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     o  The State can take the lead role under a cooperative agreement,
        which is :nuch like a grant because 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 ;naking sure that all the conditions in  the
        cooperative agreement are met.  In contrast to a grant, EPA
        continues to be substantially involved and monitors the State's
        progress throughout the project.

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

     Under both arrangements, the State must share in the cost -of the

implementation phase of cleanup.  EPA expects remedial actions  to average

out at about S7.2 million per site.

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                          INTERSTATE LEAD CO.  (ILCO)
                                Leeds, Alabama

       Conditions at listing (September  1985);  Interstate Lead Co. (ILCO)
  owns and operates a secondary lead smelting  and battery recycling facility
  in Leeds, Jefferson County, Alabama.

       ILCO has generated, treated,-stored,  and disposed of lead-bearing
  waste on-site, as well as off-site in  numerous locations in the Leeds
  area.  Seven locations have been  identified:  ILCO parking lot (1,370
  tons); City of Leeds landfill (6,335 tons);  Fleming's Patio (12,940 tons);
  Church of God (988 tons)-; fabricating  shop (unknown quantity)-; Connell
  property (unknown quantity); and  Qulf  Station (unknown quantity).  Waste
  quantities are based on company estimates.   Six of these locations are
  within 3 miles of the springs and wells that supply drinking water for
  6,000 families in Leeds.

       In April 1984, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds to remove lead-
  bearing waste frcm the Church of  God area.

       Monitoring by the company in January  and February_of 1985 detected
  lead and cadmium in ground water  underlying  the facility.  The State has
  measured elevated levels of lead  in Dry Creek and an unnamed tributary
  -to Dry Creek adjacent to the facility.  The  Jefferson County Department
  of Health in 1983 and 1984 measured elevated lead concentrations in
  ambient air south and southwest of ILCO.

       On March 18, 1985, EPA and the State  filed a civil enforcement action
  against ILCO under 'the Clean Water Act, the  Resource Conservation and
  Recovery Act (RCRA), and CERCLA.  In June  1985, EPA signed' a Partial
  Consent Decree with ILCO to provide preliminary measures to reduce the
  hazards associated with the facility while  the litigation was pending.
  ILCO has agreed to temporarily stabilize two of the contaminated areas
  (the plant property and the plant parking  lot)  and to prevent further
  off-site migration at these areas.  The Partial Consent Decree also
  requires ILCO to construct a totally enclosed system to treat storm
  water.  In addition, in June 1985, EPA signed a separate Partial Consent
  Decree with a local transporter to stabilize the Fleming's Patio area.

       ILCO is currently in voluntary reorganization under Chapter 11 of
  the Federal bankruptcy code.

       Status (January 1986):  The  transporter has placed a clay cover and
  fenced the Fleming's Patio area.  ILCO has  placed a synthetic liner over
  the parking lot and has begun construction on the storm water treatment
  system.

       This site is being placed on the  NPL  at this time because the owner
  or operator is in bankruptcy and  may not be  financially able to take
  appropriate remedial action.  Thus, the site meets one of the requirements
  of EPA's policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL.
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                              MIDLAND  PRODUCTS
                            Ola/Birta, Arkansas

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);   Midland Products formerly
 treated wood on a  4-acre site on Highway  10  in  Yell County between the
 towns of  Ola and Birta, Arkansas.  The site  is  just south of the Petit
 Jean Wildlife Management Area and Keeland Creek in the Ouachita Mountains.

      Midland Products,  now bankrupt, operated the site from 1969 to 1979.
 The  company stored pentachlorophenol and  creosote for the wood-treatment
 process in surface impoundments and above-ground storage tanks.  In
 1982, EPA detected these chemicals and PCBs  in  the surface impoundments.
 A shallow aquifer  is also contaminated.   Approximately 190 people use
 wells within 3 miles of-the site as a source of drinking water".

      Status (January 1986);  Under a cooperative agreement with EPA, the
 State is  planning  a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
 the  type  and extent of  contamination at the  site and  identify alternatives
 for  remedial action.  Field activities are expected to begin in the fall
 of 1986.
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                    MOTOROLA,  INC.  (52ND STREET PLANT)
                              Phoenix, Arizona

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

     Ground water beneath the  52nd  Street Plant is contaminated with tri-
chloroethylene (TCE)/trichloroethane (TCA), and other organic and inorganic
compounds, according to analyses  conducted  by EPA and Motor6la.  Contami-
nation may have  resulted Erom  leaking storage tanks, leaking effluent
lines, and past  disposal practices, including the use of dry we11s.
Motorola detected TCE and TCA  in  its off-site monitoring wells located at
least 1 mile from the  facility.   Analytical results indicate that several
private wells not used for  drinking and one irrigation well contain TCE
concentrations above the State action level of 5 parts per billion.

     Prior to October  1383, Motorola installed 22 on-site' and £ off-site
monitoring wells.   This .work was;described'in a Phase I remedial investi-.
gation report.   In  October  1983,  the Arizona Department of Health Services
established a Task  Force comprised  of the State, EPA,_and local agencies
to guide and evaluate Motorola's  remedial activities.  The Task Force has
guided Motorola  in  development of. a detailed workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study (*RI/FS) to  determine the type and extent
of contamination at the site and  identify alternatives for remedial action.
The RI/FS workplan  was approved in  October  19R4, and Phase II of the RI
was begun.

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

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

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

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

      Conditions at listing (October 1984):  Advanced Micro Devices,  Inc.,
 manufactures electronic equipment at a plant in Sunnyvale,  Santa Clara
 County, California.  The facility occupies about 6 acres and is surrounded
 by residential, industrial, and business areas.

      'Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with chloroform,  1,1-
 dichloroethylene,  1,1-dichloroethane, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloro-
 ethylene,  according to analyses conducted by a consultant  to Advanced
 Micro Devices,  Inc.  Contamination is believed to have resulted from
 localized  spills and leaking underground storage tanks and  piping.  The
 same contaminants  have been detected in monitoring wells off-site.  About  .
 300,000 people  within 3 miles of the site depend on ground  water as  a
 source of  drinking water.

      The company has removed an acid neutralization tank from the facility
 and is working  with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board
 (GRWXB) to determine the extent of contamination of ground watsr and
 soils.  The board  issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order to'the  company in
 June 1984.

      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);  CRWQCB issued Waste Discharge  Requirements
 to the company  in August 1985.  The requirements are the board's legal
 mechanism  for  regulating activities at facilities under its jurisdiction.
 CRWQCB, in conjunction with EPA and the California Department  of Health
 Services,  is considering various response actions at the site.
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                             APPLIED MATERIALS
                          Santa Clara, California

     Conditions at  listing (October 1984):  Applied Materials produces
equipment  for manufacturing wafers for the electronics industry at a
plant  in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California.  The facility
occupies about  2.5  acres and is surrounded by business and industrial areas.

     Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with Freon 113, tetra-
chlorcethylene,  1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and trichloro-
ethylene,  according to analyses conducted by a consultant to Applied
Materials.  Contamination is believed to have resulted from leaking
tanks.  About 300,000 people within 3 miles of the site depend on ground
water  as a source of drinking water.

     Applied  Materials is working with the California Regional Mater
Quality Control Roard to determine the extent of contamination of ground
water  and  soils.

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

     The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery  Act  (RC3A) when the company filed Part A of a permit
application.

     Status (January 1986):  The company has installed and is operating a
system to  pump and  treat.contaminated ground water.  The California
Regional Water Ouality Control Roard, in conjunction with EPA and the
California  Department of Health Services, is overseeing response actions
at the site.

     This  site remains in proposed status until FPA implements the appropriate
elements .of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
then applies  the  policy to this site.
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                 BECKMAN INSTRUMENTS (PORTERVILLE  PFJWT)
                         Porterville, California

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Beckman Instruments manufactures
electronic equipment on a site near Porterville,  a  small rural community
 in Tulare  County,  California.  A number of solvents and  electroplating
chemicals  are  used in the facility's operations.

      A solar evaporation pond is part of  the facility's  waste  water treat-
ment  system.   The  pond's liner developed a leak,  allowing  waste water
containing heavy metals and volatile organic compounds to  enter the soil.
The liner  and  contaminated soil were removed from the  site.  Organic
chemicals  similar  to those disposed of in the pond  have  been found in the
upper aquifer  underlying the area.  Beckman has provided bottled water to
the 750 residents  whose wells are contaminated.   The California Regional
water Quality  Control Board is working with Beckman to develop a compre-
hensive monitoring system to determine the full extent of  ground water
contamination.

      Status (January 1986): ' Beckman has  installed  and is  operating a
ground water extraction and treatment system to control  the  plume of
contamination.   The company will also conduct a remedial investigation/
feasibility study  to.determine the need for additional remedial measures.

      Residents  previously using bottled water have  been  provided with a
municipal  drinking water supply.
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        FAIRCHILD CAMERA &  INSTRUMENT CORP.  (MOUNTAIN VIEW PLANT)
                         Mountain View, California

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):   Fairchild Camera & Instrument
Corp. manufactures  semiconductors at a plant in Mountain View, Santa
Clara County, California.  The facility occupies approximately 55 acres
and is surrounded by residential and industrial areas.

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

     Since early  1982, Fairchild has been  investigating the site geology
and 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 pl'^ne.

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

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

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

     Status (February 1986):  Continuing efforts to determine the extent of
ground water contamination, Fairchild has  installed 101 monitoring wells.
The two treatment wells are now  in operation.

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

     On Aug.  15,  19fl5, EPA  issued a CERCLA Administrative Order on Consent
to Fairchild Camera's Mountain View Plant, as well as to Intel Corp.'s and
Raytheon Corp.'s  Mountain View Plants.  The  order calls for the three
companies to conduct a joint remedial investigation/feasibility study of
the area to determine the type and extent of contamination and identify
alternatives for  remedial action.

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

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        FAIRCHILD CAMERA &  INSTRUMENT COPP. (SOUTH SAN JOSE PLANT)
                         South San Jose,  California

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

     Soils and a portion of a major aquifer providing drinking water to
about 65,000  people are  contaminated with  trichloroethane and other
solvents, according to analyses  conducted by the Great Oaks Water Co. and
Fairchild.  One municipal well within .3  miles of the facility has teen
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 contami-
nated soils,  the pumping and  treatment of contaminated ground water, and
construction  of a slurry wall to reduce  the spread of contamination from
the site.

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

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

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

     This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy  for placing RCRA-related sites on the NTPL and
then applies  the policy  to this  site.
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               FIPESTONE  TIRE & RUBBER CO. (SALINAS PLAOT)
                           Salinas, California

     Conditions  at listing (October 1984):  Firestone Tire ft Rubber Co.
operated a  tire-manufacturing plant in a rural area of Salinas  in Vontsrey
County, California,  from 1965 until 1980.  The sits is comprised of a 43-
acre building  on 25n acres of land.

     Various chemicals were apparently spilled during the manufacturing
process.  Soil on  the .site is contaminated with various volatile organic
chemicals and  zinc,  according to analyses conducted by Firestone.  Ground
water  in the upper aquifer is also contaminated.  The contaminants were
discovered  in  Pxrtober 1^?3, when Firestone was closing the plant.

     Firestone has removed contaminated soil and is working with State
agencies to determine the full extent of ground water contamination in
the area.

     About  500 acres of  land within 3 miles of: the facility *rs
irrigated .with ground water.

     Status (January 1986);  Firestone is continuing to work with State
and Federal agencies to  determine the full extent of ground water
contamination.

     The Firestone Tire  & Rubber Co.  plant in Salinas was first proposed
for the NPL on Oct.  15,  1984,  as part of Update *2.  During the public
comment period,  a  comment was received that questioned the technical
basis  for evaluating the ground water migration score for the site.  The
conmenter stated that a  drinking water well adjacent to the facility had
been erroneously described as drawing water frcm the .uppper aquifer.  SPA
evaluated the  assertion  and concluded that the commenter was correct.  In
fact,  the well was drawing water from the deeper aquifer.  The score for
this site has  been re-evaluated completely using new data.  The site
still  scores above 28.50, the cutoff point on the Hazard Ranking System,
which  EPA uses to  evaluate sites for the NPL.. EPA is extending the
cpniiient period on  this site for an additional fiO days.
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                          FMC CORP.  (FRESNO PLANT)
                             Fresno, California

      Conditions at listing (October 1984) ;   FMC  Corp.  has  been producing
 pesticides for nearly 30 years at a plant located  in an  industrial area of
 Fresno/ Fresno County, California.  Ground water below the facility is
 contaminated with heavy metals, as well as other chemicals,  according to
 analyses conducted by the company.  Fresno municipal wells near the site
 tap this contaminated aquifer.  The wells are blended  into the municipal
 water supply system, which serves about 250,000  people.
          has removed some soil contaminated with  various pesticides and
 heavy metals from the facility and transported  it to an  approved landfill-.
 FMC has conducted some site investigations at the direction of the
 California Department of Health Services and the  California Regional
 Water Quality Control Board.

      Status (January 198fi) :  FMC1 a contractor has submitted to the
 California Regional. Water o.jality Control Roard an initial field investi-
 gation report assessing the extent of soil contamination in one part of
 the site and * plan for a ground water monitoring program.

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

      EPA believes that it may be possible to clean up this site under
 authorities of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).   This
 site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
 elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
 then applies the policy to this site.
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                               HEWLETT-PACKARD
                            Palo  Alto,  California

      Conditions  at  listing (October 19R4):   Hewlett-Packard manufactures
 optical instruments at a plant  in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County,
 California.  The facility  occupies about 50 acres and is surrounded by
 industrial and business areas.

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

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

      This is one of 19 sites  in the .South Say *rea of San Francisco.
 Facilities at those 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 19flfi):   The extent  of  the contaminated ground water
 plume is still being investigated. The  California Regional Water Cuality
 Control Board, in conjunction with EPA and  the California Department of
 Health Services, is considering various  response actions at the site.
 The State has called for Hewlett-Packard to submit a Part B permit
 application under the Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).

      This site remains in  proposed status until EPA implements  the appropriate
 elements of its  final policy  for placing RCRA-related sites on  the NPL and
 then applies the policy to this site.
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                      INTEL CORP. (MOUNTAIN VIEW PLANT)
                          Mountain View, California

       Conditions  at  listing (October 1984):  Intel Corp. manufactured  semi-
 conductors  at a  plant in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California,
 between  1968  and 1981.   At that time, the facility occupied 2 acres and
 was  surrounded by residential areas, office buildings, and other semicon-
 ductor-manufacturing plants.

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

       Since  early 1982, Intel has been pumping ground water and  treating
 it by carbon  adsorption.  The company intends to implement additional
 cleanup  activities,  including the installation or? a system to pump and
 treat contaminated ground water and excavation of soil beneath  the under-
 ground storage tanks, which were previously removed.  The company is
 working  with  the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to
 determine the full extent of the contamination.

       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):  Intel has removed approximately 4,600 cubic
 yards of contaminated soil and has installed four wells to pump and treat
 contaminated  ground  water.

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

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

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);   Intel Corp.  tests micro-
processors at its Santa Clara III facility in Santa Clara,  Santa  Clara
County, California.  The facility occupies about 4 acres and is surrounded
by  industrial and business areas.

      Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with  1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane, trichloroethylene, Freon 113, 1,1-dichloroethane, and tetrachloro-
ethane, according to analyses conducted by a  consultant  to  Intel.   Contami-
nation  is believed to'have resulted from leaking tank-.   -••,.-Mr. 300,000
people  depend on ground water within 3 miles  of the SLV   -.: ••>. source  of
drinking  water.

      Intel is working with the California Regional Water Quality  Control
Board 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 company has  installed and  is operating
a system  to pump and treat the contaminated ground water.   The California
Regional  Water Quality Control Board, in conjunction with EPA and the
California Department of Health Services, is  overseeing  response actions
at  the  site.
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                                  INTEL MAGNETICS
                              Santa Clara, California

      Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):  Intel Magnetics produces and
 tests magnetic products and bubble memories at a plant in Santa Clara,
 Santa Clara County, California.   The facility occupies approximately
 1 acre  and  is surrounded  by industrial and business areas.

      Monitoring wells on  the site are contaminated with 1,1,1-trichloro-
 ethane, trichlorofluoromethane,  1', 1-dichloroethylene, and trichloroethylene,
 according to analyses conducted  by a consultant to Intel.  Contamination
 is believed to have resulted Erom leaking tanks.  About 300,000 people
 depend  on ground water within 3  miles of the site as a source of drinking
 water.

      Intel  is working with  the California Regional Water Quality Control
 Board 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.a.rea-^rfide approach to  the problem as well as'take specific action as
" necessary.

      Status (January 1986);  The company has installed a system to pump
 and treat contaminated ground water.  The California Regional Water
 Quality Control Board, in conjunction with EPA and the California
 Department of Health Services, is overseeing response actions at the
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                          IBM CORP.  (SAN JOSE PLANT)
                           •  San Jose/  California

      Conditions  at  listing  (October 19R4);   IBM Corp.'manufactures data-
 processing equipment on  approximately 400 acres in  the southern portion
 of San Jose, Santa  Clara County, California.   Land  use in  the vicinity of
 the site is agricultural and residential.

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

      In response to a request from the California Regional Water Quality
 Con to 1 Board, IBM is voluntarily undertaking remedial rn«;r»sijre.s to contain
 and reduce the plume of  contaminants.  IBM  has recently completed an
 investigation to determine  the extent of the problem  and is currently
 undertaking interim cleanup measures  consisting of  the removal of con-
_taminated soil and  the pumping and treatment of contaminated ground
"water.

    The State issued IBM  a Part 3 permit under the Resource Conservation
 and Recovery Act (RCRA).

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

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

      This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
 elements of its  final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
 then applies the policy  to  this site.
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                              J.H. BAXTER 00.
                              Weed, California

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984):  J.H.  Baxter Co.  has operated
 a wood-treatment facility at the base of Mount  Shasta in Weed, Siskiyou
 County, California, since the  19fiOs.  Other companies previously conducted
 similar operations on the site for about  20 years.   Chemicals used in the
 treatment include pentachlorophenol, arsenic  compounds, and  creosote.
 Analyses conducted by the company-and the  California Regional Water
 Duality Control Board (CRVJOCB) 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.

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

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

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

      Two units at the facility that were regulated  under the Resource
 Conservation and Recovery Act  (RCRA) have been  closed.   EPA  and the State
 are now trying to determine if the closures meet  RCRA requirements,
                      •
      EPA is deferring final rulemaking on  this  site because  it needs more
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                         DORENTZ  BARREL &  DRUM CO.
                            San Jose,  California

      Conditions  at  listing (October  198*) ;   Lorentz Barrel & Drum Co.
 recycles drums at a  plant  in San  Jose, Santa Clara County, California.
 The facility occupies  about 5 acres  and  is  surrounded :->y residential ,
 industrial, and  business areas.

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

      Lorentz Barrel  &  Drum is working with  the California  Regional Water
 Duality Control  Board  (CRWOCB)  to determine the  extent of  ground water
 contamination.   The  board  issued  a Cleanup  and Abatement Order to the
         in Auyust
    The plant received  Interim  Status  under the  Resource. Conservation and
 Recovery Act (RCPA) when  the company  filed Part A o£ its permit application.

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

      Status (February  198 fi);   In a March 1985 site inspection, EPA and the
 California Department of  Health  Services discovered over 300 drums
 containing phenols, methylene  chloride, and PCBs stored on the Lorentz
 property.  In response to action taken by  the Santa Clara County District
 Attorney, the company  removed  all contaminated  drums.

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

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

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

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The Louisiana-Pacific Corp.
  Site covers 100 acres southwest of Oroville,  Butte  County,  California.  The
  facility consists of a saw mill, a planing mill,  and a hardboard plant.
  Pentachlorophenol (PC?) is sprayed on the lumber  as a preservative.  Soil
  and sawdust on the site contain high levels of  PCP.   Both shallow and deep
  ground water under the site are contaminated  with PCP, according to analyses
  conducted by an adjacent property owner and tits California  Regional Water
  Quality Control Board.  About 10,500'peop3.-.;   use  ground water within 3 miles
  of! the site as a source of drinking water.

       The California Department of Health Services,  the California Regional
  Water "Quality Control Board, and EPA are presently  attempting to determine
  the extent of contamination and identify the  actions necessary to clean
  up the site.

       Status (February 1986);  EPA has completed a search for parties
  potentially responsible for wastes associated with  the site and in February
  1986 sent Notice Letters to Louisiana-Pacific Corp  and Georgia-Pacific
  Corp.,  former owner of the site.-"in the next step,  EPA will negotiate
  for the two companies to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility
  study to determine the type and extent of contamination at  the site and
  identify alternatives for remedial action.

       The California Regional Water Quality Control  Board is sampling
  ground water on and off the site to determine the extent of contamination.
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                             MARLEY COOLING TOWER CO.
                               Stockton,  California

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

      Since 1966, rainwater  run-off contaminated with  arsenic,  chromium,
 and copper has been discharged  to a  2-acre  percolation pond.  The sludge
 in the pond and  soil onr-site are heavily contaminated with arsenic,
 chromium, and copper.   Two  on-site monitoring wells are contaminated with
 chromium, according  to  analyses conducted by the company.  Mo  off-site
 ground water contamination  has  been  detected to date.

      Marley is currently -working with the California  Department 06 Health
 Services and the California Regional T.«ater  Ouality Control Poarn to
 develop a plan to determine the full extent of  soil *nd ground water
 contamination.

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

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

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

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984)t   Monolithic Memories, Inc.,
 manufactures  integrated  circuits  at a plant in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara
 County, California.  The facility occupies  about 20 acres and is
 surrounded by residential, industrial, and  business areas.

      Nlonitoring wells  on the site are contaminated with xylene, chloroform,
 and trichloroethylene, according'to analyses conducted by a consultant to
 the company.  Contamination is believed to  have resulted from leaking
 underground storage  tanks.  About 300,000 people depend on ground water
 within 3_miles of the  s_ite as a source of drinking water..

     Monolithic Memories  has stopped using  the underground tanks and is  .
 presently working with the California Regional Water Duality Control
 Board  (CRWOCR) to characterize the extent of ground water contamination.

    The plant received  Interim Status  under  the Rf>sourc° Conservation and
 Recovery Act  (RCRA) when the company  Piled  P^rt A of its permit application.

      This is one of  19 sites in the South Ray Area of San Francisco.
 Facilities at-these sites have used a variety of toxic chemicals ,_p.rimarily
 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);  Under the direction of CRWOCB, the company
 has commenced a program  of pumping and treating the ground water to
 contain the plume while  the remedial  investigation is underway.  CEWOCB,
 in conjunction with  EPA  and the California  Department of Health Services,
 is overseeing the various response actions.

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

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984):  Montrose Chemical Corp.
 manufactured 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
 miles of the site.

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

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

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

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

      EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because  it needs
 time to conduct additional  air monitoring to support the site's score on
 the Hazard Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess the  relative hazards
 of waste sites.  The Montrose Chemical Corp. Site will remain in proposed
 status until a later rulemaking.
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      INTERNATIONAL  MINERALS  & CHEMICAL CORP. (TERRE HAUTE  EAST PLANT)
                            Terre Haute, Indiana

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984):  The International  Minerals &
 Chemicals Corp. (IMC)  Site covers 20 acres in Terre Haute,  Virgo County,
 Indiana.  Commercial Solvents Corp. manufactured the  insecticide BHC
 (benzene hexachloride)  at  the site, known as the Terre Hauta East Plant,
 from 1946 to 1954.   IMC purchased Commercial Solvents  in 1975.  In 1980,
 IMC excavated  14,392 cubic yards of contaminated soil,  piping  vegetation,
 and debris from the former BHC production area.  Soil  contaminated with
 BHC was also excavated at  a  former off-site disposal area.   The excavated
 material was combined  and  deposited as a mound on  1.2  acres of East Plant
 property.  The mound was capped with clay and fill.

       Ground water  at  the  site is contaminated with BHC isomers according
 to analyses  conducted  by the State and EPA.  The public water  system
 supplying 63,000 residents of Terrs Haute ust-:r-- -./ells within 3  niles of
 the site.

      Status  (January 1986) :   RPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.               .                                -
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                                      MIDCO II
                                   Gary,  Indiana

      Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):   The Midwest Solvent Recover/
 Co., Inc., (MIDCO)  II  Site occupies approximately 7 acres across the
 highway from the airport in Gary,  Lake  County, Indiana.  The area is
 primarily  industrial.  MIDCO  II  recycled  solvents and disposed of indus-
 trial waste at the  site  using the following methods:  temporary storage
 of waste and reclaimable material in tanks  and drums and  disposal of
 wastes via open dumping  in  trenches, sludge pits, and filter pits.  The
 company operated until Aug.  17,  1977, when  a fire burned  most of the
 above-ground tanks  and drums  containing wastes.  Following the fire, the
 company aoandoned the  site without cleanup.  Several thousand drums
 containing burned residues were  left on-site,  along with  several tanks.
 Soils, ground water, and possibly surface water are contaminated, according
 to tests conducted  by  EPA.  About 479,000 people live within 3 miles of
 the site.

      Status  (January 1986);   Between January and March 1985, EPA used CERCLA
 emergency  funds to  remove 35,500 drums  and  drum remnants, which cleared
 the site of surface wastes.   In  July and  August, EPA excavated approximately
 5,000 cubic yards of highly contaminated  soil  from a former sludge pit and
 filter bed and piled the solidified soil  on-site.

      On June 19, 1985, EPA  reached a settlement with a group of parties
 potentially  responsible  for wastes at the site to reimburse the Government
 S3.1 million for past  costs and  to perform  a remedial investigation/feasi-
 bility study (RI/FS) to  determine the type  and extent of  subsurface and
 off-site contamination and  identify alternatives for remedial action.
 The Consent Decree  became effective in  August 1985.

      All of  the piles  of contaminated soil  have not been  removed frcm the
 site because of difficulty  in obtaining approval for disposal.  Monitoring
 wells have been installed and sampling  is underway on the RI/FS.
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                           MEAL'S  DUMP (SPENCER)
                               Spencer/ Indiana

       Conditions at listing  (October  1984);   Meal's Dump is located 4 miles
  south of Spencer, Owen County, Indiana.   In the late 1960s and early 1970s,
  rags, sawdust, and capacitors contaminated  with PCBs were deposited to a
  depth of 20 feet  in an area about  80 feet by 50 feet.

       About l,noO people draw drinking water from wells within 3 miles of
  the site.  The nearest well is 750 feet  from the site.  There is the
  threat that contaminated run-off will drain to  nearby White River.

       On Nov. 4,  1980, EPA and the  State  inspected the facility, collecting
  both soil and ground water  samples.   In  February 1981, EPA"conducted
  further inspections and prepared a report regarding cleanup alternatives
  and possible costs.  To determine  the extent of ground water contamination,
  EPA installed monitoring wells in  the summer of 1982.  On Sept. 1, 1982,
  the State conducted an inspection  to define the fill area more accurately.

—	   In January  1983, the U.S. Department of Justice, o'n behalf of EPA,
  filed suit aaainst Nestinghouse  Electric Corp.  for cleanup of this site
  and Meal's Landfill in EUconington,  which was placed on the NPL in
  September 1983.  The State  of Indiana entered into this suit as an
  intervening plaintiff.

       In December  1983, Westinghouse  fenced  the  site and removed surface
  capacitors as part of a Stipulation  and  Order filed by EPA in December 1983.

       Status (January 1986);   In  May  1985, EPA,  the State, Monroe County,
  and Bloomington  reached an  agreement with Westinghouse to clean up Meal's
  Dump, along with  three other NPL sites near the Bloomington area (Meal's
  Landfill, Lemon  Lane Landfill, and Bennett  Stone Quarry)  and two sites
  not on the NPL.   EPA estimates that  the  settlement is worth between S75
  million and $100 million.   In addition,  Westinghouse will reimburse the
  Superfund trust  fund for the SI  million  the Federal Government has spent
  for enforcement  and cleanup.                                                   (

       Under the settlement,  Westinghouse  will remove contaminated materials
  from an area of  about 0.5 acres, plus a  2-foot  deep buffer zone.  About
  14,000 cubic yards will be  removed.   The site will be regraded, capped,
  and revegetated.  Westinghouse will  continue to maintain the security
  fence and surface drainage  controls  already in  place.  Westinghouse will
  also monitor ground water in the vicinity to determine if any PCBs are
  migrating off the site.  Alternative water  supplies will be provided to
  any resident within 1 mile  of the  site whose wells become contaminated with
  PCBs.  An SPA on-scene coordinator will  monitor activities at each site.

       The materials removed  front  the  six  sites will be incinerated in a new
  incinerator Westinghouse will build.  Westinghouse has agreed to obtain
  all permits necessary to construct and operate  the incinerator in accordance
  with all Federal, State, and local requirements.  The entire project
  could take up to  15 years to complete.

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                             TPI-STATE  PLATING
                             Columbus/  Indiana

      Conditions at listing  (September  1985);  The Tri-State Plating Site
 is on a lot measuring 100 by  100  feet  in downtown Columbus, Barthalomew
 County, Indiana.  Metal-plating operations were  carried out at the site
 Cor over 40 years.   Earlier operations were  known as Hull Industries and
 Plating Services, Inc.  The City  of Columbus  caused the facility to close
 in 1984 by blocking off the sewer and  shutting off the water after numerous
 violations of city code and one spill  that severely damaged the city's
 sewage treatment system.

      Records of the  Indiana State Board of Health indicate a. small amount
 of soil was removed  from the  site during  1983.   Plating sludges and
 wastes were dumped outside  the building and  into the sewers in 1983 and
 1984, according to the Indiana State Board of Health, City of Columbus
 Utilities, and Rarthalcmew  County Health  Department.

      Tests conducted_.Ln early L983 by  the Board  of Health detected high
 levels of cadmium, chromium,,  cyanide,  nickel, zinc, copper, Lead,  and
 manganese in soil on-site,  thus threatening ground water.  The site is
 800 feet southwest of a municipal well field  that serves over 30,000
 people.  Haw Creek,  the nearest downslope surface water, is 800 feet to
 the east of the site and joins the East Fork  of  the White River (a
 recreational fishing stream)  within  2.5 miles of the facility.  The
 surrounding area is a residential neighborhood with some small businesses.

    Status (January 1986):   EPA is considering various alternatives for
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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 1963.
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  in an uhlined 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-acrs  lined impoundment nn the
site.  Huring dredging of the sediments frcm the bottom of the impoundment,
the liner "was ruptured, releasing hazardous  substances to the"environment.
                                  !
     The facility received  Interim Status  under the Resource  Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed  Part A of a -permit application.

     r-round water downgradient of the landfill  and the impoundment is
contaminated with polyarnmatic hydrocarbons  and the other organic
chemicals identifiod 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 ccmplecely characterize  releases from the landfill.

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

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

     Chemplex has submitted Part R of its  RC3A  permit application.  EPA
is reviewing the application.

     This site remains in proposed status  until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCPA-related sites on the MPL
and then applies the policy to this  site.
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                              LAWRENCE TODTZ FARM
                                Camanche,  Iowa

       Conditions at listing  (September 1985):   The Lawrence Todtz Farm is
  about 1 mile west of. Camanche,  Clinton  County, Iowa.  The sits consists
  of 6.2 acres of: abandoned gravel  nits.   Municipal solid waste and indus-
  trial solid and liquid waste  were disposed of in the pits between 1958
  and 1975.

       Between 1972 and 1975, 4,300 tons  of liquid waste from the Clinton,
  Iowa, cellophane plant operated by E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc.,
  were buried in the pits, according to information DuPont provided for a
  1979 Congressional report on  waste disposal sites (the "Eckhardt Report").
  Wastes generated in the process'contain plasticizers, resins, alcohols,
  and heavy metal salts.

       State studies indicate that  a residential well 400 feet south oF the
  site Ls contaminated with two plasticizers,  di-n-butylphthalate and bis
  (2-ethylhexyl) phthalata.   The  well draws from the Mississippi Alluvial
  Aquifer, the source of drinking water for 6,000 residents within 3 miles
 •of the site.

       Status (January 1986);   EPA's Field Investigation Team will submit
  a report on this site shortly.  The report will be reviewed to determine
  future response actions. '
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                       MIEWEST MANUFACTURING/NORTH  FARM
                                Kellogg/ Iowa

       Conditions at listing (September 1985);  The Midwest  Manufacturing/North
  Farm Site  is in Jasper County near Xellcgg, Iowa.   Midwest has operated a
  manufacturing facility that includes an electroplating  plant on the site
  since 1896.   The plant occupies about 3 acres in  south  Kellogg in the
  floodplain of the North Fork Skunk River.  The plant's  operation primarily
  involves cadmium, zinc/ and nickel.  The North Farm portion of the site,
  2.3  miles  northeast of the plant, covers less than  1 acre.   Both areas
  contain unlined trenches used for the disposal of an estimated 1,200
  cubic ya'rds  of the plant's electroplating sludges.   Because' the two areas
  contain the  same wastes and affect the same target  population, they are
  considered one NPL site.

       The City of Kellogg draws water from shallow wells downstream on
  the  banks  of the North Fork Skunk River.  SPA detected  zinc and copper in
  one  city veil within 500 feet of the Midwest Manufacturing plant,  k?^
  also found that soils adjacent to the North Farm  trench contain significant
  levels of  cadmium.

       About 700 people depend on wells located within 3  miles of the site
  as a source  of drinking water.  The site is located within a possible
  critical habitat of the Indiana bat, which is on  the endangered species
  list of the  U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.  Nearby surface waters are
  used for  fishing.

       Status  (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives for
  the  site.
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                             U.S.  NAMEPLATE CO.
                             Mount  Vernon,  Iowa

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

      Prior to 1979,  U.S. Nameplate' treated the  wastes in septic tanks
 that discharged into A drainage field  and  a nearby creek.  In 1979, the
 State received complaints about the  discharge.   In response, U.S. Name-
 plate constructed a waste treatment  lagoon system and began operating it
 in November 1979.  In 1932, based on high  fluoride levels (137 milligrams/
 liter) detected in ground water,  the State determined that the lagoon was
 leaking.  EPA has taken a compliance action under the Resource Conser-
 vation and Recovery Act (3CPA) to require  U.?.  Nameplate to close the
 lagoon and monitor ground water.   The  listing under CERCLA involves the
 septic tank and drainage field.

      Mount Vernon (population  3,300) draws its  water from two municipal
 wells less than 1.5 miles from the U.S. Nameplate plant._
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-   •   Status (January  19S6);  This site remains  in proposed status until
 EPA implements the appropriate elements of its  final policy for placing
 RCRA-related sites on the NPL  and  then applies  the policy to this site.
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                            VOGEL PAINT & WAX CO.
                              Orange City, Iowa

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984):   Vogel Paint & Wax Co. used
  a 10-acre sand and gravel pit  for disposal  of its- paint and varnish
  production wastes.  The pit, which the company owns, is located just
  outside Orange City, Sioux  County,  Iowa.

       From 1967 to 1979, the pit received paint wastes containing lead,
  cadmium, chromium, mercury, toluene,  xylene, and tnineral spirits, which
  is a grade of naphtha.  An  estimated 43,000 gallons of organic compounds
  (aliphatic and aromatic hydrocarbons)  and 6,000 pounds of mercury, lead,
  zinc, and chromium have been disposed of at the site.

       The company has detected  wastes,  particularly volatile organics
  (toluene, xylene, and mineral  spirits),  from this site in off-sita
  monitoring wells.  About 3,200 people depend on wells within 3 miles of
  the site as a source of drinking water.

       The State has issued an Administrative Order requiring the company
  to take remedial actions. .The company has  started to comply.

       Status (January 1986);  The company's  consultant is conducting a
  remedial investigation to determine the type and extent of contamination
  at the site.  The company and  consultant have met with EPA and the State
  regarding requirements of the  investigation under CZRCLA and the Resource
  Conservation and Recovery Act  (RCRA).   EPA  has received Part B of a RCSA
  permit application and returned its comments to the'company.  The Part B
  may be necessary to enable  Vogel Paint to treat on-site*waste from the
  cleanup.
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                               BIG RIVER SAND CO.
                                Wichita, Kansas

        Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The  Big River Sand Co. Site
   covers 30 acres in northwest Wichita, Sedgwick County,  Kansas.  During
   the early to mid 1970s, the previous owner/operator of the site allowed
   approximately 1,800 drums of paint-related wastes  to be deposited on the
   property at the edge of a 5-acre sand pit lake.

