United State*
Environmental Protection
Agency
Office of Errsrgency &
Remedial Response
Washington, DC 20460
HW-8 13
June 1988
DESCRIPTIONS OF 229 SITES IN PROPOSED UPDATE #7 TO NATIONAL PRIORITIES LIST
Tnis document consists of descriptions of 229 sites proposed in
June 1938 as update #7 to the National Priorities List (NPL). In most
cases, the size of the site is indicated on the basis of presently available
information, ^he size may change in the future as additional information
is gather^ on tne extent of contamination. Also included (as an
addendum) are descriptions of four sites being reproposed and one final
Federal facility site being proposed for expansion.
Sites are arranged alphabetically by State and by site name.
Remedial Actions under superfund
The Superfund program is authorized by the Comprehensive Environmental
Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA) and the Superfund
Amendments and Rt .v.nonzation Act (SARA), enacted on October 17, 1986.
Under SARA, the Hazardous Substances Superfund pays the costs not assumed
by responsible parties for cleaning up hazardous waste sites or emergencies
that threaten public health, welfare, or the environment. The Superfund
program is menaced by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (SPA).
Two types of responses may be taken when a hazardous substance is
released {or threatens to be released) into the environment:
° Removal actions, emergency-type responses to imminent threats.
Typically, these actions were limited under CERCLA to 6 months
and/or $1 million. Under SARA, these actions are limited to 1
year ard/or $2 million, with a waiver possible if the actions
are consistent with remedial actions. Removal actions can be
undertaken by the private parties responsible for the releases
or by the Federal Government using the Superfund.
° Remedial responses, actions intended to provide permanent solutions
at abandoned or uncontrolled hazardous waste sites. Remedial
responses are generally longer-term and more expensive than removals
A Superfund remedial response can be taken only if a site is on
the NPL. After publishing two preliminary lists and proposing a
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formal list, EPA published the first NPL in September 1983. The
list must be updated at least annually.
The money for conducting a remedial response or removal action at a
hazardous waste site can come from several sources:
° The individuals or companies responsible for the problems can
clean up voluntarily with EPA or State supervision.
° The responsible party or parties can be forced to clean up by
legal action.
° Superfund can pay for the cleanup, then seek to recover the costs
later from the responsible party or parties.
° A State or local government can choose to assume the responsibility
to clean up without Federal dollars.
A remedial response under Superfund is an orderly process that generally
involves the following steps:
° Take any measures needed to st;.oilize conditions, which might
involve, for example, fencing the site or removing above-ground
drums or bulk tanks.
° Undertake initial planning activities to scope out a strategy
for collecting information and analyzing alternative courses of
action.
0 Conduct a remedial investigation to determine the tyoe and
extent o£ contamination at the site.
0 Conducte a feasibility study to analyze various cleanup
alternatives. The feasibility study is often conducted with
the remedial investigation as one project. Typically, the two
together cost $375,000 and take from 9 to 18 months to complete.
° Select the cleanup alternative that:
— Protects human health and the environment
— Attains Federal and state recruirements that are applicable
or relevant and appropriate
— Makes maximum use of permanent solutions, alternative treatment
technologies, or resource recovery technologies
— Is "cost effective" — that is, the results achieved are
proportionate to the cost (tentati/e working definition)
° Design the remedy. Typically, the design phase costs $850,000
and takes 6 to 12 months.
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0 Implement the remedy, which might involve, for example,
constructing facilities to treat ground water or removing
contaminants to a safe disposal area away from the site. The
implementation phase typically lasts 6 to 12 months.
The State government can participate in a remedial response under
Superfund in one of two ways:
° The State can take the lead role under a cooperative agreement,
which is much like a grant in that Federal dollars are trans-
ferred to the State. The State then develops a workplan,
schedule, and budget, contracts for any services it needs, and is
resoonsible for making sure that all the conditions in the
c native agreement are met. In contrast to a grant, EPA
cc -nues to be substantially involved and monitors the State's
progress throughout the project.
° EPA can take the lead under a Superfund State Contract, with the
State having an advisory role. EPA, generally using contractor
support, manages work early in the planning process. In the
later design and implementation (construction) phases, contractors
do the work under the supervision of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
Under both arrangements, the State must share in the cost of the
implementation phase of cleanup. EPA expects this phase to average out
at about $10-12 million per site.
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National Priorities List
Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
REDWING CARRIERS, INC. (SARALAND)
Saraland, Alabama
Redwxng Carriers, Inc., started operating a chemical-transporting business
j.n March 1961 on 1 acre at Number 527 on U.S. 43 in Saraland, Mobile County,
Alabama. The company sola the property m May 1971 and relocated to Creola,
Alabama, xn 1972. Redwing used the Saraland Site as a parking and washing
terminal for its trucks, whxch reportedly carried numerous substances,
including asphalt, diesel fuel, weed-killer, tall oil, and sulfuric acid.
After the property was sold, it was covered with fill material and graded. An
apartment complex housing approximately 160 people was then built on the site.
After residents of the apartment complex noticed tar-like material oozing
to the surface at numerous locations, the Alabama Department of Environmental
Management inspected the ccmplex and then notified EPA. In April and May 1985,
EPA detected hxgh concentrations of 1,2,4-tnchlorobenzene and naphthalene
in the soil and in leachate conung from the tarry material. Redwing removed
some of the concaminated soxl to a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtxtle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The company
perxodxcally inspects the site and removes any tar rising to the surface.
