United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of
Solid Waste and
Emergency Response
PB93-963 351
9320.2-08FS
November 1993
EPA Completes Construction at
217 Sites by September 30,1993
Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
Hazardous Site Control Division 5203G
Quick Reference Fact Sheet
For the past two years, completing construction at hazardous waste sites on the National Priorities List - the nation's most pressing
hazardous waste sites - has been the top priority of the Superfund program. Since 1991, when the final cleanup remedy was considered
completed at only 61 sites, EPA has made significant progress, doubling and then more than tripling that number in the last 2 years. During
Fiscal Year (FY) 1993, final remedy construction was completed at 68 sites, increasing the total to 217. These 217 sites demonstrate the
diversity of the nation's hazardous waste sites: the chemical contaminants, geographic locations, and cleanup technologies present unique
challenges at each site. Although construction of the final site remedy has been completed at the 217 sites, many of the sites may require
long-term operation of the cleanup technology to ensure that the cleanup is effective and protective of human health and the environment.
While the completion of construction at 217 sites represents a meaningful accomplishment in finalizing activities at sites, it portrays only
a portion of the total work under Superfund to address hazardous sites, conduct site assessments to evaluate the need and type of cleanup
required, and construct cleanup remedies. EPA intends to continue to emphasize completing final remedy construction and is moving
forward toward goals set for the year 2000.
WHAT IS THE CONSTRUCTION
COMPLETION LIST?
In the early years of the Superfund program, EPA concentrated
on starting cleanups at sites, striving to identify and evaluate sites
as quickly as possible. After many years of experience and
substantial progress, EPA now turns its attention to the sites near
the end of the Superfund process. EPA realized that the
accomplishments of the Superfund program were not being
conveyed effectively to the public. The number of sites deleted
from the National Priorities List (NPL) did not accurately reflect
the amount of work completed and the extent to which threats
were actually mitigated at Superfund sites. Due to the frequent
need to conduct complex, long-term remedies and the stringent
regulatory criteria for site deletion, sites must remain on the NPL
despite the fact that extensive remedial actions have taken place
and the site may no longer present a threat to human health and
the environment.
EPA established the construction completion list to capture these
milestones and more accurately communicate progress toward
cleaning up NPL sites. The list includes:
• Sites where physical construction is completed and that have
an operating remedy in place that will take many years to
complete (such as groundwater pump-and-treatment,
bioremediation or soil vapor extraction)
• Sites where the response action only requires measures that
do not involve construction (such as institutional controls)
• Sites where all remedial action is completed and that will
most likely be deleted when the required public notice and
state consultation process has been completed.
The construction completion list was officially announced to the
public in the Federal Register on March 2,1993 (58 FR 12142).
The list as of September 30,1993, is provided at the end of this
fact sheet.
WHAT ARE THE NATIONAL COMPLETION
TARGETS?
At the time the construction completion list was created, 61 sites
had been completed or deletedfrom the NPL. InFY 1992,EPA's
Administrator established national targets to more than double
the number of NPL construction completions by the end of FY
1992 (a goal of 130 sites), more than triple the number by the end
of FY 1993 (200 sites), and a goal of more than 650 sites by the
year 2000.
EPA has met and exceeded these goals. As the following table
illustrates, EPA completed construction at 149 sites by Septem-
ber 30,1992, exceeding the target of 130 by approximately 15
percent. For FY 1993, EPA again surpassed its target, reaching
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217 sites by September 30,1993. EPA staff at Headquarters and
in the Regions worked closely to achieve this rigorous pace,
using improved communication, streamlined requirements, and
comprehensive tracking systems to ensure sites meet construction
completion criteria.
Number of Construction Complete Sites Exceeds
EPA's Goals
FY80 - 91
FY92
FY93
Year 2000
Sites
Added
N/A
88
68
Cumulative
Sites Goal
N/A
130
200
650
Total
Sites
61
149
217
WHAT KIND OF SITES ARE ON THE
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION LIST?
