vvEPA
United States                Office of Errergency &
E nvironmental Protection         Remedial Response
Agency                    Washington, DC 20460             HW-8.15

                                               March 1989
                          DESCRIPTIONS OF 101 SITES PLACED ON THE
                       FINAL NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST IN MARCH 1989
              Ihis document consists of descriptions of 101 sites placed on the
          final National Priorities List (NPL)  in March 1989.  Also included  (as an
          addendum) are descriptions of four proposed sites being dropped from
          further consideration for the NPL at this time, two final Federal
          facility  sites being expanded,  and one final site being reclassified as a
          Federal facility site.  The size of the site is generally indicated,
          based on information available at the time the site was scored using the
          Hazard Banking System.  The size may change as additional information is
          gathered on the sources and extent of contamination.

              Sites are arranged alphabetically by  State and by site name.

          Remedial Actions under Superfund

               The Superfund program is authorized  by the Comprehensive Environmental
          Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980  (CERdA) and the  Superfund
          Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), enacted on October 17, 1986.
          Under SARA, the Hazardous Substances Superfund pays the costs not assumed
          by responsible parties for cleaning up hazardous waste sites or emergencies
          that threaten public health, welfare, or  the environment.  The Superfund
          program is managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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

               o Removal actions, emergency-type responses to imminent threats.
                 Typically, these actions were limited under CERCIA to 6 months
                 and/or $1 million.  Under SARA,  they are limited to 1 year and/or
                 $2 million, with a waiver possible if the actions are consistent
                 with remedial actions.  Removal actions can be undertaken by the
                 private parties responsible for the releases or by the Federal
                 Government using the Superfund.

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

               The money for conducting a remedial  response or removal action at a
          hazardous waste site can come from several sources:

               o  The individuals or companies responsible for the problems can
                  clean up voluntarily with EPA or  State supervision.

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

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

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


     A remedial response under Superfund is an orderly process that generally
involves the following steps:

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

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

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

     o  Conduct a feasibility study to analyze various cleanup
        alternatives.  Ihe feasibility study is often conducted with
        the remedial investigation as one project.  Typically, the two
        together cost $1 million and take from 9 to 18 months to complete.

     o  Select the cleanup alternative that:

        — Protects human health and the environment

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

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

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

     o  Design the remedy.  Typically, the design phase costs $750,000
        and takes 6 to 12 months.

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

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

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

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        schedule, and budget, contracts for any services it needs,  and is
        responsible for making sure that all the conditions in the
        cooperative agreement are met.   In contrast to a grant, EPA
        continues to be substantially involved and monitors the State's
        progress throughout the project.

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

     Under both arrangements, the State must share in the cost of the
implementation phase of cleanup.  EPA expects this phase to average out
at about $13.5 million per site, plus any costs to operate and maintain
the remedial action.

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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

               ANNISTON ARM* DEPOT (SOUTHEAST INDUSTRIAL AREA)
                              Armiston, Alabama

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

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

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

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

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

       Status (March 1989);  The Army installed a system to treat and recover
  contaminated ground water and has operated it since December 1988.  This
  site was reproposed in July 1987 to be consistent with EPA's proposed policy
  for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned or - operated
  facilities subject to the corrective action authorities of RCRA
  Subtitle C.  EPA solicited comments on the Hazard Ranking System score
  for the site, which includes areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective
  action authorities.  EPA has finalized the NPL/RCRA policy for Federal facility
  sites and is placing this site on the NPL under the policy.
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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                             ALASKA BATTERY ENTERPRISES
                        Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska

      Conditions at listincr (June 1988);  Alaska Battery Enterprises has manu-
 factured batteries designed for subarctic conditions since 1969 on c. site of
 approximately 0.8  acre in Fairbanks North Star Borough 1.5 miles south of
 downtown Fairbanks, Alaska.

      Used  batteries are accepted for recycling, and battery parts and acid are
 stored in  a fenced, unpaved yard or inside a building on the site.  All wash
 water,  spills,  and domestic waste water generated inside the building are
 discharged to an on-site septic tank and drain field.  Prior to 1976, used
 batteries  were broken open on-site, the acid reused, the lead shipped out of
 the State, and the cases buried on-site.

      In 1986,  the  Alaska Department of Transportation, whose right-of-way
 completely surrounds the site, found lead and acid in soil on and off the site.
 A drinking water well is on-site,  and over 18,000 people use wells within
 3 miles of the site for drinking water.  Ground water is shallow (5-11 feet in
 some  areas)  and the gravel soils permeable, conditions that facilitate movement
 of contaminants into ground water.

      Status (December 1988);  In August 1988, EPA used CERCEA emergency funds
 to excavate approximately 4,000 tons of lead^contaminated soil.  The soil was
 first stockpiled on-site and was later shipped to a hazardous waste facility
 regulated  under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  The
 site  is secured by a daily guard service and an 8-foot security fence erected
 by EPA.  EPA is analyzing further removal and remedial options at the site.
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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                                   ARKWOOD,  INC.
                                  Omaha, Arkansas

      Conditions at listing (September 1985):   The Arkwood, Inc., Site cavers
 approximately 20 acres on the Missouri-Pacific Cricket Railroad siding in
 Boone County/ Arkansas,  south of Omaha.  The area is largely agricultural.

      The Arkwood Site consists of a millwork shop, a wood-treating plant which
 used pentachlorophenol (PCP)  and creosote,  and a yard for storing treated
 products before sale.   Ihe site owners started operations in the early 1960s
 and formed an Arkansas corporation, Arkwood,  Inc., shortly thereafter.  In
 1973, the owner of Arkwood, Inc., leased the process and land to Mass Merchan-
 disers, Inc.  (MMI)  of Harrison, Arkansas.  MMI's lease expired on January 1,
 1985, and was not renewed.  The plant has not operated since.

      The history of disposal activities has been provided primarily by MMI.
 Wood-treating wastes were dumped into a cave at the plant from the beginning
 of operations until around 1970.  The entrance to the cave, which is at ground
 level, has been boarded and covered with cement.  Waste oils were also placed
 in a ditch adjacent to the railroad until 1974, when the cost of the chemicals
 used in the process forced improvement of the recovery system and reduced the
 volume of wastes generated.

      Other wastes consist in part of the liquid from washing of the treatment
 room floor and equipment.  These wastes accumulated in a tank, and then were
 spread over the storage yard to control dust.  Based on 1970 operations,  at least
 6,000-7,000 pounds per year of waste were generated over the more than 20 years
 of operation, according to MMI.  There is also a large pile of sawdust and wood
 chips in the  southeast part of the site, at least some of which is contains PCP,
 according to  the Arkansas Department of Pollution Control and Ecology.

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

      Status (April 1987):  In May 1986, EPA signed an Administrative Order on
 Consent under CERCLA Section 104 and 106 requiring MMI to conduct a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contami-
 nation at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.  EPA has
 approved the  company's workplan.  In August 1986, under the Arkansas Water and
 Air Pollution Control  Act and the Remedial Action Trust Fund Act, the State
 filed suit against MMI and the former owner and operator of Arkwood for
 investigation and remedial action at the site.  Field activities have been
 delayed for about a year because the land owner will not grant access to MMI.

      Status (December  19881;   In the spring of 1988, after the question of
 access was settled, MMI restarted the remedial investigation.

      Revised  estimates indicate that 137 cubic yards of wastes are in the railroad
 ditch and the treatment room sump.
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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                      MODESTO GROUND WATER OOOTAMINAIION
                             Modesto, California

      Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  The City of Modesto, Stanislaus
 County/ California, began monitoring ground water in September  1984 to
 test 25 percent of its municipal water supply, as required by California
 Assembly Bill 1803.  Of the 24 wells tested, 12 were contaminated.   Municipal
 Well #11 was found to be contaminated with 16.7 parts per billion (ppb)
 of tetrachloroethane; the State action level is 4 ppb.  Ihe well has been
 taken out of service.  Ihe area obtains all its drinking  water  from wells.
 An estimated 142,000 people obtain drinking water from Modesto  municipal
 wells within 3 miles of the site.

      The California Department of Health Services (CDHS)  and  the Stanislaus
 County Environmental Health Department have identified Halford's Cleaners,
 which is less than 0.5 mile upgradient of Municipal Well  #11, as a likely
 source of the contamination.  These agencies found up to  176,000 ppb of
 tetrachloroethane in soil at Halford's where a buried storage tank was
 being excavated and determined that Halford's discharge to the  sewer was
 contaminated.  CDHS also found 84.6 ppb of tetrachloroethane  in a private
 well adjacent to Halford's.  CDHS is conducting an area-wide  search to
 determine if there are additional sources of contamination.

      Status (December 1988):  CDHS has identified five additional potenti-
 ally responsible parties based on a soil vapor investigation.
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National Priorities List
Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
                        NEWMARK GROUND WATER
                             San Bernardino,  California

     Conditions at  listing (June 1988) ;  The four municipal supply wells of
Newmark Well Field  are in an area of approximately 700 square feet bounded by
48th Street, Magnolia  Drive,  Reservoir Drive,  and the San Bernardino County
Flood Control Channel  in  the Muscoy area north of San Bernardino, San Bernardino
County, California.  Ihe  San Bernardino Municipal Water Department was forced
to close the four wells in the early 1980s when they were found to be contaminated
with high levels  of halogenated organic chemicals, including tetrachloroethylene,
also known as perchloroethylene (PCE) ,  and trichloroethylene (TCE) .

     An August 1986 report by a consultant to the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board  identified possible contaminant sources.   A midnight
dumping operation from the late 1950s to early 1960s appears to be the most
likely source of  cxsntamination.   It is approximately 300 feet upgradient of
the Newmark wells*  Ihe California Department of Health Services is installing
air stripping towers to remove contaminants  from ground water.   The towers
are scheduled to  be in operation in mid-1988.

     An additional  10  municipal wells in San Bernardino have also been retired
from service due  to PCE/TCE contamination.  An apparent hydrogeologic barrier,
the Pelona Schist outcrop of the Shandin Hills, suggests that contamination of
these 10 wells is originating from different sources.

     The 14 municipal  wells that have already been retired from service served
25 percent of the city's  total population, and additional wells are also
threatened.  The  San Bernardino wells supply 80,000 people -in the cities of
San Bernardino and  Lama Linda,  and the loss  of any additional wells could
leave some areas  without  water.   The municipal supply wells for Riverside also
lie directly downgradient.   No alternative water sources are currently available.

     Status  (January 1989) t  The air stripping towers are now in operation.
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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                 SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA EDISON 00. (VISALIA POLEYARD)
                                Visalia, California

      Conditions at listing (January 1987):  Southern California Edison Co.
 (SCE) treated utility poles on a 20-acre site Jn Visalia, Tulare County,
 California, from the 1920s until 1980.  Ihe site is on the edge of town in
 a primarily agricultural area with some scattered industry and houses.

      Wood preservatives, including creosote and pentachorophenol (PCP), were
 used and stored on-site during the poleyard's operations.  Leaking tanks and
 stored treated poles have contaminated ground water and soil with wood-treatment
 chemicals, as well as associated hexa-,hepta~, and octachlorodioxins and furans,
 according to analyses conducted by both the California Regional Water Quality
 Control Board (CRWQCB) and SCE.

      California Water Service Co. wells within 3 miles of the site supply
 drinking water to Visalia's 62,000 residents.  After sampling ground water and
 soil in May 1976,  CRWQCB issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order requiring SCE to
 (1)  abate discharge of treating fluids into soil, (2) contain contaminated
 soil and water on the property, (3) pump shallow ground water under the site
 before and during construction of an underground slurry wall around the site,
 (4)  pump the lower confined aquifer to remove contamination, and (5) clean up
 contaminated shallow ground water off-site.

      In response to the order, SCE removed 2,300 cubic yards of grossly contami-
 nated soil to an approved Class I hazardous waste disposal facility.  Ihe remain-
 ing soil was not sampled after the cleanup.   In 1977, a 60-f cot-deep cement-
 bentonite slurry wall was constructed to slow lateral migration in the shallow
 aquifer.   Currently, SCE is pumping the shallow wells, treating the water by
 carbon filtration, and discharging it into the city sewer system.  SCE has been
 sampling monitoring wells, along with California Water Service Co. wells, on a
 quarterly basis.  The results indicate that on-site monitoring wells contain up
 to 12 parts per million (ppm)  PCP, and off-site monitoring wells contain up to
 0.15 ppm PCP.

      Status (September 1988);   The California Department of Health Services
 (DHS) is overseeing SCE's investigations and cleanup activities at the site.
 In December 1987,  SCE and DHS signed an Enforceable Agreement requiring SCE
 to perform a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine
 the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action.  DHS is reviewing SCE's draft RI/FS and risk assessment.

      SCE has upgraded its on-site ground water treatment system to include
 anthracite filtration in addition to carbon filtration.  SCE now discharges
 the treated ground water directly to Mill Creek,  a small tributary about
 two blocks from the site,  under a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination
 System permit overseen by CRW2CB.  Concern arose in mid-1987 when hepta-
 and octa-dioxins suddenly appeared and rose in the effluent from the on-site
 treatment system.   CRWQCB oversaw measures to address this problem.  The
 rising levels may have implied an increase of PCP leaving the soil and
 entering ground water, or may also simply have been due to filter overloading.

      Currently, monitoring wells on-site show relatively stable levels of PCP
 and creosote, generally ranging from not-dectable to 1,500 parts per billion.

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National Priorities List
Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                           VALLEY WOOD PRESERVING,  INC.
                                Turlodc,  California

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);   The Valley Wood Preserving, Inc.,  Site
covers  9 acres 1 mile  southeast of  Turlock,  Stanislaus County, California.
During  1973-79, the company pressure-treated wood with a water-based copper-
chromate-arsenic solution.  In 1979,  the county revoked the facility's use
permit  in response to  neighbors' complaints.  A 1979 inspection by the
California  Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) identified toxic
wood-treating chemicals  in an on-site storage pond, as well as chromium in
concentrations as  high as 3,100 milligrams per kilogram in on- and off-site
soils and 178 milligrams per  liter  in shallow on-site monitoring wells.  Arsenic
and copper  were also found in the wells.

     After  closing,  the  company excavated and disposed of approximately 1,500
cubic yards of contaminated soil from both on- and  off-site.  Then, in the
summer  of 1980, Valley Wood began to .pump ground water to the surface, treat
it to remove  chromium, and discharge it to the ground.  The operation continued
intermittently, ceasing  entirely in June 1983.  Contaminated soil remains
on-site under asphalt  paving  and may continue to leach chromium into ground
water,  according to a  1985 report by a consultant to CRWQCB.

     Ihe site is underlain by a shallow, unconfined aquifer extending down to
60 feet; a  deeper, confined aquifer,  beginning at 80 to 140 feet; and between
them, a continuous 20- to 80-foot-thick clay bed known as the E-clay aquitard.
As currently  defined,  the contaminant plume  extends approximately 1,000 feet
from the site toward the southwest, is about 700 feet wide, and reaches the
bottom  of the shallow  aquifer.

     Private  wells near  Valley Wood Preserving draw from both the upper and
lower aquifers; the municipal wells for Turlock (population nearly 30,000)
draw only from the lower aquifer.   An estimated 34,000 people obtain drinking
water from  wells within  3 miles of  the site.  Turlock Irrigation District
operates over 150  wells  that  draw from both  aquifers and discharge to ditches
used to irrigate walnut  orchards and agricultural crops.

     On March 18,  1987,  the California Department of Health Services (CDHS)
issued  a Remedial  Action Order calling initially for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study  (RI/FS)  to  determine the type and extent of contamination at
the site and  identify  alternatives  for remedial action.

     Status (November  1988);   CDHS  plans to  complete the RI/FS and select a
remedy  for  the site in the fall of  1989.  The State will document its decision in
a Remedial  Action  Plan.   EPA  will review the final  decision to ensure that the
cleanup is  consistent  with the National Contingency Plan.
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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                                  NUIMEG VALLEY ROAD
                                 Woloott,  Connecticut

     Conditions at listing  (January 1987);  The Nutmeg Valley Road Site, is in
southwest Connecticut  in the Town of Wolcott,  New Haven County.   Investigation
of this site centers around Nutmeg  Screw Machine  Products Co.  (NSMP),  which
covers 3.5 acres on  Nutmeg  Valley Road in  the  western portion of Wolcott
(population, 13,000) and 0.25 miles northeast  of  Waterbury (population 103,800).
Ihe area around the  site is both rural residential and light industrial, with
a number of other metal-working and metal-finishing  shops in the immediate
vicinity, including  Waterbury Heat  Treating Corp.   (WHTC)  and Alpine Electronic
Components, Inc. (AEC).  WHTC is 300 feet  to the  northwest of NSMP and performs
various heat-treating  operations  (annealing and hardening)  on metal articles.
AEC leases a portion of  the NSMP building  in which it machines metal parts and
performs degreasing, polishing, acid dipping,  and assembly functions.

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

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

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

     EPA has conducted preliminary  assessments at all three companies  and site
inspections at  NSMP  and  WHTC.   Further investigation is required to more fully
define the quantities  of contaminants  present  in  the soil and to evaluate the
underlying ground water.

     Status (December  1988);  In August 1987,  EPA found several volatile organic
solvents in 10  industrial wells and 1  residential well near the site.   CT DEP
is providing bottled water  to the residents.
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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation; and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                             DOVER AIR FORCE BASE
                               Dover, Delaware

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

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

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

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

       Phase II of the IRP continues

       Status  (March 1989):  EPA, the Air Force, and the State are negotiating
  an Interagency Agreement covering comprehensive RCRA and CERCtA cleanup
  and compliance activities at the base.

       The industrial waste basins and a drum site have been cleaned up.  IRP
  investigations continue.

       This site was reproposed in July 1987 to be consistent with EPA's
  proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned
  or - operated facilities subject to the corrective action authorities  of
  RCRA Subtitle C.  EPA solicited comments on the Hazard Ranking System
  score for the site, which includes areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C
  corrective action authorities.  EPA has finalized the NPI/RCRA policy  for
  Federal facility sites and is placing this site on the NPL under the
  policy.
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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                         WILSON CONCEPTS OF FLORIDA,  INC.
                              Pompano Beach, Florida

       Conditions at listing  rjune  1988);  Hie Wilson Concepts of Florida,  Inc.,
  Site is at 1408 S.W.  8th Street in an industrial area of Pompano Beach in
  northeastern  Broward County,  Florida.  The company has manufactured precision-
  machined parts on  the 4-acre  site since  at least 1976.   Operations include
  machining, drilling,  and milling  of metal parts, along with vibrating, debarring,
  degreasing, steam  cleaning, and spray coating of parts.

       Wilson Concepts is adjacent  to Chemform, Inc., which was also proposed
  for the NFL in June  1988.

       Wilson Concepts has operated since  at least 1985 under a hazardous material
  facility license from the Broward County Environmental Quality Control Board.
  On several occasions,  the county  cited the company for violations of county
  regulations in connection with the discharge of industrial  wastes (soap cleaners,
  degreasers, lubricants, and a product containing mercury and lead)  onto the
  ground and the overflow of wastes from two 1,200-gallon  underground tanks
  (used to store coolants, cleaners, and sludges) into  a storm drain.  The
  discharges subsequently percolated into  the  ground.

       In 1986, EPA  detected 1,1,1-trichloroethane,  1,1-dichloroethane,
  chloroetnane, vinyl  chloride, and 1,1-dichloroethylene in on-site ground  water.
  Two of the compounds were also found  in  a water sample from the storm drain
  mentioned above.

       The Biscayne  Aquifer, the primary aquifer  underlying the site, supplies
  all municipal water  in Broward County.   EPA  has designated  it a sole source
  aquifer under the  Safe Drinking Water Act.   At  the site,  a  layer of quartz
  sand overlies the  limestone of the aquifer.  Numerous cavities in the limestone
  result in high horizontal and vertical permeabilities, which facilitate movement
  of contaminants into ground water as  well as movement of contaminated ground
  water.  At least four municipal well  fields  are located  at  least partially
  within 3 miles of  the site: the City  of  Pompano Beach's  Palm-Aire and Eastern
  Pompano Beach Well Fields, serving approximately 80,000  people; and the Broward
  County District IB and District 1C Well  Fields  (used  only during dry periods
  of the year), serving approximately 13,000 people.

       Status (February 1989);  In  December 1988, EPA sent notice letter to
  parties potentially  responsible for wastes associated with  the site informing
  them of of their responsibilities for the site.
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                           CEDARTCIW* MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
                                 Cedartown,  Georgia

     Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  The Cedartown Municipal landfill covers
approximately 130 acres in Polk County just outside Cedartown,  Georgia.  The
area is an abandoned  iron ore mine used  as  a municipal landfill by the City of
Cedartown from the early 1970s  to late 1980.  The city owns the land and had a
permit from the Georgia Environmental  Protection Division to operate it as a
sanitary landfill.  Bulk waste,  including sludge,  and drummed waste were accepted
from Diamond Shamrock Corp.'s nearby plant, according to a 19?a survey of waste
disposal sites by the U.S. Congress  (the "Ekhardt Report") and subsequent infor-
mation the company provided to  EPA.  Some of the waste contained zinc, cadmium,
copper, chromium, and unspecified organic chemicals.

     According to the city, the landfill was covered with soil  after it was
closed.  The city periodically  stockpiles construction rubble and soil on the
site and uses it for  fill material for other areas.  Parts of the site are
covered with vegetation.  Erosion was  observed in unvegetated areas during an
EPA inspection in mid-1985.

     In May 1987, EPA identified benzene, toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene,
naphthalene, and 1,2-dichloroethane  in on-site soil and ground water.  The Mxoc
and Newala Geologic Formations,  both within 3 miles of the site, provide drinking
water to about 25,000 residents of Polk  County.  Cedartown Spring, 8,500 feet
from the site, serves approximately  8,600 Cedartown residents.

     Status (December 1988);  EPA's  preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
include a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the  site  and  identify alternatives for remedial
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                MATHES BROTHERS LANDFILL (SOUTH MARBLE TOP ROAD)
                              Kensington,  Georgia

     Conditions at listing  (January  1987):  The Mathis Brothers Landfill is
located 1.5 miles north-northwest of Kensington,  along the east side of South
Marble Top Road in the north central part of Walter County, Georgia.  The
site is on a hill on a 20-acre parcel  of land,  of which only 5 acres were
used for waste disposal.  Ihe 20-acre  parcel is surrounded by farmland and
additional woodlands.  The privately-owned landfill operated from 1974 to
1980.  It had a permit from  the Georgia Environmental  Protection Division to
accept nonhazardous wastes.   Sometime  after 1980, the  landfill was abandoned.