The primary aquifer underlying the site is a group of alluvial and terrace
deposxts rangxng in thickness from a thin veneer to more than 150 feet and
consisting of fine- to coarse-grained sands, gravels, silts, sandy clay, and
organic material. The ground water in the vicinity of the site is approximately
10 feet below the surface. These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water. Drinking water in the area is supplied by the City of
Saraland Water Department, which obtains its water from three 100-foot-deep
^ells less than 2 miles frcm the site. The drinking water of 19,000 people is
potentially threatened.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprenensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCUM as amended in 1985
T. H. AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION CO. (MONTGOMERY PLANT)
Montgomery, Alabama
T. H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co. formerly distributed pesticides from
a plant on the Birmingham Highway on the west side of downtown Montgomery,
Montgomery County, Alaoama. During tne 1970s and possibly late 1960s, the
company operated under the name Thompson-Hayward Chemical Co. The plant closed
in 1980. The company changed its name to T. H. Agriculture & Nutrition Co.
in 1981.
While the plant was in operation, insecticides, nerbicides, ana possibly
other chemical wastes were buried in pits and trenches covering about 1 acre
of the plant's 11.6 acres. In 1981, the company excavated about 2,900 cubic
yards of contaminaced soils and wastes and transported them to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.
Lindane, 'which the plant distributed, is present in wells on and off
the site, according to tests conducted by the State and others. Montgomery's
water supply division has 21 wells within 3 miles of the site. The system
serves an estimated 250,000 people.
Prior to Tbompson-Hayward's ownership of the plant, a company that
handled water treatment chemicals operated on the site. In 1986,
T. H. Agriculture sold the plant site but retained responsibility for site
cleanup. Site ownership has changed frequently since then. Capitol City
Insulation, Inc., now occupies the site.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986 ,
ALASKA BATTERY EOTERPRISES
Fairbanks North Star Borough, Alaska
Alaska 3attery Enterprises has manufactured batteries designed for
subarctic conditions since 1969 on a site of approximately 0.8 acre in Fairbanks
North Star Borough 1.5 miles south of downtown Fairbanks, Alaska.
Used batteries are accepted for recycling, and battery parts and acid are
stored in a fenced, unpaved yard or inside a building on the site. All wash
water, spills, and domestic waste water generated inside the building are
discharged to an on-site septic tank and drain field. Prior to 1976, used
batteries were broken open on-site, the acid reused, lead shipped out of State,
and the cases buried on-site.
In 1986, the Alaska Department of Transportation, whose right-of-way
completely surrounds the site, found lead and acid in soil on and off the site.
A drinking water well is on-site, and over 18,000 people use wells within
3 miles of the site for drinking water. Ground water is shallow (5-11 feet in
some areas) and the gravel soils permeable, conditions that facilitate movement
of contaminants into ground water.
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National Priorities List
Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Comoensation, and Liability Act (CERCUM as amended in 1986
YUMA MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
Yuma, Arizona
The Marine Corps Air Station southeast of Yuma, Yuma County, Arizona,
covers approximately 3,000 acres on the Yuma Mesa. Since about the mid-1950s,
large volumes of waste fuels and solvents from refueling and servicing of
airplanes have been disposed of directly onto the ground or into unlined pits.
In addition, combustible materials such as fuel oil and organic solvents have
been deposited on tne ground and burned during fire training exercises.
The Navy has identified methyl ethyl ketone, tnchloroethylene,
tnchloroethane, and carbon tetrachloride in soils on the station. Soils
are permeable and the water table shallow (40 feet), conditions that facilitate
movement o£ contaminants into ground water. Approximately 5,700 people live on
tne station. Normally they obtain drinking water from the Colorado River via
an irrigation canal. During maintenance work on the canal (approximately
1 month each year), drinking water comes from an on-station well. An additional
3,300 base employees use water from this well.
Station Yuma is participating in the Installation Restoration Program
(IRP), the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the
Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from those
sites. As part of IRP, the Navy has installed wells and sampled ground water
and soil.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES, INC. (BUILDING 915)
Sunnyvale, California
The Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Buildma 915) Site covers 5.5 acres at
915 De Guiane Drive in Sunnyvale, Santa Clara Countv, California. The ccmoanv
manufactures semiconductor/microprocessor devices on the site. Three M°L sitec
are nearby: Advanced Micro Dpvices, Inc., placed on the NPL in June 19"*:
Signetics, Inc., proposed in October 1984; and TRW Microwave, Inc., also beina
prooosed in June 1988. The sites are owned and operated bv semiconductor/
microprocessor manufacturers and have contributed to a comminaled olume of
around wacer contaminated with oraanic solvents.
Building 915 was constructed on former aaricultural land in 1Q73. At that
time, three underaround acid neutralization tanks were installed to the north
of the buildina. The buildina's oDerations also involved underaround tank" for
storaae of waste oraanic solvents. In 1981, the comoanv identified tnchloro-
benzene in wells near the huildina. Hiah levels of other solvents, includina
trichloroet'nylene, were Dresent in on-site soils. Accordina to the California
Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWOCB), soil contamination resulted from
leaking tanks and spills durina the handlina of solvents. Contamination from
3uildina 915 has the Dotential to reach nearbv deeoer around water (230—700
feet) that supplies municipal wells within 3 miles and provides drink ma wat°r
to an estimated 201,000 peoole in Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, and Mountain view.