The national distribution of the construction completion list sited
mirrors the NPL both geographically and numerically, with sites
from 47 states and 2 territories. The United States map
demonstrates construction completion site distribution and equity.
The 217 sites currently on the list also reflect the makeup of the
NPL in terms of site type. Sites range from landfills and
industrial sites to mines and well fields. The technologies used
to clean up these sites and reduce the environmental threats are
as diverse. Tailored to the problems at each site, solutions
include straightforward remedies like excavation or an alternate
water supply, and complex, sophisticated techniques such as
bioremediation or thermal desorption. Using both containment
and treatment technologies as remedies, EPA has increasingly
selected permanent treatment over containment Innovative
technologies are a steady by-product of the Superfund process,
and were used at 19 construction completion list sites. The
technologies used are listed in the table on page 3.
Because sites often have complex or multiple contamination
issues being addressed in separate cleanup actions, a site is only
eligible for the construction completion list when all areas of the
Distribution of Construction Complete Sites Versus Total Sites on the Current NPL
AMERICAN
SAMOA, GUAM
& TRUST
TERRITORIES
Construction
Completed
NPL total includes proposed and final sites
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Technologies Used at Construction Complete Sites
SITE REMEDY/TECHNOLOGY
CONTAINMENT
Excavationand..Removal 168
Surface Capping/Spi|Cpyer 86
Surtac_e_pjaJ_nage_Cpntrpj. 34
.BacMijijng30..
Splidificatipn/Stabilizatipn & Immpbijizatipn 15
Ilsiurry^WallsIIIIIIII^IIIII^I^IIII
Drum.Storage 2.
TREATMENT
.GrQ.undwater.P.g.mp.and.Treatroent 63.
Ajr.Strippjng 27..
Innovative Technologies 19
Soil Vapor Extraction (9)
Bioremediation (3)
Thermal Desorption (3)
Dechlorination (2)
In-Situ Flushing (1)
Soil Washing (1)
incineration 13
Leachate Treatment 8
Neutralization 4
OTHER ACTIONS
Grpundyvater Mpnitpring/Vyens 126
institutional. Controls 71
Alternate. .Water.Su.ppJy 33.
Relocation of Residents 2
SITES*
site are addressed and physical construction is completed for all
site actions. The percentage of listed sites using more complex
remedies and treatment technologies has increased steadily over
time, while the percentage of sites with no cleanup required or
containment-only remedies has steadily decreased, as illustrated
in the figure below. Sites using treatment technologies and a
combination of treatment strategies, waste removal, and
containment have increased from 10(16%) on the initial list to 39
(57%) for sites added in FY 1993. Similarly, the number of sites
requiring only nonconstruction actions such as institutional
controls or for which a decision of no cleanup necessary is made
based on a comprehensive remedial investigation has declined
since the creation of the construction completion list: the initial
site list had 8 no remedy sites (13%), but EPA added only 3 (4%)
inFY 1993. These statistics indicate EPA is accomplishing more
meaningful cleanups as well as improving the rate of construction
completion.
The responsibility for cleaning up sites on the construction
completion list involves states and responsible parties as well as
EPA. Responsible parties include original polluters, current
landowners, and other legally responsible private parties that
contributed to contamination at a site. The decision of who will
lead the cleanup for a site is made on a site-specific basis, with
EPA always overseeing activities. As seen in the figure on page
4, responsible parties have taken responsibility for undertaking
and financing cleanups at the largest percentage of listed sites,
demonstrating the success of EPA's enforcement first strategy.
More than one technology may be associated with any completed site.
Increased Focus on Treatment Technologies
FY93
FY92
FY80-
FY91
TOTAL
No Cleanup Necessary Under CERCLA '
Nonconstruction Remedy
Treatment and Containment
I—I Treatment Only
LSI Containment Only
Includes sites deferred to alternate authorities.
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WHAT HAPPENS TO A SITE AFTER
CONSTRUCTION IS COMPLETE?
