UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
EPA-330/T-80-OW


REMOTE SENSING INVESTIGATION
SOLID/LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL SITES
Colorado North Front Range
Adams, Jefferson, Boulder,
and Weld Counties
November 1980
NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS CENTER
Denver, Colorado
&EPA

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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
OFFICE OF ENFORCEMENT
EPA-330/1-80-010


REMOTE SENSING INVESTIGATION
SOLID/LIQUID WASTE DISPOSAL SITES

COLORADO NORTH FRONT RANGE
ADAMS, JEFFERSON, BOULDER,
AND WELD COUNTIES


November 1980
NATIONAL ENFORCEMENT INVESTIGATIONS CENTER

Denver, Colorado

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                                 CONTENTS

  I  INTRODUCTION 	       1

 II  SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS	       2
       SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY	       2
       CONCLUSIONS	       3

III  RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATION	       5


                                  FIGURES

 1   Colorado North Front Range Location Chart	       6
 2   Commerce City 7.5 Minute Chart 	       8
 3   Gravel Pit Waste Disposal, Commerce City, Colorado 	       8
 4   Liquid Discharge, Commerce City,  Colorado	      10
 5   Discharge, Sand Creek, Commerce City, Colorado 	      12
 6   Storage Tanks and Drums, Commerce City, Colorado 	      14
 7   Woodbury Chemical, Commerce City, Colorado 	      16
 8   Waste Transport Facility, Adams City, Colorado 	      18
 9   Tanker Truck Facility, Adams City, Colorado  	      20
10   Arvada 7.5 Minute Chart	      22
11   Abandoned Refinery, Adams County, Colorado 	      22
12   Williams Refinery, Adams County,  Colorado	      24
13   Aero Oil Facility, Adams County,  Colorado	      26
14   Storage Tanks, Drums, and Solid Waste, Adams County,
     Colorado	      28
15   Arvada 7.5 Minute Chart	      30
16   Discarded Storage Drums, Arvada,  Colorado	      30
17   Drums Storage Area, Arvada, Colorado 	      32
18   Colorado Circuits Facility, Arvada, Colorado 	      34
19   Colorado Tank Lines, Jefferson County, Colorado	      36
20   Abandoned Dairy and Poultry Facility, Jefferson County,
     Colorado	      38
21   Louisville 7.5 Minute Chart	      40
22   Community Ditch, Coal Creek, Boulder County, Colorado.  ...      40
23   Marshall Landfill East Leachate Ditch, Boulder County,
     Colorado	      42
24   Marshall Landfill West Leachate Ditch, Boulder County,
     Colorado	      44
25   Niwot 7.5 Minute Chart	      46
26   Arapaho Chemical Company, Boulder County, Colorado 	      46
27   Boulder 7.5 Minute Chart	      48
28   The Old Boulder Dump, Boulder County, Colorado 	      48
29   Carter Lake Reservoir and Hygiene 7.5 Minute Charts	      50
30   Arapaho Chemical Landfill, Boulder County, Colorado	      50
31   Mil liken 7.5 Minute Chart	      52
32   Greeley Mil liken Landfill, Spomer Lakes, Weld County,
     Colorado	      52
33   Platteville and Fort Lupton 7.5 Minute Charts	      54
34   The 31 Water Disposal Facility, Weld County, Colorado.  ...      54

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                           I. INTRODUCTION
     An aerial survey of solid and liquid waste disposal/holding facilities
along the Colorado North Front Range was conducted Tuesday, July 15,  1980.
The  survey  covered preselected  sites  from Commerce  City (Adams County)
north to  near Greeley (Weld County).   The  disposal  practices  at some of
these sites  have  already  been identified as sources  of environmental dam-
age.  Others  have  been  reported  by concerned  citizens  in  the  respective
areas.

     The National  Enforcement  Investigations  Center  (NEIC), U.S.  Environ-
mental Protection Agency (EPA) conducted this  survey at the request  of the
Enforcement Division, Region  VIII, EPA.

     This investigation was  conducted  under the authority of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA; PL 94-580) which requires  the periodic
inventory and continuing surveillance of industrial,  commercial, municipal,
and private  facilities  in  addition to remote sites where hazardous wastes
are disposed.  Region Vlll'personnel will use the results of this survey to
perform onsite  investigations of  each facility as  deemed appropriate.
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     The  identification of the facilities was  provided  by  a  Region VIII
employee on board the aircraft during these surveys.

