiveness of
           the remedial action in lowering' the arsenic  .
           concentration in groundwater through natural oxidation.

 The following contingent remedy for groundwater treatment is also
 selected for the site:

           Treatment of groundwater by in-situ oxidation if,  five
          •years after landfill cap installation, the arsenic
           contamination in the groundwater is not declining at
           the specified rate or if contamination threatens
           residential wells.                    .           .

 Statutory Determinations

 The selected remedy and the contingent remedy for groundwater are
 both protective of human health and  the  environment,  comply with
 Federal  and State requirements  that "are legally applicable  or
 relevant  and appropriate to  the  remedial  action,  and are  cost
 effective.   The selected • remedy  and the contingent  remedy  both
 utilize permanent solutions and alternative treatment or resource
 recovery  technologies  to the  maximum  extent practicable.   Both
 remedies also satisfy the statutory  preference  for remedies  that
 employ treatment that reduces  toxicity,  mobility,  or  volume  as a.
. principal element.          .      .            ^

 A review will be conducted within  five years after commencement of
 ;the remedial action to ensure  that the remedy continues to provide
 adequate protection  of  human health and  the  environment  because
 this remedy will result in hazardous substances remaining on site
 above health-based levels.

 State Concurrence

 The State of Michigan is in  agreement with the selected remedy and
 the contingent remedy for this site and has provided U.S. EPA with
 a letter of concurrence.
 Valdas . V . Adamkus                  .               Data
 Regional Administrator

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                                         STATE OF MICHIGAN
NATURAL RSSOURC2S
                           DEPARTMENT OP NATURAL RESOURCES
                              STBVBM* T MASON VUIIOINO. fC acx 33031. UNflMO Ml

                                         ROLAMO HMMU. OlMacer

                                               March 24, 1395
        Mr. Valdas V.  Adamkus, R-19J
        Administrator, Region 5
        U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
        77 West Jackson Boulevard                        •
        Chicago, Illinois  60604-3590

        Dear Mr. Adarakus:

        The Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR),  on behalf of the State of
        Michigan, ius reviewed the draft Record of Decision  (ROD)  for the Albion-
        Shandan Township Landfill Super fund site in Albion*  Calhoun  County,  Michigan.
        which we received on February S, 199S.   !
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Mr. Valdas V. Adankus
                                      -2-
Marcn 24, 1995
At a minimum, this remedy *i 11. achieve the suostantive reuuinsmtmu uf  4
Type C cleanup under the Michican Environmental Response Act  (MERA),  1982
PA 307, as amended".
the cleanup standards
time to ensure that the stanaards continue to oe .net.  Addlt:onal monitoring.
or remedial actions may be necessary in accordance: with R 299.5719(1) of the
MERA* in order to assure the effectiveness and integrity of the remedial action
beyond tnat time.                                ;
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                     However, :ne ROD only requires long-tern monitoring until
                      are attained, alas five years of monitoring beyond that
We look forward to the implementation of this remedy for tht Albion-Sheridan.
Township Landfill Superfuno site.  If you have any questions, please reel free
to contact Mr. William Bracford. Chief, Superfund. Section, Environmental
Response Division, at 517-373-8815, or you nay coatact me.

                                       Sincerely,.,
                                       Russell  J.  Hardino
                                       Deputy Director
                                       517-373-7917
cc:   *r. James Maylca, EPA
      Ms. Leah Evison, EPA
      Mr. Alan J. Howard, HOHR
      Mr. HiTHaai Bradford, MONR
      Ms. L'.sa Sumnerfleld, MOHR
      Mr. Janes Myers, MONR/Albi on-Sheridan

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                        TABLE OF CONTENTS
A. Site Location	•	 1
3 . Site History	.1
C.  Highlights of Community Participation.	2
D.  Summary of Current Site Condition	•	2
S.  Summary of Site Risks	3
?. Scope of the Remedy	12
G. Description of Alternatives	:	12
H.  Summary of Comparative Analysis of Alternatives	17
I. The Selected Remedy	23
J. Documentation of Significant Changes	28
X. Statutory Determinations	;	29
L.  Summary	36
M. Responsiveness Summary		36
N.  Glossary.	 .48

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             SUMMARY OF REMEDIAL ALTERNATIVE SELECTION


A.  SITE  LOCATION AMD DESCRIPTION

The Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill site (the "site") is an
inactive  landfill located at 29975 East Erie Road approximately
one mile  east -of  Albion,  Michigan on the eastern edge of Calhoun
County.   The landfill is  approximately 18 acres in area and its
boundaries  are  shown in Figure 1.
B.  SITB HISTORY

From  1966  to  1981,  the  landfill was privately owned and operated
by Mr. Gordon Stevick.   The landfill accepted municipal refuse
and industrial wastes from households and industries in the City
of. Albion  and nearby townships.  In the early 1970s, the Michigan'
Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)  approved the landfill to -
accept metal  plating sludges.   Other materials,  such as paint
wastes and thinners, oil and grease,  and dust,  sand, and dirt
containing fly ash  and  casting sand were also disposed of at the
site.  In  1980,  the MDNR collected and analyzed samples of non-
containerized sludges that were being disposed at the site.   The
sludges contained heavy metals, including chromium (250,000  •
mg/kg), zinc  (150,000 mg/kg),  nickel (1,000 mg/kg)  and lead (280
trig/kg) .  The  sludges remain buried at the site.   The landfill
ceased operation in.1981.

In 1986, a U.S.  EPA Field Investigation Team .(FIT)  contractor,
performed  a Site Screening Inspection for purposes of scoring the
gite  per the  Hazard Ranking System (HRS).   In 1988,  U.S.  EPA
proposed the  Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill  Site for inclusion
on the National Priorities List (NPL),  and in 1989,  the Albion-
Sheridan Township Landfill Site was officially placed'on the NPL
and designated a Superfund site.

During 1988 and 1989, a U.S.  EPA Technical Assistance Team
conducted  site inspections and observed surface  debris on the
landfill,  including drums which appeared to contain grease and
paint waste.   Sampling  showed that some drums contained wastes
classified as hazardous under RCRA because they were toxic and
ignitable. Some samples contained VOCs,  including ethylbenzene,
toluene, tetrachloroethylene,  1,1,1-trichloroethane,  and xylene.

As a  result of its  findings up to 1989,  U.S.  EPA determined  that
a removal  action was appropriate.   On March 19,  1990,  U.S. EPA
.issued a Unilateral Administrative Order to five potentially
responsible parties (PRPs).  On May 3,  1990,  the UAO was amended
to delete  one of the parties.

Later in 1990, two  PRPs performed the removal.   They removed
approximately 46 drums.from the surface of the  landfill.   Twenty-

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 two of these were  overpacked and sent to an off-site facility for
 incineration.   The remaining 24  drums were crushed and sent to a
 Type  2 landfill.

.In 1991, the Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill Site was selected
 as a  demonstration site  for  the  presumptive remedy for CERCLA
 municipal landfill sites, one of the tools, of acceleration within
 the Superfund Accelerated Clean-up  Model (SACM).   OSWER
 Directives No.  9355.3-11 "Conducting Remedial
 Investigations/Feasibility Studies  for CERCLA Municipal Landfill
 Sites" and No.  9355.0-49FS "Presumptive Remedy for CERCLA
 Municipal Landfill Sites" establish containment  as the
 presumptive remedy for CERCLA municipal landfills and provide
 guidance for streamlining the RI/FS process at these sites.

 On June 3,  1991,  U.S. EPA mailed special notice  letters to six
 PRPs  to begin negotiations for conducting a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study  (RI/FS).   No good faith offer was
 submitted by the deadline, and as a result,  U.;S.  EPA performed .
 the RI/FS using Superfund money.

 U.S.  EPA initiated the Remedial  Investigation/ Feasibility Study
 (RI/FS) in January 1992.  The work  was performed  by a contractor
 under the Alternative Remedial Contract Strategy  (ARCS).   U.S.
 EPA placed the  completed reports in the Administrative Record in
 September 1994.


 C.  COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION

 The Responsiveness Summary in Section L discusses the involvement
 of the community during the  RI/FS and remedy selection process
 and shows that  the public participation requirements of CERCLA
 Sections 113(k) (2) (i-v) and  117  have been met at  this site.. The
 decision is based  on the Administrative Record.
O.   SUMMARY OF CURRENT SZTB CONDITIONS

The  RI Report  in  the Administrative Record documents'the methods
and  results of the  remedial investigation at  the  Site and
additional details  concerning'site conditions may be found in
that document.  A summary of U.S. EPA's  findings  is given below.

      1.  Adjacent Land U««

A combination  of  residential, agricultural, commercial, and
industrial properties surrounds the Albion-Sheridan Township
Landfill.  One residence .is located immediately adjacent to the
landfill to the south and five additional residences are located
approximately  1000.  to 1500 feet southwest of  the  landfill along
East Erie Road.  An active railroad track borders East  Erie Road

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Co che south of the  landfill, and beyond  Che  railroad  Cracks  lies
che Norch Branch of  che Kalamazoo River.   South  of  che river  is
agriculcural land.

The sice does not fall wichin Che flood plain of Che river.
There are wetlands south of the site adjacent to the river, which
are not expected to  be impacted by site activities.

Amberton Village housing development is Located  adjacent  to the
site on the east side, with the closest residences  approximately
500 feet from the landfill.  Several residences  and commercial
businesses are located along Michigan Avenue  approximately 500
feet north of the site.  Immediately west of  the site  is
undeveloped land formerly used for agriculture.   Orchard  Knoll
subdivision is located approximately 1,500 feet  northwest of  the
landfill.  Approximately 2,000 feet northwest of. the site is  a
landfill associated  with Brooks Foundry.   Approximately one mile
west is the city of  Albion, with a population of 10,066 according
to the 1990 census.  This figure does not include approximately
1,700 students enrolled at Albion College in  the City  of Albion.

     2.  Landfill

The landfill is currently covered with 1  to 4 feet  of  silty sand
and some gravel.  Cover thickness averages approximately 2 feec.
Refuse is present within the cover material at some locations,
including sludge, glass fragments and insulation.  The  landfill
surface.is currently subsiding at rates of 0.04  feet to 0.13  feet
per year.  Refuse material is scattered at the ground surface
throughout, the landfill, particularly on  slopes.  This material
includes metal, plastic, concrete, asphalt, 55-gallon drums,
wood, tires,.a storage tank, and a junk crane.

Surface geophysical  data indicate that the landfill contains
considerable metallic debris, consistent  with what one would
expect of disposal practices associated with a municipal landfill
which accepted a variety of industrial wastes.   Test pitting
conducted by the MDNR uncovered one area  of concentrated drum
disposal, designated Test Pit Area 9 (TP-9), where an estimated
200 to 400; drums are present.  MDNR test  results  show that some
of the drums contain liquid and solid wastes and suspected paint
sludges, including up to 2.7 ppm arsenic,  730,000 ppm 1,2,4-
trimethyl benzene, 40,000 ppm m/p-xylene,  6,500  ppm acetone and
2,400 ppm aluminum.  Test pitting results are summarized in a
report entitled Technical Memorandum No.  1. prepared by ABB
Environmental Services, Inc., dated September 14, 1994, which is
included in the Administrative Record.

The landfill ranges  from 16 to 35 feet in thickness.  During
drilling of wells, U.S. EPA encountered refuse which was
interlayered with medium to fine sand.  The refuse  included
paper, cardboard, plastic, various metals, cloth, newsprint,

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rubber, leather, wood, glass, suspected  foundry sand,  styrofoam,
and purple and white crystalline material.

U.S. EPA encountered landfill gases during  installation of  wells
and subsidence monuments on the landfill, including some VOCs  at
concentrations greater than 10,000 ppm.  Subsurface samples
contained up to 1,500 ppm VOCs. Additional  information regarding
landfill gases may be found in Section 3 of the RI.

Samples of landfill waste from borings contained numerous
contaminants, including 10 VOCs, 19 semi-volatile organic
compounds (SVOCs), and 11 pesticides/PCBs.   The most concentrated
contaminant was 4-Methyl phenol at 15 mg/kg.   Several  -inorganic
substances were present above background levels in  subsurface
soils,  including antimony, arsenic, chromium,  copper,  lead,'
mercury, and zinc.  The highest concentrations include lead at
208 mg/kg, arsenic at 13.1 mg/kg and chromium  at 13.5  mg/kg.  One
sample was suitable for the TCLP metals analysis.   Results.
indicate the presence of barium and lead in the TCLP leachate,  *.
both below hazardous waste levels.

     3.  Groxindwmter

Groundwater flows beneath the site in the unconsolidated  glacial
sediments and the Marshall Formation sandstone.   The top  of the
water table appears to have only minimal contact  with .the waste
in the landfill.  The landfill is dug into  a series  of
unconsolidated sediments  (sand, gravel, silt and clay)  which
ranges in thickness at the site between 20  and 50 feet.
Groundwater in these unconsolidated sediments  is  in  communication
with the Marshall Formation bedrock.  The upper 5 to 25 feet of
the Marshall Formation is highly weathered  and fractured.
Groundwater flows fastest through a fractured,  but less highly
weathered zone just below that depth.

Groundwater flows generally to the west-southwest beneath the
landfill and curves to the south.near the North Branch of the
Kalamazoo River  (Figure 2) .  A leachate plume  in  the groundwater
emanates from the southwest side of the landfill.  Data from a
geophysical traverse located south of the river (500 feet south
of the landfill) did not indicate any groundwater contamination
south of the river.  Flow rates in the unconsolidated sediments
average 106 feet/year and in the most conductive  shallow bedrock
average 45 feet/year.  Vertical migration of shallow groundwater
is generally downward beneath the landfill  and upward south of
the landfill near the river.

Approximately 10 residential and business wells are  located
within 2000 feet of the site, including two wells which serve the
Amberton Village subdivision.  Where well depth is known,
'residents near the site obtain groundwater  from the Marshall
Formation at depths between 70 and 350 feet.   Three  City of

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Albion municipal wells are  located approximately one  mile west  of
the site and also obtain water  from  the  Marshall Formation,  as  do
other residences, businesses and  industries  in the  region.

In October 1992, U.S. EPA sampled groundwater from  4  upgradient
and 6'downgradient residential  wells near  the site.   No site-
related constituents were detected.  Bis(2-ethyl hexyl)phthalate,
a component of PVC piping,  was  detected  at an estimated
concentration of 1 ug/1 in  one  upgradient  residential well.
There is no Federal Maximum Contaminant  Level (MCL) for this
compound, but the health-based  clean-up  standard used by the
State of Michigan for this  compound  is 2.5 ug/1.  The
termiticide,i heptachlor, was detected in 2 downgradient and  1
upgradient residential wells, at .concentrations of  0.01 to 0.02
ug/1, well below the MCL of 0.4 ug/1.  Numerous inorganic
substances were detected at comparable levels in upgradient  and
downgradient residential wells, including  naturally-occurring
arsenic at"1-2 ug/1.  None  exceed MCLs arid none are attributed  to
the landfill.  A summary of constituents detected in  residential-
well sampling may be found  in Table  39 of  the RI.

U.S. EPA installed a total  of 31 monitoring  wells at  the  site.
Sampling results indicate that  contaminants  from the  landfill
have impacted ground water  due  to percolation of  landfill
leachate.  Many monitoring  wells had groundwater with contaminant
exceedances of Michigan Admin.  Code R. 299.5709 (Act  307 Type B)
levels- and four monitoring  wells showed  groundwater impact above
MCLs.

A leachate plume extends southwest of the  landfill for at least
900 feet (Pigur* 3} and extends vertically to a depth of
approximately 45 feet below the water table.   The major portion
of the plume appears to be  discharging to  the North Branch of the
Kalamazoo River, but does not result in  loading concentrations
above Michigan Admin. Code  R. 57 criteria.   A summary of
constituents detected in monitoring well samples  may  be found in
Table 28 of the RI.

In the unconsolidated aquifer,  U.S. EPA  detected  several organic
and inorganic constituents; two constituents,  1,2-dibromo-3-
chloropropane and antimony, were detected  at levels above the
MCL, in one well each.  In  the  bedrock aquifer, U.S.  EPA detected
a number of organic and inorganic constituents above  background
levels.  Vinyl chloride was detected at  the  MCL in one well and
detected at one additional  well.

The only constituent which  exceeded MCLs in  the bedrock aquifer
was arsenic.  Arsenic exceeded  the MCL at  one shallow bedrock
well, with a high of 126 ug/1 and was detected at lower levels in
27 additional wells installed in  the unconsolidated sediments and
the shallow bedrock.  This  pattern of contamination indicates

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chat the elevated arsenic levels are caused by'the  landfill
;Figure 4).