The remedial process can be very complex, taking many years to
complete for large or difficult sites. Toward the end of that
process a long period of time may pass when the remedy
construction is complete, but the site requires some kind of
ongoing or periodic work. For example, a site may only need
routine maintenance, such as ensuring a landfill cap is not
deteriorating, or operation of a cleanup technology, such as a
groundwater pump-and-treat system that may require 30 years to
complete treatment. The construction completion list identifies
sites at an advanced stage of the remedial process, when all
anticipated construction of the remedy or site actions is com-
pleted. Construction completion sites can be sites awaiting
deletion, sites that require no further action, sites where response
action continues in the form of institutional controls such as deed
or zoning restrictions but no further construction is required, or
sites with long-term response actions (LTRAs), which require a
continuous period of on-site activity before cleanup levels are
achieved. There may be continuing site activity to maintain and
operate sites where construction is complete.
The construction completion list has no regulatory significance
and inclusion does not mean the same thing as site deletion from
the NPL. Of the 217 sites on the list, 51 have been deleted
according to the procedural requirements in the National
Contingency Plan as of September 30,1993. The remaining sites
on the construction completion list will also ultimately be deleted.
Each site must go through the regulatory and site review process
to verify that all cleanup goals have been met, then the notice to
delete the site will be published in the Federal Register to be
subject to public comment.
Responsible Parties, States, and EPA Managed
Cleanups* at Construction Complete Sites
State
(28 Sites)
EPA
(85 Sites)
Responsible^
Parties
(104 Sites)
" Denotes lead for last cleanup project.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
For information on the status of the construction completion list,
contact the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at 1-800-424-9346 (TDD
800-553-7672), or in the Washington, DC, area, (703) 412-9810
(TDD (703) 412-3323). For further information contact:
Design and Construction Management Branch (5203G)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
401 M Street, SW
Washington, DC 20460
(703) 603-8830
CONSTRUCTION COMPLETION SITES THROUGH FY 1993
This list presents the 217 construction completed sites In alphabetical order by state. The site name, location, and type of site is provided.
Hawaii, Nebraska, Nevada, Wyoming, Puerto Rico, and the Virgin Islands have no sites on the construction completion list.
Alabama
Mowbray Engineering Co., Greenville; manufacturing plant
Pcrdido Groundwater Contamination Site, Perdido; wells
Triana/Tennessee River, Limestone; waterways
Alaska
Alaskan Battery Enterprises, Fairbanks; industrial waste
American Samoa
Taputimu Farm, Island Of Tutuila; organic wastes
Arkansas
Cecil Lindsey, Newport; landfill
Industrial Waste Control, Fort Smith; industrial waste
Mid-South Wood Products, Mena; manufacturing plant
Arizona
Mountain View Mobile Homes, Globe; asbestos mill tailings
California
Advanced Micro Devices #915, Sunnyvale; manufacturing plant
Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Sunnyvale; manufacturing plant
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Applied Materials, Santa Clara; manufacturing plant
Beckman Instruments (Porterville), Porterville; manufacturing