     NEIC employed standard  aerial  reconnaissance and  remote sensing  tech-
niques to conduct  the survey.   Color aerial photographs,  exposed  with a
70 mm hand-held camera, were obtained from a  light  aircraft flying  about
1,500 ft  above  ground level.  The color photos were basically  two types.
One type was a true-color film (red through blue light exposure).   The oth-
er  type was  false-color  infrared film exposed  with  green,  red, and  near-
infrared light.  The blue light normally used in true-color photography was
subtracted out  by an appropriate  optical  filter  placed over the camera

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lens.  The aerial  photographs  were recorded on color-reversal  film which
produces color  transparencies.   The  transparencies were used during  data
analysis in the laboratory.  The black-and-white photographs in this report
were reproduced from the color transparencies.

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                      II.  SUMMARY AND CONCLUSIONS
SUMMARY OF THE SURVEY

     The aerial survey was conducted to document on photographic film sev-
eral reportedly uncontrolled hazardous waste disposal  sites being evaluated
by Region VIII.  This  type  of survey was requested to aid Region VIII in
its investigations of known and reported uncontrolled, environmentally dam-
aging, hazardous waste disposal practices.

     The aerial reconnaissance photographic films were interpreted and ana-
lyzed in the  NEIC Remote Sensing Laboratory.  Any significant indications*
of the disposal of  solid and liquid waste materials  are reported.  Also,
any significant (visible) environmental  effects in the immediate environs
of a  disposal  site are reported.   In a few instances, where no environmen-
tal effects were evident, the  respective geographic locations and descrip-
tions of the sites have been reported by request of Region  VIII.

     The remote sensing  data  were  also reviewed to detect any promiscuous
dumping sites  located either within  industrial  facilities or at remote
sites, and  to  detect  unauthorized  disposal of liquid  wastes at solid waste
disposal  sites.  The  data were also interpreted for  indications  such as
surface runoff patterns,  surface leachate flow, and  damaged  or  stressed
vegetation in and around disposal sites due to liquid leachate.
   Indication - A particular observation derived from the photo interpreta-
   tion of the aerial films with respect to spatial or spectral character-
   istics.

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CONCLUSIONS

     There are 15 indications in the Commerce City area that are concluded
from  the  interpretive  analyses  of  the  respective  aerial  photo-
graphs:

          Dumping of waste materials in abandoned gravel  pits
          Abandoned storage tanks and drums
          Liquid discharge from tanker trucks of possible contaminates onto
          the ground

     Four separate  indications were  observed in the  area of Federal  Blvd.
and West 60th Avenue in southwest Adams County which  consisted  of:

          Storage tanks (status or condition unknown)
          Storage drums (status or condition unknown)
          Solid waste disposal
          Possible pond contamination

     Three separate areas  in Jefferson County may present contamination of
soiIs:

          Storage of a large number of drums (status  or  condition unknown)
          Possible contamination of soils in two locations

     There are four waste  disposal  practices in Boulder  County  that may
present serious contamination problems  and two in Weld County.  The Mar-
shall Landfill in Boulder County and its immediate environs  are of particu-
lar interest.  A culvert-type pipe was observed leading  from the landfill's
liquid  leachate  catch  ditch into the Community  Ditch irrigation system.
The liquid contents or leachate from the catch ditch appeared to be  slowly
draining into the Community Ditch.   Also, a white pipe was observed leading
from the catch ditch over Community Ditch onto an adjacent open field which
displayed white bare spots.

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                  III.  RESULTS OF THE INVESTIGATIONS
     The aerial photography was analyzed in the NEIC Remote Sensing Labora-
tory employing the  standard  techniques of photo interpretation.  The re-
sults of the analysis are documented in this section.   The geographic loca-
tions of the significant findings were plotted on the appropriate U.S.  Geo-
logical Survey (USGS) 7.5 Minute  Charts  (Topographical  Maps,  Scale 1:
24,000).  The  applicable  sections  of these charts are reproduced in this
report and properly  identified by  subtitle and figure number.   The alpha-
numeric symbols,  printed on each chart in red, correspond to the applicable
discussions on the  page  opposite each respective aerial photograph.  The
photographs also  have the alpha-numerics  printed  in  red in addition to
other annotations which  are  included as an aid to more clearly depict the
observations discussed in  the  text.   The geographic location of each sec-
tion of the orginal  7.5 Minute Charts  is depicted on the Colorado Location
Map [Figure 1].