As described in the RI report for the site, U.S.  EPA attributes
the occurrence of arsenic in groundwater at the  site both to
release of arsenic from landfill wastes and to release from  the
Marshall Formation bedrock beneath the site.  U.S.  EPA found
arsenic in samples of landfill wastes, but- the concentrations
were not significantly higher than that found in background
subsurface soils near the site.  However, during test pitting,
the MDNR found wastes containing up to 2.7 mg/kg arsenic  in
deteriorated drums at Test Pit Area No. 9.  These wastes  and
other unknown buried wastes could be a source of  arsenic
contamination in groundwater dowhgradient,of the  site.

U.S. EPA attributes arsenic in groundwater at the site mainly to
release of arsenic naturally present in the Marshall Sandstone
beneath the site and possibly from the glacial sediments  (Saginaw
lobe sands)  overlying the bedrock.  Borings into  the Marshall
Sandstone beneath the site show that in addition  to  sandstone,  it
contains coal, shale, and pyrite (commonly associated with
arsenopyrite), all of which can contain arsenic.  These natural
sources of arsenic are present in the Marshall Sandstone  in  other
areas as well, and release small amounts of arsenic  to
groundwater under natural conditions.  The median arsenic
concentration in groundwater from the Marshall Sandstone
regionally is 2 ug/1.  Wells immediately upgradient  of this  site
contain up to 1.4 ug/1 arsenic.  Regionally,  the  sandy soil  of
the Saginaw glacial lobe which overlies the bedrock  at this  site
contains an average of 2.6 mg/kg arsenic and may  be  an additional
source of arsenic in groundwater at this site.

Assuming relatively uniform physical properties of the soil  and
bedrock,-the primary factors affecting release of arsenic from
bedrock or uncons.olidated sediments are the geochemical
conditions measured by pH (acidity)  and Eh (oxidation-reduction
potential, discussed below).  These factors have  been studied
extensively in relation to. arsenic release to groundwater.   As
cited in Section 4 of the RI Report, studies show that arsenic is
released.to groundwater-when pH is high (greater  than 8.0) or
when Eh is low  (under reducing conditions).  ("Eh" is a measure
of  oxidation-reduction potential.  Reduction is a chemical
reaction  in which an atom or molecule gains electrons, a process
which is enhanced by the absence of oxidants like oxygen.)

U.S. EPA's investigation showed that only one groundwater sample
at  the site had a pH greater than 8, so pH is not the major
factor controlling arsenic release at this site.  In contrast,
the monitoring wells in the arsenic plume showed  low Eh .or
reducing  conditions  (as indicated by the presence of  ammonia),
while those upgradient of the landfill and outside of  the arsenic
plume showed higher Eh or oxidizing conditions.

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As is common at uncapped  landfills, water  percolating through
landfill wastes at this site becomes  reduced  by  -he  chemical and
biological degradation on-going  in  the  landfill.   As this
.reducing groundwater moves  through  the  rock beneath  the  landfill,.
it causes the rock to release  arsenic into solution.   As the
groundwater flows farther away from the landfill,  the effect of
the landfill is lessened  and the water  becomes more  oxidized.
The monitoring wells farthest  from  the  landfill  showed mor
oxidized conditions and very low arsenic.concentrations.   .  .-
result is consistent with the  hypothesis that groundwater has
reached its natural level of oxidation  and arsenic concentrations
have dropped to naturally occurring background levels by the time
it reaches the residential  wells farther down-gradient.

     4.  Surface Soils

A table summarizing constituents detected  in  surface soils may be
found in Table 26 of the  RI.   Although  background  concentrations.
are typically established for  naturally-occurring  compounds only"
historical industrial and agricultural  activities  near this site
resulted in background occurrences  of organic compounds  as well.
Compounds detected above  background on  the surface of  the
landfill include two volatile  organic compounds  (acetone and
xylene) and numerous inorganics, including lead at 160 mg/kg,
chromium at 63 mg/kg and  arsenic at 52  mg/kg.

In surface soils adjacent to the landfill, several semi-volatile
organic compounds and inorganic constituents  were  detected at
levels slightly above background.   These include lead  at
78 mg/kg, chromium at 21  mg/kg and  arsenic at 11 mg/kg.

     5.  Surface Water and  Sediments

A summary of surface water  detections from the North Branch of
the Kalamazoo River is presented in Table  41  of the RI.  No
organic compounds were present at levels exceeding their
respective background levels and federal water quality standards.
The chromium concentration  in  one filtered river water sample
exceeded both the background concentration and the federal water
quality standard; however the  detection is questionable since the
corresponding unf iltered  sample did not contain any detectable
quantity of chromium.

Results of a groundwater  loading model  show that contaminants
detected in groundwater near the river  will not result in surface
water concentrations above  State of Michigan  or Federal surface
water criteria.

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E.   SUMMARY OP SITE RISKS   (See Glossary for  definitions  of
     terms used in this section)

When it established a presumptive  remedy for containment of
municipal landfills, U.S. EPA was  reacting -to  past  experience
that the heterogeneity and volume  of  these landfill wastes
generally make treatment impracticable  and capping  essential.
(See Presumptive Remedy for  CERCLA Municipal Landfill  Sites,
OSWER Directive 9355.0-49FS, September  1993.)  The; Albion-
Sheridan Township Landfill contains municipal  waste and a  wide
variety of industrial wastes, for  which protection  against direct
contact is essential for human health.   Local  government records
and other documents indicate that  the landfill accepted metal
plating sludges, paint wastes and  thinners, oil and grease, and
dust, sand, and dirt containing  fly ash and casting sand,  in
addition to other industrial wastes.  Because  of the known danger
of direct contact, ingestion, and  inhalation of these  wastes, the
presumptive remedy risk assessment assumes that the landfill will
be properly capped and restricted  from  public  access.  Therefore,.
pursuant to this guidance, no risk assessment  was performed for  "
the landfill source itself,  since  any risk will.be  reduced to
acceptable levels through proper capping (see  OSWER Directive
9355.0-49FS, cited above).

Following the presumptive remedy guidance  for  municipal
landfills, a numerical risk  assessment  was performed only  for
off-site media at the Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill Site,
i.e., groundwater, off-site  soils, surface water and.sediments.
The risk assessment is documented  in  the Presumptive Remedy
Baseline Risk Assessment Report  ("Risk  Assessment Report"), which
is found in the Administrative Record.   The risk assessment
determines actual or potential carcinogenic risks and/or toxic
effects the chemical contaminants  at  the site  pose,using a four
step process.  The four step process  includes:  contaminant
identification, exposure assessment,  risk  characterization, and
health effects assessment.   As explained below, many contaminants
were identified as potential contaminants  of concern at.this.site
and subjected to a numerical risk  analysis, but only a few,
principally arsenic, were found  to cause unacceptable risks to
human health or the environment.

     1.  Contaminant Identification

The.levels of contamination  found  in  different media at the Site
can be found in Section 4 of the RI Report.  Chemicals of
potential concern are generally  selected for numerical risk
analysis based on their toxicities, level  of concentration and
wide spread occurrence.  At  the Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill
Site, risk calculations were also  done  for contaminants found at
elevated levels at isolated  locations and not  widespread.  The
chemicals of potential concern are listed below.in  Tabl« 1 and
discussed  in Section 3 of the Risk Assessment  Report.

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For groundwater,  18  chemicals  of  potential  concern (including
arsenic) were,  identified  for detailed risk  analysis,  including
all of those which exceeded MCLs  or Michigan Admin.  Code R.
299.5709  (Act  307 Type  B)  health  based levels  and background
levels.  For off-site soils, 19 chemicals of potential concern
(including arsenic), were identified which  exceeded background
soil levels.   For' residential  wells,  2 chemicals  of potential
concern were identified (heptachlor and selenium) .   Three .
chemicals of potential  concern were identified for surface  water
(carbon disulfide and two phthalate compounds).   The Risk
Assessment identified 22  chemicals  of potential concern in  river
or wetland sediments (including arsenic).

     2.  Exposure Assessment

The risk assessment  examined potential off-site pathways of
concern to human  health for the area surrounding  the immediate
site property.  Because the area  land use is expected to remain •__
mixed, current  and future land-use  scenarios were considered to
be the same.

The following  major  pathways were selected  for detailed
.evaluation:

          Ingestion  and dermal contact with chemicals in
          groundwater;

          Incidental ingestion and  dermal contact with chemicals
          in off-site surface  soils;

          Incidental ingestion of and dermal contact  with
          chemicals  in  surface water;

          Incidental ingestion and  dermal contact with sediments.

     3.  Risk  Characterization (see glossary for  a discussion of
               risk .'terms  used  in'this section)

For each potential human  receptor,  site-specific  contaminants
from all relevant routes  of exposure were evaluated.   Both non-
carcinogenic health  effects and carcinogenic risks were
estimated.  As discussed  below, non-carcinogenic  health effects
exceed a hazard index of  1.0 for  arsenic, and  to  a lesser degree,
thallium and antimony.  Carcinogenic risk exceeds U.S.  EPA's risk
range  for arsenic and to  a lesser degree, 1,2-dibromo-3-
chloropropane.

          a.    Non-Carcinogenic Health Ricks

The hazard  index  for humans interacting with the  Site exceed the
acceptable  hazard, index of 1.0, as  shown in Table 2.   For
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shallow bedrock near the landfill, the  hazard  index  values  are
approximately 12 for adults and 54 for  children, principally
because of the .concentration of arsenic,  and to a  lesser  amount,
thallium and antimony.  The hazard index  for shallow bedrock for
arsenic alone also significantly  exceeds  1.    Thallium was
detected, in only two groundwater  samples, both at  a  concentration
below the MCL.  Antimony was detected twice at one location,  both
times at levels slightly above the detection limit and above the
MCL.  Analysis of a duplicate of  one sample did not  confirm .the
occurrence of antimony.  Because  their  occurrence  is extremely
limited and, in the case of thallium, is  below the MCL, U.S.  EPA
does not think the site poses unacceptable health  risks from
thallium and antimony.                     .

All other off-site pathways resulted in hazard indices less than
1, as summarized in Table 2.
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As discussed above, the risk of contact with the current  landfill
surface was not quantified because of the use  of the  presumptive".
remedy pursuant to OSWER Directive .9355.0-49FS, cited above.
However, U.S. EPA expects that the hazard index for  human contact
with wastes present in the landfill could exceed 1,  especially if
wastes such as those sampled by the MDNR  in 1980 (see  Section B
of this ROD) were.exposed.

          b.  Carcinogenic Health Risks

The potential excess lifetime cancer risk posed by the  Site
exceeds the acceptable ris"k range of 1 X 10"* to 1  X  10"s for
carcinogens from the future use of contaminated groundwater near
the landfill.  Ingestion and dermal contact with groundwater from
the unconsolidated sediments and shallow bedrock aquifer in this
area present, total carcinogenic risks in the range of  2,4 X 10"*
to 2.1 X 10"3.  The concentration  of arsenic inj the shallow
bedrock aquifer and 1,2-dibromo-3-chloropropane in one  sample of
the unconsolidated sediment aquifer result in  an exceedance of
the one-in-ten thousand risk level.  It should be  noted that 1,2-
dibromo-3-chloropropane was only detected in one sample.  Natural
oxidation of the contaminated groundwater in the shallow.portion
of the aquifer is expected to reduce the excess cancer  risk from
exposure to arsenic in the groundwater  to a level  below the MCL
 (see discussion in Section G of this ROD).

All other off-site pathways resulted in carcinogenic risks within
or below U.S. EPA's acceptable risk range (Table 2).

The carcinogenic risk of contact with the current  landfill
surface was not quantified pursuant to  the presumptive  remedy
guidance on municipal landfills.  However, as  with non-
carcinogenic risk from the landfill, U.S. EPA  expects  that
carcinogenic risks from contact with landfill  wastes could  also
exceed the acceptable risk range of 10'4 to 10's.

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          c. Environmental Risks

U.S. EPA conducted a preliminary  ecological  risk assessment to
characterize the biological  resources  at  the Site and adjacent
habitats, and identify actual  and potential  impacts to these
resources associated with releases of  hazardous  substances  from
the Site.  While several contaminants  were detected sporadically
at low concentrations in the wetland and  river surface water and
sediment, the data suggest that the Albion-Sheridan Township
Landfill is not currently a  source of  any significant effect on
ecological receptors.  The ecological  risk assessment is  found in
Appendix C of the. Risk Assessment.

     4.  Human Health. Effect*  of  Arsenic  Ingest ion

The information presented here is from the Agency for Toxic
Substances and Disease Regis.try  (ATSDR) Document No.  TP-92/02
"Toxicological Profile for Arsenic", April 1993,  which is part o£
the Administrative Record for  this site.  Only ingestion effects
of arsenic are summarized below,  as this  is  the  pathway most
applicable to this site.-  This discussion also emphasizes doses
of arsenic at concentrations similar to those present at this
site.

          a. Non-carcinogenic  effects

Long-term ingestion of low levels of arsenic may cause
cardiovascular, gastrointestinal,  hematological,  hepatic  (liver) ,
dermal/ and neurological effects.   These  may include  irritation
of stomach and intestines, decreased production  of  red  and  white
blood cells, abnormal hearth rhythm, blood-vessel damage, and
impaired nerve function.

The single most characteristic effect  of  long-term  exposure to
arsenic is a pattern of skin changes,  including  a darkening of
the skin and the appearance  of small corns or warts on  the  palms,
soles and torso.  While these  skin changes are not  considered to
be a health concern in their own  right, a small  number  of the
corns ultimately may develop into skin cancer.

For non-carcinogenic effects,  the ATSDR estimates the lowest
observed adverse effect level  (LOAEL)  for chronic ingestion of
arsenic as about 0.014 mg/kg/day,  which roughly  corresponds to. a
groundwater concentration of 0.11 to 0.51 mg/1 arsenic, depending
on body weight.  The highest concentration of arsenic at this
site is 0.126 mg/1, which is within this  range.

          b. Carcinogenic effects

The ATSDR reports a large number  of studies  showing that
ingestion of arsenic increases the risk of developing skin
cancer, most commonly squamous cell carcinomas which.appear to

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develop from the wares or corns described  above.   Ingestion  of
arsenic has also been reported to increase the  risk of  cancer in
the liver, bladder, kidneys and lungs.   U.S.  EPA  classifies
arsenic as a human carcinogen.

The ATSDR reports that the lowest long-term dose  of arsenic  known
to cause human cancer is about 0.009 mg/kg/day, which roughly
corresponds to a groundwater concentration of 0.10  to 0.82 mg/1
arsenic-, depending on body weight.   The  highest concentration of
arsenic seen at'this site is 0.126 mg/1, which  is within  this
range.


F. RATIONALE FOR ACTION AMD SCOPE OF THE SELECTED REMEDY

For purposes of selecting alternatives to  remedy  site
contamination, U.S. EPA divided the site into a number  of "areas
of concern."  While these areas of concern are not  separate
operable units, the components of the selected alternatives
correspond to addressing each threat posed by an  area of concern.
These areas of concern include drums, landfill cover, landfill
gas and groundwater.  An alternative remedial component was
selected for each area of concern,  as discussed below.

This ROD establishes the final remedy for  the Site.   The
principal threat at the site is an area  of  drummed  hazardous and
liquid wastes and other potentially hazardous wastes  in the
landfill.  The selected remedial alternatives will  address this
principal threat.at the site.


G.  DESCRIPTION OF ALTERNATIVES

The Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill was  divided into four areas
gf concern:  hazardous and liquid waste  drums within  the
landfill, current landfill cover,  landfill  gasses,-  and
groundwater contamination.  Alternatives were developed
independently, for each of these areas of concern, as  summarized
below.  A detailed description of the alternatives  can be found
in Section* 4 and 5 of the Feasibility Study report,'which is in
the Administrative Record.

NO ACTION OPTION

Alternative 1  - No Action

The No  Action alternative serves as a basis to which  all other
alternatives  are compared.  Under this remedial alternative,  no
active  remedial action or institutional  action would  be taken
regarding the site.                                .

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Capital Cost:  $  o
Operation and Maintenance  (O&M) Cost:  SO
Present Value: $  0
Timeframe: -0-

DRUM REMOVAL OPTION

Alternative 2 - Removal-and  off-site disposal  of  hazardous  and
liquid waste drums

This option includes excavation of  intact  drums found  to  contain
waste at the location designated  TP-9  by the MDNR and  excavation
of other intact drums encountered during construction  of  the  cap.
MDNR estimates that 200  to 400 drums are present  at  TP-9, but
some are empty.   After characterization, those solid wastes found
to contain organic and/or inorganic constituents  in
concentrations exceeding land disposal restrictions, or
constituents, for  which incineration or stabilization as a
treatment method  is prescribed, will be transported  to off-site
facilities for treatment.  All liquid  wastes will be transported
to off-site facilities for treatment and/or disposal.  The off-
site facilities will be  in compliance  with U.S. EPA's Off-Site
Rule.  Those drums containing solid wastes which  do  not trigger
land disposal restrictions will be incorporated under the
landfill cap, as  the anticipated  volume and concentration are not
expected to significantly affect  groundwater quality.  The option
would be implemented concurrently with cap construction.