        In 1982, a county court order was issued requiring the previous
   owner to remove the drums and transfer them to his own property adjacent
   to the sand pit., lake area.  After approximately  200 drums .had been
   transferred,  the State, notified of the removal  by the county, asked that
   the work cease because the workers lacked personal protective equipment.
   Later, the drums remaining at the sand pit lake  area and their contents
   were either recycled or disposed of by the previous owner in a satisfactory
   manner.  In August 1984,  he removed 200 deteriorating drums frcm his
   property.  The site includes both the sand pit lake *rea and the adjacent
   property where the remaining drums were located.   Monitoring by the State
   in 1982 and 1984 detected solvents and heavy metals in nearby residential
   wells.  About 1,000 people use wells within 3 miles of the site as a
   source of drinking water-. -
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        Status (January 1986):  EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/
   feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at
   the site and to identify alternatives for remedial action.
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                NATIONAL INDUSTRIAL ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
                               Furley,  Kansas

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984);   The National Industrial
Environmental  Services  (NIES)  Site covers IfiO acres approximately
"in miles northeast  of Wichita  and 3 miles south of the unincorporated
community of  Furley,  Sedgwick  County,  Kansas.  Approximately in households
are within a  9-squa re-rule  rural agricultural area surrounding the site.

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

     In '-'ay 1^82, O.-.MI  surmitted a-hydrorjeological report ^nd 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  treatisent  and evaporation ponds,  capping of existing landfill
areas, and construction of  a new landfill.   The drainage trenches and new
landfill have  been  constructed,  the treatment ponds decommissioned, and
the old landfill areas  capped.  Ground water pumped from the trenches is
being hauled off-site to an approved disposal facility.  Monitoring wells
are being sampled on  a  monthly basis.

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

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

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

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

     This site remains  in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
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                      STROTHER  FIELD  INDUSTRIAL  PARK
                          Cowlev County, Kansas

     Conditions at listing (October 1984):  Strother Field  Industrial
Park covers roughly 2.3 scuare miles  approximately  4 miles  southwest of
Winfield and 4 miles  north of Arkansas City,  Cowley County, Kansas.
The nark consists of  about 20 industrial and  commercial businesses,  as
wei.1 as tvo inactive  solid waste landfills.   The landfills  probably  also
were used for the disposal of various industrial  wastes.

     Samples collected and analyzed by the State (as part of ~PA's
Synthetic Orcam'.c Ch^nical Survey) indicated  the presence of chlorinated
organic chemicals  in  several wells supplying  Strother  Field Industrial
Park.  The principal contaminants (trichloroethvlene,  .',2-d.ichloroethylene,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene, and  1,1-di-ohicroethylene) are
conmon industrial solvents known to persist in ground  water. The State
collected a second series of sanples  from the Strother Field Public  Water
Supply wells, as -.veil as samples from several private  wells in  the adjacent
community of Hackney, the water distribution  system, influents  and effluents
from the Strother Field waste water treatment plant, hvn  monitorina  wel.ls
on-site, and several of^-site control locations  (for comparison purposes).
The Strother Field Public Water Supply was discontinued in  June 1983.
Additional ground water monitoring is underway to determine the source
and'off-site migration of the contamination.  About 2,30fl peonle use
wells within 3 miles of the site as a source  of  drinking  water.

     Status (January  1986);  On April 9, 1985, the  State  issued an Admini-
strative Order to General Electric Co., one of the  parties  responsible for
wastes associated with the northern zone of the  site.  The  order calls for
the company to sannle soil, monitor ground water, construct a ground water
flow model and use it to help locate, construct, and operate withdrawal
wells under the guidance of the State, and submit a plan  for a  'treatment
and disposal system.  At this time, two wells and two  air-stripping  columns
to remove volatile organic compounds are completed.  The  State  is reviewing
the company's plan for a permanent treatment and disposal system.
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     The Strother Field Commission, which owns the  site,  continues to punp
two supply wells to create a cone of depression  in  an  attempt to prevent
off-site migration.  The State'  is sampling off-site monitoring  wells and
private wells on a monthly basis.

     The State issued another Administrative Order  in  the week  of Jan.  13, •
1986, to each of the  four potential responsible parties associated with the
waste contamination in the southern zone of Strother Field.   The four
companies that received the order were General Electric Co.,  Greif Brothers
Corp., Cessna Aircraft, and Gordon-Piatt Energy Group, Tnc.   The order
reouires General Electric to treat the water  from public  supply  well $8;
each of the companies to drill monitoring wells on  the south end of  the
field; and Greif Brothers Corp., Cessna Aircraft, and  Gordon-Piatt Energy
Group, Inc., to submit data on chemical use during  the past 20 years.
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                          MAXEY FIATS NUCLEAR DISPOSAL
                              Hillsboro, Kentucky

        Conditions at listing (October 1984);   The Maxey Flats Nuclear
  Disposal Site is a 279-acre shallow land burial facility located Li
  Fleming County, Kentucky, near Hillsboro.   Frcm 1963 to 1977, the site
  was privately operated under license by the State on State-owned land.
  The  facility received 4.3 million cubic feet of waste containing low
  levels  of radiation.  According•to tests conducted by the State, tritium
  levels  in air exceed background levels, and radioactive contaminants are
  present in ground water.   WeiIs"are a source of drinking water for about
  100 people in the area.

        The State is monitoring water and air at  the site.

        Status (January 1986);  EPA is nearing completion of a workplan for
  a  remedial investigation/feasibility study to  determine the type and
  extent  of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
  action.                                      .   		
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                  ,                SMITH'S FARM
                                Brooks, Kentucky

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Smith's Farm is  located
  approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Brooks, Bullitt County, Kentucky.
  The entire  farm is about 500 acres and includes a 37.5-acre  landfill
  permitted by the  State to accept nonhazardous wastes.  On  the  farm property
  and adjacent to the permitted landfill is an abandoned 30-acre dump
  containing  an estimated 100,000 .to 200,000 drums, many of which are
  buried or partially, buried.

       EPA and the  State have observed numerous leachate streams at  the site,
  most of_which drain into an unnamed tributary to Bluelick Creek.   Private
  residences  located immediately downstream of the site use water from
  Bluelick Creek for drinking and other purposes.  Some of the nearby
  residents also use well water.  There is no alternate source of water.
  About 300 people  are potentially affected.

       Analyses conducted by EPA have detected elevated concentrations of      _
  phenols,  PCBs,  metals (mercury, nickel, lead, chromium, copper, and     ""    ~
  cadmium), and other organic chemicals in leachate, soil, sediment, and
  surface  water.
       In August 1984,  using CEPCLA emergency funds, EPA completed removal
  of 2,000 drums of waste from the surface of the dump.

       Status  (January 1986);  The next step in site cleanup is a remedial
  investigation/ feas ibility~~study to determine the type and extent of
  contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.
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                        KANE  &  LOMBARD STREET DRUMS
                            Baltunore, Maryland

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984);  The Kane & Lombard Street  Drams
 Site is an 3.3-acre abandoned,  unpermitted dump in Baltimore, Maryland.
 Approximately  1,000 drums are  on trie surface of the dump.  The wastes
 include acrolein, benzene, ethylbenzene, xylene, lead, and chromium.

      In September 1982, the  State detected volatile organic  compounds  in
 air at the site.  In June 1984,  EPA and the State used 5500,000  in CERCLA
 emergency  funds to  remove surface drams and contaminants at  the  site,
 transport  the rnaterials to an  approved disposal site, and stabilize che
 entire site.

      Approximately  2,500 people  live within 0.25 miles of the site.

      Status  (January  1986):   In  July 1985, EPA started to develop a
 workplan for a  remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
 type and extent of  conc/anination at the site snd identify alternatives
 for remedial action.  ^ geophysical survey was conducted in  October 1985-.
 EPA received results of initial  soil and ground water analyses in January
 1986 from  its contractor.  The contractor is completing the  preliminary
 evaluation of site .contamination and beginning to revise the workplan.
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                      MID-ATLANTIC WOOD PRESERVERS,  INC.
                              Harmons, Maryland

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Mid-Atlantic Wood Preservers,
 Inc.,  treats wood  on a 3-acre site in Harmans, Anne Arun.de! County,  Mar/-
 land.  The plant,  owned by Fort McHenry Lumber Co., produces lumber
 which  is pressure  treated with chrcmated copper arsenate co protect
 against water and  insect carnage.

      In 1978, the  State detected chromium and arsenic in on-site soil and
 ground water.  The contamination appears to have resulted  from tank
 overflows  and drippings from storage of treated wood.   In  November 1980,
 on order of  the State, the company removed 26 cubic yards  of contaminated
"soil and" transported i£ to an approved facility for disposal.  The State
 also found that surface water draining from the site to Stony Run was
 contaminated with  elevated levels of copper.  About 75,000 people depend
 on wells within 3  miles of the site for drinking water.

      Status  (January 1QR6);  In March 1935, EPA completed  a search for
 parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site.  In"
 April  1985,  EPA issued Notice Letters to the parties for their comment
 and review.  EPA is negotiating with the parties to undertake 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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                    SOUTHERN MARYLAND WOOD TREATING CORP.
                             Hollywood/ Maryland

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The Southern Maryland Wood
  Treating  Corp.  Site is an inactive wood-preserving  facility located on
  25 acres  in Hollywood, St. Mary's County, Maryland.  The site  is owned
  and was operated by Southern Maryland Wood Treating. Corp.,  a wholly-owned
  subsidiary of L.A. Clarke & Son, Inc., of Fredericksburg, Virginia.
  L.A. Clarke recently emerged fron reorganization proceedings under Chapter
  11 of the Federal bankruptcy code.

        Creosote, pentachlorophenol, benzene, lead, and by-product di-
  ethyl he'xyl phthalate were disposed in six unlined  lagoons  on  the site.
  EPA has detected these contaminants in ground water, surface water, and
  soil on the site.  Approximately 260 persons depend on wells within 3
  miles of  the site as a source of drinking water.

       Under a State Consent Decree entered in 1980,  the company has
  excavated and treated part of the contaninated on-site soil."        ""*'

       Status (January 1986);  In October 1984, December 1984, and January
  1985, EPA took samples to characterize site conditions.  Based on the
  analytical results-, EPA started emergency measures under CERCLA at the
  site in March 1985.  The work calls for studies to characterize the site,
  stabilize the site, and determine how to dispose of contaminants.  In
  March 1985, EPA also started preparation of a remedial investigation/
  feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at
  the site  and identify alternatives for remedial action.

       As of Jan. 30, 1986, EPA completed emergency measures.  Contaminated
  soils from lagoons were excavated, consolidated, and stored on-site for
  future disposal.  The former process area was capped with clay, and the
  site graded and seeded.
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                         HAVEFHILL MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
                           Haverhill, Massachusetts

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984); The Haverhill Municipal Land-
  fill is located adjacent to the Merrimack River in the City of Haverhill,
  Essex County, Massachusetts.  The  landfill consists of three parcels of
  land covering a total of about 73  acres.   Prior to June 1981, two of the
  three tracts were reportedly used  for disposal of municipal and commercial
  refuse, while the other reportedly received liquid wastes and sludges.
  In August 1981, the.city contracted for a ground water study, an evaluation
  of the landfill's impact on the local environment, and development of
  closure and monitoring plans.  The results of that study indicate that
  ground water in the vicinity of the landfill  is contaminated with volatile
  organic chemicals such as benzene, toluene, and xylenes.

       Two municipal wells, which had supplied  drinking water to approximately
  6,000 people until they were closed in 1979 due to volatile organic
  contamination, lie within 1 mile of the site.  These wells are being
  investigated as part of work at the Groveland Wells Site, which was placed
  on the NPL in September 1983.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA is now reviewing existing analytical and
  hydrogeologic information preparatory to  developing a workplan.  The
  next step is 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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                                    NORWOOD PCBS
                              Norwood,  Massachusetts

       Conditions at, listing (October 19S4);   The Norwood PCBs Site is a
  privately-owned industrial site covering approximately 24 acres in a
  commercial/residential  area of Norwood,  Norfolk County, Massachusetts.
  The property was developed for industrial use in the 1940s and was
  occupied by several manufacturers of electrical components, including
  transformers that  used  PCBs as a dielectric fluid and coolant.  In June
  1983, EPA and the  State identified PCBs  in surface soils at the site and
  secured the area with guards.   Also in June, EPA used $200,000 in CERCLA
  emergency funds to excavate approximately 518 cubic yards of contaminated
  soil and transport it to an approved disposal site.

       Other contaminants,  including benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and
  trichloroethylene,  have been  found on the site in soils,  surface water,
  ground water, and  ambient air.   Ground water in the area is used for
  municipal, private,  and industrial water supplies, according to a report
  of the U.S. Geological  Survey.

       Status (January 1986): The present owners of the site have initiated
  a law suit against former owners and operators for site cleanup and
  damages.  The lawsuit names EPA and the  State as indispensable parties.
  In December 1985,  the State completed the initial remedial measure of
  fencing the site and covering  additional PCB-contaminated soil.
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                               ROSE DISPOSAL PIT
                            Lanesboro, Massachusetts

        Conditions  at listing (October 1984):  The Rose Disposal  Pit covers
   1.5  acres in Lanesbcro in Berkshire County, Massachusetts.  From 1951 to
   1959, a previous owner used the site to dispose of waste oils  and solvents
   from the  General Electric (GE) Co. plant in Pittsfield, Massachusetts.
   GE conducted a field investigation and concluded that 60,000 cubic yards
   of soil are contaminated with greater than 50 parts per million  of PCBs  and
   also that contaminated ground water is leaving the site in two plumes,
   traveling in easterly and southerly directions.  Ground water  is con-
   taminated with 11 volatile organic compounds, including trichloroethylene,
   benzene,  and vinyl chloride,  according to analyses conducted by  EPA.

        In May 1984,  EPA and the State issued a joint enforcement order
   under CERCLA.  It requires GE to secure and fence the site; plan and
   schedule  a  temporary cover for the site; plan and schedule a way to pump
   out  a free  oil layer; and provide a permanent water supply to  a  restaurant
   and  residence affected by the plumes.

        Status (January 1986);  In November 1984, EPA issued an Administrative
•   Order under CERCLA which will require' GE to conduct a feasibility study
   of remedial alternatives relevant to soil contamination and restoration  of
   ground  water at  the site.  GE is in compliance with the joint  enforcement
   order,  and  is  presently conducting the feasibility study.
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                                  SALEM ACRES
                              Salem, Massachusetts

        Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The Salem Acres  Site consists
  of four unlined, uncovered disposal pits on 162 acres of  land in the Town
  of Salem,  Essex County, Massachusetts.  The site operated from 1946 to 1969.
  Wastes disposed of on-site include sludge, grit, and  grease  from a waste
  water treatment plant, as well as tannery waste.  PCBs, methylene chloride,
  arsenic,  and chromium are present in soils on the site, according to
  analyses conducted by EPA.

        One of the disposal pits is approximately 20 feet from  Strongwater
  Brook. . The site lies.on the divide of two drainage basins, that channel
  both surface water and ground water directly into two major  aquifers.
  The site is bounded on the south and east by residential  housing.   The
  owner has erected a gate en one of the access roads leading  to the site.
  Approximately 2,500 people reside within 1 mile of the site.

        Status (January. 1986):  A party identified by the State as potentially
  responsible for wastes associated with the site erected a fence around
  the pits after receiving a notice letter from the State.   EPA is searching
  for other potentially responsible parties.  Late in 1985,  EPA obligated
  funds to develop a workplan for a remedial investigation/feasibility
  study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and
  identify alternatives for remedial action.
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                                SHPACK LANDFILL
                       Nbrton/Attleboro,  Massachusetts

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Shpack Landfill formerly
  operated  as a  private  landfill covering approximately 8 acres—5.5 acres
  within the Town of Norton,  Bristol County, Massachusetts, the remaining
  2.5 acres within  the City of Attleboro.  The site is currently fenced to
  restrict  access.  The  site accepted wastes from the 1940s until 1965,
  when it was closed by  court order.

       A survey  by  the U.S.  Department of Energy found radioactive
  contaminants,  primarily  radium and uranium, in soil on the site.  In many
  cases, the radioactive contamination extends to ground water.  In
  addition./ dichloroethyiene,  trichloroethylene, and tetrachlproethylene
  are present in ground  water on the site, according to tests conducted by
  the State.

       About 35  private  wells within 3 miles of the site serve about 130
  people.   The nearest well,  located 150  feet away, is shallow.  EPA is
  currently conducting.additional monitoring on- and off-site to further
  characterize the  site.

      .. Status (January 1986):   EPA is searching for parties potentially
  responsible for wastes associated with  Shpack Landfill.  In May 1985,
  EPA completed  an  assessment on the site which summarized previous
  studies and identified data gaps which  need to be addressed during a
  remedial  investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS).  The State will soon
  implement a quarterly  monitoring program of private wells within 0.5
  miles of  the site.   The  next step is the RI/FS, which will determine the
  type and  extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
  for remedial action.
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                  AVENUE  "E" GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                          Traverse City, Michigan

      Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):  About 30 residential wells in
 the Avenue "E" area in East Bay Township, Traverse City, Grand Traverse
 County, Michigan, are contaminated with benzene, toluene, methylethyl
 ketone, xylene, and acetone,  according to tests conducted by  the State.
 The contamination is moving to  the northeast, where an estimated 300
 small commercial and residential properties are located.

      The State has  sued  the U.S. Coast Guard as a source of contamination.
 The case is still in' litigation.  Other sources also may be contaminating
 the Avenue E wells.

      Status (January 1986):  The case is still in litigation.
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                              H. BROWN CO., INC.
                            Grand Rapids, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (April 1985);  H. Brown  Co.,  Inc.,  owned and
 operated  a  facility for reclaiming nonferrous metals on  a 4-acre site in
 Grand Rapids,  Kent County, Michigan, fron 1961 through 1981 or 1982.  The
 site lies within a 50-year floodplain of the Grand  River.

      The  .facility was used primarily to reclaim lead  from wet-cell batteries.
 Between  1961  and late 1978, approximately 457,000 gallons of sulfuric
 acid containing lead, cadmium, iron, and zinc were  poured directly onto
 the soil  in an area covering 1,250 square feet.

      The  facility overlies a highly permeable glacial  till and limestone
 bedrock.  Therefore, there is a potential for ground water contamination.
 Approximately 3,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site as
 a source  of drinking water.

      Grand  River and Indian Creek are threatened ..by run-roff from the site.
 During the  summer, the Grand Rapids Water Department  blends water from
 the river with Lake Michigan water to serve 239,000 customers.  The Grand
 River  intake  is 5,000 feet downstream of the site.  The  river and creek  •
 -are- used- for  recreation.      .
        Status  (January 1986):   EPA is considering various alternatives
  for  the  site.
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            E.I. DU PONT DE NEMOUPS & CO., .INC. (MONTAGUE  PLANT)
                             Montague, Michigan

     Conditions at listing  (October 1984);  E.I. du Pont de Nemours &
Co., Inc.,  produces petrochemicals and handles many raw materials and
products on a  1,325-acre site, in Montague, Muskegon County, Michigan.
Problems at this  site date  to 19fil, when the State found  that a private
well was contaminated with  thiocyanate.  Subsequently, Du Pont supplied
water to a  limited number of residents.  The contamination apparently
results from a waste pile on the site, as well as occasional spills
during routine operations.   Du Pont installed two interceptor wells that
pump the contaminated water to a treatment plant.  The extent of off-site
contamination  is  unknown.  About 4,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles
of the site as a  source of  drinking water.

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

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

     Conditions at  listing (October 1984);  Lacks Industries,  Inc.,
operates a die-casting and painting facility for the automotive  and
appliance industries  on a 40-acre  site in Grand Rapids, Kent County,
Michigan.  A  plating  operation also existed  until July  1984«.   Process
wastes were deposited in  two unlined lagoons, each covering about
n.25 acres.

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

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

  -  Status (January  1986);   This  site remains in proposed status until
EPA implements the  appropriate elements of its final policy for  placing
RCBA-related  sites  on the NPL and  then applies the- policy-to-this .site-.	  •
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                   LENAWEE DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC., LANDFILL
                               Adrian, Michigan

      Conditions  at listing (October 1984):  The Lenawee Disposal Service,
 Inc.,  Landfill covers 105 acres in Adrian, Lenawee County, Michigan.   In
 1979,  Theta  Systems, Inc., which owned the site from May to August  1978,
 and the State entered into a Consent Agreement regarding further investi-
 gation of  the site.   La idlaw Waste Systems bought Theta out and operated
 the site from February to May 1982.  Lenawee Disposal Service, Inc.,
 later  took over  operations at the site, and on July 18, 1983, received a
 license from the State to accept municipal wastes.  The site is still  in
 operation.

      Ground  water flows to the north and east toward the nearby Raisin
 River.  In 1979, Theta Systems constructed dikes on the north and east
 sides  of the landfill and a partial slurry wall that extends down into
 the layer of clay beneath the landfill.  Leachate is trapped within the
 landfill, collected, placed into one of two holdings ponds, and eventually
 reapplied  to areas of the landfill.  Before the dikes and slurry wall  were
 installed, an unknown amount of leachate left the site, contaminating
 ground water and threatening to contaminate surface water in the area,
 according  to the State.

      Status  (January 1986);  In response to comments received, EPA
 recalculated this "site's score on the Hazard Ranking System, which  EPA
 uses to score waste sites for the NPL.  The revised score is below  the
 cutoff point EPA has established to include a site on the NPL.  Hence,
 the Lenawee  Disposal Service, Inc., Landfill is being dropped from
 consideration for the NPL at this time.
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             MICHIGAN DISPOSAL SERVICE  (CORK STREET LANDFILL)
                           Kalamazoo, 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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                              MOTOR WHEEL, INC.
                              Lansing, Michigan

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);   Motor  Wheel,  Inc.,  disposed
 of solvents,  acids, and bases on a 25-acre site  in Lansing,  Ingham County,
 Michigan.  Wastes were buried in containers  and  placed  in seepage ponds
 from 1938  to 1979.  Analyses conducted by the State  indicate that the
 upper  aquifer is contaminated with several hazardous substances.   To
 date,  contamination of the lower aquifer, which  provides  drinking water
 to Lansing,  has not been documented, according to  a  study .Motor Wheel
 conducted  under an consent agreement with the State.  About  167,000 people
 .depend on  wells within 3 miles of the site as a  source  of drinking
 water.

      Motor Wheel has removed a number of containers  of  wastes from the
 site,  but  contaminated soils still remain.

      Status  (January 1986);  The State is negotiating with B.F. Goodyear,
 a party  potentially responsible for wastes associated with the  site,
 regarding  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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                         NORTH BRONSON INDUSTRIAL AREA
                               Bronson, Michigan

      Conditions  at  listing  (October 1984):  The Nbrth Bronson Industrial
 Area consists of five industries in north Bronson in Muskegon County,
 Michigan.  From  1965 to 1980, several nickel and chromium plating
 companies deposited wastes  in two seepage lagoons on the  site.  The
 lagoons, which are  no longer used for waste disposal, contain an estimated
 3,000 to 5,900 cubic yards  of dewatered metal hydroxide sludges.

      On-site monitoring wells are contaminated with  heavy metals, tri-
 chloroethylene,  and other volatile organic compounds, according to analyses
 conducted by the State.

      About 3,000 people use wells within 3 miles of  the site  as a source
 of drinking water.

      Status (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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                            RCTTO-FINISH CO.,  INC.
                             Kalamazoo, Michigan

      Conditions  at  listing (October 1984);   Roto-Finish Co., Inc., operates
 a plant on a 7.5-acre site in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan.  The
 plant produces equipment and materials to debur castings, mechanical parts,
 and similar objects.   In its operations, Roto-Finish uses 4,4'-methylene-bis
 (2-chloroaniline),  a curing agent for plastic.  This chemical, commonly
 called MOCA, is  a suspected carcinogen, according to the State.  Three
 lagoons on the site were used to'hold over 83,000 gallons of sludge
 containing heavy metals  and MOCA.   The company has excavated the lagoons.

      Ground water at and near the site is contaminated with heavy metals,
 according to analyses conducted by the State.  The cities of Kalamazoo
 (population 80,000)  and  Portage (population 25,000) get drinking water
 from wells within 3 miles  of the'site, as do a small number of private
 homes.

      Status (January 1986):  The site owner has conducted a cleanup
 operation and implemented  a ground water monitoring program.  The Michigan
 Department of Natural Resources is reviewing the ground water monitoring
 program.
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            SOUTH  MACOMB DISPOSAL AUTHORITY (LANDFILLS #9 AND 9A)
                          Macomb Township,  Michigan

      Conditions  at listing (October 1984):  The  South Macomb Disposal
 Authority  operated Landfills *9 and 9A in Macomb Township, Macomb County,
 Michigan,  from 1969 to 1974.  The landfills,  which cover 153 acres,
 accepted general refuse and may have also received industrial wastes.
 The site is  not  adequately covered, lined, or fenced.  Leachate seeps
 are visible.

      Two residential- wells in the area have been contaminated with zinc
 and perhaps  others metals and toxic organic chemicals (including methyl
 ethyl ketone), according to analyses conducted by a consultant to the
 authority.   The  landfills are the suspected source of the contamination.

      Status  (January 1986) :  EPA is considering  various alternatives for
 the site.
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                             THEPMO-CFEM, INC.
                             Muskegon, Michigan

     Conditions at  listing  (October 19R4);  Thermo-Chem, Inc., formerly
operated on a site  of about 10 acres in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan.
Until August  1980,  the company reclaimed solvents such as trichloroethyler.e
and methylene chloride,  paint wastes, and antifreezes.  Waste sludges
and residues-  frorn the process were incinerated on-site, and waste waters
were discharged to  a clay-lined  lagoon and two seepage lagoons.  At one
time, 3,500 drums of waste  solvents and a 20,noO-gallon tank .of liquid
waste contaminated  with C-66 (a  pesticide residue) were present on-site,
but the company removed  them.

     Soil-gas surveys conducted  by the State at the site indicated the
presence of methylene chloride,  tetrachloroethylene, carbon tetrachloride,
and 1,1,1-trichloroethane.

     About  10,000 people use wells within 3 miles of the site as a source
of drinking water.

     The operation  received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act  (RCPA)  when the owner filed Part A of a permit application
for storage, tanks.
     Status  ('January "1986):   Since the ground water is suspected to be
contaminated with  compounds  present at the site, the State requested that
the company perform  a  hydrogeological survey.  The company has dissolved
and claims not  to  have assests to undertake the survey.

     This site  is  being placed on the NPL at this time because the owner
or operator  is  in  bankruptcy and may not be financially able to take
appropriate  remedial action.  Thus, che site meets one of the requirements
of EPA's policy for  placing  RCPA-related sites on the NPL.
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                                 TORCH LAKE
                         Houghton County, Michigan

     Conditions at  listing (October 1984):   Torch Lake is in Hbughton
County  in the upper peninsula of Michigan.   Copper mining companies
dumped  tailings into the 2,fifiO-acre lake from  the 1890s  to as recently
as  1969.   About 20  percent of the original lake  volume has been filled
with wastes,  causing contamination of the  lake sediments with copper.   In
1972, cupric  ammonium carbonate spilled into the lake from storage vats.

     Cancerous growth-has been documented  in two fish species.  The public
health  department has issued a health advisory on fish consumption.

     Status (January 1985):  EPA is considering  various  alternatives for
the site.                          .

     The  mining site is being placed on the  NPL  at this  time because the
State of  Michigan does not have an approved  program under the Surface
Mining  Control and  Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCPA)  and so is not eligible
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               WASTE  MANAGEMENT  OF MICHIGAN (HOLLAND LAGOONS)
                              Holland,  Michigan

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984):  The Waste Management of
 Michigan lagoons cover 160  acres north of Holland, Ottawa County, Michigan.
 From 1971 to 1980, the company  deposited liquid industrial wastes (includ-
 ing metal hydroxides and vinegar production wastes) and waste water
 treatment sludge.into seepage lagoons at the site.  In February 1979,
 all surface wastes were removed from the site.

      One residential well in the area has been contaminated with up to 67
 parts per billion trichloroethylene,  according  to tests conducted by the
 Michigan Department  of Natural  Resources.   This residence is now served
 by municipal water.

      Operations of Southwest Ottawa County Landfill, located to the north
 and west of the former lagoon areas,  have contaminated ground water,
 according-to the State.  Ground water moves to the southwest passing
 directly through the former lagoon area.  It is difficult to identify
 sources for any contamination downgradient of the lagoons because many
 of the dewatered sludges from the lagoon area,  as well as other industrial
 solids of a similar  nature, were disposed of at the county landfill.  The
 State, Ottawa County,  and the company have installed approximately 60
 monitoring wells in  the area.                     -—                 	

      Status (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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                        ADRIAN MUNICIPAL WELL FIELD
                             Adrian,  tMinnesota

      Conditions at  listing (October  1984):   The municipal well  field  supply-
 ing water to the 11,000  residents  of Adrian, Nobles County, Minnesota,  is
 contaminated with volatile halogenated and  nonhalogenated organic  chemicals,
 according to tests  conducted by  the  State.   The source is unknown.  The
 State has closed the two most highly contaminated city wells because  of
 the health risk of  benzene and cis-L,2-dichloroethane.  The city is now
 using two uncontaminated wells previously slated to be abandoned due  to
 age and low capacity.

      The State is conducting a study to determine the source of contami—
 nation and develop  a long-term solution to  the problem.

      Status (January 1986):  Under a cooperative agreement with EPA,  the
 State is planning for a  remedial investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type  and extent of contamination at the site and  identify
 alternatives for remedial action.  The City has installed one new  well
 upgradient of the site.
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                            AGATE LAKE SCRAPYARD
                        Fairview Township, Minnesota

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984):   The Agate  Lake Scrapyard
 covers about 2 acres in  a rural area in Fairview Township, Cass County,
 Minnesota.  The area is  used  mostly for recreation.  The privately-owned
 site operated from  1951  to 1983.   The wastes of concern are  solvents  and
 wastes oils that could percolate to ground water and run off  into  surface
 water.  Tests conducted  by the  State detected PC3s and carbon  tetrachloride
 in soil.

      In January 1983,  the Burlington Northern Railroad and the Crow wing
 County Electrical Coop removed  the wastes for which they believed  they
 were responsible.   The State  is planning further ground water  and  soil
 sampling to determine  the extent of the contamination.

      About 1,100 people  use wells within 3 miles of the site as a  source
 of drinking water.

      Status (January 1986):   Under a cooperative agreement with EPA,  the
 State is planning for a  remedial- investigation/feasibility study to
 determine the type  and extent of contamination at the site and identify
 alternatives for remedial action.
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                       EAST BETHEL DEMOLITION LANDFILL
                       East Bethel Township, Minnesota

      Conditions  at listing (September 1985);  The East Bethel Demolition
 Landfill covers  about 60 acres in East Bethel Township in north central
 Anoka County,  Minnesota.  The surrounding area is populated with  farms
 and new single-family hones.   Approximately 3,400 people live within  3 miles.

      In the  late 1960s,  the landfill operated as a dump.  -In October  1971,
 the Minnesota  Pollution  Control Agency (MPCA) issued a permit to  the
 Sylvester Brothers Development Co. to operate a sanitary landfill on  the
 site.  In recent years,  the landfill has accepted only demolition'waste.
 MPCA files  indicate that the equivalent of approximately 4,400 drums  of
 hazardous industrial wastes and contaminated soils were buried in the
 landfill in  1974.   MPCA  is currently updating the landfill's permit.
 Waste also has been deposited in wetlands associated with Neds Lake.

      The landfill is located on the Anoka Sand Plain, a shallow sand
 aquifer which  provides drinking water to a few residents in the area.
 The aquifer  is contaminated with organic compounds, including chloroform
 and 1,1,1-trichloroe.thane, as well as arsenic, according to analyses
 conducted by a consultant to East Bethel Demolition Landfill.  The majority
 of residents use a deeper aquifer.  A relatively impermeable material is
 between these  two aquifers, which are approximately 1,000 feet south  of
 the landfill.

      Status  (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives  for  the
 site.
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                          FREEWAY SANITARY LANDFILL •
                            Burnsville, Minnesota

       Conditions at listing (September 1985):  Freeway Sanitary Landfill
  covers 126 acres in the City of Burnsville, Dakota County,  Minnesota.
  Dakota County permitted this landfill in 1971 co accept  1,962  acre-feet
  of household, ccmmercial, demolition, and nonhazardous industrial  waste.
  The permit prohibits disposal of liquids and hazardous v«stes.   However,
  local industries have told the Minnesota Pollution Control  Agency  (MPCA)
  that heavy metals (including lead), acids, and bases r*ere accepted by
  the facility.

       Richard B. McGowan Co. owns and has been the sole permittee of
  the Freeway Sanitary Landfill.  On Aug. 24, 1979, the company  applied  for
  a permit for a 3-million-cubic-yard vertical expansion of this landfill.
  The application is still outstanding, and the currently  permitted  area is
  nearing capacity.  The State has delayed action on the application to
  study the possible effects of the landfill on Burnsville1s  wells located
  4,000 feet to the south.  The well field serves about 36,000 people.
  In October 1984, volatile organic chemicals were detected in on-site
  monitoring wells.  __•

       A second concern about operations of the landfill is the  possible'
  effects of leachate, which contains metals, on a proposed barge slip
  (now an active quarry)  located 125 feet v*est of the landfill.   The State
  is also assessing the hydrogeologic changes expected under  the landfill
  caused by construction of the barge slip.

       A third concern is the active quarry south of Freeway  Sanitary Landfill
  which is dewatered and creates an artificial ground water sink. The State
  is assessing the effects of leachate generation at Freeway  Sanitary
  Landfill if the dewatering operations are discontinued in the  quarry.

       A fourth concern is the possible effects of Freeway Sanitary  Landfill
  on the Minnesota River/ 400 feet nortJv of the site, both from  indirect
  discharge through the soil and the proposed barge slip.,  and from direct
  discharge through the drainage way east of the landfill.  Additional
  investigation of the surface water and bottom sediments  of  the Minnesota
  River may be necessary.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various  alternatives
  for the site.
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                        KOCH REFINING CO./N-REN CORP.
                             Pine Bend, Minnesota

      Conditions  at listing (October 1984):  The Koch Refining Co./N-Ren
 Corp. Site covers  50 square miles in the Pine Bend area  (cities of  Inver
 Grove Heights  and  Rosemount) in Milie Lacs County, Minnesota.   In 1972,
 the State made an  extensive investigation of wells in and near  the
 site, which  is now an industrial park.  The investigation indicated that
 persistent seepage from holding ponds, lagoons, and spent bauxite piles
 on property  owned  by Koch and N-Ren was contaminating ground water  with
 lead -and phenols.   Koch and N-Reh have now either closed or  upgraded and
 obtained proper  State permits for their operations.

      About 1,600 people, as well as a school serving 2,600 students
 daily, use wells within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.

      Status"  (January 1986):  On Oct. 22, 1985, the State entered into  a
 Consent .Agreement  with Koch Refining Co. 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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                              KIJMMER SANITARY  LANDFILL
                                 Bemidji, Minnesota

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):   The Kumtner  Sanitary Landfill,
  in Bemidji,  Beltrana County, Minnesota, accepted municipal wastes while
  it was in operation from 1971 to 1984. • There is no evidence that this
  privately-owned sanitary landfill accepted liquid  and hazardous waste.

       Monitoring wells on the property and nearby residential wells are
  contaminated with chlorinated organic compounds.   Analyses conducted by
  the State show that chloroform, trichloroethylene, methylene chloride,
  and other chemicals are present in shallow ground  water wells'.   An
  estimated 14,700  people use wells from two sand aquifers for drinking
  water.  A layer of sandy clay that may be permeable separates the aquifers,
  which are within  3 miles of the site.  Hence, there is  a potential for
  wells into the deeper aquifer to be affected.

       Status (January 1986):   In May 1985, under a  cooperative agreement
  with EPA,  the State began a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
  determine the type and extent of contamination at  the site- and identify
  alternatives for  remedial action.  In July 1985, the  cooperative agreement
  was amended to fund the design and construction of an alternate water
  supply for residents of the northern townships.  The  alternate water supply
  is currently being designed.               •—-.._          ~'•'•
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                            KURT MANUFACTURING CO.
                              Fridley, Minnesota

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Kurt Manufacturing Co.
 Site occupies about 10 acres in Fridley, Anoka County,  Minnesota,  approxi-
 mately 1 mile east of the Mississippi River.  The  site  is  in an industrial,
 commercial, and residential area.  Over 163,000 people  live within 3
 miles of the site.  Since 1960, the company has manufactured precision
 computer components on the property.