In January 1982, the company completed removal of three tanks and approxi-
mately 5,600 yards of contaminated soil and transported the materials to a
hazardous waste facility reaulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). Since late 1982, Advanced Micro Devices and Sianetics
have operated a system to pumo out contaminated around water, treat it with
activated carbon, and discharae the treated water to Calabasas Creek and South
San Francisco Bay.
On June 21, 1984, CRWOCB issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order under the
California Water Code reauiring Advanced Micro Devices, Sianetics, and T°w
Micrcwave to develop a noint plan to prevent further miaration of contaminants.
Since October 1985, under CRWQCB supervision, Advanced Micro Devices
has been operating a systen to oump out contaminated around water, treat it hv
air stripping, and discharae the treated water to Calabasas Creek and south
San Francisco Bay.
In October 1986, the company submitted to CPWQCB a studv of the hvdroaeo-
logical conditions and a Plan for remedial action.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of RCRA when it
filed a Notification of Haz lJous Waste Activity and Part a of a permit applica-
tion to treat, store, or disrose of hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its
Part A and converted to aer-rrator-only status with EPA or State approval, "ence,
it satisfies a component of EP^'s NPL/RCRA policy.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the t
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
BRCWN S. 3RYANT, INC. (*RVIN PLANT)
Arvin, California
3rown & Bryant, inc. {3&B) has formulated liouid aancultural chemicals
on a 4.7-acre site at 600 South Derbv Road in ^rvin, Kern Countv, California,
since I960. The area is agricultural, with both croolands and orchards near
the site.
Inspections by the California DeDartment of health Cervices and the
California Regional Water Quality Control Board have documented numerous
instances of poor housekeeDina oractices. On the site are tanks holdina Dino«?eb
and two unlined ponds for Desticide rinse water. One rond is no lonaer in u<=e.
The other, a 250,000-crallon Dond, has overflowed twice, and a tank has leaked.
In 1984, tests bv the California Decartment of Health Services identified
various oesticides, includina dibromochlorooroDane, ethylene dihromidp, and
Dinoseb, as well as 1,2-dichloroorooane and chlorobenzene, in on-site wells.
Public and private wells within 3 miles of the site orovide dnnkino water to
7,200 peoole and irriaate 19,600 acres of croDland. Citv o^ Arvin Well *1 is
1,500 feet from the site.
The County District Attorney has filed charaes aaainst the owner/ooerator
of 3&B for the comoany's hazardous waste handlina oractices.
This facility is beina DroDosed for the NPL because it is classified as
a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and Recoverv Act (PCRA).
Although the facility was treatina, storina, or disoosina of hazardous waste
after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part a Dermit application bv that
date as reauired and has little or no history of comDliance with RCRA Subtitle C.
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'Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
CDNCORD NAVAL WEAPONS STATION
Concord, California
The Concord Naval Weapons Station is approximately 30 miles northeast of
San Francisco on the soutnern shore of Suisun Bay, in Concord, Contra Costa
County, California. The station is the major ammunition transshipment port on
the West Coast for the Department of the Navy. In the tidal area of the
station are three disposal areas within 0.5 mile of one another: the tidal
area landfill, the R-area disposal area, and the wood nogger area. The three
encompass over 110 acres in the western portion of the tidal area.
From the mid-1940s until 1979, the tidal area landfill was the primary
disposal site for the station, receiving wastes from virtually all station
activities. Hazardous wastes deposited at this location may include lead-based
paints, creosote-treated timbers, asbestos, acids, waste solvents, and waste
oils. The landfill lies in a diked salt marsh along Suisun Bay, and portions
of the materials disposed of there may periodically be underwater during
extremely high tides or rainfall. The R-area disposal area contains lead-based
paints and waste solvents. At the wood hogger area, wood chips contaminated
with pentachlorophenol were disposed of in wetlands adjacent to and on top of
the tidal area landfill. The total volume of hazardous wastes deposited in the
entire western portion of the tidal area is undetermined.
Wells within 3 miles of the site are used for industrial purposes and serve
as backup for a public water system serving an estimated 185,000 people. Surface
water is not used for drinking water or irrigation within 1 mile downstream
from where contaminants enter Suisun Bay. However, the bay and its marshes are
used extensively for recreational fishing and hunting. The salt marsh harvest
mouse, designated an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service,
resides in the tidal area.
The station is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and
controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The Navy
has completed Phase I (initial assessment). Phase II (confirmation study) is
underway.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
CRAZY HORSS SANITARY LANDFILL
Salinas, California
The Crazv Horse Sanitarv Landfill is on Crazv Horse Canvon Road within the
southeastern oortion of the hillv reaion in Salinas in northern Monterey Countv,
California. The 125-acre site is owned bv the Citv of Salinas and ooerated bv
Salinas Discosal Services. Prior to 1950, the site ooerated as an oDen burnina
dumD. Since 1950, it has been a sanitary landfill. In 1977, jt received a
permit from the California Reaional Water Quality Control Board (CRWOCB) to
accept residential, commercial, and industrial wastes. Some D(=sticidp containers
have been disposed of at the facility after triole-rmsina as reauired hv
California law. The CRWOCB cermit orohibits acceotina hazardous waste.
According to Firestone Tire Rubber Co., its olant in Salinas ^isoosed of
larce Quantities of "ban'ourv" wastes (which include rubber materials, c^rhon
black, other fillers, and oils) and mixed solvents (mainly benzene and toiuenel
at the site from the early 1970s to about 1982.
In February 1985, CRWQCB samDled three dcwnara^ient residential wells.