     Any significant indications* of the disposal of solid and liquid waste
material,  observed in the film, are documented herein along with any signi-
ficant (visible)  environmental  effects in the immediate environs of a given
disposal site.  The  laboratory analysis was also conducted  so as to detect
any promiscuous dumping  located  either within industrial facilities or at
remote sites and  the unauthorized  disposal of  liquid wastes  at  solid waste
disposal sites.   The photography was interpreted for  indications such as
surface runoff pattern, surface leachate flow, and damaged or stressed veg-
etation in and around disposal sites  due to liquid  leachate.  In a few in-
stances, where no environmental  effects were evident, the respective geo-
graphic locations and descriptions of  these sites  have been  documented for
inventory purposes.
   Indication - A particular observation derived from the photo interpreta-
   tation of the aerial films with respect to spatial or spectral character-
   istics .

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Figure  1. Colorado North Front
           Range Location Chart

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                      LOCATION CHART INDEX
KEY            CHARTS              FIGURES        PAGE

 A          Commerce City            2            8
 B          Arvada                   10,15        22,30
 C          Louisville               21           40
 D          Niwot                    25           46
 E          Boulder                  25           48
 F          Carter Lake              29           50
 G          Hygiene                  29           50
 H          Mi Hi ken                 31           52
 I          Plateville               33           54
 J          Fort Lupton              33           54

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Figure   2.  Commerce City
            7.5 Minute Chart

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Figure   3.  Gravel Pit Waste Disposal
       Commerce C/fy, Co/orado

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COMMERCE CITY 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 2]

These  indications were observed around  the highway interchange of Inter-
state 270 and Vasquez Blvd. [Figure 3].

1A   A white powder-appearing  substance was  observed in  this gravel pit.

IB   Solid waste  had  been dumped  into this gravel pit.   Various-colored
     brown  and gray  substances were  also  observed on  the  floor  of the
     pit.

1C.  This pit,  with  no artificial  lining,  contained  a dark oily liquid  with a
     brown  vegetation, probably dead, floating around the edges.  Outside
     the  security fence around the pit there  were  seven cylindrical  storage
     tanks that may be unused.

ID   This drainage  ditch  contained  a high  level of matted aquatic growth.

IE   This gravel  pit contained a small level  of liquid and some solid waste
     was observed.

IF   A white solid substance had been dumped  into this gravel pit.

1C   On  the west side  of  Dahlia Street,  an open  field  area  was observed,
     where  large  sections  of  broken  concrete had  been  dumped.   Dark
     piles of solid  waste were also observed in  the same area.

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                             Figure  4. Liquid Discharge
                               Commerce Cily, Colorado

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COMMERCE CITY 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 2]

2    There was  a pooling of liquid in this grassy  depression.  The  liquid
     appeared to have  been drained from the Consolidated Freight  truck
     terminal concrete pad  [Figure 4].

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                          Commerce City, Colorado

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COMMERCE  CITY 7.5 MINUTE  CHART  [Figure 2]

3A   A  yellow-orange discharge  was  observed  along  the  south  bank  of
     Sand  Creek.  A specific  outfall  could  not be  located.  It may  have
     been discharged from a vehicle that used the nearby  dirt access road
     [Figure 5].

3B   This facility appears  to be an asphalt processing operation.

3C   This pit,  with no  artificial  lining,  contained  a  dark  liquid.   Piles  of
     solid waste  debris  were observed at the north  end of the pit.   Some
     solid waste had been  graded into  the pit.   No direct connection to the
     asphalt processing  facility was observed.

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                        Figure  6.  Storage Tanks and Drums
                              Commerce City, Colorado

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COMMERCE CITY 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 2]

4A   Numerous  drums were piled against four old railroad boxcars and in a
     wet,  grassy  depression.   Eleven  cylindrical storage tanks of various
     sizes were located  in  an adjacent open area [Figure 6].

4B   Nine  various-sized  cylindrical  tanks  were located  farther to the east
     near  two  separate  facilites known as  Mains  Engineering Corporation
     and the Colorado Organic  Chemical Company, Inc.

4C   Drums were  scattered about in this small  location.

4D   One stack of drums was observed.

4E   A large number of neatly  segregated  drums were  observed  at this oil
     well drilling  service facility [Figure 6].