Capital'Cost: $ 614,581
O&M Cost: $ 0            .               •                    .
Present Value: $  614,581
Timeframe: 6 months

LANDFILL CAP OPTIONS

Alternative 3A -  Containment by clay Solid Waste  cap; deed
restrictions

This clay cap alternative provides the minimum capping
requirements  in the State of Michigan  for  existing or pre-
existing Type II  landfills that do not contain a  flexible
membrane liner  (Michigan Admin. Code R. 299.4425(3)  (Adt 641)).
The.existing  landfill surface would be regraded.  A  24-inch
compacted clay infiltration  barrier (hydraulic conductivity less
than or equal to  1 x 10'7 cm/sec)  would be  installed  over a
granular gas  collection  layer.  A 6-inch topsoil  layer would be
.placed over the clay to  support vegetation,, stabilize the cap,
and -minimize erosion.  This  alternative also includes deed
restrictions  for  landfill property and fencing of the landfill.

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Capital Cost:  $ 1,542,S09
O&M Cost  (30 yr):  S 109,373
Present Value:.  $ 1,651,982
Timeframe: 6 months

Alternative 3B - Containment by enhanced  clay  Solid Waste cap;
deed restrictions

This clay cap enhances the minimum Act  641  requirements  by
providing additional frost protection for the  clay infiltration
layer. .This would be accomplished by installing  a 6-inch sand
drainage layer between the 24-inch clay layer  and the  topsoil and
by specifying a clay soil with a hydraulic  conductivity  of less
than or equ^l to 5 x 10'8 cm/sec.  This  alternative also  includes
regrading, deed restrictions, and fencing,  identical to
Alternative 3A.

Capital Cost: $ 1,779,137  .
O&M Cost  (30 yr): $ 109,373
Present Value: $ 1,888,510
Timeframe: 6 months

Alternative 3C - Containment by flexible  membrane  liner  Solid
Waste cap,- deed restrictions

This alternative is an equivalent cover system in  accordance with
Michigan Admin. Code R. 299.4425(5)  (Act  641).  This alternative
uses a flexible membrane liner (FML)  instead of clay soil  as the
infiltration barrier material.  An FML of 40 mil low density
polyethylene or 30 mil polyvinyl chloride would be placed  over a
12-inch granular gas collection layer.  Eighteen inches  of cover
soil would be placed over the FML to protect against puncture and
ultraviolet rays.  A 6-inch drainage layer would be placed over
the cover soil, with 6 inches of topsoil  placed over the drainage
layer to support vegetation and to stabilize the cap by
minimizing erosion.  This alternative also includes regrading,
deed restrictions, and fencing, identical.to Alternative 3A.

Capital Cost: $  1,728,431
O&M Cost  (30 yr): $ 109,373
Present Value: $ 1,837,804
Timeframe: 6 months

LANDFILL GAS OPTIONS

Alternative 4A - Passive collection and venting of landfill gas

Under this alternative, a passive gas collection system  would be
constructed to control off-site migration of landfill gas.
Venting wells would;be constructed across the landfill to vent
landfill gas to  the atmosphere.  Approximately 16  vent wells
would be drilled the entire depth of the  solid waste fill,  ' •

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 estimated at an average of 20 feet, and spaced approximately
 every 200 feet.   This alternative would be constructed
 concurrently Wiith the landfill ca- .

 Capital  Cost:  $  49,600
 O&M Cost (30 yr):  $ 207,777
 Present  Value:  $ 257,377
 Timeframe:  6 months

 Alternative 4B - Active collection and flaring of landfill gas

 This alternative includes -construction of an active gas
 collection system to control emission of landfill gas from -he
 site.  The collected landfill gas would be treated on-site by
 flaring  prior to discharge to the atmosphere.  The alternative
 includes construction of approximately IS gas wells similar to
 the wells in the passive venting system,  piping,  and a
 blower/flare facility.  This, alternative would be constructed
 concurrently with the landfill cap.

 Capital  Cost:  $  182,900
 O&M Cost (30 yr):  $ 446,093
 Present  Value:  $ 628,993
 Timeframe :• 6 months

 GROUNDWATER OPTIONS

 Alternative 5A - Groundwater monitoring;  institutional controls

 This alternative includes the installation of four new monitoring
 wells and the monitoring of existing monitoring wells and
 residential wells near the landfill on a quarterly to annual
•basis for arsenic and other contaminants.   Groundwater monitoring
 would allow U.S.  EPA to evaluate the contaminant  plume's
 migration rate and direction, and to monitor the  fate of
 contaminants,  primarily arsenic.  This alternative will allow
 evaluation of the effectiveness of the landfill cap for reducing
 arsenic  in the groundwater.  U.S. EPA expects this alternative to
 take 1 to 2 months to construct.   U.S.  EPA expects arsenic to
 decrease to 0.05 mg/1 throughout the contaminant  plume within  15
 years:  This "alternative includes 5 years of monitoring beyond
 that time to ensure that the M'CLs continue to be  met.   This
 alternative also includes institutional controls  in the form of
 deed restrictions or local ordinances to prohibit the
 construction of drinking water wells which draw water from the
 contaminant plume, until the plume meets MCLs.

 Capital  Cost:  $ 128,822
 O&M Cost: $ 642,335
 Present  Value:  $ 771,157
 Timeframe: 20 years

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Alternative SB - In-situ-treatment of arsenic in groundwater co
0.05 mg/1 (the MCL); groundwater monitoring; institutional
controls

"Jnder this alternative, groundwater would be treated by  in-situ
oxidation to remove arsenic from solution.  There would  be  only
one clean-up standard, which would be 0.05 mg/1  (the MCL)- for
arsenic.  The-in-situ groundwater treatment system would consist
o.f a network of wells designed to inject air or another  oxidant
so as to treat the entire contaminant plume that exceeds 0.05
mg/1 arsenic.  The treatment system would be operated until
groundwater meets the clean-up standard for arsenic at the
landfill boundary and throughout the contaminant plume.
Groundwater monitoring under this alternative would be used  to
evaluate the progress of groundwater remediation and to  verify
that impacted groundwater does not migrate beyond the range  of
influence of the treatment system.   U.S. EPA expects this
alternative to take 3 months to construct and 5 years to reach
the clean-up standard.  This alternative includes 5 years of
monitoring after the clean-up standard is reached to ensure  that
the standard continues to be met and institutional controls
identical to Alternative 5A.          .

Capital Cost: $ 560,284
O&M Cost: $ 790,457
Present Value: $ 1,350,741
Timeframe: 10 years

Alternative 5C - In-situ treatment of arsenic in groundwater  to
0.002 mg/1 (regional background); groundwater monitoring;
institutional controls            •

This alternative is identical to Alternative SB except that the
clean-up standard would be 0.002 mg/1 arsenic and the treatment
system would be designed to encompass that portion of the
contaminant plume that exceeds 0.002 mg/1 arsenic.   The treatment
system would be operated until groundwater meets the clean-up
standard for arsenic at the landfill boundary and throughout the
contaminant plume.  U.S. EPA expects this alternative to take 3
months to construct and 12 years to reach the clean-up standard.
This alternative includes 5 years of monitoring after the clean-
up standard is reached to ensure that the standard continues to
be met and institutional controls identical to Alternative 5A.

Capital Cost: $862,656.
O&M Cost: $ 1,539,827
Present Value: $ 2,402,483
Timeframe: 17 years

Alternative 5D - Groundwater extraction and above-ground
treatment of arsenic to 0.002 mg/1 arsenic (regional background);
groundwater monitoring; institutional controls

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This alternative includes  installation of  a  groundwater
extraction system of approximately  3  wells to  intercept the
contaminant plume where  it exceeds  0.002 mg/1  arsenic and
construction of an above-ground treatment  system to treat
arsenic..  The alternative would involve pilot  testing a treatment
system using a chemical  oxidation,  coagulation,  and filtration or
sedimentation treatment  train.   Treated groundwater would be
disposed on-site into the North Branch of  the  Kalamazoo River or
off-site to the City of  Albion  sewage treatment  plant.   U.S  EPA
expects this alternative to  take 6  months  to construct and .
years to reach the clean-up  standard.   This  alternative includes
5 years of monitoring after  the clean-up standard is reached  to
ensure that the standard continues  to be met and institutional
controls identical to Alternative 5A.

Capital Cost: $ 931,703
O&M Cost:.$ 1,280,281
Present Value: $ 2,211,984
Timeframe: 14 years


H.  SUMMARY OF COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OP ALTERNATIVES

The relative performance of  each remedial  alternative was
evaluated in the FS and  is summarized below  using the nine
criteria set forth in the NCP at 40 C.F.R. §300.430.   As
described in this section of the NCP,  the  nine criteria are
divided into threshold criteria,  primary balancing criteria and
modifying criteria.  Table 4 summarizes the  comparative analysis.
An alternative and a contingent alternative  providing the "best
balance" of trade-offs with  respect'to the nine  criteria  are
determined from this evaluation.

'THRESHOLD CRITERIA

The following two threshold  criteria,  overall  protection  of human
health and the environment,  and compliance with  Applicable or
Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs)  are criteria that
must  be met in order for an  alternative to be  selected.

      1.   Overall Protection of Hunan Health and tha Environment

Overall protection of human  health  and the environment  addresses
whether a remedy eliminates, reduces,  or controls threats to
human health and to the  environment.

No-action Option:  Alternative  1 does not  satisfy the requirement
for overall protection of  human health and the environment.

Drum  Disposal Option;  Alternative.2  provides  protection  to human
health and the environment by reducing the risk  of hazardous and
liquid wastes leaching into  the groundwater.   This will not

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eliminate Che -risk because additional wastes will  remain  at  tine
site.

Landfill Cap'Options:  With each  of the  landfill cap
alternatives, the human health risk associated with exposure to
the wastes in the landfill is eliminated.  Additionally,  each
capping alternative reduces the risk associated with  release of
the leachate into the groundwater or outside.the landfill
boundaries.  However, Alternative 3A may not satisfy  the
requirement for overall protection of human health and the
environment because it is susceptible to damage from  freeze-thaw
cycles and may allow continued infiltration of water  through the
landfill wastes.  Alternative 3B  is more effective than
Alternative 3A because it would likely continue to have a lower
permeability even after freeze-thaw cycles.  Alternative  3C
provides protection because it is not susceptible  to  frost
cracking and it is more effective in reducing infiltration of
water through the landfill, thus reducing the amount  of
contaminants that can potentially enter  the groundwater.

Landfill Gas Options:  Both landfill gas options would protect
the landfill containment system from adverse pressure buildup
beneath the cap and will prevent migration of landfill gas
laterally off-site.  However, Alternative 4A does  not provide for
treatment of the landfill gas and so may not be protective of
human.health if the gas generation rate or concentrations are
high or if certain types of gases are produced.   Alternative 4B
provides protection by treating the landfill gas by flaring.
However, if design studies show that the gas generation rate is
low or 'if the generation rate is found to be low following
capping, Alternative 4A may also be protective.

Groundwater Options;  All of the groundwater options provide for
overall protection of human health and the environment, by natural
removal or treatment of arsenic and by limiting human consumption
of contaminated groundwater through institutional controls.
Alternative 5A provides protection by monitoring groundwater, to
confirm that arsenic is being removed from the groundwater
through natural oxidation as expected and that the arsenic will
not migrate to locations where it may impact residential wells.
However, if arsenic is not removed from the groundwater
naturally. Alternative 5A may not be protective if used alone.
Alternative SB provides additional protection .for human health by
treating groundwater to the MCL, which is inherently protective
of human health.  Alternative 5C and 5D each provide protection
by treating arsenic to the regional background level,  which is
below a 1 x 10-6 risk level.

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     2.   Compliance with ARARs

This criterion evaluates whether  an alternative  meets  ARARs  set
forth  in federal, or more stringent state,  environmental
standards pertaining to the  Site  or to  proposed  actions.

Because the No Action alternative does  not  involve  conducting any
remedial action  at  the Site,  no ARARs analysis is necessary  for
Alternative 1.   With the exception of landfill gas  alternative
4A, all of the remaining alternatives  (2, 3A, 3B, 3C,  4B,  5A,  SB,
5C, and 5D) are  expected to  be in compliance with action,
chemical,.and location specific ARARs as  shown in Tables  2.la
through 2.6b of  the FS Report and discussed in Section:J(2)
below.                                                        .

Alternative 4A may.  not be in compliance with Michigan  Admin.  Code
R. 433  (Act 641)  regarding landfill construction or Michigan
Comp.  Laws Section  348 regarding  air emissions if  (1)  the  methane
gas generated by the landfill exceeds 25% of the lower explosive'
limit  for methane in the landfill,  exclusive of  gas control
components or  (2) the methane gas generated by the  landfill
exceeds the lower explosive  limit at or beyond the  facility
property boundary or  (3) if  any gasses  generated by the landfill
create a nuisance or are otherwise in violation  of  Michigan  Comp.
Laws Section 348 at the property  boundary.

PRIMARY BALANCING CRITERIA

     3 .   Long-Term Effectiveness and Permanence

This criterion refers to expected residual  risk  and the ability
of an  alternative to maintain reliable  protection of human health.
and the environment over time once clean up levels  have been met.

No-Action Option;   Alternative 1  provides no long-term
effectiveness and would result in continuation of the  elevated
risk levels that currently exist  at the Site.

Drum Disposal Option;  Alternative 2 meets  the criteria of long-
term effectiveness  and permanence.   There is some residual, risk
from this alternative due to residues' from  off-site incineration
and stabilization processes  used  to treat the drummed  waste.
These  residues would be disposed  in licensed land disposal
facilities which will have engineering .controls  in  place to
ensure adequate  long-term containment of the wastes.   There  is
also residual risk  from additional wastes remaining in the
landfill.

Landfill Cap Options:  Alternatives 3A, 3B  and 3C all  provide
some degree of long-term effectiveness  and  permanence  through
containment of the  waste and reduction  of infiltration and by
implementing institutional controls to  maintain  the cap's'

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integrity.  Each of the three caps will .reduce  ingestion,
inhalation, and direct contact with contaminated materials  and
will reduce infiltration of precipitation  into  the  waste  mass
which reduces leachate generation.  Alternative 3B  is  expected  to
be more effective and permanent than Alternative 3A because it
includes a clay layer with lower permeability to provide  some
frost protection and a sand layer to provide drainage.
Alternative 3C is expected-to be the most  effective and permanent
because it includes both a sand layer for  drainage  and a  flexible
membrane liner which is not susceptible to frost-cracking.

Landfill Gas Options:  Alternatives 4A and 4B both  provide  some
degree of long-term effectiveness and permanence by preventing
long-term migration of landfill gases laterally off-site  and
protecting the landfill cap from'adverse pressure buildup.
Alternative 4B presents less residual risk in that  -it  includes
treatment of gases by flaring, rather than releasing gases  to
disburse, untreated.

Groundwater Options;  All of the groundwater alternatives are  . "
expected to provide long-term effectiveness and permanence.  At
completion, groundwater throughout the contaminant  plume  is
expected to have arsenic concentrations below the MCL  (0.05  mg/1)
for Alternative'5A and SB.   Residual risk immediately following
Alternative 5C or 5D would be lower than Alternative 5A or 5B
because 5C and 5D involve treatment to a lower  level.  However,
if Alternative 5A or 5B is implemented,  U.S. EPA expects the
arsenic to continue, to decrease below the  MCL with  time.
Groundwater monitoring is planned to continue for 5 years beyond
attainment of the treatment standard in each alternative.

If Alternative 5A is effective in the short term, it is likely tc
be the most.effective alternative in the long-term because it
involves monitoring a natural clean-up process  (natural
oxidation) to remove arsenic'from groundwater.   U.S. EPA expects
arsenic to precipitate and otherwise be removed  from groundwater
as conditions in the contaminant plume become more oxidizing
(e.g., contain more oxygen) after the landfill  is capped.   The
landfill cap in Alternative 3C would be the most effective in
changing groundwater conditions because it  is the most effective
in the long-term at reducing infiltration  through the landfill.
The Agency also expects an oxidizing environment to reduce the
release of arsenic from the bedrock formation into  the
groundwater.                          .

     4.   Reduction of Toxicity, Mobility, or Volume through
          Treatment

This criterion evaluates treatment technology performance in the
reduction of chemical toxicity, mobility,  or volume.  This
criterion addresses the statutory preference for selecting
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-hat permanently and significantly reduces  the  volume,  toxicity,
or mobility of the hazardous substances,  pollutants,  and
contaminants.                          •

No-Act ion Potion:  Alternative 1  for  "r.o-action",.  provides  no
reduction in toxicity, mobility,  or volume.