They were found to be contaminated with volatile oroanic chemicals, inclu^ina
benzene and toluene. An estimated n,200 oeoole obtain dnnkma wat°r from
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
A consultant to the Citv of Salinas conducted an extensive around water
investigation in March 1985 to determine if the site is a source of the off-sit"3
residential well contamination. The consultant concluded that the site is one
of the sources. However, the analytical results suaaested that there mav be a
secondary source on Drivate Drooerty adiacent to the landfill.
In June 1987, Salinas ourchased the homes with contaminated wells and
bulldozed them. The city also oumDed water from wells in an attemDt to ^taN11 ze
the around water contamination. Then six oermanent extraction wells were
installed downgradient of the landfill, and the residential wells were canoed
and sealed oermanentlv. Contaminated water is oumoed from the extraction wells
and is then treated by passive air striDpina. The treated water is discharapd
to a sediment retention basin on-site. When the water reaches the basin, th<=
contaminants of concern cannot be detected.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
CTS PPINTEX, INC.
Mountain Viw, California
CTS Pnntex, Inc. , manufactured printed circuit boards on 5.6 acres of
land in Mountain Vie^i, Santa Clara Countv, California, durma 1966-35. Printev
was incorporated in 1966 and acxjuir^d bv CTS Core, in 1931.
In the "wet-floor" buildina at 1911 Plvmouth Street, acid wast® water
containing cooper and lead and oraanic wastes containina trichloroethvi pne
(TCE) and other solvents drained to the floor, collected in a sumo wh°re f'-"=v
were neutralized with ammonia, and discharaed to the Mountain view sanitap/
swer.
Early in 1985, a concultant to CT^ Coro. Pound hiah levels of coooer
and lead in soil near the wet-floor buildina and hiah levels of TCF, 1,1,1-
tnchloroet'nane, and 1,1-dichloroethvlene in monitorina wells downaradient
of the site. An estimated 189,000 oeoDle obtain drinkina water Prom rrunicioal
wells within 3 miles of the site. Permanente Creek borders the site. Surfac®
water drainage eventually discharaes to San Francisco Bav 2.5 miles to the
north. Late in 1985, the comoany excavated the sumo area and filled it in,
decontaminated the building, and transported wast*3 materials to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). In October 1986, the California Department of Health
Services certified closure of the facility.
In an attempt to stop miaration of contaminated around water off-site,
the company is pumpinq the water and discharaina it to Mountain view's sanjtarv
saver system under a city permit. The company continues to monitor to define
the plume of contaminated around water.
In March 1987, the California ^eaional Water Oualitv Control Bo^rd issued
a Cleanup and Abatement Order reouinro the comoanv to be more pxoeditiou^ and
thorouah in its cleanup and set a schedule cor various on- and off-sit® t^sk=;.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
EL TORO MARINE CORPS AIR STATION
El Toco, California
A Marine Corps Air Station covers approximately 4,700 acres southeast
of Santa Ana in El Toro, Orange County, California. Commissioned in 1943, it
supports the Fleet Marine Forces in the Pacific Ocean. The surrounding area,
once primarily agricultural, is urbanizing rapidly.
Station El Toro is participating in the Installation Restoration Program
(IRP), tne specially funded program established in 1978 under which the
Department of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous
waste sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from those
sites. As part of IRP, tne Navy identified 21 problem areas at the station,
including three landfills containing both hazardous and solid waste; buried
drums of explosives and low-level radioactive waste; and areas where PC3s,
battery acids, leaded fuels, and other hazardous substances were dumped or
spilled.
In tests conducted early in 1987, the Orange County Water District found
trichloroethylene and tetrachlocoethylene m shallow irrigation wells on and
downgradient of the site. An estimated 1,100 acres of land are irrigated by
wells within 3 miles of the site.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
FRESNO MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL
Fresno, California
Fresno Municipal Sanitary Landfill covers approximately 130 acres
on the edge of the City of Fresno, Fresno County, California. The surrounding
area is primarily agricultural with some homes to the north and south.
The city has owned and operated the landfill since 1935. It expanded to
its current size in 1945. The landfill has a permit from the State to
accept nonhazardous solid waste and general refuse.
In 1983, tests by the California Department of Health services
{CDHS) revealed that methane gas was migrating from the landfill. In
June 1984, residents living adjacent to the landfill wrote letters to EPA
and CDHS alleging that waste crankcase oils and solvents had been openly
disposed of at the landfill. In November 1984, Fresno installed 17 wells
around the perimeter of the landfill to monitor methane and 6 wells to
monitor ground water. The city also constructed barriers on two sides of
the landfill to control methane migration. Monitoring conducted in 1985
indicates that methane migration to nearby homes been decreasing.
According to sampling conducted in 1984 by CDHS and the California
Regional water Quality Control Board, tetrachloroethylene, tnchloroethylene,
methylene chloride, and dichloroetnylene are present in wells at the edge of
the landfill. Upgradient wells show no contamination, and no other
possible sources of contamination are known to exist upgradient of the site.
Nine municipal wells are within 3 miles of the Fresno landfill. Water
from these wells feeds into a blended system that serves the City of Fresno.
The general distribution area serves approximately 260,000 people. Nine
private wells within 3 miles of the landfill serve an additional 3,000 people
*ho have no other source of drinking water.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended m 1986
GBF, INC., DUMP
Antioch, California
The G3F, Inc., Dump occupies 62 acres in Antioch, Contra Costa County,
California. The current owner is GBF, Inc. The original owner leased the site
to Contra Costa Waste Service, Inc., some time prior to 1960. A joint effort
involving Contra Costa and Industrial Tank, Inc. (IT) disposed of hazardous
waste on the site from 1960 to the early 1970s, when G3F took over.