plant
Celtor Chemical Works, Hoopa; mines/tailings
CTS Printex, Moimtain View; manufacturing plant
Del Norte Pesticide Storage, Crescent City; groundwater
Fairchild Semiconductor (SSJ), South San Jose; manufacturing
plant
Firestone Tire (Salinas Plant), Salinas; manufacturing plant
Intel Corp. (Santa Clara HI), Santa Clara; manufacturing plant
Intersil, Cupertino; manufacturing plant
Jibboom Junkyard, Sacramento; landfill
Micro Storage/Intel Magnetics, Santa Clara; manufacturing
plant
Sola Optical USA Inc., Petaluma; manufacturing plant
Spectra Physics, Inc., Mountain View; manufacturing plant
Synertek (Building #1), Sunnyvale; manufacturing plant
Teledyne Semiconductor, Mountain View; manufacturing plant
TRW Microwave, MC (Building 825), Sunnyvale;
manufacturing plant
Colorado
Marshall Landfill, Boulder; landfill
Woodbury Chemical Co., Commerce City; chemical plant
Connecticut
Revere Textile Prints Corp., Sterling; manufacturing plant
Delaware
Coker's Sanitation Service Landfills, Cheswold; landfill
New Castle Spill Site, New Castle County; industrial waste
New Castle Steel Plant, New Castle County; manufacturing
plant
Sealand Ltd., Mt. Pleasant; industrial waste
Wildcat Landfill, Dover; landfill
Florida
Alpha Chemical Corp., Lakeland; chemical plant
Beulah Landfill, Pensacola; landfill
Brown Wood Preserving, Live Oak; manufacturing plant
Chem-Form Inc., Pompano Beach; manufacturing plant
Gold Coast Oil Corp., Miami; industrial waste
Hollingsworth Solderless Term Co., Fort Lauderdale; manufac-
turing plant
Miami Drum Services, Miami; industrial waste
Parramore Surplus, Mount Pleasant; industrial waste
Peppers Steel & Alloys, Medley; manufacturing plant
Pioneer Sand Co., Pensacola; industrial waste
Tri-City Oil Conservationist Corp., Tampa; chemical plant
Varsol Spill Site, Miami; wells
Wilson Concepts of Florida, Pompano Beach; manufacturing
plant
Woodbury Chemical Co., Princeton; chemical plant
Georgia
Luminous Processes, Athens; radioactive waste
Monsanto Corp. (Augusta Plant), Augusta; industrial waste
Powersville Landfill, Powersville; landfill
Guam
Ordot Landfill, Ordot; landfill
Idaho
Arrcom Corp. (Drexler Enterprise Inc.), Rathdrum; industrial
waste
Illinois
A & F Materials Reclaiming Inc., Greenup; groundwater
Belvidere Municipal Landfill #1, Belvidere; landfill
Johns Manville, Waukegan; manufacturing plant
Petersen Sand & Gravel, Libertyville; industrial waste
Indiana
IMC Terre Haute East Plant, Terre Haute; manufacturing plant
Poer Farm, Jackson Township; industrial waste
Seymour Recycling Corp., Seymour; industrial waste
Tri-State Plating, Columbus; manufacturing plant
Wedzeb Enterprises Inc., Lebanon; manufacturing plant
Iowa
Aidex Corp., Council Bluffs; chemical plant
El Dupont De Nemours & Co Inc., West Point; industrial waste
John Deere (Ottumwa Works Landfill), Ottumwa; landfill
Labounty Site, Charles City; landfill
Lawrence Todtz Farm, Camanche; landfill
Kansas
Arkansas City Dump, Arkansas City; landfill
Big River Sand Co., Wichita; inorganic waste
Hydro-Flex Inc., Topeka; manufacturing waste
Johns Sludge Pond, Wichita; lagoons
Kentucky
A. L. Taylor (Valley Of Drums), Shepherdsville; industrial
waste
Distler Farm, Louisville; industrial waste
Lees Lane Landfill, Louisville; landfill
Newport Dump, Wilders; landfill
Louisiana
Bayou Sorrel Site, Bayou Sorrel; industrial waste
Maine
McKin Co., Gray; industrial waste
Saco Tannery Waste Pits, Saco; lagoons
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Maryland
Chemical Metals Industries, Baltimore; landfill