Drums and Landfill Options;  Alternative  2  for  drum extraction
and treatment provides a reduction in toxicity, mobility and
volume through off-site incineration  or stabilization of
hazardous and liquid wastes found in  drums.  Although there will
be no additional treatment of landfill contents, landfill cap
alternatives 3A, 3B and 3C all provide.a  reduction in mobility of
hazardous substances by reducing  leachate generation in the
landfill, although 3C would be the most effective  in "this.
Alternative 4A reduces the mobility of landfill gas by
controlling lateral migration and 4B  reduces volume,  toxicity and^
mobility of the gases by gas collection and treatment.

Groundwater Options;  Alternative 5A  for  groundwater monitoring
does not include treatment as a direct action.  However,  under
this alternative, U.S. EPA expects reduction of toxicity and
mobility to be achieved through natural oxidative  processes  in
the aquifer.  Alternatives 5B, SC, and 5D meet  this requirement
more fully by achieving faster reduction  of toxicity and mobility
by in-situ groundwater treatment  or by collection  and above-
ground treatment.

     5.   Short-Term Effectiveness

Short-term effectiveness considers the time to  reach  cleanup
objectives and the risks an alternative may pose to site  workers,
the community, and the environment during remedy implementation
until cleanup standards are achieved.

Drums and Landfill Options:  Potential risks-to the community
from excavating drums, capping the landfill and constructing a
landfill gas control system (Alternatives 2, 3A, 3B,  3C,  4A and
4B) are from exposure to airborne dust and organic  vapors from
the waste mass and leachate.  The risk to the community  from
exposure to organic vapor is approximately equal for  the  three
cap options.  The FML cap  (Alternative 3C) may pose less  total
risk to the community during construction than  the  clay  caps  .
 (Alternatives 3A and 3B) due to less  truck traffic  and less
exposure to airborne dust.'  The risk  to workers employed in the
construction of.any of the cap options and either of  the  gas
collection systems from exposure  to the waste mass  and leachate
material is approximately equal.  All the alternatives,  except
Alternative 1 for "no-action", include measures to .minimize  the
short-term impacts during construction, such as dust  control and
the use of safe work practices.

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Groundwater  Options;   U.S.  EPA expects the natural oxidation'
processes-monitored by Alternative 5A for groundwater monitoring
to  reduce  arsenic  in groundwater  to 0.05 mg/1 (the MCD- within 15
'years.  Alternative 5B reduces the time to reach the MCL to 4
.years by treating  the water ir.-situ.   The more stringent clean-up
standard of  0.002  mg/1 set  in Alternative 5C and 5D would take 12
years and  9  years  to reach,  respectively.

There is some  uncertainly about how fast the natural oxidation
process will reduce arsenic in groundwater.   Alternative SB and
5C  reduce  this uncertainty  by treating the groundwater in-situ to
enhance oxidation.   Alternative 5D reduces this uncertainty by
groundwater  extraction and  above-ground treatment.  However,
because most of the impacted groundwater is  located in the
fractured  bedrock  aquifer,  there  remains some uncertainty
regarding  the  effectiveness of the in-situ treatment of
Alternatives 5B and 5C and  of the groundwater extraction system .
in.  Alternative 5D.                              •   •

     6.    laplementability

This criterion addresses  the technical and administrative
feasibility  of implementing an alternative,  and the availability
of  various services and materials required for its
implementation.

All the alternatives are  implementable and can be readily
constructed  with technology and materials presently available.
Construction of the FML cap,  Alternative 3C,  is  slightly more
difficult  to implement than Alternative 3A or 3B because its
effective  installation involves more  specialized testing to
ensure an  effective seal.

All of the groundwater monitoring and treatment  alternatives
depend on  proven and readily available equipment and expertise.
Alternative  5A for groundwater monitoring is the most easily
implementable,  compared to  the other  groundwater alternatives,
since it relies in large  part on  existing wells.

     7.    Coat

This criterion compares the capital,  O&M,.and present value costs
of  implementing the alternatives  at the Site.   Table 3, shows the
Cost Summary.   The "no-action" option is the least costly,  but
does not protect human health or  the  environment.   The clay
 landfill cap considered under Alternative 3A is  slightly less
 costly  than  the caps considered under Alternatives 3B and 3C.
 The enhanced clay  cap in  Alternative  3B is slightly more
 expensive  than the FML cap  in Alternative 3C.   Passive venting
 under Alternative  4B is substantially less costly than active gas
 collection and treatment  in Alternative 4A.   Of  the groundwater
 alternatives,  Alternative 5A, groundwater monitoring, is the

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 lease  costly.   Alternatives 5C and 5D,  which involve treatment to
 more stringent  levels,  are more costly than Alternative SB, which
 involves  treatment  to the MCL.

 MODIFYING CRITERIA

     8.   State Acceptance

 The State of Michigan is in agreement with the selection of -
 Alternative 2 for drum removal, Alternative 3C for the landfill
 cap, Alternative 4B for landfill gas (unless pre-design studies
 show that 4A meets  ARARs) ,  and Alternative 5A for groundwater,
•for remediation of  the Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill Site.
 The State is also in agreement with the selection of Alternative
 5B as  a contingent  remedy for groundwater cleari-up.  The State
 has provided U.S. EPA with a letter of concurrence.

     9.   Community Acceptance

 Comments  have been  submitted by.the community,  local government
 officials, and  potentially responsible parties (PRPs).   Comments
 and responses to those comments are described in the
 Responsiveness  Summary.


 I.  THE SELECTED REMEDY

 Based  upon considerations of the  requirements of CERCLA,  the NCP
 and balancing of the nine criteria,  the. U.S.  EPA has determined
 that Alternatives 2 for drum removal,  3C for a flexible  membrane
 cap, 4B for active  gas collection,  and 5A for groundwater
 monitoring, with a  contingency for Alternative SB,  in-situ
 treatment to' the MCL,  together constitute the most  appropriate
 remedy for the  Site.  The components of the selected remedy are
 described below. Mitigative measures will be taken during  all
 remedy construction activities to minimize adverse  impacts  to
 surrounding residents and the environment.

 A review  will be conducted within five  years after  commencement
 of the remedial action to ensure  that the remedy continues  to
 provide adequate protection of human health and the environment
 because this remedy will result in hazardous substances  remaining
 on site above health-based levels.

     1.   Drum Removal                                      .

 All drums found to  contain solid or liquid wastes at the location
 designated TP-9 on  Figure 5 and which are structurally sound
 enough to remove with wastes intact will be excavated.   The
 location  and extent of area TP-9  are described further in the
 report "Technical Memorandum No.  1" prepared'for the MDNR by ABB
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Administrative  Record for  this  site.   MDNR  estimates'that 200 to
400 drums are   present  in  this  area,  some of  which are empty.
All other structurally  sound  drums  containing solid or liquid-
wastes encountered during  consolidation or  site  preparation for
landfill cap construction  will, also be excavated.   All excavated
drums showing signs of  degradation  will be  overpacked as
necessary, and  moved  to a  staging area for  waste
characterization.-  Approximately  nine overpacked drums excavated
by the MDNR during test pitting which are temporarily secured on'
the surface of  the landfill will  be included  with  other excavated
drums;for proper characterization and removal.   After
.characterization, those solid wastes  found  to contain organic
and/or inorganic constituents in  concentrations  exceeding land
disposal restrictions,  or  constituents for  which incineration or
stabilization as a treatment  method is prescribed,  will be
transported to  off-site facilities  for/treatment.   All liquid
wastes will be  transported to off-site facilities  for treatment
and/or disposal.  The off-site  facilities will be  in compliance
with U.S. EPA's Off-Site Rule.  Those drums containing solid
wastes which do not trigger land  disposal restrictions will  be
incorporated under the  landfill cap,  as the anticipated volume
and concentration are not .expected  to significantly affect
groundwater quality.

•Empty storage tanks and abandoned machinery located on the
surface of the  landfill will  either be incorporated into the
landfill or transported to off-site facilities for  recycling  or
disposal.  Any  items  removed  off-site will  be wipe  sampled as
appropriate to  determine the  proper type of disposal  facility or
its acceptability to  a  recycling  facility.

     2.  Landfill Cap

The entire landfill waste  mass  shown,  on Figure 1 will  be  capped.
Site preparation and  layout will  be completed.to re-route  surface
water drainage  away from the  capped area.

Waste on the east.edge  of  the landfill will be consolidated
towards the west so that the  east boundary  of the landfill cap
and any perimeter road  needed for maintenance is contained on  Lot
28  (Figure 1).  Waste on the  south  edge of  the landfill  will  be
consolidated so that  the south  boundary of  the landfill  cap and
any perimeter road needed  for maintenance is  contained on  Lot  28,
parcel 3 and that portion  of  Lot  28,  parcel 2 north of a  line
extending, due east from the north boundary  of parcel  1.   If Lot
28, parcels 1 and 2 are instead acquired, consolidation of the
south edge of the landfill will not be .necessary.   Any property
acquisition will be done in compliance-with the Uniform
Relocation Assistance and  Real  Property Acquisition Policies  Act
of  1970.

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 The landfill will be graded to attain grades and slopes required
 co facilitate drainage.   Regrading may be used to achieve sub-cap
 contours.   Any materials other than clean fill employed to
 achieve proper contours  will be used only if specifically
 approved by U.S.  EPA,  in consultation with MDNR.  To the extent
 practicable,  existing trees in areas not affected by the landfill
 cap will be left  in place.  -

 At a minimum,  the cap will  consist of a 12-inch sand gas
 collection layer  on top  of  the existing waste mass, a flexible
 membrane liner (FML),  a  6 inch sand drainage layer or technical
 equivalent,  18 inches of cover soil, and 6 inches of topsoil.  A
 filter fabric may be placed between the cover soil and the
 drainage layer to minimize  fill material from clogging the
 drainage layer.   The FML will .be equivalent to or less permeable
 than a 40 mil low density polyethylene or 30 mil polyvinyl
 chloride.   .The drainage  layer will be composed of either 6 inches
 of sand no coarser than  3/8 'inch,  with a minimum hydraulic
 conductivity of  1 x l-'2 cm/sec, or a synthetic material with a  "
 transmissivity of at least  3  x 10"s m2/sec.

 The Presidential  Memorandum on Environmentally and Economically
 Beneficial Practices,  signed on April 26,  1994 and published in
 the Federal Register on  August 22,  1994 (59 FR 43122),  encourages
 Federal agencies  to incorporate the use of native plants wherever
 practicable into  landscape  projects, in order to reduce the use
 of chemical fertilizers  and pesticides,  reduce water usage,
 reduce.maintenance costs and preserve natural habitats.
 Therefore, pre-design studies will be performed to determine
 whether seeding the vegetative soil layer on the surface of this
 landfill with native species  is practical and cost-effective,
 considering both  short-term and long-term costs.   If U.S.  EPA
'determines that the use  of  native  species is practical  and
 results in the same or less cost in the long-term than  the use  of
 traditional species,  native species will be used.

      3.  Landfill Q*«

 Unless landfill gas characterization studies during the pre-
 desigri stage show that gas  emissions will meet ARARs (e.g.,
 Michigan Comp. Laws Section 641 and 348)  without treatment,  an
 active landfill gas collection system will be located in a grid
 network throughout the landfill and the off-gas from the landfill
 will be collected by piping and treated in a blower/flare
 facility.  However, if U.S. EPA, in consultation with MDNR,
 determines that a passive venting  system will meet. ARARs,  a
 system of -venting wells  may be constructed across the landfill  to
 vent landfill gas to the atmosphere.  The gas collection or
 venting wells will be constructed  to collect gas from the  entire
 area and depth of the landfill.

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     4.  Groundwater Monitoring

A groundwater monitoring program will  be  designed  and  implemented
at the site.  The monitoring program will include:

(1)   Quarterly sampling of the contaminant  plume to detect
    •changes in concentration of arsenic  in the groundwater and
     to determine whether the levels of arsenic trigger  the
     contingent remedy as specified below,

(2)   Quarterly sampling of drinking water wells downgradient of
     the Site and of the Amberton Village water wells, to detect
     the presence and concentration of any  site-related
     contamination,

(3)   Annual sampling of the contaminant plume to detect
     additional hazardous constituents which may be present,

(.4)   Annual sampling of the arsenic concentration  for  five  years.
     following attainment of the clean-up standard, to ensure
     that the standard continues to be met,  and

(5)   Collection of a water level measurement whenever a well is
     sampled, to confirm groundwater flow directions at the  site.

During the pre-design phase, four new monitoring wells will  be
installed to define further the contaminant plume to the west and
south of the site and to define further the vertical extent  of
contamination; in order to design an effective groundwater
monitoring program.  The new wells will be  installed at the
approximate locations indicated in Figure.6:  MW09DB in the  deep
bedrock, MW15SB in the shallow bedrock, MW16SB in the shallow
bedrock, and MW16DB in the deep bedrock.  The MW15SB well will be
vertically sampled prior to 'installation  to ensure that the most
contaminated interval is screened.  Also  prior to the initiation
of the groundwater monitoring program, the water levels of all
existing and new monitoring wells will be recorded and all wells
will be sampled and analyzed for target compound list  (TCL)
organics, target analyte list (TAL) inorganics,  and 1,2-dibromo-  .
3-chloropropane.  These analyses will be  done using methods which
achieve method detection limits equal to  or less than the MCL for
each compound or analyte, for those which have an MCL.

     5.  Contingent Remedy for In-Situ Groundwater Treatment

Five years from the date on which construction of the landfill
cap is complete, a statistical test will  be performed on wells in
which the arsenic concentration exceeds. 0.05 mg/1  (currently only
MW06SB). ' This statistical test, described below,  is designed to
determine whether arsenic in this well or wells is declining
sufficiently fast to fall below 0.05 mg/1 within 15 years of

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completion of landfill cap construction.   If  any well  fails  this
test, the contingent remedy will  be  implemented.

Implementation of the contingent  remedy  includes pilot testing,
design, .installation and operation of  a  system  for in-situ
oxidation of groundwater which will  restore arsenic in
groundwater to 0.05 mg/1  (the MCL).  This  system for in-situ
groundwater treatment will also be implemented  if at any time
U.S. EPA, in consultation with MDNR, determines  that the
groundwater plume affected by the landfill threatens to  raise  a
residential well, in existence at the  time this  ROD is signed,
above 0.05 mg/1, the MCL for arsenic.

          a.  Description of the  Contingent Remedy

If the contingent remedy is implemented, the  in-situ groundwater
treatment system will first be pilot-tested to determine whether
air or another, oxidant -is most suitable  for the  site and to
assist with design of the system.  The system will consist of  a
network of wells designed to treat all contaminated groundwater
that exceeds the MCL for arsenic, for example as  shown in
Figure 7.  The in-situ groundwater treatment  system will be
operated until groundwater meets  the MCL for.arsenic at  the
landfill boundary and throughout  the contaminant  plume.

U.S. EPA expects the precipitated arsenic  from the in-situ
treatment to be in the form of a  suspended solid,  which  will be
removed from groundwater as it flows through  fractured bedrock
and granular soils.  Groundwater  monitoring will  be used to
evaluate the progress of groundwater remediation  and to  verify
that impacted groundwater does not migrate beyond the  range of
influence of' the treatment system.  Groundwater monitoring will
continue for five years after-the clean-up standard  is reached to
ensure that the standard continues to be met.

          b.  Contingent Remedy Trigger

If, five years after completion of the landfill cap, .any well
fails the statistical test described below, the contingent remedy
will be implemented.  For each well that exceeds  0.05 mg/1
arsenic  (currently only MW06SB),  data collected over the  five •
year period will be used to estimate the date at  which arsenic
concentrations will meet 0.05 mg/1.  Initially,  sample
concentrations of arsenic will be plotted  against  time to enable
U.S. EPA to determine if a downward trend  is present.  If, five
years after completion of the landfill cap, U.S.  EPA determines
that a downward trend is present  over a sufficient number of
quarters,'a regression, time series, or other model approved by
U.S. EPA will be used to estimate arsenic  concentrations based oh
time.   If the data do not exhibit a serial correlation,  a
regression model will be used to  estimate a linear or  nonlinear
trend for the subset of data which .represent  a downward  trend.

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If the data do exhibit a serial correlation,  a  time  series  model
will be developed in lieu of a regression model on the  same
subset of data.  Another method may be used  if  approved by  U.S.
EPA.  For each well which exceeds 0.05 mg/1  arsenic  and has a
downward trend for arsenic, the model approved  for those data
will be used to predict the date at which arsenic concentrations
will meet 0.05 mg/1 arsenic, assuming that the  observed, trend
continues.  A-well fails the statistical test if the date at
which the arsenic concentration is predicted to meet 0.05 mg/1  is
more than 15 years from the date of landfill cap completion.