Oil and oily bilge water were accepted at the site during GBF-IT operations.
Although available records are unclear, documentation in various government
files verifies tnat large quantities of liquid industrial wastes from throughout
the county and beyond were disposed of at the site. Until 1974, these wastes
were deposited in a series of 10 unlined pones on-site covering approximately
60 acres.
In 1974, because of concern that the wastes could migrate from the site
and endanger ground water in the area, the California Regional Water Quality
Control Board (CRWQC3) closed the ponds and required that the site accept only
nonhazardous waste.
By 1978, the ponds has been completely filled in with municipal waste and
at least partially covered with clay and/or dirt. Leachate detection wells
were dug around the perimeter of the site to monitor the potential migration of
site contaminants. Unfortunately, these wells were actually dry holes that
could not detect potential ground water contamination. In May 1986, six on-site
ground water monitoring wells were installed. These wells contain a large
variety of organic compounds, including carbon tetrachloride, chloroform, 2,4-D,
and 2,4,5-T, as well as iron. An estimated 700 people obtain drinking water
from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In 1980, Pittsburgh Disposal & Debris 3ox Service, Inc., received a county
permit to dispose of municipal waste on 25 acres of the site leased from GBF,
Inc. This area is still in operation.
CRWQCB, the California Department of Health Services, and the Contra Costa
County Health Services Department have been working with IT and GBF, Inc., to
establish a plan for further action. IT and GBF, Inc., recently reached an
agreement to share the costs of further monitoring to determine the extent of
the plume of contaminated ground water.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprenensive Environmental Response. Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
HEWLETT-PACKARD (620-40 PAGE MILL ROAD)
Palo Alto, California
Hewlett-Packard manufactured optoelectronic equipment on a 10-acre site at
620-40 Page Mill Road in Palo Alto, Santa Clara County, California, until 1986.
In July 1981, at least 300 gallons of waste solvents, including 1,1,1-
tnchloroethane, tnchloroethylene, toluene, xylene, and alcohols, leaked from
a buried storage tanx for a period of at least 3 weeks. The company excavated
the tank and approximately 100 cubic yards of contaminated soil and transported
the materials to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Tests conducted in 1986 by a consultant to Hewlett-Packard detected
trans-l,2-aichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, trichloroetnylene,
1,1,1-tnchloroetnane, and xylene, several in high concentrations (290,000
parts per billion) in around water under the tank area. An estimated 57,000
people obtain drinking water from muncipal wells //ithin 3 miles of the site.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1985
HEXCEL CORP.
Livermore, California
Hexcel Core, ooerates on a 22-acre site in Livermore, Alameda Counfcv,
California. The company formulates and reacts olastic resins for coatinas and
achesives and custom-imoreanates fabrics for oroauction of reinforced oarts
for the aerosDace industry. Two documented sdiIIs occurred at the site m
1983. In the first, 600 callons of AP-92 solvent, which consists oF met'-ivlene
chloride, methvl ethyl ketone (MEK), acetone, and isooroovl alcohol, leaked
from subsurface plumbina. In the second, 1,500 Gallons of were reieas°d
when a valve on a storaae tank was left ooen.
In March 1983, after the first sdiII, the California Reaionai Water
Qualitv Control 3oard issued a CleanuD and Abatement Order under the California
Water Code charqina Hexcel with imorooer waste manaapment. Under the order,
Hexcel was to investiaate the extent of contamination, clean uo soil and around
water, and orevent future soills. Hexcel excavated the tank and drilled a well
to recover as much of the solvent as oossible. AoDroximatelv aalions of
the second soill were recovered, but the rest miarated to the excavated tank
area. Consultants to Hexcel identified dimethvl formamide in on-site soil and
monitonna wells and i^EX and acetone in the wells. Monitonna continues ho
define the extent of contamination. An estimated 50,000 oeoole obtain dnnkina
water and 2,800 acres of aancultural land are irriaated from wells within
miles of the iite.
This facility obtained Interim Status under subtitle C of Resource Conser-
vation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous waste
Activity and Part A of a Dermit aoDlication to treat, store, or disoose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to cenerator-onlv
status with EPA or State aporoval. Hence, it satisfies a comoonont of E^a's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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INTERSIL, INC./SIEMENS COMPONENTS
Cupertino, California
Intersil, Inc., and Siemens components have manufactured semiconductors
for several years on two locations near one another covering 15 acres in
Cupertino, Sanca Clara County, California. The facilities are surrounded
by residential, industrial, and business areas.
Investigations conducted in 1982 as part of the California Regional
Water Quality Control 3oard's underground tank leak detection program found
organic solvents, including trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroechane,
tetrachloroethylene, fcnchlorofluoroethane, and 1,1-dichloroethylene, in soils
on the site and m ground water on and off the site. Contamination is believed
to have resulted from localized spills and from leaking underground storage
tanks and piping involving the two companies. More than 300,000 people obtain
drinking water from public //ells within 3 miles of the site.
In June 1986, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board issued
Waste Discharge Requirements under the California Water Code requiring both
companies to determine the extent of contamination in ground water and soils.
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JASCO CHEMICAL CORP.