Mid-Atlantic Wood Preservers, Harmons; manufacturing plant
Middletown Road Dump Site, Annapolis; industrial waste
Massachusetts
Cannon Engineering Corp., Bridgewater; industrial waste
Plymouth Harbor/Cannon Engineering, Plymouth; industrial
waste
Michigan
American Anodco Inc., Ionia; manufacturing plant
Anderson Development Co., Adian; chemical plant
Burrows Sanitation, Hartford Township; lagoons
Cemetery Dump Site, Rose Township; landfill
Charlevoix Municipal Well Field, Charlevoix; wells
Grand Traverse Overall Supply Co., Traverse City;
manufacturing plant
Gratiot County Golf Course, St. Louis; chemical plant
Hedblum Industries, Oscoda; manufacturing plant
Mason County Landfill, Pere Marquette Township; landfill
Metal Working Shop, Lake Ann; manufacturing plant
Novaco Industries, Temperance; chemical plant
US Aviex, Niles; chemical plant
Velsicol Chemical, St. Louis; chemical plant
Whitehall Municipal Wells, Whitehall; wells
Minnesota
Adrian Municipal Well Field, Adrian; wells
Boise Cascade/Onan/Medtronics, Fridley; manufacturing plant
FMC Corp., Fridley; manufacturing plant
General Mills/Henkel Corp., Minneapolis; chemical plant
LcHillier/Mankato Site, Mankato; wells
Morris Arsenic Dump Site, Morris; industrial waste
Nutting Truck & Caster Co., Faribault; manufacturing plant
Oak Grove Sanitary Landfill, Oak Grove Township; landfill
Twin Cities AF Reserve (San. Landfill), Minneapolis; landfill
Union Scrap Iron Metal, Minneapolis; manufacturing plant
Washington County Landfill, Lake Elmo; landfill
Whittaker Corp., Minneapolis; chemical plant
Windom Muni Dump, Windom; landfill
Mississippi
Flowood Site, Flowood; manufacturing plant
Walcotte Chemical Co. Warehouses, Greenville; chemical plant
Missouri
Conservation Chemical Co., Kansas City; landfill
Fulbright Landfill, Springfield; landfill
North-U Drive Well Contamination Site, Springfield;
groundwater
Montana
Libby Groundwater Contamination, Libby; wells
New Hampshire
Kearsarge Metallurgical Corp., Conway; manufacturing plant
Keefe Environmental Services, Epping; lagoons
Mottolo Pig Farm, Raymond; housing area
Sylvester's, Nashua; industrial waste
Town Garage/Radio Beacon Site, Londonderry; wells
New Jersey
Beachwood/Berkeley Wells, Berkeley Township; wells
Combe Fill North Landfill, Chester Township; landfill
Cooper Road Site, Vorhees Township; industrial waste
Friedman Property, Upper Freehold; industrial waste
Goose Farm, Plumsted Township; industrial waste
Helen Kramer Landfill, Mantua Township; landfill
Krysowaty Farm, Hillsborough Township; industrial waste
Lodi Municipal Wells, Lodi; groundwater
M & T Delisa Landfill, Ocean Township; landfill
Monroe Township Landfill, Monroe Township; landfill
Pomona Oaks Well Contamination Site, Galloway Township;
groundwater
Ringwood Mines/Landfill, Ringwood; landfill
Tabernacle Drum Dump, Tabernacle Township; industrial waste
Upper Deerfield Township Sanitary Landfill, Upper Deerfield
Township; landfill
Vineland State School, Vineland; chemical plant
Wilson Farm, Plumsted Township; industrial waste
Witco Chemical Corp. (Oakland Plant), Oakland; chemical plant
New Mexico
Cimarron Mining Corp., Carrizozo; mines/tailings
Pagano Salvage, Los Lunas; mines/tailings
New York
Action Anodizing, Plating & Polishing Co., Capoiague;
industrial waste
BEC Trucking, Vestal; manufacturing plant
Bioclinical Laboratories Inc., Bohemia; chemical plant
C & J Disposal Site, Hamilton; industrial waste
Clothier Disposal, Granby; industrial waste
Katonah Municipal Well, Bedford; wells
Suffern Village Well Field, Suffern; groundwater
