United States Office of Errergencv &
Environmental Protection Remedial Response
A9ency Washington, DC 20460 HW-8.16
March 1989
DESCRIPTIONS OF 273 SITES PROPOSED TOR THE~
NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST AS OF MARCH 1989
This document consists of descriptions of the 273 sites (including
22 Federal facility sites) proposed for the National Priorities List
(NFL) as of March 1989. In some (but not all) cases, there is a status
section describing activities subsequent to proposal. Summaries were
provided earlier when the sites were first proposed. As a convenience,
they are compiled here into one document.
The size of the site is generally indicated, based on information,
available at the time the site was scored using the Hazard Ranking System.
The size may change as additional information is gathered on the sources
and extent of contamination. Sites are arranged alphabetically by State
and by site name.
Remedial Responses Under Superfund
The Superfund program is authorized by the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Superfund
Amendments and Reauthorization Act (SARA), enacted on October 17, 1986.
Under SARA, the Hazardous Substances Superfund pays the costs not assumed
by responsible parties for cleaning up hazardous waste sites or emergencies
that threaten public health, welfare, or the environment. The Superfund
program is managed by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
Two types of responses may be taken when a hazardous substance is
released (or threatens to be released) into the environment:
o Removal actions: emergency-type responses to imminent threats.
Typically, these actions were limited to 6 months and/or $1 million
under CERCXA. 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 NFL. 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. The 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 financed
by Superfund in one of two ways:
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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,
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 Super-fund 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 snare 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
REDWING CARRIERS, INC. (SARALAND)
Saraland, Alabama
Redwing Carriers, Inc., started operating a chemical-transporting business
in March 1961 on 1 acre at Number 527 on U.S. 43 in Saraland, Mobile County,
Alabama. The company sold the property in May 1971 and relocated to Creola,
Alabama, in 1972. Redwing used the Saraland Site as a parking and washing
terminal for its trucks, which reportedly carried numerous substances,
including asphalt, diesel fuel, weed-killer, tall oil, and sulfuric acid.
After the property was sold, it was covered with fill material and graded. An
apartment complex housing approximately 160 people was then built on the site.
After residents of the apartment complex noticed tar-like material oozing
to the surface at numerous locations, the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management inspected the complex and then notified EPA. In April and May 1985,
EPA detected high concentrations of 1,2,4-trichlorobenzene and naphthalene
in the soil and in leachate coming from the tarry material. Redwing removed
some of the contaminated soil to a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The company
periodically inspects the site and removes any tar rising to the surface.
The primary aquifer underlying the site is a group of alluvial and terrace
deposits ranging in thickness from a thin veneer to more than 150 feet and
consisting of fine- to coarse-grained sands, gravels, silts, sandy clay, and
organic material. The ground water in the vicinity of the site is approximately
10 feet below the surface. These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water. Drinking water in the area is supplied by the City of
Saraland Water Department, which obtains its water from three 100-foot-deep
wells less than 2 miles fron the site. The drinking water of 19,000 people is
potentially threatened.
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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
T. H. AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION CO. (MONTGOMERY PLANT)
Montgomery, Alabama
T. H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co. formerly distributed pesticides from
a plant on the Birmingham Highway on the west side of downtown Montgomery,
Montgomery County, Alabama. During the 1970s and possibly late 1960s, the
company operated under the name Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co. The plant closed
in 1980. The company changed its name to T. H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co.
in 1981.
While the plant was in operation, insecticides, herbicides, and possibly
other chemical wastes were buried in pits and trenches covering about 1 acre
of the plant's 11.6 acres. In 1981, the company excavated about 2,900 cubic
yards of contaminated soils and wastes and transported them to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.
Lindane, which the plant distributed, is present in wells on and off
the site, according to tests conducted by the State and others. Montgomery's
water supply division has 21 wells within 3 miles of the site. The system
serves an estimated 250,000 people.
Prior to Thompson-Hayward"s ownership of the plant, a company that
handled water treatment chemicals operated on the site. In 1986,
T. H. Agriculture sold the plant site but retained responsibility for site
cleanup. Site ownership has changed frequently since then. Capitol City
Insulation, Inc., now occupies 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
APACHE POWDER CO.
St. David, Arizona
Conditions at listing (June 1986): Apache Powder Co. has manufactured
explosives and fertilizers since 1922 near St. David, Cochise County, Arizona.
Large quantities of nitrates have been used. Prior to 1971, all waste water
was drained to on-site dry washes that are tributaries to the San Pedro Piver.
Since that time, waste water has been contained in unlined ponds ranaina from fi
to 8 feet deep. About 15 ponds coverina 10 acres are present on-site, of which
5 to 10 were in use at any one time. The waste water contains elevated levels
of nitrate. In 1982, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) found
more than 60,000 parts per million of nitrate-nitroqen in waste water. Soil in
the bottom of the dry ponds also contained hiah levels of nitrate-nitroaen, as
did ash in a burning ground located in a dry wash.
In 1980, EPA detected toxic heavy metals in one laaoon at levels above
drinking water standards. In 10 shallow wells believed to be downqradient of
Apache Powder, ADHS and the Southeastern Arizona Governments Orqanization
detected nitrate-nitrogen in excess of drinkinq water standards. At one time,
8 of the 10 wells were used for drinkinq water. Because nitrate is verv mobile,
it is likely that it migrates faster than toxic heavy metals, which will likely
follow the same path.
A deeper artesian aquifer is not contaminated to date, but there
may be danger of contamination in the future.
ADHS has also detected elevated nitrate levels in the San Pedro
River, which borders the plant.
Status (June 198R): This facility is beinq proposed for the NPL because
it is classified as a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). Although the facility was treatinq, storinq, or disposinq
of hazardous waste after November 19, 19RO, it did not file a Part A permit
application by that date as required and has little or no history of compliance
with RCRA Subtitle C.
After this site was proposed in June 1986, procedural and technical issues
arose. Hence, EPA re-evaluated the site and chanqed its score on the Hazard
Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess sites for the NPL. Consequently,
is reproposing this site to allow an additional 60-dav comment period.
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National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund")
MESA AREA GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
Mesa, Arizona
Volatile organic solvents contaminate five wells in Mesa, Maricopa
County, Arizona. Trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,-dichloro-
ethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and Freon-113 were detected in tests
conducted by the Arizona Department of Health Services and the City of
Tentpe. Two of the wells are owned by the Cities of Mesa and Tempe.
The other three are owned by the Salt River Project and pump into the
Tempe Canal, a source of irrigation water for about 20,000 acres and a
source of raw water for the South Tempe Municipal Water Treatment Plant.
The area is highly urbanized, and the Tempe well pumps into a
municipal supply system serving an estimated 126,000 people.
EPA is in the process of identifying potential sources of the contami-
nation.
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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
MOTOROLA, INC. (52ND STREET PLANT)
Phoenix, Arizona
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Motorola, Inc., manufactures
semiconductors and related components at a plant on 52nd Street in Phoenix,
Maricopa County, Arizona. The facility is situated approximately 1.5 miles
northeast of the Sky Harbor International Airoort and is surrounded bv
residential, industrial, business, agricultural, and recreational areas.
Ground water beneath the 52nd Street Plant is contaminated with tri-
chloroethylene (TCE), trichloroethane (TCA), and other oraanic and inoroanic
compounds, according to analyses conducted by EPA and Motoro]a. Contamination
may have resulted from leakinq storage tanks, leakina effluent lines, and past
disposal practices, including the use of dry wells. Motorola detected TCE and
TCA in its monitoring wells at least 1 mile from the facility. Analytical
results indicate that several private wells not used for drinkina and one
irrigation well contain TCE above the State action level of 5 parts per billion.
Prior to October 1983, Motorola installed 22 on-site and 6 off-site
monitoring wells. This work was described in a Phase I remedial investiqation
report. In October 1983, the Arizona Department of Health Services established
a Task Force comprised of the State, EPA, and local aaencies. The Task Force
has guided Motorola in development of a detailed workolan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action. The
RI/FS workplan was approved in October 1984, and Phase II of the PI was bequn.
The plant received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a
permit application.
Status (January 1986): Motorola has completed most of the field activities
for Phase II of the RI/FS. The report is expected to be completed in 19«6.
Off-site well sampling has confirmed a plume extending at least 1 mile
west of the plant. In 1986, additional monitorinq wells will be installed,
ground water and soil testing will be conducted, and a oilot olant for pumpinq
and treating contaminated ground water will be installed.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the final NPL. On May 19, 1986, Motorola requested that the
facility be converted to a hazardous waste generator. On July 29, 19R6, FPA
confirmed that the plant was operatinq as a qenerator. Hence, it satisfies a
component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
In May 1986, the State certified that a container storage area on-site had
been cleaned up in accordance with Subtitle C.
Motorola's draft RI/FS is scheduled to be available for public comment:
during the summer of 1988. Followinq the comment period, Motorola and the
State will respond to comments on the FS, the State will finalize the decision
on the remedy selected, and Motorola will then finalize the reoort and start to
implement the remedy.
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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
YUMA MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
Yuma, Arizona
The Marine Corps Air Station southeast of Yuma/ Yuma County/ Arizona/
covers approximately 3,000 acres on the Yuma Mesa. Since about the mid-1950s,
large volumes of waste fuels and solvents from refueling and servicing of
airplanes have been disposed of directly onto the ground or into unlined pits.
In addition, combustible materials such as fuel oil and organic solvents have
been deposited on the ground and burned during fire training exercises.
The Navy has identified methyl ethyl ketone, trichloroethylene,
trichloroethane, and carbon tetrachloride in soils on the station. Soils
are permeable and the water table shallow (40 feet), conditions that facilitate
movement of contaminants into ground water. Approximately 5,700 people live on
the station. Normally they obtain drinking water from the Colorado River via
an irrigation canal. During maintenance work on the canal (approximately
1 month each year), drinking water comes from an on-station well. An additional
3,300 base employees use water from this well.
Station Yuma 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 those
sites. As part of IRP, the Navy has installed wells and sampled ground water
and soil.
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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
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. (BUILDING 915)
Sunnyvale, California
The Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Buildinq 915) Site covers 5.5 acres at
915 De Guigne Drive in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California. The comoany
manufactures semiconductor/microprocessor devices on the site. Three NPL sites
are nearby: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., placed on the NPL in June 19R£-
Signetics, Inc., proposed in October 1984; and TFW Microwave, Inc., also beina
proposed in June 1988. The sites are owned and operated by semiconductor/
microprocessor manufacturers and have contributed to a comminaled plume of
ground water contaminated with orqanic solvents.
Building 915 was constructed on former aaricultural land in 1973. At that
time, three underground acid neutralization tanks were installe^ to the north
of the building. The building's operations also involved underground tanks for
storage of waste organic solvents. In 1981, the company identified trichloro-
benzene in wells near the buildina. High levels of other solvents, including
trichloroethylene, were present in on-site soils. According to the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB), soil contamination resulted from
leaking tanks and spills during the handling of solvents. Contamination from
Building 915 has the potential to reach nearby deeper ground water (230-700
feet) that supplies municipal wells within 3 miles and provides drinking water
to an estimated 201,000 people in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and Mountain View.
In January 1982, the company completed removal of three tanks and approxi-
mately 5,600 yards of contaminated soil and transported the materials to a
hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). Since late 1982, Advanced Micro Devices and Signetics
have operated a system to pump out contaminated ground water, treat it with
activated carbon, and discharge the treated water to Calabasas Creek and South
San Francisco Bay.
On June 21, 1984, CRWQCB issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order under the
California Water Code requiring Advanced Micro Devices, Signetics, and TPW
Microwave to develop a ioint plan to prevent further migration of contaminants.
Since October 1985, under CRWQCB supervision, Advanced Micro Devices
has been operating a system to pump out contaminated'ground water, treat it bv
air stripping, and discharge the treated water to Calabasas Creek and South
San Francisco Bay.
In October 1986, the company submitted to CRWQCB a study of the hvdrogeo-
logical conditions and a plan for remedial action.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of RCRA when it
filed a Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit aoolica-
tion to treat, store, or dispose of hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its
Part A and converted to generator-only status with EPA or State approval. Hence,
Lt satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA 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
BROWN & BRYANT, INC. (ARVIN PLANT)
Arvin, California
Brown & Bryant, Inc. (B&B) has formulated licruid agricultural chemicals
on a 4.7-acre site at 600 South Derby Road in Arvin, Kern County, California,
since 1960. The area is agricultural/ with both croplands and orchards near
the site.
Inspections by the California Department of Health Services and the
California Regional Water Quality Control Board have documented numerous
instances of poor housekeepinq practices. On the site are tanks hoTdina Dinoseb
and two unlined ponds for pesticide rinse water. One pond is no lonaer in use.
The other, a 250,000-qallon pond, has overflowed twice, and a tank has leaked.
In 1984, tests by the California Department of Health Services identified
various pesticides, including dibromochloropropane, ethylene dibromide, and
Dinoseb, as well as 1,2-dichloropropane and chlorobenzene, in on-site wells.
Public and private wells within 3 miles of the site provide drinkina water to
7,200 people and irrigate 19,600 acres of cropland. Citv of Arvin Well *1 is
1,500 feet from the site.
The County District Attorney has filed charqes aqainst the owner/operator
of B&B for the company's hazardous waste handlinq practices.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified as
a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Although the facility was treating, storinq, or disposinq of hazardous waste
after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A permit application by that
date as required and has little or no history of compliance with RCRA Subtitle C.
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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
CONCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION
Concord, California
The Concord Naval Weapons Station is approximately 30 miles northeast of
San Francisco on the southern shore of Suisun Bay, in Concord, Contra Costa
County, California. The station is the major ammunition transshipment port on
the West Coast for the Department of the Navy. In the tidal area of the
station are three disposal areas within 0.5 mile of one another: the tidal
area landfill, the R-area disposal area, and the wood hogger area. The three
encompass over 110 acres in the western portion of the tidal area.
From the mid-1940s until 1979, the tidal area landfill was the primary
disposal site for the station, receiving wastes from virtually all station
activities. Hazardous wastes deposited at this location may include lead-based
paints, creosote-treated timbers, asbestos, acids, waste solvents, and waste
oils. The landfill lies in a diked salt marsh along Suisun Bay, and portions
of the materials disposed of there may periodically be underwater during
extremely high tides'or rainfall. The R-area disposal area contains lead-based
paints and waste solvents. At the wood hogger area, wood chips contaminated
with pentachlorophenol were disposed of in wetlands adjacent to and on top of
the tidal area landfill. The total volume of hazardous wastes deposited in the
entire western portion of the tidal area is undetermined.
Wells within 3 miles of the site are used for industrial purposes and serve
as-backup for a public water system serving an estimated 185,000 people. Surface
water is not used for drinking water or irrigation within 1 mile downstream
from where contaminants enter Suisun Bay. However, the bay and its marshes are
used extensively for recreational fishing and hunting. The salt marsh harvest
mouse, designated an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
resides in the tidal area.
The station is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and
controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The Navy
has completed Phase I (initial assessment). Phase II (confirmation study) is
underway.
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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
CRAZY HORSE SANITARY LANDFILL
Salinas, California
The Crazy Horse Sanitary Landfill is on Crazy Horse Canyon Road within the
southeastern portion of the hilly reqion in Salinas in northern Monterey Countv,
California. The 125-acre site is owned by the City of Salinas and operated bv
Salinas Disposal Services. Prior to 1950, the site operated as an open burnina
dump. Since 1950, it has been a sanitary landfill. In 1977, it received a
permit from the California Reqional Water Quality Control Board (CRWOCB) to
accept residential, commercial, and industrial wastes. Some pesticide containers
have been disposed of at the facility after triple-rinsinq as reauired bv
California law. The CRWOCB permit prohibits acceptinq hazardous waste.
According to Firestone Tire & Rubber Co., its plant in Salinas Disposed of
large cjuantities of "banbury" wastes (which include rubber materials, carbon
black, other fillers, and oils) and mixed solvents (mainly benzene and toluene)
at the site from the early 1970s to about 1982.
In February 1985, CRWQCB sampled three downqradient residential wells.
They were found to be contaminated with volatile orqanic chemicals, includinq
benzene and toluene. An estimated 6,200 people obtain drinkina water from
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
A consultant to the City of Salinas conducted an extensive qround water
investigation in March 1985 to determine if the site is a source of the off-site
residential well contamination. The consultant concluded that the site is one
of the sources. However, the analytical results suqqested that there may be a
secondary source on private property adjacent to the landfill.
In June 1987, Salinas purchased the homes with contaminated wells and
bulldozed them. The city also pumped water from wells in an attempt to stabilize
the qround water contamination. Then six permanent extraction wells were
installed downgradient of the landfill, and the residential wells were capped
and sealed permanently. Contaminated water is pumped from the extraction wells
and is then treated by passive air strippinq. The treated water is discharaed
to a sediment retention basin on-site. When the water reaches the basin, the
contaminants of concern cannot be detected.
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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
CTS PPINTEX, INC.
Mountain Via*, California
CTS Printex, Inc., manufactured printed circuit boards on 5.6 acres of
land in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, durina 1966-85. Printex
was incorporated in 1966 and acauired by CTS Corp. in 1981.
In the "wet-floor" building at 1911 Plymouth Street, acid waste water
containing copper and lead and organic wastes containina trichloropthv.Tene
(TCE) and other solvents drained to the floor, collected in a sump where they
were neutralized with ammonia, and discharqed to the Mountain View sanitary
sewer.
Early in 1985, a consultant to CTS Corp. found hiah levels of cooper
and lead in soil near the wet-floor buildina and hiqh levels of TCF, 1,1,1-
trichloroethane, and 1,1-dichloroethvlene in monitoring wells downaradient
of the site. An estimated 189,000 people obtain drinkina water from municipal
wells within 3 miles of the site. Permanente Creek borders the site. Surface
water drainage eventually discharges to San Francisco Bay 2.5 miles to the
north. Late in 1985, the company excavated the sump area and filled it in,
decontaminated the building, and transported waste, materials to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). In October 1986, the California Department of Health
Services certified closure of the facility.
In an attempt to stop migration of contaminated around water off-site,
the company is pumping the water and discharainq it to Mountain View's sanitary
sewer system under a city permit. The company continues to monitor to define
the plume of contaminated ground water.
In March 1987, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board issued
a Cleanup and Abatement Order reauirina the company to be more expeditious and
thorough in its cleanup and set a schedule for various on- and off-site tasks.
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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
EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
El Toro, California
A Marine Corps Air Station covers approximately 4,700 acres southeast
of Santa Ana in El Toro, Orange County, California. Commissioned in 1943, it
supports the Fleet Marine Forces in the Pacific Ocean. The surrounding area,
once primarily agricultural, is urbanizing rapidly.
Station El Toro 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 those
sites. As part of IRP, the Navy identified 21 problem areas at the station,
including three landfills containing both hazardous and solid waste; buried
drums of explosives and low-level radioactive waste; and areas where PCBs,
battery acids, leaded fuels, and other hazardous substances were dumped or
spilled.
In tests conducted early in 1987, the Orange County Water District found
trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene in shallow irrigation wells on and
downgradient of the site. An estimated 1,100 acres of land are irrigated by
wells within 3 miles of the site.
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National Priorities List
Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLAI as amended in 1986
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORP. (MOUNTAIN VIEW PIAOT)
Mountain View, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984); Fairchild Semiconductor Corp. manu-
factures semiconductors in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California. The
facility occupies approximately 56 acres and is surrounded by residential and
industrial areas.
This site was originally proposed under the name "Fairchild Camera &
Instrument Corp. (Mountain View Plant)." The company took the new name in 1986.
Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with trichloroethylene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1- and trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, according to
analyses conducted by a consultant to Fairchild. Contamination is believed
to have resulted from leaking underground tanks. About 270,000 people depend
on wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.
Since early 1982, Fairchild has been investigating the site geology and
hydrogeology and attempting to define the lateral and vertical extent of solvents
underlying the site. Fairchild has installed two wells to pump and treat the
contaminated ground water plume. The company is working with the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board to further define the extent of contami-
nation and outline various cleanup strategies.
The plant received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) vhen the company filed Part A of a
permit application.
This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, -primarily
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin.
Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-
wide approach to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (February 1986); Continuing efforts to determine the extent of
ground water contamination, Fairchild has installed more than 100 monitoring
wells.. The two treatment wells are now in operation.
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board has issued Waste
Discharge Requirements to the company. The requirements are the board's
legal mechanism for regulating facilities under its jurisdiction.
On August 15, 1985, EPA issued an Administrative Order on Consent under
CEPCTA Section 106(a) to Fairchild's Mountain View Plant, as well as to Intel
Corp.'s and Raytheon Corp.'s Mountain View Plants. The order calls for the
companies to conduct a joint remedial investigation/feasibility study of the
area to determine the type and extent of contamination and identify alternatives
for remedial action.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Fairchild Semiconductor
Corp.'s Mountain View Plant from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a
treatment and storage facility, it is subject to the corrective action
authorities of Subtitle C RCRA.
EPA has been overseeing the RI/FS required under the August 1985 order.
A preliminary draft FS is scheduled to be available for public review in July
1988.
Fairchild now has 25 wells in operation that pump arid treat contaminated
ground wtaer; has installed three underground slurry walls to control migration
of contaminated ground water; and has sealed 4 old agricultural wells.
EPA may also pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and will ensure that the
cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA can later repropose the
site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling
to clean up the site effectively.
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FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR CORP.(SOUTH SAN JOSE PLANT)
South San Jose, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984); Fairchild Semiconductor Corp.
manufactures semiconductors on approximately 20 acres in South San Jose, Santa
Clara County, California. Land use in the vicinity of the site is agricultural,
residential, and commercial.
This site was originally proposed under the name "Fairchild Camera &
Instrument Corp. (South San Jose Plant)". The company took the new name in
1986.
Soils and a portion of a major aquifer providing drinking water to about
65,000 people are contaminated with trichloroethane and other solvents,
according to analyses conducted by the Great Oaks Water Co. and Fairchild. One
municipal well within 3 miles of the facility has been taken out of service.
In response to a request from the California Regional water Quality
Control Board, Fairchild is voluntarily taking action to contain and reduce
the plume of contamination. Fairchild has started an investigation to
determine the extent of the problem at the site and is currently undertaking
interim cleanup measures consisting of excavation of contaminated soils,
the pumping and treatment of contaminated ground water, and construction of
a slurry wall to reduce the spread of contamination from the site.
The plant received Interim status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a
permit application.
This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco. Facilities
at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily chlorinated
organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin. Although
these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-wide approach
to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (January 1986): Continuing its investigation to determine the
extent of ground water contamination, Fairchild has removed contaminated
soil fron the facility, has installed a system to pump and treat contaminated
ground water, and is constructing the slurry wall.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the final NPL. In 1982, the facility converted to a hazardous
waste generator. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
The slurry wall to keep on-site contamination from migrating has been
completed. In a pilot test, vapor extraction proved to be a viable treatment
for cleaning up the contaminated soil within the slurry wall. A full-scale
system is scheduled to be implemented shortly. Contaminated ground water
continues to be pumped and treated.
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PMC CORP. (FRESNO PLANT)
Fresno, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): FMC Corn, has been formulatina
pesticides for nearly 30 years in an industrial area of Fresno, Fresno County,
California. Ground water below the facility is contaminated with heavy metals
and pesticides according to analyses conducted by the company. Fresno municipal
wells near the site tap this contaminated qround water. The wells are blended
into the municipal water supply system, which serves about 250,000 people.
FMC has removed some soil contaminated with various pesticides and
heavy metals from the facility and transported it to an approved landfill.
FMC has conducted some site investiaations at the direction of the California
Department of Health Services and the California Reqional Water Quality
Control Board.
The plant received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource Conser-
vation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application for surface impoundments. It filed a Part B in March 19P3 and in
August 1983 submitted a closure plan for the surface impoundments.
Status (January 1986): FMC's contractor has submitted to the California
Department of Health Services an initial field investiaation report assessina
the extent of soil contamination in one part of the site and a plan for a
ground water monitoring program.
The State approved a closure plan for the surface impoundment in
February 1985. In November 1985, the facility lost Interim Status when it
did not comply with the ground water and financial reouirements of RCRA Section
3005(e).
EPA has issued a Notice Letter to the company. The company is developina
a workplan for a remedial investiqation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine
the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
for remedial action.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposina to drop FMC's Corp.'s Fresno
Plant from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storaae, and
disposal facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of RCRA.
In December 1986, EPA and FMC entered into a Consent Order under RCRA
Section 7003(a) and CERCLA Section 106(a) reauirina FMC to conduct an RI/FS.
Phase I of the RI is complete. Phase II is scheduled to be completed in mid-
1989 and the FS in early"1990. After that time, the public will have the
opportunity to comment on the cleanup alternative recommended in the draft
RI/FS report.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA and CERCLA authorities and to
ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment. FPA can
later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator
is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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FRESNO MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL
Fresno, California
Fresno Municipal sanitary Landfill covers approximately 130 acres
on the edge of the City of Fresno, Fresno County, California. The surrounding
area is primarily agricultural with some homes to the north and south.
The city has owned and operated the landfill since 1935. It expanded to
its current size in 1945. The landfill has a permit from the state to
accept nonhazardous solid waste and general refuse.
In 1983, tests by the California Department of Health Services
(CDHS) revealed that methane gas was migrating from the landfill. In
June 1984, residents living adjacent to the landfill wrote letters to EPA
and CDHS alleging that waste crankcase oils and solvents had been openly
disposed of at the landfill. In November 1984, Fresno installed 17 wells
around the perimeter of the landfill to monitor methane and 6 wells to
monitor ground water. The city also constructed barriers on two sides of
the landfill to control methane migration. Monitoring conducted in 1985
indicates that methane migration to nearby homes has been decreasing.
According to sampling conducted in 1984 by CDHS and the California
Regional water Quality Control Board, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene,
methylene chloride, and dichloroethylene are present in wells at the edge of
the landfill. Upgradient wells show no contamination, and no other
possible sources of contamination are known to exist upgradient of the site.
Nine municipal wells are within 3 miles of the Fresno landfill. Water
from these wells feeds into a blended system that serves the City of Fresno.
The general distribution area serves approximately 260,000 people. Nine
private wells within 3 miles of the landfill serve an additional 3,000 people
who have no other source of drinking water.
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GBP, INC., DUMP
Antioch, California
The GBF, Inc., Dump occupies 62 acres in Antioch, Contra Costa County,
California. The current owner is GBF, Inc. The original owner leased the site
to contra Costa Waste Service, Inc., some time prior to 1960. A joint effort
involving Contra Costa and Industrial Tank, Inc. (IT) disposed of hazardous
waste on the site from 1960 to the early 1970s, when GBF took over.
Oil and oily bilge water were accepted at the site during GBF-IT operations.
Although available records are unclear, documentation in various government
files verifies that large quantities of liquid industrial wastes from throughout
the county and beyond were disposed of at the site. Until 1974, these wastes
were deposited in a series of 10 unlined ponds on-site covering approximately
60 acres.
In 1974, because of concern that the wastes could migrate from the site
and endanger ground water in the area, the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board (CRWQCB) closed the ponds and required that the site accept only
nonhazardous waste.
By 1978, the ponds has been completely filled in with municipal waste and
at least partially covered with clay and/or dirt. Leachate detection wells
were dug around the perimeter of the site to monitor the potential migration of
site contaminants. . Unfortunately, these wells were actually dry holes that
could not detect potential ground water contamination. In May 1986, six on-site
ground water monitoring wells were installed. These wells contain a large
variety of organic compounds, including carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, 2,4-D,
and 2,4,5-T, as well as iron. An estimated 700 people obtain drinking water
from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In 1980, Pittsburgh Disposal & Debris Box Service, Inc., received a county
permit to dispose of municipal waste on 25 acres of the site leased from GBF,
Inc. This area is still in operation.
CRWQCB, the California Department of Health Services, and the Contra Costa
County Health Services Department have been working with IT and GBF, Inc., to
establish a plan for further action. IT and GBF, Inc., recently reached an
agreement to share the costs of further monitoring to determine the extent of
the plume of contaminated ground water.
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HEWLETT-PACKARD
Palo Alto, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Hewlett-Packard manufactures optical
instruments at 1501 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California.
The 50-acre facility is surrounded by industrial and business areas.
Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and toluene,
according to analyses conducted by a Hewlett-Packard consultant. Contamination
is believed to have resulted from leaking tanks. About 56,000 people use wells
within 3 miles of the site as a standby source of drinking water.
Hewlett-Packard is working with the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board (CRWQCB) to determine the extent of contamination of ground water
and soils.
This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin.
Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-wide
approach to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (January 1986): The extent of the contaminated ground water plume
is still being investigated. The CRWQCB, in conjunction with EPA and the
California Department of Health Services, is considering various response actions
at the site. The State has called for Hewlett-Packard to submit a Part B permit
application under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA). Site investigation and any subsequent remedial action are regulated by
the board's Waste Discharge Requirements.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Hewlett Packard from the
proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and storage facility, it is
subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
Hewlett-Packard has installed several wells to pump out contaminated ground
water and treat it to remove the organic chemicals.
Under EPA and State supervision, Hewlett-Packard is conducting a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action. The
work is scheduled to be completed later in 1988. After that time, the public
will have the opportunity to comment on the cleanup alternative recommended in
the draft RI/FS report.
Hewlett-Packard is conducting a pilot study to determine if vapor extraction
is effective in cleaning up contaminated soil.
If current CRWQCB enforcement efforts fail, EPA intends to pursue cleanup
under RCRA authorities. Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA
will ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA
can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or
operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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HEWLETT-PACKARD (620-640 PAGE MILL ROAD)
Palo Alto, California
Hewlett-Packard manufactured optoelectronic equipment on a 10-acre site at
620-640 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County/ California, until 1986.
In July 1981, at least 300 gallons of waste solvents, including 1,1,1-
trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, toluene, xylene, and alcohols, leaked from
a buried storage tank for a period of at least 3 weeks. The company excavated
the tank and approximately 100 cubic yards of contaminated soil and transported
the materials to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Tests conducted in 1986 by a consultant to Hewlett-Packard detected
trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, and xylene, several in high concentrations (290,000
parts per billion) in ground water under the tank area. An estimated 57,000
people obtain drinking water from muncipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
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HEXCEL CORP.
Livermore, California
Hexcel Corp. operates on a 22-acre site in Livermore, Alameda County,
California. The company formulates and reacts clastic resins for coatinas and
adhesives and custom-impregnates fabrics for production of reinforced parts
for the aerospace industry. Two documented spills occurred at the site in
1983. In the first, 600 gallons of AP-92 solvent, which consists of methvlene
chloride, methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), acetone, and isopropvl alcohol, leaked
from subsurface plumbing. In the second, 1,500 aallons of MEK were released
when a valve on a storage tank was left open.
In March 1983, after the first spill, the California Reaional Water
Quality Control Board issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order under the California
Water Code charging Hexcel with improper waste manaaement. Under the order,
Hexcel was to investigate the extent of contamination, clean up soil and around
water, and prevent future spills. Hexcel excavated the tank and drilled a well.
to recover as much of the solvent as possible. Approximately 5no aallons of
the second spill were recovered, but the rest migrated to the excavated tank
area. Consultants to Hexcel identified dimethyl formamide in on-site soil and
monitoring wells and MEK and acetone in the wells. Monitorina continues to
define the extent of contamination. An estimated 50,000 people obtain drinkina
water and 2,800 acres of agricultural land are irriaated from wells within 3
miles of the site.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of Resource Conser-
vation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous Waste
Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to aenerator-only
status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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IBM CORP. (SAN JOSE PLANT)
San Jose, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984); IBM Corp. manufactures data-
processing equipment on approximately 400 acres in the southern portion of San
Jose, Santa Clara County, California. Land use in the vicinity of the site is
agricultural and residential.
Spent solvents are stored in a number of underground storage tanks at the
IBM facility. Soils and a multiple aquifer system used for drinking water are
contaminated with trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, Freon 113, and other
industrial solvents, according to analyses conducted by the Great Oaks Water
Co. and IBM. Two municipal wells within 1 mile of the facility have been taken
out of service. About 65,000 people use wells within 3 miles of the site as a
source of drinking water.
In response to a request from the California Regional Water Quality Contol
Board (CRWQCB), IBM is voluntarily undertaking remedial measures to contain
and reduce the plume of contaminants. IBM has recently completed an investiga-
tion to determine the extent of the problem and is undertaking interim cleanup
measures consisting of the removal of contaminated soil and the pumping and
treatment of contaminated ground water.
'This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco. Facilities
at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily chlorinated
organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water, basin. Although
these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-wide approach
to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (February 1986): IBM has removed more than 10,000 cubic yards
of soil and the leaking underground tanks and installed wells both on and off
the site to pump and treat contaminated ground water.
In March 1985, the State issued IBM a permit to treat and store hazardous
waste under Subtitle.C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop IBM Corp.'s San Jose
Plant from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and storage
facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C.
With State oversight, IBM is conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility
study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site
and identify alternatives for remedial action. The work is scheduled to be
completed late in 1988. After that time, the public will have the opportunity
to comment on the cleanup alternative recommended in the draft RI/FS report.
If current CRWQCB enforcement efforts fail, EPA intends to pursue cleanup
under RCRA authorities. Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used.
EPA will ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment.
EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or
operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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INTERSIL, INC./SIEMENS COMPONENTS
Cupertino, California
Intersil, Inc., and Siemens Components have manufactured semiconductors
for several years on two locations near one another covering 15 acres in
Cupertino, Santa Clara County, California. The facilities are surrounded
by residential, industrial, and business areas.
Investigations conducted in 1982 as part of the California Regional
Water Quality Control Board's underground tank leak detection program found
organic solvents, including trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
tetrachloroethylene, trichlorofluoroethane, and 1,1-dichloroethylene, in soils
on the site and in ground water on and off the site. Contamination is believed
to have resulted from localized spills and from leaking underground storage
tanks and piping involving the two companies. More than 300,000 people obtain
drinking water from public wells within 3 miles of the site.
In June 1986, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board issued
Waste Discharge Requirements under the California Water Code requiring both
companies to determine the extent of contamination in ground water and soils.
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LORENT2 BARREL & DRUM 00.
San Jose, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984); Lorentz Barrel & Drum Co. recycles
drums at a plant in San Jose, Santa Clara County, California. The 5 acre-site
is surrounded by residential, industrial, and business areas.
On-site monitoring wells are contaminated with trichloroethane,
trichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene, according
to analyses conducted by a consultant to Lorentz. Contamination is believed to
have resulted from overflowing sumps and spills. About 250,000 people obtain
drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site. Lorentz is working with
the California Regional Vfater Quality Control Board (CFWQCB) to determine the
extent of ground water contamination. The board issued a Cleanup and Abatement
Order to the company in August 1983.
The plant received Interim Status under Subtitle C the Resource Conserva-
tion and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit appli-
cation. On March 25, 1981, EPA removed the facility as a treatment, storage,
or disposal facility because it was not engaged in hazardous waste activities.
This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin.
Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-wide
approach to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (February 1986); In March 1985, EPA and the California Department
of Health Services (CDHS) discovered over 300 drums containing phenols, methylene
chloride, and PGBs stored on the Lorentz property. In response to action by
the Santa dara County District Attorney, the company removed the drums.
CFWQCB is overseeing the Lorentz investigation to determine the extent
of ground water contamination. CDHS will oversee the investigation of soil
contamination.
On February 7, 1986, the Santa dara County District Attorney filed a
complaint against the company for violation of State hazardous waste laws.
The facility has been shut down until procedures for compliance are developed.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the final NPL. The company is classified as a "non-filer." Hence,
it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
In July 1987, the owner of the Lorentz site was ordered to shut down
permanently, sentenced to 2 years in jail, and fined $2.04 million.
Recent sampling by consultants to CDHS has shown extensive contamination
in soil and ground water, both on and off-site. In addition to the chlorinated
organics identified earlier, pesticides, metals, and PCBs are present.
On December 1, 1987, EPA took over as lead agency for a remedial investi-
gation/feasibility study at the site. In February 1988, CDHS completed an
expedited response action consisting of excavating soil with high concentrations
of PCBs. In March 1988, EPA and CDHS completed removal of 1,000 drums of
hazardous materials. All materials were transported to regulated disposal
facilities. The site was then graded and the surface sealed to control drainage.
EPA expects to start construction in early 1989 of a system to pump and treat
shallow contaminated ground water.
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MARLEY COOLING TOWER CO.
Stockton, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Marley Coolina Tower Co. has
fabricated coolina towers on land adiacent to Franklin Hiah School in Stockton,
San Joaquin County, California, since 1942. During 1966-82, the company used
chromated copper arsenate to pressure treat wood. Since 19R2, acid copper
chromate has been used instead.
Since 1966, rainwater run-off contaminated with arsenic, chromium, and
copper has been discharged to a 2-acre percolation pond. The sludae in the pond
and soil on-site are heavily contaminated with arsenic, chromium, and copper.
Two on-site monitoring wells are contaminated with chromium, accordina to company
analyses. No off-site ground water contamination has been detected to date.
Marley is working with the California Department of Health Services
and the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to develop a plan to
determine the full extent of soil and around water contamination.
The facility received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a
permit application for surface impoundments.
Status (February 1986): Marley is scheduled to complete the initial phase
of a remedial investigation (RI) in February 1986. Current data indicate that
the primary sources of soil and ground water contamination are the production/
product storage area and a retort pit used in the wood-treatment orocess? the
pond is a secondary source. The second phase of the RI will focus on further
defining soil and ground water contamination.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop Marley Coolina Tower Co.
from the proposed NPL. Because it is a treatment, storaae and disposal ^aciUtv,
it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
Marley submitted to the State a plan for closina the hazardous waste
management unit at the facility. The plan was available for public comment in
December 1987. Marley is preparina to respond to the public comments and will
finalizes the plan, and start to close the unit. In addition, a olant constructed
by Marley to treat contaminated ground water is scheduled to start operatina in
1988. EPA is working with the State to develop a State remedial action order
for a remedial investigation/feasibility study and corrective measures.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that the
cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate circumstances,
Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
ensure that the site is cleaned up ouickly and effectively; Suoerfund enforcement
authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it
determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwillina to clean UP the site
effectively.
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KAISER STEEL CORP. (FONTANA PLANT)
Fontana, California
Kaiser Steel Corp.'s former plant occupies about 2,000 acres in Fontana,
San Bernardino County, California. The plant operated from 1942 until it was
shut down in November 1982. It consisted of two main units, a primary
production unit and a rolling mill. California Steel Industries, Inc., purchased
the rolling mill from Kaiser in 1984. Cuyahoga Wrecking Corp. purchased the
coke plant and blast furnaces in the primary production unit for salvage and
began dismantling them in 1985. Numerous fires broke out during the demolition
activities, and serious environmental and health and safety problems resulted
from improper wrecking procedures. There have been numerous reports of unsafe
working conditions on-site; serious violations have been documented, and State
and county agencies have issued several citations.
Large quantities of waste are stored, buried, or scattered about the site,
including PCBs in drums and in transformers, tar sludge, chromium refractory
bricks, friable asbestos from demolition activities, liquid waste, spent acids,
contaminated waste oils, plating sludges, and flue dust. Much of the waste has
not been characterized. A minimum of 28 potential hazardous waste areas have
been identified.
A study by a consultant to Kaiser Steel showed elevated levels of benzene,
methylene chloride, and dissolved solids in wells downgradient of the site.
Additional studies will be required to fully determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site. The water table below the site, now approximately
250 feet, is expected to rise in the future with implementation of a ground
water storage program in Chino Basin. An estimated 150,000 people obtain
drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
Parts of the fence surrounding the site have fallen down, and many of
the drums and sumps are leaking. Thus, the potential exists for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances. There is also
the threat of fire and explosion because many of the substances are ignitable
or reactive. The site has been used as a filming location by the motion picture
industry, causing concern for the safety of people entering the site unaware of
the potential hazards.
The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit 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
invoking bankruptcy laws.
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KEARNEY-KPF
Stockton, California
Kearney-KPF, formerly known as KPF Electric Co., began operations in
1951 on a 11-acre site at 1624 East Alpine Avenue in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, California. The area consists primarily of small businesses and
vacant lots. During 1951-65, the only major waste generated was by a
silver-plating process. In 1972, the company added a galvanizing operation.
Liquid wastes from the silver-plating and galvanizing operations were
disposed of in two on-site unlined ponds until the summer of 1985. From
then until January 1986, only rinse water was placed in the ponds.
The liquid waste contained copper, iron, lead, mercury, silver, zinc,
volatile organic chemicals, cyanide, and highly acidic and alkaline rinse
water, according to tests conducted in 1986 by a consultant to Kearney-KPF.
The consultant also found that on-site soils and monitoring wells contain
1,1-dichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and lead.
Water from seven California Water Services wells within 3 miles of the site is
blended into a system that serves an estimated 128,000 people in the Stockton
area.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified as
a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Although the facility was treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste
after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A permit application by that
date as required and has little or no history of compliance with RCRA Subtitle
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J.H. BAXTER CO.
Weed, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): J.H. Baxter Co. has owned and
operated a wood-treatment facility at the base of Mount Shasta in Weed, Siskiyou
County, California, since 1962. Prior to 1962, the plant was owned and operated
by Long Bell Lumber Co. and International Paper Co. Roseburq Forest Products
owns and operates a lumber products facility adiacent to Baxter.
The chemicals used to treat wood include pentachlorophenol, arsenic com-
pounds, and creosote. Analyses conducted by the comDany and the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) detected arsenic, polynuclear
aromatics, and pentachlorophenol in ground water beneath the site. Heavy
metals, pentachlorophenol, tetrachlorophenol, and creosote have been detected
in surface water downstream of the site.
CRWQCB issued the company a Cleanup and Abatement Order in March 1983 and
a Cease and Desist Order in May 1983. The company has installed monitorina
wells and taken measures to collect and direct rainwater run-off.
Status (February 1986): CRWQCB ordered J. H. Baxter, International Paper
Co., and Roseberg Wood Products Co. to develop a site characterization study in
accordance with a workplan developed earlier by the companies.
In December 1985, EPA issued Notice Letters to the companies. In response,
the companies agreed to meet with EPA to develop a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and develop alternatives for remedial action.
Two units at the facility that were regulated under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) have been closed. EPA and the State
are now trying to determine if the closures meet RCRA reouirements.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposina to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the NPL because it has a history of unwillingness to take corrective
action. Although Baxter has had Interim Status since it filed Part of a RCRA
permit application on November 19, 1980, it has consistently sought to withdraw
that filing since 1983, and has continued to dispute RCRA jurisdiction over its
facility. By these actions, the company has shown itself to be unwillinq to
comply with numerous State and EPA Regional demands for cleanup and/or closure
under RCRA and other statutes. The company does not dispute that soil and
ground water at the site are contaminated; rather, it disputes the applicability
of RCRA to those problems.
Because it appears unlikely that corrective action can be achieved ouicklv
under RCRA, EPA is dealing with the contamination under Superfund. After lenqthv
negotiations failed with J.H. Baxter Co., International Paper Co., and ^oseberq
Wood Products over their conduct of the RI/FS, PPA started an RlAS in January
1987.
This site's score on the Hazard Rankina Svstem, which EPA uses to evaluate
sites for the NPL, has been revised. Therefore, EPA is solicitinq comments on
the revised score.
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JASCO CHEMICAL CORP.
Mountain View, California
Jasco Chemical Corp. has formulated chemical products on a 2.05-acre site
in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, since 1976. The site is
bordered on the northeast by the Central Expressway and the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and on the remaining sides by residential neighborhoods.
In January 1983, a citizen complained to the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) that the facility was dumping solvents at the
rear of the site on a daily basis. CRWQCB requested Jasco to install a
monitoring well at the site to determine if ground water was contaminated.
Both ground water and soil are contaminated at the site, according to
analyses conducted by consultants to Jasco. Methylene chloride concentrations
are as high as 142,000 parts per million in ground water, and soil is highly
contaminated with pentachlorophenol to depths of 20 feet. Contamination is
believed to have resulted from any of the following sources: an underground
tank farm, two dry wells used for disposal of storm water run-off from the
roof and paved portion of the site, and a drain that discharges surface run-off
at the rear of the site.
The company is working with CRWQCB to determine the extent of the
contamination and to prevent further migration of the contaminants. In
addition, the City of Mountain View in 1987 shut off nearby Municipal Well #17
until the lateral and vertical extent of the pollution has been defined. About
333,000 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
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M3NTRQSE CHEMICAL CORP.
Torrance, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Montrose Chemical Corp. manufac-
tured the pesticide DDT on a 13-acre site in Torrance, Los Angeles County,
California, from 1947 until 1982. The site is located in a light industrial/
residential area. About 3,000 people live or work within 0.25 mile of the
site.
The company's operations included formulation, grinding, packaging, and
distribution of DDT. According to analyses conducted by EPA, Montrose,
and various State and local agencies, on- and off-site soils, surface water,
and sediments are contaminated with COT. The major transport mechanisms
identified were storm water run-off and aerial emissions.
On May 6, 1983, EPA issued an Administrative Order under CERdA Section
106 requiring Montrose Chemical to cease all discharges of DDT and to initiate
a study to determine the nature and extent of contamination. After a more
detailed review of the Montrose site, EPA determined that further work was
necessary to characterize the site and evaluate alternatives. Therefore, EPA
prepared a workplan for a remedial investigation/feasibility study (KE/ES).
This second phase of investigation will assess all areas of contamination,
both on- and off-site, and the possible impact on public health and the
environment.
Status (June 1986); In February 1985, Montrose installed a temporary
asphalt cover over the site. EPA did not endorse this activity and does not
consider it a final remedy for the site.
In the summer of 1985, EPA conducted Part I of the RE. On-site sampling
conducted during Part I indicated high levels of contamination at 77-foot
depths in soil and in the shallow ground water. In October 1985, Montrose
and EPA signed an Administrative Order under CERdA Section 106 requiring
Montrose to conduct Part II of the RE. Part II consists of off-site sampling
of soil, sediments, and surface water, and sampling of ground water both on-
and off-site.
Status (November 1988); During July 1986, EPA sampled off-site dust
and soil and verified that DDT migrated off-site via aerial dispersion.
In November 1986, Montrose completed Phase I sampling under Part II of
the RE. Results indicated that soils near the site were contaminated with
high levels of DDT, and that the two shallower aquifers in the four-aquifer
system underlying the site were contaminated with DDT and monochlorobenzene.
In October 1987, EPA and Montrose signed an amendment to the October
1985 Administrative Order. Sampling of the two deeper aquifers in the four-
aquifer system, both on-site and off-site, was added with this amendment.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
PACIFIC COAST PIPE LINES
Fillmore, California
The Pacific Coast Pipe Lines Site covers 100 acres at 67 East Telegraph
Road in Fillmore, Ventura County, California. During 1920-52, the site was a
Texaco, Inc., refinery. When the refinery closed, most of it was dismantled.
Pacific Coast Pipe Lines, a department of Texaco, took the site over in 1953,
operating it as a crude oil pumping station.
Liquid and semisolid refinery wastes were disposed of in on-site unlined
pits and sumps covering approximately 1.2 acres. Texaco identified eight
areas where hazardous waste may have been deposited. Soil in six of the areas
contains benzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, and lead. Three monitoring wells on-site
contain benzene and 1,3-dichlorobenzene, according to Texaco analyses conducted
in 1983.
An estimated 10,000 people obtain drinking water and as many as 4,000
acres of agricultural land are irrigated from wells within 3 miles of the site.
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RHONE-POULENC, INC./ZOECON CORP.
East Palo Alto, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Rhone-Poulenc, Inc./Zoecon
Corp. Site covers about 5 acres in East Palo Alto, Santa Clara County,
California. It is surrounded by residential and industrial areas.
The site was originally proposed for listing under the name "Zoecon Corp./
Khone-Poulenc, Inc."
Khone-Poulenc, Inc., formerly manufactured pesticides containing arsenic
at the plant. Zoecon Corp., which purchased the site in 1972, produces agricul-
tural chemicals, but no contamination has thus far been traced to its operations.
Ntonitoring wells on the site are contaminated with arsenic and other
metals such as lead, cadmium, mercury, and selenium, according to analyses
conducted by a consultant to Khone-Poulenc. Contamination is believed to
have resulted from leaking underground storage tanks. About 58,000 people
depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.
Khone-Poulenc is working with the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board (CRWQCB) to determine the extent of ground water contamination.
CRWQCB issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order to the company in December 1983.
This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin.
Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-
wide approach to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (January 1986); In response to various Cleanup and Abatement
Orders issued by the State, Zoecon and Khone-Poulenc have initiated action
to determine the extent of contamination. The companies submitted a remedial
action plan to CRWQB in December 1984. CRWQB is working with the companies to
select and implement an appropriate remedial action plan.
In.February 1985, the State issued the facility an operating permit
under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for
tank storage and tank treatment units.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Khone-Poulenc, Inc./
Zoecon Corp. from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and
storage facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of RCRA.
In August 1987, CRWQCB and the California Department of Health Service,
(CDHS), entered into an Administrative Consent Order with Khone-Poulenc requiring
the company to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alterna-
tives for remedial action. CDHS, CRWQCB, and EPA have reviewed two drafts of
Rhone-Poulenc's RI/FS workplan. A final draft is expected shortly.
If current CRWQCB enforcement efforts fail, EPA intends to pursue
cleanup under RCRA authorities. Superfund enforcement authorities may
also be used. EPA will ensure that the cleanup protects public health
and the environment. EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it
determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean up
the site effectively.
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RIVERBANK ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
Riverbank, California
The Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant (RBAAP) covers approximately
173 acres about 10 miles northeast of Modesto, California, on the northern
border of Stanislaus County. The main facility comprises 145 acres. Four
unlined industrial waste treatment ponds in the floodplain of the Stanislaus
River approximately 1.5 miles north of the main facility account for the
remaining 28 acres.