       Soil/ monitoring wells, and a production well an-site are contami-
 nated by tetrachloroethylene, cis-l,2-dichloroethylene, and trichloro-
 ethylene,  according to tests conducted by the State. The St.  Peter Sand-
 stone, Jordan Sandstone^ and other neighboring aquifers are hot known to
 be contaminated at this time.  The source of contamination is believed to
 be a shavings bin collection pit beneath a loading dock on the site.

       On  April 23,  1984, the State issued a Request for  Response Action
 under Minnesota Superfund to Kurt Manufacturing.   The action requires the
 company  to conduct a remedial investigation and a  feasibility study, as
 well as  to develop a remedial action plan and implement it.

       Status (January 1986);  Kurt 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 final
 remedial investigation report was approved in October 1985.
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                          FORT WAYNE REDUCTION DUMP
                             Fort Wayne, Indiana

       Conditions  at listing (October 1984):  The  Fort  Wayne Seduction Dump
  lies  on  a 35-acre site in Fort Wayne, Allen County,  Indiana.   National
  Recycling Corp.  began operations at the site in  1967.   Until  1976, it was
  used  as  a landfill with minimal recovery of wastes.   Among the wastes
  accepted for disposal were volatile industrial liquids,  2,4-dimethylphenol,
  methylene chloride, arsenic, and sludges  (sewage,  paints,  varnishes, etc.).

       Ground  water immediately adjacent to the site is contaminated with
  arsenic,-henzene,. chloroethane, ethylbenzene, and  methylene .chloride,
  according to tests conducted by EPA.  The River  Haven housing development
  (estimated population 400) is within 3 miles of  the site.   Maumee River
  puns  immediately to the north.  An estimated 1,100 people  living south of
  the river use wells within 3 miles of the site as  a source of drinking
  water.

       Status  (January 1986);  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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                      COLUMBUS OLD MUNICIPAL LANDFILL #1
                              Columbus,  Indiana

       Conditions at listing  (September  1985):   The Columbus Old Municipal
  Landfill *1 covers 10  to  12 acres  on the East Fork of the '/vhite River in
  Columbus, Barthalcmew  County,  Indiana.   Fran  the early 1950s through the
  late'1960s, the city operated  the  landfill, accepting municipal waste and
  about 3.5 million gallons of  industrial wastes.  It had no permits.
  According to a waste generator,  Cummins Engines Co., the industrial wastes
  included solvents, acids, bases, paints, PCBs, and heavy metals.  After
  closing the old landfill, Columbus opened a new landfill.

       The old landfill  is  unlined and in permeable soils.  It is covered
  with a permeable layer of sand and gravel on  which grass has grown.
  Wastes were deposited  on  the surface,  and the site forms a low barrier
  between the surrounding farmlands  and  the river.  Ground water is
  contaminated with lead and  chromium, according to tests conducted by
  EPA in August 1985.  The  geology and location of tho site-.are such that
  area surface water is  threatened.

       About 31,000 people  depend  on wells within 3 miles of the site as a
  source of drinking water.  The White River,  100 feet from the site, is a
  prime fishing stream.

       The land is privately  owned and is now leased to an individual who
  operates waste oil storage  tanks on the site.

       Status (January 1986): EPA is considering various alternatives for
  the site.
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                                         CORP.
                            ara, California

           Conditions at lisber 1984) t  National Semiconductor Corp.
     nanufdctures electronlt at a plant in Santa Clara,  Santa Clara
     County, California,   ry occupies about 50 acres and is
     surrounded by residentftrial, and business areas.

        .  Monitoring wells -e are contaminated with vinyl chloride,
     trichloroethylene, ancloroethylene, according to analyses
     conducted by a consulttional Semiconductor Corp.  Contamination
     is believed to have rgom leaking underground storage tanks.   The
     same  contaminants hav$ected in monitoring wells off  the  facility.
     About 300,000 people cgrc-und water within 3 miles of the site as
     a  source of drinking u.

          National  Semiconcs taken the leaking tanks out of service
        is working  with  tfmia Regional Water Quality Control Board
            . to cietecmine nt of ground water contamination.

          This is one of ;in the South Ray Area of San Francisco.
      ,iiil;ies at these, si used a variety of toxic chemicals,
    primarily chlorinated solvents, which contaminate a common ground
    water  basin. '  Althougpites are listed separately, EPA intends  to
    apply  an area-wide app the problem as well as take specific
    action as necessary.

        .Status (February  Under the direction of CRwnCB,  the  company
   has commenced a  progr/roping and treating the ground water  to
   contain the plume whi.'emedial investigation is underway.   CRWOCB,
   in conjunction with EJhe California Department of Health Services,
   is overseeing the varsponse actions,

        EPA believes tha/ be possible to clean up this site under
   authorities  of  the Re£onservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).  This
   site remains in propotus until EPA implements the appropriate
  elements of  its  final1 for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
  then applies the polirhis site.
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                   OPERATING INDUSTRIES, INC., LANDFILL
                        Monterey Park, California

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Operating Industries,  Inc.,
 operated a landfill on a 190-acre site in  the City of Monterey Park,
 Los Angeles County, California. ' The Operating  Industries,  Inc.,  Site
 includes a 45-acre northern section Which was separated from the  southern
 145-acre section by the Pomona Freeway in  the 1960s.  EPA has  evidence
 that indicates that the original landfill  included at least a  portion of
 the 45-acre northern section and the 145-acre southern section.   From
 1948 to 1983, solid and liquid wastes were disposed of in various  areas
 of the site.  Some of the wastes were hazardous.

      Leachate generated by the landfill contains vinyl chloride,  benzene-
 type compounds, tetrachloroethylene, heavy metals, and other contaminants,
 according to analyses conducted by the Los Angeles County Sanitation
 District (IACSD), the California Department of  Health Services (CA DCHS),
 and the company.  During July 1983, the South Coast Air Quality Management
 District (SCAQMD) detected vinyl chloride exceeding ambient standards in
 the air at and around the landfill, which is adjacent to  a  large  residen-
 tial community.

      About 23,000 people use ground water within 3 miles  of the site  as  a
 source of drinking water.

      The company acquired Interim Status when it filed Part A  of  a permit
 Application under the Resource Conservation and Recovery  Act (RCRA).
 The company submitted a draft plan for closing  the landfill under RCRA,
 but CA DCHS, in conjunction with other State agencies and EPA,  determined
 that the plan had numerous deficiencies, most notably the failure  to  (1)
 provide financial assurance requirements for closure  and  (2) develop  an
 adequate plan for monitoring ground water and for  collecting and disposing
 of leachate.  The company has not submitted complete  and  adequate  closure
 and postclosure documents.

      SCACMD, CA DCHS, and the Los Angeles County Department of Health
 Services have taken enforcement actions against the facility.

      Status  (February 1986):  EPA collected gas samples in  November 1984,
 from 16 subsurface probes located in an adjacent housing  development.
 Some of these samples confirmed the presence of methane and vinyl  chloride
 in subsurface soils.  Interior home samples collected in  November  1984
 had low levels of methane and nondetectable levels of vinyl chloride.
 Elevated levels of methane and vinyl chloride were also detected in a
 home adjacent to the landfill in.October 1985.

      EPA installed six monitoring wells around  the landfill in December
 1984, and January 1985.   Water samples collected from these wells  quarterly
 since March 1985 have been found to contain organic chemicals  and  trace
 metals.
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      Interim measures are being planned at the site to stabilize and
 control the  landfill until a full-scale remedial investigation is
 coipleted.   These actions include slope stabilization and upgrading of
 existing gas leachate collection systems.  Fran October 1985 to February
 1986, EPA trucked leachate to an off-site treatment facility.  The State
 of California is  currently hauling the leachate.
                                                                                 •

      In July 1985,  EPA started planning for a comprehensive remedial
 investigation to  determine the nature and extent of the problems
 associated with the landfill.  When the investigation is complete, various
 alternatives to remedy the problems will be evaluated in a feasibility
 study.

      This site is being placed on the NFL at this time because the
 potentially  responsible party declined to initiate -work and CEFCLA-funded
 remedial activities are underway.  Thus, the site meets one of the require-
 ments of EPA's policy for placing PCRA-related sites on the NPL.
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                               PRECISION MONOLITHIC, INC.
                                 Santa  Clara,  California

            Conditions at listing  (October 1984);   Precision Monolithic, Inc.,
       manufactures linear  integrated  circuits for the electronics industry at a
       plant in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County,  California.  The facility
       occupies 0.4 acres and  is surrounded by residential and industrial areas.

            Monitoring wells on  the site are contaminated with 1,1,1-trichloro-
       ethane, trichloroethylene,  and  1,1-dichloroethylene, according to analyses
       conducted by a consultant to Precision Monolithic.  Contamination is
       believed to have resulted from  leaking tanks.  About 88,000 people depend
       on ground water within "3  miles  of the site  as a source of drinking water.

            The company is  currently working with  the California Regional Water
       Quality Control Board to  determine the extent of the contamination.

            This is one of  19  sites in the South  Ray Area of San Francisco.
       Facilities at these  sites have  used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
       chlorinated organic  solvents, which contaminate a conmon 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 public comments, EPA has
       revised the site's score  on the Hazard Ranking System, which EPA uses
       to assess sites for  the NPL.  The revised score is below the cutoff point
       EPA has established  to  include  a  site on the NPL.  Hence the Precision
       Monolithic, Inc., Site  is being dropped from consideration for the NPL
       at this time.
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                               RAXTHECN CORP.
                         Mountain View, California

      Conditions at listing (October  1984):  .Raytheon Corp. manufactures
 semiconductor products at a plant  in Mountain  View,  Santa Clara County,
 California.  The facility occupies about  30 acres, and is surrounded by
 industrial, business, and residential areas.

      Soil and ground water beneath the site are  contaminated with tri-
 chloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and  1,1-  and  trans-1,2-dichloro-
 ethylene solvents, according to analyses  conducted by a consultant to
 Raytheon.  Contamination is believed to have resulted fron a leaking
 underground chemical storage tank and/or  concrete  acid neutralization
 sumps.  About 270,000 people depend  on ground  water  within 3 miles of
 the site as a source of drinking water.

      In late-1982, Raytheon conducted an  investigation to determine if
 downgradient ground water contamination near the north property boundary
 resulted fron a source on its property.   Raytheon  concluded that it was
 not possible to establish a specific source of contamination based on
 data obtained from its investigation.  At present, Raytheon is working
 with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board to determine the
 full extent of the problem.

      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  camion 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 an  attempt to determine the full extent of
 ground water contamination/ Raytheon has  installed three wells to pump and
 treat ground water to contain the contaminated plume.

      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 activities at facilities under its
 jurisdiction.

      On Aug. 15, 1985, EPA issued a  CERCLA Administrative Order on Consent
 to Raytheon Corp.'s Mountain View  Plant,  as well as  to Fairchild Camera's
 and Intel Corp.'s Mountain View Plants.   The order calls for the three
 companies to conduct a joint remedial investigation/feasibility study of
 the area to determine the type and extent of contamination and identify
 alternatives for remedial action.
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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 0.1 acres  in East Palo Alto, Santa Clara
 County, California.   It  is surrounded by residential a.nd industrial
 areas.
      The sitis was  first  proposed '.for listing under the name "Zoecon Corp./
 Rhone-Poulenc,  Inc.".

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

      ••Monitoring  wells  on the site  are contaminated with arsenic and other
 metals such as  lead, cadmium,  mercury, and selenium, according to analyses
 conducted hy a consultant  to Rhone-Poulenc.   Contamination is 'relieved to
 have resulted from leaking underground storage tanks.  About 53,000
 people depend on ground  water  within 3 miles of the site as a source of
 drinking water.

      Rhone-Poulenc is  -working  with the California -Regional Water Cuality
 Control Board to determine the extent of ground water contamination.  The
 hoard issued a Clean-up  and Abatement Order to the company in December
 1983.

    The plant has received  part B of its application for a permit under the
 Resource Conservation  and  Recovery Act (3C3A).

      This is one of  19 sites in the South ?ay 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 19B6); In response to the Clean-up and Abatement
 Order issued to  the  companies  in  December 1983, Zoeccn and Rhone-Poulenc
 initiated action to determine  the  extent of contamination.  The companies
 submitted a remedial action plan  to the California Regional Water Cuality
 Control Board in December  1984. The board is working with the companies
 to select and implement  an appropriate remedial action plan.

      This site remains in  proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
 elements of its  final  policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
 then applies the policy  to this site.
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                       SAN FERNANDO VALLEY  (AREA  1)
                         Los Angeles, California
                                                     i
      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  San  Fernando  Valley (Area 1)
 is an area of  contaminated ground water in the vicinity of  the -Vorth Holly-
 wood section of the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles  County, California.
 This area is part of  the San Fernando Valley -Basin, a natural  underground
 reservoir that represents an important source o£ drinking water for at
 least 3 million people in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.   The  contami-
 nated ground water,-which underlies an area of approximately 5,156 acres,
 contains trichlorceth'ylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE),  and  to a
 lesser extent, carbon tetrachloride and chloroform, according  to analyses
 conducted by the California Department of Health Services,  as  well as
 numerous local government agencies..  The State's recommended" drinking
 water guideline for TCE and PCE (:5 and 4 parts per  billion  respectively)
 are exceeded in a number of public wells in this area. To  alleviate this
 contamination, wells  are either taken out of service  or blended with
 water from clean sources to ensure that the public  receives water  with
 TCE/PCE concentrations below the State's guidelines.

      Status (January  1986);  EPA and the Los Angeles  Department of vjater
 and Power are  entering into a cooperative agreement for a remedial
 investigation  of the  San Fernando Valley Basin and  a  feasibility study
 targeted at Area 1, the most contaminated area.  The  RI is  scheduled to
 begin in early 1986.
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                        SAN FERNANDO VALLEY (AREA .2)
                      Los Angeles/Glendale, California

      Conditions at  Listing (October 1984);  San Fernando Valley  (Area  2)
 is  an area of contaminated ground water located in  the vicinity  of  the
 Crystal Springs Well Field in the Cities of Los Angeles and  Glencale,  Los
 Angeles County, California.  This area is part of the San  Fernando  Valley
 Basin,  a  natural underground reservoir that represents an  important
 source of drinking  water for at least 3 million people in  the  Los Angeles
 metropolitan  area.   The contaminated ground water,  which underlies  an
 area  of approximately' 6,680 acre's, contains trichloroethylene  (TCE) and
 perchloroethylene (PCS), according to.tests conducted by the California
 Department of Health Services, as well as numerous  local government
 agencies.-  The State's recommended drinking water guidelines- Eor TCE and
 PCE (5 and 4  parts  per billion respectively) are exceeded  in a number  of
 public wells  in this area.  To alleviate this contamination, wells  are
 either taken  out of service or blended with water from clean sources to
 ensure that the public receives water with TCS/PCE  concentrations below
 the State's guidelines.

      Status (January 1986);  EPA and the Los Anyeles Department  of  Water
 and Power are entering into a cooperative agreement for a  remedial
 investigation of the San Fernando Valley Basin and  a feasibility study
 targeted  at Area 1, the most contaminated area.  The RI is scheduled to
 begin in  early 1986.
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                        SAN FERNANDO VALLEY (AREA 3)
                            Glendale, California

      Conditions at listing (October 1984):  San Fernando Valley (Area 3)
 is an area of  contaminated ground water in the vicinity of  the  Glorietta
 Well  Field in  the City of Glendale, Los Angeles County, California.   This
 area  is part of the San Fernando Valley Basin, a natural underground
 reservoir that represents an important source of drinking water for  at
 least 3 million people in the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  The  contami-
 nated ground water, which underlies an area of approximately 5,200 acres,
 contains trichloroethylene (TCE) and perchloroethylene (PCE), according
 to tests conducted by the California Department of  Health Services,  as
 well  as numerous local government agencies.  The State's recommended
 drinking water guidelines for TCE and PCE (5 and 4  parts per" billion
 respectively)  are exceeded in a number of public wells in this  area.  To
 alleviate this contamination, wells are either taken out of service  or
 blended with water from clean sources to ensure that the public receives
 water with TCE/PCE concentrations below the State's guidelines.

    •  Staeus"tJanuary 1986);  EPA and the Los Anyeles Department of toter
 and Power are  entering into a cooperative agreement for.a remedial
 investigation  of the San Fernando Valley Basin and  a feasibility study
Targeted at Area 1, the most contaminated area-.  The RI is  scheduled to
 begin in early 1986.
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                        SAN  FERNANDO VALLEY  (AREA 4)
                          Los Angeles, California

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984):   San Fernando Valley (Area 4)
 is an area of contaminated  ground water  in  the  Pollock Well Field area in
 the City of Los Angeles, Los Angeles County,  California.  The  area is
 part of the San Fernando Valley 8asin, a natural underground reservoir
 that represents an important source of drinking water for  at least
 3 million people in  the Los Angeles metropolitan area.  The contaminated
 ground water, which  underlies an area of approximately 5,360 acres,
 contains perchloroethylene  (PCS), according to  tests  conducted by the
 California Department of Health Services, as  well as  numerous  local
 government agencies.  The State's recommended drinking water guideline
 for PCE (4 parts per bil-lion) is exceeded in  a  number of public wells Ln
 this area.  To alleviate this contamination,  wells are either  taken  out
 of service or blended' with  water from clean sources to ensure  that the
 public receives water with  concentrations below the State's guideline.

      Status (January 19R6);  EP^ and the Los  -\rvjeles  Department 06 Water
 and Power are entering into.a .cooperative agreement for a  remedial
 investigation of the San Fernando Valley Basin  and a  feasibility study
 targeted at Area I,  the most contaminated area.  The  RI is scheduled to
 begin in early 198fi.
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                                 SIGNETICS,  INC.
                              Sunnyvale,  California

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

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

      Signetics removed the leaking tanks and excavated contaminated soil
 from the. facility.  The  company is working  with  the California Regional
 l«ter Quality Control Board to determine the extent o£ rjround water
 contamination.  The lioard issued' a Cleanup  and  Abatement Order to the
 company in June
    The plant received Interim Status  under th"!" "Resource Conservation" and
 Recovery Act (RCPA) when the 'company  filed Part  A of its permit application.

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

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

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

       Conditions at listing  (October  1984);   Portions of Alviso, California,
  located in north Santa Clara County  on  the  southern edge of the San
  Francisco Bay, served as dumping areas  for  over 30 years.  Companies
  disposed of asbestos waste  in an old municipal landfill.  In addition,
  asbestos waste was used for fill material at various locations throughout
  the town.
                                                                            I
       The site was first proposed for listing under the name "Alviso
  EXmping Areas."

       Soil in the old landfill and around homes contains asbestos,
  according to tests conducted by the  State.   Construction activities and
  wind action stir up asbestos-laden dust, posing a potential health risk
  to residents.  EPA and the  State plan  to continue sampling the soil and
  air throughout the 1-square-mile area  to determine the degree of risk to
  public health.

       Evening winds may _transport asbestos to the San Francisco Bay
  National Wildlife Refuge /" which borders the town and harbors several
  endangered species.

       Status (January 1986):  In July 1985,  EPA entered into an Interagency
  Agreement with the rj.S. Army Corps of  Engineers to conduct a remedial
  investigation/feasibility study to determine the extent of contamination
  at the site and identify alternatives  for remedial action.  The remedial
  investigation is scheduled  to begin  in the  spring of 1986.

       In October 1985,  two areas of the  town were paved to prevent exposure
  of residents to potentially significant levels of asbestos fibers.
  Additional measures- are being considered to further reduce exposures to
  asbestos fibers.
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                     SOUTHERN  PACIFIC TRANSPORTATION CO.
                           Roseville, California

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

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

      According to investigations conducted  by Southern Pacific, soil and
 ground water, both  on- and off-site,  are contaminated with heavy metals
 and organic solvents.  About LO domestic wells supply drinking water to
 fl'pproximateLy ^0 people Living  within 3  miles o£ t'n^ site.  Those wells
 ar-3 heLieved to draw from an uncontaininated, Lower aquifer.  In addition,
 water from a large-volume municipal well,  located within'3/080 feet
 downgradient of the facility, is blended into a water system serving
 about 34,000 people.

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

      Status (January 1986):  Southern Pacific has complied with the Section
 3008 Order.  In March 19.85,  EPA issued a PCRA Section 3013 Order requiring
 the company to undertake a sampling and  analysis program.   Southern
 Pacific has submitted a workplan which is  being reviewed by EPA, the
 California Department of Health Services, and the California Regional
 Water Duality Control Board.

      This site remains in proposed status until EPA adopts its final policy
 with respect to placing RCRA-related sites  on the MPL and then applies
 the policy to this  site.
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                               TELEDYNE SEMICONDUCTOR
                             (Mountain View, California

      Conditions  at  listing  (October 1984);   Teledyne Semiconductor has
 manufactured semiconductors on  a 1-acre site in Mountain View, Santa
 Clara County, California, since 1962.   In December 1932, Teledyne reported
 to the California Regional  water Ouality Control Board that soil and
 ground water near an underground solvent storage tank were contaminated
 with solvents,  including trichloroethylene.   An investigation in June
 1984 revealed that  the contaminants had migrated to the north and affected
 approximately 50 private domestic -wells.  Local agencies and the company
 have provided alternative sources of drinking water for the affected
 residences.  About  116,000  people depend on  ground water within 3 miles
 of the site as a source-of  drinking water.

      The company is working with'the California Regional Water Ouality
 Control rV-jard to determine  the  extent of the contamination and to develop
 interim hydraulic controls  to prevent further migration of the contaminants.

      The facility received  Interim Status under P.he 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 Pan Francisco.
 Facilities at these sites have  used a variety of toxic chemicals, primarily
 chlorinated organic solvents, which contaminate a common ground water
 basin.  Although these sites are listed separately/ EPA intends to apply
 an area-wide approach to the problem as well as take specific action as
 necessary.

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

      This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
 elements of  its  final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
 then applies the policy  to  this site.
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                    T.  H.  AGRICULTURE AND NUTRITION CO.
                             Fresno, California

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1984);  T. H. Agriculture and Nutrition
Co. operated a pesticide-formulating facility on about 2.5 acres near
Fresno,  Fresno County, California, from 1962 until 1981.  Other companies
had  formulated pesticides on the site from 1950 to 1962.  During the 1950s
and  1960s,  on-site  landfills were used for disposal of empty containers,
facility  trash,  and other wastes generated from the pesticide-formulation
operations, including  pesticide-laden clays from cleaning of equipment.

     This site was  first  proposed for listing under the name "Thompson-
Hayward Chemical Co."  Thcmpson-Hayward Chemical Co. changed its name  to
T.H. Agriculture and Nutrition Co. in 1981.

     Sampling conducted by the company and the California (Department of
Health  Services  detected  pesticides in soil and ground water at the site.
A Cleanup and Abatement Order issued by the California Regional Water
Duality Control  Board  has directed the company to excavate contaminated
soil and determine  the extent of ground water contamination. ' tn response-,
the company has  excavated 14,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil, and has
undertaken  sampling to characterize soil contamination, monitor ground
water,  and  characterize the hydrology beneath the site.

     Status (January 1986);  The company has conducted some  initial ground
water studies on-site  and has proposed an on-site ground water extraction
and  treatment system.  The California Department of Health Services has
ordered  the company to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study
and  to  develop an alternative drinking water supply program.
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                          VAN WATERS &  ROGERS,  INC.
                             San  Jose,  California

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

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

      Van Waters s Rogers is working with the California Regional Water
 Duality Control Board  to determine the extent  of jround water contamination.

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

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

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

      This site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
 elements of  its final  policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL and
 then applies the policy to  this site.
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                   WESTINGHOfJSE ELECTRIC CORP.  (SUNNYVALE PLANT)
                            Sunnyvale, California

        Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Westinchouse  Electric Corp.
  formerly manufactured electrical transformers at a  plant covering 75
  acres in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara County, California.   The facility is
  surrounded by residential, industrial, and business areas.

       Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated  with PCBs  and dichloro-,
  trichloro-, and tetrachlorobenzene, according to analyses  conducted by a
  consultant to Westinghouse.  Contamination is believed  to  have  resulted
  from a leaking PCS storage tank and from localized  spills. - About 300,000
  people depend on ground water within 3 miles of the site as a source of
  drinking water.

       Westinghouse has removed the leaking tanks and is  working  with the
  California Regional Water Quality Control Board to  determine  the extent
  of soil and ground water contamination.

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

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

    Conditions at  listing  (October 1984);  The Eagle Mine and its  tailings
piles, previously owned by  the  New Jersey Zinc Co. and Qjlf and Western
Industries, cover  110 acres in  Ragle County, Colorado, between the
towns of Minturn and Pencil".   About 1,300 people live within 3 miles
of  the tailings.

     The company's  predecessors began purchasing mines in the area in
1912 and immediately began  production.  A merger in 1938 resulted  in New
Jersey Zinc owning  the  mine.  Zinc mining and milling operations ceased
on  Dec. 30, 1977.   Silver mining continued intermittently thereafter.
The mine is now shut down completely and owned by Miller Enterprises.

     Two major tailings piles exist on the site.  The old tailings pond
was abandoned in 194fi when  it reached capacity.   A new tailings pond was
constructed about  0.5 miles south where Cross Creek and Eagle River meet.
Approximately 7 million tons of tailings remaining in the disposal areas
.are owned by  ^ttlemouncain Corp.  Several other smaller tailings piles
are located on National Forest  land nearby, and  tailings have been
dumped in areas  in  the  Eagle River floodplain.

     In the summer  of 19R4,  FPA used CEPCLA emergency funds to remove
transformers  containing PC3s that had been placed in the mine.  The
transformers  were  threatened by rising water levels in the mine after
dewatering pumps were turned off.

     Status (January 1986):  The mine is now filling with water, and
acidic metal-laden .mine water may overflow into  the river in the near
future.

     Gulf and Western has begun studies to determine concentrations of
various metals in-surface water and ground water, as well as to gather
data on whether leacnate from the tailings can reach the Minturn drinking
water wells.

     The State has  filed a  natural resource damage suit under CERCLA
against the site owner.  As part of the litigation, the State has
collected data on water quality impacts of the various sources and has
developed a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the
type and extent of  contamination at the site and identify alternatives
for the action.  The trial  is scheduled for April 1986.

     This mining site is being  placed on the NPL at this time because it
is a nonccal  site with  mining operations that occurred after Aug. 3,
1977, the enactment date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act (SMCRA).  Thus,  it  is neither regulated by SMCRA nor eligible for
funds from the SMCRA Abandoned  Mine Land Reclamation Program.
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                             SMUGGLER MOUNTAIN
                          Pitkin County, Colorado

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984);  The Smuggler Mountain Site
covers approximately 75 acres in the vicinity of Aspen, Pitkin County,
Colorado.  The site includes many old silver and lead mines that were
most active between L379 and 1920.  Little mining is .conducted at present.  .
The primary concern is toxic metals contained in mine wastes, mill tailings,
and smelter by-products. Some of these wastes have been or Tiay be used
as fill material  for building foundations or street/road construction.  A
potential health  hazard exists through direct contact- and airborne, water-
borne; or food-chain exposure to the high concentrations of toxic metals,
especially lead.  An EPA site investigation found elevated concentrations
of cadmium, copper, and zinc in wells near the site.  High concentrations
of toxic metals,  including  more than 20,000 parts per million of lead,
have been measured  in the soils and tailings on the site.  Previously,
investigators at  the Colorado State University Extension Service measured
high concentrations of lead in leafy green vegetables grown in contami-
nated soils.

     Approximately  4,500 full-time residents of the community may be exposed.

     Status (January 1986):  Under a Consent Agreement with EPA,.the
potentially responsible parties are conducting a-.remedial investigation/-	
feasibility study under CF1FCLA to determine the type and extent of con-
tamination at the site and  identify alternatives for remedial action.

     This mining  site is being placed on the NPL at this time because it
is a noncoal site with mining operations that occurred after Aug. 3,
1977, the enactment, date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act (SMCRA).  Thus,'it is neither regulated by SMCRA nor eligible for
funds from the SMCRA Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program.
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               URAVAN URANIUM  PROJECT.(UNION CARBIDE CORP.)
                             Uravan,  Colorado

     Conditions at listing  (October 19H4);   Union Carbide Corp.'s Uravan
Uranium Project includes  the Town of  Uravan  in a remote,  sparsely settled
portion of Montrose County, Colorado.   The site is on the San Miguel
River 5 miles upstream of where  it meets the Dolores River.  The facility
began as a radium-recovery  operation  in 19L5 and was expanded to include
vanadium recovery in  1935.  Union Carbide established the Town of Uravan
in 1935 to provide housing  for the mine and  mill workers.  -Except for  the
schools, the town is owned  by  Union Carbide.

     As radium recovery became uneconomic, the mill began recovery of
uranium in the 1940s, first for  national defense and later for nuclear
power applications.  Past activities  have been highly variable due to
fluctuation in demand.  There  is little activity at the plant now due  to
the depressed uranium and vanadium markets.

     Federal and State agencies  have  inspected (-.his facility many tiroes
and have brought action ayainst  f'nion  Carbide for numerous permit'
violations and hazardous material spills.  These efforts .have establishe.1
that ground water and air at the site  are contaminated with process
wastes, including uranium,  from  the milling  operations.

     Status (January 19R6);  The Colorado State Health Department is
currently reviewing'the mill's application to renew its operating license.
The State has filed a lawsuit  against  Union  Carbide seeking recovery for
damages to natural resources.

     This mining site is being placed  on the NPL at this  time because  it
is a noncoal site with mining  operations that occurred after Aug. 3,
1977, the enactment date of the  Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act (SMCRA).  Thus,  it  is neither regulated  by SMCRA nor eligible for
funds from the SMCRA Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program.
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                             HALBY CHEMICAL CO.
                            New Castle,  Delaware

     Conditions at  listing  (September 1985):  Halhy Chemical Co. was  a
manufacturing  facility whose primary product was ammonium thiocyanate.
 In the early 1970s, Witco Chemical Co.  acquired the operation,  then sold
 it to Brandywine Chemical Co.  in 1977.   Currently, Brandywine stores
 finished products  for distribution en the site.

     From the  late  1940s  to August 1977, a waste water  lagoon was  in  use
behind the plant near the Wilmington Marine Ter-iinal in Mew Castle, New
Castle County, Delaware.  The lagoon was approximately  2  feet deep,
covered  1.5 acres,.and drained into the Lobdell Canal and the.Christina
River.

     High levels of various organic and inorganic substances, including
 trichloroethylene,  tetrachloroethylene, arsenic, cyanide, and lead, are
present  in water and sediment samples from the lagoon, according to EPA.
 EPA detected thiocyanate.in the ground  water underlying the site.
 Four municipal .wells are part of an interconnected system that  supplies
approximately  150,000. people, living 2 to 3 miles from the site.

     Status..(January 198K) :  EPA has assessed the site and determined
 that an  imnediate  removal  is not warranted at this time.
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                          CITY INDUSTRIES,  INC.
                             Orlando,  Florida

     Conditions at listing  (October  1984);   The  City Industries, Inc.,
Site covers l.acre in Orlando, Orange  County, Florida.   From 1971 to
mid-August  1933, the company operated  a  recycling and  transferring
facility on the site, handling a wide  variety of chlorinated and non-
chlorinated organic solvents, paint/vamish wastes,  acid and alkaline
plating wastes, PC?s, and waste  ink.   According  to tests conducted
by EPA, ground water, soils, and sediments  are contaminated with heavy
metals and volatile organic compounds.

     The company abandoned  the operation in mid-1933 ,  leaving approxi-
mately 1,200 drums- and  1-2,000 gallons  of unknown liquids and -sludges in
large holding tanks.  In August  1983,  the State  funded  and  oversaw a
cleanup of  the site by  a contractor.   In the cleanup,  41 tons of drums •
were crushed and removed and fo  truck  and tanker loads  of contaminants
were disposed of properly.  The  cost was S950,non.
     In rtjhruary 1QK«1, SPA  issued an  Administrative Order • under CHSCILA
requiring City  Industries to clean  sludge  from holding tanks, remove
contaminated soils, and treat contaminated ground water.   The order was
not complied with.  In March through  May  19R4, using about S500,non of
CERLCA emergency -funds, EPA emptied,  cut open, and cleaned the holding
tanks, thus removing the threat of  explosion  and  further  soil contami-
nation.  EPA's emergency team and its contractors used an incineration
device to treat about 1,700 tons of contaminated  soil. The treated soil
remains on the site.

     The State has .identified 70 to 75  potentially responsible waste
generators.  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 the generators.

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

     Status (January 1986);  The number of generators has grown to about
250.  The generators' steering committee comprising approximately 200
industries has worked with  the State  during a remedial investigation of
ground water contamination.  EPA is reviewing data from this investigation.

     This site remains in proposed  status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the MPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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                            DAVIDSON LUMBER CO.
                            South Miami, Florida

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1984);  The Davidson Lumber Co.
Site covers 18 acr^s on Coral  way in South Miami, Dad*3 County, Florida.
From 1942 until  it  was  abandoned in December 1931, the site had a
number of owners and operators, includinn r^vidson Lonoer Co. , Seaboard-
Systems  Railroad, Inc., Miami  Wood Tr^atirsc Plant, and Futura Coral Way
Properties I, Ltd.  (the present owner).

     Durina the  wood-treating  process, preservatives were allowed  to
drip onto the ground.   The wastes generated included creosote,'chromated
zinc chloride, and  chromated copner arsenic.  On May 10, 1982, Dade
County Environmental Resource  Management sampled soil and sludges on the
site.  The data  indicated the  presence of chromium, arsenic, and phenols.

     This site overlies part of the Biscayne Acuifer, which has be«n
designated by EPA as the sole  source of water for the area.

     Status (January 1986) ;  In response to Garments, EPA revised  the
estimate of the  population affected.  Population is an important factor
in the Hazard Rankina System,  which EPA uses_ to score waste sites  for
the NPL.  The relatively  small number of people affected by the site
lovers its score below  the cutoff point EPA has established to include a
site on  the MPL. Hence,  the Davidson Lumber Co. Site is being dropped
from consideration  for  the NPL at this time.
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                            DUBOSE OIL PRODUCTS CO.
                              Cantonment, Florida

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Dubcse Oil  Products  Co.
  recovered waste oil from early 1.979 through L-Tovember 1981 on a 20-acre
  site west of Cantonment,  Sscambia County, Florida.  At  the  request of the
  State Department of Environmental Regulation (DER), EPA took water and
  sediment  samples in April 1982.  Analysis of the samples indicated the
  presence  of  elevated concentrations of numerous organic  compounds.   An
  estimated 2,400 people draw drinking water  from wells within 3 miles of
  the site.

       The  State has completed a hydrogeologic assessment  of-the site.   In
  January and  February 1984,  the State removed contaminated drums  from the
  site.  The State has filed a civil complaint against the company.

       Status  (January 1986).;  At the end of  1984 and the  beginning  of
  1985, DER excavated about 40,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil  and
  placed it in a lined vault on-site to prevent, further contamination  of
  ground water.  Water from three contaminated ponds is being pumped out
  and treated  to remove organic chemicals.  In the spring of  1985, EPA,
  DER, and  a group of parties potentially responsible for wastes associated
  with the  site  held a series of. meetings-;  The parties formed a steering
  committee and  hired a consultant to perform a remedial  investigation to
  determine the  type and extent of contamination "at the site.
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                        MONTCO RESEARCH PRODUCTS, INC.
                              Hollister, Florida

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

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

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

       Status (January 1986);  In a State court decision  in  June  1985,
  the court authorized access to the State for the limited purpose of         _
  conducting a pollution assessment, but denied access for the purpose of
  removing any materials except samples related to that assessment.
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       In  July 1985, EPA issued a unilateral Administrative  Order under  CERCLA
  section  106 for immediate removal of contaminated soils  and  sludges  on-
  site. This order has not been complied with.