     6.  Institutional Controls

Institutional controls will be implemented,  which include access
and deed restrictions and may include .local  ordinances.   A  fence
around the entire landfill will control, access  to the site  and
protect the cap.  A maintenance program will be-.implemented to
maintain the landfill cap.  This program will include maintaining
a full, competent vegetative layer and periodic inspection  of the
cover to ensure that excessive erosion or leachate seeps  are not'
occurring.  Deed restriction to prevent future  development  of the
landfill property will be implemented pursuant  to Michigan  Admin.
Code R. 299,. 610 (e).  Deed restrictions or local ordinances  may be
implemented to restrict construction of water wells  which will
draw water from the arsenic plume as shown on Figure 4.   At a
minimum, advisories will be issued to all property owners
impacted by the arsenic plume.


J.  DOCUMENTATION OP SIGNIFICANT CHANGES

U.S. EPA released a Proposed Plan for public  comment  on
October 3, 1994.  The Proposed Plan identified  the following
remedy components for this Site:  Alternative 2  for  drum
disposal, Alternative 3C for a landfill cap,  Alternative  4B for
gas collection, Alternative 5A for groundwater  monitoring, and a
contingent remedy for Alternative SB for in-situ treatment o-f
groundwater.  This ROD makes no change in the Alternatives
selected.  However, based on comments received  during the public
comment period, this ROD allows a change in  the  order of  the
material layers of the selected landfill cap  from that presented
in  the proposed plan.  Also, this ROD specifies  that  as part of
cap construction, waste must be consolidated away from'a  private
residence adjacent to the landfill.  This was not addressed in
the Proposed Plan.  Both of these issues are  discussed more fully
in  the Responsiveness -Summary.


K.  STATUTORY DETERMINATIONS

U.S. EPA's primary'responsibility at Superfund  Sites  is to
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environment.  Section  121-of  CERCLA has established several
statutory requirements and  preferences.   These  include  the
requirement that the selected remedy,  when completed, must comply
with all ARARs  imposed by Federal  and State environmental laws,
unless the invocation  of a  waiver  is justified.   The selected
remedy must also provide overall effectiveness  appropriate to its
costs, and use  permanent solutions and alternative  treatment
technologies, or resource recovery technologies,  to the maximum
extent practicable.  Finally,  the.statute establishes a
preference for  remedies which employ treatment  that significantly
reduces the toxicity,  mobility or  volume of contaminants.  The
following sections discuss  how the selected remedy  and  contingent
remedy meet these statutory requirements.

     1.   Protection of Human Health and the Environment

Implementation  of the  selected remedy and the contingent remedy
will protect human health and the  environment by  reducing the
risk of exposure to hazardous substances present  in the landfill
and groundwater at the Site.   The  excavation and  off-site
treatment of drummed hazardous and liquid wastes  provides
protection by reducing the  risk of these wastes leaching into  the
groundwater and contaminating drinking water or mixing  with
surface water.  The selected FML landfill cap will reduce the
direct contact  risk of exposure to hazardous substances  present
in soil-at the  Site.   Additionally,  the  FML cap will reduce the
rate of infiltration by which precipitation passes  through the
contaminated soil and  will  maintain th'at reduction  over  time.  By
reducing the rate of infiltration,  the FML cap will  also reduce
the rate of leachate generation in the landfill;  and therefore,
it will also reduce the risk  that  hazardous substances,
pollutants, and contaminants  present in  the leachate will migrate
and contaminate the aquifer.            .

Groundwater monitoring will be required  to provide early warning
against the risk that  arsenic present  in the groundwater adjacent
to the landfill may migrate and contaminate residential wells.
If the contingent remedy for  groundwater treatment  is triggered,
an in-situ groundwater treatment system  will clean up groundwater
at a faster pace to further protect drinking water/supplies.
Institutional controls will be imposed to restrict uses of the
Site to prevent exposure to hazardous  substances  and contaminants
in the soil and the groundwater at the Site.  No  unacceptable
short-term risks will  be caused by implementation of the remedy.
The community and site 'workers may be  exposed to  dust and noise
nuisances during construction of the landfill cap.   Mitigative
measures will be .taken during remedy construction activities  to
minimize such impacts  of construction upon the surrounding
community and environs.  Ambient air monitoring will be  conducted
and appropriate safety measures will be  taken if  contaminants are
emitted.

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     2.   Compliance with ARARs

The selected remedy and the contingent  remedy  will  comply with
all chemical, action, and location specific ARARs.   For a
complete list of ARARs and other criteria, advisories  and
guidance to be considered for the alternatives at this site,  see
Tables 2.la through 2.7 of .the Feasibility Study Report.   Below
is a discussion of the key ARARs for the selected remedy.

KEY FEDERAL ARARS  (See Feasibility Study Report for complete
listing of action, chemical and location specific ARARs.)

1.  Action Specific

Resource Conservation and Recovery Act  (RCRA)

RCRA requirements  for facilities treating, storing  or  disposing
of hazardous wastes  (Subtitle C) are not. applicable because the .
landfill was closed in 1981 and no available records indicate
that wastes were disposed of after November 19, 1980,  the
effective date of  RCRA.  However, RCRA  Subtitle C requirements
are relevant and appropriate .to the portion of the  remedy
involving off-site treatment of drummed waste  because  some of the
drummed wastes are likely to have hazardous characteristics or
contain constituents which-are regulated as a  "listed"  hazardous
waste under RCRA.  These requirements are appropriate  because
they address the protection of the environment at the  Site and  at
the off-site disposal location, which could be contaminated by
these RCRA-like wastes.  The drum disposal portion  of  the
selected remedy and contingent remedy will meet these
requirements.

RCRA Subtitle C requirements are also relevant  to the  landfill
wastes which will  be left at .the site,  but they are  not
appropriate.  They are relevant because the landfill accepted
hazardous industrial wastes, including  metal plating sludges,  and
these wastes, which are similar to. listed wastes,  will  remain
buried at the site.  RCRA Subtitle C requirements are  not
appropriate for the site, however, because of  the low  levels of
contamination found during investigation of the landfill and off-
site media.

As previously discussed, samples of landfill waste  from borings
contained numerous contaminants, the most concentrated of which
was 4-Methyl phenol at 15 mg/kg.  Several inorganic  substances
were present above background levels in subsurface  soils,
including.antimony, arsenic, chromium,  copper,  lead, mercury,  and
zinc.  The highest concentrations included lead at  208 mg/kg,
arsenic at 13.1 mg/kg and chromium at 13.5 mg/kg.    Additionally,
sampling for characteristic wastes showed no such wastes present
in the landfill.   One sample was suitable for  the TCLP metals
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and lead in the TCLP leachate,  both  below  hazardous waste levels.
Therefore,  Subtitle C requirements do  not  correspond to the
relatively low risks posed by  the site.  Subtitle D retirements
are more appropriate to the site conditions.

RCRA Subtitle D regulates the  disposal of  solid waste.   Subtitle
D requirements are not applicable to the site,  but are  relevant
and appropriate.  40 CFR Part  258 regulates municipal solid
waste, which is a large part of the  waste  disposed at this site.
This Part requires the use of  a barrier layer  consisting of two
feet of clay, or a technical equivalent which  will provide equal
or greater protection against  infiltration.  The flexible
membrane 1 inner and other components  of the cap required by this
ROD are equivalent to or more  protective than  required  by RCRA
Subtitle D.

Clean Air Act (CAA)

The CAA establishes National .Ambient Air Quality standards
 (NAAQS) for several "criteria  pollutants"  expressed as  primary
and secondary allowable .short- and long-term concentrations  in
the air.  Under the CAA, each  state  must adopt  a state
implementation plan to demonstrate how it  will  meet its statutory
obligation to attain and maintain NAAQS.   Standards called New
Source Performance Standards  (NSPS)   are promulgated under the
regulatory authority of the CAA.  Title III applies to  new
sources which emit more than 10 tons per year of any hazardous •
air pollutant or 25 tons per year of any combination of hazardous
air pollutant listed.  Emissions at  this Site are not expected to
exceed these limits, but if they do, best  available control
technology requirements may be applicable.  If  this is  the case,
the selected remedy and contingent remedy  will  meet this
requirement.

Occupational Safety and Health Act (OSHA)

Regulations promulgated under  the Occupational  Safety and Health
Act, codified at 29 CFR 1910,  regulate the safety and health of
workers.  These requirements are applicable to  work at  the site
and will protect the health and safety of  workers implementing
the selected response action.                           .

2.  Chemical Specific

Safe Drinking Water- Act  (SDWA)

40 CFR 141 - Federal Drinking  Water  Standards promulgated under
the SDWA include both MCLs and Maximum Contaminant  Level  Goals
 ("MCLGs").  The NCP at 40 CFR  300.430(e)(2)(i)(B)  provides that
MCLGs established under.the SDWA that  are  set at levels above
zero, shall be attained by remedial  actions for ground  or surface
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MCLs and non-zero MCLGs usually are applicable only  at  the
drinking water tap from a public water supply, however,  they are
relevant and--appropriate at this site because .near the  landfill,
the same aquifers which exist below the Site are presently  being
used by residences in the area for drinking water" and are
expected to continue to be used in the future.  The  selected
remedy and the contingent remedy both meet the MCL for  arsenic
(the only contaminant being considered for treatment at  the
Site)..  There is no MCLG for arsenic.            •  •

The Preamble to the NCP (55 FR 8753), provides that groundwater
cleanup standards should generally be attained throughout the
contaminant, plume or at and beyond the edge of the waste
management area when waste is left in place.  This remedy and
contingent remedy will meet the MCL for arsenic at the boundary
of the final landfill cover and throughout the contaminant  plume
beyond the landfill boundary, because this is the area where
humans could potentially be exposed to contaminated groundwater.^

3.  Location Specific

Executive Order on Floodolain Management
Exec.  Order No. '11.988; 40 CFR 6.302(b)

The requirements of Executive Order No.  11.988 are applicable
because the selected remedy and contingent remedy have the
potential to impact the flood plain.   Although no part of the
landfill itself is on the flood plain,  several monitoring wells
are on the flood plain' of the North Branch of the Kalamazoo
River.  Executive Order No. 11.988 requires that actions at the
Site be conducted in a manner minimizing the impact on the flood
plain.  The selected remedy and the contingent remedy will be
implemented'in a manner that will minimize any adverse impact on
the flood plain.   .        .  •                        •

Executive Order on Protection of Wetlands
Exec. Order No. 11.900; 40 CFR 6.302(a)  and Appendix A

The requirements of Executive Order No.  11.900 are applicable
because the selected remedy and contingent remedy may have the
potential to impact wetlands.  Although no part of the landfill
itself is covered by wetlands, there are wetlands 400 feet south
of the landfill, adjacent to the North Branch of the Kalamazoo
River.  The selected remedy and the contingent remedy will be
implemented in a manner that will minimize any adverse impact on
wetlands.

Endangered Species Act
16 USC. 1531 et sea.: 50 CFR Part 2QQ.  50 CFR Part 402   '

The Endangered Species Act requires actions .to conserve
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Department of  the  Interior and has determined that there are no
endangered or  threatened species  in* or around the Albion-Sheridan
Township Landfill  site  and therefore,  no endangered or threatened
species will be  impacted by site  contamination or by site
remediation.

KEY STATE ARARS  .(See Feasibility Study Report for complete
listing of action,  chemical and location specific ARARs.)

1.  Action Specific

Michigan Environmental  Response Act (Act 307)  -- Michigan Admin.-
Code R. 299.601  et sea.

Among other provisions,  Act 307 authorizes the MDNR to issue
regulations related to  remediation of  contaminated sites in the
State of Michigan..  Part 7 of the Act  307 Rules is an ARAR for
this Site.  This Part requires that a  remedial action achieve a
degree of cleanup  identified by the Act as either Type A (cleanup
to background  levels or to a method detection limit),  Type .B
 (cleanup to risk-based  levels)  or Type C (cleanup under site-
specific conditions).

•At this site,  the-landfill itself could not be cleaned up  to*
background or  method detection levels  (a Type A cleanup) nor to
risk-based levels  (a Type B cleanup) without excavating and
removing the landfilled waste at  a great cost which would  yield
little additional  protection or environmental benefit.

For groundwater  at this Site,  background levels of arsenic may be
achieved in time by natural oxidation,  which is to be  monitored
by the selected  remedy.   The groundwater treatment required under
the contingent remedy will not meet background levels  during
active treatment because U.S.  EPA has  determined that "the
additional treatment is not appropriate to the small  amount of
contamination  present at the site and  its partly naturally
occurring origin.   Type B criteria for arsenic are below the'
method detection limit  and may never be met for groundwater at
this Site because  of the naturally occurring background levels of
arsenic in groundwater.

U.S. EPA has determined that the  substantive requirements  of a
.Type C cleanup are relevant and appropriate at this Site.   The
substantive requirements of a Type C cleanup include  a
requirement that any remedial action which involves on-site
containment of a hazardous substance shall include provisions for
the long-term  monitoring of the site to assure the effectiveness
and integrity  of the remedial action.   The selected remedy and
the'contingent remedy will meet this requirement and all other
 substantive relevant and appropriate requirements of  Act 307 with
respect to a Type  C cleanup.

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Solid Waste Manaaemenc Act  'Act 541)	--  Michigan  Admin.  Cede
R. 299.401 et sag.

Pares 3 and 4 of che Act 641 Rules establish  closure  and post-
closure rules for industrial solid waste and  municipal  solid  '
waste landfills.  These rules'are not applicable  to the  Site
because it did not receive waste after October  9,  1991;  however,
the rules are relevant and appropriate.   The  FML  cap  selected for
this landfill meets both the requirements of  Rule 425(5)  for a
municipal solid waste cap and of Rule 304(6)  for  an industrial
solid waste cap.  The gas control and groundwater monitoring
measures of the selected remedy and contingent  remedy will  also
meet Act- 641 requirements.

Michigan Air Pollution Act  (Act 348)  --  Michigan  Admin.  Code R.
336.1901 et sea.

This Act provides for fugitive dust control and emission  control
for air contaminants in quantities, that  will  cause injurious
effects and is an ARAR for this Site.  The excavation of  drums, "
cap construction, and other portions of  the selected  remedy and
the contingent remedy will meet these requirements.

Michigan Soil Erosion and Sedimentation  Control Act (Act  347)

This Act requires soil erosion control and sedimentation  plans
for any earth changes of one or more acres if within  500  feet of
a lake or stream.  The North Branch of the Kalamazoo  River is
within 500 feet of this landfill,  therefore this Act  is an ARAR
for the Site.  The earthmoving portions  of the  selected remedy
and the contingent remedy will meet these requirements.

Michigan Como. Laws Ann. Section 257.722  ("Frost Laws")

These requirements pertain to maximum axle loads permitted over
certain Michigan highways during certain months of the year, to
prevent damage caused by excessive loads  during the period when
the weather alternates between freezing  and thawing.   These
requirements are riot ARARs because they  do not pertain to on-site
activities; however, the do constitute applicable off-site
requirements.   •                                  •

     3.  Cost Effectiveness

Cost effectiveness compares the.effectiveness of an alternative
in proportion to its cost of providing environmental  benefits.
The costs associated with the implementation of the entire
selected remedy and the contingent remedy are listed  below.  The
present value cost's below are lower than those,  issued in  the
Proposed Plan because the discount rate  was updated to 7  percent.

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Total estimated  costs  for the  selected remedy at the Albion-
Sheridan Township  Landfill Site are:

     Capital  Cost      O&M.              Present Value

     $ 2,654,734       $  1,197,801      $ 3,852,535

If the contingent  remedy for groundwater treatment is implemented
at. the site,  the total estimated costs for. the selected remedy
are:

     Capital  Cost      O&M.  30  Yr.      Present Value

     $ 3,086,196       $  1,345,923.     $>  4,432,119

Both the selected  remedy and the  contingent remedy for this site
are cost effective because they provide  the greatest overall
effectiveness proportionate to costs  when compared to the  other
alternatives  evaluated.   The estimated cost of drum removal and -
disposal is proportionate to the  risk reduced by removing  known
hazardous wastes and liquid wastes  which could easily contaminate
groundwater.  The  estimated cost  of the  selected landfill  cap  is
intermediate  between the other two  cap alternatives and assures a
high degree of certainty that  the remedy will be effective in  the
long-term due to the significant  reduction of the mobility of  the
contaminants  achieved  through  containment of  the source material
and the decrease in leachate generation.   The estimated cost of
groundwater monitoring,  and the additional cost  of in-situ
treatment of  arsenic to  the MCL if  necessary,  are proportionate
to the risk present- from the groundwater.   The addition of
arsenic treatment  to below the MCL  by either  in-situ or ex-situ
methods would provide  only a limited  additional  reduction  of risk
•to public health and the environment,  which is not justified by '
the additional cost for  these  alternatives,  since it is believed
that additional  lowering of contaminant  levels will  occur  by
natural oxidation.