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                      Figure  7.  Woodbury Chemical Company
                              Commerce City, Colorado

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COMMERCE CITY 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure  2]

5    This fenced area  reportedly belongs to the Woodbury Chemical Com-
     pany.  A  light blue tanker trailer truck was observed parked  in this
     area.   There were no storage  tanks or drums  located in the area at
     the time  of the surveillance.   Northeast at the intersections of 54th
     Avenue,  Jackson,  and Monroe Streets,  there  were possible  drum-
     stored  chemicals in an open  yard south of a building along the north
     side of 54th Avenue [Figure 7].

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                          Figure  8. Waste Transport Facility
                                Adams  County, Colorado

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COMMERCE  CITY 7.5 MINUTE CHART  [Figure  2]

6    The  Waste Transport Co.  facility is  located along the west side of the
     Union  Pacific railroad tracks and  the intersection of East 72nd  Avenue
     and  Fairfax  Drive.   A railroad spur   enters  the  facility  grounds
     through a security gate [Figure 8].

     The  grounds  throughout the north  half  of the  facility had  a  heavily
     oil-stained appearance.   At  the  time of  the  surveillance,  one small
     tanker truck,  one large tanker  trailer  truck,  and  one  vertical and
     two  horizontal cylindrical  storage  tanks  were  observed  within  this
     area.  Outside  the west fenceline there were two small tanker  trucks
     and  one small tanker trailer.

     Along  the  east side of  the facility,  there was one large building with
     a drive-in area for tanker trucks.  Behind this building to the  south,
     there  were three small  buildings that may have  been associated with
     the adjacent processing  equipment and incinerator.

     The  south half of the  facility had  one  small tanker  trailer and five
     white  vertical  cylindrical storage tanks,  two having the  GULF  Oil
     Company  logo displayed on the sides.  A  variety of dicsarded material
     was  observed  in  the facility.

     The  ground  between  the east  fence and the  railroad  tracks was
     stained with a  rusty/red and dark brown  material.

     A  dark area between  the railroad tracks  and Fairfax Drive appeared
     to be burned  grass.

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                            Figure   9. Tanker Truck Facility
                                Adams County, Colorado

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COMMERCE  CITY 7.5 MINUTE CHART  [Figure  2]

7    This unnamed facility located  in  the  opposite northeast corner  of the
     intersection,  contained six large  tanker trailer  trucks,  10  large tank-
     er trailers, two  tanker trucks,  and 10  cylindrical  storage tanks of
     various sizes  lying  throughout  the  yard  area.   There  were  a few
     drums  stacked in  the northeast  corner  behind several of the  large
     storage tanks.   The grounds throughout the  facility were heavily
     stained with  an oil-like  substance,  particularly at the north  end.  It
     appeared  there  was  discharging  of liquids from  tankers  through the
     north  security  fence gate  onto  the grounds  outside of  the facility
     [Figure 9].

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Figure  11. Abandoned Refinery
     Adams  County, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 10]

8    This reportedly abandoned refinery site is  located between the Denver
     and Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks and  Clear Creek,  on the west
     side  of Federal Blvd.   The  facility consisted of one  small building,
     and 10 cylindrical  vertical storage tanks  of various capacities.  The
     grounds were dark-stained around  these  tanks.   A dirt road, running
     east and west, lay  south of the facility.  Solid waste was piled  behind
     the facility near the south bank of Clear Creek  [Figure 11].

     Two ponds were  located to the north  of Clear Creek behind a mobile
     home  sales lot.  The north pond  contained a muddy-brown liquid and
     the larger south  pond  contained a  dark oily-appearing liquid.  Trash
     was scattered around the edges of  both ponds.

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                            Figure 12. Williams Refinery
                               Adams County, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 10]

9    The  Williams  Refinery is located  on  the  east  side of  Federal Blvd.,
     north of the  Denver and  Rio Grande Western Railroad tracks,  along
     West 60th Avenue.  At  the  time of the surveillance there were  eight
     tanker trucks, one large tanker trailer truck,  one tanker trailer, two
     tanks that  had been removed from  truck frames,  and  approximately  70
     cylindrical  storage tanks of  various  capacities lying  throughout the
     area.  An estimated 300  drums were lying in many various-sized piles
     within  the  facility.   The  soil was heavily  stained around  the  large
     storage  tanks.   A large automobile salvage yard  is located adjacent  to
     the refinery to the east  [Figure 12].