Mountain View, California
Jasco Chemical Corp. has formulated chemical products on a 2.05-acre site
in Mountain View, Santa Clara County, California, since 1976. The site is
bordered on the northeast by the Central Expressway and the Southern Pacific
Railroad, and on cne renaming sides by residential neighborhoods.
In January 1983, a citizen complained to the California Regional Water
Quality Control 3oard (CRWQCB) that the facility was dumping solvents at the
rear of the site on a daily basis. CRWQCB requested Jasco to install a
monitoring well at the site to determine if around water was contaminated.
3oth ground water and soil are contaminated at the site, according to
analyses conducted by consultants to Jasco. Methylene chloride concentrations
are as high as 142,000 parts per million in ground water, and soil is highly
contaminated with pentachlorophenol to depths of 20 feet. Contamination is
believed to nave resulted from any of the following sources: an underaround
tank farm, two dry wells used for disposal of storm water run-off from he
roof and paved portion of the site, and a drain that discharges surface run-off
at the rear of tne site.
The company is working with CRWQCB to determine the extent of the
contamination and to prevent further migration of the contaminants. In
addition, the City of Mountain View in 1937 shut off nearby Municipal Well #17
until the lateral and vertical extent of the pollution has been defined. About
333,000 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
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KAISER STEEL CORP. (FONTANA PLANT)
Fontana, California
Kaiser Steel Corp.'s former plant occupies about 2,000 acres in Fontana,
San Bernardino County, California. The plant operated from 1942 until it was
shut down in November 1982. It consisted of two main units, a primary
production unit and a rolling mill. California Steel Industries, Inc., purchased
the rolling mill from Kaiser in 1984. Cuyahoga Wrecking Corp. purchased the
coke plant and blast furnaces in the primary production unit for salvage and
began dismant' ng them in 1985. Numerous fires broke out during the demolition
activities, ana serious environmental and health and safety problems resulted
from improper ^recxmg procedures. There have been numerous reports of unsafe
working conditions on-site; serious violations have been documented, and State
and county agencies have issued several citations.
Large quantities of waste are stored, buried, or scattered about the site,
including PCBs in drums and in transformers, tar sludge, chromium refractory
bricks, friable asbestos from demolition activities, liquid waste, spent acids,
contaminated waste oils, plating sludges, and flue dust. Much of the waste has
not been characterized. A minimum of 23 potential hazardous waste areas have
been identified.
A study by a consultant to Kaiser Steel showed elevated levels of benzene,
methylene chloride, and dissolved solids in wells downgradient of the site.
Additional studies will be required to fully determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site. The water table below the site, now approximately
250 feet, is expected to rise in the future with implementation of a ground
water storage program in Chmo Basin. An estimated 150,000 people obtain
drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
Parts of the fence surrounding the site have fallen down, and many of
the drums and sumps are leaking. Thus, the potential exists for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances. There is also
the threat of fire and explosion because many of the substances are ignitable
or reactive. The site has been used as a filming location by the motion picture
industry, causing concern for the safety of people entering the site unaware of
the potential hazards.
The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application. The site is being proposed
for the NPL because it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy: the
owner has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial action by
invoking bankruptcy laws.
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KEARNEY-KPF
Stockton, California
Kearney-KPF, formerly known as KPF Electric Co., began operations in
1951 on a 11-acre site at 1624 East Alpine Avenue in Stockton, San Joaquin
County, California. The area consists primarily of small businesses and
vacant lots. During 1951-65, the only major waste generated was by a
silver-plating process. In 1972, the company added a galvanizing operation.
Liquid wastes from the silver-plating and galvanizing operations were
disposed of in two on-site unlined ponds until the summer of 1985. From
then until January 1986, only rinse water was placed in the ponds.
The liquid waste contained copper, iron, lead, mercury, silver, zinc,
volacile organic chemicals, cyanide, and highly acidic and alkaline rinse
water, according to tests conducted in 1986 by a consultant to Kearney-KPF.
The consultant also found that on-site soils and monitoring wells contain
1,1-dichloroechylene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, and lead.
Water from seven California Water Services wells within 3 miles of the site is
blended into a system that serves an estimated 128,000 people in the Stockton
area.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL Decause it is classified as
a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
Although the facility was treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous waste
after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A permit application by that
date as required and has little or no history of compliance with RCRA Subtitle C-
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MODESTO GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
Modesto, California
The City of Modesto, Stanislaus County, California, began monitoring
ground water in September 1934 to test 25 percent of its municipal water
supply, as required by California Assembly Bill 1803. Of the 24 wells
tested, 12 were contaminated. Municipal Well #11 was found to be contaminated
with 16.7 parts per billion (ppb) of tetrachloroethane; the State action
level is 4 ppb. The well has been taken out of service. The area obcams
all its drinking water from wells. An estimated 142,000 people obtain
drinking water from Modesto municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
The California Department of Health Services (CDHS) and the Stanislaus
County Environmental Health Department have identified Halford's Cleaners,
which is less than 0-5 mile upgradient of Municipal Well #11, as a likely
source of the contamination. These agencies found up to 176,000 ppb of
tetrachloroethane in soil at Halford's where a buried storage tank was
being excavaced and determined that Halford's discharge to the sewer was
contaminated. CDHS also found 84.6 ppb of tetrachloroethane in a private
well adjacent to Halford's. CDHS is conducting an area-wide search to
determine if there are additional sources of contamination.