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

       EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because  it  needs
  more time to analyze the Garments received during the public comment
  period.   The Montco Research Products, Inc., Site will remain in proposed
  status until a later rulemaking.
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                           PEAK OIL CO./BAY DRUM CO.
                                 Tampa, Florida

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Peak Oil  Co. /Bay Drum Co.
  Site covers 15 acres  east of Tampa," Hillsborough County,  Florida.  From
  the late  1950s until  the late 1970s, Peak Oil re-refined  oil and disposed
  of wastes in an acid  sludge pond measuring 82 feet x 100  feet x 10 feet.
  Say Drum  Co., which operated at about the same time as  Peak Oil, recycled
  drums and disposed of wash water- in a holding pond on the site.

       Surface -water, ground water, sediments, and sludges  'are contaminated
  with PCBs,  pesticides, solvents, and heavy metals, according to analyses
  conducted by EPA.  .The-Peak Oil/Bay Drum Site is located  within 2 miles
  of the Brandon Well Field,  which is part of the Hillsborough County
  Water Supply System.   The system supplies drinking water  to 57,000 people.

       Status (January  1986);  Ownership of Bay Drum Co.  has changed
  hands, and  EPA has sent the ne.v owner a letter explaining his liabilities
  under CERCLA.

       The  Peak Oil  and Bay Drum portions of the site are being handled
  separately  for CERCLA remedial funding.  Incineration of  sludges at Peak
  Oil is scheduled to start early in 1986 using CEPCLA emergency funds.
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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
  Reach in north central Palm Beach County, Florida.  Jet engines have
  been  manufactured and tested on the site since 1957.  Pratt & Whitney is
  a  privately-owned Canadian-based 'operation and a division of United
  Technologies Corp.  •                           .

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

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

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

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

       Other areas of contamination, including PC3-contarninated soil and a
  buried  leaking waste oil tank containing VDCs, have been discovered on
  the property.

       Voluntary cleanup of the site is continuing.

       The Pratt & Whitney facility was first proposed for the NPL as part
  of update *2.  In response to public cerements received, EPA completely
  reevaluated the site and made a significant change in its score on the
  Hazard  Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess waste sites for the NPL.
  Consequently, EPA reproposed the Pratt & Whitney facility on Sept. 18,
  1985  (50 FR 37950) as part of NPL update *4 and solicited comments on the
  revised score.
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                            YELLOW WATER ROAD DUMP
                               Baldwin,  Florida

       Conditions at listing  (September  1985):   The Yellow Water Road Dump
  is in Duval County,  1 mile  south of Baldwin and 13 :niles west of Jackson-
  ville, Florida.  The 15-acre site is 0.4 miles west of Yellow Water Road,
  Florida State Route  217, and is  accessible by an unimproved road.

       From 1981 to 1984,  transformers,  tanks,  and drums filled with ?CBs,
  waste oils, and solvents were  transported to the site for disposal.  The
  operation ended when the property was  rezoned.  By that time, approximately
  63,000 gallons o.f oil -.and transformer  fluid containing PC3s. had leaked
  from containers, drums,  and tanks,  according to EPA.  Soil on the site  is
  contaminated with PCBs,  according to analyses conducted by the city.

       On Nov. 29 and  Dec. 5, 1984,  EPA  issued Notice Letters under CERCLA
  section 104 providing potentially responsible parties the opportunity to
  take corrective action.  None  of the parties agreed, and in December
  L984, EPA used CERCLA emergency  funds  to contain the hazardous wastes on
  the site.  The containment  work  was completed in March 1985.  However,
  there is still a -potential  threat to nearly 150 people drawing drinking
  water from shallow ground water.   An unnamed recreational pond 2,000 feet
  north of the site is also threatened.

       On June 14, 1985, EPA  issued a unilateral Administrative Order under
  CERCLA section 106 to prevent  the site owner from removing transformers
  from the site without prior approval from EPA.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
  the site.
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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAlC'Superfund")
                         OLIN CORP.  (AREAS 1,2, & 4)
                               Augusta, Georgia

      Conditions  at  listing  (September 1983);  01 in Corp.'s plant  in
 Augusta,  Richmond County, Georgia, manufactures chlorine and caustic
 soda, generating a  mercury-contaminated brine sludge in the process.
 Since the early  1970s,  01 in 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-contaninated 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 in,000 people use ground water in this area.
 Large aroas of fresh-water  wetlands are within 1.5 miles of: the 01 in plant.

      The  plant acquired Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
 and  Recovery Act (RCPA) when the Company filed Part A of a permit appli-
•-eat-ion.;

      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 Groundwater Assessment Program Report to  the
 State, where  it  is  currently under review.

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

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

      EPA  called  in  Part 3 of the RCRA permit application in August 1985.
 EPA  certified  that  the  company is  in compliance with the financial
 requirements and ground water monitoring requirements of RCRA.

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

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Hazardous waste site listed under the
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                               KTJNIA 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.  Wkter .from the
  Kunia I Wells is blended with water  from  another well field.

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

       Status (January 1986);  EPA received numerous comments on the six
  sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
  basis of contamination that appears  to originate entirely 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 frcm  the application of FIFRA-registered
  pesticides.  Hence, EPA is continuing to  propose the sites for the NPL.
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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)("Superfund",i
                                KUNIA WELLS  II
                  County of Honolulu, Island of Oahu,  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 Departsient of Health and
  other goverrment agencies.  They have been closed  since  July 1983.  The
  wells are part of the Kunia distribution system that provides drinking
  water to about 13,700 people.

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

       Status (January 1986);  EPA received  numerous comments on the six
  sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
  basis of contamination that appears to originate entirely 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 contanination results from the application of  FIFRA-registered
  pesticides.  Hence, EPA is continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.

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

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The Mililani Wells Site
  consists of six drinking water wells that are owned and operated by the
  City and County of Honolulu.  The wells are located on  the lower Schofield
  Plateau in the County of Honolulu, Island of Cahu,  Hawaii.  They are
  contaminated with dibronochloropcopane (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  Cahu.   The City and
  County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
  methods Eor decontaminating the water in the area  and has  had success in
  removing DBC? 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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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAIC'Superfund"
                                 WAIAWA SHAFT
                  County of Honolulu,  Island  of Oahu,  Hawaii

       Conditions at listing (October  1984):  The Waiawa Shaft is located
  on the Swa 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 dibronochloropropane (DBC?)  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 conpltsment 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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National Priorities List Site

Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                                WAIPAHU WELLS
                  County of  Honolulu, Island of Oahu, Hawaii

      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  dibrcmide (EDS)  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 iNTPL 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 frcm the water prior to distribution.  The plant is
 scheduled to be  operational in the summer of 1986.
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National Priorities List Site
Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comorehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLAJC'Superfund")
                           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  '/jells  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 -veil site's with similar contamination problems
  located in the Schofield Plateau/Ewa Plain  area  of Oahu.  The City and
  County of Honolulu Board of Water Supply has conducted pilot tests on
  methods for decontaminating the water in the area and has had success in
  removing TCP with granulated activated carbon and with aeration towers.

       Status (January 1986):  EPA received  numerous comments on the six
 .sites in Hawaii, which were the first sites proposed for the NPL on the
  basis of contamination that appears  to originate entirely from the
  application of pesticides registered under the Federal Insecticide,
  Fungicide, and Rodenticide  Act (FIFRA).  EPA is  continuing to evaluate
  these sites in the context  of an overall policy  with respect to sites
  at which contamination results from  the application  of FIFSA-registered
  pesticides.  Hence, EPA  is  continuing to propose the sites for the NPL.
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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
            KERR-McGEE (KRESS CREEK/WEST BRANCH OF DCJPAGE RIVER)
                           DuPage County, Illinois

      Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):  The Kerr-McGee  (-Cress Creek/
 /test Branch-or 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 frcm 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 frcm 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 Ccmmission 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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Hazardous waste site listed under the
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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-Keopler Park- in West  Chicago,  Illinois.   About
  15,000 people live within 3 miles of the site.

       In 1931> Lindsay Light & Chemical Co.  established  a  mill  in West
  Chicaqo 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-f^cGee, the
  current owner, closed the plant.

      Radioactive materials were landfilled  at an 11-acre  site  which had
  apparently  bnen a gravel ouarrv.  The M.S.  Nuclear Regulatory  Commission1!:;
  contractor  located contaminated areas within the landfill and  around and
  under  tennis courts adjacent to it.  Contaminated material around (not
  under)  the  tennis- courts 'was moved onto an  area  of surface contamination,
 -which.-wa^,, 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 rhicago/DuPage County, Illinois

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984);   The Kerr-McGee (Residential
Areas) Site is in West Chicago  and DuPane County, Illinois.  The site
covers the general area of elevated  radiation levels adjacent to the
rrr—McCee Chemical Corp.  facility  on  the east (ahout 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 sits.

     In 1931, Lindsay. Light  & Chemical  Co. established a mill in West
Chicago for the extraction of thoriun and nonradioactive elements from
monazite and other ores.  Later, the site was used for the manufacture of
Gaslight mantles (which contain thorium), mesothoriurn, and, during World
War II, hydrofluoric  acid.   Ownership of  the  facility changed from Lindsay
to American Potash &  Chemical in 1953 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  Regulator/ Commission's contractor located
75 spots of elevated  radiation  levels.  Since that time, the nunber has
arown to around 87.  Overlying  many  of  these  spots adjacent to the Kerr-McGee
facility is an area of aenerallv elevated radiation levels.  Although the
aeneral area of contamination may be due, in  part, to long-term emissions'""~
Prcm the facility, the primary  source of  contamination is believed to be
the result of specific incidents such as  spills or use of contaminated
materials as fill.
                                                      /
     Status (January  1986);  Because of an administrative error during the
public comment period, EPA is extending the comment period on this site
for an additional 60 days.
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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (C£RCLA)("Superfund")
                               (SFWAGE TPEAIMENT PLANT)
                           West Chicago, Illinois

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1984) :   The Kerr-McGee (Sewage
Treatment Plant)  Site  covers  about 23 acres in West Chicago, Illinois.
About  15,000 people live within 3 miles of  the site.
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     In  1931,  Lindsav  Light & Chemical Co.  established  a mill in West
Chicago  for the  extraction of thoriun and  nonradioactive elements fron
monazite and other  ores.  Later, the site was used for  the manufacture of
gaslight mantles (which contain thoriun) , mesothoriun,  and, during World
Mar II,  hydrofluoric acid.  Ownership of the facility changed from Lindsay
to American Potash  & Chemical Ln 1958 and  to Xerr-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
t>o 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,  /fliile modernizing
the plant, the city has located many surface and subsurface areas of
contamination.   To  allow the  modernization  to continue, -any areas that
obstruct construction  are expected to be excavated and  the material placed
in a designed  storaae  area on the site.      -_                 — ......
     Status  (January  1986);   Because of an administrative error during the
public eminent period,  EPA is extending the ccmrwnt period on this site
for an additional  60  days.
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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of. 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund'

                       ML  INEUSTRIES/TARACORP LEAD SMELTER
                               Granite City, Illinois

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984):  The NL Industries/Taracorp
 Lead Smelter covers approximately 25 acres in Granite City, Madison
 County,  Illinois.   Taracorp  purchased the facility in August  1979  from ML
 Industries, which had operated it since 1923.  Taracorp reclaim lead
 from batter/ cases  and  other scrap.

      On  the site  is a waste  pile'approximately 20 feet high made up of
 225,000  tons of broken  batteries, blast furnace slag, and other lead
 waste.   The pile appears  stable, but run-off is evident.  The State
 detected 140,000  to 300,000  parts per million lead in soil near the pile.
 Past and"current air emissions associated with the smelting"operations
 and the  waste  pile  have contaminated offsite surface soils as far  away as
 0.5 miles, according to the  State.  Ground water contamination has not
 been documented to  date.

      About 15,000 people  live within 1 mile of the site.

      Status (January 1986):   EPA and the State signed a Consent Order
 with NL  Industries  on March  11,  1985.  The order calls for the company to
 conduct  a remedial  investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
 and extent of  contamination  at the site and identify alternatives  for
 remedial action.  A workplan and sampling plan are due shortly.
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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund")
                                 PAGEL'S PIT
                              Rockford, 111inois

      Conditions  at listing (October 1984);  Pagel's Pit in Rockford,
 Winnebago County,  Illinois/ is a former sand and gravel pit and dolomite
 quarry  that  has  been operated by Winnebago Reclamation as a landfill
 since July  17,  1972.  The pit covers approximately 60 acres and  is  lined
 with "blackton," which has a coal tar sealer.

      Records indicate that the site accepted a variety of wastes,  including
 organics, solvents, and heavy metals, as -veil as mixed municipal refuse
 and sewage  treatment sludge.  About 120,000 gallons of liquid wastes,  in
 addition "to solid  refuse, have been deposited on-site.

      A  shallow,  fractured bedrock aquifer near the site is a source of
 drinking water  for residents in the area.  It is contaminated with several
 volatile organic compounds, in addition to arsenic, according to tests
 conducted by the Winnebago County Health Department, the State, and EPA.
 In 19R1, the State Health Department tested drinking water supplies in
 response to complaints from residents.  The results indicated high levels
 (517 parts  per billion) of volatile organic chemicals.  The contamination
 forced  several homeowners near Pagel's Pit to use bottled water supplied
 by Winnebago Reclamation.

      Status  (January 1986);  EPA is negotiating a settlement for a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) with parties potentially responsible
 for wastes  associated with the site.  The RI/FS would determine the type
 and extent  of contamination at the site and identify alternatives  for
 remedial actions.  .
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Hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA)C'Superfund'
                               PETEPSEN SAND & GRAVEL
                               Libertyville, Illinois

      Conditions  at  listing (October 1984):  Petersen Sand  &  Gravel
 operated a  1,000-acre  ouarry in Libertwille, Lake County,  Illinois,  from
 1952 to 1958.  The  Lake  County Forest Preserve District acquired the  site
 in  1973 and planned to convert the cuarry into a 170-acre  recreational
 lake.

      Several hundred drums of paints, solvents, and other  industrial  wastes
 '-ere dunned into the ouarry while it was owned by Petersen Sand.  In
 1977, the company removed 400 drums from the quarry.   In 1983,  the Lake
 County Forest  Preserve District removed about 65 more  drums.  It is
 likely that some drums and contaminated soil still remain  in the quarry.

      The State and  EPA detected volatile organic chemicals and  heavy  metals
 in wells that  are used by about 15,000 nearby residents as  a source of
 drinkinq water.

      Status (January 1986) :  EPA and the Illinois Environmental Protection
 Agency have signed  a cooperative agreement for a remedial  investiqation/
 feasibility study to determine the type and extent of  contamination at
 the site and identify  alternatives for remedial action.  JTPA has approved
 a statement of work.  After the State selects a contractor,  work will get
 underway.
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Hazardous waste site listed under the                           .  .
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 (C£RCLA)("Superfund")

                       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, Rureau
County, Illinois.   The company, which was formerly known as Muclear
Engineering Co.,  began operating the site in the lats 1960s.   U.S.
Ecology was purchased by Teledyne, Inc., in January  1981.  The site
ceased operation  in January 19R3.

     At one time,  the 'site was the largest hazardous waste disposal site
in  Illinois.  It  accepted a wide variety .of hazardous waste,  including
acids, bases,  low- flash-point organic solvents, pesticides, and sludges
containing  heavy  metals-  Monitoring wells in the shallow aquifer at
the site are contaminated with arenes, aromatic hydrocarbons,  ketones,
aliphatic hydrocarbons, chlorinated hydrocarbons, ethers, and  PC3s,
according to tests conducted by the State Water Survey Division and
the U.S. Geological Survey.  An estimated 450 people use the shallow
    ifer within 3  miles of the site as a source of drinking water.
     The  facility received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
and  Recovery Act (RCRA)  when the company filed Part A of a permit
application.-

     U.S.  Ecology has submitted a plan for closing the site according
"ho RCSA requirements, but the State considers the plan incomplete.

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

     This  site remains in proposed status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of  its final policy for placing RCPA-related sites on the NPL
and  then applies the policy to this site.
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                 LONG PRAIRIE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                          Long Prairie, Minnesota

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984):  Various private and municipal
 wells  in Long  Prairie  (population 2,900) in Todd County,  Minnesota, are
 contaminated with solvents (dichloroethylene,  1,1,2-trichloroethane, tri-
 chloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene), according to tests conducted
 by the State in late 1983  during routine testing of municipal wells.  The
 State  has  sampled the  wells  since then.  Ground water  contamination is
 limited to an  area  of  about  40 acres downgradient  from the central downtown
 area.  The State  is conducting a hydrogeologic study to help pinpoint the
 source of  contamination.

      Status  (January 1986):   Under a cooperative agreement with EPA, the
 State  is planning a remedial investigation/feasibility study to. determine"
 the type and extent of contamination at  the site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action.
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                           OAK  GROVE SANITARY LANDFILL
                          Oak Grove Township,  Minnesota

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1984):   The Oak Grove Sanitary Land-
fill covers 158  acres  in  Oak Grove Township in the north central portion
o^ Ancka County, Minnesota.  The surrounding area is populated with single-
family homes and farms.   The privately-owned  landfill accepted hazardous
wastes from local  industries while operating between 1968 and 1984.  It
had a permit from the  State to accept  such  wastes.

     The shallow Ancka Sand Plain is contaminated with heavy metals and
halogenated and  nonhaloqenated organic compounds, according to tests
conducted by the Minnesota Pollution Control  Agency.  A wetland south of
the landfill is  similarly, contaminated.  Surface water bodies.in the area
include  wetlands, lakes,  streams, and  a river.

     There are- three aouifers  in the area:   the deepest, the Franconia
Formation, a fine-grained sandstone; a buried sand aouifer: and the shal-
lowest,  another sand aouifer,  the Anoka Sand  Plain.   About 4.250 area
residents obtain drinking water frcm the bottom tvo.  The Ancka Sand
Plain is not known  to  be  used  as a domestic water supply.  A relatively
impermeable clay till  layer lies below the  contaminated Ancka Sand Plain,
possibly protecting the tvo deeper aquifers.

     Status (January 1986);  Under a Cooperative Agreement with SPA, the
State is planning for  a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type  and intent  of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action.
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                          OLMSTED COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
                                 Oronoco/ Minnesota

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984):  The Olmsted  County Sanitary
 Landfill covers 50  acres near Oronoco in Olmsted County, Minnesota.   The
 municipal  landfill, which has been in operation since  1972,  has accepted
 industrial wastes.  Monitoring  wells contain solvents  (methyl  ethyl  ketone,
 trichloroethylene,  tetrachloroethylene, and others) and  cadmium,  according
 to tests conducted  by  the State.  Since the aquifer is of dolomite/limestone,
 which  is permeable, movement of contaminants is likely.  Thus,  nearby wells
 serving 1,200 people are threatened.  Leachate has been  observed in  run-off
 from the surface of the  landfill.   An intermittent stream which runs through
 the site to  the Zumbro River could carry contaminants during heavy rains.

      Status  (January 1986):   EPA is considering various  alternatives for the
 site.
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                        PINE BEND SANITARY LANDFILL
                          Dakota County,  Minnesota

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):   The Pine Bend Sanitary Land-
''ill cover about  232  acres  west  of the Mississippi River in Dakota County,
Minnesota.   It  is owned by  Browning Ferris Industries and operated by its
Phoenix, Inc., subsidiary.   Operation of the landfill has produced a leach-
ate containing arsenic,  halogenated and nonhalogenated organic compounds,
and various  chlorides.   The leachate has severely contaminated on-site
surface water and ground water with these materials, according to analyses
conducted by the  State  and  EPA.

     This site was  first proposed for listing under the name "Pine Rend
Sanitary Landfill/Crosby_American Demolition Landfill."

     Various nearby residential  wells are contaminated with heavy metals
and volatile chlorinated and nonchlorinated  organic compounds, according
to analyses  conducted by the State and EPA.   The residences, farms, and
industry of  the area  depend on wells for drinking water.   About 3,500
people are affected.
             s
     Status'  (January  1986);  On  April 23, 1985,  the State entered into
an agrepirwmt with Pine Jend Sanitary Landfill and the adjacent Crosby
American Demolition Landfill to  conduct a remedial investioation/feasi-
bility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the
site and identify alternatives for remedial  action.  A report on the
remedial investigation  is expected shortly.
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            UNIVERSITY  OF  MINNESOTA (ROSEMOUNT RESEARCH CENTER)
                           .  Rosemount, Minnesota

      Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):  The University of Minnesota
 formerly operated a 4-acre  disposal site in Rosemount, a rural  area in
 Dakota County, Minnesota.   Between 1960 and 1973, the University buried
 or incinerated gaseous, liquid,  and solid chemical laboratory wastes on
 the site.  In 1972,  the University detected volatile organic chemicals
 and heavy  metals  in monitoring 'veils and soil on the site.

      New monitoring data  collected by the State in July  1984 indicate
 that the contamination is spreading.   As a result, the State is beginning
 an enforcement action  against the University.

      Due to  the contamination,  the State is supplying bottled water to 28
 families in  Rosemount.  About 9,600 people use wells within  3 miles of
 the site as  a source of drinking water.

      Status  (January 1986):   Under State order, the University  is starting
 a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine  the  type and
 extent of  contamination at  the site and identify alternatives for remedial"
 action.  The order  also calls for removal of contaminated soil  and moni-
 toring of  ground water.
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                               WAITE PARK WELLS
                            Waite Park, Minnesota

       Conditions at listing (September 1985): The municipal wells of Waite
 Park,  Stearns County, Minnesota, supply drinking water  to 3,500 residents.
 The wells  are contaminated with 1,1-dichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene,
 and other  chlorinated solvents, according  to analyses conducted by the
 Minnesota  Department of Health. . Waite Park residents are .temporarily
 obtaining  drinking water from the St. Cloud municipal system.

       No one facility has been identified as the source  of the  contamination.
 From  1973  through 1978_, Electric Machinery and then  Turbodyne  dumped
 approximately 137,280 gallons of solvents, xylene, and  other chemicals
 into  a pit in back of their property, according to records of  the Minnesota
 Pollution  Control Agency (MPCA).  The property is within 1 mile of the
 municipal  wells.  More solvents were dumped when Brown  Bavaria Turbcmachinery
 purchased  the property from Turbodyne in 1978.  Later,  Brown filled the
 pit,  placed pieces of concrete on the wastes, and landscaped the area.

       MPCA is conducting'a remedial investigation to  define the extent
 and source of ground water contamination and a feasibility study to
 .select the most appropriate alternative for a long-term municipal water
 supply.            •                  '


       Status (January 1986):  Activities continue on  the remedial investigation.
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                                 WINDCM DUMP
                              Windom, Minnesota
                                            \
      Conditions at  listing.(October 1984):  The Windom Dump  covers 30
 acres  in Windom, Cottonwood County, Minnesota.  Between  1957 and 1974,
 the City of Windom  operated the site as a municipal dump and also accepted
 solvent and heavy metal  wastes.  Wastes were burned and  the  residues
 buried on-site.  Monitoring wells at the site are contaminated with
 volatile organic chemicals,  according to tests conducted by  the State.
 To date, municipal  and residential wells are not contaminated.  The
 monitoring and municipal wells  continue to be sampled  by the city and
 the State.

      About 5,900 people  use wells within 3 miles of the  site as a source
 of drinking water.

    •  Status  (January 1986);   The State has completed a preliminary investi-
 gation and identified  several parties potentially responsible for wastes
 associated with the site.

      The city is monitoring ground water on and off 'the 'site under the
 supervision of the  State.   Recent samples from on-site monitoring wells
 contained high levels  of benzeneT              -		:	     .  :	
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               NEWSCM BROTHERS/OLD REICHKOLD CHEMICALS, INC.
                            Columbia,  Mississippi
                 «
      Conditions at  listing (October  1984);  The Newscm Brothers/Old
 Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., Site  covers 80 acres in.Columbia,'Marion
 County, Mississippi.   Since  the  1940s, the site has been used by several
 owners, including the  present owner, Newson Brothers, and a former owner/
 operator, Reichhold Chemicals, Inc., for the manufacture of naval stores.

      In March 1984,  EPA used $160/000 in CERCLA emergency funds to remove
 approximately 500 drums of chemical  wastes.  EPA's analyses of the      .
 drums detected elevated levels of phenols and chromium.  An unknown
 number of buried drums remain on the site.  Cm-site soil is contaminated
 with organic chemicals.  To  date, private wells in the immediate area are
 not contaminated.

      Columbia's wells, which supply  water to 11,500'people, are located
 approximately 1,250 feet from the site and are less than 100 feet deep.

      Status (January 1986);  EPA has completed a search for parties
 potentially responsible for  wastes associated with the site, identifying
 Newscm Brothers and Reichhold Chemicals,  Inc.   Both declined to "take part
•in a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine-the
 type and extent of  contamination at  the site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action.
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       In November 1985, EPA  obligated funds for the U.S. Corps of Engineers
 to select a contractor to  perform the RI/FS.
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                           BEE CEE MANUFACTURING CO.
                                Maiden, Missouri

        Conditions at listing (October 1984):   Bee Gee Manufacturing Co.
   formerly manufactured aluminum storm windows and doors on a 1- to 3-acre
   site in the City of Maiden Industrial Park  located in Maiden,  Dunklin
   County, Missouri.  The company went bankrupt in L983.  Four shallow wells
   and two deep wells in Maiden supply drinking water for 11,500 people; one
   shallow well is approximately 1,000 feet  southwest of the site.

        As part of its operations, Bee Cee discharged chromium-contaminated
   waste water onto the ground without any treatment.   An area approximately
   50 feet by 100 feet is visibly affected,  possibly  as deep as 1 to 2 feet.
   Because local soil is sandy, contamination  may have reached at least the
   shallow aquifer.

        On July 27, 1981, the State advised  Bee Cee that it was in violation
   of the Missouri Clean Water Law because it  was discharging a chromium-
   based waste water onto the ground without a permit.   Bankruptcy
   proceedings ended efforts by the State to have Bee Cee install a waste
   water treatment system.

         Another company now leases the former Bee Cee building.   The City
   of Maiden is believed to own the contaminated ground.
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        Status (January 1986):  A multisite  cooperative agreement between
   EPA and the State covering five sites, including Bee Cee Manufacturing,
   was approved on Sept. 9, 1985.  Initial funding is for planning
   activities.
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                              FINDETT CORP.
                          St. Charles,  Missouri

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

     Among other activities, Findett reprocessed fluids containing PCBs
between 19^3 and 1974.  Some wastes  frcn  the reprocessing were disposed
of in a small pond on the Findett property.   In  1977,  after significant
levels of PCBs were detected in  the  pond, Findett excavated and back-
filled a portion of the pond.

     In 1979, EPA conducted further  investigations at the site, which
showed that the pond area was again  contaminated with PCBs.  In 1980, as
a result of these investigations, ?!PA issuer! an  Administrative Order
under the Clean Water Act requiring  further  excavation of the pond area.
Additional sampling under the 19RO order  indicated PCBs had migrated
beyond the immediate pond area and into subsurface areas.

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

     EPA issued an Administrative Order under section 3013 of RCSA in the
summer of 1982.  .The order  required  Findett  to design and implement a
monitoring, sampling, and analysis plan to characterize the nature and
extent of soil contamination, as well as  the potential for ground water
contamination at or beyond  the Findett  facility.  Findett has installed
monitoring wells and begun  the ground water  monitoring phase of the
order;
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     Status (January 1986):  EPA sampled wells in June 1985 and developed
a workplan for a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to
determine the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives  for remedial action.  EPA  is negotiating with Findett to
conduct the RI/FS under a CEPCLA Section  106 Consent Order.

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

     Conditions at listing (October 1984)!   The Lee Chemical Site is near
the southern edge  of  Liberty,  Clay County,  Missouri.  Durinq a drinking
water study  in  1980,  EPA sampled  the city's water wells,  which serve about
23,000 people..  Analyses indicated the presence of trichloroethylene (TCE).
Since then,  the most  contaminated wells have not been used for drinking
water.  The water  from the remainina wells  is treated to remove TCE.

     Investigations bv the city and the State identified the source of
the TCE contamination as the abandoned Lee  Chemical Site, which is within
2,300 feet of the  wells.  Lee  Chemical packaged a variety of chemicals on
the site from about 1966.to 1974.  As a result of bad housekeeping prac-
tices, soil  in an  area of less than 1 acre  is contaminated with TCE.

     The citv, which  owns the  property,  has  removed the building and
visible chemicals  from the site and taken soil sanples.  The analyses
indicate TCE is still on-site.

     The State anticipates the need to excavate soil,  as well as purge
the aouifer.

    —Status—CJanuary  1986.)!.-. .A multisite cooperative agreement between
EPA and the State  covering five sites, including Lee Chemical, was
approved on Seot.  9,  1985.  Initial funding provides for planning
activities.  The City of Liberty  is pumping the most contaminated well
and disposing of the  ccntaninated water under a permit issued by the
State under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
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                      NORTB-U DRIVE WELL CONTAMINATION
                           Springfield, Missouri

     Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The North-U Drive Wells  are
 north  of Springfield, Greene County, Missouri.  In Novanber  1983,  the
 State  received complaints that private drinking water, wells  on North-U
 Drive  were contaminated  N/.organic chemicals.  An initial  investigation
 by the State indicated that seven separate wells at  five  locations had
 chemical tastes and odors.  Analysis of the well water detected various
 combinations of volatile organic chemicals.  The State undertook additional
 sampling in  April  1984 to determine the areal extent of contamination,  the
 levels of contamination, and the presence of any other contaminants.  The
 Greene County  Civil Defense  is trucki'ng in water for about 20 households.

     The site  is located in  an area of highly permeable formations.   The
 contaminated wells are about 1,500 feet west of Fulbriaht Spring,  a major
 water  source for the City of Springfield (population 133,000).

     Status  (January 1986):   EPA, in cooperation with Greene County and
 the Greene County  Civil  Defense,  used CERCLA emergency funds to extend  a
 city waterline to  the site,  provide service connections to area residences,
 and"permanently plug many private wells in the contaminated  area.

     A multisite cooperative agreerent between FPA and the State covering
-five sites,  including North-U Drive Well Contamination, was  approved
 Sept.  9, 1985.  Initial  funding is for planning 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, sane 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 frcm dioxin if they remained in their homes.   Some of the
  residents had come to the trailer park from Times  Beach,  Missouri,  which
  also has a dioxin problem.

       In May 1983, EPA, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA),
  and the State briefed the residents on the findings  and explained FEMA's
  offer of temporary relocation.  Of 33 families, 29 applied for relocation.
       Status (July 1984);  A few families are still  residing at  Quail  Run.
  The site is scheduled to be cleaned up as part of a planned removal using
  CERCLA emergency funds.  The project involves excavating  and restoring
  several on-site areas contaminated with dioxin.  The  contaminated soil
  will be stored temporarily on the site.
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       EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it  does not
  meet the criteria currently specified to place a site on  the MPL.  SPA
  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 decontaninated 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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                               QUALITY PLATING
                              Sikeston, Missouri

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Quality Platina Site
  covers about 5 acres in Sikeston, Scott County, Missouri.   The  site
  consists of a 1-acre unlined lagoon and the manufacturing plant.   Fran
  1978 until the facility was destroyed by fire on  Feb.  12, 1983,  Quality
  Plating was engaged in contract electroplating of common and  precious
  metals, which included cadmium, lead, chromium (in the highly toxic
  hexavalent form), copper, nickel, and zinc.  Untreated waste  water
  originating from the flow-through rinse tanks, as well as acid,  alkaline,
  and metal-plating hatch solutions, was continuously discharged  into the
  lagoon at a rate of at least 10,000 gallons per day.   The State  detected
- elevated levels of chroni-tm and lead in an on-site well.  The-State has
  also repeatedly cited  the company for discharging untreated plating
  waste to subsurface waters of the State, in violation  of the  company's
  permit under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.

       The site is located in a rural setting.  The present owner  raises hogs
  and calves on the former property of Quality Plating.   Six  residences
  within 0.25 miles of »the site obtain drinking water  from shallow wells.

       Status (January 1986):  A multisite 'cooperative agreement between
  EPA and the State covering five, sites, including Quality Plating,,  was
  approved Sept..9, 1985.  Initial funding is for planning activities.
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                         SOLID STATE CIRCUITS, INC.
                             Reoublic,  Missouri

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):   The Solid State Circuits,
Inc., Site covers about 1-acre in Republic,  Greene County,  Missouri.
During  a drinking water study, EPA detected  trichloroethylene (TCS)
in the  raw drinkinq water of on*  municipal well.   The contaminated well
has since been shut down.  Further investigations by the city and the
State identified  the source of the TCE contamination as the property
formerly owned by Solid State Circuits.   The company once manufactured
printed circuit boards at the site.  Less than 1-acre of soil on the site
is contaminated with TCE.

     During  its investigation, the State learned that after a. fire
occurred at  the plant, Solid Stats Circuits  buried the debris and
collapsed the building into the basement of  the structure,  where there
was an  unplugged well.

     The State has  issued an Administrative  Order reouiring Solid State
Circuits and the present property owner to take remedial action.  Solid
State excavated material from the basement,  installed three monitoring
wells, and then tock  no further action.   The State then started  to take
initial remedial measures at the  site  by punning out the aquifer.  The
State anticipates the need"  to excavate any remaining drums  and/or contami-
nated soil as well  as plug  the abandoned well.  Republic's  water wells,
which serve about 7,800 people, are within 500 feet of the  site.

     Status  (January 1986);   On March  6, 1985, EPA issued a CERCLA section
106 Administrative  Order to Solid State  and  its parent company,  Paradyne
Corp.  The two 'companies issued an iniunctive complaint challenging the
order on March 14, '1985.

     In April 1985,  EPA used CERCLA emergency funds to excavate  the
basement, the soil  underneath the basement,  and the debris.-  The-removal
action was completed in October 1985 with the installation  of two wells
to extract contaminated ground water.   The State  has taken  the lead at
the site, and the responsible parties  have submitted a workplan  for a
remedial investigation to determine the  type and  extent of  contamination
at the  site.
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                              VALLEY PARK TCE      t
                           Valley  Park,  Missouri

      Conditions at listing  (April  1985)t  The Valley Park TCE Site is  in
 Valley Park, a densely populated  urban  area of St.  Louis County,
 Missouri.  The site is underlain  by a plume of contaminated ground water
 in the Meramec River alluvial aquifer,  which supplies water to about 36,000
 people in the cities of Valley Park and Kirkwood.   in July 1982, Missouri
 Department of Natural' Resources (MDNR)  and EPA testing detected
 trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene,  1,1,1-trichloroethane, and a
 number of other volatile, organic  chemicals in the city's drinking water.
 Follow-up" sampling indicated all  three  city wells were contaminated.

      Possible sources of contamination  include the  large number of indus-
 tries located in Valley Park, railroad  spills which  reportedly occurred
 years earlier, and discharges/dumping that may have  occurred in the
 vicinity of the site.

      The city is studying methods' of improving treatment of the contaminated
 water to reduce contaminant levels.  When the study  is completed and
 funds are available, the city plans  to  install the necessary treatment
 facilities.

      Status (January 1986);  MDNR is developing the.criteria for selection
 of eligible contractors to perform  work  at the site.   The contractor will
 develop a scope of work and complete the design study.   This preparation
 phase, including development of the  criteria,  requests for proposals, and
 selection of a contractor, is expected  to be completed by the end of May
 1986.
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          BURLINGTON NORTHERN RAILROAD (SOMERS TIE-TREATING PLANT)
                              Sorters, Montana

      Conditions at listing (October 19B4);  Burlington Northern Railroad
 has treated ties on a 4.5-acre site in Saners, Flathead County, Montana,
 since around 1900.  The plant's current operations are regulated under
 the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act  (PCRA).  An old waste disposal
 lagoon downgradient of the RCRA-regulated facility has not been used
 since 19"7
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                               IDAHO  POLE CO.
                              Bozeman, Montana                     »

      Conditions at listing (October  1984);   Idaho Pole Co.  treats wood pro-
 ducts with pentachlorophenol (PCP) on a 10-acre  site  in Bozeman, Gallatin
 County, Montana.  The pole yard has  been  in  operation since 1946.  Ground
 water is very shallow and flows to the north/northwest, where it discharaes
 into Rocky Creek.  About 1,250 people use ground water within 3 miles of the
 site as a source of drinking water.

      Any hazardous material leaking  onto  the. ground during  the wood-treatment
 process could contaminate ground water due to  highly  permeable soils and
 shallow around water.  _A greater concern  is  that waste water discharged onto
 the surface at the facility could rapidly  infiltrate  the shallow ground water.
 The facility has a history of surface water  problems  associated with its
 discharges.