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

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

     Surface water within 3  miles downstream of the wastes is used for fishing
and irrigation.

     Status  (November  1988):  EPA is considering  various  alternatives
for the site.
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                 T. H. AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION 00.  (ALBANY PIANT)
                                  Albany,  Georgia

     Conditions  at listing (June 1988);   T.  H.  Agriculture & Nutrition Co.
formerly formulated and  packaged pesticides on a 7-acre site in Albany, Dougherty
County,  Georgia.  The site is in the suburbs of Albany in an agricultural area
of the State.  The company purchased the facility in 1966 from a previous operator.
During the 1970s and  possibly late 1960s, the company operated under the name
Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co.   The company took the present name in 1981.
Formulation operations continued until  1976.  The facility served as a warehouse/
distribution center until 1982,  when it was closed.

     Soils and shallow ground water are contaminated with pesticides, including
toxaphene, lindane, DDT,  and methyl parathion,  according to tests conducted in
September 1985 by a consultant to the company.   Albany uses the deep artesian
aquifer  for drinking  water.   However, an estimated 3,300 Lee County residents
within 3 miles of the site obtain drinking water from wells drilled into the
shallow, contaminated aquifer.

     Kinchafoonee Creek  is less than 1 mile northeast of the site.  Kinchafoonee
Creek joins Muchalee  Creek and Flint River,  which are dammed to form Lake Worth.
Lake Worth is used for recreational activities and to generate hydroelectricity.

     In  1984, the company transported contaminated soils,  debris, and building
rubble from the  site  to  a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C
of the Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act.   The Georgia Environmental
Protection Division oversaw the action.

     Status  (December 1988);  EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
includes a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
extent of contamination  at the  site and identify alternatives for remedial
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                         INTERSTATE POLLUTION CONTROL, INC.
                                 Rockford, Illinois

      Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  Interstate Pollution Control,  Inc.,
 formerly operated a hazardous waste storage facility on 1-2 acres  in a  heavily
 industrialized section of Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois.  During 1974-82,
 the company,  a division of Roto-Rooter Sewer Service, Inc., hauled and  sometimes
 stored waste oils,  solvents, and cyanide-containing plating wastes from 20-25
 local industries.   Currently, waste oils are reclaimed and sold.

      Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and EPA documents  indicate a
 history of poor operating practices, including unlined surface impoundments,
 leaking storage tanks, and leaking drums.

      In 1979, Interstate Pollution Control removed drums and contaminated soil
 from the facility and transported them to an EPA-regulated disposal  facility.

      In 1986, EPA detected 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1-1-dichloroethane, trans-
 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and  tetrachloro-
 ethylene in off-site wells downgradient of the site.  An estimated 155,000
 people obtain drinking water from City of Rockford wells within  3  miles of the
 site.

      Parts of the fence surrounding the site are broken, making  it possible
 for-people and animals to come into direct contact with hazardous  substances.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
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           JOLIET ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT (I£lAEH^SSEMBLY-PACKING AREA)
                                 Joliet, Illinois

         Conditions at listing (April 1985):   The Joliet Army Ammunition plant
    (JAAP)  is an inactive Army munitions installation located in northeastern
    Illinois  near Chicago.  JAAP is divided into two major functional areas:
    the Manufacturing Area, which was proposed for the NPL in October 1984,
    and the Load-AssemblyPacking Area (IAP Area).

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

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

         Status (April 1987);   IRP activities continue.

         Status (March 1989)  EPA, the State, and the Army are finalizing an
    Interagency Agreement for further cleanup activities at both the IAP and
    Manufacturing Area.

         This site was reproposed in July 1987 to be consistent with EPA's
    recently  proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-
    owned or  - operated facilities subject to the corrective action authorities
    of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).  EPA
    solicited comments on the Hazard Ranking System score for the site, which
    includes  areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
    EPA has finalized the NPL/RCRA policy for Federal facility sites and is
    placing this site on the NPL under the policy.
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                          SAVANNA ARM* DEPOT ACTIVITY
                                Savanna,  Illinois

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

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

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

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

     Status rMarch 1989);   EPA,  the State, and the Array are negotiating
an Interagency Agreement for further cleanup activities at the site.

     This site was reproposed in July 1987 to  be consistent with EPA's
proposed policy for placing on  the  NPL sites located on Federally-owned or
operated facilities subject to  the  corrective  action authorities of Subtitle
C of the Resource Conservation  and  Recovery Act (RCRA).   EPA solicited
comments on the Hazard Ranking  System score for the  site,  which includes
areas subject to RCRA Subtitle  C corrective action authorities.   EPA has
finalized the NPL/RCRA policy for Federal facility sites and is placing
this site on the NPL under  the  policy.
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                  SOUTHEAST KXKPQRD GKQUND WATER CXXfCAMINAnON
                                Rcckford, Illinois

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Ground water in a residential area of
southeast Rockford, Winnebago  County, Illinois, is contaminated with chlorinated
organic solvents, according to the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(IEPA).  The area is bounded roughly by Harrison Avenue on the north, 21st
Street on the east, Sawyer Avenue on the south, and 8th Street on the west.
IEPA became aware of this situation in September 1984 while  investigating reports
of illegal disposal of plating wastes in a dry well at 2613  South llth Street.
Analysis of several neighborhood wells detected no metals or cyanides, common
constituents of plating waste, but did find high levels of chlorinated solvents,
including 1,1-dichloroethane,  1,1,1-trichloroethane, and trichloroethylene
(TCE).  The Illinois Department of Public Health (IDPH) and  EPA conducted further
sampling and found that the contamination involves nearly 2  square miles.
Approximately 100 private wells and Rockford municipal wells have been sampled.
EPA found chromium and lead in municipal well #35 and one private well.  The
wells are no longer in service.  At least 152,000 people obtain their drinking
water from wells within 3 miles of the site.

     To date, no source of the contamination has been conclusively identified.
However, IDFH has identified three potential sources on the  north side of
Harrison Avenue.  Sunstrand's  Aviation, approximately 1.5 miles east of the
site, is presently cleaning up a spill of TCE by pumping out ground water,
sending it through an air stripper to evaporate TCE, and discharging the water to
the ground or sending it to the sewer system.  Sunstrand's is upgradient of the
plume of contaminated ground water.  The other two potential sources identified
to date are Suncorp (formerly  Sunstrand Machine and Tool) and Universal Joint,
both of which would be expected to generate solvent wastes in their operations.

     Status (December 1988);   EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989 includes
a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the  type  and extent of
contamination at the site and  identify alternatives for remedial  action.
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        TRI-OOUNTY LANDFILL CO./WASTE MANAGEMENT OF ILLINOIS, INC.
                           South Elgin, Illinois

     Conditions at listing (June 1986);  The Tri-County Landfill Co./Waste
Management of Illinois, Inc.,  Site covers approximately 46 acres in South
Elgin,  Kane County,  Illinois.   The area was previously part of a gravel mining
operation.  The land surrounding the site is predominantly agricultural, although
directly west are  the  Woodlands I and II landfills owned by Waste Management.

     The site was  originally owned and operated by Tri-County Landfill Co.
 (1968-73).  It had a permit from the State to accept general municipal refuse.
Waste Management of Illinois,  Inc., operated the site from 1973 until it closed
in 1977.   The property owner from 1973 to present is Michigan Avenue National
Bank.

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

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

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

     Status (November  1988);   After negotiations with Waste Management failed,
EPA started planning a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
the type and  extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for
remedial action.
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                                YECMAN CREEK LANDFILL
                                  Waukegan, Illinois

      Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  Yeoman Creek landfill cavers  14 acres
 southeast of the intersection of Sunset Avenue and Lewis Avenue in Waukegan,
 lake County,  Illinois.  Apartments and businesses surround the site.   TTK City
 Disposal and National Disposal Contractors operated the landfill during 1959-69.
 No information is available on types or quantities of wastes accepted.   When the
 landfill stopped accepting waste, the operators covered it with 3 to 6 feet of
 soil and seeded it.  Currently, the site is owned and maintained by Waukegan
 School District #60.

      Sediments of Yeoman Creek at the landfill and farther downstream  at Yeoman
 Park contain PCBs and other organic chemicals, according to tests conducted by
 EPA in April 1985.  Yeoman Creek is a tributary of the Waukegan River,  which
 feeds into lake Michigan.  Over 67,000 persons in Waukegan are supplied with
 drinking water from a Lake Michigan intake 10,000 feet downstream of contaminants
 found in Yeoman Creek at Yeoman Park.

      The landfill has no liner, and the underlying soils are permeable, conditions
 that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.  About 1,500 people
 draw drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.  The nearest
 well is 2,000 feet away.  No municipal supplies are available in the area served
 by the wells.

      The landfill is unfenced and unguarded.  Leachate has been observed seeping
 into Yeoman Creek during State inspections.  Thus, people and animals  in the
 area can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives  for the
 site.
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                               CARTER TF!F TJJMtjKK 00.
                               Indianapolis,  Indiana

      Conditions  at listing (June 1988):   Carter Lee lumber Co. has been selling
 wood and lumber  in Indianapolis,  Marion County, Indiana, since 1873.  In about
 1971, Carter bought  2-3  acres of land in back of its original property from the
 Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago  & St. Louis Railway Co.,  an offshoot of Penn
 Central.  According  to Carter,  the railway company dumped unknown quantities  of
 liquid wastes from tank  trucks  and railroad cars onto the ground and into a
 14-foot trench on the property.

      Soil samples collected in  July 1985 by EPA are contaminated with
 phenanthrene, di-n-butylphthalate,  fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo (a) anthracene,
 chrysene, benzo  (b and k)  fluoranthene,  benzo (a) pyrene, indeno (1,2,3,-cd)
 anthracene, benzo (g,h,i)  perylene,  arsenic, cadmium, and chromium.

      The site is on  the  floodplain of the White River.  The sand and gravel
 below the floodplain are permeable and ground water is shallow (20 feet in  some
 places), conditions  that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.
 An estimated 710,000 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within
 3 miles of the site.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
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                              CCNTINENIAL STEEL CORP.
                                  Kbkomo, Indiana

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);   Continental Steel Corp. formerly
operated on a 200-acre site at 111 South Main Street in a mixed-use area of
Kbkomo,  Howard County, Indiana.  Since 1914, the manufacturing processes and
products have varied,  but for much of its recent history Continental produced
rods and wire products from low- and high-carbon steel recycled from steel
scrap.   Waste pickle liquor was collected in a 10-acre, 20-million-gallon
surface impoundment constructed in 1946.  The contents were processed through
a neutralization  system and discharged to Wildcat Creek.

     In 1984,  1985,  and 1986,  the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management identified chromium, cadmium, lead, and iron, constituents known.
to be in the  impoundment, in on-site ground water.  An estimated 1,600 people
obtain  drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.  The
nearest well  is 7,200 feet from the site.

     Continental  Steel filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal
bankruptcy code on November 25, 1985, and ceased operations on February 21,
1986.   The bankruptcy was converted to Chapter 7 on February 25, 1986.

     The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation  and  Recovery Act (RCRA)  when the owner filed a Notification of
Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application.  This site is
being proposed for the NPL because it satisfies a component of EPA's NP1/RCRA
policy:   the  owner has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial
action  by invoking bankruptcy laws.

     Status (November 1988):   EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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                     DOUGLASS ROAD/UNIROYAL, INC.,  LANDFILL
                              Mishawaka,  Indiana

     Conditions at listing (June 1986);   The Douglass Road/Uhiroyal, Inc.,  -
Landfill cavers approximately 19 acres in St. Joseph County just north of
Mishawaka,  Indiana,  near the corner of Douglass Road and Grape Road.  A
residential area is  to the west of the fenced site and a shopping complex
is to the east.

     The landfill is owned by Uniroyal, Inc., and was operated between 1954
and 1979.   From 1954 to 1971, solvents, fly ash,  paper,  wood stock, rubber,
and plastic wrap were  disposed  at  the landfill, which was unlined.  Only
fly ash was disposed from  1971  to  1979.   Uniroyal then covered the landfill
with 1  foot of  topsoil and seeded  it.

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

     The landfill is underlain  by  permeable soils and is located in an area
of glacial  sand and  gravel deposits,  conditions that facilitate the movement
of contaminants into ground water,  as well as the rapid movement of ground
water.  The South Bend Water Department has seven wells within 3 miles of
the site that draw from a  sand  and gravel aquifer at an average depth of
150 feet.   Water from  the  wells is blended and distributed to approximately
120,000 people.

     Status (January 1989);  The Indiana  Department of Environmental Manage-
ment has drafted an  order  under which Uniroyal will conduct a remedial
investigation/feasibility  study to determine the type and extent of contami-
nation  at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.   EPA is
reviewing the draft.
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                          GALEN MYERS DUMP/DRUM SALVAGE
                                 Osceola, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Hie Galen Myers Dump/Drum Salvage
 Site covers 5 acres in Osceola, Saint Joseph County, Indiana.  During approxi-
 mately 1960-82, the owner stored and recycled 55-gallon drums obtained  from
 local industries.   The tops were removed, the contents dumped into a pit and
 driveway,  and the drums sold as trash containers.  In an inspection in  July
 1984, EPA found many leaking and deteriorating drums on the site.

      In 1985, using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed 277 drums of waste
 and contaminated soils and transported them to a hazardous waste facility
 regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
 Residential wells sampled at the time showed low levels of contamination.

      In late 1986 and 1987, the Indiana Department of Environmental
 Management (IDEM)  found that soils were still significantly contaminated
 with organic chemicals.  In addition, two of four downgradient private
 wells were contaminated with 1,1,1-trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
 and 1,2-dichloroethane at levels EPA considers unsafe.  EPA provided mini-
 strippers and carbon filters for use in the contaminated wells.  IDEM
 provided operation and maintenance.

      Soils on-site are sandy, making continued contamination of ground  water
 possible.   An estimated 17,000 people obtain drinking water from wells  within
 3 miles of the site.  Ground water is shallow and flows south towards the St.
 Joseph River approximately 1 mile away.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
 site.
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                          LAKELAND DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.
                                 Claypool, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (June 1988):  Lakeland Disposal Service, Inc., formerly
 operated a 40-acre sanitary landfill in Claypool, Kbsciusko County, Indiana.
 The site accepted general refuse and hazardous waste from 1974 to September 1,
 1978,  when it was ordered closed by the Kbsciusko Circuit Court because  of
 improper operations.  Ine landfill was permitted by the Indiana Stream Pollution
 Control Board to accept municipal and certain industrial wastes from specific
 facilities.  In 1975,  the landfill received approval for disposal of various
 industrial sludges, including chrome hydroxide, paint, zinc-selenium hydroxide,
 aluminum hydroxide, ccpper^mckel-chrome hydroxide, and zinc-lead-cadmium.

      On September 25,  1978, a new owner began subdividing and selling portions
 of the landfill to mobile home owners.  In 1983, the Indiana State Board of
 Health obtained a State court order requiring that all development on the landfill
 be stopped, that homes be located elsewhere, and that the site not be excavated
 in the future.

      Tests conducted by EPA in July 1984 found cadmium, chromium, and arsenic
 in wells downgradient  of the landfill.  An estimated 1,100 people obtain drinking
 water from wells within 2 miles of the site.

      Sloan Adams Ditch runs through the site into Palestine Lake 2 miles away.
 The lake is used for recreational activities.  A 574-acre wetland is less than
 1 mile downstream of the site.  The wetland is a critical habitat for the Indiana
 bat,  designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species.

      The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to  come
 into direct contact with leachate, which EPA observed at the site during a 1984
 inspection.

      Status (December  1988);   EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
 includes a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
 extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.
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                           SCUTHSIDE SANITARY LANDFILL
                              Indianapolis, Indiana

      Conditions at listing (June 1986):   Southside Sanitary Landfill covers
 approximately 160 acres of the White River flcodplain southwest of Indianapolis,
 Marion County,  Indiana.   Ihe area is heavily industrialized.  Southside Landfill,
 Inc.,  owns the site and started landfilling in December 1971 and is still in
 business.

      In 1971,  the 34 acres on the north side of the area were licensed by both
 Marion County and the State for disposal of solid wastes.  A 100-foot strip of
 land was excavated to depths of 3 to 6 feet.  Ihe loose dirt was piled on a 50-
 foot strip of land immediately south of the excavated area for use later as
 cover material.  After the first excavated area was filled by alternate dumping
 of refuse  and covering with a layer of dirt, a second area was excavated 150
 feet south of the first one.   After these areas were filled, the land between
 the two was excavated.  In 1975, the site was expanded to 160 acres, plus buffers
 along the  edges.

      In all,  more than 4 million cubic yards of waste have been buried at the
 landfill,  according to estimates made by the U.S. Geological Survey.  The wastes
 include coal  tar,  asbestos insulation,  iron oxide sludge, paint waste, and
 clarifier  sludge.

      Metals,  including arsenic, chromium, cadmium, and nickel, are present in
 ground water,  according to analyses conducted by EPA.  The landfill lies above a
 continuous shallow sand and gravel deposit along White River, Fall Creek and
 Eagle Creek.   About 6,100 people depend on private wells within 3 miles of the
 site that  draw on the shallow deposit.   The area has been described by several
 sources, including the Indiana State Board of Health, as having the greatest
 potential  for ground water development (in terms of well yield)  of any area in
 Marion County.

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

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

      Status (January 1989):   Under an Agreed Order signed with the State on
 December 3, 1986,  the current owner/operator constructed an underground slurry
 wall to control migration of ground water and a leachate collection system.
 The owner/operator is now seeking a permit from the State to construct a system
 for pretreating the leachate before it is discharged to the sewer system.
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                              MID-AMERICA TANNING CO.
                                Sergeant Bluff, Iowa

      000111:10813 at listing (June 1988);  The Mid-America Tanning Co. Site covers
 98.7 acres in Woodbury County, Iowa, 5 miles south of Sergeant Bluff.  The
 facility has processed hides under several names since 1969.  In 1979, Mid-American
 Tanning Co. discharged an estimated 900 cubic yards of dircmun^xxrtaining
 tannery sludge into an unlined trench on the property, according to the  Iowa
 Department of Environmental Quality.  U.S. Tanning acquired the  operation in
 1985.  Wastes are now treated on-site.  Solids are settled out in concrete-lined
 ponds,  while liquids are chemically treated and then discharged  into an  oxbow
 lake.

     In  July 1985,  EPA detected elevated levels of chromium in the sediment and
 water of the oxbow lake.  Barium,  iron, lead, magnesium, and manganese were
 also present.  EPA installed five monitoring wells.  Analyses conducted  in
 March 1986 detected arsenic, barium, chromium, lead, and manganese in the wells.
 An estimated 1,200 people obtain drinking water from public and  private  wells
 within  3 miles of the trench.  A private well is 1,000 feet to the southeast.

      The site is in the Missouri River floodplain.  About 100 feet north of the
 unlined trench is a wetland used as a nesting site by bald eagles, designated
 by the  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species.  The site is
 unfenced and the trench only partially covered, making it possible for people
 and animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status (January 1989);  EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
 includes a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
 and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for
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                              RED  OAK CITY IANDFILL
                                  Red Oak,  Iowa

     Conditions at listing (June  1986);   The Red Oak City landfill covers
40 acres in Red Oak, Montgomery County,  Iowa.  It was owned and operated by the
city from 1962 to 1974.  It is now  owned by a private citizen.  Prime
agricultural land is adjacent to  the site.

     In June 1981, Union Carbide  Corp. and Uniroyal,  Inc., notified EPA,
as required by CERdA Section 103 (c), that wastes they had sent to the landfill
contained lead, mercury, toluene, tetrachloroethylene, diacetone alcohol,
and methyl isobutyl ketone.

     The landfill is in permeable soil.   It has no liner and was inadequately
covered when it closed, according to an  EPA inspection.  The contents are
exposed along the bank of  the East  Nishnabotna River and elsewhere.  In
September 1984, EPA observed leachate seeping from the landfill into the
river and collected samples of ground water,  surface water, and sediment.
Analyses detected toluene,  chlorobenzene,  and 1,1,1-trichloroethane.

     About 7,000  people depend on ground water within 3 miles of the site as
a source of drinking water.   The  nearest residence uses a private well 1,800
feet from the landfill.

     •Status  (December 1988);   EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the  type  and extent of contamination at the
site and identify alternatives for  remedial  action.
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                                 HYDRD-FIEX, INC.
                                 Topeka,  Kansas

     Conditions at listing (June 1988V;   Hydro-Flex,  Inc. has manufactured
specialized tubing, hoses,  heat exchangers, and fittings at 2101 Northwest
Brickyard Road in an  industrial/coiniTiercial area of Topeka, Shawnee County,
Kansas, since 1970.   A  single  three-story building occupies the approximately
3-acre site.

     During 1970-81,  rinse water and sludges  from a chromate metal finishing
bath were discharged  through a septic tank to a series of buried "silos"—open-
ended vertical shafts 4 feet in diameter and  20 feet deep filled with porous
fill material.  The silos  terminate within 2  feet of an aquifer designated by
EPA under the Safe Water Drinking Act as the  sole source of water in the
area.  An estimated 320 gallons per day of waste water were discharged.  Perio-
dically, effluent from  the third silo was discharged onto adjacent cropland.
In 1981, municipal sewers  became available and the silos were abandoned.

     In January 1987, the  Kansas Department of Health and Environment detected
chromium, lead, cadmium, and copper in on-site wells.  These metals are present
in materials used in  Hydro-Flex's process. An estimated 6,500 people obtain
drinking water from public and private wells  within 3 miles of the site.  A
private well is within  0.5 mile.

     Status (December 1988);   EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
includes a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
and extent of contamination at the  site and identify alternatives for
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                                FC2STEK KtLfiNiaof 00.
                                 El Dorado,  Kansas

     Conditions at listing (June 1988) ;   The Pester Refinery Co. Site occupies
 10 acres  in El Dorado,  Butler County,  Kansas.  Operations began in 1917.  Pester
 bought the site in January 1977.