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                             Figure 13. Aero Oil Facility
                               Adams County, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 10]

10   The  Aero Oil  facility is located  south  of  the  Denver  and Rio Grande
     Western  Railroad  tracks  on  the west side of  Federal  Blvd.  There
     were 10  cylindrical vertical storage tanks of various capacities arid  an
     estimated  500  drums stacked  and  scattered throughout the facility.
     The  grounds were  dark-stained  around the storage tanks and drums.
     Two  automobile salvage yards  are  located adjacent to  the north  [Fig-
     ure 13].

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                  Figure 14. Storage Tanks, Drums and Solid Waste
                              Adams County, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART  [Figure 10]

11   This open field area is located between Clear Creek and the west side
     of Federal  Blvd.,   south of  the Aero  Oil facility.   There were  an
     estimated  400 drums, one tanker trailer, and an estimated 25 cylindri-
     cal  storage tanks of various capacities.  Piles  of various solid wastes
     and  scattered  discarded  materials were observed farther  south in  an
     adjacent field  from the  edge  of  Clear  Creek  eastward  [Figure 14].

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Figure  16.  Discarded Storage Drums
         Arvada, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART  [Figure 15]

12   Behind  the  building  located  at  the northwest  corner intersection of
     Lamar Street and the Denver and Rio Grande  Western Railroad tracks,
     there  were  approximately 100 drums scattered  about on the  ground.
     Piles of probable  earthen fill were observed  in the  open field to the
     west [Figure 16].

     Along the  north  side of the railroad tracks, three  vertical  and two
     horizontal storage  tanks of  various  capacities  were  observed.

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                           Figure  17.  Drums Storage Area
                                  Arvac/a, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART  [Figure 15]

13   There were an  estimated 3,000 drums  stored at the northwest fence-
     line of this industrial complex.  The grounds within the fenced area
     were stained  and the vegetation along the  outside fenceline adjacent
     to the drum storage area, appeared to  be dead  [Figure 17].

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                           Figure 18. Colorado Circuits Facility
                                    Arvada, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART  [Figure 15]

14   The  Colorado  Circuits facility  is  located on  the north side of West
     56th  Avenue.  An  open field, north of the four buildings, had a very
     low level of vegetative growth.   There were  bare patches behind a
     small shed.  Several drums were located  around the shed and  two of
     the main buildings.   Ground discolorations were observed  along the
     west  fenceline  [Figure  18].

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                           Figure 19. Colorado Tank Lines
                              Jefferson County, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 15]

15   The Colorado  Tank  Lines facility is located  on the west side of Sheri-
     dan Blvd.  opposite  West  73rd Avenue.   The  grounds on the far west
     end of this facility  had been  saturated  with  what appeared to  be  an
     oily-liquid  substance.   There  had  been  repeated  vehicle  activity
     through and around  the field [Figure  19].

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                   Figure 20. Abandoned Dairy and Poultry Facility
                              Jefferson County, Colorado

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ARVADA 7.5 MINUTE  CHART  [Figure  15]

16   There  was a heavily-used dirt road leading from the south side of the
     Colorado  Tank Lines  facility across  an open field,  to  an abandoned
     dairy and poultry  facility  [Figure 20].  Three truck  tractors in this
     area are  similar  to one  located  in the Colorado Tank Lines facility.

     There  was  one building  that had  two tall  metal  stacks through the
     roof.   The  stacks  and a small  incinerator were inactive  at the time of
     the surveillance  [Figure 20].

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Figure 21.  Louisville
            7.5 Minute Chart

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                                 Boulder County, Colorado

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LOUISVILLE 7.5 MINUTE  CHART [Figure 21]

17   The  Marshall  Landfill  in  Boulder County reportedly has developed a
     leachate hazard which  has  contaminated the Community Ditch irrigation
     system [Figure 22].

     This photograph  presents  one area where  the  Community  Ditch  flows
     over  Coal  Creek.  The  possibility  of cross-flow  contamination  is
     present when  either  of the water systems overflows.

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                    Figure 23. Marshall Landfill East Leachate Ditch
                               Boulder County, Colorado

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LOUISVILLE  7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 21]

18   This photograph [Figure 23] shows the easternmost catch ditch in the
     Marshal]  Landfill which contained liquid leachate.  A culvert-type pipe
     was  observed leading from  the  catch  ditch and draining its  contents
     slowly into the Community Ditch irrigation  system.