In 1942, the Aluminum Co. of America constructed RBAAP as an aluminum
reduction plant to supply the military- It closed in 1944. Since reopening
in 1951, the facility, with Norris Industries, Inc., as the operating contractor,
has manufactured materials such as cartridge cases, grenades, and projectiles.
As a result of industrial activities, RBAAP has generated varying quantities
of corrosive wastes (phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, and caustic cleaners),
solvents, spent pickle liquids, and waste water containing metals.
According to tests conducted by the Army, significant levels of contami-
nants, including chromium, cyanide, and 1,1-dichloroethylene, have migrated
into ground water close to or beyond the installation boundary. About 13,700
people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of
the site, and at least 3,500 acres of nut and fruit orchards are partially
irrigated by ground water. The Army has also found that sediments in.the
waste treatment ponds contain chromium, lead, and zinc. Overflows from the
ponds have dumped into the Stanislaus River, and the river has occasionally
overflowed into the ponds during periods of flooding. The river is used for
irrigation and recreational activities.
RBAAP 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 a preliminary assessment and is now conducting a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
contamination and identify alternatives for remedial action.
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SYNERTEK, INC. (BUILDING 1)
Santa Clara, California
Synertek, Inc. (SI) manufactured electronics in 5 buildings on a 3.5-acre
site at 3050 Coronado Boulevard in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California,
from March 1978 to February 1985. SI, a subsidiary of Honeywell, Inc., operated
a neutralization system consisting of three buried tanks during 1974-82.
Building 1 is adjacent to the tank system, which was removed in April 1985. A
buried tank for storing trichloroethylene (TCE) and trichloroethane (TCA) was
installed in 1976 and removed in February 1985. According to California Reolonal
Water Quality Control Board (CKWQCB) files, the neutralization tank and solvent
storage tank appear to have leaked. In 1985, Honeywell found TCE, TCA, and
other chlorinated solvents in ground water on and off the site. Both the
shallow and deeper aouifers are contaminated. An estimated 300,000 people
obtain drinking water from public wells within 3 miles of the site.
Honeywell is constructing a single-well extraction system to pump
contaminated ground water to the surface, route it through two air-stripping
towers to remove contaminants, and discharge the treated water to the storm
sewer. The discharge will be regulated under a permit issued by CRWOCB under
the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. The pumping system is
scheduled to be in operation shortly.
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TRW MICROWAVE, INC. (BUILDING 825)
Sunnyvale, California
The TRW Microwave, Inc. (Building 825) Site is located at 825 Stewart
Drive, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California. Three NPL sites are nearby:
Advanced Micro Devices. Inc., placed on the NPL in June 1986; Siqnetics, Inc.,
proposed in October 1984; and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Buildina 916;),
also being proposed in June 1988. The sites are owned and operated by semi-
conductor/microprocessor manufacturers and have contributed to a corroninqled
plume of ground water contaminated with organic solvents.
Contamination at Building 825 was first identified in April 1983 when a
TRW contractor found up to 41,000 parts per billion (ppb) of trichloroethylene
(TCE) in on-site wells. In May 1983, the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board (CRWQCB) found that ground water beneath the building was
contaminated with dichlorobenzene, tetrachloroethylene, TCE, acetone, N-butyl
acetate, and xylene. Upgradient wells on the south side of the property showed
only low levels of contamination, indicating that TRW is a point source of
contamination.
In September 1983, TRW excavated soil at the site, removed an underqround
tank, and transported the materials to a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. However, CRWQCB found
that these measures did not correct the-ground water contamination problem.
Contaminants from a leaking 750-ga]Jon solvent storage tank at Building 825
have the potential to migrate to deeper drinking water aouifers. Municipal wells
for Santa Clara and Mountain View tap the deep aquifer between 250 and 750 feet
and serve an estimated 300,000 people. Imported surface drinking water is not
considered an available alternative due to the size of the potentially affected
population.
On June 21, 1984, CRWQCB issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order under the
California Water Code requiring TRW Microwave, Advance Micro Devices, and Sia-
netics to develop a joint plan to prevent further migration of contaminants.
Since October 1985, under CRWQCB supervision, TRW has been operatinq a
system to pump out contaminated ground water, treat it by air strippina, and
discharge the treated water to Calabasas Creek and south San Francisco Bay.
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SIGNETICS, INC.
Sunnyvale, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Siqnetics, Inc., manufactures
electronic components at a plant in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara Countv, California.
The facility occupies about 20 acres and is surrounded bv residential,
industrial, and business areas.
Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with trichloroethvlene,
tetrachloroethylene, and trichloroethane, accordina to analyses conducted
by a consultant to Signetics. Contamination is believed to have resulted
from cracks in acid neutralization tanks and underqround solvent tanks,
as well as through localized spills. The same contaminants have been
detected in monitoring wells off the facility. About 300,000 people
depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinkina water.
Signetics removed the leaking tanks and excavated contaminated soil
front the facility. The company is workinq with the California Peaional
Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) to determine the extent of around
water contamination. The board issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order to
the company in June 1984.
The plant received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of
a permit application for storage of hazardous waste.
This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco.
Facilities at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, orimarilv
chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin.
Although these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-wide
approach to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop Siqnetics, Inc., from the
proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and storaqe facility, it is
subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
In March 1987, the State issued a RCRA storage permit to Siqnetics.
Under the June 1984 order, Signetics has been (1) pumping and treating
contaminated ground water and (2) conducting a remedial investigation/feasibilitv
study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and
identify alternatives:for remedial action. .The RI/FS report is scheduled for
1990. After that time, the public will have the opportunity to comment on the
cleanup alternative recommended in the draft RI/FS report.
If current CRWQCB enforcement efforts fail, EPA intends to pursue cleanup
under RCRA authorities. Superfund enforcement authorities mav also be used.
EPA will ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment.
EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or
operator is unable or unwilling to clean UP the site effectively.
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SOLA OPTICAL USA, INC.
Petaluma, California
Sola Optical USA, Inc., has manufactured optical lenses at its 35-acre
facility at 3600 Lakeville Highway, Petaluma, Petaluma County, California, since
1978. In May 1982, the California Department of Health Services identified
acetone in a well on the Sola property. Subsequently, consultants for Sola
Optical reported that soil adjacent to six underground solvent storage tanks
at the facility was contaminated with trichloroethane (TCA) and methylene
chloride. In 1985, Sola removed the tanks and confirmed that shallow ground
water under the site was contaminated with volatile organic compounds, including
1,1-dichloroethylene, TCA, and 1,1-dichloroethane.
A public well, Petaluma Station 5 City Well, is approximately 500 feet from
contaminated wells on-site. The well is joined to the Petaluma Water Department
distribution system, which serves an estimated 50,000 people. In 1986 and
1987, the well contained low levels of TCA and other solvents in several samples
taken by the California Department of Health Services and by Sola. Tests
conducted in November 1986 by the California State Water Resources Control
Board showed a hydraulic connection between the Station 5 well and several on-site
contaminated wells, establishing the potential for site contaminants to migrate
into the Station 5 well.
In May 1985, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board issued
Waste Discharge Requirements calling for Sola to conduct ground water studies.
In April 1987, the board issued Site Cleanup Requirements calling for Sola to
determine the lateral and vertical extent of ground water contamination and to
propose remedial action alternatives.
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SOLVENT SERVICE, INC.
San Jose, California
Solvent Service, Inc., recycles waste solvents from nearby industries
on a 3.5-acre site at 1021 Berryessa Road in San Jose, Santa Clara county,
California. The neighborhood is both residential and industrial. The site
is paved and fenced.
Waste solvents and reclaimed solvents are stored in drums and underground
tanks on the site. Soil near the tanks contains high concentrations of volatile
organic chemicals, including trichloroethylene, trichloroethane, and chloroform,
according to tests conducted in 1983 by a consultant to the company. The same
solvents were also found in monitoring wells on and off the site. Solvent
Service is within 1 mile of a cluster of wells that are part of the municipal
supply for the area. This supply serves a residential and daily business
population of about 132,000 people.
In 1983, the company started to work under a voluntary cleanup agreement
with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB). In 1985,
CRWQCB issued Waste Discharge Requirements calling for the company to define
the extent of the contamination and to install wells to stop off-site migration.
The company's consultant has produced numerous reports that attempt .to map out
the underlying hydrogeology. The company has installed 95 monitoring wells,
on- and off-site, and also installed extraction wells and extraction trenches
to stop contaminated ground water from migrating off-site.
This facility has a final permit to treat, store, or dispose of Subtitle C
hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The
permit was issued before enactment of the Hazardous and solid waste Amendments
of 1984 and thus does not require corrective action measures. The facility
has not voluntarily modified the permit. Hence, EPA believes that use of
CERCLA authorities will result in the most expeditious cleanup and is proposing
the site for the NPL.
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SOUTHERN PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO.
Roseville, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984); Southern Pacific Transportation Co.
operates a train yard and locomotive service facility on a 640-acre site in
Roseville, Placer County, California. The site is located to the northeast of
Sacramento, a major metropolitan area.
The cleanina operations at the facility reouire a varietv of industrial
solvents. Waste streams from these operations were discharaed into a number of
locations on the site. Five waste ponds and eiaht other locations that received
waste discharges have been identified. The eiaht locations are no lonoer used.
All waste streams are now routed to a central collection system and periodically
removed to a hazardous waste landfill.
According to investigations conducted by Southern Pacific, soil and around
water, both on- and off-site, are contaminated with heavy metals and oraanic
solvents. About 10 domestic wells supply drinkina water to approximately 40
people living within 3 miles of the site. These wells are believed to draw
from an uncontaminated, lower aouifer. In addition, water from a larae-volume
municipal well, located within 3,000 feet downaradient of the facility, is
blended into a water system serving about 34,000 people.
Status (January 1986 ) :' In March 1985, EPA issued an order under Section
3013 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) recruirina the company
to undertake a sampling and analysis program.
Status (June 1988 ) ; EPA is proposina to drop Southern Pacific Transpor-
tation Co. from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a storaae and disposa]
facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of
RCRA.
Under the 3013 order, Southern Pacific in 1986 completed phase I of a
remedial investigation (RI) to determine the type and extent of contamination
at the site. In September 1987, the State and EPA approved a p]an, conditioned
on further site characterization and remedial measures, for closina a surface
impoundment under RCRA. A second inactive RCRA unit remains on-site.
Also in September 1987, under Section 122fe) of CERCLA, EPA issued a
special notice letter offering Southern Pacific the opportunity to complete
the RI and conduct a feasibility study (FS) to identify alternatives for remedial
action at the site. EPA and Southern Pacific have neqotiated a Consent Order
under CERCLA Sections 104, 106, and 122 reouirina the company to complete the
RI and to conduct the FS. The Consent Order became effective in December
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA and CERCLA authorities and to
ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA can
later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator
is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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SPECTRA-PHYSICS, INC.
Mountain View, California
Spectra-Physics, Inc. (SP) has manufactured electronic equipment and
gas lasers on Terra Bella Boulevard and Middlefield Roads in Mountain View/
Santa Clara county, California, since 1961. The 11.5-acre site consists of
nine buildings in a light industrial complex. SP uses a variety of cleansers,
degreasers, and lubricants in its manufacturing processes, including isopropyl
alcohol, acetone, methyl alcohol, trichloroethylene (TCE), Freon, 1,1,1-
trichloroethane (TCA), and solvasol Solvent 360. In an inspection conducted
in 1981, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board found that areas
where hazardous wastes were stored had no dikes or systems to collect leachate;
rusty barrels were also found on-site.
Ground water investigations began at the SP facility in September 1984
after tests at Teledyne Semiconductor (adjacent and downgradient of SP)
indicated possible upgradient sources of contamination. (The Teledyne site
was placed on the NPL'in July 1987.) Soil and ground water collected at SP
contained TCE, TCA, and 1,2-dichloroethylene. SP's plume of contaminated
ground water has merged with Teledyne's and migrated off-site. More than
200 private drinking water wells had been drilled into the 1-square-mile plume.
Most wells have been closed; 47 were found contaminated above State Action
Levels. The owners now obtain water from municipal water supplies. An
estimated 189,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
Teledyne is operating one shallow extraction well on-site. The well
pumps the water to the surface and discharges it to the sanitary sewer;
the ground water is not treated before discharge. SP will evaluate the
effectiveness of this system in preventing its on-site plume from migrating
off-site. Both companies are jointly designing an off-site extraction
system; completion is scheduled for 1988.
San Francisco Bay (2.5. miles downstream of the site) is used for
recreational activities. Permanente Creek is tidally influenced within 1 mile
of the site. Several species of birds designated as endangered species by the
U.S. Fish and wildlife Service are found within the area of tidal influence.
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SULPHUR BANK MERCURY MINE
Clear Lake, California
The Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine (SBM) is on the east shore of the Oaks Arm
of Clear Lake, Lake County, California. The area was initially mined for
sulfur during 1865-68. Mercury ore was mined by underground methods during
1899-1902 and 1915-18. The majority of the mercury ore was mined using open
pit methods during 1922-47 and 1955-57. The mine, once one of the largest
producers of mercury in California, has been inactive since 1957 and is
presently owned by Bradley Mining Co. (BMC) of San Francisco.
Approximately 120 acres of tailings and an open, unlined mine pit (called
the Herman Pit) are on the property. The mine tailings extend into the oaks
Arm of Clear Lake along 1,320 feet of shoreline. The Herman Pit covers approxi-
mately 23 acres and is 750 feet upgradient of the lake. The pit is filled
with water to a depth of 150 feet. It drains at approximately 20 gallons per
minute from the western edge of the pit to Clear Lake.
The California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) is coordinating
an ongoing investigation of SBM. Department of Health Services, Department of
Fish and Game, and CRWQCB analyses indicate that mercury is present in the
tailings and in the biota and bottom sediments in the Oaks Arm of Clear Lake.
The levels of mercury in fish from Clear Lake led the state to issue an advisory
on May 14, 1986 against consumption of the fish. The lake is a major
recreational area.
On March 13, 1987, CRWQCB informed BMC that the Herman Pit is regulated
under the Toxic Pits Cleanup Act. Under the act, BMC is required to submit a
Hydrogeologic Assessment Report. However, the property owners are conducting
a waste characterization study of the site prior to submitting a Hydrogeologic
Assessment Report to determine if the site may be exempt from the Toxic Pits
Cleanup Act.
An estimated 4,700 people obtain drinking water from Clearlake Oaks Water
District wells about 1 mile from the site. The wells are threatened because
they are recharged by Clear Lake. On November 4, 1987, CRWQCB awarded a contract
for a pollution abatement study of the Oaks Arm of Clear Lake and the adjacent
mine site. The study is scheduled to be completed in early 1989.
This mining site is being proposed for the NPL because the State of
California does not have an approved program under the Surf-ace Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), making the site ineligible for SMCRA
reclamation funds.
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VAN WATERS & ROGERS, INC.
San Jose, California
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Van Waters & Roaers, Inc., is a
solvent distributor in San Jose, Santa Clara Valley, California. The facility
occupies about 13 acres and is surrounded by residential, industrial, and
business areas.
Solvents are stored in 36 underground tanks connected to the facilitv
through buried pipelines. Contamination is believed to have resulted from
leaks in the underground storage tanks and pipinq as well as from localized
spills. Contaminants found in monitoring wells on the site include a wide
variety of solvents such as acetone, chloroform, toluene, 1,1-dichloroethvlene,
trichloroethylene, methanol, and isoprooanol, accordinq to analyses conducted
by a consultant to Van Waters & Rogers. About 132,000 people deoend on we]Is
within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.
Van Waters & Rogers is working with the California Regional Water Qualitv
Control Board (CRWQCB) to determine the extent of soil and ground water
contamination.
The facility received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application to store and treat hazardous waste.
This is one of 19 sites in the South Bay Area of San Francisco. Facilities
at these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily chlorinated
organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water basin. Although
these sites are listed separately, EPA intends to apply an area-wide approach
to the problem as well as take specific action as necessary.
Status (January 1986); In June 1985, the State issued a 5-year RCRA
storage permit to the company. In July 1985, the CRWQCB issued Waste Discharae
Requirements to the company, which specify investiqative and cleanup activities
to deal with the contamination.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposinq to drop Van Waters & Roqers, Inc.
from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and storaqe facility,
it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA,
With State oversight, Van Waters & Rogers is conducting a remedial investi-
gation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of contami-
nation at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action. The work is
scheduled to be completed in late 1989. After that time, the public will have
the opportunity to comment on the cleanup alternative recommended in the draft
RI/FS report.
If current CRWQCB enforcement efforts fail, EPA intends to pursue cleanup
under RCRA authorities. Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used.
EPA will ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment.
EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or
operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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WATKINS^JOHNSON CO. (STEWART DIVISION PLANT)
Scotts Valley California
The Watkins-Johnson Co. (Stewart Division Plant) has manufactured
industrial furnaces and electrical parts since 1965 on a 3-acre site in
Scotts Valley, Santa Cruz County, California. The California Regional
Water Quality Control Board (CRWQCB) and Watkins-Johnson's consultant have
detected organic chemicals, including trichloroethene, trichloroethane,
tetrachloroethene, dichloroethene, and Freon in soil and ground water on
the site. The contamination is apparently the result of improper handling
of hazardous waste.
Early in July 1986, the CRWQCB issued Waste Discharge Reguirements to
the company. The reguirements are the CRWQCB's legal mechanism for regulating
activities at facilities under its jurisdiction. Later in July, CRWQCB
issued a Cleanuo and Abatement Order to the company. In response, Watkins-Johnson
has begun an interim program to pump and treat contaminated ground water.
Wells within 3 miles of the site draw on the Santa Margarita Aguifer,
designated by EPA as a "sole source" of drinking water in the area. An
estimated 12,000 oeople use the wells.
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CHEMICAL SALES CO.
Conmerce City, Colorado
Chemical Sales Co. is a family-owned chemical distribution business
located at 4661 Monaco Street in an industrial area of Commerce City, Adams
County, Colorado. The company has operated on the 10-acre site since 1977.
The chemicals handled include ketones, alcohols, aliphatic compounds,
and chlorinated hydrocarbons such as tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
and methylene chloride. Sane chemicals are purchased in bulk and stored
in tanks fron which they are transferred to drums or other containers for
sale. In August 1985, the company reported a spill of chlorinated solvents
to the Colorado Department of Health. Another spill of water and hydrocarbons
was reported in April 1986.
EPA tests conducted in late 1986 detected trichloroethylene,
tetrachloroethylene, trichlorcethane, methylene chloride, and chloroform in on-
site wells and downgradient off-site wells. An estimated 33,000 people
obtain drinking water from South Adams County Water and Sanitation District
wells within 3 miles of the site.
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MARTIN MARIETTA (DENVER AEROSPACE)
Waterton, Colorado
Conditions at listing (September 1985); Martin Marietta's Denver Aerospace,
Plant covers approximately 5,200 acres near Waterton in southern Jefferson
County, Colorado. Martin Marietta began operations in 1956 when it purchased
undeveloped property and constructed facilities for development of missiles and
missile components for the U.S. Air Force. Martin Marietta owns the property
and continues its aerospace manufacturing activities for the Air Force.
In the early 1960s, the company began disposing of waste oils, hexavalent
chromium salts, volatile organic compounds, and other industrial wastes on the
property in a number of ponds covering a few acres. The ponds stopped receiving
wastes in 1979 and in mid-1980 were filled and closed. In early 1985, EPA
found that ground water downgradient from the former waste disposal area con-
tained chromium and organic chemicals. The area is approximately 1.5 miles
upgradient from a Denver municipal water treatment facility. The facility may
be capturing alluvial ground water and surface water moving from the inactive
waste disposal areas. The facility provides up to 15 percent of the drinking
water demand of more than 1 million people in the Denver metropolitan area.
In February 1985, the Colorado Department of Health issued an emergency
order to the company to monitor ground water and to prepare a remedial action
plan for surface water and ground water drainages adjacent to an active waste
handling unit on the facility. The unit has Interim Status under Subtitle C of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
In March 1985, EPA issued an Administrative Order under CERCIA Section 106
that required Martin Marietta to begin a comprehensive program at the site,
including installation of monitoring wells and plans for containment and treat-
ment of contaminated ground water.
Under the 1985 EPA and State orders, the company is installing monitoring
wells throughout the site and in the vicinity of the Denver water treatment
facility. The company is planning further site investigations, and also to
install a system to capture, pump, and treat contaminated ground water.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Martin Marietta's Denver
Aerospace Plant from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storage,
and disposal facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C.
Since 1986, the water treatment facility has been maintained on standby to
suppplement Denver's water supply as needed.
In February 1986, EPA and Martin Marietta entered into an Administrative
Order on Consent under CERCIA Section 106 and RCRA Section 3008(h). Under the
order, Martin Marietta agreed to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility
study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site,
including the old closed lagoons, and identify alternatives for remedial
action. The study is scheduled to be completed late in 1988. After that
time, the public will have the opportunity to comment on the RI/FS report.
The company also agreed to reimburse EPA for its costs in overseeing the work.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA and CERCIA authorities and
to ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment.
EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the
owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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ROCKY FLATS PLANT (USDOE)
Golden, Colorado
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Rocky Flats Plant began
producing components for nuclear weapons in 1951 on a site of about 2,000
acres in Jefferson County, near Golden, Colorado, A buffer zone was
acquired in 1974, bringing the total to 6,550 acres. Major operations at
the plant, which is owned by the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE),
include fabrication and assembly of plutonium, beryllium, and uranium,
recovery of plutonium, and separation of and research on americium. Dow
Chemical Co. operated the plant frcm inception until June 30, 1975, when
Rockwell International Corp. assumed operation.
Releases of plutonium and tritium have contributed to contaminated
soils and sediments in surface water. USDOE has completed some remedial
work such as capping and removing plutonium-contaminated soils and is
improving liquid waste treatment systems to reduce discharge of liquid
effluents, which are covered by a permit under the National Pollutant
Elimination Discharge System. Three evaporation ponds have contributed
to nitrate contamination of ground water. These ponds may be covered
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Approximately 80,000 people live within 3 miles of the facility.
Status (July 1985): USDOE continues to conduct remedial work by
removing hot spots of contamination. A recent court settlement requires
USDOE to conduct remedial activities on private land east of the plant
as a condition of its sale to local governments. USDOE has begun to
address the site through its internal cleanup program. The installation
assessment phase is underway.
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BARKHAMSTED-NEW HARTFORD LANDFILL
Barkhamsted, Connecticut
The Barkhamsted-New Hartford Landfill encompassess 102.5 acres in a
rural/residential area of Barkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Since
1974, it has been owned and operated by Regional Refuse Disposal District One.
This unlined municipal landfill is near the Barkhamsted and New Hartford town
line. An unnamed brook borders the site to the southwest and north and flows
through a wetland to the Farmington River 1.3 stream miles from where sludge
was deposited on the site.
In December 1983, the landfill received a Solid Waste Disposal Facility
Permit from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP).
The landfill accepts municipal and industrial wastes, including oily metal
grindings sludge containing cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, and
manganese. A barrel-crushing operation also is on-site to reclaim metals.
In 1983, leaking drums containing hazardous solvents were observed on-
site during a CT DEP inspection. Tests conducted in 1986-87 by the landfill's
consultant indicate volatile organic compounds, including xylene, toluene,
1,1-dichloroethane, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, and vinyl chloride, are present in
shallow and deep wells on-site. Many private wells and a municipal supply
well for New Hartford are within 3 miles of the site. The wells serve an
estimated 4,800 people. The closest private well is 770 feet southeast of a
contaminated well. The Farmington Valley Health District shut down the on-site
well serving the landfill office due to volatile organic contamination.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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CHESHIRE ASSOCIATES PROPERTY
Cheshire, Connecticut
The Cheshire Associates Property occupies 15 acres (including two
residences with private wells) in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut.
According to the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP),
Cheshire Associates, a New York-based partnership, has owned a major portion of
the site since 1966. The company leased its property to a variety of tenants,
including Valley National Corp. (1966-79) and Cheshire Molding Co. (1979-80).
Both companies manufactured plastic molding; neither kept records of disposal
practices and waste quantities. Airpax Corp. Plant 2, the current lessee, has
occupied the premises since 1983. The company manufactures electrochemical and
electronic devices, disposing of its wastes on-site in accordance with State
regulations. Cheshire Associates has never occupied the premises.
Soil and ground water on the site are contaminated with volatile organic
chemicals, according to a government study in December 1980. In June 1985, EPA
found organic contaminants in both on-site shallow wells and an off-site bedrock
well; two residential wells 400 feet south of the site are contaminated with
low concentrations of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and tetra-
chloroethylene. Approximately 330 people within 1 mile of the site use private
wells. Cheshire municipal wells serving 22,900 people are 2.1 miles southeast
of the site.
The site is in a low-lying fresh water wetland area bordered by two ponds.
In 1983, CT DEP signed a Consent Agreement with Cheshire Associates
requiring the company to remove contaminated soil on-site and to monitor eight
volatile organic compounds in the two private wells semiannually for 5 years.
In October 1983, Cheshire removed 20 cubic yards of contaminated soil to an
EPA-regulated landfill. Recent semiannual sampling indicates low concentrations
of 1,1,1-trichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,
benzene, xylenes, and tetrachloroethylene in the private wells.
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DURHAM MEADOWS
Durham, Connecticut
The Durham Meadows site is in the southern Connecticut town of Durham
in Middlesex County. Investigation of the site centers around Merriam
Manufacturing Co., which occupies 5 acres on Main Street in Durham. The
company was established in 1851 and manufactures metal products such as
filing equipment, steel security-bank and safe deposits, tool boxes, and
fishing tackle. The manufacturing process generates waste water containing
dissolved organic solvents, including trichloroethylene, methylene chloride,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene, as well as paint
waste.
The company disposed of waste water and sludges on its property in two
unlined and undiked lagoons constructed in 1973. Prior to 1973, waste apparently
was disposed of in the septic system, according to the Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection (CT DEP). In another area, paint wastes and degreasing
solvents were stored in 55-gallon drums on the ground. Some were in poor
condition or leaking during a CT DEP inspection in 1981. The company stopped
using the lagoons in 1982 and removed the drums in 1983.
In 1982, CT DEP detected volatile organic solvents, including trichloro-
ethylene, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and methylene
chloride in private wells in the Durham area. Such wells are the sole source
of drinking water for the 5,600 residents of Durham. CT DEP ordered Merriam
Manufacturing to supply bottled water to residents in the vicinity of the
site. Approximately 60 residents have been using bottled water since 1983.
On January 4, 1983, following an inspection by EPA and CT DEP, EPA issued
an Administrative Compliance Order and Assessment of Penalties under Section
3008 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The action called
for Merriam Manufacturing to correct several violations of State Hazardous
Waste Management Regulations. In response, the company removed drums containing
hazardous waste to a facility regulated under RCRA Subtitle C.
The site is less than 0.5 mile from the Coginchaug River, which eventually
drains into the Connecticut River. A fresh water wetland is within 1,500 feet
of the site.
EPA is searching for other possible sources of contamination.
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GALLUP'S QUARRY
Plainfield, Connecticut
Gallup1s Quarry is a former gravel mining operation in a rural area on
Tarbox Road 1 mile south of Plainfield's business district in Windham County,
Connecticut. During 1974-77, the privately owned 22-acre site accepted chemical
waste without a permit. According to the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection (CT DEP), methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, toluene,
tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane were disposed
of on-site in drums and as free liquids. Several of these volatile organic
chemicals, as well as copper, nickel, and chromium, have been detected in
on-site monitoring wells by CT DEP (1980-81) and EPA (1986).
A community well is 4,000 feet and a private well 1,160 feet from the
site. An estimated 6,500 people within 3 miles of the site rely on wells as
their sole source of drinking water.
Mill Brook and associated wetlands are 500 feet downslope of the site.
Local surface waters are used for recreational activities.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In 1978, the site was evaluated and drums and contaminated soil removed
under the direction of CT DEP and the State police. The owner agreed to
reimburse the State up the $750,000 for the removal operation at Gallup's
Quarry and at another property he owned. However, limited soil analyses
conducted by CT DEP in 1981 indicate that soil contaminated with ketone and
hydrocarbons remains on-site.
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LINEMASTER SWITCH CORP.
Woodstock, Connecticut
Linemaster Switch Corp. has manufactured electrical and pneumatic foot
switches and produced wiring harnesses on Plaine Hill Road in Woodstock,
Windham County, Connecticut, since 1952. The 45-acre property is on a hill,
with the factory building situated near the top of the hill. The site boundary
has been expanded to 92 acres due to contamination, extending to Route 171 to
the south, Plaine Hill Road to the west, and Route 169 to the north and east.
The site is surrounded by the Town of Woodstock, a rural community of 5,300
people in the northeast corner of Connecticut.
Facility operations involve trichloroethylene (TCE), paint, and thinners;
wastes are stored in barrels in sheds near the factory building.
In 1986, EPA detected TCE in on-site soil, ground water, surface water,
and sediment. TCE was detected in Linemaster's main pump house well, which
supplies drinking water to the factory and its offices. An estimated 2,100
people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
Solvents were also detected on-site in artificial ponds used for boating.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come into
direct contact with hazardous substances.
On April 8, 1986, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
issued an Abatement Order requiring Linemaster to develop a plan for a
hydrological study that will be used to determine the extent and degree of
contamination on the site. The State is reviewing the company's workplan
for the study.
Linemaster started to provide bottled water for its 180 employees in
February 1986. With CERCLA emergency funds, starting in June 1986, EPA
provided bottled water for residents off-site that also have contaminated wells.
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PRECISION PLATING CORP.
Vernon, Connecticut
Precision Plating Corp. has chrome-plated various metal parts and fixtures
on a 3-acre site in Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut, since 1970. The
process includes alkaline cleaning, chemical etching, chrome plating, rinsing,
buffing, and polishing. Wastes generated during this process include rinse
waters containing heavy metals, batch wastes of alkaline cleaner, and spent
plating and etching acids. Prior to 1983, according to the company, rinse
waters were discharged without a permit to a storm drain outside its building.
Process plating acids and chrome plating wastes were stored in drums and a
500-gallon tank on the ground.
In May 1979, the City of Vernon's Health Department found that the well
serving Hillside Industrial Park, in which Precision Plating is located, was
contaminated with hexavalent and trivalent chromium. The rupturing of drums
and the tank by a snow plow was the cause of the contamination, according to
the Health Department and the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection (CT DEP).
In July 1979, CT DEP issued orders to the owners of Hillside Industrial
Park and Precision Plating to abate pollution of the waters of the State.
Precision Plating complied with the order. 'In November 1979, the company
installed five shallow monitoring wells on-site, sampled surface water, and
removed 20 cubic yards of contaminated soil. The company, and later EPA,
confirmed that ground water was contaminated with hexavalent and trivalent
chromium. An estimated 10,800 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
Surface waters in the area are used for recreational fishing. The site
is within 1 mile of a fresh water wetland.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In February 1986, CT DEP issued orders requiring Precision Plating to
abate pollution and to provide drinking water to High Manor Mobile Home Park,
as well as Hillside Industrial Park. In March 1986, CT DEP issued the same
orders to Hillside Industrial Park. Both companies are attempting to respond
to the State orders.
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CHEM-SOLV, INC.
Cheswold, Delaware
Conditions at listing (January 1987): Chem-Solv, Inc., started a small
solvent distillation facility in 1982 on a 1.5-acre site in Cheswold, Kent
County, Delaware. The company recycled waste solvents by placina a drum on
an electric coil heater, which distilled the solvents into a second drum.
The contents of the second drum were filtered into a third drum, which was
returned to the customer. The residues remainina after distillation were
classified as hazardous waste under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) and were stored on-site.
On September 7, 1984, an explosion and fire at the site destroyed the
entire distillation facility. At the time, witnesses observed fluids flowina
off a concrete pad into the soil. On September 21, 1984, and aaain on January
31, 1985, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control (DDNREC) issued orders under State law callina on the company to cease
operations immediately, monitor ground water, and remove all contaminated
soil. The company failed to take any action.
DDNREC conducted studies to characterize the upper Columbia Aouifer
adjacent to the site. DDNREC1s analyses detected hiah concentrations of
organic chemicals, including trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and
1,1-dichloroethane, in soils on the site and in. around water on and off the site.
Both the upper and lower zones of the Columbia Aquifer are contaminated.
About 5,500 residents are served by private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In September 1985, DDNREC excavated contaminated soil and beaan usina a
process that passes air through the soil to remove volatile oraanic contaminants.
The air-stripping process reduced contamination to levels that permitted
returning the soil to the excavated area. In December 1985, DDNREC started to
recover and treat the volatile organics in the upper Columbia Aouifer usina
an air-stripping system.
DDNREC has filed suit against Chem-Solv to recover the money it has
spent. The company has declared itself financially insolvent.
When Chem-Solv started operations, it filed Part A of a permit aoolication
under RCRA, giving the company Interim Status as a storaae facility. On
August 6, 1985, DDNREC made a final decision to deny the storage permit.
Because Chem-Solv, Inc., has lost Interim Status (and hence authorization
to operate) and there are additional indications that the owner or ooerator will
be unwilling to undertake corrective action, the company meets a component of
EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
Status (June 1988): In May 1987, a domestic well near the site was found
to be contaminated by volatile organics and was removed from service.
After this site was proposed in January 1987, procedural issues arose and
new technical information became available. Hence, EPA.is reorooosina this
site to allow an additional 60-day comment period.
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DOVER GAS LIGHT CO.
Dover, Delaware
Dover Gas Light Co. operated a coal gasification plant on a 0.9-
acre site in Dover, Rent County, Delaware,from 1859 to 1948. The plant
processed coal to produce a gas that was piped to street lamps in Dover.
When the plant closed, the structures, except for a brick garage, were
demolished. Steel and iron scrap were removed; all other materials, including
coal oil, coal tar, coke, and an unknown kind of acid, were buried on the
site.
In 1984, during geotechnical studies of the property prior to construction
of the new Kent County Family Courthouse, remains of this coal gasification
plant were discovered buried on site. The buried materials include coal
tar residues containing hazardous substances.
The Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control (DNREC) installed and sampled 16 monitoring wells to determine
the nature and extent of contamination. The results show that hazardous
substances buried on site have been released to ground water. These
substances include benzene, toluene, xylene, lead, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,
and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbon compounds.
DNREC determined that these substances are in ground water at depths
of up to 53 feet and a horizontal distance of at least 300 feet southeast
of the site. The closest supply well, 1,000 feet southwest of the site,
draws on the Cheswold aquifer. It is part of Dover's municipal water
system. An estimated 45,000 people are served by public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site. Of Dover's 14 municipal supply
wells, 7 are within 1 mile of the site.
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E.I. DU FONT DE NEMDURS & 00., INC.
(NEWPORT PIQffiNT PLANT lANDFILL)
Newport, Delaware
Conditions at listing (January 1987); E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co.,
Inc., formerly operated a 7-acre industrial landfill next to its pigment
plant, now known as the Holly Run Plant, in Newport, New Castle County,
Delaware. The land to the north is primarily residential. The majority
of the remaining adjacent property is low-lying land associated with the
Christina River marshes. To the southwest is a sizable expanse of marshland
covered by auto junkyards and rimmed by a residential/commercial strip
along Old Airport Road.
From 1902 to 1975, the landfill was used for the disposal of inorgani-
cally bonded metals, plant pigments, pigment sludges, magnetic tapes, and
low-level radioactive residues, according to information Du Pont provided
to EPA as required by Section 103 (c) of CERCXA.
When the landfill closed in 1975, Du Pont graded, covered, and
seeded it and installed 11 monitoring wells. Subsequent sampling by the
Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental Control, EPA,
and Du Pont indicated that the shallow Columbia Aquifer, and to a lesser
degree, the deeper Potomac Aquifer, have been contaminated, both on and
off the site, with heavy metals, including barium, cadmium, and zinc, as
well as trichloroethylene and tetrachloroethylene.
The Artesian Water Co., which serves 131,000 people throughout New
Castle County, has six wells within 3 miles of the site. Water from the
wells is blended in the distribution system. Thus, the water supply for
the 131,000 people is potentially threatened. Private wells are also used
for drinking water supplies in some areas, the nearest well being 0.5 mile
from the site.
Status (December 1988); On August 12, 1988, EPA and Du Pont signed a
Consent Order under CERCIA Section 106 under which the company is
conducting 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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KENT COUNTY LANDFILL (HOUSTON)
Houston, Delaware
The Kent County (Houston) Landfill covers 70 acres on Route 397 in the
Brown's Branch Watershed, 2.1 miles north of Houston, Kent County, Delaware.
The watershed is a tributary to McCauley Pond, Murder Kill River (Cripple Swamp),
and the Delaware Bay.
The landfill, owned and operated during 1969-80 by the county, accepted
wastes from Harrington, Dover, and other locations. Among the materials were
residential trash, pesticides, sludges from poultry processing plants, oil
sludges, hospital wastes, waste polymers, and solvents. In all, the landfill
holds an estimated 2 million cubic yards of waste and fill materials. The
wastes were deposited in trenches excavated between 10 and 25 feet. The
landfill had no liner or leachate collection system. In 1980, the county
covered the landfill with 3 to 5 feet of very sandy soil and planted grass
and other vegetation.
Organic and inorganic contaminants, including 4-methyl-2-pentanone,
4-methylphenol, chromium, arsenic, and manganese, are present in a monitoring
well, according to tests EPA conducted in May 1986. The well is in the water-
table aquifer underlying the site that supplies private drinking water wells
in the area. Private wells within 3 miles of the site serve approximately
1,300 people; the nearest well is 1,700 feet from the monitoring well. The
tests found no contamination of private wells. Approximately 1,200 acres of
cropland within 3 miles of the site are irrigated by wells.
During EPA's May 1986 inspection, leachate was observed seeping from the
landfill. The leachate contains chemicals that may threaten nearby surface
waters, which are used for recreational activities.
The site is only partially fenced, permitting people and animals to come
into direct contact with the leachate.
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PIGEON POINT LANDFILL
. New Castle, Delaware
Pigeon Point Landfill covered 187 acres in New Castle, New Castle
County, Delaware, along the Delaware River just north of the Delaware
Memorial Bridge. It started receiving industrial and municipal wastes
in 1968. Before it was a landfill, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
used the site for disposal of dredge soils from the Delaware and Christiana
Rivers. New Castle County operated the site from 1968 through 1981.
In 1981, the Delaware Solid Waste Authority (DSWA) took control of site
operations. Thereafter, it was permitted by the State to accept municipal
wastes. Operations stopped and the site was closed in November 1985.
During closure, the site was covered with a 2-foot clay cap and seeded.
Before 1980, according to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources
and Environmental Control, wastes disposed at the unlined landfill included
paint sludges, metal sludges, petroleum refinery wastes, polyvinyl chloride
wastes, chemical process wastes, and phenol resins.
In 1984-85, a consultant to DSWA detected arsenic, benzene, ethylbenzene,
and tetrachloroethylene in on-site monitoring wells. Aguifers of both
the Columbia and Potomac Formations are at risk. The Artesian Water Co.
has nine wells within 3 miles of the site. The water is blended with
water from other wells. The public water supply for 150,000 people is
potentially affected.
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SEALAND LIMITED
Mount Pleasant, Delaware
The Sealand Limited Site occupies approximately 2 acres in Mount Pleasant/
New Castle County, Delaware. The area is primarily agricultural and residential.
Operations began in 1971 when Adams Laboratory rented the property from Conrail,
Inc., to operate a rendering plant. In 1979, Conrail reportedly cleaned up
the property after Adams Laboratory abandoned the rendering plant. The property.
remained vacant until September 1982, when Steve and Wayne Hawkins rented it
from Conrail. From then until August 1983, they operated a creosote
manufacturing plant under the names Sealand Limited and Oil Industry. In
addition, the facility accepted coal tar, gas tar, and ink oil wastes, allegedly
to be recycled. Instead, they were stored on-site in tanks and drums. When
the Hawkinses abandoned the facility in 1983, it contained 22 storage tanks, a
boiler .house, mixing chambers, pressure vessels, several hundred 55-gallon
drums containing assorted creosol intermediates, and a 10,000-gallon wooden
storage tank.
A 1983 investigation by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Environmental Control (DDNREC) revealed that the wooden tank and numerous
drums were leaking. Analyses of tanks, drums, and soil on- and off-site
detected polynuclear aromatic compounds, creosols, solvents, and other toxic
organic compounds.
In December 1983, in response to the imminent threat to human health, EPA
used CERCLA emergency funds to remove 240,800 gallons of coal tar, 320 drums,
and 80 cubic yards of solid waste. The hazardous materials were transported
to a facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act. EPA also cleaned the storage tanks and capped the site with a
layer of clay.
Nickel and acenaphthalene were present in an on-site monitoring well in
EPA and DDNREC analyses conducted in 1984. Soils on the site are permeable
and ground water shallow (5 feet in some cases), conditions that facilitate
movement of contaminants into ground water. Private wells within 3 miles of
the site provide drinking water to an estimated 1,000 people.
Joy Run, which receives drainage from the site, flows into the Chesapeake
and Delaware Canal, which is used for recreational activities.
EPA is seeking to recover funds spent on its removal action from eight
parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site.
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SUSSEX COUNTY LANDFILL #5
Laurel, Delaware
Sussex County Landfill #5 operated on a 37.5-acre site in a sparsely
populated fanning area between County Road 494 and Route 24 in Laurel, Sussex
County, Delaware, from May 1970 through April 1979.
The unpermitted landfill accepted municipal wastes and, according to a
1978 survey of waste disposal sites by the U.S. Congress (the "Ekhardt Report"),
an unknown quantity of various volatile organic compounds.
The landfill overlies the Columbia Formation, which is connected to and
recharges the Manokin Aquifer. Together, the two provide drinking water to
people within 3 miles of the site, wastes were deposited below the water
table, making ground water of the Columbia Formation and Manokin Aquifer
highly susceptible to contamination from the landfill. In 1986, EPA detected
benzene, vinyl chloride, chlorobenzene ethylbenzene, and trans-l,2-dichloro-
ethylene in five on-site monitoring wells. A private well is 1,000 feet from
the site. Public and private wells within 3 miles of the site provide drinking
water to an estimated 5,700 people and irrigate 5,100 areas of cropland.
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TYLER REFRIGERATION PIT
Smyrna, Delaware
The Tyler Refrigeration Pit Site involves a 500-cubic-yard unlined
pit in Smyrna, Kent County, Delaware. From 1952 to 1969, Tyler, which
used solvents to degrease and clean refrigeration equipment, disposed of
spent solvents, mostly trichloroethylene (ICE), and sludge in the pit.
Later, Tyler excavated the pit to about 20 feet, filled it in, capped it
with 6 inches of top soil and clay, and planted vegetation. The site is
now occupied by Metal Masters, which manufactures commercial kitchen
equipment.
In 1982, EPA detected elevated levels of toluene, 1,1-dichloroethane,
and l,],]-trichloroethane in on-site soils.
Since 1977, TCE has been detected in Smyrna municipal wells.
To remove contamination from the wells, the town improved the efficiency
of its air stripping process and added an activated carbon filtration unit
to its water treatment system. The contamination in Smyrna's wells has
significantly declined, and the treatment system continues in operation.
According to the Delaware Department of Natural Resources .and -
Environmental Control, the Tyler pit is a likely contributor to the
contamination of Smyrna's wells, although there may be other sources.
About 6,700 people depend on wells, both municipal and private, within 3
miles of the site for their drinking water.
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AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.
Pensacola, Florida
Agrico Chemical Co. covers approximately 6 acres in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Florida, approximately 2 miles southwest of Pensacola Municipal Airport.
The L & N Railway Yard lies directly to the west and an abandoned quarry lies
to the north. Activity at this plant began in 1889 by a company that produced
sulfuric acid from iron pyrite. About 1920, Agrico Chemical Co. began producing
fertilizer from phosphate rock. In 1959, Agrico stopped production, tore down
the buildings, and sold the land. The site now consists of foundations of
five buildings, including a fertilizer factory, a storage and shipping warehouse,
and a plant where phosphate was processed to produce fluorine. North and east
of the foundations lie four ponds that were used to store waste liquid from
the manufacture of fertilizer. The capacity of the ponds exceeds 36,000 cubic
yards.
In 1958, a municipal water well 1.25 miles east-southeast of the site was
closed due to high acidity and fluoride concentrations.
In 1983, EPA detected lead, sulfuric acid, and fluorides in water from
the ponds. The lead may be the result of pipe and tank corrosion from sulfuric
acid.
The primary aquifer underlying the site is the Sand and Gravel
Aquifer, a 280-foot layer of poorly sorted, coarse-grained quartz sand.
Horizontal and vertical permeabilities in this type of formation are
generally very high, which facilitates the movement of contaminants into
ground water, as well as the movement of contaminated ground water.
Since ground water flows toward the east-southeast, this plume of
contaminated ground water could migrate into Bayou Texar or Pensacola Bay.
Within 3 miles of the site are 13 Escambia County Utilities Authority
wells that serve an estimated 114,000 people. The Sand and Gravel Aquifer
is the primary source of drinking water for Escambia County.
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AIRCO PLATING CO.
Miami, Florida
Airco Plating Co. has operated an electroplating shop on a 1.5-acre site
at 3650 N.W. 46th Street, Miami, Dade County, Florida, since 1957. Principal
processes at the plant involve nickel, cadmium, chromium, copper, and zinc
plating. Prior to 1973, wastes fron the plating operations, including sludge,
were disposed of in three on-site seepage ponds. Starting in 1973, plating
wastes were pretreated and then released into the Miami municipal sewage system.
Since 1982, the sludges have been separated and transported to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.
During a July 1985 investigation, EPA discovered that one of the areas
believed to have been used for waste disposal had been covered with asphalt
pavement and a lawn. Soil and ground water from near the ponds contained
contaminants associated with electroplating.
During December 1986 and January 1987, EPA found cadmium, chromium,
copper, and nickel in surface and subsurface soil from near the ponds and
the lawn area between the ponds. Shallow ground water from these areas
also contained high concentrations of the same heavy metals.
The site is the recharge zone of the Biscayne Aquifer, which supplies
drinking water for all of Dade County. Four municipal well fields (the Upper
and Lower Miami Springs, the Hialeah, and the John E. Preston) that supply
drinking water to 750,000 people are within 3 miles of the site. One well is
within 10,200 feet of the site. Wells in the contaminated area have been
taken out of service.
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ANODYNE, INC.
North Miami Beach, Florida
Conditions at listing (June 1988); The Anodyne, Inc., Site covers less
than 1 acre in the Sunshine State Industrial Park in North Miami Beach,
Dade County, Florida. The building that now occupies the site is divided into
two sections. The northern section is occupied by a furniture manufacturer,
Mr. Furniture. The southern section is occupied by United Parcel Service. The
entire site is owned by 745 Property Investments of Boston, Massachusetts.
From the early 1960s until 1975, Anodyne, Inc., produced lithographs and
silk screen prints on the site. Anodyne reportedly disposed of wastes in an
injection well near the north end of the building before 1973, when the company
connected to the Myrtle Grove Sewerage System. In a 1973 inspection, Dade County
discovered that the waste was being dumped directly onto the ground. In 1986,
EPA detected elevated levels of chromium in on-site soil and ground water and
PCB-1260 in on-site soil.
The Biscayne Aquifer, which supplies drinking water for all of Dade County,
is directly beneath the site. A layer of quartz sand overlies the limestone
aquifer; both formations have very high horizontal and vertical permeabilities.
These conditions facilitate the movement of contaminants into ground water, as
well as movement of contaminated ground water. The W. A. Oeffler and Westside
Well Fields are within 3 miles of the site. They provide drinking water to
approximately 148,000 people.
Status (February 1989); EPA has conducted a search for parties potentially
responsible for wastes associated with the site. Several of them have met with
EPA regarding a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
action.
Since December 1988, Hercules, Inc., has occupied the southern section of
the building.
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B & B CHEMICAL CO., INC.
Hialeah, Florida
B & B Chemical Co., Inc., has manufactured industrial cleaning compounds
on a 2-acre site in a highly industrialized area in Hialeah, Dade County, Florida,
since 1958. The Miami Canal is 800 feet to the southwest.
The company prepares its proprietary products in mixing vats. Approximately
once a year the vats and tank trucks are washed down. Before 1976, the waste
water was deposited in unlined lagoons. Since then, it has gone into a pretreat-
ment system before being discharged into the Hialeah sewer system.
Since about 1975, the Dade County Department of Environmental Resource
Management (DERM) has been concerned about the impact of the lagoons on ground
water in the vicinity, in 1985, EPA found solvents such as chlorobenzene,
trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene in
monitoring wells on and off the site and chromium in on-site wells.
The Biscayne Aquifer supplies drinking water for all of Dade County. At
the site, a layer of quartz sand overlies the limestone aquifer; both formations
have very high horizontal and vertical permeabilities. These conditions
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water, as well as movement of
contaminated ground water. Four municipal well fields the John E. Preston,
the Hialeah, and the Upper and Lower Miami Springs are within 3 miles of the
site. : One well is within 3,000 feet of the site. The four well fields serve
750,000 people. Wells in the contaminated area have been taken out of service.
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BEULAH LANDFILL
Pensacola, Florida
Beulah Landfill covers 80 acres in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.
Escambia County operated the landfill during 1950-84. The site is divided
into two areas that were operated independently. The north side, used during
1950-60, was a landfill that received primarily municipal trash. The south
side, essentially a sludge disposal pit, first received domestic septic tank
wastes in 1968 and continued to receive municipal trash, industrial waste,
demolition debris, and municipal sludges until 1984, when the State ordered
operations at the pit to halt. From February 1980 to June 1986, the landfill
operated under a Consent Order with the Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation to accept specified wastes.