     4.   Utilization  of Permanent  Solution*  and Alternative
          Treatment Technologies  or Resource  Recovery
          Technologies to the  »»•*•»"»«" Extent  Practicable

The selected  remedy and  contingent  remedy represent  the maximum
extent to which  permanent solutions and  alternative  treatment
technologies  can be used in a  cost-effective  manner  at  this  site.
Of those alternatives  that are protective of  human health,  and  the
environment and  that comply with  ARARs,  U.S.  EPA has determined
that the selected  remedy and the  contingent remedy provide the
best balance  in  terms  of long-term  effectiveness and permanence,
reduction of  toxicity, mobility,  or volume of contaminants,  short
term effectiveness, implementability,  and cost,., taking  into
consideration State and  .community acceptance-.

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The removal cf hazardous and liquid waste drums,  installation  and'
maintenance cf a final cover for the landfill,  groundwater
monitoring, and restriction of site access  through  installation
of a fence and institutional controls, will  provide the most
permanent solution that is practical and proportionate to the
cost.

     5.  Preference for Treatment as a Principal  Element

Based on current information, U.S. EPA and  the  State of Michigan
believe that the selected remedy and the contingent remedy are
protective of human health and the environment  and  utilize
permanent solutions and alternative treatment technologies to  the
maximum extent possible.  The selected remedy satisfies the
statutory preference for treatment of the hazardous substances
present at the site as a principal element  by requiring treatment
of drummed hazardous wastes present on sice.  The selected remedy
also includes treatment of gasses generated by  the  landfill,
unless ARARs are met without treatment.  If  the contingent remedy
is implemented, groundwater also will be actively treated in-situ
to remove arsenic.
L.  SUMMARY

The selected remedy and the contingent remedy will satisfy the
statutory requirements established in Section 121 of CERCLA, as
amended by SARA, to protect human health and the environment,
will comply with ARARs, will provide overall effectiveness
proportionate to its costs, and will use permanent solutions and
alternate treatment technologies to the maximum.extent
practicable.  Treatment of hazardous wastes found on site is a
component of the selected remedy.  Treatment is also a component
of the contingent remedy for groundwater clean-up, if natural
oxidation does not occur as fast as predicted.


M.  RESPONSIVENESS SUMMARY

The public participation requirements of CERCLA sections 113 (k)
 (2)  (i-v) and 117 of CERCLA have been met during .the remedy
selection process. Section 113 OO (2) (B) (iv) and 117(b) of CERCLA
requires the EPA to respond "... to each of the significant
comments, criticisms, and new data submitted in written or oral
presentations" on a proposed plan for a remedial action.  The
Responsiveness Summary addresses concerns expressed by the
public, potentially responsible parties  (PRPs), and governmental
bodies in written and oral comments received by EPA and the State
regarding'the proposed remedy for the Albion-Sheridan Township
Landfill Site.

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Background

U.S. EPA issued a fact sheet to the public  in Albion,  Michigan,
at the beginning of the Remedial  Investigation.   The  Agency  also
hosted a. public meeting on August  25,  1992,  to provide background
information on the Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill  site,
explain the Superfund process, and provide  details, of the
upcoming investigation.  The remedial  investigation was completed
in July, 1994, and in August,  1994, U.S.  EPA issued a second fact
sheet to summarize the results of  the  investigation.

The RI/FS reports and the Proposed Plan for the Albion-Sheridan
Township Landfill site were released to the public for review in
September, 1994..  An information repository has been  established
at the following location:  Albion Public Library,  501 S.
Superior Street, Albion, Michigan.  The Administrative Record has
been made available to the public  at the U.S.  EPA Docket Room in
Region V and at the information repository.        •

A public meeting was held on October 5,  1994  to discuss the  FS
and the Proposed Plan.  At this meeting,  representatives from the
U.S. EPA and MDNR answered questions about  the Site and the
remedial alternatives under consideration.   Formal  oral comments
on the Proposed Plan were documented by a court reporter.  A
verbatim transcript of this public meeting  has been placed in the
information repositories and Administrative  Record.  Written
comments were also accepted at this meeting.   The meeting was
attended by approximately 35 persons.

The FS and Proposed Plan were available for public  comment from
October 3, 1994, through December  4, 1994.  Comments received
during the public comment period and U.S. EPA's responses to
those comments are discussed below and  are a part of this ROD.
Advertisements announcing the availability of  the Proposed Plan,
start of the comment period and extension of the comment period
were published in the' Albion Reporter.

During the comment period, EPA received approximately  11 written
submittala containing comments on  the proposed plan.

Summary of Significant Comments

Comments by thm Calhoun County Health Department

COMMENT:  The Calhoun County Health Department supports the
recommended alternatives.

COMMENT:  'They would like to leave the  option  open  for  •.
Alternative SB if monitoring showed an  increase in  any  hazardous
levels of contamination or if the  groundwater  plume changes
direction.

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 RESPONSE:  U.S.  EPA has  chosen  Alternative  53 (in-situ treatment
 of groundwater)  as  a contingent remedy,  which will be implemented
 if arsenic contamination in  grcundwater  is  not decreasing fast
 enough or if  residential wells  are  threatened..Other contaminants
 are not present  in  the groundwater  at  hazardous levels.   The
 groundwater monitoring which is part of  both the selected and
 contingent remedy includes monitoring  of flow directions.

 Comments by the  Officers of  the Church of the Nazarene

 COMMENT:  The officers of the Church of  the Nazarene are
 concerned because they live  close to the area and are concerned
 about their members and  children at their church and in the
 neighborhood.  They recommend the following:

 Remove drums                                   •
 Cap landfill                         •  '
 Treat gas                                 '      •   •
 Monitor groundwater

 RESPONSE:  In general, U.S.  EPA agrees with these
 recommendations.  However, the  Agency  may allow landfill gasses
 to be vented  without treatment  if it is  demonstrated that is safe
 and will meet all applicable or relevant and appropriate
"requirements.

 Comments by Private Citizens

 COMMENT:  Mr,. Kenneth Lampart agrees with the recommended
 alternatives: 2, 3C,  4B,  5A,  and any or  all other actions needed
 to protect the public of Albion-Sheridan Township and Jackson
 County, Parma Township,  and  Amberton Village.

 COMMENT:  Mr. Lampart asks why  this process is taking so long.

 RESPONSE:  U.S.  EPA's initial action at  this  site was the removal
 of drummed waste from the surface of the landfill,  where .passers-
 by might come into  contact with hazardous wastes.   This  action
 was accomplished relatively  quickly following notification.   The
 other possible threats at the site  --  the large  mass of  buried
 wastes, possible contamination  of soils,  surface and groundwater
 surrounding the  site --  did  not appear to present as much of an
 immediate threat and so  were dealt with  under. the Remedial
 Program at U.S.  EPA.  The Remedial  Program  takes more care to
 thoroughly understand the extent of contamination at the site,  so
 that the cleanup actions which  are  taken can be  the'final actions
 needed at the site.  The Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study
 at  this site  took three  years to complete,  which is slightly
 faster than the  average  time of four years.   This time was spent
 investigating and negotiating with potentially responsible
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options,  conferring with the State of Michigan and the public,
and  choosing  an  option.

COMMENT:  Mr.  Lampart asks what kind of water and other
contaminants  he  is  unknowingly subjected to from elsewhere.

RESPONSE:  The purpose of U.S. EPA's investigation was to
determine the 'nature and extent of contamination from the Albion-
Sheridan  Township Landfill site.   No significant contamination
was  discovered from other sources during our investigation.

COMMENT:  Mr.  Lampart asks when the "22 full drums and 24 empty
drums" were removed from the landfill,  how many contained
hazardous wastes, solids,  and liquids?   He also asks how deep the
samples were  taken  from.       '.

RESPONSE:  The 1990 removal report documents that the drums
appeared  to contain grease and paint wastes,  but does not
indicate  how  many were solids and. liquids.  Four drums were
analyzed  and  found  to contain hazardous wastes.   All of the drums
.removed in 1990  were found on the surface of the landfill.
During its later investigation,  U.S. EPA sampled landfill wastes
up to 36  feet deep  at three locations and found no hazardous
wastes.   However, hazardous wastes were found by the MDNR in
drums buried  at  one location in the landfill.   This ROD requires
removal of those drums which contain hazardous or liquid wastes,
which could contaminate groundwater.

COMMENT:  Mr.  Lampart asks, if he entered the .fenced in area and
walked around, would his health be at risk from exposure?

RESPONSE: The fence was put up for that very purpose,  to
eliminate any health risk from exposure .to waste which is inside
the  fence.  Although much of the  waste  inside the fence is
presently covered by sandy soil,  there  are areas where it is
exposed on the surface.

COMMENT:  Mr.  Lampart asks, since the Kalaraazoo River is not of
any  significant  health risk, should he  get his drinking water
from there?

RESPONSE: Although there are no  significant health risks to
recreational  use of the North Branch of the Kalamazoo River
caused by the landfill,  U.S. EPA does'not recommend using it as a
drinking  water source without appropriate treatment.

COMMENT:  Mr. Lampart asks, what  is the one location where
• arsenic presently exceeds the federal drinking water standards
and  is anybody using water from this location now?

R'ESPONSE: The concentration of arsenic exceeds drinking water
standards in  one monitoring well  (MW06SB), drilled by U.S.  EPA

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immediately adjacent  to the  landfill.   No  one  is  using this well
as a drinking water source and  there  are no residential wells
adjacent to t.his monitoring  well.   The  residential  well closest
to'the landfill is•located immediately  south of the landfill and
is deep enough not to be contaminated by the landfill plume.

COMMENT:  Mr. Lampart asks whether  Harrington  School might have
received exposure  from-the landfill,  for example  by truck
traffic, dust, or wind, and  whether in  general the  air is safe
when the wind blows off the  dump  site.

RESPONSE:  Although there is no way of  knowing historical
exposure patterns, U.S. EPA's investigation showed  no exposure to
the Harringtpn School from the Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill
site at this time.  With the current  vegetative cover,  there is
minimal dust generated from  the site  and gas generated by'the
landfill is released over a  wide  area at low concentrations.
However, U-.S. EPA believes expeditious  construction of the
landfill cap and implementation of  landfill gas controls will
further insure the safety of .surrounding residents  and
businesses.  The type of cap chosen by  U.S.  EPA 'for this landfill
uses a flexible membrane liner instead  of  clay to stop
infiltration and therefore will involve a  lower level  of truck
traffic during construction  than  a  clay cap.

^COMMENT:  Mr. Lampart asks whether  the  water for Amberton Village
should be filtered or treated before-it is supplied to homes  and
whether it is -safe to drink  the water from residences  near the
landfill.

RESPONSE:. The Amberton Village well  and all residential  wells
near the landfill were sampled during the  remedial  investigation
and will continue to be monitored in  the future.  Water  in all  of
the residential wells and the Amberton  Village well  met  federal
drinking water standards and is safe  to drink.

COMMENT:  Mr. Alan R. Moore  states  that during the  public
hearing, contaminants were listed as  "low"  and asks  that  they be
listed as actual values compared  to average background.

RESPONSE:  There are  too many'actual  values involved to  list
here.  .However, the Remedial investigation Report lists  all
actual values and background values for surface and subsurface
soils, groundwater and surface water  sampled at the  site.  This
Report  is part of  the Administrative  Record for the  site  and  is
available at the Site Repository  at the Albion Public  Library and
at U.S. EPA Region 5  headquarters in  Chicago.

COMMENT.-.  Mr. Moore asks whether  there  could be a cost/benefit
analysis for the remedy.

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RESPONSE:  As is discussed  in Section H of  this  ROD,  U.S.  EPA
bases its remedy selection  on nine criteria.   To be considered
for final selection, a remedy must provide  overall  protection of
human health and the environment  and must comply with all
applicable or relevant and  appropriate requirements (or provide
grounds for a waiver).  The proposed re-re •   is then selected by
determining which provides  the best combii.l..ion  of  attributes
with respect to long-term effectiveness; short-term
effectiveness; reduction in toxicity, mobility,  or  volume;
implementability; and cost.  The  final remedy  is selected  based
on all these criteria and State and community  acceptance,  based
on comments received during the public comment period.   The
Superfund process as provided in  the National  Contingency  Plan at
this time does not include  assigning dollar values  to
improvements in human health risks and the  environment,  as would
be required in a cost/benefit analysis.

COMMENT:  Mr. Moore asks why the  landfill contents  couldn't  be ;
excavated and placed in an  approved sanitary landfill.

RESPONSE:  The costs associated with this would  be  prohibitive.
In addition, the amount of  time required to excavate  and
transport all of the waste  would  place nearby  residences and
businesses at risk from much greater exposure  than  capping the
landfill in place.

COMMENT:  Ms. Sally Ammerman asks how close to the  landfill  new
drinking waters wells would have  to be, to  be at risk.

RESPONSE:  This ROD requires the  imposition of deed restrictions
or local ordinances prohibiting domestic use water wells which
draw water from the arsenic contaminant plume shown on Figure 4.
This area extends approximately 600 feet to the  southwest of the
landfill.  Outside of this  area,  arsenic is at or below  the
natural background level in the region.  Water wells close to the
plume boundary (defined as  2 ug/1 arsenic)   shown on Figure 4 may
draw water from the plume if they are very  shallow; deeper, wells,
such as the existing private well immediately south of the
landfill, may not be affected because they  are deeper than the
plume.

COMMENT:  Ms. Ammerman, Mr. Robert Lopez, and Mr. Mike. LaNoue are
concerned that drilling of  large  volume water wells by the
proposed Albion Renewable Energy  Power Plant may cause migration
of contaminants from the landfill to the City of Albion's Clark
Pumping Station or to private water wells.   Mr. Lopez also
requests that the hydrogeological study include the area of  the
proposed plant.   •   •

RESPONSE:  If the proposed  plant  is built,   it is very unlikely
that wells at that location would have any  affect on the
contaminant plume at the landfill.  However, if wells were

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 proposed at thac or any other location which were likely co
 spread the contaminant plume or change its flow direction,  U.S.
 EPA and MDNR" have the authority to take action to protect human
.health and the environment,  under CERCLA Section 104 and 106 and
 Michigan Act 307, including seeking legal•injunctions.

 The hydrogeolpgical study of the  Albion-Sheridan Township
 Landfill did not include the area of the proposed plant because
 it  is approximately 3/4 mile upgradient of the landfill.  Except
 for wells installed to determine  background conditions, the
 majority of U.S. EPA's hydrogeologlcal investigation was
 concentrated on areas down-gradient of the landfill, the
 direction in which contaminants'would flow.

 COMMENT:  Ms.  Doreene Derr,'  Mr. Robert Lopez,  and Mr. Mike  LaNoue
 each stated that there are six Superfund Sites in the Albion area
 and it is essential for Project Managers to coordinate with each.
 other.  Others at the public meeting held to discuss U.S.  EPA's.
 Proposed Plan were confused about the various governmental  lists*
 of  cleanup sites.        •

 RESPONSE:  U.S. EPA agrees that it is important for-Project
 Managers of Superfund sites  to coordinate and to consider the
 wider community in all Superfund  site decisions.   In some cases,
 such as at the Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill,  contamination
 is  fairly localized and does not  interact with any other
 contamination in the area.

 Although there are multiple  contamination sites in Albion,  U.S.
 EPA considers only two to be Superfund sites.•  Historically,  the
 term "Superfund Sites" has meant  those on the National Priorities
 List, a list of high-priority cleanup sites which are eligible
 for funding using Superfund money.   The two sites in this
 category in Albion are the McGraw-Edison Corporation Site and the
 Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill Site.  A soil and groundwater
 cleanup is in progress at the McGraw-Edison site.'

 As the cotranentors have pointed out,  there are a number of
 additional sites in the Albion area designated as sites of
 environmental contamination on a  list,  compiled by the Michigan
 Department of Natural Resources,  of sites.addressed or needing  to
. be addressed under the Michigan Environmental Response Act  (MERA
 or Act 307}.  These sites and others may also appear On a master
 list of sites addressed or needing to be addressed under the
 Federal Comprehensive Environmental Response,  Compensation,  and
 Liability Act  (CERCLA).  this federal list is called the CERCLA
 Information System, or "CERCLIS".  Following investigation,  State
 or Federal action may or may not  be taken at these additional
 sites. .               .                         •

 COMMENT:  Mr. LaNoue requests that U.S. EPA form a geographic
 initiative area  in Albion to address the multiple waste sites and

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other environmental  concerns  in che Albion area.   He also made
.additional comments  concerning the proposed Albion Renewable
Energy Power Plant.