     Refinery operations have contaminated soil,  ground water, and surface
 water.  Sludges and sediments from an on-site impoundment contain lead, chromium,
 vinyl  chloride,  and benzene,  and soil  contains lead,  chromium, and barium,
 according to tests conducted in October 1986 by a consultant to Pester.  In
 December  1986 and January-February 1987, the consultant found 1,1,1-trichloro-
 ethane, benzene, ethylbenzene, vinyl chloride, and lead in monitoring wells.
 An estimated 160 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles
 of the site.

     In February 1987,  the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
 found  cadmium, selenium, benzene, and toluene in surface water.  The impoundment
 is immediately adjacent to the West Branch of the Walnut River, which is used
 for  recreational activities.   In April 1987, KDHE observed seepage from the
 impoundment entering the river and in August 1987 confirmed contamination of
 the  river.  Seepage from the ijipoundments has been diked, forming a "seepage
 pit,"  but the contained sludge has overtopped the diking on occasion and
 contaminated both the river and floodplain.

     On February 25, 1985, Pester filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of
 the  Federal bankruptcy  code.   In February 1986, KDHE issued an Administrative
 Order  under KSA 65-161  and 65-3430 requiring Pester to conduct certain studies
 of the site to develop  a plan to close the impoundment in accordance with the
 requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) .
 On June 8, 1987, the company refused to continue monitoring and develop the
 closure plan.

     Ihe  facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of RCRA when the
 owner  filed a Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit
 application.  Later, EPA terminated Interim Status when the facility indicated
 that it was not a RCRA  treatment, storage,  or disposal facility.  EPA then
 found  that the facility was storing hazardous waste and should have retained
 Interim Status.   Ihe site is being proposed for the NPL because it satisfies a
 component of EPA's NPI/RCRA policy:  the owner has demonstrated inability to
 finance appropriate remedial action by invoking bankruptcy laws.

     Status (January 1989) r  EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
 includes  a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
 and  extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for
 remedial  action.
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                      RED PENN SANITATION GO.,  INC.,  LANDFILL
                              Peewee Valley,  Kentucky

     Conditions at listing (June 1988):   The Red Perm Sanitation Co.,  Inc.,
Landfill covers 150  acres 1.5 miles southeast  of Peewee Valley, Kentucky, in
the southern tip of  Oldham County.   The landfill operated from 1952 to December
1986.  Previously, the site had been an open dump.   During 1970-86, the company
operated under a permit from the Kentucky Division of Waste Management (KDWM)
to dispose  of solid  waste on 40 acres.

     In  March 1986,  KDWM found  lead, chromium,  xylene, and toluene in drums
and soil on the site.  According to the State,  at least 5,400 drums of hazardous
waste generated by Anaconda (Anamag) in LaGrange, Kentucky, were disposed of
in the Red  Perm Landfill during 1968-74.  These drums, which contained waste
enamels, drawing solution from  curing of copper wire,  and scrap varnish,  were
buried along with sanitary waste as part of the daily landfill operations.
Also during this same period, according to the State,  7,800 drums of paint
wastes generated by  the Ford Motor  Co.  plant in Louisville were disposed of in
the landfill.

     In  1986,  the State detected PCB (Aroclor  1254)  and selenium in a drainage
ditch on the site.   The landfill is bordered to the east  and south by Floyd's
Fork, a  major stream.  About 250 feet downstream from the landfill is a public
water intake that provides drinking water to an estimated 250 people at the
Peewee Valley Women's'Reformatory.   Ground water at the site is shallow
' (21 feet).   Soils are highly permeable,  and there are numerous sinkholes in
the site area.   These conditions favor  movement of contaminants into ground
water.   An  estimated 850 people obtain  drinking water from wells within 3 miles
of the site.

     On  May 22,  1986, KDWM filed a  Request for Appropriate Action against Red
Penn Sanitation and  other parties potentially  responsible for wastes associated
with the site.   On July 22, 1986, KDWM  filed another action for immediate
removal  of  on-site wastes.   On  August 8, 1986,  a Notice of Violation was filed
against  Red Penn Sanitation.

     In  September-October 1986, Red Penn Sanitation removed 207 tons of wastes
and contaminated soil from two  locations on the landfill  and transported them
to a hazardous waste facility regulated under  Subtitle C  of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.   Random  soil samples indicated a need to remove
additional  soil.  The State informed Red Penn  Sanitation  of the additional
cleanup  needed,  but  the company refused to fund the additional cleanup.  On
April 9, 1987,  KDWM  sent letters to potentially responsible parties requesting
voluntary cooperation in future site activities.

     Status (December 1988):  EPA's preliminary plan for  fiscal year 1989
includes a  remedial  investigatioiyfeasibility  study to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the  site and identify alternatives for remedial
action.
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                               TRI-CTIY DISPOSAL CO.
                              Shepherdsville, Kentucky

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Tri-City Disposal Co. formerly operated
a  57-acre industrial landfill on a broad ridgetop northwest of Shepherdsville
in rural  northern Bullitt County,  Kentucky.  During approximately 1964-68,
wastes from Louisville area industries, including Ford Motor Co. and General
Electric  Co., were accepted, according to files of the Kentucky Division of
Waste  Management  (KDWM).   In 1968, State officials reported that highly volatile
liquid wastes resembling paint thinners were disposed of on-site.  A 1968 aerial
photograph suggests that several hundred drums were on the surface and others
were buried.  At  the time the site was in operation,  no State or Federal permit
was  required.   A  number of small farms are now located over the old disposal
area.

     In an April  1987  inspection,  KDWM found drums exposed on the ground.  The
drums  contained phenol, 4-methylphenol, and 2,4-dimethylphenol.  PCBs were
found  in  soil,  tetrachloroethylene in a well, and lead in sediment from a small
feeder spring/creek of an intermittent stream.   An estimated 1,600 people obtain
drinking  water  from springs and wells within 3  miles of the site.

     Brushy Fork  of Knob Creek is 2,200 feet downslope of the site.  Both are
used for  livestock watering and recreational activities.

     Using CERCXA emergency funds, EPA provided alternate water supplies in May
1988 to nearby  residents whose springs were contaminated.

     Status (December  1988);  EPA is now transporting drums and contaminated
soil to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and  Recovery Act.

     EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989 includes a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site
and  identify alternatives for remedial action.
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                             GULF COAST VACUUM SERVICES
                               Abbeville,  Louisiana

     Conditions at listiro (June 1988);  Die Gulf Coast Vacuum Services Site
covers 12 acres in the south central  section of Louisiana,  approximately 2.5
miles southwest of Abbeville, Vermilion  Parish.   Ihe site is an inactive waste-
oil-handling facility.   It is 1.5 miles  west of the Vermilion River,  which
flows to the Gulf of Mexico.  Adjacent to  the northwest portion of the site is
the D. L. Mud, Inc., Site,  which was  also  proposed for the NFL in June 1988.
Ihe two sites were once known as the  Galveston-Houston Yard.

     The Gulf Coast Vacuum Services Site was owned and operated by G-H Gulfco
Services, Inc., from 1960  until  1984,  when the company filed for bankruptcy.
Allied Bank of Houston was appointed  as  the trustee.   The site is abandoned,
unsecured,  and has not been appropriately  closed.

     While  the site was operating, oil drilling muds,  salt water,  and other
drilling fluids were placed in three  earthen pits.   EPA tests conducted in
December 1985 found that the pits contain  benzene and toluene.  On-site
soils contain cadmium  and  chromium.

     An average of 20  feet of alluvial terrace deposits overlies the shallow
sand aquifer that is used  for drinking water and irrigation.   Contaminants
were placed in pits approximately 14  feet  deep,  creating the potential for
contaminants to move-into  ground water.  Approximately 2,600 people obtain
drinking water and about 1,000 acres  are irrigated by private wells within
3 miles of  the site.   Another 9,000 acres  are irrigated with surface water,
which is potentially threatened.

     The site is unfenced,  making it  possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.

     Status (November  1988);  EPA has evaluated the site and determined that
emergency action is not warranted at  this  time.
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                       LOUISIANA ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
                              Doyline, Louisiana

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

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

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

        Status (April 1987);  Phase II activities continue.  In July 1986, the
  State issued a compliance order against the plant based on deficiencies in
  its application for a RCRA permit.  The Army has corrected the deficiencies,
  but issuance of the permit has been delayed until a decision is reached on
  CERCLA/RCRA jurisdiction over the pits.

       Status (March 1989);  On February 10,  1989, a Federal facility/Agreement
  issued under CERCLA section 120 became effective.  Parties subject to the
  agreement include EPA,  the Army, and the Louisiana Department of Environmental
  Quality.  Remedial actions covered by the agreement include the cleanup of
  the hazardous waste site and contaminated ground water.

       This site was reproposed in July 1987 to be consistent with EPA's
  proposed policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned  or
  operated facilities subject to the corrective action authorities of RCRA
  Subtitle C.   EPA solicited comments on the Hazard Ranking System score for
  the site, which includes areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action
  authorities.   EPA has finalized the NPL/RCRA policy for Federal facility
  sites and is placing this site on the NPL under the policy.
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                          PAB OIL & CHEMICAL SERVICE, INC.
                                Abbeville, Louisiana

      Conditions at listing (June 1988):  The PAB Oil & Chemical Service, Inc.,
 Site is an abandoned 9.4-acre oilfield waste disposal area north of Abbeville,
 Vermilion Parish,  Louisiana.   The company began operation in the late 1970s.
 During 1980-82, it operated under interim status from the Louisiana Department
 of Natural Resources.   The company claims it stopped receiving wastes in 1982.

      Three on-site pits were used to separate oil, water, and solids.  The site
 is surrounded by a leaking levee rising 6 to 7 feet above the general grade.
 An estimated 39,000 cubic yards of oily sludge are held within the levee.  Tests
 conducted in October 1985 by EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental
 Quality detected barium, chromium, lead, manganese, ethylbenzene, acetone,
 toluene,  and xylene in sludge in the pits.  Also on the site are three steel
 tanks believed to hold liquid "slop" oil.  Waste material was reportedly placed
 in one tank by unknown parties after the site closed in 1982.

      High rainfall and the relatively short distance to surface water create
 the potential for contaminants to migrate off-site to Coulee Kenny Irrigation
 Canal,  which drains into the Vermilion River.  About 1,100 acres of cropland
 are irrigated by surface water within 3 miles of the site.  Uncontained wastes
 are located over relatively shallow ground water, creating a potential for
 contaminants to move into ground water.  Nearby shallow residential wells have
 shown no contamination to" date.  Three Abbeville city wells within 3 miles of
 the site provide water for 18,000 people.  Private wells within 3 miles of the
 site serve another 2,100 people and also provide water to irrigate 4,350 acres.

      In 1980, new State regulations governed off-site disposal of drilling
 mud and salt water generated from oil and gas production activities.  PAB
 failed to comply with these regulations, resulting in notices of violation
 and referral to the Louisiana Attorney General.  In November 1982, the State
 ordered the site properly closed,  but the company said it had no money to pay
 for closure.

      Status (November 1988);   EPA has evaluated the site and determined that
 emergency action is not warranted at this time.
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                               BUSH VALLEY LANDFILL
                               Abingdon, Maryland

     Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  The Bush Valley landfill  covers
29 acres in Abingdon, Harford County, Maryland.   Before  1977,  it allegedly
was used for the open burning of trash.  The property, which was privately owned,
was used as a landfill  for municipal wastes during  1977-82.  During this
period, the landfill  had a State permit to accept municipal  wastes.

     American Cyanamid  Co. notified EPA, as required by  CERdA Section 103 (c),
that its plant in Havre de Grace, Maryland,  had sent wastes  containing imides,
amines, amides, elastomers,  and asbestos to Bush Valley  Landfill.

     During 1979-84,  the State issued orders regarding the landfill's
operating procedures  and closure plans.  The owner  of  the facility never
complied fully with the orders.

     During a site inspection in July 1984,  EPA observed erosion and leachate
seeping from slopes of  the landfill.  There were no diversion  ditches or
leachate collection systems.  The landfill was  only partially  covered.  An
on-site monitoring well contained trans-l,2-dichloroethane and vinyl chloride.

     The Perryman Water Treatment Plant supplies 30,000  - 35,000 people from
eight municipal wells.  Three of the eight wells are within  3  miles of the
site.  Water is blended into the system, so the entire population could be
affected if one or more wells become contaminated.  A  few private  wells are
nearby, the closest a shallow well  1,500 feet away.

     Run-off from the landfill goes to two basins on the site.  A pipeline
from one basin runs into Bynum Run  300 feet away.  Bynum Run is tidally
influenced in the vicinity of the site.

     Status (November 1988);  EPA is conducting a search to  identify parties
potentially responsible for  wastes  associated with  the site.  The  search
is expected to be completed  early in 1989.
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                                   ADAM'S PLATING
                                Lansing, Michigan

     Conditions at listing (June  1988);   Adam's Plating has conducted electro-
plating operations on a 1-acre  site in a heavily populated area in Lansing,
Ingham County, Michigan, since  1964.   Before 1964,  a dry cleaner was on the
site and stored solvents in underground  tanks.   During 1964-71, according to
the owner, ciiraidum-containing  plating wastes were discharged directly to an
underground tile drainage  field.   Subsequently,  the wastes were stored in an
underground tank, which was removed in the early 1980s.

     In response to a call to the State's Pollution Emergency Alert System
in January 1981, the  Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) inspected
a residence at 510 North Grace, the second residence to the south of Adam's
Plating.  MDNR found  that  waste water  with a high chromium content  (150 parts
per million) was saturating soils and  had entered the basement.  It appeared
that the waste water  was entering from a drain  whose underground connecting
pipe had been broken  during recent construction in the neighborhood.  In 1981,
MDNR found 1,1,1-trichloroethane  (a dry  cleaning solvent)  and chromium in soil
on the Adam's site.

     Soil in the area is permeable and ground, water shallow (4 feet), conditions
that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.  An estimated
185,600 people obtain drinking  water from municipal wells within 3 miles of
the site.

     Status  fNovember 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the site.
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                               AMERICAN ANODCO, INC.
                                  Ionia, Michigan

      Conditions at listing fJune 1986);  The American Anodco, Inc., Site covers
 approximately 8 acres in Ionia, Ionia County, Michigan.  This company has
 cleaned,  brightened, anodized, and sealed aluminum parts for the automotive
 industry on the site since 1962 and has owned the property since then.   The
 site is in a small industrial park bordering a residential area.

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

      The potential for ground water contamination is high because the subsurface
 consists of highly permeable glacial drift, mainly sand and gravel, and because
 wastes can easily enter ground water from the unlined lagoon.  The glacial  drift
 aquifer underlying American Anodco supplies public and private wells within 3
 miles of the site which serve over 10,000 people.

      Grand River, which is within 3 miles of the site, is used for fishing  and
 recreation.

      The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
 animals' to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status (December 1988):  In August 1986, American Anodco detected  aluminum,
 chromium, copper, and nickel in on-site monitoring wells.

      Under an Administrative Order on Consent with the State signed on
 October 30, 1987, American Anodco agreed to conduct a remedial investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at  the
 site and identify alternatives for remedial action.  The work is scheduled
 to be completed late in 1989.
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                                 BOFQRS NOBEL,  INC.
                                 Muskegon,  Michigan

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Bofors Nobel,  Inc.,  manufactured
benzidene and  3,3-dichlorQbenzidene (DCB)  on a 50-acre  site in Muskegon,  Muskegon
County, Michigan,  during 1960-76.   Process water consisting mostly of calcium
sulfate and the two chemicals was disposed of in unlined lagoons.  The dUogs
around  the  lagoons failed in 1975,  releasing an estimated 2 million gallons of
waste into  nearby  Big  Black Creek.  The  lagoon area was fenced in the summer of
1987.

     Bofors Nobel  manufactured  herbicides  from 1976 to  early 1987, when it sold
the plant to Lomac,  Inc.   Process wastes are transported to a hazardous waste
facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.

     In September  1976,  Bofors  Nobel  (a  subsidiary  of Nobel Industries, a
Swedish company) and the State  of Michigan signed a Consent Judgment requiring
the company to conduct a hydrogeological study,  investigate Big  Black Creek,
excavate sludges and contaminated soils, place them in  an on-site landfill
approved by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR),  install  and
operate a ground water purge well and treatment system  to intercept flow to Big
Black Creek, maintain  a  ground  water  monitoring network, define  and clean up
any off-site, contamination, and maintain funds to ensure that proper cleanup is
carried out.

     Ihe purge well system has  been operating since 1976; water  is pumped to
the surface, treated in  an on-site  plant with an activated-carbon system and
activated sludge system,  and discharged  to the municipal sewer system.

     Data collected in 1982 by  Bofors Nobel's monitoring program indicate that
wells on-site  and  downgradient  of the site are contaminated with benzidene,  DCB,
aniline, benzene,  tetrachloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethane,  and other compounds.
An estimated 6,400 people obtain drinking  water from private wells within 3
miles of the site.   The  monitoring  also  found benzidene and DCB  in sediments in
Big Black Creek downstream of the site as  far as Mona Lake 3 miles away.   Ihe
creek is used  for  recreational  activities.

     In October 1987,  Bofors Nobel  filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11  of the
Federal bankruptcy code.   As part of  the filing,  the company agreed to provide
EPA and the State  with a portion of its  assets in exchange for an agreement not
to sue  for  existing contamination at  the site.

     Ihe facility  acquired Interim  Status  under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act  (RCRA)  when  the owner filed a Notification of
Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application.   Ihis site is
being proposed for the NPL because  it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA
policy:  the owner has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial
action  by invoking bankruptcy laws.

     Status (January 1989);  With EPA oversight,  the company is  conducting a
remedial investigation.   Ihe first  phase was completed  in early  July 1988.   Ihe
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                             CARTER INDUSTRIALS, INC.
                                Detroit, Michigan
     Conditions at listing  (June 1988) :  f^T*tgr Industrials, Inc., operated an
indurstrial scrap metal yard in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, during 1971-86.
This 3.6-acre site is at the north end of Humboldt Road, which ends  at the
yard.  On-site facilities include a furnace for melting aluminum, a  furnace for
melting copper, a brick warehouse, and an office building.  Numerous unsheltered
piles of scrap metal and equipment are found throughout the yard.

     On July 3, 1984, a fire broke out on the west side of the property in an
area of wooden pallets and  scrap iron  mounds.  After noting several  transformers
in the area of the fire, the city asked the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources (MDNR) and the fire marshall's office to investigate potential exposure
to PCBs in the transformer  oil.  Oil was found near  the fire area and  near the
base of three large transformers.  Other transformers on the west side proved to
be empty.  Four soil samples were taken from various locations, including near the
office and 150 feet south of the end of Humboldt Road, to measure background
levels.  PCBs ranged from 31 to 2,430  parts per million.  Except for the areas
noted, no conclusive evidence of oil storage or dumping was discovered on the west
side of the property.  However, other  areas were not investigated.

     A follow-up inspection by MDNR in May 1986 indicated serious environmental
contamination at and around the site.  Barrels of used PCB oil were  stored
on-site in and around scrap metal piles.  Oil leaking from the barrels contained
as much as 50 percent PCBs.  Additional sampling in  June 1986  indicated that
contamination had spread well beyond the Carter Industrial property, including
into backyards of nearby residences.   The area is highly urbanized,  with 34,000
people living within 1 mile of the site.

     During June-October 1986, EPA used CERCIA emergency funds to carry out an
emergency removal action at the site.  Soil, air, and the interiors  of nearby
residences were extensively sampled.   Private yards, streets,  and alleys were
cleaned with a high-power vacuum.  Transformers and  drums were removed to a
facility regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act.  Soil and refuse
were piled and stored on-site.  Alleys and streets were repaved with 2 feet of
asphalt, and the site was fenced.

     In October 1986, MDNR  found PCBs  in the sewer leaving the site  and at the
sewer outfall in the Detroit River.

     Status (November 1988) :  EPA's emergency program continues to maintain
the repaved areas around the site.

     EPA is conducting a search to identify parties  potentially responsible for
wastes associated with the  site.  Letters will then  be sent to those identified
informing them of their responsibilities.
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                                 FOIKERTSMA REFUSE
                               Grand Rapids,  Michigan

     Conditions at listing (June 1986):   Ihe Folkertsma Refuse Site covers 8
acres  in a heavily industrialized area of Grand Rapids,  Kent County, Michigan.
From 1965  to  1972,  the site operated as  a sanitary landfill and was also licensed
by the State  to accept industrial waste.  Muck was excavated to a depth of 4 to
10 feet, and  the area  was filled in with waste; 99 percent of the waste was
foundry sand  and the rest was construction debris.  According to the original
owner,  Waste  Management of Michigan,  Inc., owned and operated the site from 1968
to 1972 under the  name Industrial Disposal.   Again, foundry sand, which contains
iron,  was  accepted.

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

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

     The majority  of waste material disposed of at the site is sand, which is
permeable,  and  is  uncapped, allowing rain water to percolate easily through the
waste.  These conditions make ground water contamination likely if leachable
hazardous  constituents are present at the site, as previous sampling indicates.

     The site is in a  river valley directly  north of the city limits of Grand
Rapids.  About  3,600 people draw drinking water from private wells within 3 miles
of the site.  One  well is on  the site.   During the summer, the Grand Rapids Water
Department, which  serves 235,000 people, draws water from the Grand River 1.7
miles  downstream of the site.   The water table is 2 feet below the surface.

     Status (December  1988):   EPA is planning a remedial investigation/feasibility
study  to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives  for remedial action.
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                                   J&L LANDFILL
                            Rochester Hills, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (June 1986):  Hie J&L Landfill covers 17 acres on
Hamlin Road in Rochester Hills, Oakland County, Michigan.  The area is heavily
industrialized.  Recently, the owner, Jones & laughlin Steel Corp., assumed the
name of its parent company, LTV* Steel Co.

      While the landfill operated (1951 to 1980), approximately 1.5 million cubic
feet of wastes, including dusts from emission control  devices in electric
furnaces,  were buried at depths of up to 25 feet.  Avon Township zoning board
granted special use permits for the operation.  Dusts  at the site contain man-
ganese, chromium,  and nickel,  according to the company.