Tests conducted by EPA indicate that wastes on the site contain anthracene,
naphthalene, fluoranthene, pyrene, pentachlorophenol, PCB-1260, and zinc.
Analyses of both surface water and ground water show slight increases in
concentrations of zinc from upstream to downstream and from upgradient to
downgradient. Eleven Mile Creek at the downstream edge of the site is used
for recreational activities. A number of residences within 3 miles of the
landfill draw drinking water from the upper 150 feet of the local sand and
gravel aquifer. The nearest well is 700 feet from the site.
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BMI-TEXTRON
Lake Park, Florida
The BMI-Textron Site covers 1 acre at 1121 Silver Beach Road, Lake Park,
Palm Beach County, Florida. The facility began operation in October 1969 under
the name Basic Microelectronics, Inc. In December 1980, the site was sold to
Textron, Inc., and began operation under the name BMI-Textron. Operations
stopped in January 1986.
The facility manufactured chrome-backed glass plates used in producinq
electronic components. The process involved cutting, washinq, and polishinq
glass plates before chrome was deposited. Cyanide was used in the qlass-etchinq
process. Liquid waste from the process was discharged to percolation oonds and
drain fields under a 4-year industrial waste water treatment permit issued on
November 17, 1980, by the Florida Department of Environmental Requlation (FDER).
Four wells were installed at the facility to monitor permit compliance. On
November 10, 1983, BMI-Textron received a Notice of Violation from the Florida
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for excessive levels of nitrates
and total dissolved solids, as well as pH below the allowable limits.
In August 1984, BMI submitted data to FDER showing cyanide contamination
of soil and ground water at the site. On December 20, 1984, BMI-Textron and
FDER entered into a Consent Agreement requiring the company to remove contaminated
soils at the site and .to submit a detailed monitoring program for determininq
the nature and extent of ground water contamination at the site. BMI-Textron
removed approximately 680 cubic yards of cyanide-contaminated soil and transported!
it to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.
In January 1986, FDER found cyanide and fluoride in three on-site monitorinq
wells and in soil near percolation pond #2. On November 18, 1986, BMI-Textron
agreed to comply with another FDER Consent Order to develbo a plan to clean UD
contaminated ground water. BMI-Textron submitted an "Investigative and Cleanuo
Proposal" on January 6, 1987, in response to the November Consent Order.
Two municipal water systems drawing from wells within 3 miles of the site
serve an estimated 108,000 people in Lake Park, Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach,
and Palm Beach Gardens.
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CHEMFORM, INC.
Pompano Beach, Florida
Chemform, Inc., formerly conducted contract metal-working operations on a
4-acre site at 1410 S.W. 8th street in an industrial area of Pompano Beach in
northeastern Broward County, Florida. During approximately 1962-85, the facility
manufactured jet engine parts in a standard machine shop. Subsequently,
operations included manufacturing of a high-tech drilling machine, involving
use of acids. In 1977, an inspector from the Broward County Pollution Control
Board found Chemform, Inc., in violation of county regulations for discharge
of industrial wastes (oily liquid and sludge) onto the ground.
Chemform, Inc., is adjacent to Wilson Concepts of Florida, Inc., which is
also being proposed for the NPL in June 1988.
In August 1985, EPA collected samples of ground water, surface soils, and
subsurface soils. High concentrations of cyanide, mercury, chromium, and
nickel were found in soil and high concentrations of chromium and nickel in
ground water. In July 1986, EPA found chromium, copper, and nickel in ground
water and chromium, copper, nickel, and lead in on-site surface soil.
The Biscayne Aquifer, the primary aquifer underlying the site, supplies
all municipal water in Broward County. 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.
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CITY INDUSTRIES, INC.
Orlando, Florida
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The City Industries, Inc., Site
covers 1 acre in Orlando, Orange County, Florida. From 1971 to mid-August 1983,
the company operated a recycling and transferring facility on the site, handling
a wide variety of chlorinated and nonchlorinated organic solvents, paint/varnish
wastes, acid and alkaline plating wastes, PCBs, and waste ink. According to EPA
tests, ground water, soils, and sediments are contaminated with heavy metals and
volatile organic compounds.
The company abandoned the operation in mid-1983, informing-the State that
it lacked resources to continue operations and leaving approximately 1,200 drums
and 12,000 gallons of unknown liquids and sludges in large tanks. In August
and September 1983, the State funded a cleanup of the site; 41 tons of drums
were crushed and removed, and 65 truck and tanker loads of contaminants were
disposed of properly. The cost was $950,000.
In February 1984, EPA issued an Administrative Order under CERCLA Section
106(a) requiring City Industries to clean sludge from holding tanks, remove
contaminated soils, and treat contaminated ground water. The company did not
comply. In March through May 1984, using about $500,000 of CERLCA emergency
funds, EPA emptied, cut open, and cleaned the tanks, thus removing the threat of
explosion and further soil contamination. EPA's emergency response team used an
incineration device to treat about 1,700 tons of contaminated soil. The treated
soil remains on the site.
In February 1984, the State filed a civil complaint against the landowner,
operator, and four companies associated with the operator. On April 24, 1984,
the State held a meeting attended by generators potentially responsible for
wastes associated with the site.
The facility received Interim status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application. The company filed Part 8, but EPA denied the application twice
for a number of reasons, including the fact that the company did not meet the
financial guarantee and waste analysis requirements of RCRA. The company also
failed to submit a closure plan. EPA terminated Interim Status on July 27, 1983.
Status (June 1987): The generators formed a steering committee comprising
approximately 200 industries. The committee has worked with the state to investi-
gate ground water contamination.
In August 1986, EPA issued Demand Letters to approximately 250 potentially
responsible parties to recover Federal money spent for the 1984 emergency action.
Status (April 1988): EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the NPL because it has lost Interim Status (and hence authority to
operate) and has a history of unwillingness to take corrective action. The
owner/operator has failed to submit an acceptable Part B permit application and
to comply with Federal and State administrative orders. He has abandoned the
site and stated that he is financially unable to clean up the site.
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MADISON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
Madison, Florida
The Madison County Sanitary Landfill covers approximately 133 acres
northeast of the City of Madison, Madison County, Florida. The city owned
and operated the landfill from 1971 through March 1980. According to city
records, ITT Thompson Industries, Inc., disposed of drums and waste containing
trichloroethylene (TCE) and other compounds at the landfill during this
period. The county purchased the landfill from the city and has operated
it since April 1980. The landfill is permitted by the State to accept
municipal solid waste.
In September 1984, the county found TCE in monitoring wells at the
landfill. In November 1984, the Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation (FDER) removed a number of drums from one location where ITT
Thompson's drums had been buried. Drums were removed from a second area
in March 1985. All materials were transported to a hazardous waste facility
regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Beginning in January 1985, the county sampled numerous private wells
in the vicinity of the landfill. High concentrations of TCE and
1,2-dichloroethylene were found in three wells. The county, and later
ITT Thompson, provided bottled water- and ice to these families. In addition,
the city, the county, and ITT Thompson installed water filter systems at
these homes.
In February 1986, FDER entered into a Consent Agreement with the
city, county, and ITT Thompson requiring them to investigate ground water
near the site. The consultant they hired found TCE, methylene chloride,
and trans-l,2-dichloroethylene in on-site monitoring wells and off-site
private wells.
Approximately 95 private wells and 3 City of Madison wells are
within 3 miles of the site, threatening the drinking water supplies of an
estimated 4,400 people.
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PIPER AIRCRAFT CQRP./VERQ BEACH WATER & SEWER DEPARTMENT
Vero Beach, Florida
Conditions at listing (June 1986): The Piper Aircraft Corp./Vero Beach
Water & Sewer Department Site covers 8 acres in Vero Beach, Indian River
County, Florida. Piper assembles and paints light aircraft at the southern
end of the Vero Beach Municipal Airport. In 1980, an unknown amount of
trichloroethylene leaked from an underground storage tank and distribution
system, cxsntaminating a nearby municipal well of the Vero Beach Water & Sewer
Department with volatile organic compounds (VOCs). The well, which was
subsequently shut down, was part of a municipal system serving about 33,000
people. Six months later the city developed two other wells to replace the
closed one.
In 1981, the State entered into a Consent Agreement with Piper Aircraft
requiring the company to conduct a monitoring, testing, and treatment program
at the site. Piper repaired the leaking storage tank and in April 1981
began to pump out the contaminated ground water. To date, the pumping has
yielded approximately 2,050 gallons of VOCs, including trichloroethylene,
cis-trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, and 1,1-dichloroethylene.
The contaminated water is sprayed into the air to enhance removal of VOCs
and is discharged into the Main Canal leading to the Indian River.
Status (December 1986): The city is continuing to submit quarterly
reports on the monitoring of the treated effluent being discharged to the
Indian River.
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PRATT & WHITNEY AIRCRAFT/UNITED TECHNOLOGIES CORP.
West Palm Beach, Florida
Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/United
Technologies Corp. Site comprises about 7,000 acres in West Palm Beach in north
central Palm Beach County, Florida. Jet engines have been manufactured and
tested on the site since 1957. Pratt & Whitney is a privately-owned Canadian-
based operation and a division of United Technologies Corp.
On the site are a sanitary landfill where solvents were disposed of, a
solvent storage tank that leaked approximately 2,000 gallons of trichloro-
ethane through an underground valve, a solvent distillation area, and jet
fuel heaters which contained PCBs until the mid-1970s.
Ground water and surface water are contaminated with PCBs and organic
solvents, according to tests conducted by Pratt & Whitney. The company also
found that the well serving.its 7,200 employees is contaminated with solvents.
Pratt & Whitney has installed a forced aeration system to remove volatile
organic chemicals (VOCs) from its well fields and is involved in discussions
with the State regarding PCBs and landfill remedial actions.
The plant received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed Part A of a permit
application. In 1983, it submitted Part B-of the application.
Status (January 1986); On April 26, 1985, the company signed a Consent
Agreement with the State under which the company is to implement a State-
approved remedial action plan to deal with VXs and PCBs.
Other areas of contamination, including PCB-contaminated soil and a buried
leaking waste oil tank containing VOCs, have been discovered on the property.
The Pratt & Whitney facility was first proposed for the NPL as part of
Update 12. In response to public comments received, EPA completely re-
evaluated the site and made a significant change in its score on the Hazard
Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess sites for the NPL. Consequently,
EPA reproposed the Pratt & Whitney facility on September 18, 1985 (50 FR
37950) as part of NPL Update 14 and solicited comments on the revised score.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Pratt & Whitney Aircraft/
United Technologies Corp. from the proposed NPL. Because it is a treatment and
storage facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle
C of RCRA.
Under the State-approved remedial action plan, Pratt & Whitney is
pumping and treating contaminated ground water.
In June 1987, the State issued a 5-year RCRA permit for treatment and
storage units. EPA expects to issue the corrective action portion of the
permit, which the State is not yet authorized to issue later in 1988.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. Superfund enforcement
authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if
it determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the
site effectively.
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STANDARD AUTO BUMPER O3RP.'
Hialeah, Florida
Conditions at listing (June 1988): Standard Auto Bumper Corp. has electro-
plated automobile bumpers, furniture, and other metal objects with chrome on a
0.8-acre site at 2500 West 3rd Court, Hialeah, Florida, since 1959. The site
is in an urban area in northwest Dade County north of Miami International Airport.
Prior to 1970, waste water from the electroplating and stripping process
was discharged into a ditch between the process building and railroad tracks.
It was allowed to drain to the north, eventually percolating into the ground.
In 1972, the company began treating the plating waste prior to discharging it
into a septic tank/percolator pit and drain field system. Since 1979, treated
waste water has been discharged into the Hialeah sewer system. The metal-
containing sludge from the treatment is transported to an approved hazardous
waste facility. Currently, approximately 2,000-3,000 gallons per day of waste
water are sent to a concrete diked area, where it is treated to convert
hexavalent diranium to the less toxic trivalent state.
In August 1985, EPA detected cadmium, chromium, lead, and copper in surface
soil, subsurface soil, and ground water on the site. The most extensive
contamination was near the drainage pathway. In March 1987, EPA found chromium,
nickel, and copper in surface soil, subsurface soil, and shallow ground water
in the drainage pathway area.
The site is in the recharge zone of the Biscayne Aquifer, which EPA has
designated as a sole source aquifer under the Safe Drinking Water Act. The
aquifer supplies drinking water for all of Dade County. Four municipal well
fieldsthe Upper and Lower Miami Springs, the Hialeah, and the John E.
Prestonthat supply drinking water to 750,000 people are within 3 miles of the
site. One well is within 4,200 feet of the site. Wells in the contaminated
area have been taken out of service.
Status (November 1988); EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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SYDNEY MINE SLUDGE PONDS
Brandonf Florida
The Sydney Mine Sludge Ponds cover 2.1 acres in Brandon, Hillsborough
County, Florida. The ponds are part of an old 1,700-acre phosphate strip
mine and were used for storing and dewatering waste clays and tailings
from phosphate ore processing. The Hillsborough County Division of
Public Utilities leases the land from American Cyanamid Co. and used two
on-site ponds from 1974 to 1982. The larger pond (1.5 acres) received
primarily septic sludge and the smaller pond (0.6 acres) received the
grease trappings from commercial restaurants, industrial cutting oil, and
other types of waste oil. The total volume of wastes in both pits is
over 6,000 cubic yards.
Tests conducted by EPA in 1979 found arsenic and lead in the septic
sludge pond and 1,1,1-trichloroethane and toluene in the oil pond. EPA
also detected 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethene, toluene, and benzene
in ground water that forms the secondary artesian aquifer developed in
the Hawthorne Formation. Over 4,000 persons draw water from wells into
this aquifer within 3 miles of the site.
Turkey Creek is contaminated with cadmium, chromium, lead, and zinc,
according to EPA. The creek is about 0.5 miles to the east of the
site.
The county is working with consultants to determine the best
method for cleaning up the site. The county has constructed an under-
ground slurry wall around the ponds to prevent contaminants from escaping
and ground water from entering. Also, the county is pumping out the
contaminated ground water within the wall, treating it, and spraying the
treated water onto the ground. Incineration of sludges in the pond is
scheduled to get underway shortly.
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WINGATE ROAD MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR DUMP
Fort Lauderdale/ Florida
The Wirigate Road Municipal Incinerator Dump covers 61 acres in Fort
Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. The site includes an incinerator, offices,
and an approximately 40-acre disposal area, all owned and operated by the City
of Fort Lauderdale. Land use in the area is a combination of residential,
commercial, and industrial.
The incinerator and disposal areas were used during 1955-78. Residential
waste, commercial waste, and incinerator residue were disposed of at the dump.
According to a resident of the area, hazardous waste may also have been dumped.
In December 1981, the resident reported to the Broward County Health Department
that 100 steel drums had been buried during 1955-58 north of the incinerator
down a dirt road.
The facility received 480 tons of waste a day and operated 7 days a week.
It pumped cooling water into the incinerator from on-site wells and then discharged
it into an unlined lagoon, possibly Lake Stupid in the southeast corner of the
facility. Ash residues mixed with sludge material from the lagoon were spread
onto the ground in the disposal area. The area is approximately 30 feet above
ground, and the terrain is hilly and partially overgrown with brush and small
trees. Rock Pit Lake is downslope of the northeast section of the disposal area.
Tests conducted in 1985 by EPA detected pesticides (DDT, aldrin, chlordane,
dieldrin) in surface composite soil and subsurface soil from the dump area.
Elevated pesticide concentrations were also reported in sediments from Rock Pit
Lake, which is used for recreational activities. The lake intersects the Biscayne
Aquifer. Thus, there is a threat of contaminants entering the aquifer. An
estimated 353,000 people draw drinking water from four municipal well fields
within 3 miles of the site: the Lauderdale Municipal Water Supply Well Field,
the Broward County District 1A Well Field, the Prospect Well Field, and the
Dixie Well Field. There is no unthreatened alternative source for the Lauderdale
field.
The site is only partially fenced, making it possible for people and animals
to come into direct contact with hazardous substances. About 44,000 people
live within 1 mile of the site.
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WOODBURY CHEMICAL CO. (PRINCETON PLANT)
Princeton, Florida
Woodbury Chemical Co. occupies 3 acres alona the west side of U.S. Route 1
in the southeast section of Dade County approximately 0.5 mile southwest of
Princeton, Florida. Since 1975, the company has blended technical-arade
materials in 50-gallon vats to produce pesticides and fertilizers.
The site consists of six buildings, includina an office, warehouses, and
production buildings, as well as several abovearound storaqe tanks, the
majority of which are diked. Most of the facility qrounds is paved. The
surrounding area is primarily agricultural, with populations concentrated in the
small towns of Princeton and Goulds. Previously, the site was a tomato- and
potato-repacking house and a labor camp for farm workers.
In 1986, E!PA identified aldrin, dieldrin, toxaphene, and chlordane in
four surficial soil samples from the site vicinity.
The Biscayne Aquifer underlyinq the site supplies drinkina water to an
estimated.17,600 residents of Dade County within 3 miles of the site. EPA has
designated the aouifer under the Safe Drinkina Water Act as the sole source
of drinking water for, Dade County. A layer of ouartz sand overlies the oolite
limestone of the aquifer; both formations are hiahlv permeable, facilitatina
the horizontal and vertical movement of around water, which is about 7 feet
below the surface. Three well fields and several private wells are within
3 miles of the site. The well fields include the Elevated Tank Well Field
approximately 2.6 miles south of the site, the Naranja Well Field approxi-
mately 1.5 miles to the southwest, and the Homestead Air Force Base Well Field
approximately 2.5 miles south. A private well is 570 feet from the site.
A canal owned and operated by the State is approximately 2,350 feet
northeast of the site. It flows into Biscayne Bay. Accordina to the Florida
Marine Patrol, manatees, which are designated an endanaered species by the U.P.
Fish and Wildlife Service, are frequently seen near the site.
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CEDARTCWN INDUSTRIES, INC.
Cedartown, Georgia
Conditions at listincr (June 1988): The Cedartown Industries, Inc., Site
covers 6.8 acres in the southwest section of the City of Cedartown, Polk County,
Georgia, in the floodplain of Cedar Creek. Originally, the site was the
location of a foundry and machine shop. From August 1978 to May 1980, Cedartown
Industries operated a secondary lead smelter on the site. The lead came from
the cutting of automobile batteries on the southeast corner of the site. In
1980, the company sold the property to H & M Transfer Co., which parks and
repairs its vehicles on a portion of the site.
Remaining on-site when Cedartown Industries ceased operations were an
uncovered pile containing about 5,000 cubic yards of slag and flue dust from
the smelting operations and a 32,000-gallon surface impoundment holding liquids
from the battery-cutting operations. This information was contained in Part A
of an application for a permit under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act filed in November 1980 by Sanders Lead Co., owner of Cedartown
Industries, Inc. The application was filed protectively in anticipation of a
resumption of operations, which never occurred. The application was withdrawn
in June 1983.
In January 1986, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division detected
lead in the soil around the pile and in sediments in the inpoundments.
The Newala Limestone Formation underlies the site. It feeds a large spring
that is the sole source of water for Cedartown's water system. This spring and
a well that supplies the Polk County water system, both within 3 miles of the
site, provide drinking water to an estimated 25,700 people.
The site is adjacent to Cedar Creek, which is used for fishing downstream.
This area of CPdar Creek is in the 10-year floodplain. In 1979, the site
experienced a 500-year flood.
Status (December 1988J; 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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DIAMOND SHAMROCK CORP. LANDFILL
Cedartown, Georgia
The Diamond Shamrock Corp. Landfill covers less than 1 acre-in Cedartown/
Balk County, Georgia. Between 1972 and 1977, the company buried drummed
and bulk waste in three 6-foot-deep trenches. The waste included
fungicides, amides, oil and oil sludges, esters, ethers, alcohols, and
metallic salts, according to the company.
The trenches are unlined, in an area of permeable soils, and in the
floodplain of Cedar Creek, which is a major tributary of the Coosa River.
Ground water is shallow (less than 10 feet). These conditions potentially
threaten surface water and ground water in the area.
An estimated 25,000 people draw drinking water from public wells
within 3 miles of the site.
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FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO. (ALBANY PLANT)
Albany, Georgia
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has manufactured tires on a 329.2-acre site
in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, since 1968. Until 1980, drums of waste
cement were stored on the ground in an area of less than 1 acre. In another
area, wastes were buried in a pit during fire-training exercises.
In 1986, a consultant to the company detected benzene, 1,1-dichloro-
ethylene, toluene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and zinc in
on-site wells. An estimated 400 people obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site, and 1,000 acres of cropland are irrigated
with well water.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-only
status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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MARZONE, INC./CHEVRON CHEMICAL CO.
Tifton, Georgia
Conditions at listing (June 1988); The Marzone, Inc./Chevron Chemical Co.
Site covers 3 acres at the junction of Golden Road and the Georgia Southern and
Florida Railroad line in Tifton, Tift County, Georgia. It has been the location
of an agricultural chemical formulation plant since 1950, when it was purchased
by Chevron Chemical Co. At first, Chevron blended dry powders on-site. Sometime
during 1963-64, the company constructed a building to formulate liquids. A drum
storage facility, three 10,000-gallon solvent tanks, one 12,000-gallon toxaphene
tank, and a waste water pond were also added during Chevron's ownership. Chevron
sold the property in 1970, after which Tifton Chemical Co. (1970-77), Tifchem
Products, Inc. (1977-78), and Marzone, Inc. (1979-82) continued to formulate
agricultural chemicals on the site. Kova Fertilizer, Inc., purchased the property
through foreclosure in 1983. The facility is now owned by Milan, Inc. Ray
Taylor Plant Co. operates the warehouse as a distribution center.
Records of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division indicate numerous
environmental problems at the site starting in 1973. In March 1981, Marzone,
Inc., excavated the waste water pond and filled it in. In March 1984, Kova
Fertilizer removed 49 drums of pesticide wastes. Both companies sent the wastes
to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
In May 1984, EPA and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division inspected
the site. Analyses conducted in September 1984 indicated that pesticides,
including toxaphene, lindane, methyl parathion, atrazine, and endrin, were present
in on-site soil and ground water. In October 1984, using CERCLA emergency funds,
EPA removed and disposed of stored wastes, decontaminated buildings and equipment,
excavated contaminated surface soils, drained water and accumulated sediments in
a truck-loading area near the railroad tracks, and transported 1,700 tons of
waste materials to a RCRA-regulated facility. Prior to the removal action of
October 1984, EPA sent Notice Letters to known potentially responsible parties
including Chevron, Tifton Chemical Co., Tifchem Products, Inc., and Kova
Fertilizer, Inc.informing them of proposed cleanup actions under CERCLA.
Chevron responded to the letter. Under a Consent Agreement with EPA signed in
April 1985, Chevron undertook cleanup actions, including excavating the waste
water lagoon, a drainage ditch, and a railroad ditch; filling them in; and
transporting the contaminated soil to a RCRA-regulated facility.
Within 3 miles of the site are 28 private wells tapping the shallow,
contaminated aquifer. The wells are the sole source of drinking water in the
area.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified as a
non- or late filer under RCRA. Although the facility was treating, storing, or
disposing of hazardous waste after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A
permit application by that date as required and has little or no history of
compliance with RCRA Subtitle C.
Status (September 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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OLIN CORP. (AREAS 1, 2, & 4)
Augusta, Georgia
Conditions at listing (September 1983); Olin Corp.'s plant in Augusta,
Richmond County, Georgia, manufactures chlorine and caustic soda, generating a
mercury-contaminated brine sludge in the process. Since the early 1970s, Olin
has disposed of the sludge in two unlined disposal pits and in a lined surface
impoundment (Areas 1, 2, and 4). The liner in the impoundment may have been
damaged by dumping of construction rubble. About 32,000 tons of mercury-
contaminated wastes have been disposed of in the three areas. All three areas,
plus a retort ash and filter cake dump, occupy about 5 acres on the southern
portion of the plant property. In April and July 1981, the company's on-site
monitoring wells near the disposal facilities detected mercury in ground water.
Within 3 miles of the disposal areas are 11 Richmond County drinking
water wells. More than 10,000 people use ground water in this area. Large
areas of fresh water wetlands are within 1.5 miles of the Olin plant.
The plant acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource Conser-
vation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application. EPA called in Part B of the application in August 1983. EPA
certified that the company was in compliance with the financial requirements
and ground water monitoring requirements of RCRA Section 3005(e).
Status (June 1984); A State Consent Order executed in January 1984 required
Olin to cease waste disposal in the two pits and to retain a consultant to fully
define the extent of contamination. The company submitted the resulting Ground
Water Assessment Program Report to the State for review.
Status (January 1986); In May 1985, the State issued an order requiring
Olin to submit a corrective action plan for all releases into the environment
from all disposal units at the site. Olin appealed the order and in December
1985 the State agreed to rescind it. Then the State required Olin to meet the
January 1984 order calling for closing the pits. However, the State required
no further corrective action beyond that, and EPA is currently assessing the
State-Olin agreement for consistency with RCRA requirements.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Olin Corp. (Areas 1, 2, & 4)
from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storage and disposal
facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
After EPA assessed the State-Olin agreement in September 1986, the State
issued a RCRA permit, which includes a schedule for corrective action. Olin had
installed a system to pump and treat contaminated ground water in June 1986,
before the permit was issued. The company is meeting the schedule for corrective
action.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. Superfund enforcement
authorities may also1be used. EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if
it determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean up
the site effectively.
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WDOLFOLK CHEMICAL WORKS, INC.
Fort Valley, Georgia
The Woolfolk Chemical Works, Inc., Site covers 18 acres near the
center of Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia. The company began operation
in 1910 as a lime-sulfur plant and has evolved into a full-line pesticide
plant formulating pesticides in liquid, dust, and granular forms for the
agricultural, lawn, and garden markets. The methods of handling these
products over the years have resulted in extensive contamination at the
site. Tests conducted by the Georgia Environmental Protection Division
in 1985 and 1986 detected metals and pesticides, including lead, arsenic,
chlordane, DDT, lindane, and toxaphene, in on-site soil and ground water,
and in an open ditch south of the plant.
Three of the five Fort Valley municipal water supply wells are
within 1,000 feet of the facility. The system is the sole source of
water in the area. Late in 1986, EPA found arsenic and lead in two of
the wells at levels below Federal drinking water standards. An estimated
10,000 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles
of the site.
State records indicate numerous instances where untreated industrial
waste was discharged into surface waters. During a routine inspection
in 1979, EPA discovered that the facility was discharging unauthorized
waste water from the production of the pesticide dichlorobromopropane
into Bay Creek. Records indicate that the majority of the waste waters
were discharged into a storm sewer on the site. These effluents would
flow into an open ditch located south of the plant and then into Big
Indian Creek.
The company has changed hands several times. The current owner,
Security Lawn and Garden Products Co., acquired the operation in 1984
from Canadyne-Georgia Corp., which operated the facility during 1977-84.
In 1986-87, Canadyne capped one area of contamination and removed some
contaminated soil to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle
C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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KUNIA WELLS I
County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Kunia Wells I Site consists
of four drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the City and
County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the Schofield Plateau in the
County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. They are contaminated with
trichloropropane (TCP), according to analyses conducted by the Hawaii
Department of Health and other government agencies. The Kunia Wells I are
part of a distribution system which serves 21,000 people. Water from the
Kunia I Wells is blended with water fron another well field.
There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration towers.
Status (January 1986); EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely fron the
application of pesticides- registered mder~the~Federa±~i:nsecticidie7
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund'
KUNIA WELLS II
County of Honolulu, Island of Qahu, Hawaii
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Kunia Wells II Site
consists of two drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the
City and County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the Schofield
Plateau in the County of Honolulu, Island of Cahu, Hawaii. They are
contaminated with dibronochloropropane (DBCP) and trichloropropane (TCP),
according to analyses conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and
other government agencies. They have been closed since July 1983. The
wells are part of the Kunia distribution system that provides drinking
water to about 13,700 people.
There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Qahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing DBCP and TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration
towers.
Status (January 1986): EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the_NPL on.the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites at
which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
v
A contract was awarded by a private developer to build a carbon
treatment plant at Kunia II. Construction is complete, and the plant is
scheduled to be operational in March 1986.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund'
MILILANr WELLS
County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Mililani Walls Site
consists of six drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the
City and County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the lower Schofield
Plateau in the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. They are
contaminated with dibromochloropropane (DBCP) and trichloropropane (TCP),
according to tests conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and other
government agencies. Three of the wells are presently not being used.
The Mililani wells normally supply water to 19,500 people through a
closed distribution system.
There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods £or decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing DBCP and TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration
towers.
Status (January 1986); EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in'Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
The developer of Mililani Town has awarded a contract to build a carbon
treatment plant at the wells. The plant will be designed to remove the
pesticides from the water prior to distribution. The plant is complete
and is scheduled to be operational in March 1986.
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WAIAWA SHAFT
County of Honolulu, Island of Qahu, Hawaii
Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Waiawa Shaft is located
on the Ewa Plain in the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii, and
is owned and operated by the U.S. Navy. The well is part of a closed
distribution system which provides drinking water to 64,000 people in the
area of McGrew Point, Pearl Harbor, and part of Hickam Air Force Base.
The well is contaminated with dibromochloropropane (DBCP) and trichloro-
propane (TCP), according to analyses conducted by the U.S. Navy and other
government agencies.
" There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing DBCP and TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration
towers. The Navy is currently reviewing alternative treatment methods
for DBCP removal in a study designed to complement the Board of Water
Supply effort.
Status (January 1986): EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence,. EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
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WAIPAHU WELLS
County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Havaii
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Waipahu Wells Site
consists of four drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the
City and County of Honolulu. The wells are located on the Ewa Plain in
the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii. They are contaminated
with ethylene dibromide (EDB) and trichloropropane (TCP), according to
analyses conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and other government
agencies. The Waipahu Wells are part of a distribution system which
serves 13,700 people in Waipahu, Ewa, and Waianae. All the wells have
been closed down.
There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration towers.
However, because of continuing contamination, the people served by the
Waipahu Wells are,being provided with an alternative supply of drinking
water.
Status (January 1986): EPA received numerous comments on the six
sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely from the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
The Board of Water Supply is building a carbon treatment plant at
the Waipahu well field. The treatment plant will be designed to remove
the pesticides from the water prior to distribution. The plant is
scheduled to be operational in the summer of 1986.
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WAIPIO HEIGHTS WELLS II
County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii
Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Waipio Heights Wells II
Site consists of two drinking water wells that are owned and operated by
the City and County of Honolulu. The wells are located in Waipio on the
lower Schofield Plateau in the County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii.
One well is contaminated with trichloropropane (TCP), according to analyses
conducted by the Hawaii Department of Health and other government agencies.
The other well has been shut down for repairs and has not been tested for
contamination. The wells are part of a distribution system which serves
3,400 people in the Waipio Heights area.
There are several well sites with similar contamination problems
located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain area of Oahu. The City and
County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
removing TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration towers.
Status (January 1986); EPA received numerous comments on the six
.sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely frcra the
application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFPA). EPA is continuing to evaluate
these sites in the context of an overall policy with respect to sites
at which contamination results from the application of FIFRA-registered
pesticides. Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
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ADAMS COUNTY QUINCY LANDFILLS #2 & #3
Quincy, Illinois
The Adams County Quincy Municipal Landfills #2 and #3 are approximately 5
miles east of Quincy, Adams County, Illinois. Landfill #2 covers 11.75 acres
and landfill #3 approximately 40 acres. In 1973 and 1975, they were permitted
by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to operate as solid
waste disposal sites.
As the only operating, permitted landfills in Adams County from
September 1972 to August 1978, Quincy landfills received the majority of the
county's waste, including putrescible, nonputrescible, demolition, combustible,
and hazardous materials. IEPA records show that the City of Quincy accepted
liquid industrial waste for disposal into pits until the liquids could be
pumped into the covered portions of the site. The site was unlined. Wastes
disposed of included solvents, acids, sludges containing heavy metals, spent
organic solvents used in degreasing, waste water treatment sludges from
electroplating operations, hydraulic oil, machine coolants, thinners, acetone,
and toluene. An estimated 23,000 drums of hazardous wastes were accepted. The
site involved area fill and trench fill operations.
Ground water samples taken on-site by IEPA in September 1985, January 1986,
and April 1986 showed contamination by 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
methane, chloride, trichloroethylene, benzene, and selenium. In June 1985 and
August 1986, IEPA sampled two nearby private wells. One well was contaminated
by 1,1-dichloroethane, dichloroethylene, chloroform, tetrachloroethylene, and
benzene.* (Both wells were closed, and the city provided an alternative water
supply.) Other wells showed elevated levels of iron, cyanide, and zinc. An
estimated 300 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of
the site.
In an inspection conducted in 1984, EPA observed leachate seeps and ponds
at the site, threatening nearby surface waters. The site is not completely
fenced, making it possible for people and animals to come into direct contact
with hazardous substances.
In mid-1987, a contractor for a number of parties potentially responsible
for wastes associated with the site started a remedial investigation/feasibility
study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site.
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AMOCO CHEMICALS CORP. (JOLIET LANDFILL)
Joliet, Illinois
Amoco Chemicals Corp. manufactures chemicals on a 75-acre property
approximately 6 miles southwest of Joliet, Will County, Illinois. According
to information the company provided to EPA, as required by section 103(c) of
CERCLA, about 5 million cubic feet of wastes, including organics, inorganics,
heavy metals, acids, and mixed municipal refuse, were disposed of in a 6-acre
landfill on the property during 1958-72. Some ignitable wastes and organic
acid residues were disposed of in drums in the landfill. In 1976, Amoco covered
the landfill with 2 feet of compacted clay and seeded it with perennial grasses.
A leachate collection system was installed under a permit from the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). The leachate is treated in Amoco's
waste water treatment plant before it is discharged to Des Plaines River. The
landfill was officially closed in February 1978. Tests conducted by Amoco in
1982 and IEPA in 1974 indicate that monitoring wells downgradient of the site
are contaminated with benzene; toluene; ethylbenzene; and para-, meta-, and
ortho-xylene. A shallow aquifer underlies the site. Approximately 1,100
persons obtain drinking water from private wells drilled into the aquifer
within 3 miles of the site.
According to IEPA, leachate from the old landfill flows into an inlet to
the adjacent Des Plaines River. IEPA tests detected phenol, cadmium, copper,
lead, and manganese in the river, which is used for recreational activities.
The site is open to the river, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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BELOIT CORP.
Rockton, Illinois
Beloit Corp. has occupied a 175-acre site in the Village of Rockton,
Winnebago County, Illinois, since 1961. There are two operations at the site:
a plant for manufacturing wet-end paper-making machines, and a research and
development facility for designing and demonstrating the machines to prospective
customers.
The facility purchases clean virgin pulp to make multilayered paper
products. The waste water and paper fibers generated go to three unlined sur-
face impoundments. The paper fiber sediment from the botton of the impoundments
is spread on the ground in accordance with a State permit issued in December
1983. In May 1983, the Illinois Environmental Protection Aqency (IEPA) found
1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene in sediments
in the ponds and in November 1985 found toluene in pond water.
On-site monitoring wells contain 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane,
and 1,1-dichlorethylene and nearby private wells contain trichloroethvlene,
according to tests conducted in November 1985 by Beloit Corp.
An estimated 15,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site. The Winnebago County Department of Public
Health, IEPA, and the.Illinois Department of Public Health are workina toqether
on a program to monitor ground water in the Rockford area.
Rock River is less than 50 feet from Beloit's surface impoundments. Local
surface water is used for recreational activities.
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CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
Taylorville, Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service Co. (CIPS) formerly operated a
coal gasification plant on a 1.0-acre site in Taylorville, Christian
County, Illinois. The site is bordered by Webster Street and Manners
Park on the east, the CIPS pole storage yard and N&W Railroad on the
west, private residences on the north, and a large wooded area to the
south. The site currently consists of an office building with a gravel
parking lot to the west and an undeveloped lot to the south.
The gas plant was constructed in 1892 and operated by Taylorville
Gas and Electric Co. until 1912, when it was acquired by CIPS. Operations
stopped in 1932. CIPS sold the property in 1961.
In producing a natural gas substitute, the process generated coal
tar, which contain polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other
impurities that were periodically removed and sold or given away for use
as road oil, roofing tar, or a pesticide. When CIPS abandoned the facility,
the aboveground structures were razed. Underground tanks and other
equipment remained in place. The tar remaining in the tanks was covered
with miscellaneous debris and fill.
Contamination at the Taylorville site was first suspected when Apple
Construction Co., which acquired the site in April 1985, was excavating a
trench for a septic tank drainage line. The trench was directly adjacent
to and east of the abandoned storage tank at the site. Workers noted
strong odors, discoloration of the excavated soils, and a dark viscous
material throughout the soil. CIPS was notified of the problems and
immediately began an investigation.
By mid-1986, CIPS confirmed the presence of PAHs, including
benzo(a) pyrene, anthracene, and phenanthrene, as well as benzene and
toluene, in soils and ground water within the site boundaries.
Soils/sediments and ground water off-site and,to a lesser extent,
surface water are similarly contaminated. An estimated 12,700 people
obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of
of the site. Contaminants were found as far away as the South Fork of
the Sangamon River, 0.4 mile from the site. Local surface water is
used for recreational activities.
The site is partially fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In December 1986, CIPS purchased the site from Apple construction
Co. In January 1987, CIPS began preliminary remedial activities at the
site consisting of excavation and disposal of contaminated soil. The
materials were transported to a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. At the
present time, in cooperation with IEPA, CIPs is investigating a long-
term solution.
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DUPAGE COUNTY LANDFILL/BLACKWELL FOREST PRESERVE
Warrenville, Illinois
DuPage County Landfill covers 40 acres of the 1,235-acre Blackwell
Forest Preserve along the west branch of the DuPage River in Warrenville,
DuPage County, Illinois. During 1965-72, the DuPage County Public Works
Department operated the landfill, accepting demolition debris, municipal
refuse, and unknown amounts of potentially hazardous waste.
The materials were deposited to a height of 188 feet above the
original ground level. When the site was closed, the Public Works Depart-
ment covered it with a clay cap that exceeds State standards. It is now
used as a toboggan run in the winter.
In 1984, a consultant to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage
County detected volatile organic compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane,
1,2-dichloropropane, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, and 1,2-dichloroethane, in
numerous monitoring wells installed around the site. Private and public
wells within 3 miles of the site provide drinking water to 44,000 people.
The Forest Preserve District continues to monitor the landfill. A lake
close to the landfill has been closed to swimming as a precautionary
measure.
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H.O.D LANDFILL
Antioch, Illinois
Conditions at listing (September 1985); H.O.D Landfill covers 82
acres in Antioch, Lake County, Illinois. Bulk liquid organic wastes and
drummed wastes generated by Johnson Motors Division of Outboard Marine
Corp. were disposed of at the site in 1963-81, according to the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). One tanker dumped wastes containing
moderately high levels (80 parts per billion) of PCBs, according to State
tests.
Monitoring wells downgradient of the site contain zinc, lead, and
cadmium, according to tests conducted by EPA. Antioch municipal wells
serving 4,600 people are within 3 miles downgradient of the site. The
nearest well is 600 feet from the site.
The site is in a fresh-water wetland. Seguiot Creek, which is adjacent
to the site on the south and west, flows into a series of lakes used for
recreation.
In 1975, the State filed a suit against Waste Management, Inc., of
Illinois, which had purchased the site from H.O.D. Corp. The suit alleged
violations involving operation of the landfill without a permit and cover
violations. The daily cover violations were dismissed because inspections
were not performed at the end of the working day, and intermediate cover
violations occurred on only a small area of the site and had been corrected.
In 1978, the State filed an enforcement notice against Waste Management
for repeated violations of State law regarding cover requirements at the
landfill. Under a settlement reached in October 1984, Waste Management
agreed to stop the cover violations and pay a $5,000 fine.
Status (September 1986); EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.
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ILADA ENERGY CO.
East Cape Girardeau, Illinois
The Ilada Energy Co. Site covers 20.3 acres in East Cape Girardeau,
Alexander County, Illinois. In 1942, the Federal Government built a bulk
fuel oil storage/transfer terminal on the site, which had access to the
Mississippi River. The 17 tanks on-site hold in excess of 11 million gallons.
The Government used the terminal until the early or mid-1950s. Then it was
deeded back to the original land owner.
During 1981-83, Ilada Energy Co. operated the tank farm as a waste oil
reclamation facility. The process consisted of removing bottom sediment and
water from the waste oil and blending for desired heat content.
An inspection conducted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(IEPA) during 1982 found that the company was improperly storing, handling,
mixing, and disposing of waste oils contaminated with PCBs. The PCB-laden
waste oil was being burned in an on-site boiler. Of the 17 tanks, 11 contained
oil contaminated with chlorinated organic solvents, metals, and other elemental
constituents of PCBs. Spills and leakage of oily material were observed
under the valves of the tanks and in the designated loading and unloading
areas.
In January 1983, EPA filed a complaint against the company for PCB
violations under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The company signed a
Consent Decree for cleaning up the site but abandoned the site before taking
any action. Early in 1986, IEPA installed six monitoring wells on the site.
Analyses detected arsenic in two of the wells. An estimated 500 people obtain
drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
The facility is within the floodplain of the Mississippi River. The area
is relatively flat, with the site at a surface elevation of about 334 feet
above sea level. Ground water flows south-southwest toward the Mississippi
River. The facility is protected from the Mississippi River by a levee that
borders the southern edge of the site. The surrounding area is sparsely
populated by farms and cultivated fields.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified
as a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA). Although the facility was treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous
waste after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A permit application by
that date as required and has little or no history of compliance with RCRA
Subtitle C.
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KERR-McGEE (KRESS CREEK/WEST BRANCH OF DUPAGE RIVER)
DuPage County, Illinois
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Kerr-McGee (Kress Creek/
West Branch-of DuPage River) .Site includes about 1.5 miles of Kress Creek
and 0.5 miles of the West Branch of the DuPage River in DuPage County,
Illinois. About 20,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.
In 1931, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co. established a mill in West
Chicago for the extraction of thorium and nonradioactive elements from
monazite and other ores. Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
gaslight mantles (which contain thorium), mesothorium, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric acid. Ownership of the facility changed from Lindsay
to American Potash & Chemical in 1958 and to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in
1967. Operations at the site continued until 1973, when Kerr-McGee, the
current owner, closed the plant.
Over the years, a portion of the wastes from the plant was discharged
into Kress Creek, a tributary of the DuPage River, either via a storm sewer
or drainage ditch. Radiation contamination, which is found to a depth of
several feet along the stream, decreases with distance from the creek.
Many of the highest levels are found near-the storm sewer outfall. Water
in the area is obtained from municipal or private wells.
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission issued an Order to Show Cause,
dated March 21, 1984, requiring Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. to either
prepare and implement a cleanup plan, or show it should not be required
to do so.
Status (January 1986); Because of an administrative error during the
public comment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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KERR-MCGEE (REED-KEPPLER PARK)
West Chicago, Illinois
Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Kerr-McGee (Reed-Keppler
Park) Sife is in Reed-Keppler Park in West Chicago, Illinois. About
15,000 people live1, within 3 miles of the site.
In 1931, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co. established a mill in West
Chicago for the extraction of thorium and nonradioactive elements from
monazite and other ores. Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
gaslight mantles (which contain thorium), mesothorium, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric acid. Ownership of the facility changed from Lindsay
to Anerican Potash & Chemical in-1958 and to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in
1967. Operations at the site continued until 1973 when Kerr-McGee, the
current owner, closed the plant.
Radioactive materials were landfilled at an 11-acre site which had
apparently boen a gravel guarry. The fJ.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's-
contractor located contaminated areas within the landfill and around and
under tennis courts adjacent to it. Contaminated material around (not
under) the tennis courts was moved onto an area of surface contamination,
.which, wa.s-then-.-fenced_and_.posted.
Status (January 1986); Because of an administrative error during the
public comment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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KERR-MCGEE (RESIDENTIAL AREAS)
West Chicago/DuPage County, Illinois
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Kerr-McGee (Residential
Areas) Site is in West Chicago and DuPage County, Illinois. The site
covers the aeneral area of elevated radiation levels adjacent to the
Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. facility on the east (about 30 acres), as well.
as other adjacent areas and isolated spots of elevated radiation levels.
About 15,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.
In 1931, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co. established a mill in West
Chicago for the extraction of thorium and nonradioactive elements from
monazite and other ores. Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
qaslight mantles (which contain thorium),.mesothorium, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric acid. Cwnership of the facility changed from Lindsay
to American Potash & Chemical in 1958 and to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in
1967. Operations at the site continued until 1973, when Kerr-McGee, the
current owner, closed the plant.
In 1978, the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's contractor located
75 spots of elevated radiation levels.. Since that time, the nunber has
grown to around 87. Overlying many of these spots adjacent to the Kerr-McGee
facility is an area of generally elevated radiation levels. Although the
general area of contamination may be due, in part, to long-term emissions
from the facility, the primary source of contamination is believed to be
the result of specific incidents such as spills or use of contaminated
materials as fill.
Status (January 1986): Because of an administrative error.during the
public conment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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KERR-McGFH! (SFWAGE TREATMENT PLANT)
West Chicago, Illinois
Conditions at listing (October 1984)t The Kerr-McGee (Sewage
Treatment Plant) Site covers about 23 acres in West Chicago, Illinois.
About 15,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.
In 1931, Lindsay Light & Chemical Co. established a mill in West
Chicago for the extraction of thorium and nonradioactive elements from
monazite and other ores. Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
gaslight mantles (which contain thoriun), mesothoriun, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric acid. Ownership of the facility changed from Lindsay
to American Potash & Chemical in 1958 and to Kerr-McGee Chemical Corp. in
1967.. Operations at the site continued until 1973, when Kerr-McGee, the
current owner, closed the plant.
The original sewage treatment plant was built in 1919 and included
two septic tanks. Over the years, the plant changed, and the tanks were
filled with radioactive materials. In addition, fill, including radio-
active materials, was placed in other areas of the site. While modernizing
the plant, the city has located many surface and subsurface areas 06
contamination. To allow the modernization to continue,-any areas that
obstruct construction are expected to be excavated and the material placed
in a designed storage area on the site.'
Status (January 1986); Because of an administrative error during the
public comment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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LENZ OIL SERVICE, INC.
Lemont, Illinois
Lenz Oil Service, Inc., operated an oil and solvent storage/transfer
facility on a 2.6-acre site at Route 83 and Jeans Road in Cook County, Illinois,
under several owners for over 20 years. In 1981, the company received a permit
from the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to accept hazardous
waste.
Early in 1985, three surface impoundments were constructed and used to
store hazardous waste without a permit from IEPA. They were constructed of
very porous and permeable cinder. Also on the site were five aboveground and
eight semiburied storage tanks, as well as drums of waste.
On May 2, 1985, IEPA referred a lawsuit to the Illinois Attorney General
alleging mismanagement of hazardous waste. On June 24, 1985, the DuPage County
Circuit Court ordered Lenz Oil Service to start immediate cleanup actions, file
a cleanup plan for the site, and file a closure and compliance plan.
Lenz Oil Service filed two cleanup plans that were generally deemed
adequate. The owner took some action before stopping operations in November
1985. In April 1986, he filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Federal
bankruptcy code.
In mid-1986, IEPA undertook a three-phase cleanup. In Phase I, IEPA
inventoried and sampled all wastes. Drummed wastes were predominately^oils,
solvents, and tar waste. The tanks contained mostly water contaminated with
oils and solvents.
Soil underlying the facility is contaminated with high levels of organic
compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, to a depth of 9-10 feet. Ground
water, both underlying and surrounding the facility, is also contaminated with
organics1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethylene,
toluene, 2-butanone, and xylenes. Ten monitoring wells have been installed
three.on-site and seven off-site. Private residential wells adjacent to the
site are also contaminated. Residents are currently buying bottled water. A
sampling plan is being developed to better define the extent of ground water
contamination.
Phase II of IEPA'S cleanup calls for treatment of approximately 7,000 tons
of contaminated soils and sludges, 250,000 gallons of contaminated liquids,
and 200 drums of liquid and semisolid waste by an on-site incineration system.
Phase III will consist of capping the site with an impermeable layer of clay
and cleaning up ground water.
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 NPL/RCRA
policy: the owner has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial
action by invoking bankruptcy laws.
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SHEFFIELD (U.S. ECOLOGY, INC.)
Sheffield, Illinois
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The U.S. Ecology, Inc., Landfill
covers 45 acres in a strip-mined area in Sheffield, Bureau County, Illinois.
The company, which was formerly known as Nuclear Engineering Co., began
operating the site in the late 1960s. U.S. Ecology was purchased by Teledyne,
Inc., in January 1981. The site ceased operation in January 1983.
At one time, the site was the largest hazardous waste disposal site in
Illinois. It accepted a wide variety of hazardous waste, including acids,
bases, low-flash-point organic solvents, pesticides, and sludges containing
heavy metals. Monitoring wells in the shallow aquifer at the site are
contaminated with arenes, aromatic hydrocarbons, ketones, aliphatic hydro-
carbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, ethers, and PCBs, according to tests
conducted by the State Water Survey Division and the U.S. Geological Survey.
An estimated 450 people use the shallow aquifer within 3 miles of the site
as a source of drinking water.
The facility received Interim status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a
permit application.
U.S. Ecology has submitted a plan for closing the site according to
RCRA requirements, but the state considers the plan incomplete.
Status (January 1986); EPA is reviewing a revised closure plan
submitted by the company and conducting monitoring to determine if the
facility is meeting RCRA requirements.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Sheffield (U.S. Ecology,
Inc.) from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storage, and
disposal facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of RCRA.