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NEWMARK GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
San Bernardino, California
The four municipal supply wells of Newmark Well Field are in an area
of approximately 700 square feet bounded by 48th Street, Magnolia Drive,
Reservoir Drive, and the San 3ernardino County Flood Control Channel in the
Muscoy area north of San Bernardino, San 3ernardino County, California. The
San 3ernardino Municipal Water Department was forced to close the four wells
in the early 1980s when they were found to be contaminated with high levels of
halocenated organic chemicals, including perchloroethylene (?CE) and tnchloro-
ethylene (TCE).
.An August 1986 report by a consultant to the California Regional Water
Quality Control Board identified possible contaminant sources. A midnight
dumping operation from the lace 1950s to early 1960s appears to be the most
likely source of contamination. It is approximately 300 feet upgradient of
the Newmark wells. The California Department of Health Services is installing
air stripping towers to remove contaminants from ground water. The towers are
scheduled to be in operation in mid-1988.
An additional 10 municipal wells in San 3ernardino have also been retired
from service due to PCE/TCE contamination. An apparent hydrogeologic barrier,
the Pelona Schist outcrop of the Shandm Hills, suggests that contamination of
these 10 wells is originating from different sources.
The 14 municipal wells that have already been retired from service served
25 percent of the city's total population, and additional wells are also
threatened. The San Bernardino wells supply 80,000 people in the cities of
San 3ernardino and Loma Linda, and the loss of any additional wells could
leave some areas without water. The municipal supply wells for Riverside also
lie directly downgradient. No alternative water sources are currently available.
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PACIFIC COAST PIPE LINES
Fillmore, California
The Pacific Coast Pipe Lines Site covers 100 acres at 67 East Telegraph
Road in Fillmore, Ventura County, California. During 1920-52, the site was a
Texaco, Inc., refinery. When the refinery closed, most of it was dismantled,
pacific Coasc Pipe Lines, a department of Texaco, took the site over in 1953,
operating it as a crude oil pumping station.
Liquid and semisolid refinery wastes were disposed of in on-site unlmed
pits and sumps covering approximately 1.2 acres. Texaco identified eight
areas ^/here hazardous waste may have been deposited. Soil in six of the areas
contains benzene, 1,3-dichlorobenzene, and lead. Three monitoring wells on-site
contain benzene and 1,3-dichlorobenzene, according to Texaco analyses conducted
in 1983.
An estimated 10,000 people obtain drinking water and as many as 4,000
acres of agricultural land are irrigated from wells within 3 miles of the site.
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RIVERBANK ARMY AMMUNITION PLANT
Riverbank, California
The Riverbank Army Ammunition Plant (RBAAP) covers approximately
173 acres about 10 miles northeast of Modesto, California, on the northern
border of Stanislaus County. The main facility comprises 145 acres. Four
unlined industrial waste treatment ponds in the floodplam of the Stanislaus
River approximately 1.5 miles north of the mam facility account for the
remaining 28 acres.
In 1942, tne Aluminum Co. of America constructed RBAAP as an aluminum
reduction plant to supply the military. It closed in 1944. Since reopening
in 1951, the facility, with Morris Industries, Inc., as the operating contractor,
has manufactured materials such as cartridge cases, grenades, and projectiles.
As a result of industrial activities, RBAAP has generated varying quantities
of corrosive wastes (phosphoric acid, sulfuric acid, and caustic cleaners),
solvents, spent pickle liquids, and waste water containing metals.
According to tests conducted by the Army, significant levels of contami-
nants, including chromium, cyanide, and 1,1-dichloroethylene, have migrated
into ground water close to or beyond the installation boundary. About 13,700
people obtain drinking water from public and private -/ells within 3 miles of
the site, and at least 3,500 acres of nut and fruit orchards are partially
irriaated by ground water. The Army has also found that sediments in the
waste treatment ponds contain chromium, lead, and zinc. Overflows from the
ponds have dumped into the Stanislaus River, and the river has occasionally
overflowed into the ponds during periods of flooding. The river is used for
irrigation and recreational activities.
RBAAP is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and
controlling tne migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The
Army has completed a preliminary assessment and is now conducting a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
contamination and identify alternatives for remedial action.
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SOLA OPTICAL USA, INC.
Petaluma, California
Sola Optical USA, Inc., has manufactured optical lenses at its 35-acre
facility at 3600 Lakeville Highway, Petaluma, Petaluma County, California, since
1978. In May 1982, the California Department of Health Services identified
acetone in a well on the Sola property. Subsequently, consultants for Sola
Optical reported that soil adjacent to six underground solvent storage tanks
at the facility was contaminated with tnchloroethane (TCA) and methylene
chloride. In 1935, Sola removed the tanks and confirmed that shallow ground
water under the site was contaminated with volatile organic compounds, including
1,1-dichloroet'nylene, TCA, and 1,1-dichloroethane.
A public well, Petaluma Station 5 City Well, is approximately 500 feet from
contaminated wells on-site. The well is joined to the Petaluma Water Department
distribution system, which serves an estimated 50,000 people. In 1986 and
1987, the .veil contained low levels of TCA and other solvents in several samples
taken by the California Department of Health Services and by Sola. Tests
conducted in November 1986 by the California State Water Resources Control
Board showed a hydraulic connection between the Station 5 well and several on-site
contaminated wells, establishing the potential for site contaminants to migrate
into the Station 5 well.
In May 1985, the California Regional Water Quality Control Board issued
Waste Discharge Requirements calling for Sola to conduct ground water studies.
In April 1987, the board issued Site Cleanup Requirements calling for Sola to
determine the lateral and vertical extent of ground water contamination and to
propose remedial action alternatives.