      The landfill has no liner and is located in a stratification consisting of
sands and gravels extending between 18 and 35 feet below the surface.   These
materials facilitate the movement of contaminants into ground water.   About 1,50C
people depend on shallow wells within 3 miles of the site as a source  of  drinking
water.  The nearest well is less than 2,000 feet from  the site.

      ladd Drain borders the site and flows into Clinton River, which flows through
the Rochester-Utica Recreation Area less than 1 mile from the landfill.

      Status (December 1988):  EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the type and extent of  contamination at the site
and identify  alternatives for remedial action.
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                          PARSONS  CHEMICAL WORKS,  INC.
                             Grand Ledge,  Michigan

     Conditions at listing  (June 1988);   Parsons  Chemical Works, Inc.,
manufactured pesticides,  solvents, and mercury compounds on a 6.5-acre site
in Grand Ledge, Eaton County,  Michigan,  from April 1945 until the plant
closed in the summer of 1979.   EIM Enterprises, Inc., a manufacturer of
fiberglass, then purchased  the site.

     Parsons installed  a  septic tank and tile field system in the mid-1950s
for sanitary sewage and wash waters.   A  floor drain discharged wash water
from inside the building  to the soils.   The tank-tile system was hydraulically
connected to a storm drain  on-site.   The drain discharged to an unnamed
stream that merges with the Grand  River, which is used for recreational
activities.

     Ihe State, Eaton County,  EIM, and EPA confirmed that surface and
subsurface soils on-site, as well  as bottom sediments from the unnamed stream
and the Grand River,  are  contaminated with dioxins, pesticides, other organic
compounds, and inorganic  compounds.   Ground water near the site is shallow (8
feet) and soils permeable,  conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water.   About 11,000 people  obtain drinking water from three
Grand Ledge municipal wells or private wells within 3 miles of the site, the
nearest within 200 feet.

     In November 1983,  the  State required EIM to  remove the septic tank, its
contents (contaminated  sludge  and  effluent),  and  contaminated soils.  In
June 1985, the State fenced off an area  approximately 12 feet by 12 feet
where soils were contaminated  with dioxin.

     Status (November 1988);  EPA  is considering  various alternatives for
the site.
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              FLETCHER'S PAINT WORKS  PLANT AND STORAGE FACILITY
                            Milford,  NEW Hampshire

     Conditions at  listing (June 1988);   Fletcher's Paint Works has operated
a plant since 1950  on  an area of approximately 0.15 acre at 21 Him Street in
Milford, Hillsborough  County,  New Hampshire.   The area is primarily resi-
dential/commercial.  Fletcher's Paint manufactures and sells paints and
stains  for  residential use.   Approximately 700 feet to the south (on Mill
Street) is  a warehouse for storing bulk paint pigments.   Contaminants
attributable to the storage facility  have been detected in a drainage ditch
on the  adjoining Hampshire Paper Co.  facility.  Because this ditch drains
from the storage facility, the boundaries of  the Fletcher's site include the
portion of  the  ditch on  Hampshire Paper property.

     In an  inspection  in July 1985, EPA detected volatile organic compounds
(VOCs), heavy metals,  and PCBs in soil,  surface water, and sediment at
the site.   VOCs were detected in ambient air.  Two underground tanks were
not lined.  Several hundred drums were  stored behind the operating plant.

     The site is adjacent to  and upslope from the Souhegan River,  which is
used for recreational  activities.   Contaminants, including benzene, toluene,
nickel, lead, and tetrachloroethylene,  attributable to the facility have
been detected in river sediments.   The  manufacturing facility is easily
accessible  and  is adjacent to a road  leading  to a popular recreation area.
PCBs, organic solvents,  barium, lead, and nickel have been found in on-site
soil.

     The potential  threat to  ground water is  high due to the highly permeable
nature  of the shallow  sand and gravel aquifer (12 feet in some places) that
supplies drinking water  to area residents. An estimated 11,400 people obtain
drinking water  from public and private  wells  within 3 miles of the site.

     Status (January 1989);   Using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed 864
drums of paint  resins  and drying agents, as well as PCB/organic wastes,
to an EPA-regulated hazardous waste facility.  Contaminated soil was covered
with a  synthetic liner and gravel to  prevent  migration of contamination off-
site.
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                    HOLTON CIRCIE GROUND WATER OHTCAMINATION
                            Londonderry,  New Hampshire

     Conditions at listing (June 1988):   Holton Circle is a development of
about 25 lots in Londonderry, Rockingham County, New Hampshire.  The NPL site
is defined as a series of residential wells and one commercial well, the "Town
Garage" well.  According to tests conducted in 1984 by the New Hampshire Water
Supply and Pollution  Control Commission, the wells are contaminated with 1,1-
dichloroethylene and  1,1-dichloroethane.  The area consists of mixed rural and
residential properties and is being actively developed.  An estimated 8,300
people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of Holton Circle.

     The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and EPA have been
investigating this area since 1985  and have not yet verified a source of the
contamination.  The Department of Defense owned Town Garage, located 1,000 feet
west of Holton Circle,  from the  early 1940s to 1968 and operated a radio beacon
there during World War II.

     EPA has also investigated a small auto repair shop about 1,000 feet south
of Holton Circle.  The shop uses 1-2 gallons of degreasing solvents annually.

     Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.
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                            GARDEN STATE CLEANERS CO.
                               Minotola, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);  The Garden State Cleaners Co. Site  is
in a mixed residential, commercial, arxl light industrial area in the Minotola
section of Buena Borough,  Atlantic County, New Jersey.  The surrounding area
is predominantly rural and one of New Jersey's prime agricultural areas.  Since
the 1950s,  the company has operated on Summer Road approximately 500 feet from
South Jersey  Clothing Co., which was also proposed for the NFL in June 1988.

     In an investigation of Garden State Cleaners in 1984, the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection detected 43,000 parts per billion (ppb)
of tetrachloroethylene in  soil below a steam discharge pipe.  Off-site monitoring
wells downgradient of Garden State Cleaners and South Jersey Clothing contain
up to 78,000  ppb of trichloroethylene and 6,600 ppb of tetrachloroethylene,
according  to  analyses conducted in 1984 by the companies.  These concentrations
have forced closing of private wells and construction of a new municipal water
supply  system.  Approximately  9,000 people obtain drinking water and 3,800 acres
of farmland are irrigated  from wells within 3 miles of the site.

     Status (November 1988);  EPA is preparing a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility  study to determine the type and extent of contamination
at the  site and identify alternatives for remedial action.
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                               GLOBAL SANITARY LANDFILL
                           Old Bridge Township, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Global Sanitary Landfill covers 23.37
 acres in Old Bridge Townslip, Middlesex County, New Jersey.   It had a permit
 from the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)  to accept
 nonhazardous waste.

      The landfill borders Cheesquake Creek Tidal Marsh on three sides.  In
 April 1984, after heavy rains, two consecutive high tides occurred in the
 wetlands.  A portion of the southern side  of the landfill collapsed and slid
 into the adjoining wetlands.  NJDEP  closed the landfill  later in  1984.

      In 1983-84, NJDEP detected methylene  chloride, chloroform, trichloroethylehe,
 benzene, and other chemicals in leachate seeping from the site into the wetlands,
 thus threatening surface water in the  area.

      Underlying the site is the most productive aquifer  in the Raritan Formation,
 the Old Bridge Sand Aquifer, which is  overlain by  the Amboy  Stoneware Clay.   This
 layer of clay, which ranges from 0-30  feet thick,  is  absent  in the northwest
 corner of the landfill, thus permitting contaminants  from the landfill to reach
 the Old Bridge Sand Aquifer.  The Sayreville Water Co. has five water supply
 wells within 1 mile of the site; three of  them draw from the Old  Bridge Sand
 Aquifer.  Approximately 86,000 people  depend on wells within 3 miles of the site
 as their sole source of drinking water.  The water supplies  for Sayreville,
 Lawrence Harbor, South Amboy, and Perth Amboy are  threatened.   Raritan Bay,
 which is approximately 2 miles from  the site, is used for recreational activiti

      NJDEP is overseeing a subsurface  investigation by a contractor for the owner
 to locate an estimated 100,000 drums containing paint, paint thinner,  and
 various solvents.  Two former landfill employees allege  the  drums were buried
 during 1968-77.

      Status (November  1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
 site.
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                                    HIGGINS FARM
                           Franklin Township, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (June 1988):   Higgins Farm covers 74.5 acres on Route
518  in Franklin Township,  a rural area of Somerset County, New Jersey.  The
property,  now used to raise cattle, belongs to the owner of the Higgins Disposal
Site,  which was also proposed for the NPL in June 1988.

     The New  Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) initially
investigated  the farm in December 1985 after the Franklin Township Health
Department detected elevated levels of chlorobenzene in a nearby private well.
The  investigation revealed a buried drum dump on the farm approximately 40
yards  from the contaminated well.   A partially exposed drum was found to contain
chlordane,  naphthalene, and arsenic.   In April 1986,  the farm owner excavated
50 drums,  pumped liquids into holding tanks, and placed visibly contaminated
soils  into containers.

     In March 1987, EPA initiated the first phase of a CERdA emergency action
at the site,  which involved providing bottled water to 29 residents along
Route  518.  The second phase started in April 1987 and involved stabilizing
the  drum burial area.   EPA fenced the area; installed a clay berm around
the  site to contain run-off; constructed a pole barn to house four rolloff
containers of contaminated material;  pumped contaminated liquid from the pit
excavated  in  1986 to holding tanks; and lined and backfilled the pit.

     Soils from the excavation pit contain semivolatile organic compounds and
pesticides, including bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, pentachlorophenol,
dieldrin,  endrin,  and dioxins,  as well as and arsenic.  An estimated 3,300
people rely on private wells within 3 miles of the site as their only source of
drinking water.

     The nearest downslope surface water is Carter Brook 2,000 feet to the
east.   It  is  used for recreational activities.

     Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
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                               INDUSTRIAL IATEX CORP.
                         Borough of Wallington,  New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (June 1988^;   The Industrial  Latex Corp. Site covers
9.67 acres  at 350 Mount Pleasant Avenue,  Borough of Wallington,  Bergen County,
New Jersey.  The company is now inactive.  The site consists of two main buildings
comprising  18,000 square feet  of industrial space and several smaller structures.
The site is part of  an extensive industrial development  bordering the Conrail/New
Jersey Transit  rail  corridor.   Major residential developments, three schools,
and an outdoor  recreation complex  are nearby.

     From 1951  to the  early 1980s, Industrial Latex formulated chemical
adhesives and natural  and synthetic  rubber compounds  at  this location.  Process
wastes were drummed  and either stored prior to disposal  or buried in unlined
trenches.   Raw  materials for the manufacture of latex adhesives and other rubber
compounds were  stored  in 22 underground  tanks.   Waste solvents were stored in
an aboveground  tank  prior to reclamation.  Chemical wastes were flushed into an
on-site sanitary septic system.  Poor operational procedures, in conjunction
with on-site waste disposal practices, likely resulted in widespread
contamination of surface and subsurface  soil.

     In 1986-87, EPA used CERCIA emergency funds to remove approximately 1,200
drums, 22 buried tanks,  and chemical  processing vats  from the site.  The
materials were  transported to  a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtitle C  of the Resource Conservation  and Recovery  Act.   During the removal
action, EPA found toluene,  xylene, ethylbenzene,  and  benzene in on-site soils.

     In January 1987,  EPA sampled  air, subsurface soils,  and on-site sources of
hazardous waste; installed 12  monitoring wells; and sampled the wells.

     Soils  on the site are permeable  and ground water shallow (15 feet in some
cases), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.
An estimated 71,000  people obtain  drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles  of the  site.  A Borough of Wallington  well is 0.4 mile to the
northwest.

     Surface water in  the area is  used for recreational  activities.

     status (November  1988)t   EPA  is  preparing a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contam-
ination at  the  site  and identify alternatives  for remedial action.
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                             KMJFFMAN & MZNTEER,  INC.
                               Jobstown,  New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Kauffman & Minteer,  Inc.  (K & M)
transports bulk liquids in company-owned  tanker trucks from a 5-acre plot in
Jobstown, Burlington County, New Jersey.   The materials transported are_
primarily synthetic  organics, plasticizers,  resins, vegetable oils, petroleum
oils, and alcohols.  During 1960-80,  water from the interior-washing of the
company's trucks was disposed of in an on-site, unlined lagoon.   In 1981, K & M
began to dispose of  its waste water off-site.  Ihe lagoon has not been properly
closed.  It has no retention pond  to  help control overflowing during heavy
rain.  In June 1984, a dike surrounding the lagoon broke, allowing waste water
to migrate off-site.

     In September 1985,  EPA detected  tetrachloroethylene, toluene, ethylbenzene,
styrene, 2-methylnaphthalene, endosulfan  sulfate, 4,4'-DDT, and phenanthrene
in on-site soil.  Ground water is  shallow (5 feet in some cases) and soils
permeable, conditions  that facilitate movement  of contaminants into ground
water.  Private wells  within 3 miles  of the site  provide drinking water to an
estimated 2,600 people and irrigate 4,000 acres of farmland.

     Ihe site is unfenced,  making  it  possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact  with hazardous substances.

     In March 1983,  the New Jersey Department of  Environmental Protection cited
the company for operating  the lagoon  without proper permits.

     Status (November  1988);  EPA  is  considering  various alternatives for the
site.
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                     POHATCONG VALLEY GROUND WATER
                              Warren County, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing  (June  1988) ;  The Pohatcong Valley Ground Water
Contamination Site in Warren County, New Jersey, involves the contamination of
the "Kittatinny11 Limestone Aquifer underlying  Pohatcong Valley.   The aquifer
serves as the sole source of drinking water for public and private wells in the
area.  The site includes those portions  of Franklin Township,  Washington Township,
and Washington Boro lying in the  valley  and encompasses approximately 3,500 acres,
extending from the southwest side of Broadway-Asbury Road northeast to Route
31.  Population density varies from  sparse in  the  farmlands of Franklin Township
to dense in Washington Boro.

     Analyses of two public  supply wells in 1978 and 1979 revealed high levels
of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene,  prompting the closing of one well
and the installation of a carbon  filtration system at  the other.   In 1984 and
1985, the Warren County Health Department  identified a number of volatile
organic chemicals, primarily trichloroethylene,  in 79  private wells throughout
the valley.  In cases where  permissible  levels for drinking water have been
exceeded, Warren County is supplying bottled water.  Plans are underway to
establish a municipal water  supply throughout  the  area of contaminated wells.
An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking water from  public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.

     The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has performed an
extensive investigation to determine the source of contamination, and has
identified several likely sources.

     Status (November 1988) ;  EPA is preparing a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type  and extent of contamination
at the site and identify alternatives for  remedial action.
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                              GAL WEST METALS  (USSBA)
                                        New Mexico
     Conditions at listing  (June  1988) :  The Cal West Metals (USSBA)  Site covers
43.8 acres approximately 0.5 mile north  of Lemitar,  Socorro County, New Mexico.
After the company, also known as  ARCA Engineering, defaulted on a loan, the
U.S. Small Business Administration  (USSBA)  and the United New Mexico  Bank of
Socorro foreclosed on the property  on October  22, 1985.   This site is being
proposed for the NFL as a Federal facility site.

     During 1979-81, Cal West Metals  processed approximately 20,000 automobile
batteries to recover lead.  During  1982-84,  the  company conducted research and
development on various aspects of raw materials  recovery and in 1985  reworked the
waste piles from the battery recycling operation to  recover lead.

     The New Mexico Environmental Improvement  Division  (NMEID) detected lead
in on-site monitoring wells in October 1984.  An estimated 1,000 people obtain
drinking water from public  and private wells within  3 miles of the site.  NMEID
also found lead in water and sediments in  drainage pathways leading from the
site.  Approximately 600 acres of food and forage crops are irrigated by surface
water within 3 miles downstream of  the site.

     In an August 1985 inspection,  NMEID found about 300 drums containing lead
oxide and sulfuric acid, uncovered  piles of battery  pieces, and an evaporation
pond on the site.  Lead concentrations in  the  wastes ranged from 54,500 to
424,000 parts per million.

In October 1986, NMEID detected lead  in  surface  soils up to 400 feet downwind of
the site.  The lead probably came from the uncovered waste piles.

     In August 1986, EPA issued an  order to the  owner/operators under section
3008 (a) of Subtitle C of the Resource Conserveration and Recovery Act (RCRA) for
failure to operate and maintain the facility in  compliance with RCRA hazardous
waste management requirements.  On  July  15,  1987, a  Consent Agreement and Final
Order was signed, which set out a specific compliance schedule.

     Status (March 1989) ;   EPA has  evaluated the site and determined that
emergency action is not warranted at  this  time.

     The owner/operators have not complied with  the  Consent Agreement.
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                                   CLEVELAND HELL
                              Silver City, New Mexico

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Cleveland Mill is an abandoned lead,
 zinc,  and copper mill covering 5-10 acres in Grant County, New Mexico, about
 5 miles northeast  of Silver City.   The land is owned by Sharon Steel, Inc.  On
 the site are piles of over 12,000 cubic yards of tailings heavily contaminated
 with lead, silver,  zinc, copper, and arsenic, according to the New Mexico
 Environmental Improvement Division (NMEID).  The tailings were moved from the
 mill via a slurry  pipeline and deposited directly to the steep sloping sides of
 a small valley.

      The piles are uncovered,  unstabilized, and unlined.  They are approximately
 100 yards south of the QDntinental Divide at the headwaters of Little Walnut
 Creek.   NMEID has  found that water in the creek at least 5 miles downstream of
 the tailings is highly acidic and contains the same contaminants as the piles.
 The creek and downstream waters are used for recreational activities.

      Contamination of ground water is likely because the piles and contaminated
 surface water are  in areas that recharge the alluvial aquifer.  This shallow
 aquifer consists of coarse, permeable materials and is hydraulically connected
 to  the bedrock aquifer, so that water moves downward.  An estimated 1,200 people
 obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.

      Direct contact with contaminated tailings is possible since the site is
 unfenced.   Two Forest Service roads converge on-site.

      Status (January 1989);  EPA has evaluated the site and determined that
 emergency action .is not warranted at this time.

      This mining site is potentially eligible for cleanup funds from the State
 of  New Mexico's approved program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclama-
 tion Act of 1977 (SMCRA).  EPA has proposed a policy for listing such sites.
 This site is being placed on the final NPL to avoid delay in starting CERCLA
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                   ACTION ANODIZING,  HATING, & POLISHING CORP.
                                 Copiague, New York

     Conditions at: listing (June 1988):   Action Anodizing, Plating, & Polishing
Corp.  (AAPP) has operated on a 1-acre site at 33 Dixon Avenue in Copiague, New
York,  since 1986.  The site is in southwestern Suffolk County approximately 1.1
miles  east  of the Nassau/Suffolk County line.  Amityville Creek, a small tributary
to Great South  Bay,  is 0.5 mile southeast of the site.  The upper reach of the
creek  is designated  as a fresh water wetland.

     AAPP's anodizing process includes cleaning, sealing, and, at times, dyeing
aluminum parts.  In  addition,  operations include cadmium plating.  Prior to
1982,  waste water containing high concentrations of heavy metals, including
cadmium, chromium, and lead, was discharged to underground leaching pools.  In
response to actions  by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS),
AAPP cleaned up and  closed the leaching pool system.  This work was supervised
and approved by SCDHS.

     Soils  on the site are permeable and ground water is shallow (approximately
10 feet).   These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
water, which is the  sole source of drinking water in the area.  At least one
public well field is within 1 mile of the site.  An estimated I million residents
of Suffolk  and  Nassau Counties obtain drinking water from public wells within
3 miles of  the  site.

     Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alterantives for the
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                         BIOCLINICAL LABORATORIES,  INC.
                                Bohemia, New York

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

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

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

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

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

     Status (December  1988);   EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
includes a  remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
extent  of contamination  at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
action.
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                         C & J DISPOSAL LEASING 00. DUMP
                                Hamilton,  New York

     Conditions at listing (June 19881;  The C  & J Disposal Leasing Co. Dump
covers 0.1 acre in a rural area south of the intersection of Route 12b and
Route 46 and north of Hamilton, Madison County,  New York.  On the west, the
site borders a corn  field; a small marsh and pond are just south of the corn
field.

     Approximately 10 years ago, C &  J Leasing,  a trucking firm from Paterson,
New Jersey, began using the abandoned railway bed adjacent to its property as
an access road.  The company dumped drums  of lead-based paints and other liquid
wastes directly on the  ground.  The dumping area is owned by the New York State
Department of Transportation.  The company also abandoned between 75 and 100
55-gallon drums at the  site.

     In June 1986, EPA  identified bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in sediments in a
pond 0.1 mile downstream of the dump.  A small  stream runs through a marsh and
connects the ponds to Woodman  Pond, the municipal reservoir for Hamilton Village,
0.5 mile downstream.  The  pond provides drinking water to an estimated 3,800
people.

     EPA's June 1986 tests also identified bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, fluoran-
thene, pyrene, chrysene and other polyaromatic  hydrocarbons,  as well as lead,
in on-site soil.  Soils are highly permeable and ground water shallow (10 feet
in some cases), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
water.  An estimated 300 people obtain drinking water from private wells within
3 miles of the site.

     The dumping area is easily accessible,  making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.

     Status (November 1988);   EPA is  preparing  a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility  study to determine the type and extent of contam-
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                                 CIRCUITRON CORP.
                            East Farmingdale, New York

     Conditions at listing  (June 1988):  Circuitron  Corp. manufactured circuit
boards during 1961-86  on about  1 acre  at 82 Mi Thar Boulevard, East Farmingdale,
Suffolk County, New York.  The  site is in  a densely  populated industrial/commer-
cial area of long Island east of Route 110 and the State University of New York
Farmingdale Campus.  The property is owned by  82 Mllbar Boulevard Corp.  Circuitron
was a subsidiary of FEE  Industries, which  ADI Electronics, Inc.,  bought in 1984.

     The facility discharged thousands of  gallons of metal-containing plating
wastes to an underground leaching pool permitted under  the State  Pollutant
Discharge Elimination  System  (SPDES),  to unauthorized leaching pools  beneath
the floor of the plating room,  and to  a storm drain.  After ADI Electronics
purchased the facility,  the Suffolk County Department of Health Services  (SCDHS)
identified the discharge to the SPDES  pool and the storm drain.