On September 30, 1985, EPA and U.S. Ecology, Inc., signed a Consent
Order under RCRA Section 3008(h) requiring the company to (1) conduct a
remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
action and (2) take corrective action. The RI/FS is scheduled to be completed
late in 1988. After that time, the public will have the opportunity to comment
on the cleanup alternative recommended in the draft RI/FS report. The closure
plan requested earlier will not have to be resubmitted until the RI/FS is
completed.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. -Superfund enforcement
authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL
if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean
up the site effectively.
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STAUFFER CHEMICAL CO. (CHICAGO HEIGHTS PLANT)
Chicago Heights, Illinois
Stauffer Chemical Co. produces food-grade products and pesticides in
a plant covering 15 acres in Chicago Heights, Cook County, Illinois.
Stauffer purchased the plant in 1958 from Victor Chemical Works, which
had made phosphates there since 1902.
Stauffer Chemical disposed of about 175,000 cubic feet of hazardous
waste in an unlined pile and in buried drums, according to information
the company provided EPA as required under CERCLA section 103(c). The
waste area covers 2.5 acres. At one time, Stauffer also had two settling
lagoons. After they were closed, the sediment from the lagoons was added
to the pile. When on-site disposal ceased in 1979, the 60-fcot-high pile
was covered with 1 to 2 feet of clay.
According to tests conducted in 1984 by EPA, high levels of arsenic
and lesser amounts of antimony and selenium are present in shallow ground
water below the site. To date, the deeper aquifer is not contaminated.
However, the two aquifers are hydraulically connected so that water can
move between them. Wells extending into the lower aquifer within 3 miles
of the site provide drinking water for an estimated 70,000 people. The
nearest well is within 1 mile of the site.
The site is near a drainage ditch that leads to Thorn Creek 3,000
feet away. Sauk Trail Lake, which is used for recreation, is within 3
miles downstream of the site.
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WARNER ELECTRIC BRAKE & CLUTCH CO.
Roscoe, Illinois
Warner Electric Brake & Clutch Co. has manufactured drive train components
on a 93.9-acre site in Roscoe, Winnebago County, Illinois, since 1957.
Chlorinated solvents used in plant operations are present in two on-site lagoons
that were part of the plant's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Tests conducted in 1984 by Warner and its contractor found that monitoring
wells around the lagoons are contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE),
1,1,1-trichloroethane, and trans-l,2-dichlorethylene.
In 1983, Winnebago County Public Health and the State found up to 5,700
parts per billion of TCE in private wells in Hononegah Country Estates and
Moore Haven Subdivision. In 1984, the company constructed a public water
supply system for Hononegah Country Estates. The system currently supplies
208 customers. An estimated 7,400 people obtain drinking water from public
and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
The company also removed 16,000 tons of contaminated materials from the
two lagoons, transported them to a hazardous waste facility approved under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), filled the
lagoons, capped the east lagoon with 1 foot of compacted clay, and covered
each with 6 inches of top soil. The company continues to monitor ground water.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified as a
non- or late filer under RCRA. Although the facility was treating, storing,
or disposing of hazardous waste after November 19, 1980, it did not file "a
Part A permit application by that date as required and has little or no history
of compliance with RCRA Subtitle C.
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WOODSTOCK MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
Woodstock, Illinois
Woodstock Municipal Landfill covers 40 to 50 acres in Woodstock,
McHenry County, Illinois. The site was an open dump prior to 1969, when
the city started burying municipal waste in trenches. The city estimates
that approximately 3,000 cubic yards of nickel sludge generated by the
Autolite Plant in Woodstock were disposed at the landfill during 1972-76.
The landfill ceased accepting waste after 1976 and in 1980 was placed on
the "closed and covered" list of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
During a March 1985 inspection, EPA observed leachate seeping at the
site. Soil near leachate seeps contained cadmium, chromium, copper, lead
arsenic, and nickel. Underlying the site are layers of permeable sand and
gravel, facilitating movement of contaminants into ground water. An
estimated 12,400 people obtain drinking water from public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site, including the City of Woodstock's six
wells.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with leachate seeps.
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OONRAIL RAIL YARD (ELKHART)
Elkhart, Indiana
Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) has operated a rail yard on County Road 1
at the southwestern edge of Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, since 1976. '
Previously, the 675-acre property had been a rail yard for New York Central
Railroad (1956-68) and Perm Central Railroad (1968-76).
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has documented
numerous spills at the rail yard since 1976.
In June 1986, EPA's emergency removal program was asked by the Elkhart
County Health Department to confirm analyses indicating that local wells were
contaminated with carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene (TCE). EPA's
investigation identified five areas covering about 5 acres requiring further
study: the diesel shop, the area surrounding oil and water tanks, several
areas where wastes may have been buried, the shop where car tanks were cleaned,
and the Crawford Ditch, which flows into the St. Joseph River. Analyses
indicate that soils in some of these areas contain carbon tetrachloride, and
wells downgradient of the rail yard contain carbon tetrachloride, TCE, tetra-
chloroethylene, chloroform, and dichloroethane. EPA installed activated carbon
units at residences with contaminated wells. EPA analyses indicate a plume of
contaminated ground water that is 1.5-2 miles long and empties into the St.
Joseph River. An estimated 55,000 people obtain drinking water from Elkhart
municipal wells and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
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FIRESTONE INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS CO.
Noblesville, Indiana
Conditions at listing (September 1985): Firestone Industrial Products Co.
manufactures molded rubber products in Noblesville, Hamilton County/ Indiana.
During 1938-73, Firestone buried debris, drums, and limestone contaminated with
sulfuric acid and cyanide plating wastes on three areas covering 23.5 acres.
About 7,750 drums were buried, according to information the company provided to
EPA, as required under CERCLA Section 103(c). The wastes consisted of raw
material wastes and cured and uncured products, including rubber- and solvent-base
cement, organic solvents (chlorinated and nonchlorinated), paints, lacquers,
process oils, resins, and chemical additives.
On-site wells providing process water are contaminated with traces of chlori-
nated organic solvents, according to EPA tests. The soil beneath the site is
permeable, thus facilitating movement of contaminants into ground water, which
is shallow. About 14,250 people depend on municipal wells within 3 miles of the
site for drinking water. The nearest well is less than 1 mile from the site.
The site is an inactive portion of an active facility that received
Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA) in 1980 when Firestone filed Part A of a permit application. In
April-1985, Firestone submitted Part B of the application, which the State
has reviewed and EPA is reviewing.
Status (September 1986): The company is providing bottled water to
homes closest to the facility. They formerly were supplied by the shallow
wells. The company has also put water mains in place, but they have not yet
been hooked up to the homes.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Firestone Industrial
Products Co. from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and
storage facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of RCRA.
Firestone has hooked up the homes with contaminated, wells to public water
mains.
In July 1987, Firestone submitted a draft workplan for a study to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for corrective action.
EPA and Firestone are negotiating a Consent Order to accomplish the needed
corrective action.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate
circumstances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to ensure that the site is cleaned up quickly and effectively;
Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose
the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or
unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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HIMCO, INC., DUMP
Elkhart, Indiana
The Himco, Inc., Dump covers approximately 40 acres at County Road 10 and
the Napanee Extension in the Town of Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana. The
privately owned site operated between 1960 and September 1976. A marshy area
was excavated to a depth of 10 to 20 feet, and general refuse and medical and
pharmaceutical wastes were buried in the resulting hole. Industrial waste may
also have been landfilled, according to the company and a report prepared by
the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Elkhart Water Works. The
owner stated that in the mid-1960s he received a permit from the city to accept
municipal waste from northwest Elkhart County.
During an inspection in July 1984, EPA observed several streams of leachate.
The landfill was about 15 feet above the oriqinal ground level at the center,
sloping to 5 feet at the edges. Much of the landfill was covered with sand.
Isolated spots of stressed vegetation were visible. Sulfur odors were stronq.
EPA detected cobalt, selenium, beryllium, cadmium, cooper, manaanese, and
other metals in monitoring wells downgradient of the site. The results corro-
borated analyses of residential wells conducted in 1974 by the State, which
showed high manganese levels.
In 1974,'the state Health Commissioner advised the owner to drill deep
wells to replace six contaminated shallow residential wells. In W5, the
owner signed a Consent Agreement (adopted by the Stream Pollution Control Board)
that resulted in the closing of the dump in September 1976.
The dump is located above a continuous portion of the shallow aouifer
system that is the sole source of drinking water for the community. A conser-
vative estimate is that wells within 3 miles of the site serving 20,000 people
may be affected.
A 1980 hydrogeologic study of the area by the U.S. Geological Survey led
EPA to install two interceptor wells to divert contaminated ground water away
from Elkhart1s North Main street Well Field approximately 1.5 miles southeast
of the site. The interceptor wells have permits under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System to discharge into nearby Christiana Creek.
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MCCARTY'S BALD KNOB LANDFILL
Mt. Vernon, Indiana
McCarty's Bald Knob Landfill covers 28 acres near Mt. Vernon, Posey
County, Indiana. From 1971 to 1978, the privately-owned operation accepted
municipal wastes from the city of Mt. Vernon under a State permit. In
addition, according to information provided to EPA under CERCLA section
103(c), the landfill received 3,000 tons of hazardous wastes from the Mt.
Vernon plant of General Electric Co. (GE). The wastes contained bisphenol-A
and solvents.
In 1982, GE covered the landfill with 1 foot of clay topped by clean
soil, graded and seeded it to control erosion, and installed 35 monitoring
wells.
Three aquifers below the landfill are contaminated with phenol,
according to tests conducted in June and October 1981 by GE. An estimated
1,000 people obtain drinking water from private wells tapping the two top
aquifers within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well is 700 feet from
the site.
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PRESTOLITE BATTERY DIVISION
Vincennes, Indiana
Conditions at listing (September 1985): Prestolite Battery Division
manufactures lead acid batteries on a 17.5-acre site in Vincennes, Knox County/
Indiana. In 1945, Prestolite, a division of Allied Corp. of Ohio, purchased
the property from Eltra Corp., which is no longer in existence.
About 30.9 tons of hazardous wastes in the form of spills and uncontained
piles are on the site, according to the State. Analyses conducted by a
consultant to Prestolite detected high levels (up to 25,000 parts per million)
of lead in on-site soil, threatening ground water. PCBs and sulfuric acid
were also found in on-site soil. About 20,000 people depend on wells within
3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.
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Other portions of the Prestolite facility are regulated under other
Federal laws. A waste water lagoon on the site received Interim Status under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when Prestolite
filed Part A of a permit application. Instead of seeking an operating permit,
the company has decided to close the lagoon. Its closure plan is being reviewed
by the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM).
When the waste water lagoon overflows, the contents go into the Vincennes
sewer system. Storm water run-off from the facility enters Kelso'creek, which
flows into the Wabash River. These waste water discharges are regulated under
the Clean Water Act.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the final NPL. Much of the lead in soil comes from air emissions
from the company's faulty air pollution control equipment. At this time, there
is an unresolved question as to whether Subtitle C corrective action authorities
of RCRA apply to all the contamination associated with the site. Hence, EPA
proposes to deal with the problems under Superfund.
After numerous revisions, IDEM approved the company's closure plan on
December 30, 1987.
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TTPPECANOE SANITARY LANDFILL, INC.
Lafayette, Indiana
Tippecanoe Sanitary Landfill, Inc.,operates a 51-acre landfill
in Lafayette, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. In 1971, the company received
a permit from the State to accept municipal waste. Open dumping had
occurred for an unknown period prior to that date. In 1978, the
State did not renew the site's operating permit because of the shallow
water table and highly permeable subsurface materials. A series of appeals
followed, and the facility is currently operating without a permit.
In 1979, ALCOA, Lafayette, Indiana, advised the State that its
aluminum-lime sludge, which had been hauled to the site since 1973, had
been found to contain significant levels of PCBs. Disposal of the sludge
ceased, but considerable quantities had already been deposited at the site.
In December 1983, the Indiana State Board of Health found that a
nearby well contained PCBs and acetone, as well as lead and cadmium,at
levels exceeding Federal primary drinking water standards. An estimated
81,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within
3 miles of the site.
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WHITEFORD SALES & SEKVTCE/NATIONALEASE
South Bend, Indiana
The Whiteford Sales and Service/Nationalease Site covers approximately 7
acres on Sample Street in South Bend, St. Joseph county, Indiana. The site
operated as Whiteford sales and Services during 1960-83 and as Nationalease
during 1983-87. Both companies leased trucks and semitrailers. Currently, the
operation is known as Whiteford-Kenworth, Inc.
Approximately 1 million gallons of degreasing solvents and sludge resulting
from cleaning of the trucks and semitrailers were deposited into three unlined
dry wells, each 4 feet in diameter and 6 feet deep. Tests conducted by
St. Joseph County in May 1985 found that on-site soil is contaminated with
inorganic and organic compounds, including lead, arsenic, ethylbenzene, and
toluene. Soil on the site is permeable, facilitating the movement of
contaminants into ground water. Approximately 237,000 people draw drinking
water from public wells within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well is about
6,000 feet from the site. The county is negotiating with Nationalease for
cleanup of the site.
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A. Y. MCDONALD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Dubuque, Iowa
Conditions at listing (September 1985); A. Y. McDonald Industries, Inc./
formerly operated an iron and brass foundry on a site covering approximately
19 acres on the Mississippi River floodplain in Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa.
From 1896 to 1983, the company placed piles of casting sands and sludge from
air pollution control scrubbers on the property. The materials contained lead,
according to EPA tests.
Because the piles are unlined, unstabilized, and uncovered, they threaten
to contaminate ground water, surface water, and air. About 62,300 people depend
on wells within 3 miles of the site for their drinking water.
In the fall of 1983, the Iowa Department of Transportation acquired the
site under eminent domain for a Federal highway project.
On December 6, 1984, EPA issued an Administrative Order under Section
3008(a) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The order required
the company to submit a complete closure plan for the disposal site and a ground
water assessment plan.
Status (September 1986): In September 1986, the company submitted a draft
closure plan, which EPA determined was inadequate.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop A. Y. McDonald Industries,
Inc. from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a disposal facility, it is
subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
On August 21, 1987, EPA, the company, and the Iowa Department of Transpor-
tation signed a Consent Order under CERCLA Section 106 to close the site. The
order requires capping the site and expanding ground water monitoring to comply
with RCRA closure and postclosure requirements, which call for maintenance
of the cap and operation and maintenance of the monitoring system for 30 years.
EPA may also pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and will ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA can later repro-
pose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable
or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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CHEMPLEX CO.
Clinton/Camanche, Iowa
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Chemplex Co. facility is on the
western edge of Clinton and Camanche, Clinton County/ Iowa. The facility has
manufactured high- and low-density polyethylene since 1968. Wastes generated
by this facility include peroxides, mineral spirits, vinyl acetate, and various
organic hazardous substances such as styrene, benzene, toluene, and polyaromatic
hydrocarbons. Unknown quantities of these wastes were disposed of in an unlined
landfill on the site, which has been covered and is no longer used, waste
water containing some of these constituents was also stored in a 2-acre lined
impoundment on the site. During dredging of the sediments from the bottom of
the impoundment, the liner was ruptured, releasing hazardous substances.
The facility received Interim status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application.
Ground water downgradient of the landfill and the impoundment is contam-
inated with polyaromatic hydrocarbons and the other organic chemicals identified
above, according to tests conducted by the company and its consultants. The
company has recovered previously released hazardous substances and taken measures
to prevent the release of additional hazardous substances. The company is
conducting additional investigations to completely characterize releases from
the landfill.
About 5,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as a source
of drinking water.
Status (January 1986): Effective December 31, 1984, Northern Petro
chemical Co., now USI Co., purchased substantially all assets of the company.
The facility has installed a system for recovering contaminated ground
water and treating it prior to disposal.
In February 1985, the facility submitted Part B of its RCRA permit
application. EPA is reviewing the application.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop Chemplex Co. from the proposed
NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storage, and disposal facility, it is
subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
On September 19, 1987, EPA and the past and present owners/operators
of the Chemplex plant signed an Administrative Order on Consent under CERCLA
Section 106. The order calls for Chemplex to characterize an on-site landfill,
sample Rock Creek, which is downgradient, and improve the ground water recovery
system.
EPA may also pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and will ensure
that the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA can later
repropose the site .for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is
unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC. (COUNTY ROAD X23)
West Point, Iowa
The E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Site consists of two
areas off County Road X23 in a rural area of Lee County approximately 3.5
miles southeast of West Point, Iowa. In the early 1950s, Du Pont sent
wastes from its nearby Fort Madison paint plant to the two areas, which
are about 1.25 miles apart and cover about 4 acres.
Du Pont estimates that it sent 12,000-18,000 55-gallon drums of
waste annually to the site. Disposal occurred from April 1949 to November
1953 at the first area, now owned by a private citizen, and on a limited
basis during November 1952-November 1953 to the second area, now owned
by Du Pont. On both areas, wastes were dumped into shallow trenches
(each reportedly 75-100 feet long, 10-12 feet wide, and 3-4 feet deep) and
periodically burned. The trenches have since been filled and the area
graded. Ravines are adjacent to the two disposal areas on the north-northwest
sides.
EPA investigations in April 1987 detected lead in on-site wells. An
estimated 1,200 people depend on private wells within 3 miles of the site
as their sole source of drinking water. Two creeks approximately 1 mile
from the site are used for limited recreational activities.
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EIECTRD-CQATINGS, INC.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Conditions at listing (June 1988); Electro-Coat ings, Inc. has conducted
chromium-plating operations on a 1-acre site in Cedar Rapids, Linn County/
Iowa, since 1947. The site is at the north edge of Cedar lake and on the
east edge of Cedar River. In 1976, an unknown amount of chronic acid leaked
from a deteriorated waste water pit. The State investigated, and in June
1977 issued an executive order requiring the company to install new monitoring
wells to define the extent of the plume of contamination. Electro-Coatings
installed two wells in 1978 and two more in 1983. The company took some
cleanup actions. However, in 1982, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
found high levels of hexavalent chromium (up to 11 milligrams per liter) in a
well of Hawkeye Rubber Co., a neighboring company. Since 1983, the State has
required five additional monitoring wells to be installed to help determine
the extent of contamination.
Cedar Rapids municipal wells serving nearly 10,000 people are 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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FAIRFIELD COAL GASIFICATION PLANT
Fairfield, Iowa
The Fairfield Coal Gasification Plant occupies one city block in Fairfield,
Jefferson County, Iowa. It is bordered on the west by a residential area.
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. has owned the site since 1878. This company
was known as Interstate Power Co. during 1878-1917 and Iowa Electric Co. from
1917 to 1953, when it assumed its present name. During 1878-1950, the facility
produced a natural gas substitute from coal. Since 1950, the site has served
as a maintenance garage.
The main wastes associated with coal gasification are polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are found in coal tar, a by-product of gasification,
and cyanide salts, which are found in iron oxide waste produced during purifi-
cation of the manufactured gas. Some of the coal tar was sold and some was
buried in an earthen pit on-site or dumped in a nearby ditch. Disposal methods
for the iron-cyanide waste are not known, but it may also have been dumped
on-site.
In 1985, Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. consultants detected PAHs,
including benzene, phenanthrene, anthracene, pyrene, and benzo(a)pyrene, in
ground water near the site. The company is monitoring ground water quarterly
to verify that contamination is not reaching private wells within 0.5 mile of
the facility.
An intermittent stream flowing from the site intersects Cedar Creek 2.9
miles downslope. The creek is used for recreational activities.
A critical habitat for the slender glass lizard, designated by the U.S.
Fish and wildlife Service as an endangered species, is within 1 mile of the
site.
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FARMERS' MUTUAL COOPERATIVE
Hospers, Iowa
The Farmers' Mutual Cooperative Site covers approximately 6 acres in
Hospers, Sioux County, Iowa, along the east side of the Floyd River. The
cooperative owns the property and has operated an agricultural supply and
service business at this location since 1908. At present, the cooperative
stores bulk grain, fertilizers, and pesticides.
In 1984, the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality found 1,2-dichloro-
ethane, carbon tetrachloride (a grain fumigant), and chloroform in two Hospers
municipal wells within 3 miles of the site. The wells, which serve an estimated
1,800 people, have been replaced with new uncontaminated wells. In 1985, a
consultant to the cooperative found some of the same chemicals in on-site soils
and ground water and in Floyd River downstream of the site.
In August 1986, the State issued an Administrative Order requiring the
cooperative to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action. Partial results were submitted to the State
in February 1987, and negotiations culminated in a Consent Order in June 1987.
The order provides for a ground water study and completion of the RI/FS.
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FRIT INDUSTRIES (HUMBOLDT PLANT)
Humboldt, Iowa
Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Frit Industries Site covers
about 6 acres north of Humboldt, Humboldt County, Iowa. The company produces
trace mineral additives for agricultural use. The process involves combining
baghouse dust and waste sulfuric acid. TWO waste treatment ponds on-site
have received waste phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, fluoride compounds, and
other hazardous materials containing high levels of lead and cadmium. Waste
from air scrubbers has also been dumped on the ground south of the site,
threatening ground water. About 4,800 people obtain their drinking water
from wells within 3 miles of the site. Lake Nakomis, located about 1 mile
from the site, is used for recreational activities.
In 1980, waste pile and tank storage units of the plant received Interim
Status under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
when Frit filed Part A of a permit application. On September 30, 1983, the
Iowa Department of Water, Air, and Waste Management issued an Administrative
Order under the State's Superfund law requiring Frit to develop appropriate
cleanup actions. The company is appealing the order.
Status (January 1986); The State has reviewed a remedial action plan
submitted by Frit Industries under the September 1983 order. In January 1986,
the State returned its comments on the plan to Frit.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Frit Industries' Humboldt
Plant from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and storage
facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of
RCRA.
On July 13, 1987, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources and Frit signed
a Consent Order under which the company will determine the nature and extent of
the threat, if any, from the site and start the necessary remedial action.
On September 30, 1987, EPA approved Frit's plan for closing a hazardous
waste management unit in accordance with RCRA requirements. Frit will clean
up contaminated soil and ground water to prescribed levels that will protect
public health and the environment.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate
circumstances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to ensure that the site is cleaned up quickly and effectively;
Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose
the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or
unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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JOHN DEERE (DUBUQUE WORKS)
Dubuque, Iowa
Conditions at listing (September 1985); John Deere operated a 160-acre
landfill north of Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, for disposal of wastes from
equipment-manufacturing activities at its nearby Dubuque Works. From 1946
until 1974, according to reports the company filed with EPA, as required by
CERCLA Section 103(c), approximately 3,000 tons of solvents, paint sludges,
acids, heavy metals, and cyanide were disposed of in the unlined landfill. An
estimated 2,750 people use private wells within 3 miles of the site as their
source of drinking water. The site is within 200 feet of the Mississippi and
Little Masquoketan Rivers and adjacent to the upper Mississippi River Wildlife
and Fish Refuge and neighboring wetlands.
An area of the Dubuque Works was used for treatment of hazardous wastes
and storage of drums. The facility received Interim Status under Subtitle C of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) for these operations when
John Deere filed Part A of a permit application. The landfill accepted solvents,
acids, heavy metals, and cyanide. It ceased receiving wastes prior to the
effective date of the RCRA permitting standards for land disposal and was not
included in the permit application.
In June 1985, John Deere submitted a closure plan for tank and container
storage units.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop John Deere's Dubuque Works
from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storage, and disposal
facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of subtitle C of
RCRA.
On September 29, 1986, EPA and John Deere signed a CERCLA Section 106
Administrative Order on Consent requiring the company to conduct a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action. The
work is scheduled to be completed in July 1988. After that time, the public
will have the opportunity to comment on the cleanup alternative recommended
in the draft RI/FS report.
EPA may also pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and will ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA can later
repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator
is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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JOHN DEERE (OTTUMWA WORKS LANDFILLS)
Ottumwa, Iowa
John Deere manufactures farm implements on a 118-acre tract of land in
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. The site is adjacent to a residential area and
200 feet from prime agricultural land.
During 1938-76, the Ottumwa Works company disposed of paint wastes, solvents,
acids, plating wastes, and sodium cyanide in three unlined landfills covering 3
acres. The soil is highly permeable, and ground water shallow (11-12 feet),
conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. About
700 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
The main water supply for Ottumwa (population 27,000) is the Des Moines
River; the intake is 4,000 feet upstream from the John Deere landfills. The
city's secondary supply, which is used intermittently year-round because the
river is frequently low, is Black Lake. It is 500 feet downgradient of the
landfills. Subsurface conditions are such that ground water from the site can
reach Black Lake. Both the lake and river are used for recreational activities.
The facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application for another part of the plant
where hazardous waste was- stored. However, the company later withdrew its Part
A and converted to generator-only status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it
satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
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LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
Mason City, Iowa
Lehigh Portland Cement Co. owns and operates a portland cement
processing facility on approximately 150 acres on the north side of Mason
City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. The facility has been in operation since
1911. A by-product of its cement manufacturing process is waste kiln
dust, which contains sulfates, potassium hydroxide, and chromium. The
dust is placed in piles throughout the facility, and a large quantity is
also disposed of directly into two of the four abandoned quarries on the
property. The quarries are filled with water and drain into Calmus Creek
directly south of the site.
In August 1984, the Iowa Department of Water, Air, and Waste Management
(WAWM) conducted a comprehensive study of Calmus Creek and found
contamination related to Blue Waters Pond, which is on the Lehigh site.
In April 1985, a consultant to Lehigh started a study of the
feasibility of eliminating Blue Waters Pond. Also in April 1985, WAWM
issued an Administrative Order under the State water pollution control
law requiring Lehigh to conduct a hydrogeologic investigation of the West
Quarry. Lehigh installed three monitoring wells and sampled ground water
and surface water. Wells downgradient of the site had significantly
elevated pH levels (a maximum of 11.85), along with elevated levels of
potassium, sodium, silicon, sulfates, total dissolved solids, and total
organic carbon. An estimated 31,000 people obtain drinking water from
public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. Wells are the sole
source of drinking water in the area.
The pH of the surface water (Arch Pond and Blue Waters Pond) averaged
12. The Winnebago River is used for recreational activities within 3
miles downstream of the site.
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NORTHWESTERN STATES PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
Mason City, Iowa
The Northwestern States Portland Cement Co. (NWSPC) Site covers 35
acres in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. In 1950, NWSPC ceased
limestone mining operations and abandoned the quarry west of the plant.
In about 1969, NWSPC began using the West Quarry for disposal of cement
kiln dust, continuing until April 1985. Over the years, the dumping has
reduced the area and volume of the West Quarry. During this same time,
the water level has risen approximately 2 feet per year, filling in the
quarry so that it now holds approximately 420 million gallons of water.
The waste kiln dust is very caustic (pH 12.4), according to tests
conducted by the Iowa Department of Water, Air, and waste Management (IDWAWM)
in October 1979 and August 1983. Additional sampling by a consultant to
NWSPC in September 1983 was consistent with earlier data.
Mason City municipal wells are within 3 miles of the site and serve a
population of about 30,000. The wells are drilled into the Jordan Aquifer
but are open to overlying formations. The Devonian aquifer, the shallowest
dependable source of water for many county residents, is one of the
overlying formations. Waste kiln dust has been deposited into this formation.
Calmus Creek, which borders the site downstream, shows high pH levels,
according to tests conducted by a consultant to the company in 1985. The
creek is used for recreational activities.
On April 2, 1985, the State issued an Administrative Order under a
State waste water law requiring the company to cease discharge to Calmus
Creek and conduct a study to determine the impact of the quarry on ground
water. The company submitted a report to the State dated August 12,
1985. The discharge to Calmus Creek has been discontinued, and the
ground water study is continuing.
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PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO.
Dubuque, Iowa
The Peoples Natural Gas Co. Site covers approximately 15 acres in
downtown Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa. A natural gas substitute was
produced from coal on the site during 1890-1957 by Key City Gas Co. In
the early 1950s, Key City sold out to North Central Gas, which was later
absorbed by Peoples Natural Gas Co. In the late 1970s, Peoples Natural
Gas sold the site to the city of Dubuque, which uses it as the Dubuque
Municipal Garage.
The main wastes associated with coal gasification are polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are found in coal tar, a by-product of
the gasification process, and cyanide salts, which are found in iron oxide
waste produced during purification of the manufactured gas. Coal tar waste
was deposited in underground tanks, and the iron-cyanide waste was buried
on-site.
In November 1983, the Iowa Department of Transportation, which had
targeted the site for highway construction, found a layer of tar in soil samples
collected at the site. The samples contained cyanide, phenols, and two PAHs
naphthalene, and acenaphthalene. The State and EPA have detected the same
contaminants in on-site wells. An estimated 60,000 people obtain drinking
water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
The Mississippi River is approximately 500 feet east of the site.
Surface water downstream is used for industrial and recreational activities.
A wildlife and fish refuge is 2 miles downstream, and wetlands are within
0.5 mile.
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U.S. NAMEPLATE CO.
Mount Vernon, Iowa
Conditions at listing (October 1984): U.S. Nameplate Co. manufactures
aluminum, brass, and stainless steel nameplates on a 7-acre site near Mount
Vernon in Linn County, Iowa. Etching and platina are amona the processes
involved. Liquid wastes from these processes are acidic and have hiqh
concentrations of chromium, fluoride, lead, and zinc. Prior to 1979, U.S.
Nameplate treated the wastes in septic tanks that discharaed into a drainaae
field and a nearby creek. The NPL site involves the septic tank and drainaae
field.
In 1979, the State received complaints about the discharae to the drainaae
field. In response, U.S. Nameplate constructed a waste water treatment laaoon
system and began operating it in November 1979. In 1982, based on hiah fluoride
levels (137 milligrams/liter) detected in around water, the State determined
that the lagoon was leakina. On March 12, 1984, EPA issued an Administrative
Order under Section 3008(a) of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
The order requires U.S. Nameplate to close the laaoon under RCRA and monitor
ground water.
Mount Vernon (population 3,300) draws its water from two municipal wells
less than 1.5 miles from the U.S. Nameplate plant.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposina to drop U.S. Nameplate Co. from
the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and disposal facilitv, it
is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
In December 1984, U.S. Nameplate filed a petition to remove the waste water
treatment sludge from the list of RCRA Subtitle C wastes. On May 3, 19«8, FPA
proposed to make the sludge no lonqer subject to Subtitle C reoulations and
permitting standards; the sludge treatment unit, however, would be subiect to
all Subtitle C requirements, including closure reouirements.
The company has appealed the 1984 RCRA 3008(a) order on the basis that
EPA's hazardous waste list as originally promulaated did not provide sufficient
notice to U.S. Nameplate that its waste was considered a listed hazardous waste.
An Administrative Law Judge dismissed the appeal without preiudice, which allows
EPA to file another order'under RCRA 3008(a).
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate
circumstances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedia] investiaation/
feasibility study to ensure that the site is cleaned UP ouicklv and effectivelvr
Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose
the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or
unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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WHITE FARM EQUIPMENT CD. DUMP
Charles City, Iowa
The White Farm Equipment Co. Dump occupies approximately 20 acres along
the north border of Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. The dump is an old sand/
gravel pit that is bordered along the northwest and southern edges by wetlands.
Tractors and other farm equipment have been manufactured near the dump since
the early 1900s.
White Farm Equipment operated on land leased from H. E. Construction Co.
until it filed for bankruptcy in 1980. Allied Products Co. purchased the
operation in late 1986. Starting in the 1920s, White Farm's operations
generated foundry sand, sludges, and dust from air pollution control equipment.
Nearby residents have complained of dust blowing off the dump. White Farm
hauled at least 6,300 tons of foundry sand and 47,000 cubic yards of sludges to
the dump.
In April 1986, EPA detected arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and
zinc in on-site soils, private wells downgradient of the site, and sediments
and surface water in the adjacent wetlands. Charles City draws its drinking
water from the aquifer underlying the site. An estimated 10,000 people obtain
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. The
contaminated wetlands flow into the Cedar River, which is used for recreational
activities.
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29TH & MEAD GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
Wichita, Kansas
The 29th & Mead site covers approximately 70 acres at the intersection of
29th and Mead streets in a highly industrialized area of Wichita, Sedgewick
County, Kansas. Arsenic, barium, benzene, toluene, and dichloromethane are
present in significant concentrations in shallow on-site wells and off-site
downgradient wells, according to tests conducted during 1983-86 by the Kansas
Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the U.S. Geological Survey.
The actual boundary and extent of ground water contamination have not been
clearly defined. An estimated 3,300 people obtain drinking water from public
and private wells completed in the shallow aquifer within 3 miles of the site.
KDHE has been trying to identify the source or sources of contamination
for several years. Possible sources include Wichita Brass & Aluminum.
In 1946, the company acquired a portion of the Golden Rule Refinery, which
operated before 1940. The refinery used acid oil sludge pits, according to
information derived from site interviews and analysis of aerial photographs.
Wichita recovered solvents from waste paints, lacquers, and thinners until
approximately 1975. During an inspection of the Wichita facility in 1981, KDHE
detected approximately 1,500 corroded and leaking, solvent-containing drums and
10 corroded aboveground process tanks (total capacity of 70,000 gallons) resting
on bare ground.
Chisholm Creek, which is 0.25 mile from the site, is used for recreational
activities.
KDHE has identified more than 30 parties potentially responsible for
wastes associated with ground water contamination at and in the vicinity of the
site. In 1987, the parties organized a steering committee to negotiate future
investigation and remedial activities.
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NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
Furley, Kansas
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The National Industrial Environ-
mental Services (NIES) Site covers 160 acres approximately 10 miles northeast
of Wichita and 3 miles south of the unincorporated community of Furley, Sedgwick
County, Kansas. Approximately 30 households are within a 9-square-mile rural
agricultural area surrounding the site.
In 1977, NIES began operating a hazardous waste landfill on the 80-acre
north half of the site under a State permit. Two evaporation and four
treatment ponds were also in use. Wastes received at the facility included:
liquid chromium, liquid cyanide, acids, bases, chlorinated and nonchlorinated
solvents, sludges, and bulk solid wastes. The facility received Interim
Status in November 1980 under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.
Chemical Waste Management, Inc. (CWMI) bought the company in December 1980.
In January 1982, the State closed the site when it discovered that off-site
ground water, surface water, and soil were contaminated with toxic organic
chemicals, including known carcinogens.
In May 1982, CWMI submitted a hydrogeological report and remedial
action plan to the State. The plan recommended digging drainage trenches,
drilling an underground injection well for disposal of the liquid wastes,
closure of treatment and evaporation ponds, capping of existing landfill
areas, and construction of a new landfill. The drainage trenches and new
landfill have been constructed, the treatment ponds decommissioned, and the
old landfill area capped. Ground water pumped from the trenches is being
hauled off-site to a CWMI RCRA-permitted facility. Monitoring wells are
being sampled on a monthly basis.
In 1984, the State issued a series of Administrative Orders to the
company for various remedial actions.
Status (January 1986); On May 31, 1985, EPA signed two Administrative
Orders involving NIES, CWMI, and Waste Management, Inc. (parent company of
CWMI). The orders, issued under Section 106 of CERCIA and Section 3008(h)
of RCRA., are aimed at stopping migration of contaminated ground water and
closing the land disposal units at the facility. Under the order, the
responsible parties are to develop Alternate Concentration Limits (ACLS) for
89 contaminants detected in RCRA Appendix VIII analyses and other historical
analyses conducted by EPA, the State, and the responsible parties.
In November 1985, NIES updated Part B of its RCRA permit application
to include proposed treatment, storage, and disposal units for expansion
onto adjacent property.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop National Industrial
Environmental Services from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment,
storage, and disposal facility, it is subject to the corrective action
authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
NIES has closed all land disposal units except one evaporation pond,
which is scheduled to be closed by mid-1988. NIES is currently in compliance
with the May 1985 orders.
The ACLs developed by NIES were available for public comment until
December 11, 1987. The ACLs are to be enforced at the downgradient boundary
of the waste area. After EPA reviews the comments, it will determine if
the ACLs protect public health and the environment at the nearest potential
point of ground water consumption.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA and CERCIA authorities, and
to ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment.
EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the
owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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BRANTLEY LANDFILL
Island, Kentucky
Brantley Landfill covers 4 acres on the west side of Island, McLean
County, Kentucky. In 1979, Doug Brantley & Sons, Inc., received a State solid
waste permit for disposal of secondary dross (a by-product of aluminum
recycling) from Barmet Aluminum Corp.'s smelter in Livia, Kentucky. According
to Barmet, the Brantley Landfill contains 250,000 tons of aluminum dross. Dross
contains heavy metals (including barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, copper, and
manganese) and reacts violently with water to form several gases, including
ammonia. The landfill closed in October 1980.
The Kentucky Division of Air Pollution Control (KDAPC) has received
numerous complaints of ammonia odor from residents in the area. EPA detected
ammonia in the air around the site during an inspection in December 1986. KDAPC
has cited Doug Brantley & Sons for odor and dust emissions from this facility.
Approximately 60 persons live within 0.25 mile of the site.and could be affected
by release of contaminants into the air.
The waste was deposited below the water table, thus threatening ground
water. An estimated 2,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site. A private well is 2,600 feet from the site.
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CALDWELL LACE LEATHER CO., INC.
Auburn, Kentucky
The Caldwell Lace Leather Co., Inc., Site consists of three tannery waste
areas in Logan County along the south side of Cemetery Road (State Highway
1039) approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Auburn, Kentucky. The disposal
site has received wastes since 1972. Until 1985, the site was owned by Caldwell
Lace and received waste generated by leather-tanning processes at its plant in
Auburn. In November 1985, North Park, Inc., a subsidiary of Auburn Leather Co.,
purchased the plant and disposal areas. The plant no longer conducts tanning
operations.
During 1972-82, wastes, including chrome and vegetable tanning wash sludge,
fleshings, screenings, and leather and gasket scraps, were buried in trenches
or placed in unlined lagoons in a 5.5-acre area of the property. The sludge
was generated from a chromium or vegetable tanning solution (water-soluble
extracts from various plant parts) used to stabilize collagen fibers so that
they are no longer biodegradable. Fleshings and screenings resulted from processes
in which the leather is prepared for tanning by removing the hair and tissue
fron the flesh side of the skin.
The second disposal area is a 29.6-acre landfarm. In July 1982, the company
received a conditional permit from the Kentucky Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Cabinet (KNREPC) to mix the sludges into the soil. The
landfarm stopped operating in 1985.
In March 1983, KNREPC granted a conditional permit to Caldwell Lace for the
third disposal area, a 5.1-acre landfill adjacent to the old trench/lagoon area,
to accept only solid wastes, including the screenings, fleshings, leather scraps,
and gasket scraps. In 1986, North Park, Inc., received a solid waste permit for
the landfill fron KNREPC. The company's operations generate only leather trimmings
and scrap.
In July 1983, KNREPC detected chromium, including the most toxic hexavalent
form, in a private well 1,200 feet from the landfill area. The well has been
taken out of service. An estimated 660 people obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site. Subsurface conditions are such that ground
water migrates readily and contaminants can reach surface waters. The closest
surface water intake is in Auburn, approximately 2 miles southeast of the site
where Black Lick Creek originates.
The chromium-containing wastes disposed of at the site are inadequately
covered, and the site is unfenced. Thus, it is possible for people and animals
to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
KNREPC has documented violations of State waste management laws and
regulations since 1978. In September 1984, Caldwell entered into an Agreed
Order with the State to remedy past violations and prevent further violations.
In February 1985, the State approved a plan to close the old landfill. As part
of the closure plan, Caldwell and North Park, Inc., monitor surface water and
ground water quarterly.
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FORT HARTFORD COAL CO., INC., STONE QUARRY
Olaton, Kentucky
The Fort Hartford Coal Co., Inc., Stone Quarry in Olaton, Ohio County,
originally provided limestone for parkway construction in western Kentucky.
Since 1981, the 100-acre area has been used to store secondary dross
(a by-product of aluminum recycling) from Barmet Aluminum Corp.'s smelter in
Livia, Kentucky. According to Fort Hartford Coal, by late 1986 the quarry
contained more than 712,000 tons of dross. Barmet Aluminum deposits dross into
this quarry when its plant is operating. Dross contains heavy metals (including
barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, copper, and manganese) and reacts violently
with water to form several gases, including ammonia.
EPA detected ammonia in the air around the storage areas during a December
1986 inspection. Approximately 15 persons live within 0.5 mile of the site and
could be affected by release of ammonia into the air.
The waste was deposited below the water table, thus threatening ground
water. An estimated 700 people obtain drinking water from wells and springs
within 3 miles of the site.
In 1984, the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection found high
levels of ammonia in an unnamed stream that originates in the waste. Run-off
from the quarry flows into the Rough River, which is used for recreational
activities.
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GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. (MAYFIELD LANDFILL)
Mayfield, Kentucky
The General Tire & Rubber Co. Landfill covers 58.5 acres in central
Graves County approximately 2.7 miles north of Mayfield, Kentucky. The
landfill is 0.3 mile northeast of the company's tire-manufacturing plant.
The eastern edge of the landfill parallels Mayfield Creek; the western
edge is along the Illinois Central Railroad.
The landfill began accepting hazardous waste in 1969 shortly after
the operation was approved by the State of Kentucky. Trenches were excavated
to a depth of 30 feet and were approximately 0.25 mile long. Over 200
tons of waste containing cadmium, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and toluene were
deposited until operations ceased late in 1979, according to information
the company provided to EPA as required by CERCLA Section 103(c).
Wastes were deposited into the ground below the water table (21 feet
below the surface). Soils are highly permeable, which facilitates the
movement of contaminants into ground water. An estimated 5,000 people
obtain drinking water from six municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
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GREEN RIVER DISPOSAL, INC.
Maceo, Kentucky
Green River Disposal, Inc., disposed of waste on Kelly Cemetery Road in a
rural area in east Daviess County near Maceo, Kentucky, durina 1970-84. The
14-acre site was used for landfilling and surface disposal. In January 197^,
the site was permitted as a solid waste landfill by the State of Kentucky. The
permit expired in January 1988. The facility became inactive in 1984.
Waste from Kentucky industries was disposed of at the facility durina
1978-84. According to records of the Kentucky Department for Environmental
Protection (KDEP), this waste was generated in part by Martin Marietta Aluminum
(now Commonwealth Aluminum) in Lewisport and by Green River Steel Coro., W. R.
Grace & Co., and General Electric Co., all in Owensboro. The waste included
aluminum dross saltcake, steel dust, phenolic resin, and paint waste, which
were buried along with sanitary waste as part of the facility's daily operations.;
976 drums of waste were at the facility.
In June 1985, a site investigation by KDEP revealed that two drums at the
site contained chromium, lead, cyanide, PCBs, arsenic, and barium, and that
on-site private wells contained arsenic and barium. An estimated 500 people
obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
According to KDEP, surface water is threatened because wastes are in-
adequately covered and run-off is uncontrolled. Blackford Creek, which is
used for irrigation and recreational activities, is within 3 miles downstream
of the site.
The Green River Disposal, Inc., facility has a history of leachate outbreaks,
underground fires, and acceptance of unauthorized waste. In January 1983, the
facility entered into an Agreed Order with KDEP. The order was prepared as a
result of permit violations and designed to deal with the environmental problems
existing at the landfill and to bring the facility into compliance with solid
waste regulations. On August 6, 1986, the State received a Notice of Bankruptcy
from the company under Chapter 7 of the Federal bankruptcy code.
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COMBUSTION, INC.
Denham Springs, Louisiana
Conditions at listing (June 1986): The Combustion, Inc., Site covers
approximately 6 acres in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Prior
to late 1980, the company transported nonreclaimable tars, paraffins, waste
oil, sediments, and waste water to the site via pipeline from its petroleum
hydrocarbon recycling plant located approximately 0.25 mile to the southeast.
During the life of the facility, 11 irregularly shaped earthen pits were con-
structed; five contain oily wastes, three contain oil and waste water, and
three contain principally waste water. Approximately 3 million gallons of
material are in the pits. Although the pits were constructed to isolate the
wastes, they are connected by a series of trenches or pipes that allow mixing.
Two aboveground tanks are also located on the Combustion, Inc., property:
a 20,000-gallon tank and a 30,000-gallon tank. These tanks were used primarily
for storing the wastes before they were processed to recover oil, but they may
have been used for other storage at times. In addition, Dubois, Inc., the
previous owner of the property, may have treated potentially hazardous chemicals
other than waste oils on the site.
Combustion, Inc. began to close the facility late in 1980, and by May 1982,
had completely shut down operations. In October 1983, the Louisiana Department
of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) analyzed wastes from the site and found they
contained PCBs, volatile organic chemicals, and heavy metals. In February
1985, LDEQ detected lead and thallium in ground water at the site, and volatile
organic chemicals in the air. Ground water within 3 miles of the site is used
for irrigation and drinking water. About 500 people live within 1 mile of the
site.
On January 18, 1984, a State Compliance Order was issued to the site
owner. The property has allegedly been sold to unknown parties, and the former
owner says he is financially unable to clean up the site.
Status (June 1988): After this site was proposed in June 1986, new technical
information became available. Hence, EPA is reproposing this site to allow an
additional 60-day comment period.
Louisiana has an enforcement agreement with EPA to take the lead on site
cleanup. The State is working with Combustion, Inc., on a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination
at the site.
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D. L. MUD, INC.
Abbeville, Louisiana
The D. L. Mud, Inc., Site covers 14 acres in the south-central section
of Louisiana approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Abbeville, Vermilion Parish.
The site is composed of an inactive drilling mud facility and a vacant lot.
It is 1.5 miles west of the Vermilion River, which flows to the Gulf of
Mexico. Adjacent to the southeast portion of the site is the Gulf Coast
Vacuum Services Site, which is also being proposed for the NPL in June 1988.
The two sites were once known as the Galveston-Houston Yard.
The D. L. Mud, Inc., Site was owned and operated by Gulf Premix Mud and
Vacuum Service Co. until 1979, when it was sold to Galveston-Houston Fluid
Services, Inc. In 1981, it was purchased by Dowell Fluid Services, a subsidiary
of Dow Chemical, Inc. Dowell sold the facility in 1984 or early 1985 to- D. L.
Mud, Inc., without operating it. D. L. Mud went out of business in 1986-87.
While the site was operating, oil drilling muds, salt water, and other
drilling fluids were placed in 11 on-site tanks. On-site soil contains
organic compounds, including alkanes and related compounds, lead, and arsenic,
according to EPA tests conducted in December 1985. An average of 20 feet of
alluvial terrace deposits of low-to-moderate permeability overlie the shallow
sand aquifer, which is used for drinking water and irrigation. Contamination
has been found at a depth of at least 2 feet, indicating the potential for
contaminants to move into ground water. Approximately 2,600 people obtain
drinking water and about 1,000 acres of cropland are irrigated by private wells
within 3 miles of the site. Another 9,000 acres are irrigated with surface
water, which is potentially threatened by the site.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) negotiated an
agreement for site cleanup with Dowell Schlumberger, present owner of the site.
The company removed drilling muds from the tanks and sent them to the Dow chemical
Co. plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, where they were incinerated. The tanks and
piping were dismantled, cleaned, and hauled to a metal salvage facility.
Contaminated soil under and around tanks was removed to undisturbed clay and
taken to the Dow facility for incineration. Excavated areas were backfilled
with clean soil. Used drilling muds were also removed from portions of the
site where they had been dumped. LDEQ representatives were present during the
cleanup.
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SACO MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
Saco, Maine
The Saco Municipal Landfill covers approximately 90 acres on Foss Road in
Saco, York County, Maine. The City of Saco has owned and operated the site
since about 1960. Originally it was an open burning dump.
The site consists of four distinct disposal areas: Area 1 is a closed and
capped municipal dump that was used for open burning of household and industrial
waste. Area 2 is an inactive industrial dump that accepted bulk and demolition
debris. Area 3 is an industrial dump that accepted wastes from local industries,
including Nike, Maremont, Garland, Lyn-Flex, and Lunder Shoe. Area 4 is an
active landfill that accepts household waste and tannery sludge containing
chromium and other heavy metals, as well as volatile organic compounds. The
sludge was placed in unlined trenches, often directly in contact with ground
water, according to the city and EPA. Area 2 has a leachate collection system.
There is no evidence of liners or leachate systems in other disposal areas.
Water and sediment in Sandy Brook, which flows through the site, and ground
water beneath the site contain elevated levels of various metals and organics,
according to tests conducted in 1974 by the State and the city's consultant.
In 1975, Biddeford and Saco Water Co. extended water lines along Jenkins
Road and Route 112 due to contamination of wells allegedly attributed to Saco
Municipal Landfill. Approximately 700 people obtain drinking water from wells
within 3 miles of the landfill.
The site is only partially fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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UNION CHEMICAL CO., INC.
South Hope, Maine
Conditions at listing (April 1985): Union Chemical Co., Inc., operated
a chemical recycling and incineration business during 1978-84 on a 0.75-acre
fenced lot in South Hope, Knox County, Maine. The site is bounded on the east
by Quiggle Brook and is in the 100-year floodplain. Grassy Pond, an alternate
drinking water source for the towns of Camden, Rockport, Rockland, and Thomaston
(approximately 22,800 people), is less than 1 mile downgradient.
The site once contained approximately 2,500 drums and over 30 tanks
holding 100,000 gallons of flammable materials and sludges. Among the wastes
were PCBs, methylene chloride, cyanides, methyl ethyl ketone, and trichloro-
ethylene. An on-site well and Quiggle Brook are contaminated with trichloro-
ethylene, according to tests conducted by the Maine Department of Environ-
mental Protection and EPA.
Union Chemical lost Interim status in June 1984 under Maine's
Uncontrolled Hazardous Substance Act because it failed to satisfy require-
ments of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Under Section 3008 of RCRA, EPA fined the company for failure to submit a
complete Part B permit application.