Tronic Plating Co. Inc., Farmingdale; manufacturing plant
Wide Beach Development, Brant; industrial waste
North Carolina
Celanese Corp. Shelby Fiber Operations, Shelby; chemical plant
Chemtronics Inc., Swannanoa; industrial waste
PCB Spills, Roanoke Rapids; industrial waste
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North Dakota
Arsenic Trioxide Site, Lidgerwood; groundwater
Ohio
Bower's Landfill, Circleville; lagoons
Chem-Dyne Corp., Hamilton; industrial waste
Chemical & Minerals Reclamation, Cleveland; industrial waste
EH Schilling Landfill, Ironton; landfill
Laskin/Poplar Oil, Jefferson; industrial waste
New Lyme Landfill, New Lyme; landfill
Old Mill, Rock Creek; industrial waste
Republic Steel Quarry, Elyria; industrial waste
Oklahoma
Compass Industries (Avery Drive), Tulsa; landfill
Oregon
Allied Plating Inc., Portland; manufacturing plant
Joseph Forest Products, Joseph; manufacturing plant
United Chrome Products Inc., Corvallis; manufacturing plant
Pennsylvania
Ambler Asbestos Piles, Ambler; mines/tailings
Bruin Lagoon, Bruin Borough; lagoons
Enterprise Avenue, Philadelphia; landfill
Henderson Road Site, Upper Merion; chemical plant
Kimberton Site, Borough of Kimberton; chemical plant
Lansdowne Radiation Site, Landsome; radioactive waste
Lehigh Electric & Engineering Co., Old Forge; manufacturing
plant
Presque Isle, Erie; industrial waste
Reeser's Landfill, Upper Macungie Township; landfill
Route 940 Drum Dump, Tobyanna Township; landfill
Taylor Borough Dump, Taylor; landfill
Voortman Farm, Ladark; waste disposal facility
Wade (ABM), Chester City; industrial waste
Westline Site, Westline; lagoons
Rhode Island
Western Sand & Gravel, South Kensington; lagoons
South Carolina
Independent Nail Co., Beaufort; lagoons
SCRDI Dixiana, Cayce; industrial waste
South Dakota
Whitewood Creek, Whitewood; mines/tailings
Tennessee
Amnicola Dump, Chattanooga; industrial waste
Lewisburg Dump, Lewisburg; industrial waste
Texas
Bio-Ecology Systems, Inc., Grand Prairie; industrial waste
Crystal City Airport, Crystal City; chemical spills
Dixie Oil Processors, Inc., Friendswood; industrial waste
Geneva Industries/Fuhrmann Energy, Houston; chemical plant
Harris (Farley Street), Houston; landfill
Highlands Acid Pit, Highlands; chemical plant
Pesses Chemical Co., Fort Worth; manufacturing plant
Sol Lynn/Industrial Transformers, Houston; manufacturing plant
Stewco, Inc., Waskom; lagoons
Triangle Chemical Co., Bridge City; chemical plant
Trust Territories
PCB Warehouse, Saipan Island; industrial waste
PCB Wastes Site, Majuro Island; industrial waste
Utah
Rose Park Sludge Pit, Salt Lake City; industrial waste
Vermont
Darling Hill Dump, Lyndon; industrial waste
Virginia
C & R Battery Co. Inc., Richmond; battery disposal
Chisman Creek, Seaford; industrial waste
Matthews Electric Plating, Roanoke; industrial waste
Suffolk City Landfill, Suffolk; landfill
Washington
FMC Corp. Yakima Pit, Yakima; chemical plant
Lakewood Site, Lake wood; chemical
Northside Landfill, Spokane; landfill
Pesticide Lab - Yakima, Yakima; chemical plant
Silver Mountain Mine, Loomis; mines/tailings
Toftdahl Drum Site, Brush Prairie; industrial waste
Western Processing Co. Inc., Kent; industrial waste
Yakima Plating Co., Yakima; manufacturing
West Virginia
Leetown Pesticide, Leetown; industrial plant
Wisconsin
Eau Claire Municipal Well Field, Eau Claire; wells
Northern Engraving Co., Sparta; manufacturing plant
Schmalz Dump, Harrison; landfill
Wheeler Pit, Jonesville; landfill
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