      In 1978, the State investigated a complaint concerning PC? in Rocky Creek.
 At that time, a ditch, originating at the  Idaho  Pole  plant  and running from the
 plant for about 200 to 300 yards before entering Rocky Creek,  contained large
 quantities of PCP.  While minute quantities  were noted at the mouth of the
 ditch and running into Rocky Creek,  large guantities  had collected on the rocks
 and vegetation along and in the ditch.  Stains high on the  sides of the ditch
 and on vegetation indicated that discharge had been much greater in the past.  •

      Following the investigation, the State  issued a  compliance order in 1984
 requiring Idaho Pole to take measures to eliminate discharges  into Rocky
 Creek and to prevent the future placement of wastes in locations where they
 were likely to pollute State waters.  Idaho  Pole started work  to comply with
 the State's order.- However, because of leaking  pipes,  leaking tanks, and a
 deteriorated main pumphouse sump, soil contamination  at the facility was more
 extensive than plant personnel realized.  Therefore,  workinc in conjunction
 with the.State, Idaho Pole constructed an interceptor trench running the length
 of the property boundary to halt the movement  of PCP  into ground water.

      In August 1983, EPA collected samples at  the old Bozeman  Landfill, in-     '
 eluding the trench running the length of the Idaho Pole property.  The results
 showed that a considerable amount of PCP was migrating  from the Idaho Pole
 plant.  A State sample showed even higher PCP  concentrations.

      Status (January 1986);  Idaho Pole has  analyzed  samples from aoproxi-
 mately 15 ground water monitoring wells it installed  at the site under order
 of the State Water Quality Bureau (WOB).  Idaho  Pole  has submitted a report
 of the data collected and is developing alternatives  for cleanup.  WQB is
 evaluating the data.  Idaho Pole recently applied for a permit under.the
 Montana Pollutant Discharge Elimination System for the  ?C?-contaninated water
 currently discharged to the stream.

    EPA will continue to monitor the WQB enforcement action.  EPA's
 Technical Assistance Team inspected  the site in  December 1985  and will
 issue a report regarding the potential for an  immediate removal in early
 1986.

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                              MOUAT INDUSTRIES
                             Columbus,  Montana

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984);  The Mouat Industries Site is
 near Columbus, Stillwater County,  Montana.  In the late 1950s and early
 1960s, the site was leased  to Mouat Industries Cor the processing of
 chromium ore to high-grade  sodium  dichrcmate.  The process produced
 wastes containing sodium  chromate  and  sodium dichrcmate.  In 1973, the
 Anaconda Minerals Co. removed the.  waste pile and treated the area to
 remove hexavalent chromium  remaining in the  soil.   Anaconda performed
 this work in exchange for Mouat  Industries'  mineral rights at another
 location.  In early 1975, gravel was imported and  placed on the site to a
 depth of.6 inches to 3 .feet.  By late  1976,  yellow mineral deposits con-
 taining chromium were evident on top of the  ground.

      Hexavalent chromium  is present in soils on-site, as well as in ground
 water and surface water both on-and off-site, according to analyses con-
 ducted by EPA and Anaconda.  EPA has also detected elevated concentrations
 of arsenic in surface water sediments  downstream of the site.   An estimated
 270 people draw drinking  water from private  wells  within 3 miles of the site.

—.__. Ownership history of the site.is  now being investigated.

      Status (January 1986); EPA's  Technical  Assistance Team recently
 visited the site to determine the  need for an immediate removal.
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                  HASTINGS  GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                            Hastings, Nebraska

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984);  Hastings (population 23,580)
is in Adams County,  *iebraska.   Preliminary sampling of municipal wells  in
1983 by the State detected  contaminants in the ground water beneath  the
old Hastings  business district.   Locally hiah concentrations of volatile
organic chemicals were  detected.   Past waste disposal practices, possibly
dating to the 1920s,may have contributed to the contamination.  The
Nebraska Department of  Environmental Control installed monitoring wells
in Hastings in 1984.

     Status (January  1986):  The  city has shut down the most heavily
contaminated  municipal  wells.   Privately owned public water supn.l.y wells.
located east  of Hastings*  are also contaminated with organic solvents and
have been taken out of  service.

     EPA has  prepared a workplan  for a remedial investigation/feasibility
study to determine  the  type and extent of contamination at the site and
identify alternatives-for remedial action.  As part of this effort, EPA
is sampling the monitoring wells  on a Quarterly schedule.- -
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                         LINDSAY MANUFACTURING CO.
                             Lindsay, Nebraska

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

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

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

     This site remains  in proposed status until EPA  implements the appropriate
elements of its  final policy for placing RCPA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the policy to this site.
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                     WAVERLY GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                             Waverly, Nebraska

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Waverly  (population 1,700)  is
 on a terrace of Salt Creek in Lancaster County, Nebraska.   In the summer
 of 1982,  the State, in cooperation with EPA, sampled the city's municipal
 wells.  Wells SI and S3 were contaminated with chloroform,  carbon tetra-
 chloride,  and 1,2-dichloroethane.  Further study  is  needed  to identify
 the source or sources responsible.

      The  city has discontinued use of wells SI and S3.   Because the
 source  of the contaminants migrating into ground  water  is currently
 unknown,, the remaining .uncontaminated wells could be threatened.  The
 city has  drilled a new well S4 to replace the most heavily  contaminated
 well SI.

      Status (January 1986);  In August 1985, EPA  started a  remedial
 investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the source and
 extent  of ground water contamination at Waverly and  identify alternatives
 for remedial action.  Initial site evaluation and sampling  analysis are
 underway  to develop a RI/FS workplan. . In January, EPA  started a soil gas
 survey.
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                                 CQAKLEY LANDFILL
                           North Hampton,  New Hampshire

       Conditions at listing  (October  1984):   The Coakley Landfill covers
  20 acres  in a  residential area in North  Hampton,  Rcckingham County, New
  Hanpshire.  The landfill border  extends  into and along the towns of
  Greenland to the northwest  and Rye to  the northeast.

       Prior to  being permitted by the State  as a sanitary landfill on
  April 21, 1971, the site was a sand  and  gravel operation*  Under an
  agreement made in 1972, the owner was  to be responsible for compaction
  and cover material at the landfill,  and.  the City of Portsmouth was to
  manage the disposal of incinerator ash from the Portsmouth Refuse-to-
  Energy Project at the -landfill.

       The  State is presently investigating the landfill as a potential
  source of ground water and  surface water contamination in the area.  The
  site is located in an area  of permeable  sands and gravels.   Both surface
  water and ground water leave the site  in more than  one direction.

       The  presence of volatile organic  solvents has  forced closing of 13
  private residential wells to the north,  east,  and south of the landfill.
  The Town  of North Hampton extended a municipal water line to the residents.
  The" year-round population supplied by wells within  3 miles of the site is
  79,300.  The State has set  up an early warning system to detect well
  contamination  in the entire area.

       In March  1983, the State issued a Consent Order requiring the owner
  to accept only incinerator  ash from  the  Refuse-to-Energy Project.  In
  addition, the  owner was ordered  to conduct  a full-scale hydrogeologic
  investigation  of the landfill area.  The State is presently working with
  the owner and  other potentially  responsible parties to develop a wqrkplan
  for the investigation.

       Status (January 1986):  The State completed work  on the hydrogeologic
  investigation  it began in the fall of  1984.   The results of this investi-
  gation are being incorporated into the workplan for the remedial investi-
  gation.   Efforts to get the owner and  other potentially responsible
  parties to conduct a full scale  hydrogeologic investigation of the land-
  fill area were not successful.   Therefore,  in the spring of 1985, the
  State applied  to EPA for a  cooperative agreement to conduct remedial
  investigation/feasibility study  (RI/PS)  to  determine the type and extent
  of contamination at the site and to  identify -alternatives for remedial
  action.   EPA awarded the cooperative agreement in August 1985,  and
  negotiations with contractors to perform the  RI/FS  are underway.
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                                 TUJBETTS ROAD
                           Harrington,  New Hampshire

       Conditions at listing  (April 1985);  The Tibbetts Road Site occupies
  approximately  1.9 acres  in  the Town  of Barrington, Stafford County, New
  Hampshire. It  is  in a  residential area upgradient from Swains Lake, which
  is used Cor recreation.   The site was used for surface storage of 336
  deteriorating  drums collected Eron 1946 to 1958.  PCBs, benzene, acetone,
  toluene, and other solvents were present in the drums, according to EPA.
  Soil and ground water, including residential drinking water wells serving
  approximately  20  people,  are contaminated with benzene, trichloroethylene,
  toluene, methyl ethyl  ketoae, and xylenes, according to tests conducted
  by the New Hampshire Water  Supply and Pollution Control Conmission.
  About 2,100 people depend on wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking
  water.  No alternative source is available.  A wetland is less than 1
  mile from the  site.

       In April  1984, EPA  used CERCLA  emergency funds to remove all drums
  containing hazardous substances fron the.site and dispose of them at an
  approved disposal site.

       .Status (January 1986);   Curing  the summer of 1985, EPA and the State
  conducted a hydrogeologic study to determine the need for additional
  removal activities.  Curing the study, low levels of dioxin were detected
  in the soil.   Additional removal response is planned.
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          CINNAMINSON TOWNSHIP (BLOCK 702) GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                        Cinnaminson Township, New Jersey

        Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The  Cinnaminson Township
   (Block 702)  Ground Water Contamination affects that portion of the Raritan
   Magothy Aquifer Located in the vicinity of Grinding Balls Road between
   Taylor Lane and Union Landing Road, Cinnaminson  Township, 3urlington
   County,  New Jersey.  Contamination of the aquifer with chloroform, benzene,
   and other organics was discovered during  an August  1983 study conducted
   by a consultant for the owners of a nearby landfill.  The aquifer is a
   source of drinking water* for 52,000 people.

        Status (January 1986);  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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                                FRIED INDUSTRIES                           «
                      East Brunswick Township,  Mew Jersey

        Conditions at listing (October 1984):   Fried Industries formulates
   industrial cleaners and cleaning agents on a 26-acre site in a rural-
   suburban area in East Brunswick Township, Middlesex County,  New Jersey.
   The area was previously a clay pit.

        In December 1983, EPA, under a search warrant,  found that hazardous
   wastes were improperly stored on-site and that  soil was contaminated
   with organic chemicals (including tetrachloroethylene and chloroform) and
   copper..  In a limited .excavation, EPA found  deteriorated buried drums.
   The total number is unknown.  There is a strong potential for the site to
   contaminate ground water and surface water.  About 33,000 people in the
   surrounding area draw drinking water from wells.   In a limited air survey,
   EPA detected above-background levels of organic vapors on-site.

        Status (January 1986);  East Brunswick  Township has provided
   hook-ups to a public water supply to those residents whose wells have
   low-level contamination.
        Using CERCXA emergency funds, EPA is»emptying  two storage tanks and
   one inpcundment area which is threatening to overflow onto the surface
   surrounding 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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                             GLEN RIDGE RADIUM SITE
                             Glen Ridge, Mew Jersey

        Conditions at listing  (October 1984):  The  Glen Ridge Radium Site
   is in a residential neighborhood in Glen  Ridge,  Essex  County,  New Jersey.
   Radioactive material, believed to be radium-processing waste,  was used
   as fill,  resulting in unacceptable levels of  radon  gas and its decay
   products in a number of private residences.   Approximately 25,000 cubic
   yards of contaminated material are scattered  throughout  a neighborhood
   of about 0.50 square miles.

        Several years ago, the State started to  investigate a radium-pro-
   cessing facility in Orange that had ceased  operation in  the  1920s.   The
   possibility of off-site disposal of processing waste prorated  an aerial
   survey of surrounding areas for gamma radiation.  In July 1983,  the
   survey identified a number of hones with  high Levels of  radon  gas.
   About 60 people are immediately affected.

        In December 1983, EPA started a major  field investigation to define
   the perimeter of contamination and identify additional problem homes.
   Using CERCXA emergency funds, EPA installed ventilation  systems in
   affected homes as a tenporary corrective  measure.

        Status (January 1986);  In September 1985,  EPA completed  a remedial
   investigation/ feasibility~~study.  About 60  homes were  identified as being
   affected in the site area.  The results were  announced at a  public meeting
   in November 1985,  EPA is scheduled to make its  final  decision on the  remedy
   selected in April 1986.

        This site, along with the Montclair/West Orange Radium  Site,  was
   added to the NPL on Feb. 14, 1985, because  it involves a serious
   problem that required taking immediate remedial  action.
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                               JAME FINE CHEMICAL
                            Bound Brook, New Jersey

        Conditions at lis-ting (October 1984):  Jame Fine Chemical manufactures
   specialty chemicals in an industrial park in Bound Brook,  Somerset County,
   New Jersey.   In 1980,  the State issued an Administrative Consent Order
   requiring the owner to stop an unpermitted discharge  of waste water
   containing trichloroethylene (TCE), toluene, and ethylbenzene into the
   Raritan River.  In an inspection, the State observed  spillage and poor
   housekeeping practices.  Subsequent analysis of ponded water from such
   spillage detected methylene chloride, TCE, and chloroform.   The State
   has also detected high levels of chloroform, toluene,  benzene,  and other
   organic -solvents - in ground water.

        About 300 people depend on 'wells within 3 miles  of the site as a
   source of drinking water.

        Status  (January 1986);  In response to comments  received,  EPA
   recalculated this site's score on the Hazard Ranking  System,  which EPA
   uses to* evaluate waste sites for the NPL.  The revised score is below the
   cutoff point EPA has established to include a site on the  NPL.   Hence,
   Jame Fine Chemical is being dropped from consideration for the NPL at  .
   this time.
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                              LODI MUNICIPAL WELL
                                Lodi,  New Jersey

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984):  The Lodi Municipal Well  in
  Lodi, Bergen County, Ntew 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 19.86);   Additional tests of the well water are
  planned to determine if the radionuclides present are associated with a
  naturally-occurring formation in  the area.  The analyses will also include
  nonradiological constituents, which are used to help identify the source
  of contaminants.

       EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site because it needs more
  time to analyze the comments  received  during the public Garment period.
  Thus, the Lodi Municipal Well will  remain in proposed status until a
  later rulemaking.-
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                   MDNITOR DEVICES,. INC"./INTERCIROJITS, INC.
                           Wall Township, New Jersey

       Conditions at listing (April 1985);  Monitor Devices,  Inc.  (also
  known  as  Intercircuits,  Inc.) operated a metal-plating business  from
  1977 to 1981'in an industrial park adjacent to the Monmouth County
  Airport,  Wall Township,  New Jersey.   The site, which was leased  from the
  owner,  covers about 2 acres.  In 1981, the company closed operations at
  this site and moved to a new location.
          •
       Process waste waters containing heavy metals, solvents, and corrosive
  acids  were discharged behind the building onto the ground via  three
  pipes.  'State officials observed these discharges in March"and April of
  1980.   A  small  unlined ponded area (25 feet by 15 feet and  6 to  8  inches
  deep)  was noted at the rear of the building.

       Subsequent sampling by the State revealed significant  contamination
  of on-site soil and ground water with heavy metals and volatile  organic
  chemicals.   Two municipal wells serving 24,000 people are less than  2
  miles  from the  site.

    —r-In June 1980,  the State issued  an Administrative Order relating to
  the  company's discharge of waste water onto the ground without a.permit.
  The  order required the company to pay a penalty, install monitoring
  wells,  sample the wells, and take remedial action as necessary.  The
  company has  not fully complied with  the order.

       In March 1983,  Monmouth County  filed criminal charges  against the
  company for  violating State and Federal environmental laws.

       Status  (January 1986);  EPA is  considering various alternatives for
  this site.
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                     MONTCLAIR/WEST ORANGE  RADIUM  SITE
                     Montclair/West orange, New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984);. The Montclair/West Orange
 Radium Site is in two residential neighborhoods in  Montclair and West
 Orange in Essex County, New Jersey.  Radioactive  material,  believed to be
 radium-processing waste, was used as fill, resulting  in  unacceptable
 levels of radon gas and its decay products in a number of private
 residences.  Approximately 50,000 cubic yards of  contaminated  material are
 scattered throughout a neighborhood covering  about  1.0 square  miles.
 •
      Several years ago, the State started  to  investigate a  radium-pro-
 cessing facility in Orange that had ceased operation  in  the 1920s.'  The
 possibility of off-site_disposal of processing -waste  prompted  an aerial
 survey of surrounding areas for gamma radiation.  In  July 19"83, the
 survey identified a number of homes with high levels  of  radon  gas.
 About 80  people are immediately affected.

      In December 1983, EPA started a major field  investigation to define
 the perimeter of contamination and identify additional problem homes.
 Using CERCIA emergency funds, EPA installed ventilation  systems in  affected
 homes as  a temporary corrective measure.

 	Status (January 1986);  In September  1985, EPA completed  a remedial
 investigation/feasibility study.  About 160 homes were identified as being
 affected  in the site area.  The results were  announced at a public  meeting
 in  November 1985.   EPA is scheduled to make its final decision on the remedy
 selected  in April  1986.

      This site, along with the Glen Ridge Radium  Site, was  added to the
 NPL on Feb. 14, 1985, because it involves a serious problem that required
 caking immediate remedial action.
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                       PCMONA OAKS  RESIDENTIAL WELLS
                       Galloway  Township,  New Jersey

      Conditions at listing  (October  1984):   The Pomona Oaks Residential
 Wells serve approximately 200 single-family homes in a rural residential
 area of Galloway Township,  Atlantic  County, New Jersey.  The lots range
 from 0.25 to 0.5 acres in size.  The wells  average 50 to 60 feet deep.

      The State's analyses of the wells  and  of air in showers at several
 hones detected the following volatile organic chemicals:  benzene, 1,2-
 dichloroethane, methylene chloride,  and 1,1,2-trichloroethane.  Approx-
 imately 8,000 people  living within 3 miles  of the site could be affected
 by the contaminated ground  water.  The  State advised residents to seek
 alternate sources of  drinking water.  Furthermore, the State strongly
 suggested that seme residents cease  using their well water for bathing
 purposes.  Since there are  no municipal wells in the area, affected
 residents have resorted  to  carting water from various other sources.

      The State is monitoring the impact of  volatile organics inside the
 homes and has contracted for a  study to fully evaluate and recommend
 alternate water supplies. _  The  Atlantic County Department of Health is
 continuing its investigations to determine  the source of contamination.

      Status (January  1986);  Using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA sampled
 67 homes, some of which showed  low levels of volatile organic chemicals.
 EPA then began to distribute bottled water  to the affected homes.  The
 local water supplier, New Jersey Wbter  Co., extended water lines, and the
 distribution system was  installed  to serve  the affected homes.  This
 system is reported to be incapable of meeting peak water supply demands.
 Galloway Township is  continuing efforts to  secure the land for siting a
 new production well.  EPA has terminated  the distribution of bottled
 water.

    The State is preparing a cooperative agreement application to EPA for
 a remedial investigation/feasibility study  to determine the type and
 extent of ground water contamination and  identify alternatives for
 remedial action.
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                        WALDICK AEROSPACE DEVICES, INC.
                           Wall Township, New Jersey

       Conditions  at listing (October 1984);  Waldick Aerospace Devices,
  Inc., has operated-a metal-electroplating business on a 2-acre site in
  Wall Township in Monmouth County,  Mew Jersey, since 1979.

       Waste waters containing heavy metals, acids,  and volatile organic
  chemicals were discharged into the ground on a daily basis prior to 1982,
  according to  a former employee.   In 1982, Monmouth County and the State
  inspected the site. '  The inspections and subsequent sampling revealed
  significant levels of cadmium,  chromium, and tetrachloroethylene in the
  soil.  Monitoring wells on the site are contaminated with the same com-
  pounds. " Nearby  public" and private wells serving about 28,000 people are
  threatened.

       In March 1984, Waldick Aerospace Devices,  Inc., was tried in Superior
  Court for criminal violation of Federal and State environmental laws.
  KLS Industries,  one of the parties potentially responsible for wastes at
  this facility, agreed to take remedial action at the site under the
  supervision of the Monmouth County Board of Health.  Highly contaminated
  soil was excavated to depths.of 1 to 2 feet on three sides of the main
  building and  was removed from the site.      .	
       Status  (January 1986);   Despite continued legal action, no further
  corrective measures  have been taken by the officers of the two companies.
  By January 198S, Waldick Aerospace Devices,  Inc.,  KLS Industries, and the
  company officers had all filed for bankruptcy.

       In May  and June of 1985,  EPA conducted limited sampling of soils,
  ground water,  surface water,  and air.  These samples documented the
  contamination  of soils and ground water.   Surface  water and private
  wells in the area  are all upgradient from the site.

       EPA has started a remedial investigation/feasibility study to deter-
  mine the type  and  extent of contamination at the site and to identify
  alternatives for remedial action.
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                          MCHOR CHEMICALS
                          fcsville,  New York

           Conditions aftober 1984);  Anchor Chemicals has operated
      °n a O.i>-acre  site-le«  Nassau County,  New York, since
      1964.  The facilifJ packs  chemicals for the graphic arts
      industry,  in  I978*anicals  was purchased by Chessco Industries.
      The new ccnpany  is \chorLith Kern Kb.

           Below the cone  of the  building on the site are 17 storage
      tanks with capaciti  from 1,000 to 2,000 gallons.  A number of
      the tanks were shoeing during various pressure tests performed
      from 1981 through J3 by the Nassau County fire marshall and
     Anchor-Lith.Kem Kb.
          The company h£d three monitoring wells at the site.
     Analyses by the  cocate that the wells are contaminated with
     volatile organic c'i^ilar to those contained at various times
     in the storage, tan}

          About 90,000 ^w drinking water from wells within  3 miles of
     the site*          '

          Status (Janua  EPA is considering various alternatives for
     this  site;
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                        APPLIED ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES
                          Glenwood Landing,  New York

       Conditions at  lis-ting (October 1984):  The Applied Environmental
  Services  (AES) Site covers 3.7 acres in Glenwood Landing, Nassau County,
  New York.  The site is on the north shore  of Long Island.  It slopes down
  to Hempstead Harbor on the west and Mott Cove on the south.  The property
  to the north is operated  by a fuel oil distributor, and the property to
  the east  is owned by a country club.

       The  site consists of 2 one-story buildings, 7 underground tanks,
  and 11 aboveground  tanks.   Seven of the above-ground tanks are on an
  earthen-wall that rises approximately 30 feet above grade. -

       In November 1980, AES started recovering fuels from hazardous
  wastes.   Prior to that, the site was leased and operated by' Mattiace
  Petrochemicals.  Several  spills occurred during Mattiace's operation,
  including approximately 3,000 gallons of toluene from an overturned tank
  trailer.  After toluene was found seeping  into Hempstead Harbor, the
  company installed a trench that recovers an average of 500 gallons' of
  organic chemicals each month.

     •  In several recent inspections,  the State and EPA observed leaking
  barrels,  tanks of solvents,  and an oil sheen in Mott Cove.  The State has
  taken samples and plans further studies.  Shore Realty, the current owner
  of the site, evicted AES  on Jan.  5,  1984.   In June 1984, the New York
  State Attorney General brought suit against Shore Realty in Federal court
  to require the firm to take several remedial actions.

       About 20,000 people  draw drinking water from wells within 3 miles of
  the site.

       Status (January 1986);   As a result of a court order, Shore Realty
  removed all the drums from the site in November 1985.  The State is using
  its own Superfund monies  to clean out the  storage tanks.
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                              BYRCN BARREL & DRUM
                            Byron Township, New York

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984);  The Byron Barrel & Drum Sits
  covers 5  acres  in an old gravel and sand pit area  in Byron Township,
  Genesee County,  New York.  It is adjacent to active farm land used for
  raising vegetables.  About  200 55-gallon drums have been abandoned on
  the property.   Based on the affidavits of several  former employees,
  there may be an area where  about 200 damaged drums are buried.

       The  State  collected random samples from 11 of the drums at  the site;
  the results indicate the presence of various organic compounds,  including
  toluene,  methyl ethyl ketone, and.methylene chloride.  EPA sampled all
  the drums at the site and found PCBs in several of them in concentrations
  up to 236 parts per million.

      EPA issued  an Administrative Order requiring the property owner
  to take immediate corrective actions to clean up the site.  The  owner
  has not complied with the order.

       About 20 people draw drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the  •
  site.

       Status (January 1986).;  Using- CERCLA emergency funds., EPA removed
  all the drums,  sampled soils, and installed a monitoring well.   The
  results of the  sampling indicate that both soil and ground water are
  contaminated with volatile  organic compounds.
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                                  EEC TRUCKING
                            Town of Vestal, New York

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984);  The BEC Trucking Site is a
  3.5-acre  vacant Lot in the  Town of Vestal, Broome County, New York.
  The site  was  formerly owned by the Binghamton Equipment Co.,  a track
  manufacturer.   After the firm declared bankruptcy in  1982, COGS,  Inc.,
  purchased the property at public auction.

       A State  inspection discovered about 40 drums of waste machine oils
  and unknown material's improperly stored at the site.  Many of the drums
  are rusted  and  leaking.   The soil nearby is oil-soaked.  The remainder
  of the site is  littered with empty drums,  trash, barrels, and other debris.

       There  is a potential to contaminate ground water and surface water
  near the  site.  A Vestal Water District Well Field is about  4,500 feet
  north-northeast of the site and serves approximately  3,700 people.  Two
  Vestal wells  were placed on the NPL in September 1983.

       The  State  is negotiating with COGS, Inc., for further monitoring and
  remedial  action.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives •
  for this  site.
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                             CLAREMONT POLYCHEMICAL
                             Old Bethpage, New York

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Claremont Polychemical
  produced  materials for coloring plastic in Old Bethpage, Nassau County,
  New York,  from August 1966 through October 1980.  The site consists of a
  1-story building covering 40,000 square feet situated on an 8-acre  lot.
  On March  13,  1975,  the State issued a Pollution Discharge Elimination
  System permit to the company.  In November 1975, the Nassau County Depart-
  ment of Health (NCDH) inspected the site and found approximately  1,500
  drums scattered about, some uncovered and others leaking or lying on
  their sides.   The drums contained inks, polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride
  resins, and organic solvents.

       From May to September 1980, the company sorted and removed drums
  from the  site.   An inspection by NCDH on Sept. 26, 1980, revealed the
  soil was  contaminated with inks and solvents.  NCDH directed Claremont to
  excavate  contaminated soils.   On Oct. 27,  1980, counsel to Claremont  told
  NCDH that the company -was in receivership and that funds for the  cleanup
  were no longer available.  Conditions have not changed since October
  1980.  In August 1984, the State and the company signed an Administrative
  Order on  Consent requiring the ccnpany to undertake a remedial investi-
  gation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination
  at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.

       About 47,000 people draw drinking water from wells within 3  miles of
  the site.   The nearest public supply well is 3,500 feet northwest of  the
  site.

       Status (January 1986):  The measures called for by the August 1984
  order are underway.
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                               CLOTHIER DISPOSAL
                           Town of Granby,  New York

       Conditions at  listing (October 1984);  The Clothier Disposal Site
  covers about  10 acres  in the Town of Granby, Oswego County, New
  York.  The site is  bounded on the north by a dirt road and on the south
  by Ox Creek.  Generally, it consists of wooded areas and wetlands.

       Until 1974, the site  owner-accepted between 500 and 1,500 barrels
  of waste  from Pollution Abatement Services (which was placed on the NPL
  in September  1983)  in  nearby Oswego.  Inspections conducted by the State
  indicated that many barrels were in poor condition and leaking; solvent
  odors were noted.   PCBs are present in soil samples, according to analyses
  conducted by  the State.  The contamination threatens ground water and
  surface water.  Nearby residents use private or municipal wells.  The
  site drains into a  marsh area,  which drains north into Ox Creek and then
  to the Oswego River which  is used for recreation.

       The  State brought-suit against the owner in November 1976 for operat-
  ing without a permit.   As  a result,  the State granted the owner a temporary
  permit and a  period of 1 year to clean up the site,  in 1977, the materials
  dumped on the site  were covered;  in the process, barrels were broken
  open and  drained.   However,  the case was  dismissed in January 1978.

       Status (January 1986);   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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                         COLESVILLE MUNICIPAL  LANDFILL
                          Town of Colesville,  New York

        Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Colesville Municipal Land-
   fill  is  owned and operated by Brocme County in the Town of Colesville,
   Broome County,  New York.  The 30-acre site  was owned and operated by the
   Town  of  Colesville from 1965 until 1969, when ownership was  transferred
   to Broome County.  The site is located in a rural setting.   About 240
   residents of the area obtain their drinking water from private wells and
   springs.

        Records indicate that the landfill accepted large quantities of
   industrial  wastes from 1973 to February 1975.  These wastes  included
   organic-solvents, dyes7 and various metal wastes containing  cadmium  and
   lead.

        Ground water and surface water around  the site are contaminated,
   according to tests conducted by Brcome County.  Some private wells and
   springs  in  the area of the landfill have been contaminated with volatile
   organic  compounds, including vinyl chloride,-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloro-
   ethane,  and benzene.  Broome County is providing these residents  with
   bottled water.

       The State is negotiating with Broome County for further monitoring
   and remedial action.

        Status (January 1986); The county is supplying either bottled water
   or carbon filtration units to approximately 13 homes.
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                               CORTESE LANDFILL
                      Village of Narrowsburg, New York

       Conditions at,  listing  (October 1984);  The Cortese Landfill covers
  approximately  17 acres in the Delaware River floodplain in the Village
  of Narrowsburg, Town of  Tusten,  Sullivan County, New York.  The former
  operator  of the landfill is the John Cortese Construction Corp.  The
  company owns a portion of the property.  The town owns the rest.

       The  landfill received  municipal wastes from the Town of Tusten at a
  rate of 3,000  cubic'yards per year from 1972 to 1982.  In addition,
  significant quantities of industrial wastes were buried at the landfill.

       The  State has  documented the release of organic chemicals and metals
  to surface  water and ground water at or near the site.  The nearest
  known water supply  (800  feet to the northwest) is the auxiliary well for
  the Narrowsburg water supply.   To date, no significant impacts on water
  supplies  have  been  detected.

       The  State initiated a  lawsuit under CERCLA against several parties
  in Federal  District Court in August 1983.

       Status (January 1986);  In April 198S, the State signed a Consent
  Order with  SCA Services,  Inc.,  which had transported wastes to the site.
  The Consent Order requires  SCA to undertake a remedial investigation/
  feasibility study (RI/FS) to determine the type and extent of contami-
  nation at the  site  and identify alternatives for remedial action.  The
  work began  in  the summer of 1985.  The RI is scheduled to be completed
  in September 1986.
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                          ENDICOTT VILLAGE WELL FIELD
                        Village  of Endicott,  New York

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984);   The Endioott Village Well
  Field is  in the Village of  Endicott,  Town of Union, Broome County, New
  York.  The  village operates four wells  which provide water for approxi-
  mately 45,000 people.   The  Ranney Well,  which supplies approximately 47
  percent of  the total  capacity  of the system,  has operated continuously
  since 1950.  It is located  on  the north bank of the Susquehanna River
  between En-Joie Golf  Course and Grippen Park in the Village of Sndicott.

       In May 1981,  EPA detected vinyl chloride and other organic chemicals
  in the Ranney Well.   In February 1982,  EPA  confirmed vinyl chloride in
  the well.   Sanples taken by the State in 1982 and 1983 also showed the
  presence  of 1,1-dichloroethane,.trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, and trichlo-
  roethylene  in the  Ranney Well  and other points in the  distribution
  system.   The village  has installed  aeration equipment  to remove vinyl
  chloride  from the  water and is presently sampling the  Ranney Well and
  various distribution  points in the  system on a weekly  basis.   Low levels
  of vinyl  chloride  (1  to 3 parts per billion)  are still being detected in
  the well  water.

       The  State has undertaken  a comprehensive investigation of the contami-
  nation of the Endicott  Village Well Field.   It has installed 10 monitoring
  wells on  the En-Joie  Golf Course and sampled some existing upgradient
  wells.  Preliminary sampling has revealed that a portion of the well
  field is  more heavily contaminated  than was indicated  in the Ranney Well
  samples.  A number of potential vinyl chloride sources are being investi-
  gated.  So  far, no source has  been  conclusively identified.

       Status (January  1986); 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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                       EMC CORP.  (DUBLIN ROAD LANDFILL)
                           Town of Shelby, New York

       Conditions at  listing (October 1984);   The EMC Corp.'s Dublin Road
  Landfill covers 6 acres in the  Town of Shelby,  Orleans County, New
  York.  FMC acquired the.site from Niagra Sprayer and Chemical Corp. in
  1943 and used it to dispose of  wastes  from repackaging and production of
  various chemicals.   According to FMC,  the  chemicals included lead, mercury,
  arsenic, and a variety of  phenolic  compounds and pesticides (DDT, ODD,
  and DDE).  The quantity of hazardous wastes is unknown.  Past investi-
  gations and sampling by a  consultant to FMC documented the release of
  contaminants to ground water and surface water in the. vicinity of the
  site.  ...

       Several hundred people draw drinking  water from private wells within
  3 miles of the  landfill.   The nearest  well is  within 1,500 feet of the
  landfill.  .

       The State has  issued  an Order  on  Consent  requiring FMC to undertake
  further field investigations, monitor  the  migration of contaminants, and
  take necessary  remedial action.

       Status (January 1986); EMC has conducted further studies, and the
  reports are currently under review  by  the  State.
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                          GOLDISr RECORDINGS, INC.
                             Hoi brock, New York

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1984);  Goldisc Recordings, Inc.,
(formerly Sonic  Recording Products) in Ho 1brook,  Town  of Islin, Suffolk
Cnunty, New  York, produced phonographic records  from January 1968 to
June 1983.   The  facility occupies approximately  150,000 souare feet on
7 acres of commercially-zoned  property.  Wastes generated at the site
include large  ouantities of nickel plating wastes and  hydraulic oil, and
lesser Quantities of solvents.   On several occasions,  the Suffolk County
Department of  Health discovered  chemical wastes  in storm drains, holding
ponds, and an  on-site dump located in the recharge basin of an aguifer.
In 1981, the county  detected excessive Ipvels of  solvents,  nickel, and oil
in sanitary  and  storm drains.   An area -between- the two buildings on the
site is paved, and there-is a  large paved area on the  southern portion
of the site.   Sanitary and storm drains, two above-ground tanks, and
some 55-aallon drums are located between the two  buildinas.  A large
holding pond is  located  on the north side of the  site.
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       A grassy  wooded area surrounds the property.  The site is rela-
tively flat  to the south and west, with variable  topography to the north
and east.  Residential and ccmmercial areas are largely to  the west and
south, and relatively undeveloped land lies adjacent to the site to the
north and east.  Many surface  water bodies, including  lakes and basins
that recharge  ground water, are dcwngradient.

     An estimated 130 wells within 3 miles of the site serve a minimum
population of  71,000. A public supply well is 1,000 feet dcwngradient
(south) of the site.   Other public and private supply  wells are also down-
gradient.  Ground water  is the only source of water supply  in the area.

     The State issued a  nunber of Consent Orders  to Goldisc between 1979
and 1981 for numerous violations of Article 12 of the  Suffolk County
Sanitary Code and the State's  Environmental Conservation Law.

     Status  (January 1986); The present owner, First  Holbrook Co., has
cleaned the  leaching pools and  installed monitoring wells.   On Dec. 20,
1985, the Electrosand Group, Inc. (present occupants of the site)  and the
present owner entered into a Consent Order with the State to undertake 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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                                   HAVILAND COMPLEX
                            Town of Hyde Park, New York

       Conditions at  listing  (October 1984);  The Haviland Complex covers
  several blocks in the Town  of Hyde Park,  Dutchess County, Mew York.  The
  site consists of a  group of apartments and a shopping center with  an old
  dry cleaner, a car  wash,  a  laundromat, and offices.  At least seven
  private wells nearby and two Haviland Conplex water supply wells serving
  about 2,000 people  have  been contaminated with trichloroethylene,
  perchloroethylene,  vinyl chloride,  chlorobenzenes, and other volatile
  organic chemicals,  according to tests conducted by the county.  The
  shallow aquifer is  contaminated,  and the bedrock aquifer is threatened.
  No alternate water  supply is readily available.