Using CERCLA. emergency funds, EPA removed all surface drums, over
100,000 gallons of liquid wastes and sludges from aboveground storage
tanks, and some contaminated soil from the site. The action was completed
on November 8, 1984.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to place this previously
proposed RCRA site on the NPL because it has lost Interim Status (and hence
authority to operate) and has a history of unwillingness to take corrective
action. The owner/operator has failed to submit an acceptable Part B permit
application, failed to comply with Federal and State administrative orders, and
stated that he is financially unable to clean up the site.
Analyses conducted by the State in May and July 1987 found that total
volatile organic chemicals in ground water on-site ranged from 250 to 1,000
parts per million. In July 1987, EPA analyses of 43 residential wells
within approximately 0.5 mile radius of the site found trace levels of 1,1-
dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, methylene chloride, 1,1,1-trichloroethane
and trichloroethylene. EPA is conducting an additional round of sampling of
numerous residential wells surrounding the site.
On November 4, 1987, EPA and the State signed into effect a Consent
Order under CERCLA Sections 122(d)(3) and (h) with 263 potentially respon-
sible parties who generated and/or transported hazardous waste to the site.
These parties agreed to (1) conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study
to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action and (2) reimburse the Federal government and
the State for past cleanup costs.
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND - EDGEWOOD AREA
Edgewood, Maryland
Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Aberdeen Proving Ground (APG)
occupies some 79,000 acres of land and water in southern Harford County and
southeastern Baltimore County, Maryland, near the head of Chesapeake Bay.
Until 1971, Edgewood Area operated as a distinct military entity known
as the Edgewood Arsenal. The primary mission of the Arsenal, and subseguently
the Edgewood Area of APG, has been developing and testing of chemical agent
munitions. According to an Army Installation Assessment report (1976):
"From 1917 to the present, the Edgewood Area has conducted chemical research
programs, manufactured chemical agents, and tested, stored and disposed of
toxic materials. As a result of these extensive programs, the Edgewood
Area has large areas of land and water, and numerous buildings, which are
contaminated or suspected of contamination." A "contamination map" and
discussion in the report indicate "contaminated or potentially contaminated"
areas in virtually every land portion of the Edgewood Area.
Among the substances disposed of in the Edgewood Area are significant
guantities of napalm, white phosphorus, chemical agents, and nerve agents.
Several of the chemical agents, which include arsenic and cyanide, are suffi-
ciently toxic and persistent to present a danger for months .or even years.
APG is participating in the Installation Restoration Program (IRP), the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites
and controlling the migration of hazardous constituents from these sites.
As part of the IRP, the Army conducted an environmental monitoring program
at Edgewood Area in 1977 and 1978 covering "0" Field, Canal Creek, "J"
Field, Graces Quarters, and Carroll Island. Evidence was found of substantial
contamination of surface water and ground water in the vicinity of Old
"0" Field, which includes a wetlands area that is a designated habitat for
bald eagles. In February 1984, the State recommended that four Edgewood
Area standby water-supply wells in the Canal Creek area be immediately
removed from service because of high levels of volatile organic chemicals
detected during routine testing in late 1983. These wells serve a resident
population of about 3,000 persons. Also within 3 miles of the facility
are the Long Bar Harbor well field of the Harford County Department of
Public Works and the well field used by the Joppatowne Sanitary Subdistrict.
About 35,000 persons are served by these two well fields; an alternate
water source is available.
The Army is continuing to monitor surface water and ground water at
several locations within Edgewood Area and has undertaken a detailed
hydrogeological study in the vicinity of the Old "0" Field.
The facility acguired Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act when the Army filed Part A of a permit application.
Status (September 1985); IRP activities continue.
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ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND - MICHAELSVILLE LANDFILL
Aberdeen, Maryland
Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Aberdeen Proving Ground
(APG) occupies some 79,000 acres of land and water in southern Harford
County and southeastern Baltimore County, Maryland, near the head of
Chesapeake Bay. It is an active Army test and evaluation installation
primarily responsible for planning and testing of weapons, munitions,
vehicles, and various equipment. APG consists of two functional areas:
The Edgewood Area (13,000 land acres, including Gunpowder Neck, Pooles
Island, Carroll Island, and Graces Quarters) and the Aberdeen Area (17,000
land acres). The land portions of the two areas are separated by Bush
River.
The Aberdeen Area is bordered on the west by the Bush River and
northeast to south by the Chesapeake Bay. The area is drained by seven
creeks plus the Bush River. Most of these creeks have their headwaters
on the Aberdeen Area. The area contains firing ranges, impact areas,
vehicle test racks, and laboratories in support of the testing activities.
The location of concern on the Aberdeen Area is the 20-acre
Michaelsville Landfill. The Army has detected lead, mercury, chromium,
benzene, and cadmium in ground water on the site. Other potentially
hazardous portions of the Aberdeen Area are currently being evaluated.
APG is participating in the Installation Restoration Program (IRP),
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous constituents from these
sites. As part of the IRP, the Army has performed an environmental
contamination survey and assessment of the Aberdeen Area and is monitoring
ground water and surface water in the areas of suspected contamination.
APG is cooperating with the State of Maryland Department of Hygiene and
Mental Health in determining the extent of the Aberdeen Area contamination.
The facility acquired Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act when the Army filed Part A of a permit application.
Status (September 1985); IRP activities continue.
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ANNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LANDFILL
Glen Burnie, Maryland
The Anne Arundel County Landfill covers 130 acres on East End Dover
Street at Route 10 in Glen Burnie, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. An
industrial park, homes, and a commercial area are nearby. From the late
1950s until 1970, 30 acres that were once a gravel pit served as a privately
owned open dump. When the county took over daily operations in 1970, it
capped the old dump with 1-2 feet of clay, planted vegetation, and installed
50 vents to release methane gas. Operations stopped in 1982.
According to a 1978 survey of waste disposal sites by the U.S. Congress
(the "Ekhardt Report")f approximately 100 tons of inorganic salts and solids
from Diamond Shamrock Corp.'s plant in Baltimore were deposited at the
landfill during 1977-79.
In August 1983, EPA detected trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene,
and chromium in monitoring wells at the site. The landfill overlies a
recharge area of the Patapsco Formation, which supplies drinking water to
municipal and private wells within 3 miles of the site. The wells serve
an estimated 93,000 people.
The EPA tests also detected cadmium in Furnace Creek downstream
of the site. The creek is tidally influenced as far as 1.5 miles upstream
of the site.
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ATLAS TACK CORP.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Atlas Tack Corp. formerly manufactured cut and wire tacks, steel nails,
and similar items on a 12-acre site at 83 Pleasant street in Fairhaven, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. The area is residential/commercial. During 1891-1985,
the facility conducted annealing, pickling, plating, enameling, and cleaning
operations. From the early 1940s to the mid-to-late 1970s, wastes containing
arsenic, heavy metals, and cyanide were discharged into an unlined acid neutral-
izing lagoon approximately 200 feet east of the manufacturing building and
adjacent to a salt water tidal marsh in Buzzards Bay Estuary.
In 1984, EPA detected beryllium, mercury, nickel, toluene, and ethylbenzene
in the marsh south of the lagoon, and also observed a mixture of soil and
dried lagoon sediments outside the lagoon. EPA analysis of on-site monitoring
wells identified elevated concentrations of cyanide, toluene, and other compounds.
An estimated 16,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
In 1981-87, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality
Engineering issued Notices of Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations against
Atlas Tack for its "failure/refusal to remove lagoon contents."
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ALBION-SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP LANDFILL
Albion, Michigan
Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill covers 30 acres 1 mile east of
Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. During 1966, the privately owned
landfill accepted municipal refuse and industrial wastes from Albion and
nearby Sheridan Township. According to the owner, the landfill accepted
200-300 cubic yards of sludges from the Union Steel Products plant prior
to November 1981. Tests conducted by the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources in 1980 indicated that the sludges contain chromium, cadmium,
lead, copper, nickel, and cyanide. Paint residues were also accepted
from an unknown source.
In an inspection in March 1986, EPA found approximately 40
drums on the surface, some filled with what appeared to be oil and grease
wastes. The landfill was covered with sand and gravel, and there were
signs of burning. Some vegetation had grown on the cover.
The landfill was unlined. Soils are permeable and ground water
shallow (10 feet). These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water. An estimated 13,500 people obtain drinking water from
public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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BARRELS, INC.
Lansing, Michigan
The .Barrels, Inc., Site covers 1.8 acres at 1404 North Larch Street
in the city limits of Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan. The company
recycled drums on the property, which it leased from the Chesapeake and
Ohio Railway Co. from 1964 to 1981.
Barrels, Inc., allegedly dumped waste residues from drums directly onto
the ground as an initial step in recycling drums. According to tests
conducted by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) in 1983,
shallow ground water is contaminated with lead and zinc. The shallow
contaminated aquifer is hydraulically connected to the deeper Saginaw
Formation, so that water can move between them. The shallow and deeper
aquifers provide drinking water to the 133,000 residents of Lansing and
Holt via municipal wells within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well
is 800 feet away.
The nearest downslope surface water, Grand River, is 1,800 feet from
the site. The Grand River, which is a fishing stream, is potentially
threatened by conditions at the site. The areas along the river are a
'habitat for the Indiana bat, designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife
Service as an endangered species.
In January 1986, MDNR gained access to the site from a State Court.
MDNR has approved $449,589 under the Michigan Environmental Response Act
for removal and disposal of barrels, debris, contaminated soil, and
buried tanks. All drums, 1,001 yards of visibly contaminated soil, and
nine underground tanks have been removed and sent to an approved hazardous .
waste disposal facility. The contents of one underground tank and two
tanks in the building have been pumped out.
Activities remaining include: removal of additional soil, crushed
drums, resins, nonhazardous and hazardous liquids, nonhazardous solids,
and additional buried tanks. Soil sampling is underway to determine the
extent of soil contamination.
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BENDIX CORP./ALLIED AUTOMOTIVE
St. Joseph, Michigan
Bendix Corp., now known as Allied Automotive, manufactures
automotive brake systems on a 4.4-acre site in St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Michigan. The facility is located in a well-populated area, both
commercial/industrial and residential in nature.
During approximately 1966-75, Bendix used a seepage lagoon for
disposal of machine shop process waste water. According to information
Bendix provided to EPA, spent chlorinated organic solvents, waste water
from electroplating operations, spent cyanide plating bath solutions,
chromium, and lead were placed in the lagoon.
A hydrogeologic study performed in 1986 by a consultant to Allied
detected contamination in the shallow sand acjuifer; 35 monitoring wells
were installed and found to contain 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane,
trichloroethylene, trans-l,2-dichlorethylene, and vinyl chloride. An
estimated 4,300 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3
miles of the site. A private well approximately 750 feet from the site
was closed in 1982 because of contamination. The well owner now obtains
water from a municipal,system.
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O^NNELTON INDUSTRIES, INC.
Sault Sainte Marie, Michigan
Conditions at listing (June 1988): The Cannelton Industries, Inc., Site
covers 75 acres along the south bank of the St. Mary's River about 1.5 miles
west of the downtown area of Sault Sainte Marie, Chippewa County, Michigan.
Starting early in the 19th century, Northwestern Leather Co. manufactured
leather products on the site, dumping tannery wastes on 5 acres located in the
100-year floodplain of the St. Mary's River. The waste was disposed of to a
depth of 6 to 8 feet and left uncovered. An estimated 10,000 cubic yards were
disposed of, as observed from the depth of wastes along the bank and the area
void of vegetation. Marshland borders the site on two sides.
In 1954-55, Fibron Limestone Co. (a subsidiary of Algoma Steel Corp.,
Ltd., of Canada) purchased the 75 acres. Subsequently, the property was
transferred to Cannelton Industries, Inc., another Algoma subsidiary. The
property was intended for construction of a manufacturing plant that was never
built. Algoma dismantled various structures that were considered hazardous.
No manufacturing has been carried out on the site since 1958 and hence no
industrial waste has been generated, according to Algoma. The site is not
now in use.
On-site soils and adjacent river sediments contain extremely high levels
of chromium, lead, copper, cyanide, and mercury, according to tests conducted
in 1979 by Sault Sainte Marie State College and the Michigan Department of
Natural Resources. Chromium, lead, manganese, arsenic, and iron well in excess
of drinking water standards were also found in ground water in the middle of
the disposal area. An estimated 1,200 people obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest about 1 mile from the site.
Sault Sainte Marie, Ontario, withdraws water from the St. Mary's River
approximately 2 miles downstream of the old tannery disposal site.
The dump area is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances at the site. Bald eagles
feed and nest within 2 miles of the site.
In 1986, Algoma Steel agreed informally with the State to construct (1) a
wall along the shore of the St. Mary's River to prevent wave and ice action from
removing solid material from the site and (2) an impermeable clay cap to prevent
erosion and prohibit rainwater from infiltrating the site. To date, the company
has taken no action.
Status (December 1988): Algoma Steel has fenced the site. 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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FORD MOTOR CO. (SLUDGE LAGOON)
Ypsilanti, Michigan
Ford Motor Co. operated an aircraft banter plant for the Federal
Government during World War II in Ypsilanti Township, Washtenaw County,
Michigan. Sludge from the plating operation was piped to a 3-acre unlined
lagoon on plant property. The present owners are Ford Motor and the
Wayne County Road Commission, which operates the Willow Run Airport. The
abandoned lagoon is on airport property.
Ford Motor disposed of approximately 1 million cubic feet of sludge
in the lagoon, according to information the commission provided to EPA as
required by CERCLA section 103(c). Analysis of the sludge conducted in
1979 by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources detected PCBs and
heavy metals, including lead, cadmium, and mercury.
A noncontinous sand and gravel aquifer underlies the area at a depth
of 65 to 100 feet. An estimated 60,000 people draw drinking water from
municipal wells within 3 miles of the site. Private wells are also in
the area, the nearest about 2,000 feet from the site.
. The nearest downslope surface water, Willow Creek, is 800 feet from
the site. It is potentially threatened because the lagoon is unlined and
had no structures to divert run-off. Belleville Lake, 3,600 feet from
the site, is used for recreation.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals
to come in direct contact with hazardous substances.
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HI MILL MANUFACTURING CD.
Highland, Michigan
Conditions at listing (June 1988); Hi Mill Manufacturing Co. has fabricated
tubular aluminum, copper, and brass parts on a 2.5-acre site in Highland, Oakland
County, Michigan, since 1946. Prior to 1981, rinse water from dipping operations
was discharged to an on-site unlined lagoon adjacent to a marsh connected to
Waterbury lake, which is used for recreational activities. Rinse water has
also been sprayed into the air as a disposal method.
In 1982, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources detected copper in
wells downgradient of the site. Heavy metals also contaminated marsh sediments
and water in the adjacent Highland Recreation Area.
In November 1983, the company removed sludge and contaminated soil from
the lagoon and transported them to a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Water from the pond
was treated on-site. The excavation reportedly went down 1 foot into clean
clay, and sand was used to fill in the hole.
Currently, more of the rinse water is recycled. The remaining water is
neutralized with caustic soda, stored in underground tanks, and then transported
off-site. An estimated 13,600 people obtain drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
Status (November 1988); EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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HOOKER (MONTAGUE PLANT)
Montague, Michigan
Conditions at listing (September 1985); Hooker Chemicals and Plastics
Corp., a subsidiary of Occidental Petroleum Corp., started to manufacture
chlorine, sodium hydroxide, and hydrochloric acid on a 900-acre property in
Montague, Muskegon County, Michigan,in 1954. Until February 1977, the plant
also manufactured hexachlorocyclopentadiene, a toxic chemical used in pesticide
production. The plant has been inactive since 1983; there are no plans to
reactivate it.
About 506,000 cubic yards of organic wastes were improperly disposed of on
50 of the 900 acres. The disposal has contaminated ground water and surface
water on and off the site with chlorinated organic chemicals, according to EPA
tests. A shallow aquifer below the site supplies drinking water to about
700 people. There is no alternative drinking water source.
On February 21, 1979, the State filed suit against Hooker to compel cleanup
of the site. Pursuant to a Consent Judgment, issued in November 1979, Hooker
removed most of the waste on the surface in 1981 and 1982 and disposed of it in
a concrete vault on the site. In 1983, the State certified closure of the vault.
Since 1979, Hooker has been pumping and treating ground water with carbon to
prevent contamination from migrating off-site.
The site is an inactive portion of a facility that acquired Interim Status
for a small barrel storage area under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) when Hooker filed Part A of a permit application. Hooker has
now decided to close the storage area instead of seeking an operating permit.
Status (September 1986): Hooker is pumping eight purge wells, including
two installed in 1986, to contain the plume of contaminated ground water and
has also upgraded the carbon treatment system. The State questions whether the
purge wells are drawing enough ground water for treatment to prevent contami-
nation from reaching nearby White Lake.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop Hooker's Montague Plant from
the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storage, and disposal facility,
it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
The State is seeking Department of Justice approval to re-open the 1979
judgment to include disposal of additional contaminated material found during
cleanup operations. Hooker submitted a closure plan for drum storage units
on January 30, 1985. In July 1986, the State found the plan deficient. It
still has not been approved.
EPA and Hooker are negotiating a Consent Order calling for a site investigation.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate
circumstances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to ensure that the site is cleaned up quickly and effectively;
Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose
the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or
unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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KAYDON CORP.
Muskegon, Michigan
Kaydon Corp. has manufactured roller bearings, ball bearings, and various
bearing assemblies since 1941 on a 40-acre site on McCracker Street in Muskegon,
Muskegon County, Michigan. Until 1968, waste water from plant processes, some
of which involved chlorinated organic solvents, was disposed of on-site in
seepage pits and in the south branch of Ruddiman Creek. In 1968, the wastes
were separated. Now, only cooling water is discharged to the creek. The creek
flows into Muskegon Lake, which is used for recreational activities, and
eventually into Lake Michigan. Process wastes are currently removed by waste
haulers, discharged to the sanitary sewer, or discharged to two on-site ponds.
Waste discharged to the ponds is grinding sludge; the solids settle out and the
water is piped to the sanitary sewer. The pond sludge is periodically removed
to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of.the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act. The sludges contain chromium, copper, lead, and
nickel, as does on-site soil, according to the company.
In October 1982, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, concerned
about ground water quality in the area, requested that Kaydon conduct a
hydrogeological investigation. Chlorinated organic solvents, including
1,1-dichloroethane and 1,2-dichloroethylene, and copper were found in 1985 in
monitoring wells the company installed downgradient of the site. Approximately
700 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In June 1986, Kaydon removed 1,500 cubic yards of contaminated soil and
sludge and transported them to an approved landfill.
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KYSOR INDUSTRIAL CORP.
Cadillac, Michiaan
Conditions at listing (September 1985): Kvsor Industrial Corp.
manufactures temperature control systems for the automotive industry on a
0.10-acre site in Cadillac, Wexford County, Michigan. The process involves
stamping and machining metal parts. Prior to 1979, 665 cubic yards of
liquid/sludge wastes containing solvents (1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichloro-
ethylene, toluene, and ethylbenzene) used to clean metal parts were disposed
of in unlined earthen pits on the site, accordina to the State. In 19R1,
the company excavated the pits and sent the materials to an off-site disposal
facility.
On-site monitoring wells that tap shallow ground water are contaminated
with solvents, including toluene and trichloroethylene, accordina to tests
conducted by consultants to the company. A shallow aouifer within 3 miles
of the site provides water for 4,500 people, approximately P percent of
Cadillac's population* The nearest surface water (0.4 mile downstream from
the facility) is used for fishing.
A container storage area at Kysor received Interim Status under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the
company filed Part A of a permit application. In July 19R4, EPA approved a
plan for closing the area and granted the facility small Generator status.
Status (September 1986): The State is conductina an area-wide remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of con-
tamination and identify alternatives for remedial action. The effort
includes several NPL sites, among them Kvsor Industrial Corp.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposina to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the final NPL. EPA's July 1984 action converted the Plant to
a hazardous waste generator. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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LACKS INDUSTRIES, INC.
Grand Rapids, Michiaan
Conditions at listing (October 1984); Lacks Industries, Inc., operates
a die-casting and paintinq facility for the automotive and appliance industries
on a 40-acre site in Grand Rapids, Kent County, Michiaan. A platina operation
also existed until July 1984. Process wastes were deposited in two unlined
lagoons, each covering about 0.25 acre.
Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with heavy metals, accordina
to the State. The major concern is potential contamination of private drinkina
water wells, although sampling in May and June of 1984 by Kent County showed
no contamination. About 300 people (lower estimate) use wells within 3 miles
of the site as a source of drinking water.
The facility received Interim Status under Subtitle C the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application. In May 1985, the company filed Part B for a container and tank
storage units and for a landfill to be used for disposal of hazardous wastes
from surface impoundments being closed. EPA's review determined that the Part B
was incomplete.
Status (June 1988): EPA is prooosina to drop Lacks Industries, Inc.,
from the proposed NPL. Because it is a storage and disposal facility, it is
subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
The storage tanks were closed in 1985. In May 1986, Lacks submitted a
RCRA closure plan for the disposal impoundments that called for off-site disposal
of the hazardous materials in the impoundments. The units will have to have a
RCRA postclosure permit, which calls for monitoring for 30 years to ensure
ground water quality. The Michigan Department of Natural Resources and Lacks
industries are still working on the details of the closure plan.
The State approved a closure plan for container storaae units in
August 1986. In March 1987, the State certified the closure.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA. authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate
circumstances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to ensure that the site is cleaned up ouicklv and effectively;
Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later reorooose
the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or
unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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METAL WORKING SHOP
Lake Ann, Michigan
The Metal Working Shop Site covers approximately 1 acre in Lake Ann,
Benzie County, Michigan. Fran 1974 to 1977, the owner of the property
finished metals in the shop using iron phosphate. Two types of rinse
waters were generated in an oxidizing phase of the operation: an acidic
rinse (dilute hydrochloric acid) containing iron phosphate and a caustic
rinse (sodium hydroxide). From approximately October 1975 to February
1977, effluents from these rinses were mixed to neutralize them and then
dumped onto the ground. According to the owner, 400 gallons per day were
disposed of for 8 to 10 days a month.
Analyses by the State detected chromium, molybdenum, and other
heavy metal salts in the rinses. Ground water occurs at shallow depths
(10 feet), and wells draw from the very permeable sand and gravel drift
aquifer. Hence, the wells are threatened by any heavy metals in site
soil. An estimated 1,100 people obtain drinking water from private wells
into the aquifer within 3 miles of the site. One well is on the site.
The site is on a hill between Lake View and Lake Ann. Many other
lakes are within 3 miles of the site.
In June 1983, a new owner took over the' site and operates it under
the name Lake Ann Manufacturing.
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MICHIGAN DISPOSAL SERVICE (CORK STREET LANDFILL)
Kalamazco, Michigan
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Michigan Disposal Service's
Cork Street Landfill covers approximately 64 acres in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo
County, Michigan. The city operated the site as a general refuse landfill
from 1925 until 1968. Until the mid-1960s, a teepee-type incinerator was
on the site. After closing the landfill for general refuse, the city
operated it for inert material until 1981, when Michigan Disposal Service
(formerly Dispos-O-Waste) bought the site. The company has applied to
the State for a permit to operate a sanitary landfill.
Monitoring wells on the site contain lead and arsenic above drinking
water standards, according to tests conducted by the State. The City of
Kalamazoo (population 80,000) has three well fields within 3 miles of
the site.
Status (January 1986): EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this
site because it needs more time to analyze the comments received during
the public comment period. The Michigan Disposal Service (Cork Street
Landfill) site will remain in proposed status until a later rulemaking.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
MUSKEGON CHEMICAL CO.
Whitehall, Michigan
Muskegon Chemical Co. (MCC) formerly produced a variety of specialty
chemicals for pharmaceutical and other industries on a 12-acre site at 1725
Warner Street in Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan. The area is zoned
commercial but at present is primarily residential. The company operated from
1975 to 1986, when it sold the business to Koch Chemical Co.
In 1981, a consultant to MCC identified bis(2-chloroethyl)ether and
1,2-dichloroethane in on-site wells. A sump pump and an outside holding tank,
both badly corroded, were potential sources. Over a period of 3 years, MCC
installed 40 monitoring wells along the plume of contamination. An estimated
6,400 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3
miles of the site. A private well is 1,250 feet north of the site.
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The consultantlsi 1981 study established that ground water was seeping
into Mill Pond Creek downgradient of the site. The seeps contained the same
contaminants found in ground water. Surface water within 3 miles downstream
of the site is used for recreational activities.
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In 1981, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) filed a
Consent Judgment under State Act 245 charging MCC with contaminating ground
water. MCC pleaded no contest. Later a plea agreement between MDNR and Koch
was reached regarding the cost of investigation and cleanup at the site.
In 1985, MCC installed a system to pump contaminated ground water to the
surface, treat it by carbon filtration, and return the treated water to the
Whitehall Water Treatment Plant. Koch continues to operate the system.
Monitoring indicates that ground water is still contaminated at elevated levels.
An 8,000-gallon pressurized tank of heptane is located on the north side
of the site. The tank poses a fire/explosion threat to workers on the site
and to a residential area 1,250 feet away.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Pa'rt A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-only
status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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PEERLESS PLATING 00.
Muskegon, Michigan
Conditions at listing (June 1988); Peerless Plating Co. operated an
electroplating shop on a 1-acre site at 2554 Getty Avenue in Muskegon, Muskegon
County, Michigan, during 1937. The site is surrounded by cxamnercial,
industrial, and residential areas. The plant closed in June 1983 as a result
of State and local enforcement actions, labor problems, and financial diffi-
culties.
Operations at the plant involved toxic, corrosive, reactive, and flammable
chemicals. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MENR),
wastes containing heavy metals were discharged into three unlined lagoons at
the rear of the facility. MCNR also determined that manholes inside the plant
discharged directly onto the ground and that drummed wastes were stored on-site.
In September-October 1983, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds in a removal
action at the site. EPA removed 37,000 gallons of sulfuric acid, nitric acid,
chromic acid, cyanide plating solution, chromium plating solution, hydrochloric
acid, and trichloroethylene. Also, the lagoons were drained; soil was removed
from the lagoon areas; the interior of the building was cleaned; vats, lines,
and tanks were decontaminated; sewer lines were sealed; and cyanides and nitric
acid were neutralized on-site. Hazardous materials were removed to a facility
regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Approximately 15,000-20,000 gallons of sludges and liquids remain on-site.
In 1985, EPA detected cadmium, chromium, cyanide, trans-l,2-dichloro-
ethylene, and trichloroethylene in an on-site well. An estimated 1,500 people
obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site. The
nearest well is less than 100 feet from the site.
The site is on a nearly level lake plain. Little Black Creek, which
empties into Lake Manor, is a major drainage pathway. The lake is used for
recreational activities.
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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STATE DISPOSAL LANDFILL, INC.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The State Disposal Landfill, inc., Site covers approximately 30 acres
north of Grand Rapids in Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan. After
operating under two owners during 1966-72, the landfill was owned and operated
by Waste Management, Inc., during 1972-76. In August 1975, the landfill
received a permit from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to accept
general refuse. Since 1976, Waste Management has maintained the landfill. It
is now covered with a layer of clay and is equipped with methane gas vents.
In August 1985, EPA detected trans-lf2-dichloroethylene, ethylbenzene,
xylenes, barium, and nickel in monitoring wells downgradient of the site.
Ground water occurs at about 75 feet or less. The permeable glacial
outwash and postglacial alluvium deposits that underlie the site facilitate
movement of contaminants into ground water. Local health officials have
warned some well owners near the site to seek an alternative drinking water
source. An estimated 13,000 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In 1985, Waste Management hired a consultant to conduct a hydrogeological
investigation of the site and install monitoring wells.
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GAUTIER OIL CD., INC.
Gautier, Mississippi
The Gautier Oil Co.,Inc., Site covers 3 acres in Gautier, Jackson
County, Mississippi. The site is an abandoned wood-preserving and oil
recovery facility that operated for 104 years under different owners,
including Delta Creosote and Gautier Oil Co., Inc. Operations ceased in
1983. The current owner is Seaboard Systems Railroad, Inc.
The site contains storage and process tanks, two sand filter beds,
a lagoon, numerous rusting drums, and piles of sludge. At least 2,000
cubic yards of liquids and sludges containing phenol, naphthalene,
chloroform, anthracene, and lead were deposited in the lagoon and in
sludge piles, according to tests conducted by the Mississippi State Chemical
Laboratory. A State inspection in 1984 determined that the filter beds
overflow onto adjoining property, and that the lagoon discharges to the
West Pascagoula River. A coastal wetland is within 1,200 feet.
The aquifer below the site consists of the sand and gravel units of
the Citronelle Formation. The formation is the shallowest aquifer in the
area of the site and is used by a small portion of the population.
About 300 people are served by private wells in the aquifer within 3 miles
of the site. The nearest well is less than 2,000 feet away.
On April 24, 1985, EPA issued an Administrative Order by Consent to
Seaboard under CERCLA Section 106(a) to remove contaminated soil, waste,
containers, and equipment from the site. Seaboard removed over 536 tons
of materials from the site and transported them to a hazardous waste
facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act.
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CONSERVATION CHEMICAL CO.
Kansas City, Missouri
Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Conservation Chemical Co. (CCC)
Site covers approximately 6 acres in Kansas City, Jackson County, Missouri. It
is on the south bank of the Missouri River near where the Blue and Missouri
Rivers meet. CCC operated a waste treatment and disposal facility on the site
from about 1960 to 1980. The primary wastes handled were metal-finishing wastes,
including pickle liquors, spent plating solutions, heat-treating materials, and
alkaline cyanides; chlorinated and nonchlorinated solvents and other organics;
alkaline refinery wastes; laboratory chemicals; and wastes containing arsenic
and elemental phosphorus. Records indicate that approximately 300,000 tons of
wastes were accepted. Some were incinerated, but most were buried in lagoons
which were either unlined or inadequately lined. CCC attempted physical stabili-
zation of the lagoons by mixing the lagoon contents with fly ash and waste
pickle liquor. The lagoons were then covered with soil.
CCC obtained Interim Status for various storage tanks under Subtitle C of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) by filing Part A of a permit
application. Subsequently, those wastes were disposed of off-site, and the
tanks are no longer used.
EPA has detected various hazardous substances in on- and off-site surface
soil and in ground water downgradient of the site. This ground water is part
of an aquifer used locally as a drinking and industrial water supply. Because
the ground water and the Missouri River are hydraulically connected, the con-
taminants are entering the river, which is used locally and regionally for
recreation, industry, irrigation, and municipal water supply.
On November 22, 1982, the United States filed a civil action under RCRA
and CERCLA seeking a court-ordered site cleanup and reimbursement of the
Government's investigative costs. The parties sued were CCC: its president
and principal stockholder, Conservation Chemical Co. of Illinois (a related
corporation); and four major contributors of waste to the site: Armco, Inc.,
FMC Corp., IBM Corp., and AT&T Technologies, Inc. (formerly Western Electric).
On June 19, 1984, the four original generator defendants filed third-party
suits against 152 other generators, 7 Federal agencies, and 16 insurance
companies. On October 1, 1984, 77 additional third-party defendants were added
to the lawsuit.
Status (April 1987); On August 2, 1985, the government reached a pre-
liminary settlement under which the four original generator defendants agreed
to undertake remedial design and remedial action at the CCC site and to reimburse
the government $500,000 of its response costs. Additional studies during the
design identified conditions that would make the remedial action more difficult
and expensive.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the NPL. Based on an evaluation of CCC's record of compliance,
EPA has determined that the company has demonstrated unwillingness to take
corrective action.
In November 1987, EPA and the defendants agreed to a remedial action
involving pumping and treating ground water.
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FINDETT CORP.
St. Charles, Missouri
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Findett Corp. operates on a site
near the St. Louis suburb of St. Charles, St. Charles County, Missouri, in the
floodplain of the Mississippi River. The Findett facility covers about 3 acres;
however, contamination originating at the facility may cover a much greater
area. A municipal well field is within 1 mile of the site.
Among its activities, Findett reprocessed fluids containing PCBs during
1963-74. Some wastes from the reprocessing were disposed of in a small pond
on the Findett property. In 1977, after significant levels of PCBs were
detected in the pond, Findett excavated and backfilled a portion of the pond.
In further investigations in 1979, EPA found that the pond area was still
contaminated with PCBs. As a result, EPA issued an Administrative Order under
the Clean Water Act in 1980 requiring further excavation of the pond area.
Additional sampling after the excavation indicated PCBs had migrated beyond the
immediate pond area and into subsurface areas.
The facility received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a
permit application-for treating and storing hazardous waste.
EPA issued an Administrative Order on Consent under Section 3013 of
RCRA in September 1982. The order required Findett to design and implement
a monitoring, sampling, and analysis plan to characterize the nature and
extent of PCB soil contamination, as well as the potential for ground water
contamination in the immediate vicinity of the Findett facility. Findett
installed monitoring wells and analyzed ground water for PCBs.
Status (January 1986); EPA sampled wells in June 1985, identified other
contamination in ground water beneath the site, and developed a workplan for a
remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
action. EPA is negotiating with Findett to conduct the RI under a CERCLA
Section 106 Consent Order.
Status (April 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Findett Corp. from the
proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment, storage, and disposal facility,
it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
A Superfund-financed RI to determine the extent and possible source of
ground water contamination began in August 1987 after Findett declined to do
the work. Field work has been completed. Analytical data are being evaluated,
and a draft RI report should be available shortly.
EPA may also pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and will ensure
that the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA can later
repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator
is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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KEM-PEST LABORATORIES
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
The Kern-Pest Laboratories Site occupies 6.1 acres on Missouri State
Highway 177, near Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri.
The company formulated various pesticides on the site frcm 1965 to 1975,
when it went out of business.
According to information provided to EPA as required by CERCLA
section 103(c), the plant generated wastes, including the following pesticides:
aldrin, dieldrin, 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid (2,4-D), endrin,
heptachlor, methyl parathion, and thiuram. On the site was a 1,250 square-
foot lagoon used to treat plant waste and sewage. When the company closed
the lagoon in April 1981, it was filled in with compacted clay and covered
with another layer of. compacted clay.
An EPA inspection in May 1983 revealed that the lagoon cover was
eroding, and no vegetation was observed on the cover. Heptachlor and
endrin were detected in surface soil near the lagoons and in drainage
paths leading off-site. In April 1984, EPA detected heptachlor, chlordane,
endrin, aldrin, and 4,4-DDD in on-site monitoring wells into the shallow
aquifer. This aquifer, which is not currently used, is connected to a
deeper aquifer that supplies private drinking water wells within 3 miles
of the £ite. The wells serve an estimated 1,300 people.
The site is in the floodplain of the Mississippi River. A fresh-
water wetland is within 1 mile. Cape Girardeau (population 34,000) draws
drinking water from the Mississippi less than 1 mile downstream of the
site.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
MISSOURI ELECTRIC WORKS
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Missouri Electric Works has sold and serviced electric motors and
transformers on a 6.4-acre site near the southeastern edge of the City of
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, since 1953. It is in a
light industrial/commercial area on Missouri Highway 61 within 1 mile of
prime agricultural land.
An inspection by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)
found that drums of transformer waste oils contaminated with PCBs were
leaking. In November 1984, EPA analyses indicated that a PCB (Aroclor
1260) was present in soils at concentrations as high as 58,000 parts per
million. Soil contamination is widespread and occurs to a depth of at
least 5 feet.
Soils in the area are permeable, the bedrock is highly fractured,
and ground water is shallow (20 feet in some cases). These conditions
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. An estimated
34,000 people obtain drinking water from a Cape Girardeau well within
3 miles of the site.
The site is approximately 1.75 miles west of the Mississippi River.
-It is located on a leveled hill top, with the majority of the site sloping
slightly to the south into a run-off channel eventually draining to Cape
La Croix Creek. The far southeast corner drops off rapidly into a drainage
3itch also leading to the creek, which is used for recreational activities.
In January 1987, EPA,using wipe samples, determined that Aroclor
1260 was in the air on and off the site in places where contaminants
could only have been deposited by windblown particulates from Missouri
Electric Works. An estimated 37,800 people live within 4 miles of the site.
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ORONOGO-DUENWEG MINING BELT
Jasper County, Missouri
The Orongo-Duenweg Mining Belt is in Jasper County, Missouri, and is
considered part of the Tri-State Mining District of Missouri, Kansas, and
Oklahoma. Two other sites in the districtCherokee County in Kansas and Tar
Creek in Ottawa County, Oklahomawere placed on the NPL in September 1983.
Superfund-financed remedial activities are under way at these two sites.
Lead and zinc ores, as well as some cadmium ores, were mined from 1848 to
the late 1960s, with the greatest activity occurrina in an area of 2 by
10 miles between Oronogo and Duenweg, northeast of Joplin. Minina efforts were
originally performed by one- to two-man independent operations that in later
years were organized by several area minina companies.
The site is honeycombed with underground workinas, pits, shafts (open,
closed, and collapsed), mine tailinas, waste piles, and ponds holdina tailina
waters. An estimated 10 million tons of wastes or tailinqs are on the site.
Throughout the mininq era, around water had to be pumped to prevent
flooding of mines. When mining ceased, the shafts and underground workinas
filled with water. Tailina Piles have been left uncovered and unstabilized.
Leachate and run-off from the piles can enter open shafts and pits.
Ground water and surface water on the site are contaminated with cadmium,
lead, and zinc, according to tests by the U.S. Geoloaical Survey in 1977. An
estimated 1,500 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles
of the site.
This mining site is potentially eligible for cleanup funds from the State
of Missouri's approved program under the Surface Minina Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977 (SMCRA). EPA is developing a policy for listing such sites. This
site is being proposed for the NPL at this time to avoid delay in startina
CERCLA activities.
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QUAIL RUN MOBILE- MANOR
Gray Summit, Missouri
Conditions at listing (September 1983); Quail Run Mobile Manor is a
trailer park located 2 miles east of Gray Summit, Franklin County,
Missouri. In the early 1970s, the road through the park was sprayed with
an unknown quantity of dioxin-contaminated waste oil. In 1974, seme of
the soil was excavated from the road and deposited in the area between
the road and a lagoon and also on two nearby properties which are also part
of the site.
Early in 1983, EPA identified dioxin in soil samples from numerous
locations on the site, one as high as 1,100 parts per billion. As a
result, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control (CDC) issued a health advisory
warning that the more than 100 residents were at risk of developing adverse
health effects from dioxin if they remained in their hones. Some of the
residents had come to the trailer park from Times Beach, Missouri, which
also has a dioxin problem.
In May 1983, EPA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
and the State briefed the residents on the findings and explained FEMA's
offer of temporary relocation. Of 33 families, 29 applied for relocation.
Status (July 1984); A few families are still residing at Quail Run.
The site is scheduled to be cleaned up as part of a planned removal using
CERCLA emergency funds. The project involves excavating and restoring
several on-site areas contaminated with dioxin. The contaminated soil
will be stored temporarily on the site.
EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it does not
meet the criteria currently specified to place a site on the NPL. EPA
is considering revising the National Contingency Plan (NCP), the Federal
regulation by which CERCLA is implemented, in such a way that Quail Run
and similar sites where CDC has issued a health advisory will qualify
for the NPL.
Status (January 1986); Removal actions are currently underway. All
families have been temporarily relocated, and all of the mobile homes
have been decontaminated and sent off-site for rehabilitation. The tasks
remaining under the removal action include construction of one remaining
steel structure of a total of 11 for temporary storage of contaminated
soil; excavation and storage of remaining contaminated soil; and site
restoration.
On Sept* 16, 1985, EPA revised the NCP to allow placing Quail Run
and similar sites on the NPL. EPA is continuing to evaluate this site
and so is again deferring final rulemaking.
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WHEELING DISPOSAL SERVICE CO., INC., LANDFILL
Amazonia, Missouri
Wheeling Disposal Service Co., Inc., operates a landfill on two
contiguous areas covering approximately 200 acres. The site is approximately
1 mile southeast of Mazonia in Andrew County/ Missouri.
The landfill was established in the early 1970s. Between June 1980
and September 1981, the company voluntarily ceased operations pending
the issuance of State and Federal regulations on hazardous waste disposal
facilities. In September 1981, the facility resumed operations under the
authority of a special waste disposal permit issued by the State of
Missouri. The Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) has
periodically inspected and monitored ground water at the site since 1975.
Based on monthly MDNR hazardous waste logs, wastes containing
pesticides (including heptachlor, toxaphene, and lindane), cyanide, arsenic,
sulfide, nickel, cadmium, lead, zinc, asbestos, paint sludge, and tanning
sludge were disposed of at this landfill.
In field investigations conducted by EPA in December 1980, November
1982, and November 1983, trichloroethylene, chloroform, and 1,2-dichloro-
ethane were detected in monitoring wells and springs on-site at concentrations
significantly above background levels.
Drinking water is supplied to 314 residents of Amazonia through wells
within 1 to 2 miles of the site and 90 to 100 feet deep in the Missouri
River alluvial aquifer. Shallow ground water beneath the site provides
partial recharge to the aguifer.
Mace Creek, 4,000 feet downslope from the landfill, is threatened by
drainage from the site. Local surface waters are used for fishing.
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BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (SOMERS TIE^TREATING PLANT)
Somers, Montana
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Burlington Northern Railroad has
treated ties on a 4.5-acre site in Somers, Flathead County, Montana, since
around 1900. The plant's current operations are regulated under Subtitle C
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). An old waste disposal
lagoon downgradient of the RCRA-regulated facility has not been used since 1974.
The old lagoon was used to dispose of creosote wastes from the wood-
treatment process. The wastes were discharged from the pond via a ditch to a
marshy area on the shore of Flathead lake, the largest fresh water lake west of
the Mississippi River. The lake is extensively used for camping and fishing,
and towns along the lake such as Somers use it for drinking water.
On February 28, 1984, the state dug several shallow holes along the lake
shore and took samples of creosote-saturated sand below the ditch outfall.
Sludge/sediment samples were collected from the bottom of a 0.5-acre swamp
pond located along the shore adjacent to the waste ditch. The material was
silty-sand and stained with oil.
Early in March 1984, consultants to Burlington Northern drilled approxi-
mately 60 test borings in the vicinity of the swamp pond, in the waste ditch,
and below the seasonal high water beach of Flathead Lake. About 46 percent of
the test holes showed visual evidence of creosote contamination. The holes
encompassed an area of approximately 3.5 acres, including the pond. Soil
samples were collected from the test borings. Monitoring wells were installed
at 10 sites around the pond.
Status (January 1986); In May and June 1985, Burlington Northern removed
contaminated sludge, soil, and water from the swamp pond under a CERCLA Section
106 Consent Order for an immediate removal. The materials were plaeed in two
existing RCRA lagoons on the plant site which were reconstructed to meet RCRA
standards. The company is moving the sludges and soils to another of its
facilities at Paradise, Montana, where they are being placed in a waste pile
that meets RCRA standards. Swamp pond water was processed through the plant's
waste water recycling system.
In December 1984, Burlington Northern voluntarily submitted to EPA a study
to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action. On October 9, 1985, EPA and Burlington
Northern signed a Consent Order under CERCLA Section 106 for a remedial investi-
gation/feasibility study (RJ/FS) covering the old lagoon. The RI/FS activities
are scheduled to be completed in approximately January 1987.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Burlington Northern
Railroad's Somers Tie-Treating Plant from the proposed NPL. Because the
site is a storage and disposal facility, it is subject to the corrective action
authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
Burlington Northern is closing the two existing RCRA lagoons according to
a RCRA closure plan approved by the State. The company has submitted a draft
RI/FS and Endangerment Assessment report to EPA for the old lagoon. Late in
1988, the public will have an opportunity to comment on the cleanup alternative
recommended in the draft RI/FS report.
EPA may also pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and will ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA can later repropose
the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or
unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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COMET OIL CO.
Billings, Montana
The Comet Oil Co. Site covers approximately 10 acres on Frontage Poad in a
residential/industrial part of Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana. The
facility opened approximately 25 years ago and functioned as a one-person waste
oil re-refinery operation until Hair's, Inc. (also known as Mountain States
Petroleum Corp.) purchased it in 1974. In 1979, Bair's ceased operation for
economic reasons.
A large number of storage tanks and empty 55-gallon drums are on-site, as
well as several waste oil lagoons and a large sludge pile. In 1985, 100,000
gallons of contaminated waste oil spilled when vandals opened valves on one
tank. Under the supervision of the Montana Department of Health and Environ-
mental Sciences, Comet collected 75,000 gallons of waste oil from the site and
a neighboring property; the other 25,000 gallons were lost to the environment.
Comet also covered parts of the site with 3-5 feet of soil.
Organic compounds, including benzene, phenol, 2,4-dimethylphenol, naphtha-
lene, and trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, are present in an off-site downgradient
monitoring well, according to EPA tests conducted in 1985. Petroleum products
and solvents are in soils throughout the site, to a depth of 34 feet in some
parts, according to EPA. Within 3 miles of the site are four municipal wells
and one private well that supply.drinking water to at least 5,500 people.
Contaminants at the site threaten the Yellowstone River, which is
used for recreational activities. The river is 0.6 mile downstream from
the site.
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LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.
Lindsay, Nebraska
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Lindsay Manufacturing Co. generates
acid waste from a galvanizing process at its plant in Lindsay, Platte County,
Nebraska. The wastes were discharged into a 0.1-acre unlined pond. On
January 11, 1983, the company sampled monitoring wells near the pond. Analyses
indicated that ground water was contaminated with acid and metals. In
October 1983, the pond was closed. Prior to the closing, the plant received
Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.
Under a Stipulated Agreement issued by the State, the company has removed
the source of contamination and is purging the ground water. Five municipal
wells serving Lindsay are within 1 mile of the site.
Status (January 1986): Lindsay is pumping ground water and treating
it by neutralization and precipitation. The State is monitoring the ground
water restoration program. Data from off-site monitoring wells suggest that
the program is controlling the migration of contaminants from the site.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the NPL because the wastes generated by Lindsay are no longer
subject to Subtitle C corrective action authorities. On May 28, 1986, EPA
published an amendment to its list of hazardous wastes which clarified that the
wastes generated by Lindsay would be considered hazardous only if they exhibited
one or more of the hazardous waste characteristics. Lindsay's waste did not
display hazardous waste characteristics when the surface impoundments were
closed on November 2, 1987. Therefore, EPA intends to pursue cleanup under
Superfund.
In June 1987, a contractor to Lindsay detected volatile organic chemicals
in on-site ground water.
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MONROE AUTO EQUIPMENT CO.
Cozad, Nebraska
Conditions at listing (September 1985); The Monroe Auto Equipment Co.
Site covers approximately 26.3 acres in the Platte River floodplain on the
outskirts of Cozad, Dawson County, Nebraska. The company began manufacturing
activities in Cozad in 1961. In 1981, it employed 600 workers and produced
40,000 shock absorbers each day. The company is owned by Tenneco and is
still in operation.
Manufacturing processes include metal finishing, welding, painting, and
electroplating. Waste oil was also reclaimed. Sludges generated from treating
plant wastes contain chromium, cadmium, and zinc. This sludge is stored in
on-site surface impoundments. Organic solvents are stored in underground tanks.
Results from a 1982 EPA Water Supply Survey revealed that two of Cozad's
seven drinking water wells, located in the vicinity of the Monroe site, were
contaminated with trichloroethylene (TCE) and other synthetic organic compounds.
The well system serves 4,400 people. Subsequent sampling showed that significant
levels of TCE and acetone exist in on-site wells. Additional data are needed
to establish which part of the facility is responsible for the contamination.
The Platte River and the Dawson County Canal (which is about 2,000 feet
downstream of the site) are used for irrigation.
On January 18, 1983, EPA Headquarters granted a temporary exclusion delisting
Monroe Auto sludge under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act (RCRA). The surface impoundments, therefore, were not subject to Interim
Status requirements of Subtitle C.
In 1985, the Nebraska Department of Environmental Control (NDEC) issued a
Stipulated Agreement requiring the company to take remedial action at the site.
Since August 1985, the company has been pumping and treating ground water to
remove TCE.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop Monroe Auto Equipment Co.
from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a storage and disposal facility, it
is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA. EPA
terminated the temporary exclusion on Monroe's sludge and the surface impoundments
again became subject to Subtitle C on May 14, 1987.
On August 6, 1986, NDEC approved the company's plan for closing the surface
impoundments under RCRA. Closure of the surface impoundments was certified on
July 17, 1987.
Pumping and treating of ground water are expected to continue for several years.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate circum-
stances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investigation/feasibility
study to ensure that the site is cleaned up quickly and effectively. Superfund
enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose the site
for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling
to clean up the site effectively.
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BROOK INDUSTRIAL PARK
Bound Brook, New Jersey
Conditions at listing (June 1988); The Brook Industrial Park is a 4.5-acre
complex of light industries and warehouses on the north banks of the Raritan
River in a heavily industrialized area in the Borough of Bound Brook, Somerset
County, New Jersey. The park is bordered by the Central Railroad of New Jersey,
Lehigh Valley Railroad, and residential areas.
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The facility dates to the late 1800s. Industrial, chemical, and pesticide
operations began in 1971 when Blue Spruce Chemical began formulating pesticides
that were banned in the United States and could only be exported. Blue Spruce
stored Agent Orange, which contains traces of dioxin, on the site. Blue Spruce's
building has been abandoned. Other occupants of buildings at the park include
Jame Fine Chemicals, Inc., which manufactures specialty chemicals, and National
Metal Finishings Corp., which plates metals. Both have operated at the park for
10-12 years within 50 feet of one another.
The Middlebrook Regional Health Commission and the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) investigated the site when workers became
ill. Several of the operations were cited for inadequate housekeeping and waste
disposal practices.