     Since 1984, SCDHS has issued Circuitron numerous notices of  violations.
On June 12, 1984, Circuitron agreed to an  Order on Consent from SCDHS requiring
removal of all hazardous substances from the site.   On  March 7, 1985,  SCDHS  issued
a Stipulated Agreement in which Circuitron agreed to install three monitoring
wells, analyze ground  water, and clean out one of the unauthorized leaching
pools.  In mid-1986, the company vacated the facility without complying with all
SCDHS requirements.  In  addition, Circuitron received one of the  largest fines
ever in the State for  environmental pollution.  The  original owner has been
convicted of a felony  as a result of illegal waste discharges.

     Extensive sampling  of the  site by SCDHS detected heavy metals and chlori-
nated organic solvents in the SPDES leaching pool, the  unauthorized leaching
pools, and the storm drains.  Analyses of  the monitoring wells installed as
part of the Stipulated Agreement detected  1,1,1-trichloroethane in on-site
wells downgradient of  the manufacturing building.

     In May 1987, EPA  found potentially explosive conditions at the site.  From
125 to  150 drums, most unmarked and one bulging, were left haphazardly throughout
the building when it was vacated.  Incompatible and  reactive wastes were not
segregated.  Some drums  were marked sulfuric acid, hydrochloric acid,  sodium
hydroxide, and caustic soda.  Other smaller containers  were strewn outside.
Six concrete holding tanks containing  unknown materials were below the floor
and three aboveground  storage tanks were behind the  building.

     The aquifers underlying Long Island have been designated as  Sole Source
Aquifers under the Safe  Drinking Water Act.  At least 15 municipal wells serving
over 215,000 people are  within  3 miles of  the  site,  the nearest 1,000 feet
in the direction ground  water flows.   The  shallow well  has been closed since
1978 due to volatile organic chemical  contamination  from an unknown source.

     The building is not fenced or guarded.  Employees  of other businesses in
the area use the site  for parking.

     Status (November  1988);  EPA is preparing a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent  of contam-
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                                 CQNKLIN DUMPS
                               Conklin,  New York

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

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

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

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

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

     Status (November 1988);   EPA  is  considering various alternatives for the
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                     ISLIP MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL
                               Islip,  New York
     Conditions at listing (Jan^Ty 1987) t   The Islip Municipal Sanitary
Landfill covers approximately 65 acres on Blydenburgh Road in the Town of
Islip, Suffolk County, New York.   Ihe surrounding area is entirely resi-
dential except for a golf course immediately east of the landfill.  Ihe
site is also known as the Blydenburgh Road  Landfill.  The town has
operated the landfill since 1957.  It has a permit from the State to
accept municipal wastes.

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

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

     Status (January 1989) ;   On May 12, 1987, an Administrative Order was
signed by the  Town of Islip,  the Islip Resource Recovery Agency, and the
State.  The order  calls for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the  type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action.  Field work started in September 1988.
Most of the air sampling  has been completed.  The remedial investigation
report is expected to be  completed in mid-1992.
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                         MATnACE PETROCHEMICAL CD., INC.
                                Glen Cove,  New York

     Conditions at listing (June 1988);  The Mattiace Petrochemical Co.,  Inc.,
Site covers 2.5 acres  on Garvies Point Road in Glen Cove on Long Island,
Nassau County,  New York.   The site is a  graded, unpaved lot with a trailer,  a
shed,  and a concrete platform with 20 aboveground and 20 belowgrcund tanks.
Mattiace  received chemicals by tank truck  and redistributed them to its cus-
tomers.   Operations stopped in September 1987.  M & M Drum Cleaning Co.,  owned
by Mattiace Industries,  also  operated at the site until sometime in 1982.

     In October 1980,  the  New York State Department of Environmental Conser-
vation (NYSDEC) discovered that drums containing volatile  organic liquids were
buried on-site  and that  waste water generated by cleaning  of drums was being
discharged into subsurface leaching pools.  NYSDEC found toluene, 1,1,1-tri-
chloroethane, ethylbenzene, and xylene in  soil and shallow ground water,  which
provides  drinking water.   Shallow water  is hydraulically linked to deeper water,
permitting contamination to reach the deeper water.   An estimated 44,000 people
obtain drinking water  from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.

     Immediately  adjacent  to  the site are  industrial areas, Garvies Point
Preserve  (designated by  the State as a significant natural habitat), and
tidal  wetlands.   Surrounding  these areas are schools and residential areas.
Glen Cove Creek is 500 feet south of the site.  Surface water within 3 miles
downstream is used for recreational activities.

     In April 1986,  several creditors filed a petition to  place Mattiace in in-
voluntary bankruptcy.  Mattiace successfully moved to convert to voluntary bank-
ruptcy under Chapter 11  of the Federal bankruptcy code. However, the court
later  removed Mattiace from the protection of the bankruptcy laws.

     In August  1986, a grand  jury handed up a 21-count indictment against the
company and three of its officers.  The  charge included unlawful possession and
disposal  of hazardous  wastes  and falsification of shipping manifests.  In May
1988,  two officers were  fined and the third was sentenced  to a year in jail,
and  a  jury returned felony charges against the company and its president.

     During February-June  1988, EPA used CERCIA emergency  funds to secure the
site,  collect samples, and remove 100,000  gallons of flammable liquids, 20,000
gallons of contaminated  water, and 1,800 gallons of liquids containing PCBs.
All  materials were transported to EPA-regulated disposal facilities.

     The  facility acquired Interim Status  under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and  Recovery  Act (RCRA)  when  the owner filed  a Notification of
Hazardous Waste Activity and  Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or
dispose of hazardous waste.  Interim Status was terminated in November 1984
when the  facility did  not  file a Part B  application.  The  site is being proposed
for  the NPL because it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy:  the
owner  has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial action by in-
voking bankruptcy laws,  as well as unwillingness to undertake corrective action.

     Status (December  1988);   EPA is preparing a workplan  for a remedial inves-
tigation/feasibility study to determine  the type and extent of contamination
at the site and identify alternatives for  remedial action.

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                          ROSEN BROTHERS SCRAP YARD/DUMP
                                Cortland,  New York

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Rosen Brothers Scrap Yard/Dump covers
approximately 20  acres adjacent to a residential/commercial area in Cortland,
Cortland. County,  New York. Ihe southern border abuts Cortland City High School
and is  a natural  route for students.

      Wickwire Brothers,  Inc.,  produced small metal items and disposed of industrial
wastes  on the site until 1970, when the facility burned to the ground.  Philip
and Harvey Rosen  started a scrap metal processing and waste disposal operation
there in 1971,  purchased the  site in 1975, and stopped operations in 1985.

      In 1972,  1984, and  1985,  the Cortland County Health Department cited the
Rosen brothers for violating  State and county laws concerning waste handling.
On June 18, 1985,  the  department ordered Philip Rosen to fence the property,
forego  burning or dumping, conduct daily inspections, plan for testing and
removal of all materials, and secure the pit.  Rosen has not complied.  Also, in
1985, a consultant to  the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation
(NYSDEC)  found that a  building and 150-foot  smoke stack were structurally unsound.
Municipal waste,  industrial waste,  construction waste, timbers, and drums had
been disposed of  in an unlined open dump approximately 100 feet long, 50 feet
wide, and 15 to 20 feet  deep.   The consultant estimated that approximately 500
drums,  contents unknown  and many leaking., were on the surface.  In addition,
drums had been buried  in two  areas.  Also on the surface were crushed cars and
refrigerators;  5,000-gallon steel tanks;  approximately 10 fuel truck tanks; and
an open pit containing water  with an oily surface.

      In April 1986, NYSDEC's  consultant detected 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,1-di-
chloroethane,  1,1,1-trichloroethane,  and tetrachloroethylene in on-site wells;
trace concentrations of  trichloroethane,  fluorene, di-n-butyl phthalate, fluoran-
thene,  pyrene,  and di-n-octyl phthalate were also detected.  Drums labeled with
some of these compounds  were  noted during the site inspection; other compounds
detected are petroleum constituents attributable to the car-crushing operation.

      In September 1987,  using CERCIA emergency funds, EPA fenced the site;
secured and segregated containers of hazardous materials; removed a number of
gas cylinders;  and sampled wastes.   Cadmium,  chromium, lead, PCB-1242, chrysene,
anthracene, phenanthrene, and pyrene were identified at the site during the
removal action.   EPA anticipates conducting  a second removal action involving
the treatment and/or disposal of the remaining hazardous materials.

      The site overlies the Cortlarri-flbmer-Premble Aquifer, a glacial outwash sand
and gravel deposit. Public and private wells tapping the aquifer within 3  miles
of the  site are the sole source of drinking  water for an estimated 24,000 people.

      Perplexity Creek  borders the site and discharges about 1.7 miles downstream
to the  Tioughnioga River, which is used for  recreational activities.

      Status (January 1989);  On September 15, 1988,  EPA issued a unilateral
order under CERCIA Section 106(a)  requiring  Dallas Corp., Keystone Consolidated
Industries, Inc.,  and  Monarch Machine Tool Co.  to secure the site and transport
hazardous wastes  to an EPA-approved facility.

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                                 SIDNEY LANDFILL
                                 Sidney, New York

     Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  Sidney  Landfill covers 50  acres on the
east side of Richardson Hill Road approximately  1 mile from County  Route 27 in
the Town of Sidney, Delaware County, New York.   The  area is sparsely populated
and characterized  by steep hills with  farmlands  and  wooded areas.

     During 1967-72, the privately owned operation accepted municipal and
commercial refuse  from the Town of Sidney.  New  York State Department of
Environmental Conservation  (NYSDEC)  files indicate that waste oils  were also
disposed of at the site.

     Leachate seeps have been associated with  the site since the late 1960s.
According to a November 1983 NYSDEC  report, the  leachate had a high iron
content, and a private well near the base of the landfill  was closed due to
high iron content.

     Five springs  providing drinking water to  six nearby homes were sampled by
the New York Department of Health in September 1985.   The  results indicated
that three wells contained 1,1-dichloroethane, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,
trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and  1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene.
Seven monitoring wells installed by  NYSDEC contained vinyl chloride,  1,1-
dichloroethane, toluene, trichloroethylene, trans-l,2-dichloroethane, and PCB-
Aroclor 1242, according to tests conducted in  1986.  An estimated 1,700. people
obtain drinking water from private wells within  3 miles of the site,  the closest
0.02 mile downgradient.

     Soils at the  site are glacial till consisting of  brown to grey clayey
silt, some gravel, and a trace  of sand.  The till thickness on-site varies from
7 to 37 feet.  The ground water level  is as shallow  as 8 feet,  with seasonal
fluctuations to 72 feet.

     Analysis of leachate collected  during the NYSDEC  investigation in 1986
detected toluene,  vinyl chloride, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,  diethyl phthalate,
acetone, ethylbenzene, phenol,  and isophorone.   Surface water and sediment
samples in two wetlands near the base  of the landfill  were contaminated with
trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene.  Local
surface waters are used for recreational activities.

     The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact  with hazardous substances.

     Status (November 1988):  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
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                                WAFWICK LANDFILL
                                Warwick,  New  York

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

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

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

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

     The landfill is unlined and overlies moderately permeable soil and rock,
and ground  water is shallow (1-2 feet).   These conditions facilitate movement
of contaminants into ground water.  A private well is within 0.15 mile of the
site.  Approximately 2,100 residents  depend  on wells within 3
miles of the site for  drinking water.

     Status (January 1989):  On December 28, 1988, EPA sent special notice
letters to  parties  potentially responsibile  for wastes associated with the
site.  The  letters  request that the parties  conduct a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the type and  extent of contamination at the
site and identify alternatives for remedial  action.  If they decline, EPA
plans to start  the  work  in March 1989.
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                            ABC ONE HOUR CLEANERS
                          Jacksonville,  North Carolina

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  ABC One Hour Cleaners has operated
at 2127 Lejeune Boulevard, Jacksonville,  Onslow County, North Carolina, since
1954.   The 1-acre site consists of three buildings joined to form one complex.

      Tetrachloroethylene, a dry-cleaning solvent, was stored in a 250 gallon
abcveground tank in the rear  building.   Spent solvent is reclaimed by a
filtration-distillation system, also in the rear building.  Still bottoms
generated from the recycling  are the only known hazardous waste generated at
the site.   Until about 1985,  they were buried on the site.  Currently, they
are transported to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of
the Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act.   A septic tank-soil absorption
system,  also  in the rear building, consists of an underground concrete tank
with a concrete lid.  It has  always been used for storage of waste water.

      In 1984,  the nearby Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base collected samples
from 40 community supply wells.  (The base is also being proposed for the NFL
at this time.)   Organic contaminants were detected in three wells near two
off-base dry-cleaning  facilities.   Since both cleaners, ABC One Hour Cleaners
and Glam-O-Rama Dry Cleaners,  were potential sources, the Marine Corps
requested assistance from the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources
and Community Development (NRCD).   NRCD drilled three monitoring wells to help
define the source of contamination.  Tetrachloroethylene was detected in the
monitoring wells and the three nearby community wells.  Levels in a monitoring
well at ABC—12,000 parts per billion (ppb)—and two community wells southeast
of the site—1,580 and 132 ppb—were significantly higher than the 2.2 ppb
found in a monitoring  well at Glam-O-Rama.  NRCD inspected the area where the
solvent is stored and  determined that it enters the septic tank-soil absorption
system.   From the study, NRCD concluded that ABC One Hour Cleaners is the
source of tetrachloroethylene in ground water.  Trichloroethylene, trans-1,2-
dichloroethylene,  vinyl chloride,  benzene, and toluene were also detected at
low levels in some of  the wells.   An estimated 41,000 people obtain their
drinking water from three public well systems within 3 miles of the site.

      Status (January 1989);  EPA has sent Notice Letters to parties
potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site informing them
of their responsibilities. EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
includes a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for
remedial action.
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                             ABERDEEN PESTICIDE DUMPS
                             Aberdeen, North Carolina

     Conditions at listing  (January 1987);  Ihe Aberdeen Pesticide Dumps Site
is in Aberdeen, a rural  area in Moore County/ North Carolina.  The site consists
of five dumps within 2 miles of each other.  All but one are privately owned.

     The 1.5-acre Fairway Six dump was discovered in August 1984 during con-
struction of a golf course.  In October 1984, the North Carolina Solid and
Hazardous Waste Management Branch  (SHWMB) found several bags labeled toxaphene
and noted a strong chemical odor.  SHWMB  analyses found DDT, DDD,  toxaphene,
and lindane  (BHC) in the soil.

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

     The 1-acre Mclver pesticide dump was discovered in November 1984 when SHWMB,
acting on information provided by a citizen, found 200-300 55-gallon pesticide
drums in lucks Landfill,  a rubble landfill  on a leased portion of  the Mclver
property.  The State "determined that the  drums contained'parathion and had been
shipped by Farm Chemicals.  Soil at the landfill contains  many of  the same
pesticides found at the  other dumps.  Further investigation found  another area
where pesticides had been dumped.

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

     In June 1985, using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed pesticide-contami-
nated soil and wastes from the Fairway Six, Twin, and  Mclver dumps.   Following
the removal, the 0.75-acre Route 211 dump was reported by  the  owner.   SHWMB
investigated, finding a  pile containing cardboard containers,  pesticide bags
(one marked Taylor Chemical), powders, and  tarry residues.  SHWMB  detected
various pesticides in soil.

     The 0.5-acre Farm Chemicals dump is  about 500 feet from the Twin dumps.
The company has manufactured pesticides since 1972.  Previously, E-Z Flo and
Taylor Chemical manufactured pesticides there.  After  discovery  of the four
other dumps, EPA investigations in May 1986 found pesticides and PCB-1242.

     Soils at all five areas are permeable, facilitating movement  of contaminants
into ground water.  Nearby Page's lake is also threatened.  About  5,100 people
draw drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.

     Status  (December 1988);  EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/feasi-
bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at  the site
and identify alternatives for remedial action.

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                            PCX, INC.  (WASHINGTON PIANT)
                            Washington,  North Carolina

      Conditions at listing (June 1988):   PCX, Inc., began repackaging and
selling agricultural chemicals in 1945 on a 6-acre site at the intersection
of Grimes Road and Whispering Pine Road just to the west-northwest of the
city limits of Washington, Beaufort County,  North Carolina.  PCX, Inc.,
filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code and
began liquidating its assets  in September 1985.  The Washington site was
sold in two parcels.  In August 1986, Fred Webb, Inc., of Greenville, North
Carolina,  bought the main warehouse and 4 acres of land, including a pesticide
burial trench.  In August 1987, the remaining 2 acres, which contained two
buildings, were sold to W. B.  Gerard and Sons, a fertilizer distributor
next door to  the PCX facility.

      In the early 1970s, the  pesticide trench, which measured approximately
12 by 250 feet and 10 to 12 feet deep,  was filled with waste pesticides and
other agricultural chemicals.   Soil collected from the trench in August 1986
contained chlordane, aldrin,  DDT,  DDE,  dieldrin, carbon disulfide, hexachloro-
benzene,  naphthalene,  phenanthrene, fluorene, and mercury, according to tests
conducted by  the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources.  These
chemicals may move into the Post-Miocene Surficial Aquifer, which, together
with the Miocene Yorktown Aquifer, locally recharges the underlying Castle
Hayne Aquifer.  The Castle Hayne Aquifer, which starts at about 30 feet below
the  land surface at the site,  is the major source of drinking water in the
area.   All three aquifers are interconnected.  An estimated 2,850 people draw
drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.  The wetland adjacent to
Tar  River and Kennedy Creek begins 300 feet from the trench area.  Surface
waters within 3 miles downstream are used for recreational activities.

      PCX,  Inc., has hired contractors to study on-site contamination and
recommend cleanup procedures  for the trench area and the main warehouse.
The  chemical  storage building has been cleaned up.

      Status (December 1988);   On September 15, 1988, EPA issued Administra-
tive Orders under CERCIA Section 106 requiring PCX, Inc., and Fred Webb,
Inc.,  to remove the pesticides from the trench area.  Both parties challenged
their orders,  and no removal  action has occured to date.
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                       KDPPERS CO., INC. (MDRRISVUIE PLANT)
                            Iforrisville, North Carolina

      Conditions at listing (June 1988):  The Rappers Co., Inc., Site covers
 52 acres on Highway 54 West,  approximately 1 mile northwest of Morrisville, Wake
 County, North Carolina.  The site was used as a sawmill until  1959, when
 it was sold to Unit Structures, Inc., which produced glue-laminated wood
 products on-site.  Kbppers Co., Inc. purchased the site in 1962 and continued
 the glue-laminating process.   During 1968-75, Kbppers used the southeast  portion
 of the site for treating wood with pentachlorophenol (PCP).  Production of
 laminated wood continued until September 1986, when the plant  was sold  back to
 Unit Structures.  Kbppers retained 10 acres of the original site where  PCP was
 used.

      Waste water from the PCP process was discharged to a pond on-site  for the
 first 6 months of operation and then to two unlined lagoons nearby.  Kbppers
 closed the lagoons in 1977.  Liquid from the lagoons was sprayed over a field
 on the northeast corner of the property, and the sludge was mixed with  soil
 and spread over the lagoon area in the southeast corner.  In 1980 and 1981,
 Koppers found PCP in on-site soil, wells, and pond water and sediment.  In
 1980 and 1986, Koppers removed some PCP-contaminated soil from the lagoon area
 and transported it to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of
 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.  Contaminated soil remains  on-site,
 however, according to tests conducted by Kbppers.

      Ground water within 3 miles of the site is the primary source of drinking
 water for an estimated 2,200 people.  The North Carolina Solid and Hazardous
 Waste Branch has detected trace contaminants in some off-site  wells.

      Run-off from the northeast corner of the site drains eastward to an
 intermittent creek that flows southeast approximately 2.25 miles to Crabtree
 Creek.  Run-off from the southeast corner of the site drains to Kbppers Pond,
 which supplies water for fire protection.  Intermittent overflow from Kbppers
 Pond drains south approximately 1,000 feet to Medlin's Pond, which is used for
 fishing and irrigation of garden crops.

      The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
 into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status fNovember 1988);   EPA is considering various alternatives for the
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                       NEW HANOVER COUNTY AIRPORT BURN PIT
                            Wilmington, North Carolina

     Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  The New Hanover County Airport Burn Pit
is on Gardner Drive west of the New Hanover County Airport  in Wilmington, North
Carolina.  The burn pit is of earthen  construction, 30 by 50 feet,  and roughly
2 feet above ground level.  It does not extend below the land surface.

     The county constructed the burn pit around 1968.  During approximately
1968-79, the Cape Fear Technical Institute  used the pit for fire-training
purposes, burning jet fuel and gasoline in  the burn pit and extinguishing the
fires with water.  The Wilmington Fire Department also used the burn pit for
fire-training purposes during 1968-76.  Jet fuel and drainage from petroleum
fuel storage tanks in the area were burned  and the fires extinguished  with
water, carbon dioxide, and dry chemicals.   Sometime prior to 1982,  sorbent
material used in river spill cleanups  was dumped into the pit.   In addition,
fuel oil, kerosene, and oil from oil spill  cleanups were burned in the pit.

     The pit holds approximately 22,500 gallons, of which 85 percent is
water.  In January 1985, the New Hanover County Department  of Engineering
detected lead and halogenated organic  chemicals in waste from the pit.
The nearest well was not contaminated  at that time.

     During an inspection in May 1986, the  North Carolina Division of  Health
Services found barium in the bottom sludge  layer of the pit and arsenic, barium,
cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury in soil around the pit.  Trichloroethylene
and numerous other organics, including fluoranthene, pyrene, methylene chloride,
naphthalene, fluorene, anthracene, 2-methyl naphthalene, benzene,  toluene,
ethylbenzene, 2-butanone, and o-xylene, were detected in other  on-site soil
samples.

     New Hanover County is currently seeking to close out the pit by tilling
the waste into the soil.  However, this has created concern about ground water
contamination due to the organic and inorganic constituents in  the pit, the
sandy soil, and the high water table  (5 feet).  An estimated 6,300 people obtain
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of  the site. A
private well is approximately 1,500 feet northwest of the site.

     Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the site is used for recreational
activities.  Estuary wetlands are approximately 1 mile south of the site on
South Creek at the probable point of run-off from the site.