RESPONSE:  U.S. EPA  declines  to designate Albion  as a geographic
initiative area at this  time.   U.S.  EPA and the States undertake
geographic initiatives to  accelerate environmental protection in
areas which, because of  their size and/or complexity,  outstrip
the resources and authorities .of a single agency.   Historically,
these areas have been chosen  through comparative  risk
assessments.  The geographic  initiatives undertaken in Region 5
to date are in major urban areas (e.g.  Detroit/southeast
Michigan) or areas of high industrial concentration (e.g.,
Gary/northwest Indiana).   Albion is  small enough  that  U.S.  EPA
and the Michigan Department of Natural.Resources  believe they can
coordinate together  without an official designation as a
geographic initiative area.

U.S. EPA notes Mr. LaNoue's comments concerning the proposed
power plant, but does not  respond to them here, since  this.
responsiveness summary focuses on the Albion Sheridan  Township
Landfill Site.  We recommend  Mr.  LaNoue and other concerned
citizens contact- the Michigan Department of Natural Resources
concerning the current status of the project as it is  our
understanding that it may  be  temporarily or permanently on  hold.

Comments by Potentially  Responsible  Parties:

COMMENT:  Bull & Associates,  Inc.  ("HAI"),  commenting  on behalf
of the City of Albion, states that they generally  concur with the
approach presented in the  Proposed Plan for the Site.

COMMENT:  K&Z, Corning,  Inc.  ("Corning")  and Cooper Industries
 ("Cooper") agree with Alternative 2A for removal arid disposal of
drummed waste.  HAI  recommends the ROD  incorporate language which
could provide the flexibility to limit  removal  to  only drums  that
are structurally sound and determined to contain hazardous waste
in order to minimize transport/disposal costs and  reduce exposure
risks during closure.  They recommend that  criteria for
determining which drums  stay  and which  are  to be removed be.
incorporated into the ROD.  Corning  wishes  to confirm  their
understanding that any drums  found that contain non-hazardous
solid waste would be left  in  the landfill as they  pose no threat
to groundwater.  Cooper  Industries agrees with  the Agency that
drums containing unidentified liquids and solid hazardous waste
which are discovered during the remedial action will be properly
disposed.

RESPONSE:  U.S. EPA  agrees that only drums  which are structurally
sound enough to be removed with wastes  essentially intact should
be removed from the  landfill.   The. ROD  provides specific language
concerning the selection of drums for off-site  disposal.

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Coming's underscanding is correct that -drums  containing non-
hazardous solid wastes would be left in the  landfill.   Details  of
drum removal .and disposal can be found in  Section  I  of  the  ROD.

COMMENT:  HAI and Corning concur with the  recommendation for a-
flexible membrane liner (FML) to cap the landfill  rather than a
:lay cap, because it will be a more effective  barrier for
reducing surface water infiltration and is probably  the most cost
affective.                                         .   '    -

COMMENT:  HAI, Corning, and Cooper state that  the  FML cap
configuration as shown on Figure 3.3 of the  FS should be changed
so that the permeable drainage layer is immediately  above the
FML, to provide more protection against punctures  in the liner
and a better drainage pathway.  They also  recommend  that the ROD
allow for performance demonstrations that  alternate  material
(i.e., geoco'mposite) can be considered for a drainage layer.

RESPONSE:  U.S. EPA has considered-the technical merits of.this ^
request and determined that the requested  change should be  made."
Section I of the ROD specifies the drainage  layer  to be directly
on top of the FML and also incorporates the  requested flexible  in
material.                '                           •

COMMENT:  HAI, Corning, and Cooper all support the installation
of a passive gas venting system, at least  initially.   HAI states
that ah active extraction system is known  to exacerbate landfill
settlement, which ultimately may resu.lt in increased cap
maintenance costs.  In addition, HAI .states  that since  a gas
monitoring plan will have to be developed  for  the site,   it will
be possible to monitor the effectiveness of -a  passive venting
system.  Corning states that the generation  rate and composition
of landfill gas should be evaluated during Remedial  Design and
the interconnected piping and blower/flare facility  of  an active
system  should be added only if the gas concentrations exceed
ARARs.  Cooper states that it is U.S. EPA's  proposal that the
passive venting points be installed first, with active  gas
collection to be ajdded only if vented concentrations exceed U.S.
EPA or  MDNR criteria.

RESPONSE:  In Section I of this ROD,"U.S.  EPA  is requiring
installation of an active gas collection and treatment  system
unless, during, the design phase, it is demonstrated  that a
passive gas venting system will meet all applicable  or  relevant
and appropriate requirements.  If. U.S. EPA's evaluation, in
cooperation with that ;pf the MDNR, indicates that passive venting
will meet all requirements, it will be1 approved.

COMMENT:  HAI and'Corning agree with the selected groundwater
alternative  for groundwater monitoring.  HAI states  that the
concentration and extent of the groundwater  contamination does
not appear to warrant the implementation of  an active groundwater

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remedy, nor present  a  significant  risk to human health and the
environment.  Corning  states  that  the  reduced infiltration
through the waste  material  and the natural attenuation of arsenic
should mitigate  the  impacts to groundwater at the site'.

COMMENT:  HAI requests that the U.S. EPA provide the rationale
for such an extensive  groundwater  monitoring program (especially
the quarterly monitoring  of residential wells)  in light  of the
objective defined  in the  FS.   The  groundwater flow conditions of
the bedrock aquifer  documented in  the  RI indicate that nearby
residential wells  apparently  receive water from the northwest
(presumable the  wells  are set into the bedrock)  and,  thereby,  to
a large degree,  are  hydraulically  isolated from the landfill.
The monitoring of  these residential wells should only occur as a
contingency based  on groundwater quality results of wells
affected by the  landfill, rather than  a pre-determined,  arbitrary
quarterly schedule.

RESPONSE:  The groundwater  monitoring  system under the selected *
alternative has  several purposes:   to  monitor the effectiveness
of natural oxidation in reducing arsenic concentration,  to
monitor other contaminants  which are emanating from the  site  at
less hazardous levels,  and  to ensure that there  is no  impact  to
•any residential  wells  from  contamination emanating from  the site.
As explained in  Section I of  the ROD,  the ROD retains  flexibility
regarding which  specific  wells will be monitored in the  long  term
and regarding many details  of the  sampling schedule.

The RI groundwater flow maps  do not indicate  that  the  groundwater
source for these wells is from the northwest.  Rather, the flow
maps, along with the groundwater plume contour maps  show
groundwater from the landfill heading  southwest  towards the
residential wells  on East Erie Road.   The U.S. EPA believes that
quarterly sampling for residential wells is appropriate given  the
close proximity  of the wells  to the landfill.

COMMENT:  HAI states that the ROD  should include  language which
allows the proposed  groundwater monitoring network to be amended
by data collected  from the  installation of the two proposed
monitoring well  nests.

RESPONSE:  The ROD requires the installation  of  four additional
monitoring wells during the design phase,  including one well nest
of two wells and two isolated wells.   As explained in. Section I
of the ROD, the  ROD  retains flexibility regarding  which specific
wells will be monitored in  the long term and  regarding many
details of. the sampling schedule.

COMMENTj  Several  parties commented on parameters  to be analyzed
in the groundwater monitoring program.   HAI assumes  that
groundwater samples  will  be analyzed for only inorganic
parameters because they state that no  volatile organic compounds

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which could be directly accribuced  to  the  landfill were detected.
HAI also states that a semi-annual  VOC sampling frequency is more
appropriate .given the results of  the risk  assessment.and the
requirements of Act 641.  Corning/  Inc.  comments that  the
groundwater analytical program has  not been specified  and that
they recommend that the analytical  program include only the
analytes of concern' identified during  the-  Remedial Investigation.
Cooper Industrie* suggests that TAL/TCL analytes be used for the
initial sampling of any newly installed well,  with subsequent
quarterly and annual testing to be  for only those analytes of
concern to Cooper and the Agency.

RESPONSE:  Section I of the ROD includes some  flexibility for
developing a target list for groundwater monitoring once a
sufficient data-set has been established.   The ROD requires  one
complete round of groundwater samples  to be analyzed for Target
Compound List and Target Analyte  List  parameters,  ammonia and
field parameters, to provide a wider basis for design  of the
groundwater monitoring program..   For subsequent long-term
monitoring, the ROD retains some  flexibility regarding the target
parameter list.

COMMENT:   Corning and  Cooper state  that  the Feasibility  Study
recommends  30  mil PVC  or -40 mil VLDPE for' the liner  material.
Corning and Cooper recommend a stronger and thicker material  such
as  40  to 60  mil HOPE  for  the liner.   Corning  states that  the
sturdier liner material will be easier to  install,  is  less likely
to tear during installation,  and  will have  better seam  integrity.

RESPONSE:   The ROD requries  a flexible membrane liner which is
equivalent  to  or  less  permeable  than  a  40  mil low  density
polyethylene or 30 mil polyvinyl  chloride.   If  U4S.  EPA determines
during  -the  remedial design  that  a stronger or thicker material
should be used for the liner, the ROD  allows "that  flexibility.

COMMENT:  Corning states that the composite  liner  system provides .
only  30  inches of cover  for the FML  and  that an additional  six
inches  of  cover soil should be  added  to  ensure  that  the FML xs
below  the frost  line.   Cooper  states  that they are   evaluating
whether the 30" depth to the  flexible membrane  liner is sufficient
to prevent rupture during Michigan freeze/thaw cycles, and requests
the Agency consider allowing parties  the  option to increase  the
depth of the FML by providing a thicker cover,  if  warranted.

.RESPONSE:    The landfill cover required in the ROD is  a minimum
thickness.  U.S. EPA does  not believe it  is essential for an FML to
be  below  the  frost  line.   However,  if  U.S.  EPA determines during
Remedial.Design that thicker layers should be used,  the ROD allows
thaf  flexibility.

COMMENT:   Corning and-Cooper state that the general landfill  cap
contours  in the Feasibility Study show  steep slopes where "cut  ar.d

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 fill"  regrading  of  the  existing  topography  could reduce  slope
 angles,  provide better stability,  and reduce cap material volumes.
 They request flexibility  in the contour design to accommodate these
 potential benefits.

 RESPONSE:  There  is flexibility included _n the ..3D concerning the
 final  slopes  and  how they are attair.aa,  -Ithouc.i the  requirements
 of  Michigan Act 641 must be'met.  Private property boundaries may
 restrict cut and  fill regrading in some areas.  These are described
 in  Section I  of the ROD.

 COMMENT:  Corning  states  that  the groundwater monitoring program
'for the site,  as specified in  the Feasibility Study,  includes 27
 wells.   It is  Corning's understanding that  four  new wells .will be
 installed during  the Remedial Design phase  and added  to the  long-
 term monitoring  program  to  be sampled during  quarterly and/or
 annual events.

 RESPONSE:  The ROD requires  the  installation of  four  additional
 monitoring wells  during the design phase.  Aa explained in Section
 I of the ROD, the ROD  retains flexibility regarding which specific
 wells  will be monitored in the long term and regarding many details
 of  the sampling schedule.  The monitoring scheme presented in the
 Feasibility Study is an example of a monitoring program which would
 be' acceptable by U.S. EPA.

 COMMENT:  Cooper states that  the RI/FS Report is silent  regarding
 supplemental  investigation activities;  however,  during a meeting
 U.S. EPA mentioned the need for additional monitoring wells to be
 installed during  the remedial design phase of the project.  Cooper
 believes that the  current monitoring well  network and associated
 compliance monitoring  at the site is sufficient to determine the
 effectiveness of  the cap  to prevent' leaching to groundwater and to
 ensure that is no-potential impact to domestic water supplies.

 RESPONSE:  U.S. EPA has determined,  in consultation with the MDNR,
 that the new wells  are  necessary and they are required by this ROD.
 The four additional monitoring wells are shown on Figure 3.4 of the
 Feasibility Study as proposed new wells and were also included in
 the Proposed  Plan  which  was  available  for public  comment  from
 October  3  to  December 4, 1994.   The wells at MW15 and MW16 are
 needed  to  further  define the  contaminant  plume to  the west and
 south of  the  site, respectively,  in  areas  where -the groundwater
 gradients are low and flow directions somewhat variable.  The MW15
 well is intended  to- ensure that no contamination  is flowing toward
 the Orchard Knoll  Subdivision,  where groundwater contaminants of
 unknown  origin were detected  in the past.   The  two deep bedrock
 wells, (at 'MW16  and  MW09)  are needed to further define the-, vertical
 extent of  contamination, since at present  there is only one deep
 bedrock well at the site.

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COMMENT:  Cooper  states  that the Risk Assessment Report does  not
identify  which analytical  methods  are  to  be utilized  for  the
quarterly  and  annual  groundwater  monitoring  well   compliance
sampling detailed in Figure  3.4.

RESPONSE: The  ROD retains some  flexibility regarding  analytical
methods for groundwater monitoring,  although it does require  that
methods  have  detection  limits  at or  below the  federal maximum
contaminant level  (MCL) ,  for those  analytes which  have an  MCL.
Specific methods will  be  approved as part of a Quality Assurance
Project Plan during Remedial Design.

COMMENT:    Cooper  states  that   the  RI  Report  describes   that
residential wells, surface water  'samples,  and selected groundwater
monitoring  well  samples. were  analyzed  using . the   "Region  5
Residential Well REQUIRES."  No laboratory contacted by  Cooper was
familiar with  the "Region 5 Residential  Well  REQUIRES."  Cooper
requested and has been supplied  with,the  analytes of concern and
associated detection  levels, but  that information  is  still not
specific enough regarding the "Region 5' Residential Well REQUIRES""
protocols to  allow comment  by  Cooper.   For  residential  wells,
Cooper  suggests that a gas chromatograph  method,  which has lower
detection levels than a typical GC/MS method and is a more standard
methodology, be  used  rather than  the Region  5  Residential .Well
REQUIRES.

RESPONSE:   During the Remedial  Investigation,  residential  wells
samples and selected other samples were analyzed under U.S.  EPA's,
Contract  Laboratory  Program as  a  Special  Analytical  Service
(REQUIRES)  because  lower  detection  limits  were  needed.    As
discussed in Section I of the ROD,  the specific analysis methods
for groundwater samples during Remedial Design and Remedial Action
will be proposed by the party conducting the design and subject to
approved by U.S.  EPA as part of the Quality Assurance Project Plan.


N.  GLOSSARY

Applicable, or Relevant and Appropriate Requirements (ARARs)
Section 121 (d)  of  CERCLA  requires that remedial  actions  meet
legally applicable or relevant and appropriate requirements (ARARs)
of other environmental  laws.  Legally "applicable" requirements are
those   cleanup,  standards,   standards  of  control,  'and   other
substantive  environmental protection  requirements,  criteria  or
limitations   promulgated  .under   Federal   or   State   law   that
specifically address a  hazardous substance, pollutant, contaminant,
remedial action, location, or other circumstances at a CERCLA site.
"Relevant  and appropriate"  requirements  are 'those  requirements
that, while not legally applicable to the remedial action, address
problems or situations  sufficiently similar to those encountered at
the site that their use is well  suited to the remedial action.

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Non- promulgated advisories or guidance documents issued by federal
or state governments  ("to-be-considered or TBCs")  do not have the
status  of  ARARs;  however,  where  no applicable  or  relevant  and
appropriate  requirements exist,  or  for some reason may not 'be
sufficiently  protective, non-promulgated  advisories or guidance
documents may be considered  in  determining the necessary level of
clean up for protection  of human  health and the  environment.

Aquifer
A  body  of  rock  that   is   sufficiently   permeable  to  conduct
groundwater  and  to yield economically  significant  quantities of
water -to wells and springs.

Baseline Risk Assessment     .
The  baseline risk  assessment'  is an  analysis of  the  potential
adverse health effects caused by hazardous  substance releases  from
a site in the absence of any  actions  to control or  mitigate these
releases.   The  baseline risk  assessment   assumes  no  corrective
action   will  take  place   and  no  site-use  restrictions  or"
institutional   controls   such   as   fencing,   groundwater    use
restrictions or construction  restrictions  will.be imposed.  There
are  four steps  in  the  baseline  risk assessment process:   data
collection and analysis;  exposure assessment; toxicity assessment;
and risk characterization.