Soils on the site, as well as wells on and downgradient of the site, contain
solvents, pesticides, and heavy metals, according to EPA and NJDEP tests. Public
and private wells within 3 miles of the site provide water to an estimated
613,000 people. A private well is within 0.25 mile of the site. The materials
that Jame Fine, National Metal, and Blue Spruce used or processed have been
mixed and have migrated to ground water. Also, a sewer carrying Jame Fine's
process waste water to the Middlesex County Sewerage Authority once broke,
contaminating the Blue Spruce property.
EPA and NJDEP detected lindane and aldrin in surface water on the site and
run-off to the Raritan River. Nearby surface water is used for recreation.
In July 1983, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds to seal and lock the Blue
Spruce building and cap the dioxin area with asphalt. However, workers in the
rest of the park can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Jame Fine illegally discharged cooling water used in the manufacture of
mandelic acid to the Raritan River, according to an Administrative Consent Order
filed in March 1980 by NJDEP. In August 1985, NJDEP cited National Metal and
Brook Industrial Park for unpermitted discharges of metal plating waste into
ground water during 1977-87.
This facility is' being proposed for the NPL because National Metal is
classified as a non- or late filer under Subtitle C the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). Although the company was treating, storing, or
disposing of hazardous waste after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A
permit application by that date as required and has little or no history of
compliance with RCRA Subtitle C.
Status (October 1988); EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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HIGGINS DISPOSAL
Kingston, New Jersey
Conditions at listing (June 1988); The Biggins Disposal Site covers 38
acres at 121 Laurel Avenue in a rural area north of Kingston, Somerset County,
New Jersey. For an unknown number of years, the owner operated an unpermitted
landfill and an unpermitted transfer station on the site. The owner of this
business owns Higgins Farm, which was also proposed for the NPL in June 1988.
In 1981, as required by CERCIA Section 103 (c), FMC Corp. reported to
EPA that in 1974 its Princeton plant had deposited approximately 61,000 cubic
feet of chemical waste containing heavy metals, organic solvents, and pesticides
at the site. In October 1982, the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) issued an Administrative Order under the State's Solid Waste
Management Act requiring Higgins Disposal to stop accepting and disposing of
solid waste and remove waste already at the facility.
On June 26, 1986, NJDEP sampled soil and water on the property. Analysis
identified PCBs (Aroclor 1248), tetrachloroethylene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, and
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in on-site soil. Aroclor 1248 was also detected in
an on-site pond downgradient of the landfill. When full, the pond spills into
Dirty Brook, which discharges into the Delaware/Pvaritan Canal. The rgral is
used for boating and fishing. A fresh water wetland is 300 feet from the site.
Soils on the site are permeable and ground water shallow, conditions that
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. An estimated 2,OOQ.
people depend on private wells within 3 miles of the site as their sole source
of drinking water. NJDEP considers Higgins Disposal a possible source of local
well contamination.
Status (November 1988); EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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LODI MUNICIPAL WELL
Lodi, New Jersey
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Lodi Municipal Well in
Lodi, Bergen County, New Jersey, is contaminated with uranium and its
decay products, according to tests conducted by the State. In December
1983, the State closed the well, which is one of nine wells serving
about 24,000 people. Other municipal wells are being used, but they
draw from the same aquifer. The State is investigating to determine if
ground water migrating from a nearby thorium-processing facility is
contaminating the Lodi Municipal Well.
Status (January 1986); Additional tests of the well water are
planned to determine if the radionuclides present are associated with a
naturally-occurring formation in the area. The analyses will also include
nonradiological constituents, which are used to help identify the source
of contaminants.
Status (September 1988): In the spring of 1988, EPA started a
remedial investigation/feasibility study, which should help determine if
the contamination is naturally occurring.
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MATLACK, INC.
Woolwich Township, New Jersey
Conditions at listing (September 1985): Matlack, Inc., has operated
a tank-cleaning and truck terminal in Woolwich Township, Gloucester County, New
Jersey, since 1962. During 1962-76, rinse water from the cleaning of tanks
used for transporting a variety of materials (including resins, organic solvents,
and acids) was disposed of in an unlined sand and gravel pit behind the terminal
building. At the end of disposal operations, Matlack pumped the lagoon and
left the sludge in place. The pit was subsequently filled with demolition
rubble and clean fill.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP), Gloucester
County Health Department, and Matlack have sampled ground water and soil both
on- and off-site. The results indicate that on-site soils are contaminated
with volatile organic chemicals, including trichloroethane, tetrachloroethane,
and 1,2-dichloroethylene. A private residential well about 0.25 mile northwest
of the site is similarly contaminated. The residents are now using bottled
water.
On January 18, 1984, NJDEP notified Matlack that it should investigate
hydrogeological conditions at the site. In response, Matlack hired a
consultant to install and sample additional monitoring wells.
About 300 people are served by ground water within 3 miles of the site.
This site is an inactive part of an active facility that received
Interim Status for tank storage under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the owner filed Part A of a permit application.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Matlack, Inc., from the
proposed NPL. Because the site is a storage facility, it is subject to the
corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
On May 26, 1987, Matlack agreed to an Administrative Consent Order
issued by NJDEP under the State's Water Pollution Control Act and the Spill
Compensation and Control Act. The company will (1) conduct a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action and (2)
implement the selected remedy. The RI/FS is scheduled to be completed in October
1988.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA or equivalent State authorities
and to ensure that the cleanup protects public health and the environment. EPA
can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or
operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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NAVAL WEAPONS STATION EARLE (SITE A)
Colts Neck, New Jersey
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Naval Weapons Station
Earle covers 10,048 acres in Colts Neck, Monmouth County, New Jersey.
Since the early 1940s, the U.S. Navy has handled, stored, renovated, and
transshipped munitions at the station. These operations involve preserving
and maintaining ammunition, missile components, and explosives; rendering
safe unserviceable and/or dangerous ammunition and explosives; and providing
support to the Fleet Mine Facility. The station also conducts or has
conducted nonordnance activities, radiological operations, materials
storage, and waste disposal operations.
Site A covers 29 waste areas identified by the Navy. Wastes
generated in Site A include ordnance materials, grit and paint, paint
scrapings, solvent/paint sludges, ammonium picrate, lead bullets from
small arms ranges, zinc, lead, titanium, and small amounts of other
constituents. The Navy detected contaminants in a limited number of
sediment and surface water samples, but further background samples are
necessary.
The waste areas of Site A overlie ..the Cohansey Sand, Kirkwood
Formation, Vincentown Formation, Red Bank Sand, Navesink Formation,
and the Wenonah Formation aquifers. All are hydraulically connected, so
that water can move among them. An estimated 1,900 people within 3
miles of Site A are served by these aquifers. Local surface water is
used for recreation and irrigation purposes. An estimated 270 people
are served by surface water within 3 miles downstream of Site A.
The station is participating in the Installation Restoration Program,
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Depart-
ment of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from
these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II
(preliminary survey) is underway.
Status (July 1985); EPA and the Navy have agreed upon a scope of
work which calls for investigation of 13 of the 29 areas.
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SOUTH JERSEY CLOTHING CO.
Minotola, New Jersey
The South Jersey Clothing Co. Site is in a mixed residential, commercial,
and 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 regions. Since the 1940s, the company has
manufactured clothing on Central Avenue 500 feet from Garden State Cleaners
Co., which is also being proposed for the NPL in June 1988.
In 1981, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
inspectors observed a black liquid on the soil behind the South Jersey Clothing
Co. building. Subsequent analysis revealed trichloroethylene concentrations as
high as 940,000 parts per billion (ppb) in soil and 16,000 ppb in a private
drinking water well.
Off-site monitoring wells downgradient of South Jersey clothing and Garden
State Cleaners 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.
In 1984, South Jersey Clothing signed an Administrative Consent Order with
NJDEP requiring the company to intensify monitoring and take measures to restrict
migration of contaminants in ground water.
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WITCO CHEMICAL CORP. (OAKLAND PLANT)
Oakland, New Jersey
Witco Chemical Corp. has operated a chemical research laboratory and
pilot plant since 1966 in an industrial park at 100 Bauer Drive in the City of
Oakland, Bergen County, New Jersey. The 9-acre site is in an industrial area
next to a small lake (Hoppers Lake).
During 1966-83, Witco discharged its laboratory waste water to a series
of six seepage pits located in a stratified drift aouifer used locally for
domestic and industrial purposes. The wastes contained petroleum hydrocarbons
and volatile organic chemicals. In March 1982, the New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection (NJDEP) inspected the Witco facility to review operations
and waste water management practices. NJDEP analysis of waste water samples
identified petroleum hydrocarbons and volatile organic compounds. Subseouently,
Witco submitted a waste water management plan to NJDEP, which included the
complete elimination of subsurface discharaes of laboratory waste waters.
On July 16, 1982, NJDEP issued a directive reouirina Witco to: 1) submit
a plan to eliminate the discharge of waste waters to around water and 2) conduct
a hydrogeologic investigation to determine the nature and extent of possible
soil and ground water contamination resultina from past practices. On October
28, 1982, Witco submitted a plan that consisted of drillina and samplina three
shallow soil borings and installation and samplina of four ground water wells.
This investigation was completed in the fall of 1982.
In February 1984, in accordance.with the State's directive, witco installed
a 7,000 gallon-fiberglass tank to receive the laboratory waste water. Noncontact
cooling water is discharged to Hoppers Lake under a New Jersey Pollution
Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) permit. A fresh-water wetland is within
1 mile of the site. Franklin Lake, which is within 3 miles downstream of the
site, is used for recreational activities.
Because of concern associated with the deactivated seepaae pit svstem,
Witco retained a consultant to prepare a remedial plan to remove the svstem.
A series of soil borinas were drilled to delineate the extent of soil
contamination underlyina the pits and to classify those soils as hazardous or
nonhazardous. The remedial plan was formalized in July 1987, and Witco beaan
work on November 30, 1987. Residual sludges from the six seepaae pits were
transported to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRAJ; the tanks and other eouipment
were removed and disposed of; the contaminated soils were excavated and removed
to a RCRA-regulated facility; and the site was backfilled and araded. The
closure was completed on January 15, 1988.
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CIMARRON MINING CORP.
Carrizozo, New Mexico
Conditions at listing (June 1988); The Cimarron Mining Corp. Site covers
5 to 10 acres about 500 yards north of U.S. Highway 380 and approximately
0.4 mile east of U.S. 54 in Carrizozo, Lincoln County, New Mexico. A rest
area and historical marker are on the highway approximately 300 yards
south of the site.
During 1979-82, Cimarron Mining Corp., also known as Southwest Minerals
Corp., operated a mill that recovered metal from ore transported to the site.
The process used a 50/50 solution of cyanide salt and metal stripper.
Cimarron Mining went out of business in 1984. Previously, the mill was
operated by Sierra Blanca Mining and Milling Co. for the extraction of gold
with cyanide. Both processes generated a liquid waste containing cyanide
and heavy metals.
A site inspection conducted by the New Mexico Environmental Improvement
Division in October 1984 revealed two cyanide solution tanks, a discharge
pit, a tailings impoundment, an uncovered tailings pile, and a drum storage
area. The tanks are concrete-lined, but the other facilities are unlined and
lack leachate or seepage collection systems. In August 1987, EPA erected a
fence around the tailings impoundment and tailings pile to prevent people
and animals front coming into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Analyses conducted by the State detected cyanide and heavy metals in
ground water, soil, sediment, and tailings on the site. Cyanide was
detected at a concentration of 116 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) in a
water sample taken from one holding pond. A tailings pile sample contained
46.4 mg/kg of cyanide. The levels are potentially toxic to human health.
An estimated 1,500 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells
within 3 miles of the site. Wells are also used to irrigate food crops.
In June 1982, New Mexico charged Cimarron with failing to comply with
the State water quality and hazardous waste regulations. The company took
no action in response. It went out of business and declared bankruptcy in
U.S. Federal Court on August 14, 1984.
This mining site is being proposed for the NPL because it is a noncoal
site with mining operations that occurred after August 3, 1977, the enactment
date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Thus, the
site is neither regulated by SMCRA nor eligible for funds from the SMCRA
Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program.
Status (November 1988); EPA has evaluated the site and determined that
emergency action is not warranted at this time.
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LEE ACRES LANDFILL (USDOI)
Farmington, New Mexico
The Lee Acres Landfill, a Federal facility site, covers 40 acres of
public land in San Juan County southeast of Farmington, New Mexico. The
landfill area is about 2,200 feet north and upgradient of the Lee Acres
residential subdivision. The Giant Industries, Inc., refinery property is to
the southeast.
On May 1, 1962, the Bureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of
Interior (USDOI), leased 20 acres to San Juan County to operate a county
landfill. In April 1981, the lease was renewed and another 20 acres were added
to the county's lease.
The landfill consists of an undetermined number of solid waste trenches
and unlined waste lagoons. At least three of the lagoons may have received a
mixture of liquid wastes, including produced waters from oil and gas fields,
waste oil, spent acids, chlorinated organic solvents, and septage, according to
the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division (NMEID). In 1985, NMEID
detected chlorinated volatile organic compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, and 1,2-dichloroethylene, as well as benzene, in a lagoon
and in a residential well downgradient at the north end of the Lee Acres
subdivision. An estimated 400 residents use shallow alluvial ground water
within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.
Lee Acres Landfill is near where an arroyo meets the San Juan River, which
is used for recreational activities. During a heavy rainstorm in April 1985, a
dike of one of the lagoons broke. Wastes entered the arroyo, posing a possible
threat to the San Juan River. During the same period, releases of toxic vapors
from the lagoons caused approximately 15 people, including on-site cleanup
workers, to experience difficulty in breathing, severe headaches, skin rashes,
or other symptoms. Also during that time, the Governor called in the National
Guard to secure the perimeter of the site. BLM ordered the county to fence the
landfill and NMEID hired a contractor to treat the lagoon contents with ferric
chloride to prevent further releases of vapors. San Juan County subsequently
filled in the four lagoons. BLM ordered the landfill closed and, when the
county abandoned it, contracted for fencing.
In 1985, BLM hired a consultant to study conditions at and near the landfill.
Subsequently, separate studies were conducted of soil gases, ground water
hydrology, and ground water quality. EPA has reviewed the consultant's reports
on the investigation. In November 1986, BLM arranged for alternative drinking
water supplies for residents of Lee Acres using ground water. BLM plans to
hire a contractor in 1988 to conduct a remedial investigation to determine the
type and extent of contamination at the site.
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CARROLL & DUBIES SEWAGE DISPOSAL, INC.
Port Jervis, New York
Carroll & Dubies Sewage Disposal, Inc., has operated on a 2.5-acre site on
Canal Street in Port Jervis, Orange County, New York, since the 1960s. The
site is at the foot of a sandstone and shale cliff and upgradient of an extensive
gravel mining operation. The city's municipal landfill is to the south.
The company operated a junkyard and disposal facility that in the past
accepted industrial waste. Until 1979, waste from two nearby cosmetic manu-
facturers, Kolmar Laboratories and wickhen Laboratories, and Reynolds Metals
Co. was deposited into two unlined lagoons. The waste contained benzene,
vinyl chloride, dichlorobenzene, and chromium, according to 1983 and 1985 reports
of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The
company also accepted septic tank waste. In the summer of 1986, an inspection
by NYSDEC found two open lagoons in use and two others that had been covered
with soil.
EPA tests conducted in October 1986 found that ground water beneath the
site is contaminated with benzene, chromium, lead, and arsenic. An estimated
l.,400 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the
site. The nearest well is within 1,700 feet. A fresh water wetland is within
1,000 feet of the site.
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JONES CHEMICALS, INC.
Caledonia, New York
Jones Chemicals, Inc., has manufactured and distributed a variety of
specialty chemicals at 100 Sunny Sol Boulevard in the village of Caledonia, a
moderately populated urban area of Livingston County, New York, since 1940.
The 10-acre site is within 1,500 feet of the Village of Caledonia's well field.
During frequent loading of liquid chemicals, including tetrachloroethylene,
trichloroethylene, and chloroform into railroad cars, some apparently spilled.
These chemicals were detected in three on-site wells in tests conducted in
1986 by the New York State Department of Health. Between 2,500 and 3,000
people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
Spring Creek, a tributary of Oatka Creek, is within 1 mile downslope of
the site and is used for recreational activities. A fresh water wetland is
within 1 mile of the site.
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PAGANO SALVAGE
Los Lunas, New Mexico
The Pagano salvage site covers 1.25 acres at 102 Edeal Road approximately
1 mile southeast of Los Lunas/ Valencia County, New Mexico, near the east
bank of the Rio Grande. In 1983, Pagano Salvage purchased electric transformers/
capacitors containing PCB-contaminated oil from Sandia National Laboratories,
a U.S. Department of Energy facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pagano
Salvage removed the oil, poured it over insulated wire, and burned off the
insulation to recover the metal. The burning took place on unprotected ground
at several locations. At present, 62 drums containing oil remain on-site.
On-site soil samples collected by EPA in March 1987 contain high
concentrations of two PCBsAroclor 1254 at 1,400 parts per million (ppm) and
Aroclor 1260 at 910 ppm. Pesticides were also detectedDDT at 40 parts per
billion (ppb) and DDE at 17 ppb. Contaminants were detected to a depth of
4 feet. All of these contaminants were also detected in on-site soil collected
in November 1985.
Ground water at the site is shallow (about 5 feet), and the soil consists
of very permeable alluvial deposits. These conditions facilitate movement of
contaminants into ground water. An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking
water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. Surface water
near the site is used to irrigate food'and forage crops.
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PREWITT ABANDONED REFINERY
Prewitt, New Mexico
The Prewitt Abandoned Refinery Site occupies 75 acres just east of Prewitt
on U.S. Highway 65 in McKinley County, New Mexico. Tract A, consisting of 68.2
acres south of the highway, contains the ruins of the refinery, including waste
pits, tank bases, and other rubble from equipment that has been removed. Tract B,
consisting of 6.8 acres north of the highway, includes two major spill areas
and the remains of a pump lift station.
Site operations began in the early 1940s and continued for 25 years under
several different owners and operators, including Petroleum Products Refininq
Co., Petroleum Products Refining and Producing Co., Malco Refineries, New Mexico
Asphalt and Refining Co., Malco Asphalt and Refining Co., and El Paso Natural
Gas Products Co. The Navajo Indian Tribe has owned the property since December
1966.
According to information provided to EPA under CEPCLA Section 103(c),
El Paso Natural Gas Products Co. deposited crude refinery wastes at the site
and Petroleum Products Refinery and Producing Co. deposited wastes listed as
hazardous under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
In December 1982, the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division
detected benzene in a nearby private well, and in May 1986 detected benzene and
xylenes in an on-site well to a depth of 17 feet. Wells within 3 miles of the
facility provide water to a public community water system, a oublic noncommunity
water system, private homes, and livestock. An estimated 1,600 people are
served by ground water.
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NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (SARATOGA SPRINGS PLANT)
Saratoga Springs, New York
The Niagara Mohawk Power Corp. plant covers approximately 7 acres within
the City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York. The area is zoned for
industrial use but is primarily residential. Currently, the site serves as a
substation and regional operations facility. From approximately 1853 to the
1940s, Niagara Mohawk's predecessors, Saratoga Gas and Light and New York Power
and Light Corp., produced a natural gas substitute from coal. The main waste
associated with coal gasification is coal tar, which contains polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons. The company disposed of coal tar by landfilling it
on-site with other wastes.
In January 1986, a consultant to the company detected benzene, toluene,
xylene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, and other coal tar constituents in on-site
soil and wells. An estimated 1,250 people in trailer parks and other residences
obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
A fresh water wetland is 0.2 mile from the site.
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BENFIELD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Hazelwood, North Carolina
Conditions at listing (June 1988); Benfield Industries, Inc., started
mixing and packaging bulk chemicals on a 3.5-acre site in Hazelwood, Haywood
County, North Carolina, in 1976. The company listed a wide range of organic
and inorganic chemicals for sale. In 1982, a fire destroyed most of the plant;
except for minor mixing operations and cleanup of debris from the fire, operations
ceased. In 1986, Benfield removed other debris and usable chemicals from the
site in preparation for selling the land. Prior to 1976, Unagusta Furniture
Co. manufactured mattresses and produced lumber on the site.
In September 1985, the North Carolina Division of Health Services (NCDHS)
inspected the site. Analyses by NCDHS indicated high concentrations of polycyclic
hydrocarbons, including biphenyl, carbazole, diphenylene oxide, fluoranthene,
fluorene, and pyrene, in soil on the western portion of the site and in other
places on the site.
The site lies in the floodplain of Richland Creek adjacent to Browning
Branch. Local surface water is used for recreational activities. The site is
underlain by approximately 60 feet of alluvial deposits and saprolite, which
are highly permeable. These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water. An estimated 1,800 people- obtain drinking water from wells
and springs within 3 miles of the site.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Status (September 1988); EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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CAMP LEJEUNE MARINE CORPS BASE
Onslow County, North Carolina
Camp Lejeune, a U.S. Marine Corps Base established in 1941, covers
170 square miles in Onslow County, North Carolina. The complex has a number
of facilities, including the Marine Corps Air Station New River, which adioins
the base. The main function of the complex is training. ABC One Hour Cleaners
in nearby Jacksonville is also being proposed for the NPL in June 19KR.
The Navy has identified 76 potential waste disposal areas in Camp
Lejeune and designated 22 as posing a potential threat to public health
and the environment. The NPL site is "Site #21, Lot *140," a 220- bv
890-foot area where pesticides were mixed and application equipment cleaned.
During 1950-51, transformer oil was dumped in an 8-foot-deep pit on the
lot. The Navy has detected pesticides, including DDT, DDE, and aldrin in
soil from Site #21.
Ground water at the base is shallow (10 feet) and subsurface formations
permeable, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into around
water. An estimated 13,800 people obtain their drinking water from wells
within 3 miles of Site #21, the nearest one 1,400 feet away.
Camp Lejeune is participating in the Installation Restoration Proaram,
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these
sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II (hydro-
geologic investigation) is under way.
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PCX, INC. (STATESVILLE PLANT)
Statesville, North Carolina
PCX, Inc., formerly repackaged and distributed agricultural chemicals on a
5-acre site at 1620 West Front Street, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.
The site operated during 1940-85. PCX, Inc., filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11
of the Federal bankruptcy code and began licjuidating its assets in September 1985.
Southern States Cooperative, Inc., is considering buying the Statesville site
fron PCX, Inc.
Liquid and powdered pesticides were repackaged at the site until 1969.
More than 5 tons of pesticides were buried under a concrete warehouse floor
sometime before 1969, according to PCX, Inc. Also, spills occurred in areas
where pesticides were handled. Soil and ground water collected at the site in
1986 contained lindane, chlordane, dieldrin/DDE, DDT, coal tar distillates, and
halogenated organic solvents, according to tests conducted by the North Carolina
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch and a consultant to Southern States
Cooperative, Inc. Private and public wells within 3 miles of the site provide
drinking water to an estimated 12,000 people.
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GEIGY CHEMICAL CORP. (ABERDEEN PLANT)
Aberdeen, North Carolina
The Geigy Chemical Corp. Site covers 1 acre in eastern Moore County,
North Carolina. It is on a railroad right-of-way on Route 211 just east of the
corporate city limits of Aberdeen. Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad owns the
land, but it has been occupied by various chemical companies since 1947. Four
aboveground storage tanks, an office building, and warehouses now occupy the
site.
During 1949-55, Geigy Chemical Corp. formulated technical-grade solid and
liquid pesticides at the site. DDT was blended, along with other chlorinated
pesticides such as lindane and toxaphene.
In 1985, while investigating pesticide disposal sites in Aberdeen, the
North Carolina Division of Health Services found pesticide bags labeled Geigy
Chemical on the site. In 1987, EPA detected pesticides, including toxaphene,
DDT, and lindane, in surface and subsurface soils on the site.
Ground water contamination is possible for the State has found low concen-
trations of lindane in private and municipal wells. The Sandhill Aquifer
underlying the site supplies all drinking water for Moore County. At the site,
a layer of sand and clay overlies the aquifer, resulting in moderate permeability.
The Aberdeen Public Water Supply System and numerous private wells within 3
miles of the site serve .an estimated 7,400 people.
Surface water drains southwest toward Aberdeen Creek. Drainage collects
in several unnamed tributaries that partially feed Aberdeen Creek, which is
used for recreational activities.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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JFD ELECTRONICS/CHANNEL MASTER
Oxford, North Carolina
The JFD Electronics/Channel Master Site occupies 13 acres on Industrial Drive
in Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. During 1962-79, JFD Electronics
manufactured television antennas on the site. A lagoon covering approximately
23,400 square feet was built in 1964-65 to dispose of sludge generated by treating
waste water, primarily rinse water from a chromate conversion process and copper/
nickel electroplating.
In 1980, Channel Master, a division of Avnet, Inc., purchased the property.
In 1983, half of the lagoon was filled and used as a truck parking lot. A
building on the property is rented by a local department store and used as a
warehouse.
About 25 percent of the property is contaminated, according to Channel
Master. The company found chromium, lead, and other heavy metals in the sludge,
and halogenated organic compounds, including trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene,
and trans-l,2-dichloroethane, in on-site shallow monitoring wells it had constructed.
This contamination appears to be associated with leaking underground tanks of
waste oil used by JFD and with an area where trucks with waste oil had been
rinsed. An estimated 2,500 people obtain drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site, the closest approximately 2,000 feet to the southeast.
The site drains to an unnamed tributary-of Fishing Creek, which is
used for recreational fishing.
Channel Master has contracted for several studies of the site. One study
developed a plan for cleaning up the lagoon and contaminated soil. The work
started in June 1987 and is nearing completion.
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NATIONAL STARCH & CHEMICAL CORP.
Salisbury, North Carolina
Conditions at listing (April 1985): National Starch & Chemical Core.
manufactures specialty chemicals for the textile and furniture industries
in two plants covering more than 465 acres in Salisbury, Rowan County, North
Carolina. The company purchased the land and a plant from Proctor Chemical
Co. in 1969 and in 1970 started construction of another plant.
National Starch deposited about 350,000 aallons of licruid waste containina
lead and various organic chemicals in unlined trenches in a 2-acre area.
According to tests conducted by the company's consultant, around water beneath
the trench area is contaminated with lead, xvlene, toluene, and other oraanic
chemicals. The plants are located in a rural area that depends heavily on
wells for drinking water. About 7,700 people use public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site for drinking water. The nearest well is 2,200
feet from the site.
From November 1980 until June 1983, the Proctor Chemical plant (National
Starch kept this name for one of the plants) had Interim Status under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery act (RCRA) as a storer
of hazardous waste. Interim Status was withdrawn in June 19R2 after the
company quit storing hazardous waste on-site for over 90 davs.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposina to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the final NPL. In June 1993,the Proctor Chemical facility was
removed from the list of hazardous waste storaae facilities and in November
1983, it was removed from the list of hazardous waste treatment facilities.
The facility now has generator-only status. Thus, the National Starch &
Chemical Corp. site satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (COSHOCTON PLANT)
Coshocton, Ohio
Conditions at listing (October 1984): General Electric Co. disposed of
wastes on a 2.5-acre site at its Coshocton, Coshocton County, Ohio, plant. The
wastes, from the production of resins, contained phenol. They were placed in a
landfill and infiltration lagoons during 1946-77.
Ground water near the lagoons is contaminated with phenol, barium, arsenic,
and other pollutants, according to tests conducted by a consultant to General
Electric. City and private wells within 3 miles of the site draw water from a
shallow aquifer. About 15,000 people are involved.
General Electric has hired a consultant to study ground water in the area
of the waste site.
The facility received Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a
permit application for storage of hazardous waste.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop General Electric Co.'s
Coshocton Plant from the proposed NPL. Because it is a storage facility, it is
subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA.
On August 28, 1987, General Electric signed a Consent Order with EPA
under RCRA Section 3008(h). The order requires the company to conduct a study
to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for corrective action.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. Superfund enforcement
authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if
it determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the
site effectively.
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REILLY TAR & CHEMICAL CORP. (DOVER PLANT)
Dover, Ohio
The Reilly Tar & Chemical Corp. Site covers 4 acres in Dover,
Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The facility, which operated during 1932-56,
included a coking plant and foundry built on top of an area that had been
filled with slag. The operations involved coal tar, including creosote
wastes, according to information Reilly provided to EPA.
Soil and monitoring wells installed by EPA show high levels of
creosote constituents, including naphthalene, fluoranthene, pyrene,
2-methylnaphthalene, and phenanthrene, according to EPA tests conducted
in 1985.
The site is located on the sand and gravel deposits of the
Tuscarawas River basin. The aquifer in the deposits is the sole source
of drinking water for about 28,700 people served by the municipal water
systems of Dover and New Philadelphia. An additional 4,000 people obtain
drinking water from private 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.
The property is. presently owned by Shenango Foundry and is inactive.
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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
Dayton, Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force Base (WPAFB) is in southwestern Ohio northeast
of Dayton in Greene and Montgomery Counties. The installation is composed of
two air fields, Wright Field and Patterson Field, covering 8,500 acres. The
base employs approximately 32,000 people, with about 8,000 people presently
living on the base.
Past Air Force activities in support of operational missions have resulted
in creation of several unlined waste disposal areas throughout the base,
including landfills, fire training areas, and coal storage piles. From 1941
to at least 1973, the Industrial Shops and the Research and Development
Laboratories disposed of more than 6,600 tons of waste on the base, including
solvents, contaminated thinners, degreasing sludges, tetraethyl lead sludge,
and miscellaneous hazardous chemicals.
In 1985, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency found 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane, tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, and manganese
in on-base wells. The Valley Train Aquifer, which is the predominant water
source in the Dayton and WPAFB area, provides water to three municipal well
fields within 3 miles that serve more than 375,000 people. The people working
and living on the base are served by 16 base wells. Local surface waters are
also potentially threatened by base activities.
WPAFB 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
base has completed Phase I (records search) and Phase II (hydrogeological
investigation). The landfills identified as primary sources of contamination
have been proposed for immediate corrective actions as part of Phase IV.
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MOSLEY ROAD SANITARY LANDFILL
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Mosley Road Sanitary Landfill covers 70 acres on Mosley Road in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City Disposal, Inc., a
subsidiary of SCA Services, Inc., started operating the landfill on March 10,
1975. Waste Management, Inc., acquired the site when it acquired SCA Services
in October 1984. A previous owner had operated the site as A-l Sanitation Co.
Between February 20 and August 24, 1976, the landfill accepted approximately
2 million gallons of hazardous substances under a Temporary Emergency waiver
for Hazardous Waste Disposal issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
According to the Oklahoma Water Resource Board permit application, pesticides,
industrial solvents, sludges, waste chemicals, and emulsions were deposited
into two unlined pits that have since been covered by up to 20 feet of solid
refuse and fill.
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 300 to 900 feet thick.
Ground water at the site is shallow (10 to 20 feet) and soils moderately
permeable, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
water. An estimated 57,000 people, including residents of spencer and Midwest
City, obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the
site.
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OKLAHOMA REFINING CO.
Cyril, Oklahoma
Oklahoma Refining Co. (ORC) formerly operated a refinery on a 160-acre
site at South Baskett Street in Cyril, southeastern Caddo County, Oklahoma.
It operated from 1920 until September 1984, when it declared bankruptcy under
Chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code. In July 1986, an Oklahoma City
Court approved the bankruptcy and abandonment of the facility.
During its operating life, ORC placed process wastes, including some listed
as hazardous under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), in impoundments (many unlined), treated them, or tilled them into the
soil in a land farming operation. Approximately 100 impoundments still
containing wastes and 1 waste pile remain on-site.
In 1980, EPA issued an Administrative Order reouiring ORC to reduce its
discharge to Gladys Creek under its National Pollutant Discharae Elimination
System permit.
In 1981, EPA observed leachate coming from the site, threateninq nearby
Gladys and Cnetonia Creeks, which are used for recreational activities. In
1986, EPA found that a monitoring well on the site was contaminated with arsenic,
lead, chromium, cobalt, beryllium, nickel, and xylene. An estimated 1,600 people
obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the
site. A private well is within 1,000 feet of the site.
Many of the wastes remaining on-site are flammable or reactive, cosing
the threat of fire or explosion. Also, the site is accessible so that peoole
and animals can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
The 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. This 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.
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ALLIED PLATING, INC.
Portland, Oregon
Allied Plating, Inc., started operating a chrome-plating facility in
Portland, Multnomah County, Oregon, in 1957. The operation generated
electroplating wastes that contain heavy metals (including chromium,
barium, cadmium, lead, and mercury) and arsenic, according to tests
conducted by EPA, the State, and the company.
For over 25 years, the company discharged the wastes without pre-
treatment into an unlined pond in an on-site 0.5-acre swamp that had
been filled in. In mid-1985, during an EPA inspection, the banks of the
pond were eroding, and the natural drainage channels were filled in with
refuse. Shortly thereafter, the owner pumped the contents of the pond
into the Portland sewer system.
In 1978, the company detected chromium and barium in an on-site well
and in industrial and municipal wells within 2 miles of the site. EPA
and the State confirmed the results in 1981, 1984, and 1985. About
1,500 people draw drinking water from public and private wells within 3
miles of the site. A well used for food processing is 1,700 feet from
the site. Ground water is also used for irrigation within 3 miles of
the site.
The site drains into Columbia Slough, which is 600 feet to the north
northeast. The slough is a part of the Columbia River.
The company received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed Part A of a permit application
for a surface impoundment. In 1982, the company filed for bankruptcy
under Chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code, and in 1984 consented to
liguidation under Chapter 7 bankruptcy.
Because the owner or operator is in bankruptcy and may not be
financially able to take appropriate remedial action, the site meets the
first component of EPA's policy for listing RCRA-related sites. In
addition, the company lost Interim Status (and hence authority to operate)
when it did not certify by Nov. 8, 1985, that it was complying with
certain RCRA Subtitle C regulations.
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SUNRAY OIL CD. REFINERY
Allen, Oklahoma
The Sunray Oil Co. Refinery Site occupies 40 acres approximately 0.1 mile
west of Allen, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. About 27 acres are owned by Sun
Pipe Line Co. and 13 acres by Allen Camper Manufacturing Co., Inc. Sunrav Oil
Co. was acquired by Sun Pipe Line through a series of mergers which began in
the 1950s. Sunray Oil Co. operated the refinery during 1933-55. Sun Pipeline
now operates on its 27 acres. Allen Campers has manufactured camping equipment
on its 13 acres since the 1960s,
Four pits on the property hold refinery sludges containing substances
listed as hazardous under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act. The pits are unlined and are inadequately diked. They contain copper,
lead, and zinc, according to analyses conducted by EPA in May 1986.
In October 1984 and May 1986, EPA found barium, iron, lead, and manganese
in the abandoned on-site drinking water well. Soils in the area are permeable
and ground water shallow (26 feet in some cases), conditions that facilitate
movement of contaminants into ground water. Approximately 3,000 people,
including Allen residents, obtain drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
.Little Sandy Creek and a tributary to the Canadian River originate on the
site.
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TCWNSEND SAW CHAIN CO.
Pontiac, South Carolina
.The Townsend Saw,Chain Co. Site covers over 2 acres at the intersection
of State Route 53 and 1-20 in Pontiac, Richland County, South Carolina.
Information the company provided to EPA, as required by CERCLA Section 103(c),
indicates that wastes containing heavy metals and solvents were disposed of at
the site. During 1969-81, the company discharged large amounts, of chromium waste
onto the ground.
A July 1985 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control (SCDHEC) investigation revealed elevated levels of cadmium and chromium
in ground water at the site. Also, a surface water sample near a spring at the
site contained high levels of chromium and volatile organics, includinq
1,1-dichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and
trichloroethylene.
Private wells within 3 miles of the site serve an estimated 1,400 people.
The nearest well is less than 0.4 mile from the site. A private well near the
site was closed in 1981-82 and the home connected to the public water system.
Two creeks and two ponds are within 2 miles of the site; one, Woodcreek
Lake, is used for recreational activities. Fresh water wetlands are within
1 mile of the site.
Since November 15, 1982, the company has been pumpinq contaminated
ground water to the surface, treating it to remove chromium, and sprayinq the
treated water into a wooded area.
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ROCK HILL CHEMICAL CD.
Pock Hill, South Carolina
Conditions at listing (June 1988); Rock Hill Chemical Co. operated a
solvent distillation facility in the 1960s on approximately 4.5 acres on
North Cherry Road in a light oranmercial and residential area of Rock Hill,
York County, South Carolina. The company distilled paint solvents and
reportedly recovered textile dye products. Some of the residue from the
bottoms of the storage tanks and drums was placed in piles on the surface and
later covered with dirt and construction debris. The facility was abandoned
after it burned in 1964. The site is now owned by Rutledge Enterprise and
First Federal Savings and loan.
In an inspection in 1985, EPA discovered aboveground tanks, an under-
ground tank, a sludge pile, and an area of discolored soil. EPA analyses
revealed lead, PCBs, chromium, methylene chloride, and 1,2-dichloroethane in
waste and oil samples and trichloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, trans-1,2-
dichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene in an on-site well. An estimated
1,100 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
The South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCEHEC)
advised a nearby business to stop using its well. The owner of an adjacent
trailer park (approximately 200 residents) hooked the park up to a municipal
water system. '
In 1986, SCEHEC detected PCBs and other organic compounds, including
trichloroethane and tetrachloroethane, in the unnamed tributary to the Catawba
River that drains the site. Fort Mill draws drinking water for an estimated
5,500 people from an intake into the Catawba River that is approximately
2 miles downstream of the site.
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In 1986, First Federal transported approximately 41 cubic yards of paint
sludges and still bottbms to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Sub-
title C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). In late 1987,
under an EPA Administrative Order issued under CERCIA Section 106 and RCRA
Section 7003, Rutledge Enterprises discharged approximately 2,000 gallons of
waste water contaminated with solvents, in limited amounts per day, into the
city sewer system for treatment in the municipal sewage treatment plant.
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 remedial
action. '
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SANGAMO-WESTON INC./TWELVE-MILE CREEtylAKE HARTWELL PCB CONTAMINATION
Pickens, South Carolina
Conditions at listing (January 1987): The Sangamo-Weston, Inc./Twelve-
Mile Creek/Lake Hartwell PCB Contamination Site consists of the Sangamo
property and portions of the Twelve-Mile Creek and the Twelve-Mile Creek
arm of Lake Hartwell. The 224-acre site is in northwestern South Carolina,
in Pickens, Pickens County. Sangamo manufactured PCB containing electrical
capacitors there during 1955-76.
As required by CERCEA Section 103 (c), Sangamo notified EPA of its dis-
posal of approximately 38,700 cubic yards of PCB waste on its plant site and
an undetermined amount in seven satellite dumps, all in the Twelve-Mile Creek
Basin. Solid, sludge, and liquid wastes were stored or disposed of in piles,
landfills, and impoundments. EPA is continuing to search for any additional
sources of contamination, and may expand the site if contamination is found
to extend further than currently identified. Sangamo-Weston has removed
over 17,000 cubic yards of waste from past disposal areas on and off the
plant property. These wastes are contained in an EPA-approved landfill.
EPA and the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Con-
trol (DHEC) detected PCBs in run-off leaving the Sangamo-^Weston Pickens
Plant, downstream tributaries of Twelve-Mile Creek, Lake Hartwell, and the
distribution system of the Easley-Central Water Plant, which provides drinking
water to 14,500 people. The plant intake is in Twelve-Mile Creek. A Clemson
University intake in the Twelve-Mile Creek arm of Lake Hartwell serves 15,800
students and employees. Since 1977, EPA and CHEC have monitored PCB levels in
fish taken from Lake Hartwell. Levels have been declining, although the rate of
decline appears to be slowing. After reviewing data from 1983 to early 1986,
the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry said PCBs appear to present
no imminent or substantial public health threat in Pickens County.
In December 1984, 344 residents of Catteechee, South Carolina, filed
lawsuits against Sangamo and two other companies over alleged health effects
from PCB exposure. In August 1986, EPA negotiated a Consent Order under
CERdA Section 106 (a) with Sangamo-Weston for sampling to determine the
extent of contamination at one of the seven satellite dumps, a 0.5-acre
dump used for landfilling 24,000 cubic feet of PCB waste. In November
1985, EPA found PCB levels as high as 27,000 ppm in soil samples.
Status (December 1988); Under an additional CERCLA Section 106(a)
Consent Order signed on June 18, 1987, Sangamo-Weston will conduct a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the extent of the contamination
at the remaining six satellite dumps and the Pickens Plant and identify
alternatives for remedial action. Should any new contaminated areas be
identified, they may be included in any cleanup action.
Under an agreement reached in June 1988, the Catteechee residents will
receive varying settlements. In addition, Sangamo-Weston granted the Medical
University of South Carolina $750,000 for periodic epidemiological studies of
residents with complaints involving PCBs.
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LEXINGTON COUNTY LANDFILL AREA
Cayce, South Carolina
Conditions at listing (June 1988); The Lexington County Landfill Area
is a 75-;acre sand pit on U.S. 321 2 miles south of Cayce, South Carolina. In
1971, the county received a permit to operate the landfill from the South
Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC). Prior to
1980, local industries were allowed to dispose of their waste, which included
asbestos, at this landfill. Adjacent to the county landfill are the old Cayce
Dump, which was in operation during the 1960s, and the old Bray Park Dump,
which was an unpermitted dump used prior to 1972.
In 1987, EPA found arsenic, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and 2,4-D in
on-site monitoring wells. An estimated 6,200 people obtain drinking water
from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. A local resident
had to abandon his contaminated well which tapped a shallow aquifer. The
shallow and deeper aquifers are hydraulically connected, so that water can move
between them. Approximately 250 acres of farmland are irrigated by a well
within 3 miles of the site.
The Lexington County Department of Public Works is working with SCDHEC
to monitor ground water in the area.
Status (November 1988); EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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ROCHESTER PROPERTY
Travelers Rest, south Carolina
Conditions at listing (June 1986); The Rochester Property covers
about 2 acres in Travelers Rest, a rural area in Greenville County, South
Carolina. In 1971-72, the property owner permitted liquid industrial
wastes containing volatile organic chemicals and arsenic to be buried in
four trenches in what had been farm land.
The wastes came from Polymer Industries of Greenville, South Carolina,
according to the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control (DHEC). During an inspection in September 1982, the State
observed wastes seeping out of the ground.
In November 1984, DHEC detected arsenic and volatile organic chemicals,
including trichlorofluoromethane, in soils on the site.
Site soils are permeable. Thus, contaminants can move into ground
water, which occurs at depths of 10 feet and is the source of drinking
water for about 1,000 people within 3 miles of the site. All drinking
water is from shallow private wells; no municipal supplies are available.
The site is about 200 feet upgradient from a small stream.
Status (September 1986): EPA is considering various alternatives
for the site.
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BEAUNIT CORP. (CIRCULAR KNIT & DYEING PLANT)
Fountain Innf South Carolina
Beaunit Corp., presently BEM Holding Corp., ooerated the Circular Knit &
Dyeing Plant in Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina, durinq 1QSS-77.
An abandoned lagoon used during that time is behind the Wilson Sporting Goods
store at 206 Georgia Street. It is approximately 70 feet in diameter. The
depth varies with rainfall. Roughly 6 feet of sludge are on the bottom. No
barriers exist around the lagoon.' This apparently unlined lagoon was used for
treatment of waste from Beaunit's dyeing process. The lagoon discharged into
an unnamed stream that flows northwest to join Howard Branch.
In June 1985, the .South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control found volatile organic compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane and
1,1,1-trichloroethane, in the lagoon and the nearby unnamed stream. PCBs
and heavy metals, including chromium and lead, were present in soil and
sediment at the site.
Soils in the area are permeable and ground water is shallow (15 feet in
some places). These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants into around
water. An estimated 1,000 people obtain drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
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HELENA CHEMICAL CO. LANDFILL
Fairfax, South Carolina
Helena Chemical Co. formulated pesticides in Fairfax, Allendale County,
South Carolina, during 1971-78. The company disposed of pesticides and empty
pesticide containers in an unlined landfill measuring approximately 100 by
150 by 8 feet. In the spring of 1984, the company removed some of the waste,
transported it to an approved hazardous waste facility, and capped the site.
In March 1985, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control (SCDHEC) detected 2,4-dichlorophenoxyacetic acid and 2,4,5-TP (also
known as Silvex) in shallow on-site monitoring wells. The shallow aouifer
is hydraulically connected to the lower aquifer, permitting water to move
to the lower aquifer. The lower aquifer provides water to Fairfax municipal
wells within 3 miles of the site that serve approximately 2,200 people. The
nearest municipal well is approximately 500 feet from the site.
In March 1985, SCDHEC also detected high levels of pesticides in sediment
in and around the landfill.
In October 1981, SCDHEC and Helena signed a Consent Order reauirinq the
company to study the contamination and then clean up the site. In December 19fll,
the two parties agreed to cleanup schedules, under a March 1984 agreement with SCDHFic,
Helena is to cover the landfill with an impermeable clay cap and monitor qround
water for at least 30 years.
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ROSE HILL REGIONAL LANDFILL
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
Conditions at listing (June 1988); The Rose Hill Regional Landfill covers
70 acres in South Kingstown, Washington County, Rhode Island. The landfill
was operated by the town on land that it owned or leased. Prior to its use as
a landfill, the land was a sand and gravel operation. During 1967-83, domestic
and industrial wastes were disposed of in three areas at the Rose Hill Regional
Landfill; a solid waste landfill, a bulky waste disposal area, and a sewage
sludge landfill. The three disposal areas were closed in 1983, then capped,
graded, and seeded. A transfer station for municipal refuse is currently
operated on-site.
On-site monitoring wells contain several volatile organic compounds,
including trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, chloroform, benzene, 1,1-dichloroethane,
and xylenes, according to tests conducted by South Kingstown in 1982. Three
private wells adjacent to the site are also contaminated with low levels of
organic compounds, as is on-site soil. An estimated 17,300 people obtain
water from wells within 3 miles of the site. The population includes people
served by the University of Rhode Island and the Kingston District supply
wells.
In 1985, the Town of South Kingstown Utilities Department extended the
municipal water line to nearby residents with contaminated wells.
The site is on Rose Hill Road and is bordered by the Saugatucket River
and residential areas. Mitchel Brook flows through the site and joins the
river. Saugatucket Pond, 2,000 feet downstream, is used for fishing and
swimming. A fresh water wetland is 500 feet downstream.
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 site.
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NAVAL SECURITY GROUP ACTIVITY
Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico
Naval Security Group Activity is a communications station on the north
coast of Puerto Rico approximately 1L miles west of San Juan, adiacent to the
Village of Sabana Seca/ Municipality of Toa Baja. The station encompasses
over 2,200 acres divided into the North and South Tracts. The San Pedro Marsh,
a large coastal wetland, is within 1,000 feet of both tracts.
From the early 1950s through 1970, the station's Public Works Department
deposited all waste generated at the station in various areas on the South
Tract. Materials disposed of included paints, solvents, waste oil, and battery
acid. In addition, part of the South Tract served as the Pest Control Shoo
from the mid-1950s through 1979. During this time, various oesticides, includina
DDT, lindane, chlordane, 2,4-D, and sevin, were spilled in and around the shoo
building. Pesticides were mixed and application eauipment cleaned in a sink
outside the shop. The sink discharged directly to the around.
Soil samples taken near the shop had elevated concentrations of arsenic,
lead, and chlordane in tests conducted in 1984. Soil contaminants could miarate
via surface water through a drainage ditch to the marsh during periods of
rainfall. The contaminants could migrate to ground water throuah the fractured
limestone bedrock, then to the marshy areas to the northwest and eventually
into the sea. An estimated 47,000 persons living in and around the station
use ground water taken from public wells within 3 miles of the site as a.partial
source of drinking water.
The Puerto Rican boa, designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
as an endangered species, has been sighted bv station personnel in numerous
locations on the station. The boa is known to feed in the subtropical environment
offered by the station. Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the shop
is used for recreational fishing.
The station is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluatina its past hazardous waste sites and
controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The
Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II (confirmation study) is
scheduled for completion in 1988.
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TRANSICOIL, INC.
Wbrcester, Pennsylvania
Transicoil, Inc., manufactures electric motors on a 20-acre-
site in Wbrcester, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Records of the
Pennsylvania Department of Envirormental Resources (PA DER) show that the
facility used several drums of trichloroethylene (ICE) per year as a
degreasing solvent until 1976, when it changed to 1,1,1-trichloroethane.
The company stores waste oil and solvents in an underground tank.
In September 1979, PA DER found high concentrations of ICE, 1,1,1-
trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and cis-1,2-
dichloroethylene in on-site wells. Subseguent sampling by a
consultant to Transicoil confirmed the results.
An estimated 99,400 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. (SHARON PLANT)
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Electric Corp. produced and repaired transformers during
1922-84 on a 50-acre site at 409 Sharpsville Avenue in a heavily
industrialized area of Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. During 1936-76,
Westinghouse used PCBs as a conducting fluid in some of the transformers. In
1976, 48,000 gallons of PCBs and 15,000 gallons of organic solvents were
removed from the site and incinerated. PCBs were spilled in certain areas
during routine operations. In 1984, at least 6,000 gallons of solvents and
oil leaked from an underground tank and became contaminated with PCBs in the
soil.
In November 1985, EPA detected PCB 1260 at two of the four points where
the plant discharges waste water to the Shenango River, which is 0.5 mile to
the east. The company had a permit for the discharges under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The Shenango Valley Water Co.
provides drinking water to an estimated 75,000 people from an intake
approximately 1,600 feet downstream of the plant's discharge points. The
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) detected PCBs in
river sediments between the site and the intake.
Soils at the site are permeable and ground water shallow (5 feet in some
cases), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.