     Erosion  of the north  banks of the  closed landfill cell has occurred and
     was  observed draining  into  the  catch ditch  which  contained a dark
     red/ brown liquid content.

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                    Figure 24. Marshall Landfill West Leachate Ditch
                                Boulder County, Colorado

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LOUISVILLE 7.5 MINUTE  CHART  [Figure 21]

19   This westernmost  catch ditch contained a dark gray liquid. Possible
     liquid seepage was  observed leading  from  the north embankment  of
     the closed  landfill cells into the catch ditch.   There were  no obvious
     signs of seepage into Community Ditch [Figure  24].

     A white pipe was observed leading from the catch  ditch over  Commun-
     ity Ditch onto the open field to  the north.   This may be for overflow.
     The  open field  had white bare patches containing a solid-appearing
     substance.

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Figure 26. Arapaho Chemical Company
       Boulder County, Colorado

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NIWOT 7.5 MINUTE CHART  [Figure 25]

20   This open field  pond  is  located west  of  a  chemical  facility  which
     reportedly is  the Arapaho Chemical  Company.   The  vegetation along
     the north corner and east  edge of the pond  appears to be  under
     stress  [Figure 26].   The  drainage area from the  pond to the north,
     may  be  leaching  into  Boulder  Creek.  A  portion of  the  vegetation
     within  the drainage  area  appeared  to  be  under stress.   There  was
     drainage to the  south  of the pond into  an  open grassy field.   There
     were  portions  of  the field  vegetation that  may  be  under  stress.
     Several bare  patches in the field  were evident.

     An  open, unlined pit at the  western fenceline  contained  a  small level
     of liquid.  An estimated 100 drums were  stacked near the pit.

     A  small  pond located along  the  north  facility  boundary, contained a
     dark liquid,  and  piles of  solid  waste were scattered about the field
     surrounding the pond [Figure 26].

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Figure 28.  The Old Boulder Dump
     Boulder County, Colorado

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BOULDER 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 27]

21   The Old Boulder Dump is located  within a natural intermittent stream
     drainage pattern.   The landfill material has  dammed  the flow  of  sur-
     face  water, creating a small pond.   The  potential head  pressure of
     the pond  could  force  percolation through  the  landfill  material  and
     carry  leachate  downstream,  possibly as  far away  as  the  Boulder
     Reservoir [Figure 28].

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Figure 29. Carter Lake Reservoir and Hygiene
           7.5 Mmufe Charts

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                     Figure 30. Arapaho Chemical Landfill


                          Boulder County, Colorado

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CARTER LAKE RESERVOIR AND  HYGIENE 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 29]

22   The  Arapaho  Chemical  Landfill is located about  4 kilometers  (2.5
     miles)  northeast  of Lyons.   It  lies between  two (surface  drainage)
     intermittent  streams which  lead  southward into Dowe Flats,  and to-
     ward  Knoth Reservoir  on the east side of Rabbit  Mountain  [Figure
     30].   No unusual indications were observed.

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Figure 32. Greeley Milliken Landfill, Spomer Lakes
              Weld County, Colorado

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Figure 31.  Mil liken
            7.5 M/nufe C/iorf

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MILLIKEN 7.5 MINUTE CHART [Figure 31]

23   The Greeley-Milliken  Landfill  is located adjacent to the Spomer Lakes.
     The southwest  embankment of the closed landfill cells was observed to
     be within 10 m  (9 yd) of the  adjacent lakes [Figure 32].

     The photographs did not reveal any surface seepage of  leachate  from
     the landfill.

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Figure 33.  Platteville and Fort Lupton
            7.5 Minute Charts

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                            WELL
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Figure  34.  The "31" Water Disposal Facility
          Weld County, Colorado

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PLATTEVILLE AND FORT LUPTON 7.5 MINUTE CHARTS [Figure 33]

24   The  "31"  Water  Disposal  facility consisted of  two large rectangular,
     unlined,  partially  filled  ponds  and  two  small  scfuare unlined full
     ponds; all  containing a  dark oily-appearing liquid.   Nine cylindrical
     tanks were located  around the small  ponds [Figure 34].

     Three dark  cylindrical tanks were lying  in an open bare field.

     A  possible injection  well  facility was located  in the  same open bare
     field.

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