     Status  (December 1988);  EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
includes a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial  action.
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                        POTTER'S SEPTIC TANK SERVICES PITS
                               Maco, North Carolina

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);   Potter's Septic Tank Services Pits
 occupy approximately 0.5 acre in the Sandy Creek icres  subdivision near Maco,
 Brunswick County, North Carolina.

      On August 5, 1976, the U.S. Coast Guard was notified  of an oil spill on
 Rattlesnake Branch near Maco.  The Coast  Guard traced the  spill back to four
 unlined pits belonging to Potter's Septic Tank Services.   Approximately
 20,000 gallons of waste oil had spilled from one of the pits into Chinnis
 Branch and flowed into Rattlesnake Branch and  surrounding  wetlands.  The
 owner of the company admitted to having used the pits since 1969 to dispose
 of waste oil from other spills.  Creosote and  septage sludge were also placed
 in the pits.  The State fined the company for  illegal disposal of oil.  The
 Coast Guard removed another 20,000 gallons of  oil from  the spillage pit and
 an unknown amount of oil, sludge, and contaminated  soil from the other pits.
 Some of the sludge was mixed in with soil and  buried on the site.

      In July 1983, the present owner of the property informed the North
 Carolina Department of Human Resources that he had  uncovered sludge in his
 front yard.  The State found phenols in the owner's well and told him to
 discontinue using the  well.  In September 1983,  EPA found  benzenes, phenols,
 xylenes, and other petroleum compounds in soil and  ground  water on the site.
 Heavy metals and chloroform were also found in on-site  soils.  An estimated
 1,780 people obtain drinking water from private  wells within 3 miles of the
 site.

      In March and April of 1984, EPA used CERCIA emergency funds to remove
 approximately 3 million pounds of contaminated soil from the site and transport
 it to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle  C of the Resource
 Conservation and Recovery Act.

      Status (December  1988);  EPA's preliminary  plan for fiscal year 1989
 includes a remedial investigation/feasibility  study to  determine the type and
 extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
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                                   MZNOT LANDFILL
                                Minot, North Dakota

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  The old Minot landfill covers  approxi-
 mately 45 acres and is 1 mile to the southwest of Minot, Ward  County, North
 Dakota.  It is bounded to the south and west by U.S. Highway 52 and to  the
 north by Fourth Avenue.  The landfill is in two ravines bordered by foothills
 to the south.  Run-off from the area flows in a north-northeast direction
 towards the Souris River.

      From about 1945 to 1971, the landfill was privately owned and  operated.
 According to the former operator, the landfill received refuse from several
 nearby industries during 1961-70.  Included were numerous drums from an oil
 company, spent battery casings from a recycling company, and calcium carbide
 and associated lime sludge from an acetylene production facility.

      Both the North Dakota State Department of Health (NDSDH)  and EPA have
 investigated the old Minot landfill.  In 1985, NDSDH identified several organic
 and inorganic chemicals in standing surface water at the landfill.  Minot
 (population 33,000) draws some of its drinking water from the  Souris River  1-2
 miles downstream of the landfill.  NDSDH found that gas generated from  decom-
 position of buried landfill material contained 20 percent methane,  creating the
 threat of fire and explosion.  A warehouse is about 150 feet away.  Gas bubbles
 were also observed in standing water on the site, and a "foul  sewer smell"  was
 noted.

      EPA analysis of samples collected in June 1986 identified benzoic  acid,
 toluene, benzene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, 2-butanone, bromomethane,  and  1,2-
 dichloroethylene in surface water at the downstream boundary of the landfill,
 particularly in an effluent ditch that carries run-off and leachate from  the
 landfill to the Souris River less than 1 mile away.  Two monitoring wells down-
 gradient of the burial cells contained significant concentrations of trans-1,2-
 dichloroethylene, trichloroethane, benzene, toluene, manganese, barium, and
 nickel.  Minot draws some of its drinking water from wells within 3 miles of
 the site.

      The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
 animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for the
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                            TRW,  INC.  (MINERVA HANI)
                                   Minerva, Ohio

     Conditions at listing (June 1986);   The TFW,  Inc.,  Site cavers 54 acres in
Minerva, Stark County, Ohio.   The Minerva plant is adjacent to State Road 183,
approximately 1.3  miles  northeast of the intersection of Route 183 and U.S.  Route
30.  TFW purchased the initial property in 1954 and expanded twice by adding
adjacent properties.   Farmland lies to the north and east of the site.  The TRW
property extends south to Sandy Creek, which is used for recreational activities.

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

     Ground water  on the site is contaminated with PCBs,  trichloroethylene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, and 1,1-dichloroethylene, according
to analyses conducted  by a consultant  to TRW.

     Minerva  city  wells  are located approximately  1 mile southwest and
downgradient  of the TRW  building,  west of Sandy Creek, and south of Route 30.
The wells draw water at  80 to 120 feet from  a sand and gravel aquifer, the
same aquifer  that  underlies TRW property.  The wells serve 4,560 people. Within
3 miles of  the site are  shallow residential  wells  serving approximately 114
persons in Minerva, 125  persons in Pekin,  400 persons in East Rochester, and
200 persons in Bayard.   The nearest residential well is  925 feet from the TRW
plant.

     In 1985,  TRW  hooked up 17 homes in  Old  Park to the  City of Minerva municipal
water supply  system.

     In June  1985,  the State  issued an Administrative Order on Consent involving
contaminated  soil,  sediments,  and waxes.   In November 1985,  TRW completed
placing the materials  in an on-site secure disposal cell.   In April 1986, the
State issued  an Administrative Order covering cleanup of ground water.

     Status (December  1988);   In November 1986,  TRW started operating a system
that pumps contaminated  ground water to  the  surface,  treats it with an air
stripper, and discharges the  treated water to Sandy Creek.
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                              DOUBLE EAGLE REFINERY 00.
                               Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

      Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  The Double Eagle Refinery Co. has been
 in operation since 1929 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, just north
 of the intersection of Highway 35 and Highway 40.  The facility is located
 between the Atchison,  Topeka, and Santa Fe Railyard and the North Canadian
 River.  Until approximately 1980,  the facility re-refined used motor oils by
 acidulation,  distillation, and filtration.  The facility now stores, dehydrates,
 and sells waste oils.

      Approximately 2,500 cubic yards of waste oils contaminated with heavy
 metals.are in a surface iirpoundment and four ponds, some unlined or leaking.
 According to the company, the oils come from truck fleets, garages, automobile
 dealers,  industries, and city, State, and Federal agencies throughout the State.
 In addition,  waste solvents and other products were collected from major
 industrial companies in Oklahoma such as Western Electric, Dayton Tire and
 Rubber Co., CMI Corp., 3-M Co., and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., as well
 as the Federal Aviation Administration.

      An estimated 28,000 people in Del City and Smith Village obtain drinking
 water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.  These wells
 draw from Garber Wellington Aquifer.  An on-site well serves company employees.
 Ground water in the area is shallow (10-25 feet in some cases) and soils
 permeable, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
 water.

      In 1986, EPA detected barium, lead, and zinc in soil in drainage paths to
 the east and west of the site and in a pond to the east.  These contaminants
 are probably the result of spills from the lagoons.  Surface waters in the
 area are used for recreational activities within 3 miles downstream of the site.

      Because of past spills, people and animals can come into direct contact
 with hazardous substances.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA has evaluated the site and determined  that
 emergency action is not warranted at this time and has also conducted a  search
 to identify parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the
 site.
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                         FOURTH STREET ABANDONED REFINERY
                             Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  The Fourth Street Abandoned Refinery
 Site occupies approximately 42 acres at 2200 4th Street in an industrial area
 in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma.  The refinery operated from
 about 1940 to 1968.  Tax records list Slayer Oil as a former owner,  although
 several other businesses have occupied the site and may have contributed to
 the contamination.

      Numerous oil and sludge pits were in use while the refinery was in
 operation.  There is recent evidence of dumping, including old concrete/
 building materials and what appears to be Government surplus supplies.
 An inactive gas/oil well is also on site.

      Soil samples collected by EPA in June 1985 and April 1986 contain  barium
 and lead substantially above background levels.  Numerous constituents  of
 crude oil and chlordane were detected; several other pesticides may also be
 present.

      Two interconnected aquifers are present beneath the site.  The upper
 one is associated with alluvial deposits of the North Canadian River and
 the lower one is associated with the Garber-Wellington Formation.   The
 combined aquifers range from about 300 to 900 feet thick.  Soil permeability
 is moderate to low.  Ground water is shallow (15 feet in some cases),
 which facilitates movement of contaminants into ground water.  About
 32,500 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the
 site, including municipal wells serving Del City and Spencer.

      The nearest surface water is the North Canadian River, 2,600  feet
 south of the site.  Drainage at the site is to the south and the east
 along a ditch until run-off collects along the eastern perimeter road.

      The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
 animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA has evaluated the site and determined that
 emergency action is not warranted at this time.
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                               JOSEPH FOREST PRODUCTS
                                   Joseph, Oregon

      Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  Joseph Forest Products formerly
 treated wood on an 18.5-acre site approximately 0.8 mile northwest of the Town
 of Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon.

      The wood treatment process used a waters-based mixture of chromated copper
 arsenate.  Wastes were stored  in a  cement pit and sump prior to removal.   A
 fire in 1974 resulted in a spill of concentrated preservative mixture to the
 ground.  In 1986,  EPA detected high levels of arsenic and chromium and lower
 levels of copper in on-site soils.

      The shallow aquifer occurs at  5 to 10 feet below the surface and is over-
 lain by very permeable soils, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants
 into ground water.

      Ground water within 3 miles of the site provides drinking water to over
 2,000 people.  The city of Enterprise  gets its  drinking  water from springs
 4,000 feet from the site.  Ground water is also used  for irrigation.  The site
 lies within the City of Enterprise Watershed Protection  Area.

      The Wallowa River is 400  feet east of the  site.

      Status (November 1988);  The Oregon Department of Environmental Quality
 is sampling several monitoring wells and springs around  the site on a quarterly
 basis.
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                             BERKLEY PRODUCTS CO. DUMP
                                Denver, Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  Ihe Berkley Products Co.  Dump covers
 2 acres in Denver, LcJicaster County, Pennsylvania.  Ihe area is rural,  with
 about 25 homes bordering the site.  From the 1930s until 1965, a privately
 owned operation accepted municipal waste, which was burned or buried.   In 1965,
 Upton Paint and Varnish Co., a subsidiary of Berkley Products Co., purchased
 the site.  Upton buried municipal waste mixed with organic solvents,  paint
 wastes, resins, and pigment sludges on the site.  When operations  stopped in
 1970, the site was covered and seeded.  In September 1970, it was  purchased by
 the present owner, who lives on the site.

      In August 1984, EPA detected barium, lead, mercury, benzene,  bis(2-ethyl-
 hexyl) phthalate, and diethyl phthalate in leachate seeping from the site and
 in an off-site private well 300 feet downgradient of the site.  An estimated
 450 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of  the site.
 No municipal supply is available in the area.

      Cocalico Creek, which is about 2 miles downstream of the site, supplements
 the Denver Municipal Authority main water supply.  Ihe system serves an
 estimated 2,000 people.

      Status (November 1988);  EPA is conducting a search to identify parties
 potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site and will then
 negotiate with them to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type and extent of contamination and identify alternatives for
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                                    BQARHEAD
                           Bridgeton Township,  Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (June 1988) ;   The Boarhead Farms Site covers 113
 acres :n Bridgeton Township,  Bucks County,  Pennsylvania.  The site was used for
 horse breeding prior to 1970.  A waste salvaging and hauling business operated
 on the site under the name Boarhead Corp. until 1976, when Keystone Excavation,
 a heavy equipment firm,  began operating on the site.

      Little is known about the quantities and types of waste that may have been
 deposited on-site; however, three documented spills have occurred on the
 property: 2,500 gallons of ferric chloride in October 1973, 4,000 gallons of
 anhydrous ammonia in April 1976,  and 1,000 gallons of sulfuric acid in September
 1976.  After the  last spill,  the State of Pennsylvania issued an injunction
 forbidding any chemicals to be brought onto the property.

      In 1984,  EPA detected elevated levels of 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-
 TCEA) , trichloroethylene,  and zinc in wells on the site.  EPA also detected
 1,1,1-TCEA and zinc in  nearby residential wells.  The 6,000 people living in
 the area obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of
 the site.

      The Delaware River is used  for recreational activities within 3 miles
 downstream of  the site.

      The site  is  unfenced,  making it possible for people and animals to come
 into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status (November 1988) ;   EPA is conducting a search to identify
 parties potentially responsible  for wastes associated with the site and
 will then negotiate with them to conduct a remedial investigation/ feasibility
 study to determine the  type and  extent of contamination and identify
 alternatives for  remedial action.
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                                  BUTZ LANDFILL
                            Stroudsburg,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions  at listing (June 1988);   Butz landfill covers 13 acres along
Township Route 601  (RD #5)  in  Stroudsburg,  Monroe County,  Pennsylvania.  The
area is rural; two large  recreation areas are within  1 mile and a children's
camp within  0.5  mile  of the site.

     The privately owned  landfill operated  during approximately 1970-75.
In 1973, the Pennsylvania Department  of  Environmental Resources (PA DER) denied
the owner's  application for a  solid waste disposal permit.   The owner/operator
kept no records  regarding the  amount  or  types of wastes  deposited at the site.
However, the incomplete permit application  lists garbage,  mixed solids, and
septic sludge as wastes to be  accepted.

     In 1986, PA DER  identified  chlorobenzene, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,
vinyl chloride,  and trichloroethylene (TCE)  in ground water.  A private well
1,700 feet east  of the site contained 2,600 parts per billion of TCE.  Analyses
conducted in 1979 also indicated elevated levels of chromium and mercury in
drinking water wells.   In January 1987,  EPA confirmed organic chemical
contamination in more, than 20  wells downgradient of the  site.

     Ground water is  the  sole  source  of  drinking water for residents in the
region.  An  estimated 6,400 people  obtain drinking water from private wells .
within 3 miles of the site.

     Surface run-off  from the  site  appears  to move toward an unnamed pond
south of the site.  Surface water is  used for recreational activities within
3 miles downstream of the site.

     The site is not  completely  fenced,  making it possible for people and
animals to come  into  direct contact with hazardous substances.

     Status  (November 1988);   EPA is  conducting  a search to identify parties
potentially  responsible for wastes  associated with the site and will then
negotiate with them to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent  of contamination and identify alternatives for
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                  DELTA QUARRIES & DISPOSAL, INC./STOTLER LANDFILL
                        Antis/Logan Townships/ Pennsylvania

       Conditions at listing (June 1986);  The Delta Quarries &  Disposal,  Inc./
  Stotler Landfill Site covers 40 acres  in Arrtis and Logan Townships,  Blair
  County,  Pennsylvania.  The area is rural and sparsely populated.   Since the
  1960s, the site has disposed of municipal wastes.  Originally,  the site
  consisted of two adjacent landfills—Stotler and Parshall-Kruise.   They
  are now one large fill owned by Delta  Quarries & Disposal,  Inc.

       On-site wells and an off-site spring are cxaTtaminated with chlorine-
  containing organic chemicals, including trichloroethylene,  according to tests
  conducted by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER).
  Nearby residential wells contain low levels of the contaminants.   About 1,500
  people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles  of the  site.   Ground
  water flows to the northeast in the direction of the Little Juniata River,
  which is within 3 miles of the site.   The river is used for recreational
  activities.

       In November 1984, Delta Quarries  entered into a Consent Order and Agreement
  with PA DER under which the company covered the landfill with  soil.

       Status (November 1988);  On October 9, 1987, Delta Quarries entered into
  a Consent Order with EPA under CERCLA  Section 106.   Under the  order, the
  company is to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
  the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify  alternatives.
  for remedial action.  The work is scheduled to be completed in 1990.
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                             ELEZABEIOTOWN LANDFILL
                          Elizabethtown,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing  (June 1988);   The Elizabethtcwn Landfill occupies
15 acres on West Ridge Road in West Donegal Township,  Lancaster County,
approximately 1 mile southwest of Elizabethtown,  Pennsylvania.   The area is
largely agricultural and rural residential.   Ihe  site is an unlined sandstone
quarry that operated as an  unpermitted landfill from about 1958 to 1973,
accepting an unknown quantity  of industrial and municipal wastes from surround-
ing communities.

     Originally, the site operated  as a sanitary  landfill under several owners.
In the late 1960s, Macke Vending Co.  purchased the site,  operating it until
the early 1970s, when it was purchased by SCA Services,  Inc. A Consent Decree
filed by Pennsylvania ordered  operations  at the landfill to cease by July 31,
1973.

     In 1985, EPA detected  chlorobenzene,  benzene,  1,1-dichloroethane, and
manganese in off-site downgradient  monitoring wells,  as  well as in leachate on
the site.   Ihe leachate also contained lead.   An  estimated 13,200 people obtain
drinking water from  public  and private wells within 3 miles of  the site.  A
private well is 800  feet from  the site.

     EPA also observed leachate  seeping into Coney Creek,  which is 800 feet
downslope of the site.   Ihe creek is  used for recreational activities.

     Waste  Management,  Inc.  (VMI) acquired the site when it acquired SCA Services
in October  1984.  In 1986,  WMI covered the site with 2 feet of  clay and 6
inches of topsoil, installed vents  to control migration  of methane, installed
a system to collect  leachate,  constructed a sedimentation basin, and installed
a drainage  system to channel run-off  to the basin.

     Status (November 1988);   EPA is  conducting a search to identify parties
potentially responsible for wastes  associated with the site and will then
negotiate with them  to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent  of contamination and identify alternatives for
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                          HELLERTOWN MANUFACTURING 00.
                             Hellertown, Pennsylvania

     Oonditions at listing  (January 1987);  Hellertown Manufacturing Co., a
subsidiary of Champion  Spark Plug Co., of Toledo,  Ohio,  formerly manufactured
spark plugs at 1770 Main Street in the borough of  Hellertown,  Northampton
County, Pennsylvania.   Ihe  site covers slightly over  8 acres in a  residential
and business district.  Operations commenced at the facility in 1930 and con-
tinued until it closed  in October 1982.

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

     Ground water underlying the site is  contaminated with 1,2-dichloroethylene,
trichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, tetrachloroethylene,  and 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane, according to PA DER tests conducted in early  1985.  This aquifer within
3 miles of the site supplies water to the Hellertown  Water Co.,  Bethlehem
Steel Corp.'s plant, Hellertown, and private residences,  affecting an estimated
14,000 people.

     Surface water is potentially threatened by the site because the filled
lagoons have no diversion structures.  Saucon Creek and  Lehigh River are used
for fishing within 3 miles  downstream of  the site.

     Status (December 1988):  On February 22, 1988, Champion Spark Plug Co.
entered into a Consent  Order with EPA under CERCXA Section 106.  Under the
order, the company is to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and  extent of contamination at  the site and identify alter-
natives for remedial action.  The work is scheduled to be completed in 1990.
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                     LETIERKENNY AEMtf DEPOT (PDO APEA)
                       Franklin County,  Pennsylvania

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

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

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

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

      Status  (April 1987):  IRP activities continue.

      Status  (March 1989);  On February  3, 1989, EPA, the State, and the
  Army entered  into an  Interagency Agreement covering comprehensive RCRA
  and  CERCXA cleanup and  compliance activities at the base.  Measures are
  being  taken to control  the sources of contamination in the PDO area.

      This site was reproposed in July 1987 to be consistent with EPA's
  proposed policy for placing  on the NPL  sites located on  Federally-owned
  or - operated facilities subject to the corrective action authorities of
  RCRA Subtitle C.   EPA solicited comments on the Hazard Ranking System
  score  for the site, which includes areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C
  corrective action authorities.  EPA has finalized the NPL/RCRA policy for
  Federal facility  sites  and is placing this site on the NPL under the
  policy.
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                                 NORTH EENN-AKEA 1
                             Souderton, Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (Jannqry 1987);  The North Perm-Area 1 Site is in
Souderton,  Montgomery County,  Pennsylvania.   The site was originally proposed
under the name "Gentle Cleaners, Inc./Granite Knitting Mills, Inc."

      The site has been renamed because the contamination may be caused by
sources in  addition to those identified in the original name.  This is one of
several NPL sites involving North Perm Water Authority (NPWA) wells that supply
drinking water to most of the people living northwest of Philadelphia.   Six
additional  areas with contaminated ground water are under investigation.

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

      NPWA discovered PCE in one of its well in the area in 1979.  The well has
been taken  out of service.  EPA tests conducted in August 1986 identified
Gentle Cleaners,  Inc., and Granite Knitting Mills, Inc., as sources of 1,1,1-
TCEA in a private well 200 feet south of the site.  An estimated 74,700  people
obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the
site.  There is no other source of drinking water.

      The site is 800 feet northwest of Skippack Creek, which is used for
recreational activities.

      Status (November 1988^;   EPA is developing a workplan for a remedial
ijwestigation/feasibility study (KE/FS) to determine the type and extent of
contamination in the area and identify alternatives for remedial action.  As a
detailed workplan is developed, the sources responsible for the contamination
will be given an opportunity to conduct the RI/FS.

      EPA is evaluating additional sources of contamination.
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                                NORTH PENN-AREA 5
                        Montgomery Township, Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (January 1987);  The North Perm—Area 5 Site is in
Montgomery Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  The site was originally
proposed under the name "American Electronics Laboratories, Inc."

      The site has been renamed because the contamination nay be caused by
sources in addition to that identified in the original name.  This is one of
several NFL sites involving North Penn Water Authority (NPWA) wells that supply
drinking water to most of the people living northwest of Philadelphia.  Six
additional areas with  contaminated ground water are under investigation.

      American Electronics Laboratories, Inc. (AEL)  manufactures electronic
communication equipment and components on a 200-acre site in Montgomery
Township.   Trichloroethylene (TCE) has been used at the facility.

      The Pennsylvania  Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) and AEL
have detected TCE,  1,1,1-trichloroethane,  tetrachloroethylene, and related
breakdown  products in  on-site and off-site wells.  Soils on the site also
contain TCE (up to 50,000 parts per billion).  An estimated 106,000 people
use  public and private wells within 3 miles of the facility as their source
of drinking water.   A  public well is within 50 feet of the site.