In April 1985, PA DER issued Westinghouse an Administrative Order under.
the State's Clean Streams Law and Solid Waste Management Act. Under the
order, Westinghouse has conducted a limited study of subsurface conditions
and submitted a cleanup plan to PA DER.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose
of hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-
only status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of
EPA'S NPL/RCRA policy.
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SALFORD QUARRY
Salford Township, Pennsylvania
The Salford Quarry covers approximately 3 acres on Quarry Road in
Lower Salford Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The site was
quarried for stone/aggregate for an unknown period prior to 1963. In
1963, American Olean Tile Co., which is owned, by National Gypsum Co.,
purchased the abandoned quarry, and until 1980 used the site for disposal
of its wastes. Included were waste tiles, unfused tile slurry, and
other production wastes. In 1980, the State received complaints that
tanks were buried on the site. In 1981, American Olean discovered two
10,000-gallon tanks. According to tests conducted by the company and
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER), the
tanks hold tile slurry containing boron and fuel oil. After the company
pumped out the oil, the site was officially closed in May 1982 in accordance
with a plan approved by PA DER. Closure involved capping with soil,
grading, and revegetating. Two monitoring wells were also installed as
part of closure.
The downgradient monitoring well on-site is contaminated with
trichloroethene, boron, arsenic, and cyanide, according to EPA analyses.
An estimated 54,000 people draw drinking water from public (North Penn
Water Authority) and private wells within 3 miles of the site. A private .
well 650 feet from the site is contaminated with boron, according to EPA
analyses.
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TONOLLI CORP.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Tonolli Corp. operated on a 20-acre site along Route 54 in Nesquehoninq,
Carbon County, Pennsylvania, from about 1974 to 1985. The site is a vallev in
a sparsely populated area. Tonolli operated a lead battery recycling operation,
which involved crushing the batteries and recovering lead and plastic materials.
In October 1985, Tonolli filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal
bankruptcy code.
On the site at present are a lined landfill containinq approximately
84,700 cubic yards of waste and a surface impoundment for storing
contaminated water from plant operations (for example, process water from
the battery crushing and separation operation). Occasionally, liquid
from the impoundment has found its way into the landfill. The impoundment
contains waste water contaminated with arsenic, cadmium, lead, and chromium,
according to EPA tests conducted in 1984 and 1987.
In 1985, a consultant to Tonolli and the Pennsylvania Department of Environ-
mental Resources (PA DER) detected arsenic and cadmium in on-site monitoring
wells. An estimated 13,000 people obtain drinking water from Lansford/Coaldale
Joint Water Authority wells within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well is
within 1 mile.
Tonolli's 1985 tests revealed arsenic, cadmium, and lead in Nesquehoninq
Creek, which is within 3 miles downstream of the site.
On November 18, 1980, Tonolli acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification
of Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application for a landfill
and a surface impoundment. On June 6, 1985, Tonolli submitted a revised Part A.
This RCRA-related 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.
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ROHM AND HAAS CO. LANDFILL
Bristol Township, Pennsylvania
Conditions :at listing (April 1985): The Rohm and Haas Co. Landfill
covers approximately 60 acres adjacent to the Delaware River just south
of Croydon in Bristol Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. During 1952-75,
the landfill received wastes from the company's chemical manufacturing plants
in Bristol Township and Croydon. Rohm and Haas reports that it disposed of
309,000 tons of wastes in the landfill, of which 4,600 tons were considered
hazardous. The Bristol Township Sewage Treatment Plant and Chemical Leaman
Tank Lines, Inc., now occupy the northwest corner of the filled area.
In 1980, EPA detected contaminants in on-site ground water and surface
water. Rohm and Haas is conducting a comprehensive study of environmental
conditions in and near the landfill. The company reported the first results
in April 1984. The investigation revealed that ground water, surface water,
and soil within the landfill are contaminated. Among contaminants detected
on-site are benzene, bis(2-chloroethyl) ether, trichloroethylene, toluene,
xylene, chlorobenzene, tetrachloroethylene, various polycyclic aromatic hydro-
carbons, and several pesticides.
Although a fence exists around the site, parts of the site are accessible,
so that people and animals can come into direct contact with contaminated on-site
soil.
Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, and Burlington City, New Jersey, have
public water supply intakes on the Delaware River within 3 miles, upstream
of the landfill. The water systems serve approximately 18,000 people. The
river is tidally influenced in this area.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to drop Rohm and Haas Co. Landfill
from the proposed NPL. The site is contiguous with a former treatment/ and
storage, facility having Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). Hence, the landfill is subject to the
corrective action authorities of Subtitle C.
Rohm and Haas is1 conducting a study to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the landfill, as well as at the adjoining Bristol and Croydon
Plants. The study will also identify alternatives for remedial action. Rohm
and Haas has taken hundreds of samples of ground water, soil, surface water,
and air, and has completed several reports documenting its findings.
EPA and Rohm and Haas are negotiating a Consent Order to ensure that the
company continues to conduct studies and pursues cleanup in conformance with
EPA regulations and guidelines.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure
that the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate
circumstances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to ensure that the site is cleaned up quickly and effectively;
Superfund enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later repropose
the site for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or
unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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SAEGERTOWN INDUSTRIAL AREA
Saegertown, Pennsylvania
The Saegertown Industrial Area covers approximately 100 acres in the
Borough of Saegertown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The Saegertown
Municipal Water Authority's Well No. 2 is contaminated with trichloroethylene
(TCE), 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and lead, according to tests conducted in
April 1980 by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER).
The well was taken out of service in June 1980.
To date, three potential sources of the contamination have been identified.
GATX operated a plant for cleaning and repairing railroad tank cars in the
area from the mid-1950s to 1965. The company used a pond for disposal of
materials left in the cars and sludge from a water treatment plant. Tests
conducted by EPA in July 1984 detected TCE, tetrachloroethylene, polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene in sediment in the pond and in
on-site soil.
Since 1964, Saegertown Manufacturing Co. has manufactured small steel
components in the area. In 1981, PA DER detected lead and TCE breakdown
products in the company's septic tank.
The third potential source of the well contamination is Spectrum Control,
Inc., which has manufactured ceramic capacitors in the Saegertown Industrial
Area since 1969. The company used TCE and 1,1,1-trichloroethane to clean the
capacitors, according to information the company provided to the Borough of
Saegertown.
Approximately 1,200 people draw drinking water from municipal wells and a
private well within 3 miles of the Saegertown Industrial Area. No other water
source is available. About 10-20 acres of farmland are irrigated with well
water.
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PAOLI RAIL YARD
Paoli, Pennsylvania
Conditions at listing (January 1987); The Paoli Rail Yard covers about
10 acres in Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The yard consists of an
electric train repair facility and a commuter rail station owned by Amtrak and
operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Routine maintenance and repair of railroad cars involve PCB-containing
electrical equipment. The yard is surrounded on three sides by residential
communities and on the fourth by commercial facilities. Until February 1986,
people used the yard as a shortcut.to the station and commercial properties.
In the late 1970s, both EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environ-
mental Resources (PA DER) inspected the Paoli Rail Yard. This inspection,
coupled with subsequent State investigations, led PA DER to issue an order in
1979 requiring Amtrak and SEPTA to determine the extent of contamination and
correct any problem areas. Amtrak and SEPTA took actions primarily involving
collection of samples, some cleanup efforts, and further study.
In November 1985, analyses of samples taken in July 1984 by a consultant
to Amtrak and SEPTA were made available to EPA. The results indicate a severe
PCB problem, with soil contamination ranging as high as 3 percent and to depths
of up to 3 feet in the yard.
In. December 1985, a team consisting of staff from EPA, the U.S. Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and.the State Health Department
made a preliminary assessment to verify the existing sample results and
identify areas of most concern.
On February 25, 1986, EPA filed a complaint in Federal court under the
Toxic Substances Control Act, CERCLA, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act. The complaint sought an order requiring Amtrak and SEPTA to limit access
to the yard, control migration of PCBs, conduct sampling and analysis, and
take measures to clean up the yard and protect worker safety. An agreement
was reached that required Amtrak and SEPTA to install a security fence as a
preliminary measure.
In June 1986, a second agreement was reached requiring Amtrak and SEPTA
to develop a plan to control erosion, sedimentation, and contaminated ground
water. In the fall of 1986, EPA used $600,000 in CERCLA emergency funds to
remove contaminated soil in nearby areas and control erosion on the yard.
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Status (June 1988): Under an agreement reached with EPA in May 1987,
Amtrak and SEPTA are conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the extent of contamination at the site. Uider a separate agreement,
SEPTA has taken measures to protect workers in the repair shop at a cost of
$2 million. In October 1987, Amtrak and SEPTA agreed to conduct extensive
soil sampling in the surrounding neighborhoods, and in January 1988, EPA's
emergency program began taking additional measures to stabilize the yard and
nearby Central Avenue.
After this site was proposed in January 1987, new technical information
became available. Hence, EPA is reproposing this site to allow an additional
60-day comment period.
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RAYMARK
Hatboro, Pennsylvania
The Raymark Site covers 7 acres on Jacksonville Road in the Borough of
Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Penn Rivet and Machine Co. owned
the facility from 1947 until sometime before 1954. A series of name changes,
mergers, incorporations, and title conveyances have occurred since 1954. In
1981, Telford Industrial Development Authority purchased the site from Milford
Rivet and Machine Co., now Raymark Formed Products Co. The present operator,
Penn Fasteners, Inc., has manufactured rivets and fasteners at the site since
1980.
During 1948-72, treated wastes and untreated waste water from plating
and degreasing operations were disposed of in four unlined lagoons on-site.
In 1972, the accumulated sludge was removed and the lagoons were filled in
with clean fill and berm material. During the same period, trichloroethylene
(TCE) was stored in outdoor, aboveground tanks. Penn Fasteners contends that
TCE is no longer used at the facility. Building drains also are a suspected
major source of existing soil contamination.
Since 1979, eight Hatboro Water Authority wells near the site have been
contaminated with TCE. They have been taken out of service or equipped with
treatment systems. The Raymark Site has been identified as a source of
contamination of the Stockton Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to
approximately 921,100 people via public and private wells within 3 miles of
the site.
In the most recent sampling (1985), EPA detected up to 3.1 million
micrograms per kilogram of TCE in on-site soil. Wells within 250 feet of the
site are contaminated with TCE ranging from 14 to 8,600 micrograms per liter.
Up to 900 micrograms per liter of 1,2-dichloroethylene have been detected in
monitoring wells in the vicinity of the site.
The nearest surface water, Pennypack Creek, is approximately 6,800 feet
downslope of the site. It is used for recreational activities.
In 1985, the United states brought suit against present and past owners
of the siteincluding Raymark Industries, Inc., Raymark Formed Products Co.,
and Penn Fasteners, Inc.under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act and Section 106 of CERCLA.
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-RECTICON/ALLIED STEEL CORP.
East Coventry Township, Pennsylvania
Conditions at listing (June 1988): The Recticon/Allied Steel Corp. Site
covers 5 acres on Route 724 and-Wells Road in East Coventry Township, Chester
County, Pennsylvania. The area is primarily residential. As early, as 1979,
the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) detected trichloro-
ethylene (TCE) in ground water in the region. Others have verified the contami-
nation since then.
Recticon, a subsidiary of Rockwell International, manufactured silicon
wafers during 1974-81. In 1980, a Recticon contractor found TCE in Recticon
plant drain lines, in sludge trapped within buried waste lines, and in soils.
In May 1981, Recticon removed contaminated soil and transported it to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act. Recticon and PA DER entered into a Consent Order and Agreement
in October 1981 under1 which Recticon was to pump and treat ground water. The
subsequent pumping and treatment, however, have had little effect on the
contamination problem.
Since about 1972, Allied Steel Corp. has fabricated steel on a property
100 feet to the southeast of Recticon. Previous owners of the property did not
use the facility for steel fabrication. In 1984, an Allied contractor determined
that leakage in the area of Allied's compressor room had released TCE to the
ground. Also, high levels of TCE were found in Allied's on-site well.
An estimated 17,300 people obtain drinking water from Citizen's Home Utility
Water Co. wells and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
Run-off from the site reaches the Schuylkill River 2,400 feet downstream of
the site. Citizen's Home Utility Water Co. maintains a water intake 3,100 feet
downstream of the site. The company blends water from the river with that from
the wells to serve its 11,500 customers. '
Status (September 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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RIVER ROAD LANDFILL (WASTE MANAGEMENT, INC.)
Hermitage, Pennsylvania
The. River Road Landfill covers approximately 102 acres in'Hermitage,
Mercer County, Pennsylvania. It is owned by Eric Disposal Co., a subsidiary
of Waste Management, Inc. The landfill has operated since 1962 as a
sanitary landfill, accepting industrial, residential, and an unknown
quantity of hazardous wastes. In 1984, it received a State permit to
dispose of solid waste.
According to tests conducted in 1980 by a consultant to Waste Management,
sludge disposed at the site contained PCBs.
In June 1985, EPA detected PCBs in sediments in a diversion ditch that
discharges to the Shenango River. The ditch collected runoff from the
landfill. The Shenango Valley Water Co. draws water for approximately
75,000 customers at a point 2 miles downstream of the landfill. EPA also
detected chloroethane and 1,1-dichloroethane in wells on and off the site.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances in the
diversion ditch.
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NOVAK SANITARY LANDFILL
South Whitehall Township, Pennsylvania
The Novak Sanitary Landfill covers approximately 60 acres in South
Whitehall Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The privately-owned
landfill started operating in the late 1960s. Initially, demolition
wastes were disposed in an abandoned quarry on the site. Later, the
landfill began accepting municipal and industrial wastes.
In 1980, a new phase began when the first of five trenches was
excavated. Disposal in these trenches was under a solid waste permit
from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER).
PA DER closed the landfill in December 1984. General Electric Go. notified
EPA, as required by CERCLA section 103(c), that its Allentown, Pennsylvania,
plant had sent electroplating wastes containing heavy metals and organic
wastes, including spent solvents, to the landfill. According to PA DER,
other industrial clients of the landfill include Tyler Pipe Go., Tarkett
Corp., Western Electric, and Caloric Corp.
Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with a variety of
organic and inorganic chemicals, including tetrachloroethene, toluene,
1,1-dichloroethane, and barium, according to EPA tests. A private well
1,200 feet southwest of the landfill boundary is similarly contaminated,
according to EPA and PA DER. The landfill is in a limestone region that
is very susceptible to ground water contamination and migration of
contaminants. An estimated 17,300 people draw drinking water from public
and private wells within 3 miles of the site, in January 1985, South
Whitehall Township extended its water line to two residences near the
landfill, because a well sampled by EPA contained organic and inorganic
contaminants which could also be attributed to the landfill.
According to an EPA inspection in June 1984, a ditch encircling the
site diverts run-off and leachate into an on-site pond. The diversion
ditch and pond are not properly engineered, and the landfill is not
adequately covered. Hence, surface,water in the area is threatened.
Jordan Creek within 3 miles downstream of the site is used for recreation.
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OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP./FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Lower Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania
The Occidental Chemical Corp./Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. Site is in
Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Occidental
has manufactured plastic resins such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at the
facility since 1980, when it purchased the site from Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co. Firestone had produced both PVC and tires on the site since
1945.
Both companies disposed of their waste on about 30 acres of the
250-acre property. The disposal area consists of an inactive 17-acre
landfill, an active 7-acre landfill, 4 inactive seepage lagoons, and 2
active lined lagoons. The four seepage lagoons received PVC waste during
1945-74. The sludge from the lagoons was periodically removed and disposed
of in the inactive 17-acre landfill. In 1971, the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources (PA DER) issued a permit to Firestone to operate
the 17 acres as a sanitary landfill. In 1985, Occidental Chemical closed
it under a PA DER closure plan; the landfill was capped with a rubber
cover, 2 feet of earth, and topsoil, then seeded.
Currently, PVC waste is pretreated and the effluent discharged to
the municipal sanitary sewer system. The sludge goes to the two lined
lagoons, which were constructed in 1974.
The site is in the floodplain of the Schuylkill River, which is used
for recreational activities.
EPA has conducted a search to identify parties potentially
responsible for wastes associated with the site.
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KEYSER AVENUE BOREHOLE
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The Keyser Avenue Borehole, also known as the Lavelle Borehole, is located
on a residential property at 1620 North Kevser Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pennsylvania. The borehole, which is approximately 2 feet in diameter
and 110 feet deep, was originally used in conjunction with coal mininq operations.
A mine pool lies approximately 152 feet beneath the bottom of the borehole.
Other pools are in the area. In all, they hold 10 million qallons of water.
In 1984, William Lavelle was convicted by the Pennsylvania Court of Common
Pleas for dumping 3.5 million gallons of liquid wastes durinq 1976-79 into
the borehole via a floor drain in a commercial qarage he rented. The liquids
came from food processors, solvent recyclers, and pharmaceutical manufacturers.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources in 1984 and EPA in 1985
sampled the air around the borehole and the sludge at the bottom of the borehole.
Trichloroethylene, benzene, chlorobenzene, chloroform, ethylbenzene,
1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and
1,2-dichloropropane were found in both air and sludge.
In December 1985, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds to place a temoorary
cap on the borehole to prevent further release of air emissions.
The hazardous waste discharged directly into the mine pools threatens
ground water. An estimated 1,400 people obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
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NAVAL AIR DEVELOPMENT CENTER (8 WASTE AREAS)
Warminister Township, Pennsylvania
The Naval Air Development Center (NADC) covers 734 acres in
Warminster Township, Bucks County, Pennsylvania. NADC was commissioned
in 1944. Its main mission is research, development, testing, and
evaluation for naval aircraft systems. The center also conducts studies
in antisubmarine warfare systems and software development.
Waste-generating activities include aircraft maintenance and
repair, pest control, fire-fighting training, machine and plating shop
operations, spray painting, and various materials research and testing
activities in NADC laboratories. Wastes generated include paints,
solvents, industrial waste water treatment sludge, and waste oils. Eight
waste areas covering more than 2 acres are included in this NPL site.
Navy contractors detected 1,1-dichloroethane, chromium, and
nickel in ground water on the base. No significant contamination was
detected in nearby surface water. The waste areas potentially affect
the Stockton Formation aquifer, which provides water for over 100,000
persons within 3 miles of the site. Local surface water bodies are used
for recreation and industrial purposes.
NADC is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these
sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search) and Phase II
(confirmation study). As part of these efforts, NADC's contractor
installed monitoring wells and completed a ground water quality study.
Ground water continues to be monitored.
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EASTERN DIVERSIFIED METALS
Hometown, Pennsylvania
The Eastern Diversified Metals Site covers about 25 acres in Hometown,
Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania. From 1966 to 1977, the company disposed
of an estimated 157 million pounds of "fluff" (waste insulation material)
from recycling of copper wire in an open pile 60 feet high covering an
area 500 by 3,000 feet. The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources (PA DER) found that the waste pile was producing phenolic
leachate. In 1974, as a result of a Consent Agreement with PA DER, the
company installed a waste water treatment plant, diversion ditches, and
an interceptor that diverts shallow ground water to the treatment plant.
The surface impoundment associated with the waste water treatment plant
sometimes overflows into a tributary to the Little Schuylkill River,
which is used for trout fishing within 3 miles downstream of the site.
Sludge from the waste water treatment plant was disposed of on top
of the waste pile until 1983, when PA DER issued a Notice of Violation
to the company. The sludge is now being taken to a disposal facility
regulated under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
The site is underlain by Mauch Chunk, one of the most important
water-bearing formations in northeastern Pennsylvania. About 1,400
people are served by wells that are within 3 miles of the site and draw
on the Mauch Chunk Formation.
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JACKS CREEK/SITKIN SMELTING & REFINING, INC.
Maitland, Pennsylvania
The Jacks Creek/Sitkin Smelting & Refining, Inc., Site is in Maitland
in a rural/farming area of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Approximately
143,000 tons of ball mill tailings containing lead and other heavy metals
are stockpiled adjacent to the creek on 115 acres formerly owned by Sitkin.
In 1984, EPA detected PCBs in soil on the property and lead and PCBs
(Aroclors 1248 and 1254) in Jacks Creek, which is used for recreational
activities. Preliminary results indicate that lead may be present in on-site
ground water. The acidity of on-site soils may enhance the movement of lead,
which ordinarily does not leach substantially into ground water. The Tonoloway,
Keyser, Old Port, and Onondaga Formations provide water to private wells within
3 miles of the site that serve an estimated 1,000 people.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Sitkin closed in 1977 when it declared bankruptcy. Joseph Krentzman and
Sons, Inc., purchased part of the Sitkin property for a scrapyard. CIT Corp.
and the Alabama Bankruptcy Court own the remainder.
Krentzman has submitted a proposal to the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources to remove the PCB-contaminated soil and encapsulate
it elsewhere on the site. The company also plans to dismantle the smelters
and arrange for proper disposal.
This mining site is potentially eligible for cleanup funds from the State
of Pennsylvania's approved program under the surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977 (SMCRA). EPA is developing a policy for listing such sites. This
site is being proposed for the NPL at the time to avoid delay in starting CERCLA
activities.
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COMMODORE SEMICONDUCTOR GROUP
lower Providence Township, Pennsylvania
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The Commodore Semiconductor Group Site covers about 10 acres in the
Valley Forge Corporate Center in Lower Providence Township, Montgomery
County, Pennsylvania. Commodore manufactures computers, calculators,
and various electronic components on property rented from Valley Forge
Corporate Center.
Waste solvents, including trichloroethylene (TCE), were stored in
an underground concrete storage tank on-site until 1974, when it was taken
out of service. A steel tank was then installed. Inspections conducted
by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) indicate
both tanks have leaked.
According to;tests conducted by EPA, PA DER, and Commodore, soils
and ground water both on and off the site have been contaminated with
TCE, 1,1-dichloroethylene, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, and 1,1,2,2-
tetrachloroethane. Two public water supply wells of the Audubon Water
Co., which serves 6,300 people, were taken out of service in 1979 due to
contamination. Approximately 800,000 people draw drinking water from
wells into the contaminated aquifer within 3 miles of the site.
In 1979, Commodore started investigations and cleanup actions at
the site. The company has excavated soils and pumped water from a
contaminated well, then sprayed it onto fields. The volatile solvents
dissipate into the air. Since February 1984, an air stripper, which is
more efficient at removing the solvents, has been in use.
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CRYOCHEM, INC.
Wbnnan, Pennsylvania
CryoChem, Inc., has operated a metals-fabrication facility on a
19-acre site in Wbnnan, Berks County, Pennsylvania, from 1962 to the
present. The facility is composed of several production and storage
buildings and an office complex situated at the lower portion of the
property. The company uses solvents to clean finished metal parts. Any
excess solvent is collected in shop drains. Prior to 1982, the company
used about one 55-gallon drum of 1,1,1-trichloroethane per year for 3 or
4 years and allowed the shop drain system to discharge into nearby surface
waters that lead to Manatawny Creek.
In August 1981, the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources
(PA DER), acting on complaints of area residents, began sampling
residential wells. Analysis of nine wells downgradient of the site
detected chlorinated solvents, including 1,1,1-trichlorethane. In June
1982, PA DER detected up to 270 parts per billion (ppb) of 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane on-site in an unnamed tributary to Ironstone Creek, which is
used for fishing. As a result of this discharge, PA DER notified the
company that it was in violation of the Pennsylvania Clean Streams Law.
PA DER also recommended that the company discontinue the use of 1,1,1-
trichloroethane, clean out the drain system, and properly dispose of all
contaminated materials. The company complied with the recommendations.
Since the original sampling, PA DER has extensively sampled resi-
dential wells located near and mostly downgradient of the site. Concen-
trations of 1,1,1-trichloroethane generally ranged from 0 to 180 ppb, and
one measured 600 ppb.
PA DER notified the affected residents of the contamination. Some
citizens have opted to buy bottled water or are filtering tap water at
their own expense. About 1,100 people are served by wells within 3 miles
of the site.
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BELL LANDFILL
Terry Township, Pennsylvania
Bell Landfill covers 33 acres northeast of New Albany in Terry Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Prior to 1970, the privately owned and operated
site served primarily as an open dump for municipal trash. The Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) began inspecting the site in
1977 and in 1978 permitted an asphalt-lined portion of the fill to accept
ferric hydroxide sludge from GTE Sylvania Products Corp.'s Towanda plant.
During 1979-81, the plant disposed of 8,226 tons of the sludge into the lined
portion of the fill. After numerous permit violations due to improper cover
material and inadequate leachate collection, PA DER closed the site in 1982.
The former owner/operator's estate had the disposal areas partially covered
with soil.
In 1984, EPA detected barium in a private well near the site. The
800 people living within 3 miles of the site use private wells for drinking
water. Also in 1984, EPA observed leachate seeping from the site into an
unnamed tributary to Sugar Run, which is used for recreational activities
downstream of the site. According to EPA, the leachate contained high levels
of numerous organic pollutants, including aromatics, chlorinated aliphatics,
ketones, and phthalates, and inorganics, including barium, cadmium, lead, and
zinc. Trichloroethyiene and heavy metals were found in an on-site pond used
for watering farm animals.
Leachate continues to seep from the site, which is unfenced. Thus,
people and animals can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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BERKS LANDFILL
Spring Township, Pennsylvania
The Berks Landfill is in Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The
site consists of two unlined landfills: an active 48-acre unit and an inactive
10-acre unit. The owner started operating the now inactive unit in the early
1960s. Starting in 1979, Stabatrol Corp. operated the unit, disposing of
stabilized alkali sludges with approval of the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources (PA DER). In 1975, PA DER granted a permit to discharge
treated leachate from the landfill's leachate collection system into an adjacent
stream. PA DER halted the discharges in 1979 because of violations of water
quality standards. In 1980, PA DER suspended its approval for Stabatrol to
stabilize sludges due to inadequate storage methods, stopping all operations on
the site. A new owner acquired the site in 1984.
Analyses conducted in 1985 by EPA and PA DER detected 1,2-dichloroethylene,
vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, benzene, and manganese in an on-site monitoring
well and in a private well downgradient of the site. An estimated 26,500
residents use private and public wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking
water.
The active landfill received a solid waste permit from PA DER in May 1975
to accept municipal refuse and demolition debris. A leachate collection system
discharges to four surface impoundments (three unlined). The leachate is
transported off-site to a treatment plant.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with the hazardous substances in the impoundments.
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AMP, INC. (GLEN ROCK FACILITY)
Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
AMP, Inc., has owned and operated a 20-acre site on Old Route 11, Susque-
hanna Trail Road, in Glen Rock, York County, Pennsylvania, since the early
.1950s. The area is rural. The site involves two operations: a materials
development laboratory that conducts research on contact adhesives and lubricants
and a plastics division that manufactures injection mold plastics and polyester
used in undercarpet cable.
In September 1982, 5-7 gallons of chlorinated organic solvents were
spilled around the cement storage pad used by both the production and research
operations, according to the company. The solvents stored on this pad included
1,1,2-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethane, and chloroform.
In 1984, a consultant to AMP detected elevated levels of these compounds
in ground water and surface water downgradient of the AMP facility. An estimated
4,700 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells and springs
in the Wissahickon Formation within 3 miles of the site. The consultant also
detected solvents in a spring discharging to Larkin Pond 550 feet from the
site. The creek is used for recreational activities. A wetland is adjacent
to Larkin Pond.
AMP is pumping one of its wells to form a cone of depression in an '
attempt to prevent the contaminants from migrating off-site and has installed
a stripping tower to remove the solvents from wells of a nearby trailer park.
AMP is analyzing monitoring wells quarterly and studying subsurface conditions
at the site.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose
of hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-
only status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of
EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
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AVCO LOOMING (WILLIAMSPORT DIVISION)
Williamsport, Pennsylvania
The'Avco Lyccming (Williamsport Division) Site consists of-approximately
28 acres in the west-central portion of Williaomsport, Lycoming County,
Pennsylvania. For over 50 years, this facility has been primarily involved
in the production of aircraft engines. Ihe plant operates a still for
the reclamation of Varsol, a petroleum solvent, and (since the early 1950s)
a waste treatment facility. Past poor housekeeping practices apparently
have contaminated the site, according to the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources (PA DER).
On-site monitoring wells, off-site downgradient wells, and a well
field of the Williamsport Municipal Water Authority (WMWA) 3,000 feet
southwest of the site are contaminated with trichloroethylene and
chromium, according to tests conducted in 1985 by a consultant to the
company. The well field was used as a backup supply under drought
conditions until it was closed in November 1984 because of contamination
with volatile organic chemicals. WMWA serves about 65,000 people within
3 miles of the site.
In November 1985, Avco and PA DER signed a Consent Order and Agreement
involving monitoring of ground water and cleanup of on-site soils and
ground water. Currently, ground water is being pumped, treated to remove
contaminants, and returned to the ground. Cleanup of the municipal well
field was not addressed in the order.
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A.I.W. FRANK CORP./MID-COUNTY MUSTANG
Exton, Pennsylvania
The A.I.W. Frank Corp. (AIW)/Mid-County Mustang Site covers 16 acres
in Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Originally farmland, the
area is undergoing rapid development to a residential, commercial, and light
industrial area. During 1962-81, AIW produced styrofoam cups and plates
and used trichloroethylene (TCE) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCEA)
to clean its machinery. The operation covers 15 acres at 717 East Lincoln
Highway. Continental Refrigerator Corp. acquired the property in 1981
when AIW went bankrupt. Continental manufactures refrigerators, freezers,
and warming cabinets for the institutional and food service industry.
Investigations by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources (PA DER) indicate that AIW handled and disposed of solvents
improperly. In early 1983, a consultant to the company found that an
on-site monitoring well was contaminated with TCE, tetrachloroethylene
(PCE), and 1,1,1-TCEA.
The Mid-County Mustang facility covers less than 1 acre at 891 East
Lincoln Highway adjacent to the western boundary of AIW. Mid-County
Mustang leased this property from the summer of 1982 until December 1984
from CDS Investments. Since the 1940s, the building leased by Mid-County
Mustang has been used as an auto repair and/or body shop. The solvents
used to clean auto engines were discharged into floor drains in the building
and from there into an on-site stone bed drain field. In December 1983, a
consultant to CDS Investments detected TCE, PCE, methylene chloride, and
carbon tetrachloride at the floor drain and drain field. A hydrogeologic
investigation of the neighboring AIW facility showed that a well on the Mid-
County Mustang property was contaminated with TCE, PCE, and 1,1,1-TCEA.
An estimated 76,700 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the site is used for
recreational activities and is threatened because run-off from the site
could flow into Valley Creek 800 feet to the north.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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AMETEK, INC. (HUNTER SPRING DIVISION)
Hatfield, Pennsylvania
Anetek, Inc.'s Hunter Spring Division manufactures precision springs,
reels, and measuring and controlling apparatus on an 8-acre site in
Hatfield, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. The facility uses trichloroethylene
(TCE) as a degreasing solvent.
In February 1986, the North Penn Water Authority (NPWA) detected TCE
and 1,1-dichloroethylene in on-site and downgradient wells. Background
wells contained neither of these contaminants.
An estimated 69,700 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the facility.
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CARRIER AIR CONDITIONING CO.
Collierville, Tennessee
Carrier Air Conditioning Co. of United Technologies manufactures
air conditioners on approximately 145 -acres in Collierville, Shelby County,
Tennessee. Three releases of trichloroethylene (TCE) to the environment
have been documented. In 1978, a filter cover failed on a vapor degreaser,
spilling 2,000 to 5,000 gallons of TCE. According to Carrier, the local
fire department washed this material into Nonconnah Creek. Soil samples '
collected at the spill site by the State in April 1986 contained TCE.
Starting in about 1972, Carrier operated an unlined, 200-cubic-foot
lagoon for storage of TCE-contaminated paint sludges. Presumably it leaked
TCE. In November 1980, Carrier removed wastes and soil from the lagoon and
sent them to an EPA-regulated hazardous waste facility.
A third release occurred in January 1985. Following a period of heavy
rainfall, an unknown volume of TCE leaked from underground pipes. The company
recovered 542 gallons of TCE. As a result of this spill, wells were installed
at the facility to monitor the Memphis Sands Aquifer. TCE was detected in
several of these wells in January 1986.
The Carrier facility is located within 2,000 feet of Water Plant wells #2
of the City of Collierville. Analyses conducted in July 1986 by the Tennessee
Department of Health and Environment found that the west well for Water Plant
#2 was contaminated with low levels of TCE. Subsequently, Carrier sampled both
wells at Water Plant #2, both wells at Water Plant #1 (approximately 15 miles
east of Carrier), and the treated water from both plants. Low levels of TCE
were found in both wells at Water Plant #2. Carrier continues to monitor public
and private wells in the area. An estimated 12,800 people obtain drinking
water from wells in the Memphis sands Aquifer within 3 miles of the site.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-only
status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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MALLORY CAPACITOR CO.
Waynesboro, Tennessee
Mallory Capacitor Co. formerly manufactured electrical capacitors on
an 8.5-acre site in a small residential community in Waynesboro, Wayne
County, Tennessee. The site is in the floodplain of the Green River.
This facility, a former shoe factory, was purchased by P.R. Mallory
and Co. Inc., in 1968. In 1969, the company, now known as Mallory Capacitor
Co., began to manufacture capacitors using PCBs as a dielectric fluid.
In 1978, Mallory switched to dioctyl phthalate as a dielectric fluid.
Dart Industries, Inc., acquired Mallory Capacitor Co. in early 1979 and
sold it later in the year to Emhart Industries, Inc. As part of the
sales agreement with Emhart, certain PCB wastes, a buried tank, and
contaminated soil were removed from the site and sent to an approved PCB
disposal facility.
PCBs entered the environment through spills, leaks, and intentional
discharges, according to investigations conducted by EPA. On July 31,
1984, the plant voluntarily closed because of the discovery of PCB
contamination throughout the site.
In 1985, tests conducted by EPA, Mallory, and its contractors detected
PCBs in on-site sand and off-site wells downgradient of the site. An
estimated 900 people obtain drinking water from wells and springs within
3 miles of the site. Sediments downstream from the site also contain
PCBs, according to Mallory. Surface water within 3 miles downstream of
the site is used for fishing and swimming.
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MURRAY-OHIO MANUFACTURING CO. (HORSESHOE BEND DUMP)
Lawr encebu rg , Tennessee
The Murray-Ohio Manufacturing Co. (Horseshoe Bend Dump) Site covers 12
acres on Horseshoe Bend, a sharp, narrow bend of Shoal Creek in Lawrence County,
Tennessee, approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Lawr encebu rg. The site is in
the extreme northern tip of the bend on low-lying terrain immediately adiacent
to Shoal Creek. Prior to about 1956, a hydroelectric plant owned by the City
of Lawrenceburg operated on the site.
Murray-Ohio Manufacturing Co. records indicate that, beginnina about
paint sludge and other wastes were poured into shallow pits at the dump. The
pits were partially filled after the liquid portion of the waste had soaked into
the ground. Drummed waste was also placed in pits. In the sprinq of 1^63, a
large fire at the site reportedly produced toxic smoke and fumes, which caused
eye and respiratory irritation. Also, fish were killed in Shoal Creek durinq
or shortly after the fire. The site was apparently abandoned after the fire
and has since been used only for occasional dumpinq of household trash. In
recent years, access to the area has been restricted by a landowner across
whose property the road to the site passes.
In an inspection in 1983, the Tennessee Division of Solid Waste Manaqement
found partially buried leaking drums at the site.
Soils on the site contain elevated levels of chromium, lead, and zinc,
according to tests conducted by Murray-Ohio Manufacturing in 1984. Soils are
highly permeable; springs, caves, and sinkholes are plentiful in this area: and
the ground water is shallow (4 feet). These conditions facilitate movement of
contaminants into ground water. The City of Lawrenceburq obtains Dart of its
water supply from a large spring about 0.9 mile northeast of the site. This
water is also supplied to the Fall River utility District. An estimated 19,0.00
people obtain drinking water from wells and springs within 3 miles of the site.
Downstream of the dump, Shoal Creek is used for fishinq, water-contact
recreation, and industrial process cooling water.
The site is 2 miles from the "Murray-Ohio Dump," which was placed on the
NPL in September 1983.
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AIR FORCE PLANT 14/GENERAL DYNAMICS
Fort Worth, Texas
Conditions at listing (October 1984); Air Force Plant 14 occupies approxi-
mately 650 acres in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas. General Dynamics operates
the plant, which manufactures aircraft for the Air Force. In November 1982, the
Air Force and General Dynamics notified EPA via the National Response Team that
hazardous substances were found in a storm water outfall that drains into a creek
on the west side of the plant. Under Air Force supervision, General Dynamics con-
structed a french drain and a collection basin at the outfall. Since that time,
leachate from the drain and outfall has been collected, stored, and disposed of in
an EPA-approved disposal facility. In 1983, the Air Force removed 21,300 cubic
yards of contaminated soil from closed waste pits and disposed of the soil at an
approved disposal facility.
The Air Force has drilled numerous test holes and 97 monitoring wells in and
around 20 areas, which cover a total of about 8 acres. Many of the areas have
contained hazardous substances. Analyses of the wells indicate that ground water
in the upper zone under the site is contaminated with several organic chemicals
and heavy metals. Several deeper wells were drilled at the site into the Paluxy
aquifer, which is the source of drinking water for nearby residents, including
the municipality of Mute Settlement (population 13,420). Two wells have been
found to be contaminated by 1,2-transdichlorethylene and trichloroethylene.
The plant is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of Defense
has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and controlling
the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites.
At the reguest of the Air Force, EPA has further investigated off-site
areas, including several White Settlement wells, sediment in the creek and Lake
Worth, and selected residential wells near the site. EPA drilled four monitoring
wells near the plant area. The White Settlement municipal wells and the four EPA
wells are monitored on a quarterly basis by EPA.
In November 1980, the facility received Interim Status under the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when General Dynamics and the Air Force filed
Part A of a permit application to treat and dispose of hazardous wastes.
Status (April 1987); Phase II (preliminary survey) of the Installation.
Restoration Program is underway.
This site is being reproposed to be consistent with EPA's recently proposed
policy for placing on the NPL sites located on Federally-owned facilities that
are subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of RCRA. EPA is
soliciting comments on the Hazard Ranking System score for the sites, which
includes areas subject to RCRA Subtitle C corrective action authorities.
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DIXIE OIL PROCESSORS, INC.
Friendswood, Texas
Conditions at listing (June 19881; The Dixie Oil Processors, Inc. (DOP)
Site covers 27 acres along opposite sides of Choate Road in Harris County near
Friendswood, south of Houston, Texas. Throughout its history, the site has had
several owner/operators. In 1978, DOP, the most recent operator, began converting
liquid organic wastes (for example, phenolic tars and glycol cutter stock)
generated by various refining, chemical, and petrochemical facilities to creosote,
fuel oil extenders, and other petroleum products. In 1984, DOP removed over
6,000 cubic yards of soils contaminated with phenolic tars and transported the
material to an approved hazardous waste facility. Additional wastes and contaminated
soils remain on-site. Currently, Dixie stores wastes on-site before transporting
them off-site for disposal or recycling.
From approximately 1969 to 1978, Intercoastal Chemical Co. (ICC) and Lowe
Chemical Co. (ICC) operated on the site. On the northern tract (leased from
ICC), ICC conducted an olefin washing and copper recovery operation. ICC
constructed a series of lagoons to recover copper from a waste water stream
produced by LCC.
JOG Oil Aromatics, Inc., had a similar business that may have operated
from as early as 1975 until it was sold in 1978 to LCC, the owner of DOP.
Buried in at least six closed lagoons are accumulated copper sediment and,
allegedly, 500 barrels of a tarry copper catalyst. Leakage from the ponds has
affected the quality of shallow ground water to a limited degree. In 1984, DOP
detected lead, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and copper in on-site wells. An
estimated 140 people obtain drinking water from shallow public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
Spills from the copper recovery operation have entered nearby Mud Gully
and Clear Creek. A subdivision was recently developed to the north of DOP; a
Little League baseball field is adjacent to OOP's southwest property line.
Both tracts of DOP are contiguous to and southwest of the Brio Refining Co.,
Inc., Site, which was proposed for the NPL in 1984. On April 23, 1986, the
Brio Task Force signed an amended Administrative Order on Consent with EPA
under CERdA Section 106 to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the Brio and DOP sites and
identify alternatives for remedial action.
Status (October 1988)t A Record of Decision signed on March 31, 1988
requires a limited action/monitoring remedy. Major elements include
implementing a site management plan, monitoring of existing wells on-site,
monitoring Mud Gulley, removal of all tanks, semiannual air monitoring, and
securing the site.
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RIO GRANDE OIL CO. REFINERY
Sour Lake, Texas
The Rio Grande Oil Co. Refinery covers approximately 11 acres west of Ann
Street in Sour Lake, southwestern Hardin county, Texas. Now abandoned, the
refinery operated during the 1920s and 1930s. Liquid wastes generated by
petroleum and related refining activities were deposited in an unlined disposal
pit encompassing approximately 1 acre. The pit now contains a hardened tar-like
substance. Parts of the site are now owned by Arco, Amoco Production U.S.A./
the City of Sour Lake, and an individual.
In 1986, EPA found phthalate esters and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
in soil, some at depths of 3-5 feet. The uppermost aquifer, the Chicot Aquifer
in the lower Beaumont Clay Formation, is exposed in Sour Lake. Area soils are
moderately permeable and ground water occurs at 10-20 feet. Sour Lake has two
municipal wells 1,000 yards southeast of the site. An estimated 2,000 people
obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
This site is on the Texas state list of sites targeted for cleanup under
Superfund.
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TEX-TIN CORP.
Texas City, Texas
The Tex-Tin Corp. Site covers 128 acres in an industrial area at the
intersection of Highway 146 and FM 519 in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas.
During World War II, the Federal Government constructed a tin smelter on the
site. Wah Chang Corp. bought the site after the war and sold it in 1970 to
Gulf Chemical and Metallurgical Co., which changed the name to Tex-Tin Corp. in
1985.
EPA and the Texas Water commission have been investigating the site since
it was identified in a 1978 survey of waste disposal sites by the U.S. Congress
(the "Ekhardt Report").
On the site are the following hazardous waste units: five waste water
treatment ponds, gypsum slurry ponds, a pond containing about 19 million gallons
of highly acidic ferric chloride waste, an area of iron sludge contaminated
with amiben (a pesticide), tin slag piles, about 20,000 drums of spent catalyst,
and a landfill containing radioactive waste.
Monitoring wells near the acidic ferric chloride pond are contaminated
with copper and tin, according to tests conducted by Gulf Chemical and
Metallurgical in 1980.
In October 1985, the Texas Air control Board detected tin in the air downwind
of the smelter at the property boundary. An estimated 21,700 people live within
4 miles of the site.
Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the site is an important source
of shellfish and is used for recreational activities. A coastal wetland is
within 2 miles of the site.
In 1985, EPA issued an Administrative Order under the Clean Water Act
charging Tex-Tin with violating its permit issued under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System. Tex-Tin has undertaken some interim measures to
come into compliance with the order.
This mining site is being proposed for the NPL because it is a noncoal
site with mining operations that occurred after August 3, 1977, the enactment
date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Thus, the site
is neither regulated by SMCRA nor eligible for funds from the SMCRA Abandoned
Mine Land Reclamation Program.
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MIDVALE SLAG
Midvale, Utah
The Midvale Slag Site covers 300 acres in Midvale, Salt Lake
County, Utah. Midvale (population 10,000) is part of the Salt Lake
City Metropolitan area (population 936,000). Between 1902 and 1971,
United States Smelting, Refining and Mining Co. smelted ores on the
site to produce copper, gold, lead, and silver. The site consists of
piles of slag estimated at 2 million tons that remain from the smelting
operations. The smelter no longer exists. In 1971, Valley Materials,
Inc., acquired the site and processes the slag into materials for
railroad beds and asphalt highways.
Testing by the Utah Department of Health indicated that the slag
contains high concentrations of arsenic and heavy metals. The slag is
found on the surface and down to a depth of 20 feet. Hence there is a
potential for ground water contamination. Several municipal wells serving
an estimated 38,000 people are within 3 miles of the site.
The Jordan River, which forms the western boundary of the site, is
not contaminated to date, according to tests conducted by EPA in May
1985. However, slag piles are as close as 50 feet to the river, causing
concern that the river can become contaminated.
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RICHARDSON FLAT TAILINGS
Summit County, Utah
The Richardson Flat Tailings cover approximately 160 acres in a valley
1.5 miles from most recent development in the town of Park City, Summit County,
Utah. At least 2 million tons of tailings are on-site.
The mill tailings came from the Keetley Ontario Mine and other metal
mining operations currently owned by United Park City Mines (UPCM). The most
recent use of the area for tailings disposal was during 1975-81, when UPCM
leased its mining properties to either Park City Ventures or Noranda Mining,
Inc. The two companies constructed and operated milling facilities on UPCM
properties.
Both the Utah Department of Environmental Health and EPA have investigated
the site in the past 3 years. The results show that the heavy metals and
arsenic present in the tailings have migrated into the soil below the tailinas,
ground water, surface water, and air. Continued migration is likely because
the piles are unlined and uncovered. Elevated concentrations of arsenic, copper,
and lead were detected in Silver Creek downgradient of the tailinqs. Water
diverted from Silver Creek is used to irrigate oastureland and hay fields within
3 stream miles of the site.
High-volume air sampling at Richardson Flat Tailinas documented that
arsenic, cadmium, lead, and zinc were released to the air. An estimated 4,soo
people live year-round within 4 miles of the tailings.
Motorcyclists commonly ride on the site. In addition, airborne tailinas
material blows across Highway 40 on a daily basis durina the summer months.
This mining site is potentially eligible for cleanup funds from the State
of Utah's approved program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
of 1979 (SMCRA). EPA is developing a policy for listing such sites. This site
is being proposed for the NPL at this time to avoid delay in starting CERCLA
activities.
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SHARON -STEEL CORP.- (MIDVALE TAILINGS)
Midvale. Utah
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Sharon steel Corp. owns a
mill tailings site in Midvale, Salt Lake County, Utah. Midvale
(population 10,000) is a part of the Salt Lake City metropolitan area
(population 936,000). Metals were milled on the 260-acre site from about
1910 to 1971. Approximately 10 million tons of mill tailings containing
high concentrations of lead, arsenic, cadmium, chromium, copper, and zinc
remain on the site. Sharon Steel purchased the site in 1979.
This site was first proposed as "Sharon Steel Corp. (Midvale
Smelter)."
Issues of concern at the site include air contamination from wind-
blown tailings, tailings washing into the Jordan River, and impacts on
ground water. Ground water samples have shown contamination with arsenic
and lead, according to analyses conducted by the State and Sharon Steel.
About 500,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as
a source of drinking water.
Status (January 1986); This site is included in a multisite coop-
erative agreement between EPA and the State of Utah. 'The State has a
contractor to perform a* remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action.
This mining site is not being placed on the NPL at this time because
it ceased mining before Aug. 3, 1977, the enactment date of the Surface
Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Therefore, it may be eligible
for reclamation funds under SMCRA. EPA is deferring final rulemaking
until it adopts a policy on the relationship that SMCRA should have to
the NPL.
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TOOELE ARMY DEPOT (NORTH AREA)
Tooele, Utah
Conditions at listing (October 1984); The Tooele .Army Depot (TEAD),
Tboele, Tboele County, Utah, consists of two separate areas, the North
Area and the South Area. The North Area covers about 25,000 acres in
Tooele Valley south and west of Tooele.
TEAD's mission is fourfold: store anmunition, demilitarize ammunition,
rebuild military equipment, and store military equipment. In fulfilling
its mission, TEAD decommissions munitions by cutting the casings and
removing and recycling the explosive material. The casings are then
rinsed with water to remove residual explosives. Between 1948 and 1965,
rinse waters were discharged into the "TNT Washout Area," which covers
less than 1 acre in the North Area. The Army has detected TNT and RDX, an
experimental explosive, in soil near the TNT Washout Area, threatening
ground water. About 2,500 people depend on ground water within 3 miles
of the site as a source of drinking water.
TEAD is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1975 under which the 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).
Status (July 1985): EPA is negotiating an interagency agreement with
TEAD to perform a remedial investigation to define the nature and extent of
contamination at the site and take the necessary corrective action.
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WASATCH CHEMICAL CO. (LOT 6)
Salt Lake City, Utah
The Wasatch'Chemical Co. (Lot 6) Site covers 6 acres in Salt Lake City,
Salt Lake County, Utah. Wasatch began formulating various organic chemical
products, including pesticides, on 15 acres in the early 1960s. Subsequently,
the site was subdivided into parcels of 6 and 9 acres, which are now owned
by two separate entities. Lot 6 has not been used since before 1980.
The Utah Department of Health estimates that approximately 2,300 cubic
yards of wastes have been disposed in a concrete pond and in drums on Lot
6. During an inspection in June 1985, the State found 48 drums holding
ignitable and reactive liquids and 13 pressurized gas cylinders in poor
condition; several of the drums were leaking. Residential and commercial
industrial areas are within a few hundred yards of the drum storage area.
Approximately 85,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.
Additional wastes from the operation were discharged into the 700
West Stream, a ditch that drains into the Jordan River.
Tests conducted by the State in June 1985 detected several chemicals,
including pesticides and methyl isobutyl ketone, in ground water. 700
West Stream also has elevated levels of some of these compounds.
About 60,000 people obtain drinking water from private wells within
3 miles of the site. The nearest well is within 2,000 feet. No alternative
source of water is available in the area. The Jordan River/Surplus Canal
is used primarily for industrial, irrigation (3 square miles), and
recreational purposes.
In January 1986, the State requested the owner of Lot 6 and a number
of other parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the
site to remove drums and other materials from Lot 6. When they refused,
the State filed an action in Federal Court seeking the potentially responsible
parties (PRPs) to remove the drums and compensate the State for its costs.