       Status (January 1986);   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.  Homeowners  in
  the area are currently buying their own bottled water.  The apartment
  complex has installed an aeration system to remove volatile organic
  chemicals from its  wells.
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                                HERTEL LANDFILL
                              Plattekill, New York

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Hertel Landfill covers
  80 acres  in  Plattekill, Ulster County, New York.   It is situated in the
  valley of a  tributary to Black Creek and  is surrounded by wetlands.  The
  privately-owned landfill accepted an unknown quantity of commercial and
  industrial waste from approximately 1963  to April 1976, when the Ulster
  County Department of Health revoked its permit for a variety of violations.

       Tests conducted' by the State detected chromium in ground water.
  About 1,800  people draw drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the
  ^ J i—._.
  site.
       Status  (January 1986);  EPA. is considering various alternatives
  for this site.
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             HOOKER CHEMICAL  & PLASTICS CORP./RUCO POLYMER CORP.
                              Hicksville, New York

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984);  The Hooker Chemical & Plastics
  Corp./Ruco Polymer Corp.  Site covers 72 acres in an industrial park area
  of Hicksville  on  Long  Island,  Nassau County,  New York.  The surrounding
  area is highly urbanized.   Hooker/Ruco manufactures' plastics, latex, and
  esters on the  site.

       Hooker/Ruco  discharged liquid wastes into dry wells from 1951 to
  1975.  The wells  for Plant  2,  which manufactured polyvinyl chloride (PVC)
  and latex, received approximately 2. million gallons per year of waste
  water from 1956 to 1975.  The primary materials were 0.1 percent PVC resin
  solids,"0.1 percent vinyl chloride, trichloroethylene, and "vinyl acetate.
  In addition, unknown amounts of .'Styrene and butadiene were discharged from
  latex processing.   The well for Plant 1, which manufactured esters,
  received  waste water containing "considerable" amounts of mixed glycols
  and alcohols, .according to  the Nassau County Health Department.  The
  waste water also  included tetrachloroethylene, methanol,  and organic
  acids such as  adipic,  trimellitic,  maleic, and phthalic.

       From 1975 through 1980,  the Health Department verified contamination
  of industrial  wells at .the  neighboring Grumman. Aerospace, Corp. with, high
  levels of vinyl chloride" and other chlorinated organic compounds.  The
  maxiitum level  was 50 parts  per billion.  The Health Department determined
  that Hooker/Ruco  was the  only producer and user of vinyl chloride on Long
  Island.   There are 4 public supply wells within 1 mile of the site; more
  than 24 are within 3 miles,  of which one, Hicksville Water District,
  serves 58,000  persons.

       Status  (January 1986);   EPA is considering various alternatives for
  this site.
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                            JOHNSTOWN CITY LANDFILL
                          Torn of Johnstown, New York

       Conditions  at listing (October 1984);  The Johnstown City Landfill
  covers 63 acres  in the Town of Johnstown, Fulton County, New York.
  After operating  the site as an open dump from 1947 to I960, the City of
  Johnston converted it to a sanitary landfill.  The landfill is still owned
  and operated by  the city.

       The landfill accepted industrial waste from local tanneries until
  mid-1977.  From  1973 to April 1979, aixxit 20,000 cubic yards of sludge
  from the Gloversville-Johnstown sewage treatment plant were deposited in
  piles in the landfill.  The sludge contains high concentrations of chrom-
  ium, lead, and iron.

       EPA and the State have documented that monitoring wells and private
  wells in the immediate vicinity of the site are contaminated with heavy
  metals.  The City of Johnstown Well Field, approximately 4,500 feet
  southeast of the landfill, is used only on an auxiliary basis because
  of high chloride, turbidity, and iron attributed to the landfill.

       The State is presently negotiating with the City of Johnstown for
  the closure  of the landfill, additional monitoring, and remedial action.

     Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
  this site.
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                            KATCNAH MUNICIPAL WELL
                          Town of Bedford,  New York

       Conditions at  listing  (October 1984);   The Katonah Municipal Well
  in the Town of Bedford, Westchester County,  New York, is a part of the
  Bedford Water and Storage Distribution District.  This well'had provided
  nearly 50 percent of the drinking water for 6,150 persons on public
  supply systems in Katonah and Bedford Hills.  It is adjacent to the
  Muscoot Reservoir,  -which supplies water to  New York City.

       The County Health Department first discovered tetrachloroethylene,
  dibronoehldromethane, bromodichloromethane,  and brcmofonn in the Katonah
  Well in-December 1978,-at which time it was taken out of service.  By
  January 1979, the possible  sources of the problem had been traced to four
  nearby dry cleaning establishments that were served by septic systems.
  The county worked with the  owners to correct the problems and remove the
  sources.

       Several attempts at pumping the well to remove the. contamination from
  the aquifer have proved unsuccessful.   In addition, the floodgates of
  the Muscoot Reservoir were  closed to raise  the water leveL of the res-
  ervoir in the hopes that water pressure would impact the well field and
  dilute the concentration of contaminants.   However, after an initial
  drop, contaminant levels rose when the well was pumped to simulate
  normal operations.

       The county and State will continue to  work with the Town of Bedford
  on a plan to reduce the concentration of contaminants in the well.

       Status (January 1986);   The Town of Bedford has installed new
  wells..to provide the -water  district with an adequate supply of watsr.
  EPA is conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
  the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alterna-
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                             KEM-1ARK TEXTILE ODRP.
                             Farmingdale, Mew York

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Remark Textile Corp. has
  conducted operations involving manufacturing screens and handling and
  washing fabric in a light industrial area in Farmingdale, Suffolk County,
  New York, since 1971.  The 5-acre site, which is largely paved,' is  fairly
  flat.   Over 500 residences are within 0.25 miles of the site, the nearest
  650 feet away.

       An engineering' report completed in 1973 by a consultant to  Kennark
  documented  that ground water at the site was in violation of ground -water
  standards due to  elevated levels of chromium.  Wells are the only source
  of  drinking water for -more than 10,000 people in the area. • It was  known
  in  1973 that wastes were being discharged to leaching pits on sits.  The
  •wastes  contained  calcium, iron, zinc, copper, chranium, nickel,  and
  varying amounts of inks and dyes.

       In 1979,  the State issued a permit requiring Kenmark to treat  its
  waste water before discharging it to the municipal sewer.  Kenmark  is not
  meeting the discharge levels,  and waste water contaminated with  heavy
  metals  is discharged to leaching pools on-site.

       In 1981,  the Suffolk County Department of Health temporarily closed
  the company for illegal storage of drums of hazardous waste.  More  than
  50  drums containing hydroxide sludge are'currently stored on-site.

       The State is negotiating with Kennark to treat its wastes properly,
  discharge them into the municipal sewer system, and remove drums contain-
  ing hazardous wastes-.

       Status (January 1986);  Susquehanna Textile, a tenant at the site,
  has removed some  of the contaminated materials from the surface.
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                          LIBERTY INDUSTRIAL FINISHING
                            Farmingdale,  New York

       Conditions at lis-ting  (October 1984);  The Liberty Industrial  Finish-
  ing Site  covers less  than 0.1  acres .-in Liberty Industrial Park in Farming-
  dale, Nassau County,  New York.  The site is surrounded on three sides by
  •residential areas,  the  nearest within 1,000 feet.  The site consists of
  three buildings,  three  acid vats,  a sludge-drying lagoon, two leaching
  basins, a number  of finishing  vats,  and a basin for holding storm water.
  From 1948 through 1972,  the company carried out electroplating, anodizing,
  and painting operations at  the site.

       In 1977, the State found  that Liberty Industrial was violating its
  permit by discharging plating  wastes containing heavy metals to leaching
  basins.   The leaching basins were  contaminated with chromium and cadmium,
  according to tests conducted by the county.

       In September 1978,  Liberty Industrial entered into a Consent Agree-
  ment with the State to  clean up the site.   It did not do so.  On Sept. 21,
  1984, Four  J's Co.  acquired title-to the-site from Liberty Industrial. '
  The State is now  trying to  bring the new owner into compliance with the
  Consent Agreement.

       The  site is  underlain  by  sand and gravel to a depth of 95 feet, which
  allows contaminants on  the  surface to seep into ground water.  About 90,000
  people draw drinking  water  from wells within 3 miles of the site.

       Status (January  1986):  On April 12,  1985,  the State and Four J's
  entered into a Consent  Order requiring the company to undertake 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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                           NEPEFA CHEMICAL CO., INC.
                               Maybrook, New York

        Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Nepera  Chemical Co.,  Inc.,
  Site  covers 23 acres southwest of Maybrook, Orange County,  New York.
  Between 1953 and 1968, Nepera used the site to dispose  of a portion of
  the industrial -wastes generated by its plant in Harrinan, New York.   The
  plant manufactured a variety of organic chemical compounds.   In 1953,
  the State issued Nepera a "permit to discharge sewage or wastes into  the
  waters  of the State." Waste disposal started with two lagoons and  expanded
  to six  lagoons, each measuring 160 feet long, 70 feet wide, and 6  feet
  deep.   The discharge started at 50,000 gallons per week and declined  to
  about 7,000 gallons per week in 1967.

        State inspections detected leakage from the lagoons in 1958 and  1960.
  Nepera  and EPA detected contaminants, including arsenic, copper, zinc,
  dichlorcmethane,  and di-n-butylphthalate, in on-site test wells.

        Due to the State's continuing concern about proper containment of the
  waste and the threat to the Maybrook Well Field 800 feet away, which
  served  2,500 people, Nepera discontinued operation of the lagoons  in
  1968.   The last lagoons were filled in 1974.

        On Aug. 17,  1984, the State entered into an Administrative Order on
  Consent with Nepera to conduct a remedial investigation to  determine  the
  type  and extent of contamination at the site.

        Status (January 1986);  The results of the investigation were due
  early in 1986.
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                         NORTH SEA MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
                              North Sea,  New York

       Conditions at listing  (October 1984); The North Sea Municipal  Land-
   fill covers 110 acres  in North Sea,  Town of Southampton, Suffolk County,
   New York.   Q«/ned by the  Town of Southampton,  the landfill has been  accep-
   ting refuse,  construction debris,  and septic system wastes since 1963.

       The  site is  located in eastern Long Island near the southern shore
   of Little Peconic  Bay  in an area with extensive ponds, coves, and wetlands.
   Soils in  the area  are  sands and gravels, and ponds in the area are  surface
   expressions of ground  water.   The site is unlined, allowing rapid movemant
   of contaminants.

       There  is a plume  of ground water contaminated with heavy metals  in
   an aquifer  designated  by EPA as a sole source of drinking water for more
   than 10,000 people in  the area.  Monitoring by the town and State has
   established that the plume  is moving northwest of the site and has  resulted
   in closure  of several  private wells.  Public water supplies have been
   extended  to serve  residents of the area.  Ground water in this area
   ultimately  discharges  to Fish Cove of the Peconic Bay.  The Peconic Bay
   system is a major  recreational resource in this region.

       The  town has  been cooperating with the Suffolk County Health Depart-
   ment to provide alternative drinking water supplies in areas where  ground
   water has been contaminated.

       Status (January 1986);   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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                       PASLEY SOLVENTS & CHEMICALS, INC.
                              Henpstead, New York

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Pasley Solvents & Chemical,
  Inc., Site covers  about  0.5 acres in Henpstead, Nassau County, Mew
  York.  Barlo Equipment Co.  leased the property and subsequently subleased
  it to Pasley Solvents.   Pasley operated as a chemical distribution  facility
  from 1969 through  mid-1982 and reportedly stored various organic chemicals,
  including aliphatic  naphthas,  aromatic solvents, and ketones.  Prior to
  1969, the site was occupied by Commander Oil, a distributor of fuel oil
  and gasoline.  The site  consists of a large one-story building, a tin
  shed, a small  building,  and 12 above-ground tanks.

       In June 1981, the "Nassau County Health Department collected soil
  samples beneath the  tanks  at depths of 6 inches to 36 inches.  Analyses
  of the samples indicated that the soil was contaminated with halogenated
  and nonhalogenated organic compounds.  Five monitoring wells were installed
  at the site in August 1981.   Analyses of soil and ground water from
  wells 2,  4, and 5  detected halogenated and nonhalogenated organic compounds,
  as well as constituents  of fuel oil and gasoline.  The nearest well is
  less than 0.5  miles  from the site.   About 12,000 people draw drinking water
  from wells within  3 miles  of the site.

       Nassau County has cited both Commander Oil and Pasley Solvents for
  various violations but without any resulting follow-up action.

       Status (January 1986);   EPA is considering various alternatives
  for this  site.
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                            PREFERRED PLATING CORP.
                             Farmingdale, New York

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):   Preferred Plating Corp.  con-
  ducted plating operations on a 0.5-acre site in Farmingdale,  Town of
  Babylon,  Suffolk County,  New York, for more  than 20 years, before going
  out of business in 1976.   Since then, several firms have occupied the  .
  site.  None conducted similar" operations to  Preferred Plating.  An auto-
  mobile repair shop now occupies the site.

       From 1955 to 1976, the Suffolk County Department of Health made
  numerous  tests of waste materials contained  in open pits.  The pits  were
  severely  cracked and leaking, allowing discharges  into ground water.  In
  1975, the county, identified four major contaminants—copper,  chromium,
  cadmium,  and hexavalent chromium.  About 15,000 people draw drinking water
  from wells  within 3 miles of the site.

       The  county has taken various court actions through the years to up-
  grade on-site treatment facilities.  The court mandates were  never
  accomplished.  In 1976, Preferred Plating "filed for bankruptcy.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives
  for this  site.
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                       RCBIOTECH, INC./NATIONAL PIPE GO.
                            Town of Vestal, New York

        Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The Robintech, Inc. /National
   Pipe Go.   Site is an inactive filled lagoon, approximately 1-acre in size,
   in the Town of Vestal,  Brocne County, New York.  The site  was  owned by
   Robinson Technical Products from September 1966 to 1970; Robintech,  Inc.,
   from 1970 to December 1982; and National Pipe Co. from December  1982 to
   the present.  The facility manufactures polyvinylchloride  (PVC)  pipe from
   inert PVC resin and-assembles plastic-coated cable.

        The lagoon was used from 1968 to 1974 for Hi«?pr>gai of chromic acid
   plating, solution, caustic reverse plating etch, machine cutting  oils,  and
   toluene.   More than 1,500 gallons of liquid waste were dumped  into the
   lagoon, which had been a small swamp.  It has been almost  completely filled
   with clean dirt and paved or covered with gravel.  It  is now used as a
   storage yard for PVC pipe.

        The site is situated at the southern edge of an area  that is an active
   gravel pit on the southern bank of a meander of the  Susquehanna  River.
   The area immediately north of the site is marshy, with a small stream
   running through it.   This stream receives drainage from the Roundtop Hill
   area and  is  all that remains of the former lagoon.  The area surrounding
   the site  is  primarily industrial.  The Town of Vestal Water District
   No.  4 is  on the Susquehanna floodplain about 2,500 feet north-northwest
   of the site.  Well 4-2 was placed on the NPL in September  1983.

        Status  (January 1986):  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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                                  SAFNEY FAFM
                                Amenia,  New York

                  at listing (October 1984);  The Sarney Farm is in Amenia,
  Dutdiess County, New York.   The site is an open dump in farmland, with
  several small villages close by.  A former owner used a 35-acre section
  of the property as~a dump for municipal and industrial wastes.  The
  operation had no permit.  The site received ethylene dichloride in 55-
  gallon drums, cleaning solvents, inks,  acids, water-base glue, and machine
  oil between 1965 and 1969,  according to the county.  Some drums are on
  the surface, and others are buried.

       Contamination of  both  ground water and surface water is of concern.
  About 4,500 people draw drinking. water from wells within 3 miles of the
  site.                                           .

       The site is 500 feet from Cleaver Swamp, which in the past provided
  water for farm livestock.

       Status ' (January 1986):  EPA. is conducting a remedial investigation/
  feasibility study  to determine the type and extent of contamination at
  the -site and to identify  alternatives for remedial action.
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                          SUFFERN VILLAGE WELL
                         Village of Suffern,  New York

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);   The Suffern Village Well Field
  consists of four wells in the  Village of Suffern,  Rockland County, New
  York.  Approximately  11,000 residents are served at an average rate of
  1.5 million gallons per day from  the well field,  which is immediately
  adjacent to the Ranapo River in the northwest corner of the village
  limits.  In September 1978,  Rockland County Health Department detected
  over 100 parts per billion (ppb)  of the solvent 1, 1, 1-trichloroethane in
  Well Number 4.  Three wells (numbers 1,  2,  and 4)  have been forced out
  of operation due to the contamination.

       During an investigation in 1979, the Health Department identified
  Tempcon Corp. as a likely source  of the solvent contamination.  Tempcon
  has since removed  its suspected dry well and no longer uses 1,1,1-tri-
  chloroethane in its operations.   Unfortunately, these remedial actions
  have not reduced the  levels of 1,1,1-trichloroethane at the well field.

       During the summer of 1979, the village took remedial action of its
  own by constructing a $190,000 pretreatment aeration system to remove
  volatile organic chemicals from the ground  water and by pumping upgradient
  Well Number 4 and  discharging  the effluent.  These two remedial measures
  control the concentration of 1,1,1-trichloroethane in Well Number 3 to
  below 50 ppb, which allows the well to  be used.  The State has studied the
  Ranapo Valley outwash deposit, the 8,000-foot long aquifer tapped by the
  wells.  The State  plans further studies of  the site.

       Status (January  1986);  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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                             SMS- INSTRUMENTS,. INC.
                              Deer Park. New York

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):  SMS Instruments, Inc., over-
  hauled military aircraft components in Deer Park, Town of Babylon, Suffolk
  County, New York,  between. 1971 and 1983.  The site consists of a one-story
  building  occupying 34,000 square feet on a 1.5-acre lot that is largely
  paved.  Industrial wastes generated from degreasing and other refurbishing
  operations  were routinely discharged to a leaching pool civ-site.  In
  1979-80,  the  Suffolk County Department of Health detected solvents in the
  pool.  The  county  installed monitoring wells, which proved to be contami-
  nated with  1,1,1-trichloroethane.  Ground water is the only water supply
  source in the area.   A public well field and pump station are less than 1
  mile south, the general direction of ground water flow.  Over 10,000 people
  draw drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.

       In March 1980,  the county issued a modified consent order to SMS.
  Violations  at the  site included effluent discharge in excess of ground
  water standards and criteria,  improper storage and disposal of hazardous
  wastes, and failure to apply for a State Pollution Discharge Elimination
  System permit.  Subsequent investigations at the site during 1981 revealed
  70 drums  stored outdoors unprotected, some showing evidence of corrosion
  and leakage.   Also in 1981, an underground 6,000-gallon jet fuel tank
  failed a  pressure  test, suggesting an additional threat to ground water.

       The  site is 75 feet above sea level.  Topography is generally flat
  with the  exception of a steep embankment leading to a large basin 50
  feet from the eastern property line that recharges ground water.  The
  headwaters  of Sampawams Creek,  which feeds into Guggenheim Lakes,  lie
  1 mile southeast*' Belmont Lake State Park is less than 2 miles south-
  southwest.  The immediate vicinity is light industrial, but predominant
  land use  in the surrounding area is commercial and residential.  Approx-
 ~ ornately 5,000 residences are within 1 mile of the site.  Several schools
  are to the  south.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
  this site.
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                            TPCNIC PLATINS CO., INC.
                             Famtingdale; New York

        Conditions at listing (October 1984): Tronic Plating Co., Inc.
  occupies  0.5  acres in  Famongdale,  New York.  The site is in  southwestern
  Suffolk Count/, approximately 1.5 miles east of the Nassau County line.
  Tronic occupies the southeast corner of a long building in an industrial
  park. area.  The site consists of the building, two inside above-ground
  storage tanks, four below-ground leaching pools, and a storm  drain in the
  paved area  to the northeast of the  building.  Tronic has provided electro-
  plating and anodizing  services to the electronics industry since July
  1968.

        State  and county  authorities have determined that hazardous wastes,
  consisting  primarily of heavy metals, were discharged from storage tanks
  and leaching  pools on  the site.   The State issued a Pollution Discharge
  Elimination System permit to Tronic on April 1, 1980.  In June 1980, the
  State issued  a consent order to Tronic for discharging industrial wastes
  to  ground water from leaching pools.  Tronic agreed to obtain a permit
  and clean out the leaching pools.

       Tests  conducted by the State jan one of the leaching pools detected
  copper, silver, iron,  zinc,  lead, and cadmium.  Heavy metals also were_
  detected  in 'the storm  drain.

       The  site is  in a  generally flat area with an average slope of less
  than 3 percent.   There is no surface water in the vicinity.  The surrounding
  area is paved, and run-off flows to existing storm drains.  The site is
  surrounded  by manufacturing and commercial facilities.  Large cemeteries
  are located to the south  and east.

       Wells  provide drinking water to about 16,000 people and are the only
  water supply  in the area.

       Status (January 1986):   EPA is considering various alternatives for
  this site.
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                         VOLNEY MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
                           Town of Vblney, New York

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984)t   The Volney Municipal Landfill
 covers 58 acres in the  Town of Volney/  Oswego County, New York.  The
 surrounding area  is rural.   About 200 residents are served by private
 wells.  Currently, the  site is owned by Oswego County and operated by
 the Oswego County Highway Department.  Before the county purchased the
 landfill in 1975, it-was  privately owned and served the Towns of Granby
 and Volney and the Village  of Fulton.  In 1974, approximately 8,000
 barrels of wastes from  Pollution Abatement  Services, Oswego, New York,
 which was placed on the NPL in September 1983, were buried at the site.
 A significant leachate  problem exists.   Ground water is contaminated
 with benzene, lead, and phenols,  according  to tests conducted by the
 State.

      The State has entered  .into a Consent Order with Oswego County for
 control of the leachate problem and closure of the site.  The State is
 now reviewing the county's  closure plan.

      Status (January 1986 >-t  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.

      The State approved the county's closure plan, and the landfill was
 closed in the fall of 1985.
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                    BYPASS 601 GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                           Concord, North Carolina

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Bypass 601 Ground Water
 Contamination Site is in Concord, Cabarrus County,  North Carolina.  An
 estimated  3,000 residents of this rural caramonity on.a bypass to State
 Highway 601  depend exclusively on ground water for  drinking and other
 household  uses.

      EPA recently detected high concentrations of heavy metals in monitor-
 ing wells  near Martin Scrap & Recycling, Inc., which has reclaimed batteries
 in the area  since 1966.

      Status  (January 1986):  In July 1985, EPA completed a search for
 parties (in  addition to Martin Scrap) potentially responsible for wastes
 associated with the site.  None of the parties chose to participate in
 cleaning up  the site.  EPA has obligated funds to start work preparatory
 to a remedial investigation/ feasibility study to determine the extent of
 contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.
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                   CELANESE CORP. (SHELBY FIBER OPERATIONS)
                            Shelby, North Carolina

      Conditions at listing (October 1984):  Celanese Corp. manufactures
 synthetic fibers  in a plant in Shelby/ Cleveland County/ North Carolina.
 Between  1970 and  1978, the ccinpany used a 3-acre area on the plant for the
 temporary storage of drums of waste chemicals and  solvents.   During the
 1960s, conbustible materials, including oils and solvents, were burned in
 the open in  a smaller area on the plant.

       Monitoring  wells on the plant are contaminated with organic chemicals
 in the parts-per-million-range, according1 to tests conducted by Celanese.
 Within 0.25  miles of the site are 47 private drinking water  wells;  the
 closest  is approximately 1,500 feet downgradient of the monitoring-well
 with the highest  levels of organic chemicals.  The site  is located approxi-
 mately 3,500 feet from Buffalo Creek, the source of the  plant's drinking
 water.

      Status  (January 1986);   Celanese has submitted a workplan to EPA
 for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to  determine  the type and
 extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
 action.   EPA has  approved the workplan and is discussing future activity
 at the site  with  Celanese.
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                           .JADCO-HUGHES FACILITY
                          Belmont,  North Carolina

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984):   The Jadco-Hughes Facility
 covers about 6 acres  in Belmont/ Gaston County, North Carolina.  Chemical
 wastes were received  from industries and reprocessed to recover whatever
 could be resold.  The residues remaining were deposited in a landfill on
 the site.

      About 8,000 to  10,000  drums had accumulated by August 1975, when the
 company stopped opera'ting.  The* drums were  stacked at several locations
 and were in various states  of  deterioration. Several large storage tanks
 were also on-site.

      Analyses conducted' by  EPA revealed the presence of cyanide, arsenic,
 copper, lead, methylene chloride,  and toluene in soil samples taken from
 the site.  It appears likely that  the contaminants will migrate into
 ground water since the landfill was unlined and approximately 6 feet
 above the water table.  Approximately 4,700 people use wells within 3 miles
 of the site as a source of  drinking water.  .

      Status (January  1986)t  In July 1985,  EPA  identified over 30 parties
 potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site.
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       .  ... .  NORTH CAROLINA. STATE UNIVERSITY (LOT 86,  FARM UNIT~#1)
.  -     •'.:•'  , ..  .  .  .       .Raleigh,. North Carolina .;       .      •
   • •                 .••'•••        •;         . •    • •            *•
        Conditions at Hating  (October  1984)*  A 1.5-acre site tb the north
*  of Carter-Finley Stadium in Raleigh, Made County, North Carolina, referred
   to as lot 86, Farm Unit  #1, was used by the science laboratories and
   agricultural research facilities of  North Carolina  State University as a
   waste disposal area.  Fran  1969 to 1980,  solvents,  pesticides,  heavy
   metals, acids, and bases were buried in containers  in 10-foot trenches.
   The site is completely fenced.

        The University's Department of  Marine, Earth,  and Atmospheric
   Sciences has extensively monitored the site since 1981.   One background
   and three downgradient wells  were drilled to  a depth of about 10 feet
   below tiie water table.   Analyses of  ground water indicate the presence
   of high levels (in the parts-per-millicn range) of  chloroform,  brcraoforra,
   1,1,1-trichloroethane, and metixylene chloride.

        An estimated 3,900  people in surrounding communities use private
   wells and have no other  source of drinking water.

        Status '(January 1986):   ERA is  considering various alternatives for
   the site.
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                               ALSCO ANACONDA
                             Gnadenhutten, Ohio

      Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):  The Alsco Anaconda Site is an
 inactive sludge disposal lagoon on Alsco plant property adjacent to the
 Tuscarawas River in Gnadenhutten,  Tuscarawas County, Ohio.  The 0.3-acre
 lagoon is in permeable soils  and is not lined.  From 1971 to  1978,  the
 company disposed of 18,000  drums of waste in the lagoon.  Lagoon sludge
 contains chromium and  cyanide-,  according to analyses conducted by Alsco
 Anaconda's contractor.

      City and private  drinking  water wells serving 3,100 people draw
 ground water from aquifers  within 3 miles of the Alsco Anaconda Site.
 There are no alternative sources of drinking water.

      Status  (January 1986):  The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency  is
 taking a judicial action to require Alsco Anaconda to study the extent
 of contamination at the  site.
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                   GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (COSHOCTON PLANT)
                              Coshocton, Ohio

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

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

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

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

     Status (January 1986);  This site remains in proposed status  until
EPA implements the appropriate elements of its final policy for placing
RCRA-related sites on the NPL and then applies the policy to this  site.
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                         INDUSTRIAL EXCESS  LANDFILL
                              Uniontownr Ohio

      Conditions at listing (October  1984):  The  Industrial Excess Landfill
 covers 30 acres in Uniontown, stark  County/ Ohio.  While  in operation
 (from about 1959 to 1980), the privately-owned and -operated landfill
 accepted residential  and connercial wastes, as  well  as approximately 1
 million gallons of industrial wastes.  The landfill  is  capped with a
 rather permeable material and is on  sand and gravel  soils.  All residents
 in the immediate area (about 19,000) use wells for drinking.water.

      In 1983,  area residents complained to the State  about contamination
 of ground water, surface water, and  air, as well as  numerous health
 effects.  Analyses by.the State.confirmed  contamination.   In 1983, the
 State detected slight impacts on surface water on  the site from leachate
 generated within the landfill.  Analyses of residential wells showed low
 levels of organic chemicals.

      Status (January 1986);  In February 1985, the Ohio State Court
 ordered the owner of the landfill to control the migration of methane
 gas.  EPA prepared a plan for action at the site involving an active
 control system.  However, the State  allowed installation  of a passive
 control_sys£em with monitoring to determine its  effectiveness.  The
 system was evaluated by-the State and- EPA  and deLerniinecbtcr be inadequate.
 In November 1985, EPA recommended an immediate removal'action to control
 the methane gas migration.  Using CERCLA emergency funds,  EPA is installing
 an active control system.

      EPA negotiated with parties potentially responsible  for wastes at
 the site 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.

      On June 11, 1985, negotiations  failed, and  EPA undertook the RI/FS
 with Federal funds.  On-site activities began in August 1985.
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                         REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. QUARRY
                                 Elyria,. Ohio.

      Conditions  at listing (October 1984):  Republic  Steel Corp. disposed
 of waste pickling liquor (acids) in a 5-acre quarry in Elyria,  Lorain
 County, Ohio,  from 1950 to 1972.  Water from the quarry discharges to
 the Nest Branch  of the Black River, which is adjacent to  the  site.
 Whether wastes from the quarry have contaminated the  river is not known
 at this tine.  The wastes in the quarry are in direct contact with a
 sandstone  formation that may be a minor aquifer in the area.

      The site, although fenced, is still accessible.   The City of Elyria
 is the present owner.

      An. estimated 60,000 people live within 3 miles of the site-  Two
 residential wells are within 1 mile of the site.   Nearby  surface waters
 are used for recreation.

      Status (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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       SANITARY LANDFILL CO. (INDUSTRIAL WASTE DISPOSAL CO., INC.)
                                Dayton, Ohio.

     Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The Sanitary Landfill Co.,
which  is owned  by Industrial Waste Disposal Co.,  Inc.,  operated a 40-acre
landfill near Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, from 1965 to 1980. The
landfill reportedly accepted municipal wastes and  various  types of indus-
trial  wastes,  including solvents.  The landfill is located above gravel
deposits.   About  110/000 people draw drinking water from wells within
3 miles of the  site.  The wells are' drilled into  a deeper aquifer, which
may be connected  to the shallow gravel deposits,  according to a study
conducted  by the  U.S. Geological Survey.  Thus, there  is a potential for
contamination of  public water wells.

     Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
the site.
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                               VAN DALE JUNKYARD
                                 Marietta, Ohio

      Conditions  at  listing (October 1984):  The Van Dale Junkyard covers
 about 10 acres 1.5  miles northeast of Marietta, Washington County, Ohio.
 It is on a ridge near Duck Creek, a tributary to the Ohio River.  The
 owner was licensed  by the  county to receive junk and refuse,  in addition,
 the owner accepted  hundreds of  drums containing waste dyes and organic
 chemicals.  As a result  of the  facility's geology and poor management
 practices, the creek, sediments, and an adjacent marshy area are
 contaminated with organic  chemicals and metals, according to tests       ,
 conducted by EPA and the State.  Additionally, the potential exists for
 contamination of local private  wells serving about 20 people.

      The Ohio Attorney General  filed a suit against the owner/operator
 of the facility  on  Jan.  13, 1984.  On Feb. 29, 1984, the owner/operator
 agreed to a Preliminary  Injunction enjoining the facility fron accepting
 solid and hazardous waste, and  from filling, grading, excavating, or
 burning wastes.

      The site was originally proposed for the NFL in December 1982.  In
 September 1983,  it  was dropped  from consideration because, on the basis
 of the data then available, its score on the Hazard Ranking System-did
 not qualify it for  the NPL.  On the basis.of new data gathered by the
 State since September 1983, the site's score is high enough to warrant
 proposing it again  for the NPL.

      Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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                    SAND SPRINGS PETROCHEMICAL COMPLEX
                           Sand  Springs,  Oklahoma

     Conditions at listing  (September 1983):   The Sand Springs Petrochemical
Complex covers about 235 acres  in Sand Springs,  Tulsa County, Oklahona, adjacent
to the Arkansas River.  The site consists of  all the former Sinclair Oil Refinery
south of Adams Road, including  the Wynn  area  and the old Sinclair refinery acid
pits.  The Wynn area is a waste oil and  spent solvents recycling, storage, and
disposal facility covering  about 6 acres adjacent to the Arkansas River levee.
Groups of operators are involved in the  Wynn  area: (1)  the Wynn Group (various
companies, but chiefly Vacuum & Pressure Tank Truck Services, Inc.) and (2) the
Recyclon Group (Recyclon Corp.,  Resource Recovery & Refining Corp., and various
individuals who control and operate those entities).

     The acid pits date back to when  the refinery was in operation (1930-1944).
Several thousand cubic yards of sulruric acid sludge containing heavy metals
(including lead and chromium) are stored in two  unlined pits, perhaps as deep as
20 feet.  Over the years, sludge has  seeped into the Arkansas River levee,
releasing contaminants to the river.   Contamination of ground water is also
likely from the pits.

     Several additional industries have  leased tracts of land on the refinery
property.  Over the years,  hazardous  substances  were stored or disposed of in
drums, tanks, and unlined pits,  or were  simply buried on-site.   These substances
include volatile and nonvolatile organics, acids, caustics, chlorinated solvents,	
and sludges containing heavy metals.   Poor operations have contaminated local
ground water, according to  tests conducted by EPA, and there is the potential
for contaminants to leave the site in run-off.

     Status (June 1984):  EPA and the State are  preparing a cooperative agreement
for a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
of contamination at the site and to identify  alternatives for remedial action.
EPA issued two Administrative Orders  concerning  an immediate removal in the
Wynn area.  The orders were issued on March 2 and March 13, 1984, to Recyclon
Corp., Resource Recovery &  Refining Corp., Vacuum & Pressure Tank Truck Services,
Inc., Vacuum Refining, Inc., Solvents Recovery,  Inc.,  Sand Springs Home, Inc.,
and certain individuals who control and  operate,  or who are involved with these
entities.  In the Immediate removal,  EPA removed and disposed of approximately
400 drums of hazardous substances, repaired a fence, and sampled and analyzed the
pits, on-site soil, and on-site monitoring wells.  Further action may be required
depending upon sampling results from  the remedial investigation.

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

     Status (January .1986^):  On-site  sampling under the cooperative agreement began
in May 1985.  The Oklahoma  State Department of Health  is overseeing the drilling
activities.  The Tulsa City County Health Department will sample air, surface water,
and sediments through September 1986.

     No comments were received during the additional comment period.  Hence,  EPA
is adding the Sand Springs  Petrochemical Complex to the NPL at  this time.

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                         MARTIN-MARIETTA ALUMINU4 CO.
                              The Dalles, Oregon

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Martin-Marietta Aluminum Co.
 produces  aluminun on a site covering less than 350 acres  in The  Dalles,
 Masco  County,  Oregon.  Cyanide is present in both the shallow and deep
 aquifers  underlying the site, according to tests conducted by the State
 and  Martin-Marietta.  Cyanide appeared in one production  well and several
 monitoring  wells, and also in surface run-off and in leachate frcm a
 cathode waste  pile.  Cyanide is known to be present in spent  cathode
 potliners.

      Under  State order, the conpany removed an old waste  pile of 75,000
 tons of spent  cathodes potliners to a new approved area on the site.  An
 on-site landfill contains approximately 4,600 tons of spent cathodes.

      The  aquifer provides drinking water to 14,000 people in  The Dalles
 and  Chenoweth.  The aquifer is also used in the immediate vicinity for
 industrial  purposes.  The nearest industrial well is approximately 2,000
 feet frcm the  waste pile.  The company has constructed several monitoring
 walls  around the site to detect and document the contamination.