      AEL has  removed 125 cubic yards of contaminated soil and transported it
to an EPA-approved hazardous waste facility.  In 1981, AEL began treating
contaminated  ground water by pumping on-site monitoring wells and treating
the  water  at  a nearby  sewage treatment plant.  In early 1986, AEL installed
an air  stripper unit on-site to treat contaminated ground water.

      Status (November  1988);   EPA is developing a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
contamination in the area and identify alternatives for remedial action.  As a
detailed workplan is developed, the sources responsible for the contamination
will be given an opportunity to conduct the RI/FS.

      EPA is evaluating additional sources of contamination.
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                                 NCRIH FINN-AREA 6
                               Lansdale, Pennsylvania

      conditions at listing (January 1987);  The North Perm-Area 6 Site
 is in Lansdale, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  The site was originally
 proposed under the name "J.W. Rex Oo./Allied Paint Manufacturing Co.,
 Inc./Keystone Hydraulics."

      The site has been renamed because the contamination may be caused by
 sources in addition to those identified in the original name.  This  is one of
 several NPL sites involving North Perm Water Authority (NPWA) wells  that  supply
 drinking water to most of the people living northwest of Philadelphia.  Six
 additional areas with contaminated ground water are under investigation.

      J.W. Rex Co., which was involved in heat-treatment of metals, owned  a
 1-acre site in Lansdale before the mid-1970s.  An underground storage tank was
 on the site.   J.W. Rex used trichloroethylene (TCE) in another plant it
 operated nearby.  Allied Paint Manufacturing Co., Inc., acquired the site in the
 mid-1970s.  In 1979, while Allied owned the site, a fire destroyed a building on
 the site.  Subsequently, Allied removed the underground tank.  Soils surrounding
 the tank contained high levels of TCE, according to NPWA.  Keystone  Hydraulics,
 a hydraulic equipment repair facility, has owned the site since 1979 and  also
 stored construction equipment at the site.

      NPWA detected high levels of TCE, vinyl chloride, cis-l,2-dichloro-
 ethylene, perchloroethylene (PCE or tetrachloroethylene), and 1,1-dichloro-
 ethylene in an on-site well.   Contamination decreases with distance  from
 the site.

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

      An unnamed tributary to Towamencin Creek is about 5,000 feet from
 the site.

     Status (November 1988^;  EPA is developing a workplan for a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent  of
 contamination in the area and identify alternatives for remedial action.  As a
 detailed workplan is developed, the sources responsible for the contamination
 will be given an opportunity to conduct the RI/FS.

      EPA is evaluating additional sources of contamination.
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                                 NORTH PENN-AREA 7
                            North Wales, Pennsylvania

      Condi•Hons at lifting (Jairrary 1987);  The North Penn—Area 7 Site
 is in North Wales,  Montgomery County, Pennsylvania.  The site was originally
 proposed under the name "Spra-Fin, Inc."

      The site has been renamed because the contamination may be caused by
 sources in  addition to that identified in the original name.  This is one of
 several NPL sites involving North Penn Water Authority (NPWA) wells that supply
 drinking water to most of the people living northwest of Philadelphia.  Six
 additional  areas with contaminated ground water are under investigation.

      Spra-Fin, Inc., has manufactured Tr**tal products on a 0.5-acre site in
 North Wales since 1963, using trichloroethylene (TCE) and storing it on-site
 in a  550-gallon aboveground tank.   This tank replaced a deteriorated tank
 which was removed in 1982. The company also removed 80 cubic yards of TCE-
 contaminated  soil near the buried tank in 1982 and is pumping and treating
 ground  water  by an on-site packed stripping tower.

      On-site  production wells sampled by NPWA show elevated levels of 1,1,1-
 trichloroethylene,  vinyl chloride, TCE, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and tetrachloro-
 ethylene.  On-site soil samples contain the same contaminants.

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

      Status (November 1988);   EPA is developing a workplan for a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
 contamination in the area and identify alternatives for remedial action.  As a
 detailed workplan is developed, the sources responsible for the contamination
 will  be given an opportunity to conduct the RI/FS.

      EPA is evaluating additional sources of contamination.
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                                 STRASBURG LANDFILL
                           Newlin Township, Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Strasburg Landfill covers 22 acres
 near Coatesville in western Newlin Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania.
 In 1973,  Strasburg Associates was formed and purchased the site.  In 1975,
 Strasburg Associates received a permit from the Pennsylvania Department of
 Environmental Resources (PA DER) to accept municipal wastes.

      During 1976-78, opening of the landfill was held up by problems between
 the company and West Bradford Township concerning (1) use of "residentially
 zoned" roads, (2)  proposed sale of the landfill to Strasburg Landfill Associ-
 ates, and (3) permitting of a proposed 200-acre expansion.  Strasburg landfill
 Associates purchased the site in August 1978.

      In February 1979, the 22-acre landfill opened under new PA DER permits
 for certain industrial wastes.  Between 500 and 600 tons of polyvinyl chloride
 (PVC) wastes were accepted at the landfill in 1979, according to EPA.  Several
 potentially responsible parties who disposed of waste in the landfill have
 been identified.

      PA DER fined Strasburg landfill Associates $7,000 in December 1979 for
 causing excessive silting of Briar Run Creek.  In August 1980, PA DER perman-
 ently prohibited the landfill from receiving industrial wastes.  PA DER fined
 the company $53,025 in April 1983 for violations, including slopes in excess
 of allowed limits, failure to cover compacted wastes, and inadequate sedimen-
 tation controls.

      Later in 1983, PA DER found benzene, vinyl chloride, 1,2-dichloroethane,
 copper, and lead in on-site monitoring wells and various chlorinated organic
 compounds in an off-site private well downgradient of the landfill.  PA DER
 analyses identified the same contaminants in leachate from the landfill.  About
 800 people draw drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the
 landfill.

      Brandywine Creek flows within 0.5 mile of the west and south sides of
 the landfill.  Briar Run Creek, which flows into Brandywine Creek, is within
 300 feet of the eastern side.

      In May 1983,  PA DER suspended the operating permit, closing the landfill.
 Later in the year, the owner regraded the landfill, covered it with 2 feet of
 soil topped by a plastic liner, stabilized the site, and planted vegetation.
 In addition,  a system was installed to collect leachate and store it in open
 5,000-gallon tanks.

      The  site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
 animals to come into direct contact with leachate in the open tanks.

      Status (November 1988);   EPA is conducting a search to identify parties
 potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site and will then
 negotiate with them to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type and extent of contamination and identify alternatives for
 remedial  action.

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                               EIM3RE WASTE DISPOSAL
                               Greer,  South Carolina

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);   The Elmore Waste Disposal Site is
an open field covering approximately 0.5 acre in a residential area of
Greer,  Spartanburg County, South Carolina.  According to the South Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC), drums containing
unknown liquid waste were deposited there in 1977.  In response to citizen
complaints of odors coming from the site, SCDHEC inspected the site and found
an estimated 150 55-gallon drums (some leaking)  and a 6,000-gallon buried tank.
The  liquid waste in the drums was reported to have come from the 1977 cleanup of
the  Jadco Hughes Facility in Belmont, North Carolina, which was placed on the NPL
in June 1986.

      In 1977,  the owner of the Elmore site entered into a Consent Order with
the  State to clean up  and properly dispose of the waste.  The owner attempted a
partial cleanup,  surrounding some of the leaking drums with wood shavings,
removing  some of the deteriorated drums, and excavating and drumming some of the
contaminated surface soil.

      EPA  found several organic and inorganic compounds,  including 1,1-dichloro-
ethane, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, ethylbenzene, xylene, vinyl chloride, lead,
and  chromium,  in on-site soil, sediment, and surface water samples collected in
August  1981 and June 1984.

      In early 1986, SCDHEC started a removal action at the site and a program to
monitor ground water.   After completing the removal in July 1986, SCDHEC shipped
5,477 tons of contaminated soil and debris,  2,000 gallons of contaminated liquid,
and  299 drums to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the
Resource  Conservation  and Recovery Act.   Samples collected by SCDHEC in August
1986 and  July 1987 from on-site monitoring wells aantained.tetrachlcoroethylene,
1,1,2-trichloroethane, and trichloroethylene in concentrations above established
drinking  water standards.  An estimated 1,350 people obtain drinking water from
private wells within 3 miles of the site.

      Wards Creek,  a small tributary to the South Tyger River, flows about 700
feet north of the site.

      Status (December  1988);   EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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                            MEDIZY FARM DRUM DUMP
                           Gaffney, South Carolina

       Conditions at listing (June 1986);  The Medley Fann Drum Dump covers
  7 acres in Gaffney, a rural area in Cherokee County, South Carolina.  In
  about 1973,  an unknown person buried about 5,400 drums and dug six lagoons
  in a clearing in the woods of the Medley Farm.  On June 1, 1983, an
  anonymous caller informed the State of the site.  At the State's request,
  EPA investigated and found that all the drums were rusted and some had
  leaked or were leaking.  EPA analyses indicated that the drums contained
  numerous flammable organic liquids, including toluene, benzene, vinyl
  chloride, and PCBs.  The six unlined lagoons held 70,000 gallons of
  contaminated rain water and tons of sludges.  On June 21, 1983, EPA
  started to clean up the site using CERdA emergency funds.  EPA removed
  2,400 cubic yards of contaminated soil and sludges plus the drums and
  their contents (25,000 gallons of liquids)  and transported the materials
  to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
  Conservation and Recovery Act.  The liquids in the lagoons were treated
  on-site and discharged.  The lagoons were then filled in.

       Ground water on and off the site is contaminated with volatile
  organic chemicals, including chloroform and 1,1,2-trichloroethane,
  according to tests conducted by the South Carolina Department of Health
  and Environmental Control.  About 120 people draw drinking water
  from private wells within 3 miles of the site.

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

       During its search for parties potentially responsible for wastes
  associated with the site, EPA in March 1985 identified National Starch
  and Chemical Corp. as having deposited wastes at the site.

       Status (December 1988);  On January 28, 1987, EPA filed suit under
  CERCXA Section 107 to recover the costs of its emergency action in 1983.
  National Starch, along with five other responsible parties, settled the
  suit.

       On January 29, 1988, National Starch entered into an Administrative
  Order on Consent under CERdA Sections 104 and 122 requiring the company
  to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
  type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
  for remedial action.   The work is scheduled to be completed late in
  1990.
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                               WRIGIEY CHARCOAL PIANT
                                 Wrigley,  Tennessee

        Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Ihe Wrigley Charcoal Plant Site occupies
  approximately 1 acre on Old Charcoal Road, Wrigley, Hickman County, Tennessee.
  From  the  late 1800s to the early 1960s, Wright Charcoal initially, and later a
  number of other companies, produced charcoal briquettes, iron products, and
  wood  alcohol  on the site.   After industrial activities ceased, the Tennessee
  Farmers Co-op acquired the site and later sold a portion to an individual.

        During an April 1985  inspection, the Tennessee Division of Solid Waste
  Management  discovered pits containing a tar-like substance, waste piles, and
  old drums.  Leachate was entering the North Fork of Mill Creek, which is adjacent
  to the site.  The State in 1985 and EPA in 1986 detected toluene, benzenes,
  and phenols in the waste and leachate.   The Bon Aqua Utility District has a
  drinking  water intake in Mill Creek 1.6 miles downstream of the site.  The
  intake serves an  estimated 5,500 people.

        Soil at  the  site is moderately permeable and ground water is shallow  (25
  feet), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into the ground
  water.  An  estimated 300 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3
  miles of  the  site.

        Status (December 1988);  Using CERCIA emergency funds, EPA re-routed a
  stream to prevent leachate from entering the North Fork of Mill Creek.
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                                BRIO REFINING,  INC.
                                 Friendswood, Texas

     Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Brio Refining, Inc., Site is
an abandoned  refinery at 2501 Dixie Farm Road in Harris County south of Houston
near Friendswood,  Texas.   The area is heavily populated.  A housing development
borders the site on the north.

     The  site consists of approximately 12 closed pits on 50 acres of land.
Tanks and processing facilities remain on a portion of the site.  The facility
was  operated  from  the late 1950s to December 1982.   Earlier operations carried
out  at  the  site included copper catalyst regeneration, oil blending and refining,
and  hydrocarbon (styrene)  cracking.  Previous  owners or operators of the
facility  have included Hard Lowe Chemical, Lowe Chemical, Phoenix Chemical,
JOC  Oil Aromatics,  and Friendswood Refining.

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

     Status (January 1986):  Some of .the parties potentially responsible for
wastes  associated  with the site have  organized into the Brio Task Force.  On
June 27,  1985,  14  members of  the Task Force signed .an Administrative Order on
Consent with  EPA to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alter-
natives for remedial action.   Initial field work began in May 1985.  It included
a large scale biological treatment study and incineration demonstration study.

     Status (January 1989);  The Record of Decision, signed on March 31, 1988,
by EPA, the State,  and the Brio Task  Force, identified en-site incineration
as the  preferred remedial action.   The Task Force proposed biological treatment
instead.  EPA will consider biological treatment if the Task Force demonstrates
that it can meet EPA's criteria.  Studies to demonstrate that biological
treatment can meet EPA criteria were  completed in the fall of 1988.  EPA is
reviewing the Task Force report on the studies.
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                            SHERIDAN DISPOSAL SERVICES
                                  Herapstead,  Texas

     Conditions at listing (June 1986);   The Sheridan Disposal Services Site
 is approximately 9 miles north-northeast of Hempstead in a largely agricultural
 area of Waller County, Texas.   On the site are a 42-acre land evaporation system,
 a 12-to-22 acre surface  impoundment (depending on water levels),  an incinerator,
 and  nine  storage tanks.   The company collected a wide range of petrochemical
 and  general industrial wastes  from Gulf  Coast industries, starting in the late
 1950s.  The State  ordered the  surface impoundment closed in 1976.  In response,
 the  facility constructed the evaporation system for treatment of accumulated
 rainwater and  covered  approximately 7 acres of the impoundment with construction
 debris and soil.   By 1984,  the State concluded that Sheridan Disposal Service
 lacked technical and financial resources to adequately close the site and revoked
 its  waste disposal permit.

     There is  potential  for water to move between the water-table aquifer and
 the  first confined aquifer below.   The upper aquifer is contaminated with
 chloroform, dic^orobromomethane,  and isophorone,  according to limited data
 collected by EPA and parties potentially responsible for wastes  associated with
 the  site.  The extent  of contamination of both aquifers is being studied in an
 ongoing remedial investigation of ground water.  The deeper aquifer provides
 drinking  water for approximately 500 people within 3 miles of the site.

     The  site  is in alluvial deposits about 250 feet from the Brazos River,
 within the 100-year floodplain.   Elevated levels of metals were  found in
 sediments downstream of  the site.   Metals or organics above upstream levels
 were not  found in  the  surface  water.   A  water overflow from the  site in 1978
 caused a  fish  kill in  Clark Lake,  a private lake adjacent to the site.  Recent
 EPA  air testing found  no toxic compounds above background levels.

     In April  1984,  approximately 60 potentially responsible parties set up the
 Sheridan  Site  Committee.   It began negotiating with the State and EPA and hired
 a contractor to investigate ground water.  The Committee has also taken these
 actions:  transferred  1.5 million gallons of water from the impoundment to the
 evaporation system;  repaired,  strengthened,  and raised dikes around the impoundment
 and  the evaporation system to  above the  100-year floodplain; and transferred 6,000
 gallons of oil floating  on top of the impoundment to on-site tanks.

     Status (January 1989);  On February 3,  1987,  the Sheridan Site Committee
 entered into an Administrative Order on  Consent with EPA under Section 106 of
 CERCLA and Section 7003  of the Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act to conduct a
 remedial  investigation/feasibility study to control the source and migration of
 contaminated ground water from the site.   Tests conducted in 1987 identified,
 benzene,  tetrachloroethylene,  and trans-l,2-dichloroethylene in  the water-table
 aquifer.  The  lower aquifer had no contaminants above detection  limits.

     Under a unilateral  order  issued by  EPA in 1987,  eight potentially responsible
 parties lowered the water level in the pond.

     The  Committee's Source Control Risk Assessment/Feasibility  Study and Remedial
 Investigation  for  management of ground water migration were recently finalized.
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                            SOL ItfNN/INDUSTBIAL TRANSFORMERS
                                     Houston,  Texas

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

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

     Status (January 1986):  After gathering information to prepare the case
for trial,  the State dropped the  case.

     Under  a  cooperative agreement with EPA,  the Texas Water Commission has
begun a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type
and extent  of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
action.

     Status (March 1989);  Site cleanup has been separated into two operable
units.  In  the Phase I RI/FS,  released in January 1988, EPA proposed chemical
dechlorination of  contaminated surface soils to remove PCBs.  The Record of
Decision  (BOD)  documenting the selection of dechlorination was signed in March
1988.   Under  a Consent Decree issued in January 1989 under CERCIA sections 103
and 106,  Gulf States Utilities Co., which is responsible for some wastes
associated  with the site, will conduct the Phase I cleanup.

     A  ROD  for Phase II,  cleanup  of ground water and surface soils contaminated
with TCE, was signed in September 1988.  Contaminated ground water will be pumped
and treated in an  air  stripping unit.
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                      BENNINGICN MUNICIPAL SANITARY IANDFILL
                               Bennington, Vermont

      Conditions at listing  (June 1988);  The Bennington Municipal Sanitary
 Landfill in Bennington, Bennington County, Vermont, occupies 28 acres,  10 of
 which now serve as a sanitary landfill.  Before the site was a landfill,  it
 was a sand and gravel pit.  The Town of Bennington leased the landfill  during
 1969-85,  then purchased the property.  In September 1983, the town received a
 permit from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation  (VT DEC)  to
 dispose of municipal wastes on the 10 acres.

      During 1969-75, liquid industrial wastes from several Bennington industries
 were disposed of in an unlined lagoon.  The wastes included .PCBs, organic
 solvents, and lead, according to town records.  The lagoon was closed in 1975,
 and after attempts to dewater it failed, it was filled in with landfill material.

      A buried drain system constructed in 1976 is designed to lower the'ground
 water level under the landfill.  The system discharges through a culvert into
 an unlined, ponded area.  In August 1986, VT DEC detected PCBs, lead, arsenic,
 benzene,  and ethylbenzene in the ground water discharging from the culvert.

      Morgan Spring, a bedrock water source 2.8 miles south of the landfill,
 is regularly used to supplement the Bennington water system.  In addition,
 approximately 2,200 residents use private wells within 3 miles of the site.
 In all, an estimated 13,600 people are potentially affected.

      in August 1986, VT DEC analyses detected bis(2-ethylhexyl)phtnalate
 in sediment in Hewitt Brook, which is used for fishing within 3 miles down-
 stream of the site.  A fresh water wetland is 500 feet east of the culvert.

      VT DEC detected several flammable materials, including ethylbenzene,
 toluene,  and xylene, in the culvert, which caught fire in June 1985.  The site
 is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and animals to  come
 into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      Status fNovember 1988);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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                             BURGESS BROTHERS IANDFHL
                                 Woodford, Vermont

      Conditions at listing (June 1988);  Burgess Brothers landfill covers 60
 acres in Woodford, Bennington County, Vermont.  The area is sparsely populated,
 much of the land being part of the Green Mountain National Forest.  Burgess
 Brothers Construction Co. of Bennington operated the facility as a sand pit,
 salvage yard, and dump between the 1940s and 1976.  The abandoned site  is still
 owned by the Burgess family.

      Under an agreement with Burgess, Union Carbide Corp. 's Bennington  Plant
 used the landfill to dispose of wastes from the manufacture of battery  products.
 Union Carbide disposed of an unknown quantity of lead sludge at the landfill
 during 1956-71, and during 1971-76 the company poured the equivalent of 47,780
 drums of wastes containing lead, mercury, tetrachloroethylene, and other
 hazardous chemicals into unlined settling lagoons adjacent to the bank  of the
 sand pit.

       According to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC)
 (April 1984)  and a consultant to Union Carbide (July 1985), soils, ground water,
 and surface water on and downgradient of the site are contaminated with heavy
 metals and volatile organic compounds, including vinyl chloride, trichloro-
 ethylene, and tetrachloroethylene.

      Public and private wells within 3 -miles of the site supply drinking water
 to an estimated 13,900 people.  The nearest well is 2,200 feet west of  the
 lagoons.   Morgan Spring, which is regularly used as a secondary supply  for the
 Bennington municipal system,  is 1.5 miles to the west.

      Barney Brooks and the Waloomsic River are within 3 miles downstream of the
 site.  Both are used for recreational activities.  A fresh water wetland is
 0.3 stream mile from the site.

      Access to the site is unrestricted, making it possible for people  and
 animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.

      VT DEC is negotiating with Union Carbide Corp. and Burgess Brothers
 Construction Co.  to undertake a more extensive study of the hydrology and
 migration of contaminants from the site.

      Status (November 1988):   EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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                                H&H,  INC.,  BURN PIT
                                Farrington, Virginia

      Conditions at listing (January 1987);  The H&H, Inc., Burn Pit cavers
 approximately 1 acre  0.5 mile south of Farrington in Hanover County, Virginia.
 Residential  developments are to the east and south.  The site is owned by the
 former owner of Haskell Chemical Co.  It was used exclusively by the company
 between 1960 and  1976 for disposal  of solvents containing printing inks and
 paint-manufacturing wastes.  These  materials were transported from the
 Haske.ll factory in Richmond to the  site in drums, which were emptied into the
 shallow unlined pit and burned.  As required by Section 103 (c) of CERdA,
 Haskell reported  to EPA that it had delivered an estimated 750 cubic feet of
 waste  materials to the site.   Virginia State Health Department files indicate
 that 1,000 empty  drums were on-site prior to remedial activities undertaken
 in 1982.

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

      An estimated 2,400 people draw drinking water from private wells within
 3 miles of the site.   The nearest well is about 1,000 feet away.

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

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

      In response  to enforcement actions by the Virginia State Department of
 Health, H&H,  Inc.,  and Haskell removed contaminated soil, took measures to
 control erosion and sedimentation,  and installed monitoring wells.
 in 1982.