In February 1986, the State and EPA negotiated a Consent Order under CERCLA
section 106 for the drums.
In April 1986, during a CERCLA emergency removal action, EPA detected
dioxin in drums, standing water, and soil on the site. In the removal
action, EPA (1) excavated contaminated soil, (2) transported non-dioxin
drums and soil and the cylinders to a hazardous waste landfill permitted
under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, and (3) placed dioxin-
contaminated materials in a temporary storage unit adjacent to Lot 6. EPA
has reached a partial agreement with several PRPs to pay for a portion of
the emergency action. The PRPs have also agreed to provide and maintain a
storage facility for the dioxin materials pending final disposal.
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BFI SANITARY LANDFILL (ROCKINGHAM)
Rockingham, Vermont
The BFI Sanitary Landfill covers 103 acres in Rockingham, windham County.,
Vermont,- 25 of which are used as a sanitary landfill. Browning-Ferris
Industries, Inc., of Vermont (BFI) purchased the landfill in 1977 from an
individual who had started operations in 1968. In September 1983, the State
certified the site as a municipal landfill that could accept hazardous waste
from small generators. Industrial wastes, including heavy metals,,bases,
pesticides, and volatile organic compounds, were deposited in the unlined
disposal area during 1968-79, according to State files. Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Co., Cone and Blanchard Machine Co., and Vermont Research Co. are known
to have deposited process wastes at the landfill.
According to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC),
nearby residential and monitoring wells downgradient of the landfilling
activities have been contaminated since 1979. Chromium, lead, copper, trans-
1,2-dichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, and 2-butanone were identified in 1983.
More than 4,500 people in Vermont and New Hampshire obtain drinking water from
public and private wells within 3 miles of the landfill. Several private
wells have been contaminated from the landfill. The homes now receive water
from a new well provided by BFI.
The Connecticut River is 560 feet to the east along the drainage route of
surface water.
VT DEC issued three Assurances of Discontinuance and Agreement between
March 1980 and November 1983. The orders required BFI to determine the
hydrogeology of the landfill,' monitor ground water on-site, and provide drinking
water to affected nearby residents.
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DARLING HILL DUMP
Lyndon, Vermont
The Darling Hill Dump occupies approximately 3.5 acres at the top of a
steep hill in a rural area along the west side of Darling Hill Road in the
northeast portion of the Town of Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont.
During 1952-72, the Village of Lyndonville operated the dump on leased
land and disposed of mixed municipal and industrial wastes. During 1972-83,
the dump was leased and operated by Ray 0. Parker and Son, Inc., of Lyndonville,
and was used mainly for disposal of scrap wood, metal, demolition materials,
and industrial wastes. Parker purchased the property in October 1983 and
continues to use the dump primarily for disposal of wood and metal debris.
About 92,000 gallons of liquid industrial wastes and 2,000 tons of liquid,
semiliquid, and solid industrial wastes, including metal plating rinse water,
alkali degreasers, and organic solvents, were disposed of at the unlined dump.
According to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC),
the wastes came from Vermont Tap and Die, Northeast Tool (both a part of Vermont
American Corp. and both in Lyndonville), and from EHV-Weidmann (in nearby St.
Johnsbury). Liquids and sludges were dumped directly onto the ground.
Since 1982, the Vermont Department of Health has detected low levels of
volatile organic compounds, including trichloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethylene,
toluene, ethylbenzene, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane, in the village water supply.
The formation beneath the dump mainly consists of sand and gravel. Depth to
ground water is in excess of 100 feet. The Village of Lyndonville well field
serving 3,200 people is 2,600 feet southwest of the dump. An estimated 460
people use private wells within 3 miles of the dump.
Approximately 300 feet west of the dump and down a steep hill is the West
Branch of the Passumpsic River. It flows southward for approximately 3,000
feet to where it meets the East Branch of the Passumpsic River. The river is
used for recreational fishing and canoeing.
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PARKER SANITARY LANDFILL
Lyndon, Vermont
OondLltions at listing (June 1988); Parker Sanitary Landfill covers 25
acres in the southeastern portion of the Town of Lyndon, Caledonia County,
Vermont. Ray 0. Parker and Son, Inc., has owned and operated the site as a
solid waste landfill since 1972, when it received a permit from the Vermont
Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) to accept solid waste.
Prior to 1983, according to a VT DEC report (1985), approximately 1.3
million gallons of liquid wastes plus 760 tons of solid or semisolid wastes,
including metal plating rinse waters, waste oils, electroplating sludges,
paint sludges, chlorinated solvent sludges, caustic cleaners, and metallic
salts, were disposed of in three areas of the landfill. Liquid and sludge
wastes were poured directly onto the ground or into unlined pits and lagoons.
The wastes came primarily from Northeast Tool, Vermont Tap and Die (both a
part of Vermont American Corp. and both in Lyndonville), and Colt Industries
(in nearby St. Johnsbury), according to VT DEC.
During a site inspection in May 1984, VT DEC detected trichloroethane,
trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1,-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, and
tetrachloroethylene in an unnamed stream bordering the landfill to the north
and east, in ground water at the landfill, and in four private wells 0.5 mile
southwest of the landfill. A study of area hydrology conducted by VT DEC
indicates that contamination is coming from the landfill. An estimated
3,200 people obtain drinking water from a municipal well field 1.75 miles
north of the landfill; 124 private wells are within 3 miles of the landfill.
The unnamed stream flows into the Passumpsic River, which is used for
recreational activities. The site is not fenced, making it possible for people
and animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Vermont American Corp. is investigating the site in cooperation with
VT DEC.
Status (November 1988); EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.
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TANSITOR ELECTRONICS, INC.
Bennington, Vermont
Tansitor Electronics, Inc., manufactures electronic capacitors on a 36-acre
site in the mostly rural area of Bennington, Bennington County Vermont. According
to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC), Tansitor
disposed of 117 drums of process wastes, including 1,1,1-trichloroethane, acetone,
n,n-dimethyl formamide, oils, and acid sludges, into an unnamed perennial stream
or directly onto the ground. In April 1984, VT DEC found that on-site soil,
surface water, and ground water were contaminated with silver, boron, and/or
volatile organic compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene,
chloroform, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, chloroform, 1,1,1-
trichloroethane, and trichloroethylene.
An estimated 1,500 residents of Vermont and New York obtain drinking water
from private wells within 3 miles of the site. Run-off from the disposal area,
overflow from a contaminated pond, and process wastes entered a perennial stream
near the Tansitor property line. This stream joins Brown's Brook, which is
used for recreational activities.
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ABEX CORP.
Portsmouth, Virginia
Abex Corp. formerly operated a brass and bronze foundry on a 2-acre site
in a residential area of Portsmouth, Virginia. During 1928-78, Abex produced
parts such as brake shoes and ball bearings for railroad cars. EPA estimates
that lead was released to the air at the rate of 10 pounds per day from a 1-acre
process area and that 3,500 cubic yards of lead-laden furnace sands were dumped
into an adjoining 1-acre area. The present owner of the former process area
is Holland Investment & Manufacturing Co. of Portsmouth; Abex still owns.most
of the landfill area.
In 1984, EPA identified elevated lead levels in soil in the fill area.
EPA sampling on April 2, 1986 revealed up to 13,000 parts per million (ppm) of
lead in residential lots next to the fill area. Abex has found significant
soil contamination around both the landfill and old process areas.
EPA collected wipe samples on home surfaces around the site on
July 1-2, 1986. The results indicate that breathing-zone air contains lead,
copper, and tin. Over 10,000 people live and work within 1 mile of the site.
A number of residents live either on or immediately adjacent to the lead-
contaminated soils.
EPA and Abex signed a CERCLA Emergency Consent Order on August 11, 1986.
Abex was required to reduce human exposure to lead to levels that do not
constitute an imminent threat to health. Abex graded the site; surrounded it
with cyclone fencing topped with barbed wire; covered much of the old landfill
area with asphalt; and excavated some areas adjacent to the landfill, filled
them in, and revegetated to prevent exposure of residents to lead-contaminated
soil.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have determined that frequent contact
with 500-1,000 ppm of lead in soil and dust appears to be associated with
elevated blood lead levels in children.
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ARROWHEAD ASSOCIATES INC./SCOVILL CORP.
Montross, Virainia
The Arrowhead Associates, Inc./Scovill Corp. Site occupies 75 acres in
Moatross in a rural area of Westmoreland County, Virainia. Scovill electroplated
cosmetic cases from 1966 to 1972, when Arrowhead, Inc., of Delaware acauired
the business and assets of that facility. Arrowhead continued electroolatina
until 1979. During 1979-81, Arrowhead filled cases with cosmetics at the
site. From 1979 to the present, several other firms have assembled and filled
cosmetic cases on the site, and from 1975 to the present, wirina harnesses for
automobiles have been manufactured on the site.
Plating wastes were treated in a surface impoundment system and discharoed
to Scates Branch under a permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharae
Elimination System (NPDES). After the plating stopped in 1979, process equipment
and materials were abandoned at the site. Many drums of cyanide-containina
wastes and raw materials (including organic solvents) remain outside in various
stages of deterioration. Five sludae beds and a settling pond on-site contain
elevated levels of chromium, cyanide, and other hazardous substances, accordina
to tests conducted in July 1985 by a consultant to Scovill.
Ground water is shallow (25 feet in some cases) and soils permeable,
conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants in the leakina drums into
ground water. An estimated 1,100 people obtain drinking water from shallow
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
During monitoring under the NPDES permit, the Virginia State Water Control.
Board detected cyanide, copper, and zinc in the discharae from the pond to
Scates Branch. A coastal wetland is 1.2 miles from the site. Local surface
water is used for recreational activities.
In 1986, Scovill Corp. signed a Consent Order with EPA under Sections
and 104(a), (b), and (e) of CERCLA. The order requires the company to develop a
plan to decontaminate or remove tanks on the site and dispose of the contents?
excavate, containerize, and dispose of visibly contaminated soils and surface
materials; and sample the soil, surface water, and sediments to define the depth
and lateral extent of contamination and to identify the spread of contamination
by surface water run-off routes. The company has comoleted the plan and is
currently implementing it.
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ATLANTIC WOOD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Portsmouth, Virginia
The Atlantic Wbod Industries, Inc., Site consists of a wood-treating
facility and adjacent river water and sediment in the city of Portsmouth,
Virginia. The site is on the South Branch of the Elizabeth River, approxi-
mately 7 miles upstream from Chesapeake Bay. The facility covers 15 acres;
the area of contaminated river sediment is undetermined. The facility has
been in operation since 1926.
Contaminants of concern are creosote and pentachlorophenol, both
wood preservatives used by the facility. Wastes present on-site include:
350,000 gallons of creosote and creosote-contaminated water in leaking
above-ground storage tanks, an unknown quantity of creosote-contaminated
sediment and soils, and 20,000 cubic feet of landfilled wood chips con-
taminated with creosote and pentachorophenol.
According to sampling conducted by EPA, Atlantic Wbod, and the
Virginia State Water Control Board, wastes on-site have contaminated
ground water, which is infiltrating a storm sewer owned by the City of
Portsmouth. The storm sewer outfall discharges into an intertidal
drainage ditch that is part of the South Branch of the Elizabeth River.
EPA has detected high concentrations of creosote in the ditch, and
benzene and naphthalene, both constituents of creosote, in air above the
ditch. Approximately 14,000 people work within 0.5 miles of the ditch.
Ttie South Branch of the Elizabeth River is an estuarine, tidal water
body. Tides would be expected to carry contaminants upstream to waters
used for crabbing and to estuarine wetlands. Cyster beds are located
within 3 miles downstream of the site. Studies by the Virginia Institute
of Marine Science have shown that oysters within this reach have accumulated
significant levels of creosote constituents.
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BUCKINGHAM COUNTY LANDFILL
Buckingham, Virginia
Conditions at listing (April 1985); The Buckingham County Landfill covers
8 acres in a rural area near the town of Buckingham, Buckingham County, Virginia.
This site was originally proposed for listing under the name "Love's Container
Service Landfill."
Love's Container Service operated the landfill from 1962 until February
1982. In 1972, the Virginia State Health Department issued the facility a
permit to dispose of municipal waste. The permit was modified in 1977 to allow
disposal of chemical wastes generated by the local furniture-making industry.
In 1979, the portion of the landfill receiving the chemical waste was closed.
In 1981, the facility received Interim Status as a hazardous waste disposal
facility under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
by filing Part A of a permit application. Subsequently, the facility accepted
1,254 drums of used organic solvents and flammable liquids/solids. These wastes
were placed in trenches separated from the previously closed portion of the
site.
After purchasing the landfill from Love's Container Service in April 1982,
the county closed the new portion in accordance with state regulations but not
with RCRA Subtitle C requirements.
Sampling conducted by EPA in September 1983 indicates that on-site ground
water and off-site residential wells are contaminated by chromium and beryllium.
In early 1985, one residential well was found to be contaminated. About 1,100
people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.
Status (January 1986): On November 8, 1985, the landfill's Interim Status
was terminated under RCRA Section 3005(e)(2) because the county had failed to
submit a Part B permit application for postclosure monitoring and did not certify
compliance with applicable ground water monitoring and financial responsibility
requirements.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the NPL because it has lost Interim Status (and hence authority
to operate) and because Buckingham County has stated it is unwilling and
financially unable to clean up all the contamination at the site.
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CULPEPER WOOD PRESERVERS, INC.
Culpeper, Virginia
Conditions at listing (October 1984): Since 1976, Culpeper Wood Preservers,
Inc., has treated wood with a chromated copper arsenate solution on a 20-acre
site in the outskirts of Culpeper, Culpeper County, Virginia. In February 1981,
approximately 100,000 gallons of waste containing significant levels of arsenic
and chromium spilled from an impoundment, contaminating neighboring surface
waters. In February 1981, EPA issued an Administrative Complaint against
Culpeper Wood Preservers under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). In September 1981, the site owner agreed to issuance of a
Consent Agreement and Consent Order under RCRA Section 3008(a), which required
certain remedial actions..
Ground water under the site is contaminated with arsenic and chromium,
according to analyses conducted by the State. About 2,000 people depend
on the contaminated aquifer within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.
Status (January 1986); In March 1985, EPA completed a search for parties
potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site. In April 1985,
EPA issued a Notice Letter informing Jefferson Homebuilders, Inc., of its respon-
sibility for operations at the site.
EPA assessed the need for removal action at the site in July 1985 and
concluded that a removal was not warranted at that time.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to place this previously proposed
RCRA site on the NPL. The September 1981 Consent Order and Consent Agreement
under RCRA Section 3008(a) stated that the facility would be exempt from future
RCRA regulation once the specified remedial actions were taken. The company
took the specified actions, and so is not regulated under RCRA authorities. If
the facility agrees to clean up the site according to Subtitle C corrective
action requirements, EPA would consider removing it from the NPL.
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DIXIE CAVERNS COUNTY LANDFILL
Salem, Virginia
The Dixie Caverns County Landfill covers 27 acres in Salem,- Roanoke
County, Virginia. Roanoke County operated the landfill from 1955 to
1976, accepting municipal refuse, industrial sludge, norihalogenated
solvents, and other wastes.
In 1983, EPA observed uncontrolled leachate from the site entering
local streams. In subsequent site investigations, EPA identified an
uncontrolled pile of emission control dust from an electric steel furnace.
The pile consists of an estimated 15,000 cubic yards of dust. The dust,
which is migrating via surface drainage, contains high levels of lead and
cadmium, according to EPA.
Conditions at the site threaten ground water and surface water. An
estimated 2,100 people draw drinking water from private wells within 3
miles of the site. Dixie Caverns, a tourist attraction, is located 1
mile downstream of the site.
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IBM CORP. (MANASSAS PLANT SPILL)
Manassas, Virqinia
Conditions at listing (October 1984): From 1970 to 1975, IBM Corp.
degreased electrical components at its plant in Manassas, Prince William
County, Virginia. The operations involved storing, usina, and recyclinq
chlorinated organic solvents. Spills during maintenance have contaminated
ground water with a variety of chlorinated organic solvents, according to
analyses conducted by IBM. The contaminated aquifer within 3 miles of the
site provides drinking water to about 32,000 people.
The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.
Status (January 1986); IBM is performing studies to determine the
extent of the contamination. IBM has also excavated soil containina
chlorinated organic solvents. EPA is reviewing information provided bv
IBM on the soil removal.
In January 19.85, IBM submitted Part B of a permit application for
container storage and tank storaae units. Part B includes a workplan for
taking corrective action under RCRA Section 3008(h).
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop IBM Corp. (Manassas Plant
Spill) from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment and storaae
.facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of Subtitle C of
RCRA.
EPA has approved IBM's 24-month Plan of Study. The plan calls for IBM to
install monitoring wells within 3 miles of the plant and to take action to
contain or eliminate contamination of soil and around water. IBM connected
homes with contaminated wells to Prince William Countv's water supply system.
IBM has removed all known contaminated soil. If samplinq finds additional
contaminated soil, IBM plans to remove it. At present, IBM is pumpinq and
treating contaminated ground water at two locations on the site and one off
the site. As work progresses, additional pumpina/treatinq stations mav be
necessary.
In December 1987, the State issued the facility a permit for container
and tank storage unit.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that
the cleanup protects public health and the environment. In appropriate circum-
stances, Superfund monies may be used for a remedial investiaation/feasibilitv
study to ensure that the site is cleaned up quickly and effectively; Superfund
enforcement authorities may also be used. EPA can later reoropose the site
for the NPL if it determines that the owner or operator is unable or unwillina
to clean up the site effectively.
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SAUNDERS SUPPLY CO.
Chuckatuck, Virginia
Saunders Supply Co. has treated wood on a site in Chuckatuck, Suffolk
County, Virginia, since 1964. From 1964 to 1984, the facility used a
pentachlorophenol/No.2 Fuel Oil mixture as a wood preservative. Chronated
copper arsenate was also used starting in 1974 and is still in use. The
spent ,pentachlorophenol/oil mixture was disposed by burning in an unlined
pit, which resulted in the generation of dioxin compounds.
Tests conducted by EPA in November 1984 detected elevated levels of
chromium in Godwin's Mill Pond Reservoir, a source of drinking water for
over 30,000 people in Suffolk, Virginia. A fresh-water wetland is within
1,000 feet downstream of the point where chromium was found. The tests
also found pentachlorophenol, lead, chromium, and arsenic in the Columbia
aquifer, which supplies private wells serving over 1,990 people within 3
miles of the site. The nearest well is approximately 1,900 feet from
the site.
In 1983, the company excavated some contaminated soil and transported
it to an EPA-approved landfill. A recovery well was drilled, and contaminated
ground water is pumped out of the well and recycled back into a treatment
system.
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SUFFOLK CITY LANDFILL
Suffolk, Virginia
The Suffolk City Landfill covers 67 acres on Route 604 within the City of
Suffolk, Suffolk County, Virginia. The area is rural and agricultural. The
landfill is owned by Suffolk City and managed by the Suffolk City Public Works
Department. It operated during 1967-84 and is now being closed, which includes
covering, grading, and planting.
According to the Public Works Department, the unlined landfill received
primarily municipal solid waste. In 1983, it received a permit from the Virginia
Department of Health to accept municipal wastes. Industries such as General
Electric Co., Dixie Guano Co.. and local peanut processing companies may also
have contributed waste, according to Suffolk City records.
Of primary concern is the on-site disposal of highly toxic organophosphate
pesticides. In 1970, according to the Public Works Department, Dixie Guano
Co. disposed of an estimated 27 tons of cyanophos, disulfoton, and thimet into
a portion of the landfill. EPA analyses in 1986 revealed disulfoton in on-site
ground water and cyanide, cyanopos, and disulfoton in on-site soils and retention
basins. An estimated 2,500 people obtain drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site. No other source of water is available.
Surface run-off from the site discharges into two unnamed tributaries to
the Great Dismal Swamp, a major fresh water wetland.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (VANCOUVER SMELTER)
Vancouver, Washington
The Aluminum Co. of America (ALCOA) started operating a primary aluminum
smelter in 1940 on a site of several hundred acres adjacent to the Columbia
River in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. In 1986, VANALCO purchased the
smelter portion of the site and plans to re-open it.
About 56,000 tons of waste potlinings containing cyanide, fluoride, and
heavy metals were piled on bare ground on the site during 1973-80. ALCOA has
been monitoring ground water since 1979. Both ALCOA and the State have found
cyanide and fluoride in wells around the piles. One of the wells provides
drinking and process water for the smelter. An estimated 50,000 people draw
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. Ground
water is also used to irrigate almost 300 acres of cropland within 3 miles of
the site.
In June 1987, ALCOA completed studies conducted under an Administrative
Order issued by the Washington Department of Ecology. The department is
reviewing the studies.
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AMERICAN CROSSARM & CONDUIT CO.
Chehalis, Washington
conditions at listing (June 1988); American Crossarm & Conduit Co.
formerly operated on a 16-acre site within the city limits of Chehalis,
Lewis County, Washington, close to several local residences and businesses.
The Chehalis River is about 1 mile to the southwest, and a tributary,
Dillenbaugh Creek, flows past the site into the river. Two fresh water
wetlands are within 1 mile of the site.
American Crossarm operated during 1948-83, primarily treating and
selling laminated utility pole crossarms. The wood treatment process used
pentachlorophenol (PCP) and creosote. Waste waters were discharged into an
unlined surface impoundment.
Shallow ground water is contaminated with PCP, according to tests
conducted by American Crossarm in 1984. Deeper ground water within 3 miles
of the site provides drinking water to an estimated 1,100 people.
In February 1986, the company submitted a closure plan for the
impoundment, which the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) rejected.
On November 6, 1986, WDOE issued an order requiring the company to stop
discharging waste water to the sewer, investigate the integrity of all
tanks and sumps, and install secondary containment structures around all
tanks and sumps.
On November 24, 1986, a flood of the Chehalis River caused oil and PCP
to be released from the site. About 15 homes, 4 businesses, the surrounding
property, Dillenbaugh Creek, and Chehalis River were contaminated with PCP,
according to tests conducted by WDOE. The river is used for recreational
activities and irrigation within 3 miles of the site. Using CERCIA
emergency funds, EPA cleaned city streets, homes, businesses, and the creek.
During these actions, EPA recovered and contained contaminated debris and
soil, and emptied various industrial storage tanks.
The company filed for bankruptcy, which was later dismissed. The company
appealed, and the U.S. District Court of Appeals affirmed the dismissal in
December 1987.
Status ,fFebruary 1989); In August 1988, EPA conducted a trial burn
using an on-site incinerator. After results indicated levels of
combustion well within established guidelines, EPA began to incinerate
the contaminated materials stored on-site. Incineration was completed in
January 1989.
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CENTRALIA MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
Centralia, Washinqton
The Centralia Municipal Landfill is in the southern section of Centralia,
Lewis County, Washinqton. It is bordered on the east bv railroad riqhts-
of-way; on the south bv Salzer Creek, which empties into the Chehalis River;
and on the north by a residential area. The site encompasses so acres, of
which approximately SO acres have been used as a landfill since the site
opened in 1958. The citv received a permit from Lewis Countv in 1974 to
accept municipal waste.
An unknown quantity of hazardous waste containina PCBs and dioxin, as well
as other liauid industrial wastes, has been deposited in the landfill, accordinq
to the Washinqton Department of Ecoloqv (WDOE). in 1985, EPA observed leachate
from the landfill enterinq floodwaters of Salzer Creek. The leachate contained
cadmium, chromium, iron, manqanese, and zinc at levels exceedina Federal
primary and secondary drinkinq water standards, accordina to EPA tests.
Ground water at the site reaches the surface durinq the rainv season.
The upper and lower aquifers are hvdraulicallv connected so that water can move
between them. Over 12,000 Centralia residents obtain drinkinq water from the
lower aquifer within 3 miles of the site. Surface water is used for irriaation.
WDOE is workinq with the citv to brinq the landfill UP to State and
Federal standards.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (SPOKANE APPARATUS SERVICE SHOP)
Spokane County, Washington
General Electric Co.'s Spokane Apparatus Service Shop covers slightly
less than 1 acre in a mixed-use neighborhood in Spokane, Spokane County,
Washington. General Electric cleaned and repaired electrical transformers
on-site during 1961-80. Waste PCB-laden oils were stored on-site and were also
disposed of in on-site dry wells that were connected to the sewer.
After the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) found high levels of
PCBs in on-site soils, General Electric began an investigation in 1986 with
WDOE oversight. The company found PCBs and trichloroethylene significantly
above background levels in ground water. The site overlies the Spokane Valley-
Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, which EPA has designated under the Safe Drinking
Water Act as a sole source of drinking water for the area. Wells within 3
miles of the site supply drinking water for almost 200,000 people.
At the request of WDOE, General Electric will expand its investigation
and undertake more sampling.
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HANFORD 100-AREA (USDOE)
Benton County, Washington
The Hanford 100-Area is adjacent to the Columbia River in the northern
section of the 570-square-mile Hanford Site in Benton County, Washington.
Since 1943, Hanford has been the scene of Federal nuclear activities, primarily
production of nuclear materials for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) has nine nuclear reactors in the
100-Area. Eight reactors were in use during the 1940s and 1950s; the ninth,
the N-Reactor, has been used since the early 1960s to produce plutonium and
electricity. Over 110 waste disposal locations have been identified in the
100-Area. The disposal locations and plumes of contaminated ground water cover
approximately 11 square miles.
An estimated 4.3 billion cubic yards of solid and dilute liquid waste
comprised of radioactive, mixed,and hazardous constituents were disposed of in
cribs, trenches, and burial grounds in the 100-Area. USDOE has detected chromium
and strontium-90 in ground water beneath the area; ground water is not used
within 3 miles of the 100-Area, but it is known to seep into the Columbia River
in the 100-Area. USDOE detected strontium-90 in the Columbia River at levels
significantly above background. Intakes on the Columbia River within 3 miles
of the 100-Area supply drinking water to over 3,000 workers in the 100- and
200-Areas.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, corrective
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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HANFORD 2QO-AREA {USDOE)
Benton County/ Washington
The Hanford 200-Area is in the middle of the 570-square-mile-Hanford Site
approximately 20 miles north of the City of Richland, Benton County, Washington.
Since 1943, Hanford has been the scene of Federal nuclear activities, primarily
production of nuclear materials, for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) uses the 200-Area for nuclear fuel
reprocessing, finishing, and waste management. Over 230 waste disposal locations
have been identified in the 200-Area. The disposal locations and plumes of
contaminated ground water cover approximately 215 square miles.
An estimated 1 billion cubic yards of solid and dilute liquid wastes
comprised of radioactive, mixed and hazardous constituents were disposed of in
trenches, ditches, and landfills in the 200-Area. USDOE has detected tritium,
iodine-129, uranium, cyanide, and carbon tetrachloride at levels significantly
above background in ground water beneath the area. Over 2,500 people obtain
drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the 200-Area. Tritium has been
detected in Richland1s surface water intakes at levels above background. Surface
water within 3 miles of the 200-Area provides drinking water to 70,000 people
and irrigates over 1,000 acres.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, corrective
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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HANFORD 300-AREA (USDOE)
Benton County, Washington
The Hanford 300-Area is adjacent to the Columbia River in the southern
section of the 570-square-mile Hanford site approximately 3 miles north of the
City of Richland, Benton County, Washington. Since 1943, Hanford has been the
scene of Federal nuclear activities, primarily production of nuclear materials
for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) fabricates nuclear reactor fuel in
the 300-Area, which contains 14 disposal locations. The disposal locations and
plumes of contaminated ground water cover approximately 5 square miles.
An estimated 27 million cubic yards of solid and dilute liquid wastes
comprised of radioactive, mixed, and hazardous constituents were disposed of in
ponds, trenches, and landfills in the 300-Area. USDOE detected uranium in area
springs, wells, and the Columbia River at levels significantly above background.
Almost 70,000 people use ground water and surface water for drinking within 3
miles of the 300-Area.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, corrective
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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HANFORD 1100-AREA (USDOE)
Benton County, Washington
The Hanford 1100-Area is approximately 1 mile north of the City of Richland,
Benton County, Washington, in the southeast section of the 570-square-mile
Hanford Site. Since 1943, Hanford has been the scene of Federal nuclear
activities, primarily production of nuclear materials for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) conducts maintenance operations in
the 1100-Area. The area covers less than 1 acre and contains a sand pit, an
underground tank,-and other areas of potential contamination. An estimated
15,000 gallons of waste battery acid were disposed of in the pit; the tank,
which was used to store waste antifreeze, was suspected of leaking.
Ground water occurs at 24 feet, with highly permeable sand and gravel
overlying the aquifer; these conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water. To date, USDOE has not detected any contaminants in ground
water in the 1100-Area. Richland has wells within 3 miles of the 1100-Area
that draw drinking water from the shallow aquifer. The nearest well is 2,640
feet from the disposal area. Almost 70,000 people obtain drinking water from
wells within 3 miles of the 1100-Area.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, corrective
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND
(AULT FIELD)
Whidbey Island, Washington
The Naval Air Station (MAS) at Whidbey Island in Island County,
Washington, was conmissioned in September 1942. It covers over 7,000
acres and is composed of two bases Ault Field and Seaplane Base 5
miles apart. The mission of MAS Whidbey Island is to maintain and operate
facilities and provide services and materials in support of the Navy's
aviation activities and units.
Ault Field contains most of the military activities. Its major.
waste generating activities include aircraft and vehicle maintenance and
washing, engine testing, nondestructive testing, parts cleaning, painting
and paint stripping, battery maintenance, pest control, public work
maintenance, and transformer servicing. Wastes generated include carbon
tetrachloride, trichloroethylene, methyl ethyl ketone, toluene,
trichloroethane, zinc, lead, caustic cleaners, waste paints, and
pentachlorophenols.
The Ault Field Site consists of 23 waste areas. To date,
contamination of ground water or surface water has not been documented.
The waste areas overlay both the shallow and the sea level aquifers.
These aquifers provide drinking water to about 21,000 people within
3 miles of the site. Local surface water bodies are used for recreation
and irrigation. One surface water intake, 6,500 feet from the site, is
used to irrigate 66 acres of farmland. A fresh-water wetland is within
500 feet of the site.
NAS Whidbey Island is participating in the Installation Restoration
Program, the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the
Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants fron
these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II
(preliminary survey) is scheduled to start in October 1985.
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NAVAL AIR STATION WHIDBEY ISLAND
(SEAPLANE BASE)
Whidbey Island, Washington
The Naval Air Station (NAS) at Whidbey Island in Island County,
Washington, was cormissioned in September 1942. It covers over 7,000
acres and is composed of two bases Ault Field and Seaplane Base 5
miles apart. The mission of NAS Whidbey Island is to maintain and operate
facilities and provide services and materials in support of -the Navy's
aviation activities and units. Ault Field contains most of the military
activities.
The major waste generating activities at Seaplane Base involve
aircraft and vehicle maintenance, paint and paint stripping, and machine
and boat shop activities. Wastes generated include solvents, zinc chronate,
lead-containing paint wastes, thinners, ethylene glycol, sulfuric acid,
and lead-based sealants. The Seaplane Base Site consists of six waste
areas (a landfill and five uncontained spills) covering 7 acres. To
date, contamination of ground water or surface water has not been documented.
The waste areas potentially affect both the shallow and sea level aquifers.
These aquifers provide drinking water to about 16,500 people within 3
miles of the site. Local surface water bodies are used for recreation.
A coastal wetland is within 200 feet of the site.
NAS Whidbey Island is participating in the Installation Restoration
Program, the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the
Departiivent of Defense has been identifying and evaluating ..its past.hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from
these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II
(preliminary survey) is scheduled to start in October 1985.
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NAVAL UNDERSEA WARFARE ENGINEERING STATION (4 WASTE AREAS)
Keyport, Washington
The Naval Undersea Warfare Engineering Station (NUWES) at Keyport,
Kitsap County, Washington, was acquired in 1913 to develop a still water
torpedo testing range. The main station, which is located on a peninsula
15 miles west of Seattle, covers slightly over 200 acres and employs
approximately 3*500 people. NUWES (Keyport) has been involved in a wide
variety of activities, including maintenance of torpedoes; storage of fuel
and ordnance; and production functions such as welding, plating, painting,
carpentry, and sheet metal work. Waste contaminants generated include
cadmium, chromium, copper, cyanide, lead, nickel, tin, zinc, carbon
tetrachloride, methyl ethyl ketone, and trichloroethylene.
Four waste disposal areas are included in this NFL site. The areas
are part of the same operation, have the same sources of contamination,
and have the same contaminants. They also threaten the same ground water
and surface water. The four areas are: Keyport Landfill, situated in a
marsh and having no liner or leachate containment system; the Van Meter
Road Spills, an area about 100 x 200 feet located near an intermittent
creek that flows into a lagoon used for fishing and swimming; Sludge
Disposal Area, which covers about 100 feet x 200 feet and is located less
than 200 feet from Liberty Bay; and Liberty Bay Outfalls/ Shoreline, where
very substantial quantities of wastes were discharged directly into the
water. The waste from at least one of these areas, Keyport Landfill, is
in direct contact with ground water.
Thousands of gallons of wastes were dumped onto the ground at the
Van Meter Road Spill area. Up to 500 gallons of sludge were disposed of
at the Sludge Disposal Area. Sediment from the Liberty Bay Outfalls/
Shoreline area and from the landfill contain lead, cadmium, chromium, and
zinc, according to analyses conducted by a consultant to the Navy.
Liberty Bay is used for commercial shell fishing and recreation.
There are 135 private wells and 22 public-suppply wells drawing from
the surficial aquifer within 3 miles of the site. The wells serve a
total of 230 households.
NUWES (Keyport) is participating in the Installation Restoration
Program, the specially funded program established in 1978 under which
the Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past .
hazardous waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contami-
nants from these sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search),
and Phase II (confirmation study) started in October 1985.
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NORTHWEST TRANSFORMER (SOUTH HARKNESS STREET)
Everson, Washington
Northwest Transformer started to refurbish and manufacture transformers
in 1958 on South Harkness Street, a mixed-use area of downtown Everson, Whatcom
County, Washington. The company transferred its storage and salvage operations
fron its Mission and Pole Road salvage yard to the downtown site after the
salvage yard underwent an EPA emergency removal in 1985 and Was placed on the
NPL in 1986. By 1987, the company had ceased operations at South Harkness
Street.
At the South Harkness Street Site, which covers less than 1 acre, Northwest
Transformer stores transformers, drums, and bulk tanks outdoors in an unpaved
yard., A Washington Department of Ecology inspection in December 1985'detected
high levels of PCBs in on-site soils. Soils are permeable, and the ground
water is shallow (11.5 feet) in some places at the site. These conditions
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. Wells within 3 miles
of the site are used by over 10,000 people for drinking and for irrigation.
Surface water from the area is used for irrigation.
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OII> INIAND PIT
Spokane, Washington
Conditions at listing (June 1986); The Old Inland Pit cavers about
10 acres in an industrial park in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. The
property was owned by Inland Asphalt Co. from 1969 to 1976, when it was sold
to individuals who at one time were associated with the company.
In 1976, baghouse emission dusts from Spokane Steel Foundry Co. were
placed in the unlined gravel pit at the site. The foundry manufactures
iron and steel parts across the road from the Old Inland Pit. The pit
continues to receive wastes, and during a recent EPA inspection there was
evidence that baghouse emission dusts apparently continue to be dumped.
Wastes in the pit contain toxic metals (arsenic, cadmium, chromium,
and lead) and organic chemicals (acetone, methylene chloride, toluene,
and trichloroethylene), according to tests conducted by EPA.
The site overlies the Spokane Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, which
is the sole source of drinking water for more than 30,000 people within
3 miles of the site. The soil is permeable so that contaminants can move
into ground water.
Status (February 1989): EPA is considering various alternatives for the
site.
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PACIFIC CAR & FOUNDRY CO.
Renton, Washington
Pacific Car & Foundry Co. manufactures trucks, winches, military equipment,
railroad cars, and anodes on 97 acres in an industrial area of Renton, King
County, Washington. The facility operated during 1907-24 and from 1934 to the
present. The company is a division of PACCAR, Inc.
An inactive company landfill occupies the northwest quarter of the property.
Until 1964, the facility deposited waste materials, including foundry sand,
wood, metal, paints, solvents, and oils, in a marshy area underlain by peat
and clay. The wastes are estimated to have been buried up to 7 feet below the
surface. Sand and gravel have been used to cover the abandoned landfill.
In February 1986, PACCAR, Inc., detected lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium,
and chromium in on-site soil and in shallow ground water. Renton has wells in
an aquifer connected to the shallow contaminated aquifer. An estimated 37,200
people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
In November 1987, PACCAR, Inc., removed some contaminated soil containing
hydrocarbons and lead and transported it to a hazardous waste facility regulated
under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
A ditch on the site drains into the Cedar River and John's Creek. The
Cedar River flows into Lake Washington, which is within 3 miles downstream of
the site and is used for recreational activities.
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PASCO SANITARY LANDFILL
Pasco, Washington
Pasco Sanitary Landfill covers 250 acres 1.5 miles northeast of Pasco,
Franklin County, Washington, in an area dominated by irrigated agricultural
fields and range land. The landfill is privately owned and operated and
was converted from a burning dump to a sanitary landfill in 1971. Since
1982, it has had a conditional use permit from the Washington Department
of Ecology (WDOE) to accept municipal wastes.
In 1972, Resource Recovery Corp. leased a portion of the landfill
and operated a regional hazardous waste disposal site under a WDOE permit
until December 1974, when the lease terminated.
According to WDOE files, over 47,000 drums of hazardous substances,
including paint wastes, pesticides, organic solvents, cadmium, and mercury,
were deposited in the leased portion of the landfill. In 1974, the area was
covered by 3 feet of soil.
In 1985, EPA detected tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene in
on-site ground water. A well on-site supplies drinking water to two
nearby residences. Ground water within 3 miles of the site is used by
over 1,000 people for drinking and is also used to irrigate almost
10,000 acres of land.
In October 1986, WDOE issued an Administrative Order requiring Pasco
to monitor on-site wells on a quarterly basis. The company is currently
complying with the order.
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SEATTLE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL (KENT HIGHLANDS)
Kent, Washington
The Seattle Municipal Landfill (Kent Highlands) is in Kent, King
County, Washington, approximately 14 miles south of Seattle. From June
1968 to December 1986, Seattle filled about 60 acres of a 90-acre ravine
on a hillside above the Green River. Seattle leased the site from
Kentview Properties, Inc., and operated it under a "Nonconforming Permit"
from the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health.
In addition to municipal wastes from Kent and Seattle, the landfill
accepted sand-blasting grit/ some industrial sludges, and other industrial
wastes, according to Health Department records.
In 1984, a consultant to the county detected zinc, copper, barium,
and manganese in on-site monitoring wells. Over 18,000 peoplevobtain
drinking water from public wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest
within 1 mile.
Leachate seeps on the east side of the landfill mix with run-off
from the landfill, which is routed through drainage lines to settling
ponds that eventually discharge to the Green River. The river is used
for spawning and rearing salmon.
In 1985, a consultant to Seattle detected 1,2-dichloroethane and
tetrachloroethylene in the air at the edge of the site. An estimated.
12,700 people live within 1 mile of the site.
Seattle is currently closing the landfill and developing plans to
meet all local, State, and Federal requirements. Under a Consent Agreement
signed with the State in May 1987, Seattle is conducting a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial actionl
The work is scheduled to be completed in April 1989.
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TOSOO CORP. (SPOKANE TERMINAL)
Spokane, Washington
Tosco Corp.'s Spokane Terminal covers 50 acres in an industrial area 1.5
miles north of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. The site is a bulk storage
tank farm for petroleum products. An oil refinery was on the site when Tosco
purchased it in 1976. According to information Tosco provided to EPA, as
required by CERCLA Section 103(c), lead containing wastes listed as hazardous
under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act were disposed of
on the ground and in holes, probably before 1970. The site overlies the Spokane
Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, which EPA has designated as a sole source of
drinking water, under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Soil in an old waste oil lagoon in the northwest corner of the site
contains high levels of lead, according to Washington Department of Ecology
tests conducted in 1986. The soil overlying the aouifer is highly permeable,
which facilitates movement of contaminants into ground water. Ground water
within 3 miles of the site provides drinking water to over 200,000 people and
is also used for irrigating croplands.
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MOBAY CHEMICAL CORP. (NEW MARTINSVILLE PLANT)
New Martinsvilie, West Virginia
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Conditions at listing>(October 1984); Mobay Chemical Corp. manufactures
organic compounds, including polycarbonates and toluene diisocyanate, and
ferrous oxide pigments in New Martihsville, Wetzel County, West Virginia. The
site is bounded on the west by the Ohio River and on the south by Beaver Creek.
Since starting operation of the plant in the 1950s, Mobay has disposed of wastes
in various areas on the property.. Information Mobay provided EPA in 1981, as
required by CERCLA Section 103(c), indicated that about 540,000 cubic feet of
process wastes, many containing hazardous substances, were disposed of on the
property. EPA analyses of soil and ground water- on and underlying the Mobay
facility detected benzene, chlorobenzene, vinyl chloride, and other organic
chemicals, many of them listed as being disposed of on the site. Approximately
1,700 people use wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.
The plant is subject to the Interim Status requirements of Subtitle C of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) because the company was operating
as a disposal facility after November 19, 1980, the deadline for submitting
Part A of a permit application. The facility submitted a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity on August 18, 1980 and filed Part A of a permit application for
container, tank, storage, waste pile, tank treatment, and incinerator units.
The facility filed a Part B on September 6, 1983, listing container, tank storage,
tank treatment, surface impoundment treatment, and incinerator units.
Status (January 1986): On January 16, 1986, Mobay entered into a Consent
Order with EPA under RCRA Section 3013. The order calls for sampling and monitor-
ing of the area surrounding and underlying the site.
Status (June 1988): EPA is proposing to drop Mobay Chemical Corp.'s
New Martinsville Plant from the proposed NPL. Because the site is a treatment
and storage and facility, it is subject to the corrective action authorities of
Subtitle C of RCRA.
After reviewing Part B of Mobay1s application for a permit under Subtitle C,
the West Virginia Department of Natural Resources (WVDNR) issued the permit in
January 1987, except for the corrective action portion, whiqh WVDNR is not
yet authorized to issue. In June 1987, EPA issued a draft of the corrective
action permit for public comment. The only comments received (from Mobay) were
incorporated. EPA issued the final permit on September 16, 1987, effective on
October 16, 1987. I
The corrective action permit incorporates certain monitoring requirements
and the schedules specified in the January 1986 Consent Order issued under RCRA
Section 3013. To date, Mobay has met the schedules of the order, cs well as
corrective measures called for by studies done under the order. Me bay is
operating a system to pump and treat contaminated ground water. It has installed
104 monitoring wells and gathered extensive information on the extent of ground
water contamination at and near the site.
EPA intends to pursue cleanup under RCRA authorities and to ensure that the
cleanup protects public health and the environment. Superfund enforcement authori-
ties may also be used. EPA can later repropose the site for the NPL if it determines
that the owner or operator is unable or unwilling to clean up the site effectively.
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MYSTERY BRIDGE ROAD/U.S. HIGHWAY 20
Evansville, Wyoming
The Brookhurst residential subdivision and an industrial area border
on Mystery Bridge Road and U.S. Highway 20 in Evansville, Natrona County,
Wyoming. To date, several sources of contamination have been identified
at the site, which covers approximately 200 acres.
One source is KN Energy, Inc., which has operated a natural gas processing
and transmission facility since 1963 on. about 25 acres south of the subdivision
at 5500 Yellowstone Highway (U.S. Highway 20/26) east of Casper. Until 1985,
wastes drained into an unlined pit on the northeast corner of the facility.
This unlined pit was replaced in December 1984 by a concrete-lined structure
with a capacity of about 700 cubic yards. The pit contains numerous hazardous
substances, including xylenes, ethylbenzene, toluene, naphthalene, chrysene,
methylnaphthalene, and benzene, according to EPA tests conducted in 1987. These
substances were detected in the shallow alluvial aquifer immediately to the
north of the pit, including private wells in the Brookhurst subdivision. Within
3 miles of the site, this aquifer is the sole source of drinking water for
about 400 people, an alternate source for about 2,500 people, and a source of
water to irrigate 30 acres of cropland.
EPA's 1987 tests indicate that Elkhorn Creek, which passes through the
middle of the KN Energy facility, is contaminated with toluene and fluoroanthene.
Within 3 miles downstream of KN Energy the North Platte River is used for
irrigation and recreational activities.
The Dowell Schlumberger oil field service facility is also south of the
subdivision. The facility occupies 5 acres on the east side of KN Energy at
5750 Yellowstone Highway. EPA determined that this facility was the source of
chlorinated organic solvents, including trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, and 1,2-dichloroethylene, in private wells in the
Brookhurst subdivision as far as 0.5 mile away, and also in Elkhorn Creek.
EPA detected pentachlorophenol in monitoring wells along the Burlington
Northern railroad and U.S. Highway 20 rights-of-way and at several locations in
the Brookhurst subdivision. The source or sources of this contamination is as
yet unknown.
The State provided bottled water to about 400 Brookhurst .residents for
1 month in late 1986. Using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA supplied water until
December 1987, when EPA hooked the homes up to a permanent water supply.
KN Energy and Dowell Schlumberger signed a Consent Agreement with EPA on
December 15, 1987 in which they 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.
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SAUK COUNTY LANDFILL
Excelsior, Wisconsin
Sauk County formerly operated a 10-acre landfill in Excelsior, a rural
agricultural area 10 miles west of Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin. During
1973-83, contractors hauled in municipal wastes from several small munici-
palities and placed them on naturally occurring sand overlying sandstone bedrock.
In 1973, Sauk County received a permit from the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources to accept municipal waste.
The landfill also accepted foundry wastes from Grede Foundry, Inc.,
according to information Sauk County .provided to EPA as required by CERCLA
Section 103(c). Foundry sand formed the berms of the landfill. Approximately
2 percent of the wastes were cupola baghouse dusts, which contain lead and
cadmium. When the landfill closed in 1983, clay was placed on its top and
sides.
Volatile organic compounds, including toluene, benzene, 2-butanone,
1,1-dichloroethylene, and 1,1-dichloroethane, as well as arsenic, barium, and
chromium, are present in on-site monitoring wells, according to tests conducted
by EPA in 1985. Approximately 900 persons obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
During an inspection conducted in 1985, EPA found that methane was being
generated at the site*
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WASTE MANAGEMENT. OF WISCONSIN, INC. (BROOKFIEED SANITARY LANDFILL)
Brookfield, Wisconsin -
Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. operated a 20-acre sanitary landfill
in Brookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, during 1969-81. The company leased
the site before purchasing it in 1982. -Previously it had been a sand and '
gravel pit. In 1976, Waste Management received a permit from the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources to accept municipal waste.
Ground water on and off the'site is contaminated with cyanide, according
to EPA tests conducted in 1985. An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking
water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest
within 1,000 feet.
Poplar Creek, 3,600 feet southwest of the site, is used for recreational
activities. A wetland is 1,800 to the southeast.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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FORT HOWARD PAPER CO. SLUDGE LAGOONS
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Fort Howard Paper Co. owns and operates a 293-acre disposal site within
the corporate limits of the City of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. The
site is adjacent to the Oneida Indian Reservation, Town of Hobart, and Village
of Ashwaubenon; Austin Straubel Airport is about 600 feet to the south. The
company's manufacturing plant is on Broadway Street about 3.5 miles from the
disposal site.
Disposal of sludge began in 1964 in a series of lagoons separated by dikes
constructed of on-site sands. The sludge contains barium, lead, arsenic, and
PCBs, according to tests conducted by a Fort Howard Paper contractor in 1980.
To date, sludge has been placed in ponds 1-6, 9, 10, 11 and 14, which are unlined;
surficial soils beneath are silty sand. An abandoned landfill operated by the
Village of Ashwaubenon is east of pond 10 and north of pond 11. The landfill
was closed in the mid-1970s and is now owned by Fort Howard Paper.
Several monitoring wells on and around the site are contaminated with
benzene and chlorinated organic solvents, according to a 1986 report of the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The contamination cannot be con-
clusively attributed to the sludge disposal practices. However, the permeable
soils and shallow ground water (5 feet in some cases) increase the potential
for contaminants to move from the sludge lagoons into ground water.
The Village of Ashwaubenon has two drinking water distribution systems.
Wells for both systems are within 3 miles of the site. The City of Green Bay
obtains its water from Lake Michigan via pipeline but maintains a number of
wells as backup, one within 3 miles. Drinking water for an estimated 34,200
people is potentially threatened.
Fort Howard installed a slurry wall/gradient control system in 1986 to
prevent migration of contaminants via ground water and fenced the entire property.
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MADISON METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISTRICT LAGOONS
Blooming Grove," Wisconsin
The Madison .Metropolitan sewage District (MMSD) Lagdons cover 135 acres
in Blooming Grove, Dane County, Wisconsin. The City of Madison.Water Utility
has been depositing sludge from its Nine Springs Sewer Treatment'Plant in the
two lagoons since 1942. In 1970, a dike broke, releasing liquids from the
lagoons into an old effluent channel that runs north to Nine Springs Creek,
which empties into the Yahara River; a large number of fish were killed. A
second dike broke in 1973.
In December 1982, MMSD detected PCBs (as high as 138 parts per million in
some samples) in the lagoons, which contain almost 50,000 dry tons of PCB-
contaminated sludge. They are in a lowland area bordered on two sides by
1,000 acres of wetland, subsurface deposits are permeable. Thus, contaminants
in the lagoon have the potential to move into ground water. An estimated
94,000 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the
site. Madison City Well #5 is 1,000 feet to the west of the lagoons.
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