Cancer Potency Factors (CPFs)

Cancer  potency  factors  (CPFs)  have",  been  developed   by  EPA' s
Carcinogenic Assessment Group for estimating excess lifetime cancer
risks  associated  with   exposure  to  potentially   carcinogenic
chemicals.   CPFs,  which  are  expressed  in  units  of  (mg/kg-day) 'l,
are multiplied by the estimated intake of  a  potential carcinogen,
in mg/kg-day,  to provide an upper-bound  estimate  of the. excess
lifetime cancer risk  associated with exposure at that intake level.
The term "upper  bound" reflects the conservative estimate of the
risks  calculated  from  the  CPF.   Use of  this approach  makes
underestimation of 't:he actual cancer risk highly unlikely.  Cancer
potency   factors  are   derived  from   the   results   of  human
epidemiolocpLcal studies  or chronic animal  bioassays.
Comprehensive Environment Response. Compensation, and Lability Act
(CERCIA1
A federal law passed in  1980 and revised in 1986 by the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act.  CERCLA created a special tax
that  goes  into a  trust  fund,  commonly, known  as  "Superfund",  to
investigate and clean up abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste
sites.

Excess Lifetime Cancer Risks
Excess  lifetime  cancer  risks  are the  sum of  all  excess cancer
lifetime risks for all contaminants  for a given scenario.  Excess
Lifetime Cancer  Risks are  determined  by  multiplying  the intake

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level by the cancer potency factor for each contaminant of concern
and  summing  across all  relevant  chemicals  and pathways.   These
risks are' probabilities that are generally expressed in scientific
notation (e.g. l X 10"6) .  An excess lifetime cancer risk of l x 10"' '
indicates that a person's chance of contracting cancer as a result
of site.related  exposure  averaged over a 70-year lifetime  may be
increased by as much as 1 in one million.

Groundwater
The water beneath the earth's surface that flows through soil pores
and rock openings.  Often utilized as a source  of drinking water.

Hazard Index  (HI)
The  Hazard  Index (HI),  an expression  of non-carcinogenic  toxic
effects, measures  whether a person  is being  exposed to  adverse
levels of  non-carcinogens.   .The  HI provides  a useful  reference
point   for   gauging  the  potential   significance   of   multiple
contaminant  exposures  within a single  medium  or across  multiple
media.  The HI for non-carcinogenic health risks is  the sum of all
contaminants for a given scenario.  Any Hazard  Index value greater
than  1.0  suggests that a non-carcinogen  potentially presents  an
unacceptable health risk.

Inorganic compounds
Chemical  compounds  that  are  composed  of  mineral  materials,
including salts and minerals such as iron, aluminum, mercury,  and
zinc.

Leachate
A  liquid  (usually water from  rain or ' snow) that  has percolated
through wastes and contains components of those wastes.

MCLS
These are Maximum Contaminant  Levels  (see primary Drinking Water
Standards).  •

National Priority List (NPL)
U.S.  EPA's  list of top  priority  hazardous waste sites  that .are
eligible for federal money under Superfund.

National Contingency Plan  (NCP)
The  Federal  regulation that  sets  the  framework for the Superfund
program.    The  NCP  identifies the  governmental  organizations
involved  in  the remedial  response,   outlines  their roles  and
responsibilities, and  discusses the  interrelationships  of these
organizations.    In addition,   the NCP  provides guidelines   for
planning and conducting response activities.

Organic Compounds
Chemical  compounds  composed   primarily   of  carbon,  including
materials such as solvents, oils,  and pesticides.

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Permeability
The  ease with  which groundwater  moves through  earth materials.
Movement  is controlled  by the  size  and shape of  spaces between
zhese  materials.

Present Value Cost
An  economic term  used to  described today's cost  for  a Superfund
cleanup and reflect the discounted value of construction and future
operation and maintenance costs.  U.S. I~A uses present value costs
when calculating  the cost  of alternatives for long-term projects.

Primary Drinking  Water Standards (MCLs)
Primary  Drinking  Water  Standards  are  maximum contaminant  levels
 (MCLs)  set  for substances  that  can pose a~ threat  to  health when
present  in  drinking  water  at  certain  levels;    Because  these
substances are of concern for health (not just aesthetic )  reasons,
primary MCLs are  enforceable under the Safe  Drinking Water  Act.

Record of Decision (ROD)      .                       .
A document  signed by EPA's Regional  Administrator,  outlining the
selected  remedy  for  a  Superfund  site.   The ROD includes  the
Responsiveness  Summary,  which addresses concerns  presented  to EPA
during the  public comment  period.

Reference Doses (RfDa)
Reference  doses   (RfDs)   have  been  developed  by  U.S.  EPA  for
indicating  the  potential for adverse  health  effects from  exposure
to chemicals exhibiting non-carcinogenic effects.'  RfDs,. which are
expressed  in units of mg/kg-day,  are estimates  of average  daily
exposure  levels   for  humans,  including  sensitive individuals.
Estimated intakes of chemicals from environmental  media, (e.g.,  the
amount of a chemical ingested from contaminated drinking water)  can
be   compared  to   the   RfD.     RfDs   are   derived  from   human
epidemiological studies or animal studies  to  which 'uncertainty
factors have been applied  (e.g.,  to account  for the use of animal
data to predict effects on  humans).  These uncertainty factors help
ensure that the  RfDs will  not underestimate the  potential  for
adverse non-carcinogenic effects to occur.

Resource. Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (RCRA)
The federal law that establishes a regulatory system to require the
safe and secure procedures to be used in treating  and disposing of
hazardous waste.

Semi-Volatile Organic  Compounds  (SVOCs)
Organic  chemicals that  vaporize less  readily than VOCs.   These
.compounds,  include many  polynuclear  aromatic  hydrocarbons  and
pesticides.        •  • '

Superfund  Amendments  and  Reauthorization  Act   of 1986  (SARA)
Amendments  to the Superfund Law,  CERCLA.

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Volatile Organic Compounds  (VOCs)
Organic chemicals,  such as methylene chloride  and benzene, than
vaporize  easily.    Some VOCs  found -at  the sice  include  carbon
tetrachloride, vinyl chloride, benzene,  and chloroform.

Wetlands
Areas chat are inundated by surface  or groundwater  with sufficient
frequently to support vegetative or  aquatic life that depends upon
saturated or  seasonally saturated soil  conditions for growth and
reproduction.  -40 CFR Pt.6, App.A,  Section 4 .(j).

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                    LIST OF FIGURES  AND  TABLES



Figure 1       Property Boundary Map

Figure 2       Shallow Bedrock Ground Water Flow Map

Figure 3       Specific Conductance Isoconcentration Map

Figure 4       Arsenic Isoconcentration Map

Figure 5       Test Pit Locations

Figure 6       Example Long-term Monitoring Well Location Map

Figure 7       Proposed Air Sparging System for MCL Criteria

Table '-'     •   Chemicals of Potential Concern

Table 2        Maximum Risks from Combined Ingestion and
               Dermal Contact Pathways for Various Media

Table 3        Cost Summary for Remedial Alternatives

Table 4        Evaluation Table

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                                            TABLE  1
                                   ( 'liemiculs of Potential Concern
                        Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill, Albion, Michigan
Surface Soils
BeiiitHaiaiiliiracene
Bcn/olhMluiiraiilhcnc
brii/o(k)lliMHanlliene
Beiuo(glii)perylene
BenziKalpyrene
Chrysene
Dibenz(a.liKuiUiracene
Di-n hmyl plilhalaie
1 luuiaiillicne
IwdciuK l.2.3-i.'d)|»yicnc
Pliciianlhrcnc
I'yrciie
Arsenic

Barium
Clirtiiiiiimi
Cupjicr
Cyanide
Vanadium
Zinc

Ground Water Monitoring Wells - Unconsolidated Sediment and Bedrock Aquifers
Bcn/cnc
Carbon disullidc
l.2-DihriMUo-3-cliloro|mipaiic
Vinyl chloride
Xylcnc. liiul
Bis(2clhyl hcxyllphihalaic
nndosuHan snllaie
l.iiidanc
Aniiiniiny
Arsenic
Hariuni
Cadininin
C«ihall
lion
Nkii-l
Sclcninin
Iliiillium
Zinc

Residential Wells
Heptaclilor
Selenium
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Surface Water
Carbon disulfide
Butyl benzyl plilhalaie
Dicdiyl phtbaJale

River Sediments
Acetone
Mcihyknc cliloride
Bis(2-clliyl hexyDnliihalalc
riiioranllicnc
I'licnanilircnc
Pyrene
bBIIC
b Eiulosullan
liiuliin
Uiuli in aldehyde
Cadmium
Chromium
Cyanide
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                                                t 'liciiiiculs of Potential Concern
                                     Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill, Albion, Michigan
Wetland Sedinieiils
AlCltMtC
Mcihylciie cMufiik
Bis(2-eibyl hciyDpliiliabic
2 MnliylnaplillMleuc
I'licuwilhrcnc
4.4'-l>I>T
h F.iiilosiill.ui
Hiulriit
liuilfiii alilcliyilc
liiuliiii kcli«ic
1 Icpiiiclilot
Mciliiuycliliu
Arsenic
Mcnury
Selenium
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  Table  2.   Maximum  Risks from Combined Inaestion and
       Dermal Contact Pathways.for Various  Media
       ... .             Maximum                Maximum
Media               Hazard Index         Carcinogenic Risk

Groundwater   •           54                2.1  x 1CT3

Off-site soils       •    0.18              2.6  x 10'5


Surface water       .0.11              0

Sediments                0.048        '     1.9  x 10'"

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                     Table 3.   Cost  Summary for Remedial Alternatives
Alternative
2 -
3A
3B
3C
4 A
4B
5A
SB
5C
5D
Drum Removal
- Clay Cap
- Enhanced Clay
Cap
- FML Cap
- Passive Venting
of Landfill Gas
- Active Collection
of Landfill Gas
- Groundwater
Monitoring (GWM)
- In-situ Treatment
to MCL + GWM
- In-situ Treatment
to Type B + GWM
- Pump & Treat + GWM
Capital Cost
$ 614,581
$ 1,542,609
$ 1,779,137
$ 1,728,431
$ 49,600
$ 182,900
$ 128,822
$ 560,284
$ 862,656
$ 931,703
O&M
-o-
$ 109,373'
$ 109, 3731
$ 109,373*
$ 207,777'
$ 446, 0931
$ 642,335*
$ 790,457J
$ 1,539,827*
$ 1, 280,281s
Present Value
$.614.581
$ 1,651,982
$ 1,888,510
$
$
$
$
$
$
$
1,837,804
257,377
628,993
771,157
1,350,74.1
2,402,483
2,221,984
   Includes  30 yrs
2   Includes  20 yrs of GWM  (5 yrs beyond expected attainment of MCLs)
3   Includes  5 years of in-situ treatment  (during yrs 6 through 10,  as called  for  in  the
   contingent remedy)  and 5 additional  yrs  of  GWM  during yrs  11  through 15
1   Includes  12 yrs of in-situ treatment and 5 additional  yrs of GWM
s   Includes  9 -yrs of pump  and treat and 5 additional yrs  of GWM

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                                             TABLE -

                                    Evaluation  Table
                         No
                               Onam
                                                                                         Omen*
EVALUATION CRITERION
              3A
38
3C
4A
48
SB
                                                                5C
                                                  SO
1 . OvwU PraMcuon ol Hcttft A
4. RMucMn el Tonety.
  or VOUM tHeugji T
S. Shon-Mfm QIMMMWM
7. EatiMWdCo)
so
                               $0.6
             $1.7
$1.9  |  $19-
      mitbOft
             $0.3
             $0.7
             $1.1
             $1.8
             $2.7
            million
8. Slat* Ag*ncy AeMcuna
               leltiwf
              t wM M tMMMd HHr tlw |
9. CofiunuMv
                »d m« r»cofTvn«no«o an^ffwoM «M 69 «vtiuMO «n*r ir» cubic eommM o»nod
                   • lui*

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                Index to the Administrative Record
                Albion-Sheridan Township  landfill
                         Albion. Michigan
     Title

1.  Action
   Memo
          Author

          Jason
          El-Zein
Date

1/19/90
2. Site        Weston, Inc.   1/4/90
   Assessment
          Subject

          Request  for
          funda  for
          surface  removal
          actions  at AST
          Landfill
                                   Site inspection,
                                   analytical
                                   results. 4 removal
                                   action plan
                                                        * of Pages

                                                              7
                                                              27
3 .  Drum
   Sampling
   results
     (TAT)

4. letter to  •
   George
   Rouman,
   Calhoun
   County
   Health Dept.
          Grace
          Analytical
          Lab,  Inc.
                              11/1/89    Analytical  results    7.
          G.A.  Matthew.   06/28/66
          VP Manufacturing
          Union Steel
          Products,  Co.
                                         Disposal  at Albion-  2
                                         Sheridan  Meeting
5. Application G.D. Stevick
   for solid
   waste -dis-
   posal license
                         3/3/69
3. Letter to
   R. Sieler
          C.  Harvey,      10/23/7C
          Michigan Water
   Tank Truck  Resources
7.
   Service
Phone
Record
          Commission
          Basin Eng.
               Beth A.
                 Kenning
2/6/90
          Waste license for
          general refuse.gar
          bage, industrial
          waste.•liquid
          waste, rubbish

          Inform Seiler that
          Albion Landfill •
          cannot be used for
          their liquid indus
          trial wastes past
          1971.

          .Types of waste
          disposed of at
          the Site. .

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    Update to the
Administrative Record
     July 3. 1990
3.
9.
10.
11.
4 A
12.
13.
14.
letter
Phone
Convers
Phone
Convers
Report
\A & ^h
Map
r.eport
Affidav
G . Roun;
A. Wilkinson
ation
B. O'Neal
ation
MDNR
Suburban
Laboratcries
it A. Wilkir.son
3/9/66
5/5/88
3/1/88
9/2/80
8/23/89
4/25/90
                  Waste operations
                  Community
                  Participation
                  Community
                  Participation
                  Evaluation
                  Map
                  Sampling
                  Legal Document
2
1
1
3

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                              U.S.  EPA ADMINISTRATIVE  RECORD
                           ALBION-SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP  LANDFILL
                                         ALBION.  ,11 CHI CAN
                                              UPDATE  *»1
                                            •    09/26/94
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          AUTHOR
                                  'ECIFIE.1T
       ;0/00/00   li-.aeDiriaifl. £.
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                sloeeler. J.,        Pirn Toimshio
                Nichiqan Otoartient
                sf Public ri
07/01/91



10/10/91   :"«ater A-iisn       J.s.  ErA


01/00/92
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                liuie. 7.
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                          :.3. EPA   Snoford. «.. SSBI
                Mil. 3.. »:«iR       NW,  R.. U.S.
3   05/00/92
      JO/W/93
              H Enqinttrinq ft
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                                    U.S.  EPA
  .5   06/00/93   Vtriou
       04/21/9:
                                                               asssssss:*
                                                      Journal
                                                      Out to Fresc Action tno . iir tfftct on
                                                      Enqinttrinq 5 true turn*
                                                                 ri: rticoittndrt Aqncr Policy on
                                                      tht G«rcinoqmicitT Risk Atiociatid nth tht
                                                      Inqntion of  Inorqanic Antnic

                                                      Litttr n:  Riwlts of  Organic ChMical
                                                              of lUttr Supln v/AttacflMits
       09/08/93
                 , «..  ..s. EPA    Ssy.lt. 3.,  .•::?::«
                                  JeotrtMnt  of s-.:iic
                                  '•iciith
              *Jll, S..  "2HR        :haro, R..  ::.s. £"A

                     n.  C..       9ecioients
        s lunicioal iatir:  Rioort of tht
• - : :ai riattr Fact Finding CoaaittH*

:-«;:s:u« Paotr: 'Fretit/fhai Efficts on tin
Hr«raunc Canductmty of CoiMCttd Clays*
i Transportation fttstarch Boartl

'.ttttr re:  Pilot Pro net Stltction to
Strtaiitnt  tht RI/FS

wetttr re:  flDM's Contnts on Strtulininq
tftt RI/F5 Prociss

Prajtct Plans for tht RI/FS
                                                  Jsurnai Articlt: 'Laboratory Testing to
                                                  ivaiuatt Chanqts in nvdrauiic Conductivity of
                                                  Cjioacttd Clavs Caustd by Ffttzt/Thavt  Statt
                                                  :f  tht Art* (Aatrican Society for Testing and
                                                  **ttmis)

                                                  Vtrious Jsurnai Articles: 'Silecttd
                                                  Literature and Bibliooraonv for Seochnistry
                                                  ind ln-;itu Fixation of Arsenic*

                                                  letter -eauestinq HDPH's Casaents on the
                                                  Craft PJ'aso i.SmMry Reoort
                                                                                                    ?ASES
                                                                                                      :&
                        Dtsartsent
                :f Public Health
                                                  Latter re: flaqnetouter Survey

                                                  Letter re: U.S. EPA's Saiolinq of Drinlinq
                                                  Vater •/Httacneents
                                                                                                      86  .
                                                                                              717
                                                                                                  13
                                                                                                 124

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