      Status  (December 1988);   EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/
 feasibility  study to  determine the  type and extent of contamination at
 the site  and identify alternatives  for remedial action.
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                 RENIDKCL, INC. (VIRGINIA WOOD PRESERVING DIVISION)
                                 Richmond, Virginia

      Conditions at listing (January 1987);  Rentokil, Inc.  (Virginia Weed
 Preserving Division) has operated a wocd-treatment facility on a 4-acre site
 in Richmond, .Henrico County, Virginia, since 1965.  The area, on the out-
 skirts of metropolitan Richmond, is developing rapidly.  Until about 1981,
 the  company used creosote and pentachlorophenol as preservatives.  In  1982,
 use  of pentachlorophenol was discontinued, and chromated copper  arsenate
 came into use.   Creosote continued in use.

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

      Run-off from the site enters North Run, which is used  for swimming
 within 1.5 miles of the site.

      Status (December 1988^;  On December 3, 1987, the company entered into
 a  Consent Order with EPA under CERCXA Section 106.  Under the order, the
 company will conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study  to determine
 the  type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
 for  remedial action.  The work is scheduled to be completed in 1991.
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                     FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE  (4 WASTE AREAS)
                            Spokane County, Washington

     Conditions at  listing  f June 1988) t  Fairchild Air Force Base (AFB)  occupies
approximately 4,300 acres 12 miles west of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.
The base opened in  1942 as the Spokane Army Air Depot.   In 1950,  the  name was
changed to Fairchild AFB.  Its primary mission is to maintain and repair
aircraft, primarily large craft such  as bombers and tankers.

     Four waste areas covering 85  acres comprise the NFL site:  Building 1034
French drain and dry well system;  two landfills, one northeast of Taxiway 8 and
one at Craig Road;  and the industrial waste lagoons.  During past base
activities, more than 4,000 drum equivalents of carbon tetrachloride  and other
solvents, paint wastes, plating sludges containing cadmium and lead,  and related
industrial wastes were disposed of in the four areas.

     A 10- to 20-foot layer of permeable sand  and gravel overlies an  aquifer
under the base.  The aquifer,  which consists of Columbia River Flood  Basalt,  is
highly fractured.   These conditions facilitate movement  of contaminants  into
ground water, as well as movement  of  contaminated ground water.   A well  within
base boundaries serves as a standby water supply for the base's 5,200 employees.
In addition, approximately 400 private wells serving about 20,000 people are
within 3 miles of the facility.

     West Medical Lake, Medical Lake,  and Silver Lake are  within  3 miles down-
stream of Fairchild AFB.  These lakes support  wildlife and are used for  recrea-
tional activities.

     Fairchild AFB  is participating in the Installation  Restoration Program,
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the  Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste  sites and
controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from those sites. The Air
Force has completed Phase I (records  search).  Phase II  (preliminary  survey)  is
underway.  Additional ground water monitoring  is planned for 1988.

     Fairchild AFB  received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act  (RCRA) by filing  Part A  of a permit application for  the  industrial
waste lagoons.  EPA and the State  are reviewing Part B of  the permit. Discharges
from the lagoons and the sanitary  waste water  treatment  plant are regulated
under permits issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination  System.

     Status (March  1989);  Ground  water sampling conducted by Fairchild  AFB
in 1986 and 1987 detected numerous volatile, semivolatile, and inorganic compounds
at significantly elevated levels.  Contamination has been  detected at the four
waste areas described above as well as other areas at the  base.   Fairchild AFB is
working with EPA to develop a  workplan for a remedial investigation/feasibility
study to determine  the type and extent of contamination  at the site and  identify
alternatives for remedial action.
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                         HIDDEN VALLEY LANDFILL (THUN FIELD)
                             Pierce County, Washington

      Conditions at  listing (June  1986);   The Hidden Valley Landfill, located
 next to Thun Field, covers about  75  acres near Puyallup in Pierce County,
 Washington.  The area is  sparsely populated,  with approximately 1,725
 people residing within 1  mile of  the site.  Within the next 5 years, a
 developer plans to  build  a 10,000 person-residential community about 0.5
 mile from the  site.

      From 1967 to 1983, the landfill,  an old gravel pit,  accepted liquid
 and solid waste.  Approximately 48 acres have been covered with waste.
 Ine landfill has no liner or  leachate collection system.   Originally, the
 landfill was operated by  Pierce County on leased land.   land Recovery,
 Inc. (IKE) purchased  the  property in 1977 and now operates the landfill.

      In 1982,  a consultant to the Tacoma-Pierce County Health Department
 detected manganese  in ground  water on the site.  About 7,300 people are
 served by 35 public water supply  systems drawing ground water within 3 miles
 of the site.   The nearest well  is 1,000  feet from the site.  Pierce County
 has petitioned EPA  to designate the  Clover-Chambers Creek Aquifer underlying
 the site as a  sole  source aquifer under  the Safe Drinking Water Act.

      A fresh water  wetland is within 1 mile of the site.

      Status (December 1988);  In  August  1987,  IKE and the Washington
 Department of  Ecology signed  a  Consent Order requiring IKE to conduct a
 remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
 of contamination at the site  and  identify alternatives for remedial action.
 The study is expected to  be completed in early 1990.
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                               YAKIMA PIATING 00.
                               Yakima, Washington

      Conditions at listing (June 1988):   Yakima Plating Co. has electroplated
 automobile bumpers and other objects in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington,
 since 1962.  Die company leases two buildings on a 2-acre site in a mixed
 light-commercial/residential neighborhood.   Process waste water has been
 discharged to an on-site drainfield since the plant opened.  During 1966-77,
 the company had a  State  permit for the discharge.

      In 1986, EPA  found  barium,  copper,  lead, nickel, and zinc in on-site
 ground water at 7-10 times background levels.  Within 3 miles of the  site,
 the unconfined  shallow alluvial aquifer provides drinking water via private
 wells to an estimated  5,800 people.  'One well is 225 feet from Yakima
 Plating's drainfield.

      Status (December  1988);  EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year  1989
 calls for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
 type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives  for
 remedial action.
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                          HECHIM3VTCH SANITARY LANDFILL
                             Williamstown,  Wisconsin

     Conditions  at listing  (June 1988);   Ihe Hechimovidi Sanitary Landfill
covers 20 acres  in Williamstown,  Dodge County,  Wisconsin.  In 1985, the name
was changed to Land and Gas Reclamation.  The site is in a rural agricultural
area approximately 2 miles  south of Mayville.  Operations started in 1970 when
the owner received a license from the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources
(WDNR) to accept solid  waste.   During the mid-1970s, the site was licensed by
WDNR to accept hazardous waste.

     The owner says he  placed hazardous waste,  including paint sludges, cutting
oils containing  lead and chromium,  and spent organic solvents, in unlined pits
during 1972-80.  The pits were  closed in  1980 as required by WDNR.   The wastes
and contaminated soils  from the pits  were placed into the landfill.

     In August 1984, EPA detected ethylbenzene and xylene in two wells down-
gradient of the  site.   An estimated 5,000 people obtain drinking water from
wells within 3 miles of the site.

     Part of the site is in a wetland.  The Hidden Marsh Wildlife Area is
approximately 2.5 miles to  the  west.   Surface waters in the area are used for
recreational activities.

     Solid waste has been deposited beyond  areas previously approved by WDNR,
in violation of  the landfill's  permit.  A new,  separate sanitary landfill has
been proposed to the north  of the operating site.  The new landfill is proceeding
through the State approval  process.

     Status  (November 1988);  EPA is  considering various alternatives for the
site.
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                              N. W. MMJIHE GO.,  INC.
                                Appleton, Wisconsin

     Conditions at listing fJune 1988);  The N.W.  Mauthe Co.,  Inc.,  Site covers
about 2 acres in a residential, commercial,  and industrial area of Appleton,
Outagamie County, Wisconsin.  During  1946-76,  the  company conducted chrome
plating operations on  the site.

     This site  is being  proposed as Wisconsin's top priority site.

     EPA tests  conducted in 1985 detected  heavy metals,  including chromium,  and
organic chemicals in on-site  soil  and monitoring wells.   According to the
Wisconsin Department of  Natural Resources  (WDNR),  the soil is contaminated to a
depth of 13 feet.  A large area (approximately one-half of a city block) of
soil and ground water  is now  known to be contaminated.  Apparently,  discharges
from leaky waste collection systems and other discharges by Mauthe,  as well as
the venting of  plating tank vapors directly  on the ground, cause the contamination.
An estimated 11,000  people obtain  drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles  of the  site.

     In 1982, chromium-containing  ground water from the site entered the basement
of a home with  foundation drains.  Ihe ground water was discharged to storm
sewers that lead to  the  Fox River. Within 3 miles of the site, Lake Winnebago,
into which the  Fox River drains, provides  drinking water to 60,000 residents of
Appleton.  The  Fox River flows  toward the  City of  Green Bay and empties into
Green Bay.

     The site is unfenced, making  it  possible for  people and animals to come
into direct contact  with hazardous substances.

     In 1982, WCNR used  its Hazardous Substance Spill Fund to install a system
to collect shallow contaminated ground water (infiltrated surface water), and
thus prevent surface ponding.   A portion of  the site has been covered with
asphalt to limit surface water  infiltration.

     The State  has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Mauthe property
seeking further remedies and  recovery of Spill Fund monies expended.  The suit
is pending.  The Wisconsin Supreme Court has found that the owner is liable
under the State Spill  Law.

     Status  (November  1988);  EPA  is  considering various alternatives for the
site.
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                        TCMAH MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL
                                 Tomah, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (June 1986);  The Tomah Municipal Sanitary Landfill
covers 40 acres,  of which 17 acres have been filled, in a rural area in Monroe
County outside Tomah, Wisconsin.  The City of Tomah owned and operated the
site from 1960 to 1979.  It was licensed by the State to accept municipal
refuse.   One local facility, Union Camp Corp., notified EPA, as required by
Section 103 (c)  of CERdA, that it had sent to the landfill 1,514 drums of
wastes containing barium, chromium, lead, spent halogenated and nonhalogenated
solvents,  ethyl acetate, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane.

      In June 1984,  EPA inspected the site and sampled ground water and
sediments in Deer Creek, which runs through the property 250 feet north of
the filled area.   On-site ground water was contaminated with chromium, lead,
benzene,  1,1-dichloroethane, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethylene,
and vinyl chloride.  The sediments were contaminated with arsenic, chromium,
copper,  lead,  zinc, toluene, tetrachloroethylene, and 2-butanone.

      Approximately 9,200 people obtain drinking water from Tomah municipal
wells,  and private wells within 3 miles of the site.  Deer Creek, which is
nearby,  is a trout stream.  A fresh water wetland is within 1,000 feet of
the site.

      Status (December 1988);  EPA's preliminary plan for fiscal year 1989
calls for beginning negotiations with parties potentially responsible for
wastes associated with the site to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility
study which will determine the type and extent of contamination and identify
alternatives for remedial action.
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                                 ADDENDUM
     Uiis addendum contains descriptions of four proposed sites being
dropped from further consideration for the NFL at this time, two final
Federal facilities sites being expanded, and one final site being
reclassified as a Federal facility site.

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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                         MCNTOO RESEARCH PRODUCTS,  INC.
                                Hbllister,  Florida

        Conditions  at  listing (October 1984);   Montco Research Products, Inc.,
   manufactures chemical intermediates and purifies organic cxxnpounds f or
   commercial use on a 10-acre site in Hollister, Putnam County, Florida.  The
   processes generate  discharge cooling water and distillation residues.
   The  State has confirmed that both soil and ground water at the site are
   contaminated with lead,  arsenic,  cyanide,  chromium, benzene, and several
   organic  chemicals.   An  estimated 270 people draw drinking water from wells
   within 3 miles of the site.

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

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

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

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

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

        Status  (March  1989):   In response to public comments, EPA re-evaluated
   the site documentation  and revised accordingly the site's score on the
   Hazard Ranking System,  which EPA uses to assess sites for the NPL.  The
   revised  score is below  the cutoff point EPA has established to include a
   site on  the  NPL.  Hence, the Montco Research Products, Inc., site is being
   dropped  from consideration for  the NPL at this time.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

               E.I.  EU PCNT DE NEM3URS & 00.,  INC.  (MONTAGUE PIANT)
                                Montague,  Michigan

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

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

     Status (March 1989):  In  response to public comments, EPA re-evaluated
the site documentation and revised accordingly the site's score on the Hazard
Ranking System, which EPA uses to  assess sites for the NPL.  The revised score
is below the cutoff  point EPA  has  established  to include a site on the NPL.
Hence, the  E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.,  Inc.  (Montague Plant) Site is being
dropped from consideration for the NPL at this time.
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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 Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
 Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                  WELDON SEEING QCOVRRY/PI^NT/PriS  (USDOE/ARMY)
                           St. Charles County, Missouri

     Conditions  at listing (October 1984):   The Weldon Spring Quarry covers
9 acres  in St. Charles County, Missouri,  about 30 miles west of St.  Louis.
During 1941-44,  the Amy operated an ordnance works 3  miles to  the northeast
of the old limestone quarry.  Due to frequent spills,  waste water containing
sulfonate derivatives  contaminated  both surface water  and ground water in
the area, according to the U.S. Geological  Survey  (USGS).

     In  1955, after the Army  demolished and removed the works,  the Atomic
Energy Commission  (AEC)  started construction of the Weldon Spring Feed
Materials Plant  on the land.  The Army disposed of  soil and building rubble
from the demolition, which were contaminated with trinitrotoluene (TNT)  and
dinitrotoluene  (DNT),  in the  deepest part of the quarry.   The U.S. Department
of Energy (USDOE), successor  to AEC, now  owns the plant.

     In  1957, the Weldon Spring Feed Materials Plant began converting uranium
concentrates to  pure uranium  salts  and metal.  The  plant  also processed some
thorium  ore concentrates.  During operations, the buildings, equipment,
immediate terrain, process sewer  system,  and drainage  easement  to the Missouri
River became contaminated  with uranium, thorium, and their decay products,
according to USDOE.  During 1959-69, AEC  used the quarry  for disposal of drums,
process  equipment, building rubble,  and soils contaminated with thorium, uranium,
and their decay  products.  Also,  radioactive process wastes were disposed of
near the plant in four raffinate  pits covering approximately 50 acres.

     USDOE found elevated  levels  of uranium,  radium, and  nitroaromatics in
monitoring wells adjacent  to  the  quarry.  A well field in the Missouri River
alluvial aquifer and 0.5 mile from  the quarry serves 58,000 St. Charles County
residents.

     Status  (April 1987):  Under  an August  1986 agreement with  EPA,  USDOE will
carry out remedial actions at the quarry, as well as the  plant  area  and nearby
radioactively contaminated properties.  USDOE is sampling the quarry,  plant,
and pit  areas as part  of a comprehensive  remedial investigation.

     USDOE estimates that  the quarry contains about 95,000 cubic yards of
waste.   In the plant area, approximately  312,000 cubic yards of radioactively
contaminated soil, equipment, and buildings would have to be removed or
cleaned  up to meet current USDOE  guidelines for unrestricted use of  the
land.  The disposal pits contain  an estimated 220,000  cubic yards of uranium
and thorium residues.  USDOE  surveys show that other radioactively contaminated.
properties, near both  the  quarry  and the  plant, require removal of about
27,200 cubic yards of  soil to meet  current  USDOE guidelines for unrestricted
use.  In addition, radioactive materials  have been  released to  surface water,
ground water, and air, according  to USDOE and USGS.

     Status  (March 1989);  In June  1988,  EPA proposed  to  expand this Federal
facility site, which was placed on  the final NFL in July  1987.   EPA  has deter-
mined that the Weldon  Spring  Feed Materials Plant and  Raffinate Pits,  located
less than 3 miles from the quarry,  are linked to the contamination problems at
the original site.  No comments were received on the proposal.   Therefore,  the
site is  expanded and renamed  "Weldon Spring Quarry/Plant/Pits (USDOE/Army)."
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                                 HCRSTMANN'S DUMP
                             East Hanover,  New Jersey

     Conditions at  listing (January 1987)t  Horstmann's Dump covers about
15 acres on Great Meadow Lane  in East Hanover, Morris County, New Jersey.
From 1965 to  1973,  the owner/operator accepted raw sewage and septic wastes
from various  industries.   The  site is in a marshy area,  and the wastes were
dumped as fill.  Wastes were deposited below the water table.  Ihe site was
unlined and had no  leachate controls.

     In 1970, Horstnann registered as a public utility.   Subsequently,
citizens objected about Horstmann's operations to the New Jersey Department.
of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)  and the New Jersey Board of Public
Utilities (NJBPU).   In 1973, Horstmann petitioned to stop operations, which
NJBPU agreed  to.  As a result  of this action,  NJDEP in 1974 ordered the
site to close so that  closure  requirements could be enforced.  Great Meadows
Development Corp. acquired the property in June 1978.

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

     Surface  water  is  threatened because the site is in a swampy area and is
surrounded  by wetlands.   The site  is within the Passaic Valley floodplain and
is bordered by  two  Passaic River tributaries — Black Brook and Pinch Brook.

     Status (March  1989);   In  response to public comments, EPA re-evaluated
the site documentation and revised accordingly the site's score on the Hazard
Ranking System, which  EPA uses to  assess sites for the NPL.  The revised score
is below the  cutoff point EPA  has  established to include a site on the NPL.
Hence, Hortsmann's  Dump is being dropped from consideration for the NPL at this
time.
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

            W. R. GRACE & 00.,  INC./WAXNE INTERIM STORAGE SITE (USDOE)
                            Wayne Township, New Jersey

     Conditions at listing (September 1983);   Rare Earths, Inc., extracted
thorium and rare earths from monazite ore on a 6.5-acre site in Wayne Township,
Passaic County, New Jersey, from 1948 to 1957,  when Davison Chemical, a
division of W.R. Grace & Co. Inc.,  acquired the facility.  Grace ceased
processing monazite ore in 1971 and amended its license to cover only
storage of radioactive materials.

     Grace and  its consultant  decontaminated the site in 1974, and In
1975 the U.S. Nuclear  Regulatory Commission released the site for unrestricted
use provided the land  deed indicated that radioactive material was buried on
the property.   The wastes on-site  consist of residues from processing monazite
ore and from the decontamination.

     An EPA aerial survey in May 1981 indicated elevated radiation levels at
the plant  site  and an  area to  the  west.   As a result of extensive soil
contamination,  the overburden  covering the waste disposal area on the site
may be  insufficient to prevent further movement of the contaminated soil by
run-off.

     Status (June  1984):  The  U.S.  Department of Energy (USDOE) is addressing
the site under  a $2 million appropriation as part of its Formerly Utilized
Site Rrannriial Action Program (FUSRAP).

     Status (March 1989);  USDOE acquired the site on September 18, 1984
and renamed it  "Wayne  Interim  Storage Site."  On September 24, 1984, the site
was placed on the  final NPL under  the name "W.R. Grace & Co., Inc.  (Wayne
Plant)."

     The site is being re-classified as a Federal facility site and being re-
named "W.R. Grace  & Co., Inc./Wayne Interim Storage Site (USDOE)."

     Under FUSRAP,  USDOE has removed radioactively contaminated soil from a
number  of  properties in the vicinity and contained it on-site in an interim
storage facility awaiting a permanent disposal site.   USDOE is conducting a
monitoring program at  the site.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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National Priorities List

Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986

                            ROCK* MOUNTAIN ARSENAL
                            Adams County, Colorado

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);   The Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA)
  is located about 10 miles northeast of downtown Denver, Adams County,
  Colorado.   It covers over 27 square miles.   Since 1942, RMA. has manufactured
  and demilitarized mustard gas, nerve gas, and chemical munitions.  From
  1952 until 1982,  Shell Chemical Co. used the site to manufacture pesticides
  and herbicides.

       The Army has identified 165 "possibly polluted" areas at RMA; six
  received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
  (RCRA) when the Army filed Part A of permit applications.  Contamination
  from some of these areas has migrated and may continue to migrate off
  RMA, principally via ground water.  The contaminated area covers about
  4 square miles, with additional off-site ground water contamination.

       Both the Army and Shell have constructed systems along the down-
  gradient borders of RMA to control off-site migration.  Ihe systems pump
  out contaminated ground water, treat it with activated carbon to remove
  organic contaminants, and reinject the treated ground water.  Ihe Army
  is constructing a third system of this kind.  The Army is also developing
  alternatives for controlling or eliminating the sources of contamination
  on RMA and the. off-site contamination.  These activities are part of the
  Installation Restoration Program, the specially funded program established
  in 1978 under which the Department of Defense has been identifying and
  evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and controlling the migration
  of hazardous contaminants from these sites.  To date, the Army has spent
  more than $25 million on studies and control actions at RMA.

       Status (June 1987);  The third ground water intercept and treatment
  system is now in service.  The Army is conducting a remedial investigation/
  feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of contamination
  and to identify alternatives for remedial action on the facility and
  some areas off the facility.  EPA is conducting an RI/FS on other areas
  off the facility.

       Status (March 1989):  The Army has virtually completed its RI, and 13
  interim response actions are underway to accelerate the cleanup.

       In July 1987, EPA placed RMA, excluding a lagoon known as "Basin F,"
  on the NPL, proposed to expand the site to include  Basin F, and solicited
  comment on the proposal.  EPA's RCRA policy when RMA was proposed in
  October 1984 was to exclude an area from an NPL site if it was a RCRA-
  regulated land disposal unit.  Basin F is a regulated land disposal unit,
  and so EPA excluded it from the NPL site.  EPA has finalized the NPL/RCRA
  policy and is expanding this site under the policy to include Basin F.
  In addition, further investigation has demonstrated that Basin F is a
  major contributor to ground water contamination at RMA.
 U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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  Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
  ComprehensiveNEnvironmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
                             OISON/NEfflAFT RESERVOIR
                               Wasatch County,  Utah

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984);  The Olson/Neihart Reservoir covers
5 acres in Wasatch  County, Utah.   It is located on McHenry Creek, a minor
tributary  of the Provo River, a major stream.   About 200,000 cubic yards of
mill tailings from  the Mayflower  Mountain Mine, approximately 1.25 stream
miles upgradient, were placed in  the reservoir, according to the State.  They
contain elevated levels of numerous heavy metals.   The reservoir is currently
used to store and release irrigation water.

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

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

     Status (March  1989);  In response to public comments, EPA re-evaluated
the site documentation and revised accordingly the site's score on the Hazard
Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess sites for the NPL.  The revised score is
below the  cutoff point EPA has established to  include a site on the NPL.  Hence,
Olson/Neihart Reservoir is being  dropped from  consideration for the NPL at this
time.
  U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Remedial Response Program

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