      Status (January 1986);  Martin-Marietta hired a contractor  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 company has submitted a workplan for the RI/FS
 to EPA for  review and comment.  On Sept. 12, 1985, EPA and the company
 signed a  Consent order covering the RI/FS.
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                              AMBLER ASBESTOS PILES
                               Ambler/  Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);   Two asbestos piles — the
 Plant Pile and the Locust Street Pile  — cover about 15 acres in a resi-
 dential area of Ambler, Montgomery  County/  Pennsylvania.   In 1867, Keasbey
 & Mattison Co., manufacturers of asbestos products/  began dumping its
 waste next to its Ambler plant.  In 1962, the plant  was divided and
 purchased by Nicolet, Inc., and CertainTeed Corp., also manufacturers of
 asbestos products.  Nicolet pumped  waste water containing asbestos from
 settling ponds into diked areas, creating vet asbestos  piles which grad-
 ually dried as new diked areas were constructed and  filled.  CertainTeed
 dumped predominately broken wallboard  and asbestos pipe products, which
 were periodically further broken by compaction with  tractors.  The total
 volume of asbestos-contaminated waste  in the piles is estimated to exceed
 1.5 million cubic yards»

      In 1971, Nicolet applied for a permit from the  State to continue
 using the Locust Street Pile for waste disposal.  In 1972; CertainTeed
 applied for a permit for a portion  of  the Plant Pile which was on its
 property.  In 1974, the State denied the permit applications and issued
 orders to both companies to cease dumping and to stabilize and cover the
 piles.  CertainTeed signed a Consent Order and agreed to follow the
 State's order.  Nicolet refused to  comply.
      In 1983, EPA found asbestos  in the  soil  and  on equipment in .the Locust
 Street playground, which is adjacent to  Nicolet1s pile.   The U.S. Centers
 for Disease Control and the Pennsylvania Department of Health certified
 the pile as presenting an immediate threat to the public.  In 1983-84,
 EPA committed $935,670 in CERCLA  emergency funds  to cover Nicolet's piles
 with soil and to establish vegetation.   EPA obtained a court order for
 entry onto the site..  Work has been completed except for installation of
 a drainage system and reseeding,  which were scheduled for September 1984.

      Status (January 1986);  EPA  completed its emergency activities at the
 site in May 1985.

      EPA is developing a workplan for an enforcement-lead remedial investi-
 gation/feasibility study to determine the extent  of contamination at the
 site and identify alternatives for remedial action.  The workplan should
 be completed in February 1986.  Nicolet  will  then decide if it wants to
 perform the remedial investigation/feasibility study.
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                         ..BRONX'S  BATTER? BREAKING
                       Shoemakersville,  Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);   The Brown's Battery Breaking
 Site is an abandoned battery  recycling  facility which operated in a
 rural area near Shoemakersville,  Berks  County,  Pennsylvania, from 1961
 to 1971.  About 25,000 cubic  yards  of battery casings were found on the
 site, either whole or in pieces.  In sane instances, small pieces were
 used as a substitute for road gravel in the area.

      The State detected  lead  in air near the site, in surface and sub-
 surface soils on the site, and downstream in the Schuylkill River, which  •
 adjoins the site.  The State  found  elevated blood lead levels in children
 living on the site.

      Approximately 1,000 people use wells within 3 miles of the site as
 drinking water.                    .

      In -1983-84, EPA spent $1.4 million in  CERCLA emergency funds to fence
 the site, excavate, consolidate,  and cap contaminated soils on-site, and
 regravel the driveway leading into  the  site.

      Status (January 1986);   In March 1985, EPA filed a complaint: in the
 Eastern-District Court of Pennsylvania  against  General Battery Corp. and
 another potentially responsible party for costs incurred during the
 emergency operations.

      The State is developing  a final workplan for a remedial investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the  type and extent of contamination at
 the site and identify, alternatives  for  remedial action.
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                                CROYDCN TCE
                           Crcydori,  Pennsylvania

     Conditions  at  listing (September 1985);   The Croydon Trichloro-
ethyJene (TCE) Site involves the presence of  TCE and other volatile
organic  compounds  in ground water and surface water-in an industrialized
area of  Croydpn, Bucks  County.  Pennsylvania.   EPA detected contamination
in monitoring wells, private wells, and the West and East Branches of
Bog Run  near  where  they meet.  Hoc?  Pun flows  into the Delaware River,
which reverses its  flow in the area because of tidal influences.  About
18,000 people depend on water frcm  the Delaware River within 3 miles
upstrean of the  site for  drinking water.   About 200 people depend on
shallow  private wells within 3  miles.

     To  date, no source of the contamination  has been positively identified.
However, data collected by EPA in April 1985  have identified areas in need
of additional investigation.

     Status (January 1986):  EPA is currently investigating the source of
the contamination by surveying  local industries, contacting citizens, and
reviewing State/county  files.
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                              HUNTERSTOWN ROAD
                       Straban Township, Pennsylvania

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Hunterstown Road Site
 covers 3 acres on both sides of Hunterstown Road, Straban Township,  Adams
 County, Pennsylvania.  Fran 1970 to 1984,  the owner  of  the property
 apparently disposed of wastes generated by several local  corporations.
 The operation had no permit.  The majority of the waste,  consisting of
 paint sludges and various solvents, was dumped on the ground.   Ground
 water and* surface water are contaminated with various volatile organic
 compounds, according to tests conducted by the State and  EPA.   Trichloro-
 ethylene (TCE) is the predominant chemical found on  the site.   About
 9,500 people use wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.

      In April 1984, Westinghouse Electric  Corp., a generator of wastes
 disposed there, excavated a waste lagoon and contaminated soil on the
 site and transported the materials to an approved disposal site under an
 Administrative Order EPA issued under section 106 of CERCLA.  As an
 emergency action, EPA constructed a fence  around the lagoon area.
 However, soils, ground water, and a small  stream on  the site still are
 contaminated, according to EPA analyses.

      Status (January 1986):  In January 1985, EPA and the Pennsylvania
 Department of Environmental Resources signed a multisite  cooperative       	
'agreement which provides CERCLA funds to the State for  various sites,
 including Hunterstown. Road.  The funds are to start  work  preparatory
 to a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to  determine the
 type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
 for remedial action.

      In April 1985; EPA completed a search for parties  potentially
 responsible for wastes associated with the site.  Also  in April, EPA took
 on-site and off-site soil and water samples.

      A final workplan for the RI/FS is due shortly.  The  State will  then
 begin to negotiate with potentially responsible parties for the. RI/FS.
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                           LANSDOWNE RADIATION SITE
                           Lansdowne, Pennsylvania

       Conditions at lining (April 1985):  The Lansdowne Radiation Site is a
  duplex structure located on approximately 0.5 acres in Lansdowne, part of the
  metropolitan area of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.  From 1924 to 1944, a chem-
  istry/physics professor used the basement of the 105 E. Stratford Avenue
  residence as a laboratory.  The operation was predominately the manufacture
  of radium sources for medical radiation therapy.  The professor died in the
  imd-1940s, and the ownership ownership of 105 E. Stratford has changed twice,
  first in the late 1940s and then in the early 1960s.  The 107 E. Stratford
  residence is still owned by the original family.

       Two radiological studies of the site were completed in 1984, the first
.  by EPA and the State,, the second by Argonne National Laboratory.   Both
  detected excessive levels of radium, radon gas, and radon decay products; The
  U.S.  Department of Energy estimates that 800 to 1,200 cubic yards of contam-
  inated soil are on the site.

       The residents are immediately affected by the presence of the contami-
  nation.   The surrounding area is a suburban residential setting, which could
  be affected should the structure catch fire and spread contamination via smoke.

       On Sept. 10,  1984, using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA and the~Federal
  Emergency Management Agency temporarily relocated both, residents and most of
  the uncontaminated personal belongings.  In addition, an extent-of-contami-
  nation and radiological assessment have been completed for both properties.
  A proposed workplan and safety protocols are being developed.  A fire/burglar
  alarm has been installed, and a fire sprinkler system is being installed.

       On Feb. 12, 1985, EPA proposed amendments to the National Contingency
  Plan (NCP), the Federal regulation by which CERLCA.is implemented, to allow
  placing a site on the NFL if the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease
  Registry (ATSDR) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has
  issued a health advisory.  On March 5, 1985, ATSDR issued an advisory warning
  that radiation levels within the duplex made it unsafe.

       Status (September 1985):  On Sept. 16, 1985, EPA revised the NCP to allow
  placing such sites on the NFL and placed Lansdowne Radiation Site on the NFL.

       EPA has concluded that the best way to permanently remove the health
  hazard at Lansdowne is to remove the structure.  Accordingly, EPA and the
  Federal Emergency Management Agency are negotiating to purchase the two
  hones.  The structure will be dismantled and transported to a licensed facility
  in Hanford, Washington.  EPA will develop a plan for monitoring the site to
  ensure that radiation levels are not excessive.  The total cost is estimated
  at $3.5 million.

       A recent Argonne interim report indicates that radioactive contamination
  has migrated off-site to soil at the edge of E. Stratford Avenue and to the
  sewer in the avenue.  Also, the estimate of the volume of contaminated
  materials on-site has been revised to approximately 2,000 cubic yards.

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                            MIDDLETOW* AIR FIELD
                           Middletown,  Pennsylvania

      Conditions at  listing (October 1964);  The Middletown Air Field
 covers 36 acres in  Middletown,  Dauphin County, Pennsylvania.  The site  is
 adjacent to  the Susquehanna  River,  and the Swatara Creek is located
 nearby.  Until 1966, the Federal  government owned the site and operated
 it as olnsted Air Force  Base.   Various Air Force operations resulted  in
 solvents and other  wastes being disposed of on the site.  The current
 owner, the State of Pennsylvania/ operates the site as Harrisburg
 International Airport.   The  site  includes the airport properties, the
 Mead Heights area,  and several  industrial properties.

      Dichlorobenzene,  trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene are
 present in ground water  at the  site,  according to analyses conducted  by
 the State and EPA.  The  State,  EPA, and the Air Force are currently
 studying the site.  As part  of  its  effort, the Air Force has completed  a
. search of records for  information on past disposal activities at Olnsted
 Air Force Base.  In 1984, the State removed all sludge and liquids in
 Building 267, closed the fire training pits, and removed.all materials
 from the location.  -That same year, the Air Force removed some drums  from
 the Mead Heights area.   All  these actions have been voluntary.

      About 19,500 people obtain their drinking water from wells within^"-"""'
 3 miles of the site.

      Status  (January 1986):  In October 1985, EPA completed a search  for
 parties identified  as  potentially responsible for wastes associated with
 the site, and in January 1986 issued Notice Letters to them.  Negotiations
 were expected to begin in February  1986.
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                             MODERN SANITATION LANDFILL
                        Lower Windsor Township, Pennsylvania

       Conditions at listing (October 1984)t  Modern Sanitation Landfill
 covers 72 acres in Lower Windsor Township, York County,  Pennsylvania.
 The  landfill operation is leased from a local farmer.   In September
 1984, Waste Management Inc. (WMI) purchased the landfill operation from
 SCA  Services, which had purchased the operation in September 1980 from
 Modern Trash of York.  The landfill reportedly received hazardous wastes
 between  1976 and 1979.

       Toxic organic and inorganic chemicals contaminate  ground water
 underlying the landfill, according to analyses conducted by  the  State  and
 EPA.  Similar contaminants have been detected in springs adjacent to the
 landfill.

       The State and WMI are working on remedial measures to collect and
 treat the contaminated ground water on the western perimeter of  the
 landfill.

       Between 1,000 and 3,000 people use wells within  3  miles of  the site
 as their source of drinking water.

       Status (January 1986);  WMI is working under a September.1984 Consent
 Order and Agreement with the State to operate and upgrade a  leachate
 collection system on the western perimeter of the landfill,  investigate
 ground water contamination on the northern and eastern  perimeters, and
 develop  a treatment for this contamination.
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                               MW MANUFACTURING
                           Valley Township, Pennsylvania

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The MW Manufacturing Site
  covers about 20 acres in the center of Valley Township,  Montour County,
  Pennsylvania.  Copper is recovered from scrap wire on  the site.  MW
  Manufacturing, the original operator, used both mechanical and chemical
  processes.  The company went bankrupt in the  early 1970s.  The second
  (and present) operator uses a mechanical process.   The waste  accumulation
  on the site consists of a surface impoundment of 6 acres, 400,000 cubic
  feet of finely divided metal wire scraps ("fluffs"), about 50 drums, a
  6,000-gallon tank, and a landfill holding 20,000 cubic feet of wastes.

       The site was first proposed for listing  under the name "Domino
  Salvage Yard."

       Spent chlorinated organic solvents apparently were  dumped on the
  site.  EPA sampling and analyses revealed that lead is present in high
  concentrations in nearby drinking water-wells.  About  1,500 people use
  wells within 3 miles of the site as a source  of drinking, water.

       The State has investigated the site since the late  1960s and issued
  orders for cleanup since 1971.  At present, there  is a Consent Order to
  clean up the site.  The present ownert_Warehouse 81 Limited Partnership,...
•  has removed and disposed of some of the hazardous  waste  and processed
  sane of the fluff, but has not removed the amount  specified in the State
  order.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA plans 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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                                SHRIVER'S CORNER
                         Straban Township, Pennsylvania

       Conditions at  listing (October 1984):   The Shriver's Corner Site is
  comprised of two areas covering about 10 acres along Route 394 in Straban
  Township, Adams County, Pennsylvania.  Both areas have accepted drums of
  liquid wastes from  the Westinghouse Elevator Co. plant in Cumberland
  Township.   (The Wsstinghouse plant was also proposed for the NPL in
  October 1984).  Drums of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, toluene, xylene, and
  other solvents were disposed of on the property north of Route 394.  The
  southern property was reportedly used for the disposal of paint sludges,
  solvents, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane.

       Ground water  is  contaminated with various organic compounds,
  according to tests  conducted by EPA and the State.  About 5,000 people
  use wells within 3  miles of the site as a source of drinking water.  In
  April 1984, under a CERCLA section 106 order issued by EPA, Westinghouse
      )ved about 80 surface drums and 250 cubic yards of contaminated soils
  and sent the materials  to an approved disposal site.  Westinghouse has
  provided carbon  filters for some residential wells.

       Status (January 1986);   In January 1985, EPA and the Pennsylvania .
  Department of  Environmental Resources signed a multisite cooperative
  agreement which  provides CERCLA funds to the State for various sites,
  including Shriver's  Corner.   The funds are to start work preparatory to a
  remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
  of contamination at  the site and identify alternatives for remedal action.

       In April  1985,  EPA completed a search for parties potentially
  responsible for  wastes  associated with the site.

       A final workplan for the RI/FS is due shortly.  The State will then
  begin to negotiate with potentially responsible parties for the RI/FS.
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                     WESTINSTOUSE ELEVATOR CO. PLANT
                    Cumberland Township, Pennsylvania

     Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Westinghouse Elevator Co.
manufactures elevators on  an 35-acre site in Cumberland Township, Adams
County,  Pennsylvania.  The manufacturing procedure involves paint and
degreasing using chlorinated solvents.   In August 1983, the Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental  Resources (PA DER) detected trichlorcethylene
(TCE) in nearby surface water. Further investigation by the State and EPA
found that private wells were also contaminated.

     under a CERCLA section  106 order issued by EPA, Westinghouse supplied
15 homes along Route 34 with an alternate water supply and initiated a
hydrogeolcgical study;of the site to determine the extent, of the contami-
nation and cleanup alternatives.

     Status (January 1986);   On January 1985, EPA and PA DPR signed a
multisite cooperative agreement by which CEPCLA funds are provided to
the State for various sites,  including  the Westinghouse Elevator Co. Plant.
The funds are to start work  on 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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                          WHITMOYER LABORATORIES
                      .Jackson Township, .Pennsylvania

     Conditions at  listing  (October 1984):  Miitmoyer Laboratories
formerly manufactured animal Pharmaceuticals, on a 17.5-acre site in
Jackson Township* Lebanon County, Pennsylvania.  The facility produced
and stored aniline  and soluble arsenic compounds.  Arsenical wastes were
disposed of in concrete vaults,  holding tanks,'and unlined lagoons.

     Whitmoyer Laboratories operated frcm 1934 to July 1984.  In July
1964, the company became a  subsidiary of Rohm & Haas.   Rohm & Haas sold
the facility  in early 197R  to Beecham, Inc., which subsequently sold it
to Stafford Laboratories of Phoenix, Arizona.

    .. After EPA and  the State detected arsenic and various organic chemicals
in ground water and surface water on and off the site, Whitmoyer Labs
supplied bottled  water to nearby residents frcm the mid-1960s until
March 1982.  At that time,  some  residents received a cash settlement.
Then, in June 1984,  the company  filed for bankruptcy and stopped supplying
bottled water.  About 4,700 people use wells within 3 miles of the site
as a source of drinking water.

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

     Status (January 1986);  EPA sampled to determine  'if CERCLA emergency
funds should be used to provide  water to nearby residents.  An evaluation
of wells by EPA indicated that there is no need to provide bottled water
at this time.

     In January 1985,  EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources signed  a multisite cooperative agreement which provides CERCLA
funds for various sites, including Whitmoyer Labs.  The funds are to
start work preparatory to a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the type  and extent'of contamination at the  site and identify
alternatives for  remedial action.

     This site is being placed on the NPL at this time because the owner
or operator is in bankruptcy and may not be financially able to take
appropriate remedial action.  Thus, the site meets one of the requirements
of EPA's policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the  NPL.
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                             CENTRAL LANDFILL
                          Johnston,  Rhode Island

     Conditions  at listing  (October  1984);   Central Landfill covers 133
acres in Johnston, Providence County/  Fhcde Island.  The owner, RI Solid
Waste Management Corp.. has a State  license to operate the site as a
municipal waste  landfill.   According to  records provided by the State, at
.least 1.5 million gallons of hazardous wastes were received at the site
during 1978 and  1979.  Wells adjacent  to the site are contaminated with
organic solvents, according to  analyses  conducted by  the State.  Over
4,000 people live within 3  miles of  the  site.   Adjacent  wetlands may also
be at risk.

     The owner has entered  into a Consent Order with  the State to close
the areas where hazardous wastes were  disposed  of. A citizen's suit
has been filed in the U.S.  District  Court against the owner seeking in-
junctive relief and closure of  the landfill.   £PA has issued ah
Administrative Order to require the  owner to conduct  all appropriate
studies to determine the nature and  extent  of contamination posed by the
landfill.

     Status (January 1986); Recent  surveys indicate  that the solid
waste covers 154 acres.

     The owner has closed the areas  where hazardous wastes were disposed
of in accordance with the State Consent  Order.

     In October  1985, the owner submitted a work pian  for conducting a
remedial investigation at the site as  required  ry the EPA Administrative
Order.
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                             . DAVIS .(GSR) LANDFni
                            Glocester, Rhode Island

       Conditions at listing (April 1985):  The Davis Glocester Sanitary
  Regional (GSR) Landfill covers 58 acres in the town of Glocester,
  Providence  County, Rhode Island.  It is across the town line and across
  the  street  from the Davis Liquid Waste Site in Smithfield, which was
  placed on the NFL in September 1983.

       Between 1974 and 1976, the landfill, which was privately owned and
  permitted by the  State to accept municipal wastes, accepted such wastes
  from Glocester, Smithfield, Warwick, and Providence.  In January 1978,
  the  State did not renew the permit.  Following numerous legal actions
  to close the site, the State Supreme Court ruled in favor of the State
  in April 1982.  The site was then officially closed, although it has not
  been properly capped or stabilized.

       Among  the contaminants detected at the site are toluene, chloroform,
  benzene,  1,1-dichloroethane, and 1,1,1-trichloroethane.  The State found
  contamination of  both surface water and ground water on-site.  EPA
  confirmed off-site contamination.  According to the State, contaminated
  ground water is moving toward Waterman Reservoir, which is used for
  recreation.   About 3,800 peoplejuse private wells within 3 miles of the site
  for  drinking water.   No municipal.supplies are readily available.

       Status (January 1986);  EPA is considering various alternatives at
  the  site.
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               AMERICAN CREOSOTE WORKS, INC. (JACKSON  PLANT)
                             Jackson, Tennessee

      Conditions at listing (October 1984):  The American Creosote Works,
 Inc., Site is a 60-acre wood-preserving facility  in Jackson,  Madison
 County, Tennessee.  From 1930 to 1981, it used creosote and pentachloro-
 phenol (PGP)  in its operations.  At one time, this facility consisted of
 four large waste water lagoons, two sand filters, four treatment tanks,
 two 20,000-gallon tanks, various piles, and drip  yards.  Numerous spills
 also occurred on the site.  The wood-treatment process causes water
 pollution through two routes—the treatment process itself and run-off
 from the site.  In the 1970s, the company constructed a berm  to control
 run-off and installed a new waste water treatment system.  In June 1983,
 EPA approved $860,000 in CERCLA emergency funds to dewater the site,
 remove and bury sludge, and cap certain areas with clay.

      This site was proposed for listing under the name "American Creosote
 Works, Inc."

      Analyses conducted by EPA indicate that soil and shallow ground
 water are contaminated with creosote and PCP constituents.  The facility
 is located less than 0.25 miles from the-.South Fork of the Forked Deer
-River, where shallow ground water is believed to  discharge.   Wetlands
 lying along both sides of the river support a large variety of wildlife
 species.  Several public and private wells are located within 3 miles of
 the site.  A well field for the City of Jackson (population 49,000)  lies
 approximately 1.5 miles east of the site.
      The plant received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation
 and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the company filed Part A of a permit application.

      American Creosote, which owns the site, is under reorganization in
 the U.S. Bankruptcy Court.

      Status (January 1986);  In November 1985, EPA obligated  funds  for
 the U.S. Corps of Engineers to select 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 site is being placed on the NPL at this time because the  owner
 or operator is in bankruptcy and may not be financially able  to  take
 appropriate remedial action.  Thus, the site meets one of the requirements •
 of EPA's policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL.
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                          . BAILEY WASTE. DISPOSAL .
                         •  : Bridge City,'Texas

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  -The Bailey Waste Disposal
 Site covers 10 acres north of the. Neches River, about 2 miles southwest
 of Bridge City, Orange County, Texas.  From the late  1950s through the
 mid-1960s, Bailey Waste Disposal buried about 72*000  cubic yards of
 industrial wastes, consisting generally of  benzenes,  phenols,  pyridenes,
 naphthalenes, anthracenes/phenanthrenes, and chlorinated organic
 chemicals, at the site.   Analyses conducted by  the State detected
 chloroform, phthalates,  trichloroethylene,  and  other  compounds in
 surface water, ground water, and soils on the site.

      About 7,600 people use wells within 3  miles of the site as their
 primary source of drinking water. .

      Status (January 1986);  Under a 'cooperative agreement with EPA,  the
 State will conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
 the type and extent of contamination at the site and  identify alternatives
 for remedial action.  The State selected a  contractor,  and field activities
 began in January 1986.
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                          BRIO REFINING CO.,  INC.
                         v .  Friendswcod, Texas  .

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

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

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

      EPA is deferring;final rulemaking on this site because it has received
 additional technical information and needs more time  to  evaluate this
 information.   The Brio Refining Co., Inc., Site will  remain in proposed
 status until a later rulemaking.
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•".'  '"'•.-.   •'.••'•.'  '':'.. CRYSTAL CITY AIRPORT   .'.':••
•":-••;';.:•.••• ••.-*••"'  '.'•>....:  •_..-;:'...'.;-:;..pr3fstaL.City/.-Texas. .-.'.,"•.•.- •..'••• ''v.-:...- "••

      Conditions at listing  (October  1984)?  The Crystal' City Airport covers
 about  100  acres in Crystal City* Zavala. County,  Texas.  Aerial applicator
 companies  that are no longer in business have contaminated several  large
 areas  at the  airport with a variety  of  pesticides.

      The city brought the site to  the attention of the State in April
 1983.   In  its initial inspection,  the State found at least SO drums in
 various stages of decomposition.   Analyses of soil samples detected
 high levels of chlordane, DDT, methyl and  ethyl parathion, toxaphene,
 2,4-D, and 2/4,5-T.

  ..   Beginning in.October. 1983, EPA  spent  $60,000 in CERCLA. emergency
 funds  to remove the drums, soil around  the drums, and soil with the
 highest concentrations of pesticides.   High concentrations of pesticides
 are still  on-site, so there is a potential for hazardous substances to
 become airborne.  One of the primary drinking water wells for Crystal
 City is near  the site.

      Status (January 1986);  under a cooperative agreement with EPA, the
 State  received funds in September  1985  to  conduct a-remeclial investigation/
 feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at
 the site and  identify alternatives for  remedial action.  The State  is
 selecting  a contractor to conduct  work.
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                     HOPPERS CO., INC*. (TEXARKANA PLANT)
                               Texarkana, Texas

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Hoppers Co.,  Inc., operated
  a  62-acre  wood-processing plant in Texarkana, Bowie County,  Texas,  between
  1939  and 1961.   Hood-processing operations began at.the site in  1903.   The
  processes  used  by the Koppers plant involved creosote, pentachlorophenol
  (PCP),  and zinc.  The site is currently owned by the Bruce Kennedy  Sand
  &  Gravel Co.,  the Mt. Zion Missionary Baptist Church, and about  78  hone-
  owners  in  the Carver Terrace subdivision.  Until recently, gravel and
  sand  were  mined at the site..  Open gravel pits filled, with ground water
 .remain  in  the southern portion.  Oil stains and seeps have been  observed
  in .these pits;  which drain directly to Cbwhorn Greek..  Test  borings and
 ' analysis of samples by the State and Koppers have confirmed  contamination
  of soils and ground water on and off the site with PCP, zinc, and poly-
  nuclear aromatic hydrocarbons.

       About ISO  people depend on wells within 0.5 miles of the site  as  a
  source  of  drinking water.

       Status (January 1986);  In October 1984 and February 1985,  EPA used
  CERGLA  emergency funds to sample on-site surface soils.   Based on results
  of these samples and under Administrative Orders on Consent  signed  by  EPA
  and .Koppers Co., Inc., in December 1984 and July 1985, Koppers fenced  the
  southern half of the site and placed a "protective barrier"  in the  yards
  of about 18 of  the residences.

       EPA completed 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  and Koppers
  signed  an  Administrative Order on Consent in March 1985 for  Koppers to
  conduct the RI/FS with EPA oversight.

       All pre-field activities have been completed to EPA  specifications,
  and Koppers is  presently conducting the field phase of the RI/FS.
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                           .NORTH CAVALCADE STREET
                                Houston* Texas .-

      Conditions at listing'  (October  1984);   The North Cavalcade Street
 Site covers approximately 23 acres in Houston,  Harris County, Texas.
 The site is in an industrial area on the  north  side of Cavalcade Street.
 Houston Creosote occupied the  site from 1946 until the early 1960s, when
 the company ceased operations.  Based on  a  review of  aerial photography
 and a contamination survey, EPA concluded that  a filled-in creosote pit
 is located within the site.  Contaminants at the site consist of poly-
 nuclear aromatic compounds associated with  creosote and  pentachlorophenol,
 in addition to contaminants from metal wood-treating  (wolmanizing)
 processes.  Analyses conducted by a  consultant  to the City of Houston
 indicate that soils (both on and below the  surface) and  shallow ground
 water on the-site are contaminated with chrysene, fluoranthene, anthracene,
 and wood-treating metals.             ..   .   ..  ...

      About 10,000 people  use wells within 3 miles of  the site as a source
 of drinking water.

      Status (January 1986):  the parties  potentially  responsible for
 wastes associated with the site have declined to conduct a remedial
.investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS).  Consequently,  EPA has undertaken
 a RI/FS to determine the  type  and extent  of contamination at the site
 and identify alternatives for  remedial actions.  Field work began in
 November 1985 and is expected  to be  completed in early March 1986.
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                           : •  ODESSA CHRCMIUM- »1
                                Odessa, Texas

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984);  The Odessa  Chromium *1 Site
  is a 20-acre portion of an  aquifer near 44th Street and Brazos Avenue in
  Odessa,  Ector County, Texas.   An abandoned facility at 44th and Brazos
  has been operated  in the past by several metal-plating  companies.  The
  aquifer  is  the source of water for about 20 people who  live  outside the
  city limits and do not have access to the city water system.  Of 32
  private  domestic wells, 7 have concentrations of hexavalent  chromium in
  excess of the drinking water standard, according to tests  conducted by
  the State.

      There-  are approximately 200 private wells within 0.5 miles of the
  site and 29 municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.  Water from the
  municipal wells is blended with surface water during the summer for the
  Odessa water supply.

       Status (January 1986):  Under a cooperative .agreement  with EPA,  the
  State is conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine
  the type and extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
  for remedial action.  The State hired~a~contractor Iff June 1985*   Field
  work started in September 1985 and was completed in January  1986.  Of the
  200 wells sampled  during the investigation, 10 exceeded  drinking water
  standards for hexavalent chrcmium.  The State is developing  a plan for
  providing an alternate drinking water supply for the persons affected.
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                   *  ODESSA CHROMIUM #2 (ANEREWS HIGHWAY)
                                Odessa, Texas

       Conditions at listing (October 1984) t  The Odessa Chrcraiun *2 Site
 consists of a 20-acre portion of an aquifer contaminated  with chrcmium in
 the area of Andrews Highway, just northwest of the city limits of  Odessa
 in Bctor County, Texas.  Suspected as possible sources are  several local
 industries that generate or generated chromium-contaminated waste  water
 from plating of metals, cleaning of radiators, and/or disposal of  cooling water.

       The first public complaint was filed in May  1970 when  a  residential
 well was found to be contaminated.  In September  1977, the  State investi-
 gated, the area and found chrcmium in three local,  wells.   Subsequent
 investigations in 1977 and 1978 determined that 10 of 34  private wells
 in the  area had detectable concentrations of chromium.  There are  32
 municipal wells within 3 miles of the site, and 400 private wells  within
 0.5 miles.  Water from these wells is blended with surface  water for  the
 Odessa  water supply.

       Status (January 1986);  ttider a cooperative  agreement  with EPA,  the
 State is conducting -a remedial investigation/feasibility  study to  determine
 -the type and extent-pf contamination at-the- site  and identify alternatives
 tor remedial"actTdri. "The State hired a contractor in June  1985.   Field
 work started in September 1985 and was completed  in Jaunary 1986.   Of 400
 wells sampled during the investigation, 10 exceeded drinking  water
 standards for hexavalent chrcmium.  The State is  developing a plan for
 providing an alternate drinking water supply for  the persons  affected.
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                             PESSES CHEMICAL, CO.            .
                              Fort Worth, Texas

      Conditions  at listing (October 1984)t  The Passes Chemical Co.  Site
  is an abandoned  facility in Fort Worth, Tarrant County, Texas.  The
  facility formerly recycled nickel-cadmium sludge, copper-cadmium sludge,
  off-specification batteries, and spent batteries.  Prior to processing,
  these batteries  were stored on the 4.6-acre site in 55-gallon containers
  and other containers;  The residues from recycling were dumped and spilled
  onto the ground.  When the facility closed in 1981, 2,000 drums remained
  on the  site.   The company, which also did business as Metcoa, is in
  bankruptcy.

      In March 1983,  there was a fire at the site, and a fireman was
  hospitalized  after inhaling toxic fumes.  In April 1983, using $338,000
  in CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed the drums, containers, contaminated
  debris, and seme contaminated soil fron the site, and also put a temporary
  clay cap on the  site.

      Analyses conducted by EPA indicate that there is extensive contamina-
  tion of on-site  soils with lead, cadmium, and copper.  Also, there is
  the potential for hazardous substances to leave the site'via wind-blown
  particles and surface run-off.  A housing project and a playground are
  within  0.25 miles of the site.  Children often cross unsecured portions
  of the  site.

      Status (January 1986);  A public meeting was held on Feb. 26, 1985,
  to discuss a  remedial investigation/feasibility study, which will determine
  the type and  extent of contamination at the site and identify alternatives
  for remedial  action.
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                PETROCHEMICAL.-SYSTEMS,. INC. (TURTLE BAXOU)
                       '•    Liberty*^County, Texas,'

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984):   The Petrc—Chemical Systems,
 Inc. (Turtle Bayou) Site covers  312 acres approximately 7 miles north of
 Interstate 10 in Liberty County,  Texas.   In 1971, Liberty Trash Service
 and French, Ltd. delivered  waste oils and at least 4,000 cubic yards ,of
 other petrochemical sludges to the  site.  Additional materials were
 applied as road oil to the  dirt  road in  the vicinity of the site.  In
 1971, Petro-Chemical Systems,  Inc., was Issued  a permit by the State to
 dispose of waste at the site.  Subsequently, a  court injunction negated
 the authority of the permit.   In 1974, the  permit was revoked.

      Drinking water for about  200 people  in this  rural area comes from
 51 shallow wells: approximately 25 feet deep.

      According to analyses  conducted by  the State, soil is contaminated
 with a number of toxic organic chemicals.

      Status (January 1986):  Under  a cooperative  agreement with EPA, the
 State is planning a remedial investigation/feasibility s.tudy to determine
 the type and, extent of contamination at  the site  and identify alternatives
 for remedial*action.  The State's contractor submitted a workplan, which
 the State and EPA approved  on  July  22, 1985. Field work. .for_the_aff=site.	
 portion of the site is underway.                   -                    ^  ~
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                                 '  PIG ROAD- :
                                           Texas
      Conditions at listing  (September 1983) :  The Pig Road Site  in New
 Waver ly, Hacker County, Texas,  is  a series of six interconnected surface
 impoundments each about 60  feet by 70 feet and 4 feet deep.  The 1-acre
 site, which is privately owned,  is the result of an apparent one-time
 dumping in 1961.  The pits  are  filled with. a black acid tar having a
 pungent odor.  Run-off from the site has killed vegetation.  The nearest
 drinking well is 500 yards  to the-  southeast.  About 160 people depend  on
 wells within 3 miles -of the site as a source of drinking water.

      Status-. (June 1984);  The State is negotiating a final cleanup agree-
 ment with .Occidental Chemical ,  identified as potentially responsible
 for wastes- associated 'with,  the  site.  During- March and April, Occidental
 removed the contents of the six pits.

      EPA is deferring final rulemaking on this site to resolve technical
 issues related to the site's score on the Hazard Ranking System, which
 EPA uses to evaluate sites  for  the NPL.

      Status (January 1986):  EPA has resolved the technical issues
 concerning the scoring of this  site and determined that its final score
 is below the cut-off point  EPA  has established to include a site on the
 NPL.  Hence, the Pig Road Site  is  being dropped from consideration for
 the NPL at this tine.
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                      ''SOL LYNN/INIXJSTRIAL TRWBFO^MEPS  '
                                Houston, Texas

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

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

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

       Under a cooperative agreement with EPA, the State is conducting a
  remedial  investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent
  of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
  action.
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                   •*'c
       EPA  is deferring final rulemaking on this site  because it has received
  additional technical information and needs more time to evaluate this
  information.  The Sol Lynn/Industrial Transformers Site will remain in
  proposed  status until a later rulemaking.
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                          .  SOUTH CAVALCADE STREET' .
                               .Houston, Texas "'••'•
                            *        .
      Conditions  ait  listing (October 1984):  The South Cavalcade Street
 Site covers  approximately  69 acres in Houston,  Harris County, Texas.
 The site,  located in an  industrial area on the south side of Cavalcade
 Street, has  a history  of wood-treating operations dating to  1911.  Contami-
 nants at the site consist  of polynuclear aromatic compounds associated
 with creosote, in addition to other similar contaminants.  EPA's analysis
 of historical aerial photographs indicates there are at least three waste
 pits on the  site that  have been filled or paved over.  Analyses conducted
 by EPA indicate  widespread on-site contamination of soil (both on and
 below the  surface)  and shallow  ground.water with benzopyrene, chrysene,
 fluoranthene, and anthracene.

      About. 10,000 people use wells within 3 miles of the site as a source
 of drinking  water.

      Status  (January 1986);   In March 1985, Rappers Co.,-Inc., which has
 been identified  as  potentially  responsible for wastes associated with
 the site,  signed an Administrative Order on Consent with EPA.  The order
 covers a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the- type
 and extent of contamination  at  the site and identify alternatives for
 remedial action.  EPA  has  completed a work plan, for the RI/FS.  Air pre-
 field activities have  been completed to EPA specifications, and Koppers
 is presently conducting  the  field phase of the RI/FS.
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                                STEWCQf  INC.
                               •Waskomv Texas "••

      Conditions at listing  (October  1984):  Stewco, Inc.,  formerly owned,
 operated, and maintained a  fleet of  trucks on a 2.5-acre site  on Texas
 Farm Market Road 9, about 0.5 miles  south of  Interstate 20 in  Waskcm,
 Harrison County, Texas.  The company contracted with the oil and gas
 industry to haul glue, resin, gasoline, diesel  fuel,  jet fuel, and
 creosote.  The tank trucks  were steam-cleaned between loads with an
 alkaline solution.  The wash water was  routed to Pond 1 to evaporate.
 The overflow from Pond 1 went to Pond 2,  in which a spray  evaporation
 system was installed and sometimes operated.  The overflow frcm Pond 2
 was to be trucked to a third pond on another  site.
 •'•' ' ".The1 ponds- are' .unliried and  in poor coridition. ,  Drainage frcm the
 parking area around the truck terminals  flows  into  the ponds,  causing
 them to overflow.  The ponds were to be  skimmed  to  minimize the oil
 layer on the surface.  EPA has  found no  record of the ponds ever being
 skinned.  Thus, when the ponds  overflowed,  the surface layer of oil
 moved with the overflow onto surrounding drainage areas.

      According to analyses conducted by  EPA, on-site soil,  surface water,
 and ground water are contaminated with tetrachloroethane, methylene
 chloride, naphthalene, bis(2-ethylhexyl) phthalate,  toluene, phenanthrene,
 DOT, arsenic, mercury, lead, and cadmium.

      In May 1984, under a CERCLA Administrative  Order, EPA  used emergency
 funds to remove the liquids and sludges  in  the ponds, transport the
 material to an approved disposal facility,  and fill in the  ponds.
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      About 3,100 people use wells within 3  miles of the site as a source
 of drinking water.

      Status (January 1986):  A  public  meeting  was held on May  22, 1985, to
 discuss a remedial investigation/feasibility   study (RI/FS) to determine
 the type arid extent of contamination at  the site and identify  alternatives
 for remedial action.
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                        TEXAPKANA WOOD PRESERVING. CO.  .
                               Texarkana, Texas

      Conditions  at listing (April 1985):  Texarkana Wood Preserving Cb.
 operated a wood-processing plant on a site of about 25 acres in Texarkana,
 Bowie County, Texas.   Operations started in 1961 and ended in July
 1984.  Creosote  and pentachlorophenol were used in a steam/vacuun/pressure
 treatment.  Approximately 793,000 gallons of hazardous waste are stored
 on-site  in pressure vessels,  steel baffle tanks, retention ponds, surge
 tanks, and three evaporation  ponds.  All units have been heavily
 contaminated with creosote and pentachlorophenol.  The evaporation ponds
 contain dibeazofuran,  naphthalene,. anthracene, phenanthrene, pentachloro-
 phenol,: and other contaminants., according to tests conducted by the Texas
 Department of Water Resources (TDWR) and EPA.  Heavy rains continue to
 cause ponds to overflow,  eventually discharging to Days Creek.

      The plant is 1,200  feet  fron the nearest residence.  The site is
 unfenced.  Approximately  190  people live within 3 miles.  Contamination
 may be entering  ground water, which is only 4 to 8 feet.below the surface.
 Ground water is  used for  domestic, irrigation, industrial/ and agricultural
 purposes.  The plant is  800 feet from Days Creek, the nearest downstream
 surface water.                                                .      _

      The plant received three citations fron the State for unauthorized
 discharges of process  waste water into the Days Creek drainage system.
 Since the company ceased  operations, State enforcement actions ceased and
 the project was  turned over to Superfund for cleanup.  On Dec. 4, 1984,
 after heavy rains, ,a contractor for the TDWR Emergency Spill tesponse
 Section pumped water from the flooded process area to a less full
 evaporation pond.

      Status (January 1986):   EPA is considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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                       MAYFLOWER MOUNTAIN TAILINGS PONDS
                              Wasatch County/ Utah

       Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Mayflower Mountain Tailings
  Ponds  cover 5 acres in Wasatch County, Utah.  The ponds originated from
  the Mayflower Mine, which once produced copper, lead, zinc, gold,  and
  silver.   From 1961 to 1972, approximately 400,'000 tons of  the  tailings,
  which  were  produced by flotation treatment of ores, were deposited in
  three  unlined ponds approximately 30 feet deep.  They are  immediately
  adjacent  to McHenry.Creek, a minor tributary of the Provo  River, a major
  stream.   Surface water is contaminated with chromium and lead,  according
  to tests  conducted by the State, and there is a potential  for ground
  water  contamination.

       A major resort area is proposed for the pond site.  A major dam, the
  Jordanelle, will be constructed downstream of the site.

       Status (January 1986);  In response to Garments, EPA  revised  the
  estimate  of the population potentially affected by ground  water contamination.
  Population  is an important factor in the Hazard Ranking System, which EPA
  uses to score waste sites for the NPLs  The relatively small number of
  people affected by this site lowers its score below the cutoff  point  EPA
  has established to include a site on the NPL.  Hence, the  Mayflower
  Mountain  tailings Ponds Site is being dropped from consideration for  the
  NPL at this time.
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              MONTXCELDD RADIOACTIVELY .CONTRMINATED ^PROPERTIES
                              Monticello, Utah
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      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Tbwn of Monticello (pop-
 ulation about 2,000) in San Juan County in southeastern Utah is the site
 of a mill that processed vanadium and uranium  ore from 1942 to 1960.
 Contractors operated the mill for the U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE).
 Prior to the mid-1970s,  radioactive tailings were widely dispersed through-
 out the town.   Some appear to have been used as fill material  and as
 aggregate for mortar and concrete, while others appear to have been
 carried from the mill by wind and water.  Recently, residents  have
 indicated that some of the radioactive materials  may have also originated
 at another mill in Dry Valley, approximately 25 miles northeast of
 Monticello.

      Various agencies, including EPA, the State Health Department, and
 USDOE, have conducted radiological surveys of  town properties.  Above-
 background levels of radioactivity were detected  during each survey.
 USDOE has authorized cleanup of 15 properties  and is studying  several
 more for inclusion in its Site Restoration Program.  However,  USDOE may
 lack the authority to clean up properties contaminated by materials
 brought in from the mill in Dry Valley.

      Status (January 1986)t  USDOE studies are underway, and remedial work
 has begun at some, properties.  The TJSDOE program  is expected to extend
 through 1987.
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                         •OLSON/NEIHARI RESERVOIR
                           ••Wasatch-County,. Utah.

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

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

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

      This mining  site is not'being placed .oh the NPL at this time because
it ceased mining rbefore Aug.  3, 1977, the enactment date of the Surf ace
Mining Control and"Reclamation Act'fSMCFA).  Thereforei it may be eligible
for  reclamation funds under SMCRA.  EPA is deferring final rulemaking
until it  adopts a policy on the relationship that SMCPA should have  to
the  NPL.
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               . .WRTLAND'-GEMEOT-.00*.(KILN DUST .SITES. 2 .&" 3).
               :'     "  '   -.Salt Lake City,. Utah   "  .'

      Conditions at  listing (October 1984);  The Portland Cement Co.  of Salt
 Lake City,  Salt Lake County,  Utah, has disposed' of kiln dust and old kiln
 bricks  since sometime before  1983 at five locations in the greater Salt
 Lake City area.   The dust, an alkaline by-product of cement manufacturing
 collected in bag  houses from  kiln stacks, has high concentrations of lead
 and arsenic.  The old kiln bricks contain high levels of heavy metals,
 including hexavalent chromium.  The kiln dust and bricks are in piles.on
 the surface at  Sites '2  and 3.  There is no way to restrict public access
 to the  site, which  is in a mixed commercial, industrial, and residential
 area.   Disposal at  Sites. 2 and 3 ceased in December 1983..  Since July
 1980., the City/County Health  .Department has .cited Portland-Cement for
 numerous dust violations.

      Ground water in the vicinity of the site is contaminated with chromium,
 lead, and arsenic,  according  to tests conducted by State.  About 100,000
 people  live within  3 miles of the site.

      Status (January 1986);   Under a Consent Agreement .with the State of
 Utah, Portland  Cement Co.  is conducting a remedial investigation/feasi-
 bility—study—to- determine-the.: type and extent of contamination at the
• site and identify alternatives for remedial actions.
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                    SHARON :STEEL CORP.. (MIDVALE TAILINGS)
                     '           .Midvale, Utah-,

      • Conditions at; listing (October  1984)i   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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                             .AVTEX:-FIBERS,. INC....
                            Front Royal, Virginia^

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  A 340-acre site on the Shenan-
 doah River in  Front Royal, Warren County/ Virginia, has been operated as
 a  rayon-manufacturing complex by American Viscose (1940-1963), FMC Corp.
 (1963-1977), and  Avtex  Fibers, Inc. (1977 to the present).  Various wastes
 have been  disposed of in unlined basins, landfills, and open piles.  In
 1974,  FMC  received a National Pollutant Discharge Elimination  System permit
 to discharge waste water effluent into the South Fork of  the Shenandoah
 River.

      Ground water under the site contains excessive levels of  carbon
 disu-Lfide, .phenol,, and  arsenic,.according, to analyses conducted by the
 State.  Ground water directly across the river from the site contains
 excessive  levels  of carbon disulfide and phenol.  About 1,300  people
 use wells  from the contaminated aquifer within 3 miles of the  site as a
 source of  drinking water.  The South Fork of the Shenandoah River  does
 not appear to  be  affected by discharges from the plant at this time.

      Status (January 1986):  Avtex Fibers, Inc., is preparing  a scope of
• work to perform a remedial investigation/feasibility study to  determine
 the type and extent of  contamination afc the site and identify  alternatives
 for remedial action. The company is pumping and treating ground water
 under  the  direction of  the State.
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                     -qjLPEPER VOOn. PRESERVERS,,. ..INC. ,
                       ' '. County,  Virginia'"
     Conditions at listing  (October 1984) t   Since 1976, Culpeper Wood
Preservers , Inc., has treated wood  with a chronated 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 .Pre-
servers under the Resource  Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).  In
September 1981, the site owner  agreed to issuance of a Consent Agreement
and. Consent Order requiring certain remedial actions.

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

     Status (January 1986):  In March 1985, EPA completed a search for
parties potentially responsible for wastes  associated with the Site.  In
April 1985, EPA issued  a Notice Letter  informing Jefferson Homebuilders,
Inc., of its responsibility for operations  at the site.
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     EPA assessed the need  for  removal  action at the site in July 1985 and
concluded that a removal was not warranted  at that time.
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     This site remains  in proposed  status until EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies, the policy to  this site.
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                      IBM CORP.. (MANASSAS PLANT SPILL)
                             Mahassas, Virginia!

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

     Ihe 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 containing
chlorinated  organic solvents.  EPA is reviewing information provided by
IBM on the soil removal.

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

     This site remains in proposed status until £PA implements the appropriate
elements of  its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the  policy to this site.
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                             LiA.'"CLARKE &.SGN   .
                      '• Spotsylvania: Countyv Virginia

     Conditions  at  listing (October 1984);  L.  A. Clarke & Son is the
owner and operator  of a wood-preserving facility on 10 acres located on
the outskirts of Fredricksburg,  Spotsylvania County, Virginia.  L.A.
Clarke  & Son recently emerged from reorganization proceedings under Chapter
11 of the Federal bankruptcy code.

     Spills, poor housekeeping,  dripping from treated wood, and other
possible sources have contaminated soil, ground water, and surface water
at the  facility  with polynucleated aromatic compounds derived from
the wood-preserving agent  creosote and with heavy metals, according to
analyses conducted  by EPA  and the State.

     In 1982, L.A. 'Clarke  & son consented to a court order requiring
remedial actions specified by the State.  The company was recently held
in contempt of that order.

     Waste  piles and a surface impoundment on the property acquired
Interim Status under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)
when the company filed Part A of a permit application.

    . Stafr"» (January 1986);  In December 1985,  EPA began a remedial
investigation/feasibility  study to determine the'type and extent of
contamination at the site  and identify alternatives for remedial action.

     This site is being placed on the NPL at this time because the
potentially responsible party declined to initiate work and CERCLA-funded
remedial activities are underway.   Thus, the site meets one of the
requirements of  EPAt's policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL.
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                           RHINEHART TIRE FIRE  DUMP
                         • -.Frederick -County>• .Virginia

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  The Rhinehart Tire Fire Dump
 Site originally served as a storage area  for  5 to  7 million tires.  The
 4.5-acre  site is located in an agricultural area on the  outskirts of
 Winchester, Frederick County, Virginia.  The  tires caught fire in October
 1983.  Subsequently, EPA spent $1.74 million  of CERCIA emergency funds to
 control and collect 800,000 gallons of oily wastes, conduct environmental
 monitoring, and perform associated activities.

      According to EPA analyses, a variety of  hazardous substances have
 been released to the air.  In addition, monitoring by  the State has in-
 dicated local ground water contamination  from similar  hazardous substances,
•'including benzene..  About ISO'people-use  the  contaminated aquifer within
 3~ miles of the site as a source of drinking water.

      In February 1984, the site owner consented to a CERCLA section 106
 order  which required surface run-off controls specified  by EPA.  These
 measures  were taken in August 1984.

      Status (January 1986);  In March 1985, EPA obligated funds to the
 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 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 workplan for. the
 RI/FS  is  due in March 1986.
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                               MICA LANDFILL
                              Mica,  Washington

     Conditions at listing  (October 1984)t   Mica Landfill covers 180 acres
near Mica in Spokane  County,  Washington.  Since 1971, the county has
disposed of municipal and industrial wastes at the site.  A monitoring
well at the landfill  has  shown contamination with 1,1,1-trichloroethylene,
chloroform, and several other organic conpounds, according to analyses
conducted by a consultant to Spckane County.  The extent of ground water
contamination  is  unknown  at this  time.

     The county has sampled  all donestic and agricultural wells within
1 mile and-reviewed  its records to identify the quantities and types of
waste known or suspected  of  being buried at the landfill.  About 425
people depend on wells within- 3 miles of  the site as a source of drinking
water.  Eight irrigation  veils are within 3 miles of the site.

     Status  (January  1986);   Spokane County has completed additional
ground water monitoring.  No contamination  of domestic water wells has
been documented to date.

     The county plans to  upgrade  the landfill to comply with all solid
waste disposal requirements  of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act.  The county  is now operating a leachate collection system to control ...-.___
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                              MIDWAY LANDFILL
                              Kent/ Washington

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Midway Landfill  covers 60
 acres in Kent,  King County, Washington.  From January  1966 to October
 1983, this landfill, which is on privately owned land, was operated by
 the City of Seattle.  It was the repository of nonputrescible wastes and
 sane industrial sludges  from the Seattle area.  The landfill is  unlined
 and is in an old gravel  quarry.

      Data collected by the Seattle-King County Health  Department and the
 State from on-site monitoring wells indicate that an aquifer is  contami-
 nated with lead, toluene,  xylene, arsenic, and other compounds.  More
 than 10,000 draw their drinking water from the aquifer within 3  miles  of
 the site.

      The City of Seattle is preparing a plan for closing the landfill  in
 accordance with all solid waste disposal requirements  of the Resource
 Conservation and Recovery Act.  The plan calls for drilling  several
 monitoring wells to define .the direction of ground water flow relative to .
 several major municipal  wells nearby.  Soil samples will also be taken.

      Status (January 1986);.  The City of Seattle has installed the new
 monitoring wells.   Anomalies found during the drilling indicate  a  need
 for some additional wells.

      Under a cooperative agreement with EPA, the State of Washington
 Department of Ecology is reviewing the city's work.  The State is  directing
 a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the  type and
 extent of contamination  at the site and identify alternatives for  remedial
 action.

      Combustible gas has been found in the soils under residential and
 commercial areas adjacent  to the site, requiring temporary relocation  of
 11 families.  In January 1986, the city began operating a gas extraction
 system on-site  in  an effort to control off-site migration of methane.  The
 city and State  are developing an additional off-site extraction well system
 to remove methane  trapped  in the ground off-site.  A special gas sampling
 program was initiated to deal with the gas problem.
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                             NORTHSIDE LANDFILL
                            Spokane, Washington

      Conditions at listing  (October 1984):  Northside  Landfill covers 240
 acres in Spokane, Spokane County, Washington.  Since 1930,  the city has
 operated the landfill for disposal of municipal wastes.  Several nearby
 domestic water wells have been, contaminated with organic solvents
 (including tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene,  chloroform, and 1,1,1-
 trichloroethane), according to tests conducted by the  city  and its con-
 sultant.

      The landfill sits atop the aquifer that  is the sole source of
 drinking water for the City of. Spokane (population  170,000).   The city
 has connected approximately 150 residents with contaminated wells to
 the municipal water systenu

      The city is regularly monitoring on-site wells and  a number of off-
 site wells to determine the location and direction  of  flow  of the plume
 of  contaminated ground water.  The city is also investigating remedial
 measures to control the source of contamination.

      Status (January 1986);  The city has completed seven new monitoring
 wells and is assessing the data collected.  Under a cooperative agreement
 with EPA, the Washington State Department of  Ecology is  working with the
 city to review and implement 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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                           NORTHWEST' TRANSFORMER
                             Everson,  Washington

      Conditions at listing  (October  1984);   Northwest Transformer's salvage
 yard covers 1.2 acres about 2  miles  south of Everson/ Washington, a rural
 community in Whatcom County.   The  site was  used for storage and salvage
 of transformers, which  involved dismantling and draining, as well as
 incineration operations.  Waste- transformer fluids were stored in a
 tank on-site.  PCBs, a  component of  some transformer fluids, were detected
 in private domestic  wells near the site in  tests conducted by the
 Whatcom County Health Deparonent.  Although the levels of PCBs were near
 detection limits (0.05  to n.ll parts per billion)/ no other source of
 PCBs has been identified near  the  wells. Subsequent sampling showed no
 PCBs.  Further sampling is  planned.

      Wells within 3  miles of the site are the source of drinking water
 for 2,700 people.

      Status (January 1986);  In an extensive soil sampling effort, EPA
 detected high concentrations of PCBs at certain locations.  The highest
 was 31,000 parts per million (pom).   In May 1985, EPA used CERCLA
 emergency funds to remove PCB-containing materials from the site.  Five
-transformers containing greater than .500 ppm were drained and cleaned.
 About 500 transformers  were either already  clean (less than 46 ppm) or,
 if containing 46 to  500 ppm, were  drained,  rinsed, and cleaned on-site.
 Contaminated soil (1,360 cubic yards) and waste liquid (5,500 gallons)
 containing  10 ppm or more were also  removed. All wastes were taken to a
 disposal site meeting the requirements of the Resource Conservation and
 Recovery Act-and the Toxic  Substances Control Act.

      EPA is working  with the U.S.  Army Corps of Engineers to develop a
 plan for a remedial  investigation/feasibility study to determine the type
 and extent of contamination at the site and develop alternatives for
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                             QUENDALL TERMINAL
                             Renton, Washington

      Conditions at listing (October 1984);  Ouendall Terminal  is one of
 three properties on the shore of Lake Washington in Renton, King County,
 Washington.  The three are the site of a proposed commercial and resi-
 dential development known as Port Ouendall.  The Ouendall Terminal property
 is the site of an old. Reilly Tar & Chemical Co. refinery established  in
 the early 1900s to receive coal gas residues from the old Seattle Gas Co.
 plant on  Lake Union.  Reilly closed the operation in 1970 and  demolished
 the refinery.

      The  owners of Ouendall Terminal contracted for an on-shore investi-
 gation of the property.  In May and June 1983, 18 soil borings were
 drilled and 12 monitoring wells were installed.  Analyses of soil and
 water samples indicated the presence of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
 (PAH) in  concentrations up to 4.8 percent.  Also in June, four trenches
 were dug  in different locations on the property to profile the soil to
 identify  reported fill areas.  The contractor estimates that probably at
 least 165,000 cubic yards of soil are contaminated with at least 1 percent
 PAH.

      In June and July 1983, EPA surveyed -Lake Washington.  Analyses of
 sediment  samples from 13 locations show PAH concentrations as  high as 1.3
 percent.

      In April 1984, Ouendall Terminal's contractor submitted a scope of
 work for  a proposed remedial action to deal with the on-shore  contami-
 nation.  A series of wells would be installed to intercept the contami-
 nated ground water; which would be pretreated on-site and then discharged
 to the municipal sewer system.  The plan also called for capping the site
 prior to  commercial development of the property.

      Within the next few months, the owners of the three properties are
 scheduled to submit a detailed Environmental Impact Statement  for the
 first phase of this development to the City of Renton.

      Status (January 1986);  The owners of Quendall Terminal intend to
 conduct remedial activities at the site and they are currently obtaining
 funding for further studies.

      In response to comments received, EPA recalculated this site's score
 on the Hazard Ranking System, which EPA uses to evaluate waste sites  for
 the NPL..   The revised score is below the cutoff point EPA has  established
 to include a site on the NPL.  Hence, the Ouendall Terminal Site is being
 droooed from consideration Eor the NPL at this cime.
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                           SILVER MOUNTAIN MINE
                            Loonis,  Washington

     Conditions at listing (October  19841;  Silver Mountain Mine covers
5 acres in  Loonis, a  remote area  of  Okonogan County, Washington.  In 1980
and 1981, the mine used cyanide in its processing operations.  Approxi-
mately 1,100 gallons of cyanide were poured over silver tailings, which
had been placed on top of a plastic  liner, in an effort to extract gold.
The water running off the pile was collected in a basin, also lined with
plastic.  The site contains more  than 2,500 tons of contaminated tailings
and 20,000 gallons of contaminated liquid.  At one time, the liquid con-
tained 1,100 parts per million (ppm)  cyanide, according to analyses
conducted by  the State,  in November 19R3, the State treated the liquid,
reducing cyanide levels, to 9  ppm.  Contamination of ground water in'the
area is considered probable.  Although the site is located in a remote
area, the concentrations of cyanide  present a potential health hazard.

     Status (January  1986):   The  State of  Washington Department of
Ecology stabilized the site in June  1985.   This activity included: 1)
draining the  leachate and removing it for  off-site treatment, 2) covering
the site with a 3/4-inch cotton liner and  a plastic liner, 3) securing
the -liners with tires,  4) removing drums previously containing hazardous
materials, 5) removing a wooden structure  that.appeared insecure, and «)
fencing the-aite-wrLh bdtUed^wrre-;—The—life of the liner -is estimated- at
20 years.  The State concluded after this  operation that the site "will
not get worse, yet further study  is  warranted... to determine if contami-
nants have reached the ground water,  and to determine appropriate and
cost-effective means  to decontaminate the  ore heap."  The State plans to
visually inspect the site every couple of  months to ensure security of the
liner and fence..  .  ;

     This mining site is being placed on the NPL at this time because it
is a noncoal site with mining operations that occurred after Aug. 3,
1-977, the enactment date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act (SMCPA).  Thus,  it  is neither regulated by SMCRA nor eligible for
funds from the SMCRA Abandoned Mine  Land Reclamation Program.
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                               TOETDAHL  DRUMS
                         Brush Prairie,  Washington

      Conditions at listing  (October  1984);  The Toftdahl Drums Site covers
 15 acres in Brush Prairie, Clark County,  Washington.   Up to 200 drums of  .
 unknown material may have been buried at  the site in  the late 1960s or
 early 1970s.   Many drums reportedly  have  been  removed from the site since
 that time, but it is unclear how many may still remain buried, or how
 much of the contents may have spilled into the ground.

      In July 1983, 'EPA excavated and sampled the  remains of six drums.
 High concentrations of metals and organic contaminants >«re detected in
 the material in the drums and adjacent  soil.  Three private wells near the
 site contain low levels of some of these  contaminants.  The State has
 said th'nt no health threat exists at this time to the residents using
 these udls.   Recent discussions between  the property owner and the State
 have resulted in the  identification  of  several other  areas on this property
 (and one not on the property) where  the contents  of the drums may have
 been spilled on the ground.  Recent  sampling by the State has detected
 no contamination in these areas, but additional sampling is planned.

      The State is planning to conduct remedial  investigation and excavate
 the known drum burial area to remove the  remaining drums.

      Status (January 1986);  In June 1985,  the State  excavated the remains
 of 13 drums from the known drum burial  area.   It  is believed that all the
 drums now have been removed from the site.

      Under a cooperative agreement with EPA, the  State of Washington
 Department of Ecology is currently 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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              MOBAY CHEMICAL CORP.  (NEW MARTINSVILLE PLANT)
                      New  Martinsville, West  Virginia

     Conditions at listing  (October 1984);   Mobay Chemical Corp. manufactures
organic compounds, including polycarbonates, toluene diisocyanate, and
ferrous oxide pigments, in  New Martinsville, Wetzel County, West 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  indicated that about 540,noo cubic feet of
process wastes were disposed of on  the property.  Many of the wastes
contained hazardous substances.  EPA analyses of soil and ground water
on and underlying the Mobay facility detected benzene, chlorobenzene.
vinyl chloride, and other  organic chemicals,  many of them listed as being
disposed of on the site.

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

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

     Status.(January  1986);  On Jan.  16, 19flfi, Mobay entered into a
Consent Order with EPA  under RCRA section  3013.   The-order cavils for
sampling and monitoring of  the area surrounding and underlying the Mobay
facility.

     This site remains  in proposed  status until  EPA implements the appropriate
elements of its final policy for placing RCRA-related sites on the NPL
and then applies the  policy to this site.
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                     .   ORDNANCE  WORKS DISPOSAL AREAS
                        1  Morgantown,  West Virginia

      Conditions at  listing. (October  1984):  The Ordnance Works Disposal
 Areas cover approximately  110 acres  on the western shore of Monongahela
 River, southwest of Morgantown, Monongalia County, West Virginia.  Several
 previous and adjacent  property  owners operated chemical plants on the site
 since the 1940s, both  for  the Government war effort and for commercial
 use.  From that time to  the  late 1970s,  the site included a landfill for
 industrial waste disposal.and an area with above-ground drums containing
 PCBs.  waste from the  site may  contaminate the Monongahela River, which
 supplies drinking water  to 60,000 residents in the area.

      The site is now owned by a group unrelated to previous disposal
 activities.  To alleviate  the immediate threat at a portion of the site,
 the present owner removed  drums and  contaminated soil containing PCBs and
 disposed of them at an approved disposal site.

      Status (January 1986):  Analysis of soil  in several  areas of the site
 detected chromium,  lead, and various other heavy metals,  as well as some
 organic chemicals.  On April.10, 1985, EPA and the State  started an enforce-
 ment-lead study to  determine the effects of these substances on public
 health and the environment and  identify any additional  areas of contami-
 nation.  The study  includes  a workplan outlining goals  and methodology,
 a remedial investigation to  determine the type and extent of on-site
 contamination and any  contamination  of the Monongahela  River, and a
 feasibility study to identify alternatives for remedial action at the
 site.

      The work is scheduled for  completion in April 1987.
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                          FADROWSKI DRUM DISPOSAL
                            .Franklin, Wisconsin

      Conditions at listing (October 1984):   The Fadrowski Drum Disposal
 Site covers 40 acres in Franklin, Milwaukee County, Wisconsin.
 From 1970 through 1981, Ed's Masonry and Trucking was licensed by the
 State to operate a transportation and collection service on the site.

      Early in 1983, Menard, Inc., purchased a  portion of the site and
 began construction of a home building materials store.  Excavation
 turned up buried drums.  The contents were  analyzed by the State and
 found to be hazardous as defined by the State.  Little is known about
 the.amounts or types of wastes disposed at  the site, which was not
 authorized to accept hazardous wastes.

      The area is semirural; nearby communities are expanding their resi-
 dential development.  About 18,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles
 of the site as a source of drinking water.   The soils consist of sediments
 and clays.  A creek flows through the western  edge of the property.

      Status (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternative for
 the site.
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                           LEMBERGER LANDFILL, INC.
                            . Wiitelaw, Wisconsin

       Conditions at listing (September 1985):  The Lemberger  Landfill,  Inc.,
  Site covers 21 acres on Hempton Lake Road near the village of Whitelaw,
  Manitowoc County, Wisconsin.  The Township of Franklin used  the site,  an
  old gravel pit, as an open dunp fron about 1940 to 1970.  Lemberger
  Landfill, Inc., operated the site as a sanitary landfill under a  license
  fron the  Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) fron about 1970
  to 1976.   The State permit allowed accepting hazardous waste.

       This site was originally proposed for listing under the name  "Lemberger
  Fly Ash Landfill."

       From early 1976. to- 1977, Wettencamp and Brunner Excavating Go.
  transported fly ash frcm Manitowoc Public Utilities to the Lemberger
  facility.  An estimated 1,750 to 2,500 cubic yards of fly ash were disposed
  of monthly.  Past WDNR inspections showed that Lemberger used fly  ash  and
  bottom ash as cover instead of burying them along with the refuse.
  Lemberger placed a second  cap on the landfill in May 1981.   Leachate
  seeps are a problem of long standing.

	     In 1984,  EPA sampled  monitoring wells and leachate at the site.   The
  analyses  showed appreciable concentrations of vinyl chloride, methylene
  chloride, and trans-l,2-dichlorethene.  Other contaminants identified
  were ethylbenzene, toluene, tetrachloroethane, trichloroethane, dichloro-
  ethane, arsenic, barium, total xylenes, chronion, cadmium, and lead.
  In addition,  some of the same contaminants were present in residential
  wells in  the  vicinity of the site, according to tests conducted by WDNR
  in 1984-85.  Potentially impacted water resources include the unconsolidated
  and bedrock aquifers hear  the site.  About 2,300 people depend on  public and
  private wells within 3 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.  The
  Branch River  located 0.5 miles west of the site is also potentially impacted.
  It is used for recreation.  A marsh borders the southwestern portion of  the site.

       In 1982,  Lemberger signed a Consent Order with WDNR that required
  the identification of the  source of leachate and the implementation of
  leachate  controls, followed by ground water monitoring.   Some drilling
  and testing were completed, but further investigation came to a halt when
  the owner filed for bankruptcy in 1983.

       Status (January 1986):  EPA mailed Notice Letters and information
  requests  to 26 potentially responsible parties in December 1985.  Another
  site, Lemberger Transport  & Recycling, Inc., Landfill (added to the NPL
  in September 1984), is located approximately 2,000 feet south of the
  Lemberger Landfill, Inc.,  Site.   In November 1985, EPA similarly notified
  21 potentially responsible parties associated with the earlier NPL site.
  EPA is negotiating with the parties to have them fund a  remedial
  investigation/ feasibility study (RI/FS)  to determine the type and extent
  of contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial
  action.  Negotiations between EPA and the parties will concentrate on
  incorporating the two sites into a single study.   Negotiations are
  expected  to conclude by April 15, 19*86.

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                       NATIONAL PRESTO  INDUSTRIES,  INC.
                            Eau Claire, Wisconsin

       Conditions at listing (October 1984):   National Presto Industries,
  Inc., has manufactured artillery projectiles in Eau Claire, Chippewa
  County, Wisconsin, since 1955.  The plant operates on a standby status
  for the•Department of Defense.

       The company has a waste water permit  from the State for two ponds
  (1.9 acres and 14 acres) and two seepage lagoons  (each 3 acres) on its
  property.  Process wastes flowed through the ponds, where metal particles
  and oils were removed, to the seepage lagoons,  where the waste water was
  discharged to ground water.  The sludge remaining in the ponds is contam-
  inated with heavy metals and traces of volatile organic compounds, according
  to tests conducted by the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources.
  The presence of the sludge and its improper  treatment, violate the State
  waste water permit.

       The toxic nature of the sludge and hydrogeologic  studies conducted
  by the State indicate a potential threat to  the Eau Claire Well Field,
  which serves 57,500 people.

       Status (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives, for
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                          SHEBOYGAN HARBOR AND RIVER
                             Sheboygan, Wisconsin

       Conditions at listing (September 1985);  The  Sheboygan Harbor and
  River Site extends 3 miles through the communities of  Sheboygan Falls,
  Kbhler, and Sheboygan in Sheboygan County, Wisconsin.   According to tests
  conducted by EPA in July 1985, sane river sediments contain high levels
  of'PCBSr sane as high as 190 milligrams per kilogram (ing/kg).   Concentrations
  in the Sheboygan Harbor basin and turning basin are generally lower than
  5 mg/kg but do exceed 50 mgAg in spots within the Corps  of Engineers'
  official navigation dredging channel.  The channel has not been dredged
  since 1973.

       In early 1975, the Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR)
  detected PCBs during routine sampling of fish.  Every  year since then,
  PCBs have been detected in fish, water, and sediments  in  the harbor and
  river.  In April 1978, WDNR and the Wisconsin Department  of Health and
  Social Services advised residents not to eat fish  fron the Sheboygan
  River and two tributaries, the Mullet and Onion Rivers, because PCBs in
  all samples analyzed exceeded the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's
  temporary tolerance level of 5 micrograms/gram*  The ban  is still in
.  effect in some places."-               ""_"             ~~-"~	"

       WDNR investigated to find the sources of PCBs.  The  highest
  concentrations were detected in sediments immediately  downstream fron
  Ttecunseh Products Co.'s die-casting plant in Sheboygan Falls.   Concen-
  trations declined further downstream from the plant.   After discovering
  PCB wastes on the plant property, WDNR ordered the company on May 12,
  1978, to stop disposing of solid waste on its property.  On June 21, 1978,
  WDNR issued a second order requiring the company to excavate, collect,
  and store properly all materials likely to contain PCBs.   The company
•  excavated contaminated soils and disposed of them  off-site.  On Aug. 15,
  1978, WDNR issued a letter to the mayor of Sheboygan Falls and  the
  Tecumseh plant manager indicating that the June 21, 1978, order had been
  satisfied.

       A March 1980 report of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers estimated
  that about 163,000 cubic yards of contaminated soil containing  3.5 tons
  of PCBs would have to be dredged from the mouth of the river and the
  harbor to protect human health and the environment.

       The Sheboygan River drains into Lake Michigan, which is the source
  of drinking water for the Sheboygan/Sheboygan Falls/Kbhler metropolitan
  area (approximately 58,000 people).  EPA has detected  PCBs in sediments
  within 1 mile of the drinking water intakes.

       Both Sheboygan Harbor and River are used for  recreation.

       Status (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives for
  the site.

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                              STOJGHTON CITY LANDFILL
                               Stoughton, Wisconsin

      Conditions  at  listing (October 1984):  The City of Stoughton owned
 and operated a solid waste landfill from the mid-1950s until 1978 at  the
 northeast edge of Stoughton in  Dane County, Wisconsin.  The 5-acre  land-
 fill was capped  and seeded in 1978.  Presently, it is roped off.  Plans
 call for it to be used as  a city park after It is cleaned up.

      From 1953 to 1963, the site took unknown amounts of wastes, which
 consisted primarily of solvents and other liquid organic compounds, from
 a tire manufacturer.   The  soils in the area are moderately to highly
 permeable, and the  landfill did not have a liner or leachate collection
 system.

      On Mov. 17, 1983, the State sampled six on-site monitoring wells.
 The results showed  elevated levels of volatile organic compounds in
 three of the six wells.. At present, the full extent of ground water
 contamination is unknown.   About 8,500 people depend on wells within  3
 miles of the site as a source of drinking water.

      Status (January 1986):  EPA is considering various alternatives  for
 the site.
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                     WAUSAU GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
                              Wausau,  Wisconsin

      Conditions at  listing (April 1985)t  Wausau's water supply system
 serves  32,000  residents  of Wausau, Marathon County, Wisconsin.  According
 to  tests conducted  by  the  city March 1982, three of the city's six wells
 are contaminated by several volatile organic chemicals (VOCs) at levels
 greater than those  recommended by EPA and the Wisconsin Department of
 Natural Resources  (WCNR) for drinking water.

      In the spring  of  1982, the City first detected VDC contamination in
 city well  *3,  east  of  the  Wisconsin River.  By the simmer of 1982,
 analyses of water  from city well »6, west of the Wisconsin River, detected
 appreciable amounts of trichloroethylene (TCE) and trace amounts of
 perchloroethylene  (PCE)  and 1,2- transdichloroethylene (DCE).  By the fall
 of  1982, City  well  #4, also east of the Wisconsin River, showed contamination
 by  DCE, PCE, TCE, and  toluene.

      Since these discoveries, the City and WDNR have made considerable
 efforts to monitor  and define the extent of ground water contamination.
 EPA also conducted  a hydrogeologic investigation to determine potential
 sources and the extent of  contamination.  Several potential sources were
 investigated.

      the City  had been able to supply water by pumping mainly from
 uncontaminated wells #7  and #9, with blending from contaminated wells £3
 and #6  to  meet demand.  However, in  the spring of 1984, increasing levels
 of  contamination in these  wells led  to VCC levels at the tap greater than
 EPA and WDNR reccmmendations.  Therefore, in the sunner of 1984, EPA used
 CERCLA  emergency funds to  install carbon filters to remove VCCs.  The
 filters were used until  they could.be replaced by two air strippers.  EPA
 provided a research grant  to install the air stripper at well #4.  The
 city funded the air stripper at well #3.

      Status  (January 1986):  EPA is  considering various alternatives for
 the site.
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