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SOLVENT SERVICE, INC-
San Jose, California
Solvent Service, Inc., recycles waste solvents from nearby industries
on a 3.5-acre site at 1021 3erryessa Road in San Jose, Sanca Clara County,
California. The neighborhood is both residential and industrial. The site
is paved and fenced.
Waste solvents and reclaimed solvents are stored in drums and underground
tanks on the site, soil near the tanks contains high concentrations of volatile
organic chemicals, including tnchloroet'nylene, trichloroethane, and chloroform,
according to tests conducted in 1983 by a consultant to the company. The same
solvents were also found in nomtoring wells on and off the site. Solvent
Service is within 1 mile of a cluster of wells that are part of the municipal
supply for tne area. This supply serves a residential and daily business
population of about 132,000 people.
In 1933, the company started to work under a voluntary cleanup agreement
with the California Regional Water Quality Control Board (CRWQC3). In 1985,
CRWQC3 issued Waste Discharge Requirements calling for the company to define
tne extent of the contamination and to install wells to stop off-site migration.
The company's consultant has produced numerous reports that attempt to map out
the underlying hydrogeology. The company has installed 95 monitoring wells,
on- and off-site, and also installed extraction wells and extraction trenches
to stop contaminated ground water from migrating off-site.
This facility has a final permit to treat, store, or dispose of Subtitle C
hazardous waste under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The
permit *ras issued before enactment of the Hazardous and solid waste Amendments
of 1984 and thus does not require corrective action measures. The facility
has not voluntarily modified the permit. Hence, EPA believes that use of
CERCLA authorities will result in the most expeditious cleanup and is proposing
the site for the NPL.
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SPECTRA-PHYSICS, INC.
Mountain Vie^, California
Spectra-Physics, Inc. (SP) has manufactured electronic equipment and
gas lasers on Terra 3ella Boulevard and Middlefield Roads in Mountain View,
Santa Clara County, California, since 1961. The 11.5-acre site consists of
nine buildings in a light industrial complex. SP uses a variety of cleansers,
degreasers, and lubricants in its manufacturing processes, including isopropyl
alcohol, acetone, methyl alcohol, tnchloroethylene (TCE), Freon, 1,1,1-
tricnloroechane (TCA), and Solvasol Solvent 360. In an inspection conducted
in 1981, tne California Regional Water Quality Control Board found that areas
where hazardous wastes were stored had no dikes or systems to collect leachate;
rusty barrels were also found on-site.
Ground water investigations began at the SP facility in September 1984
after tests at Teledyne Semiconductor (adjacent and downgradient of SP)
indicated possible upgradient sources of contamination. (The Teledyne site
was placed on the NPL in July 1987.) Soil and ground water collected at SP
contained TCE, TCA, and 1,2-dichloroethylene. SP's plume of contaminated
ground water has merged with Teledyne1s and migrated off-site. More than
200 private drinking water wells had been drilled into the 1-square-mile plume.
Most wells have been closed; 47 were found contaminated above State Action
Levels. The owners new obtain water from municipal water supplies. An
estimated 189,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
Teledyne is operating one shallow extraction well on-site. The well
pumps the water to the surface and discharges it to the sanitary sewer;
the ground water is not treated before discharge. SP will evaluate the
effectiveness of this system in preventing its on-site plume from migrating
off-site. 3oth companies are jointly designing an off-site extraction
system; completion is scheduled for 1988.
San Francisco Bay (2.5. miles downstream of the site) is used for
recreational activities. Permanente Creek is tidally influenced within 1 mile
of the site. Several species of birds designated as endangered species by the
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service are found within the area of tidal influence.
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SULPHUR BANK MERCURY MINE
Clear Lake, California
The Sulphur Bank Mercury Mine (SBM) is on the east shore of the Oaks Arm
of Clear Lake, Lake County, California. The area //as initially mined for
sulfur during 1365-68. Mercury ore was mined by underground methods during
1399-1902 and 1915-18. The majority of the mercury ore vas mined using open
pit methods during 1922-47 and 1955-57. The mine, once one of the largest
producers of mercury in California, has been inactive since 1957 and is
presently owned by Bradley Mining Co. (BMC) of San Francisco.
Approximately 120 acres of tailings and an open, unlined mine pit (called
tne Herman Pit) are on the property. The mine tailings extend into the Oaks
Arm of Clear Lake along 1,320 feet of shoreline. The Herman Pit covers approxi-
mately 23 acres and is 750 feet upgradient of the lake. The pit is filled
witn water to a deptn of 150 feet. It drains at approximately 20 gallons per
minute from the western edge of the pit to Clear Lake.
The California Regional Water Quality Control 3oard (CRWQCB) is coordinating
an ongoing investigation of SBM. Department of Health Services, Department of
Fish and Game, and CRWQC3 analyses indicate that mercury is present in the
tailings and in the biota and bottom sediments in the Oaks Arm of Clear Lake.
The levels of mercury in fish from Clear Lake led the State to issue an advisory
on May 14, 1986 against consumption of the fish. The laxe is a major
recreational area.
On March 13, 1987, CRW2CB informed BMC that the Herman Pit is regulated
under the Toxic Pits Cleanup Act. Under the act, BMC is required to submit a
Hydrogeologic Assessment Report. However, the property owners are conducting
a waste characterization study of the site prior to submitting a Hydrogeologic
Assessment Report to determine if the site may be exempt from the Toxic Pits
Cleanup Act.
An estimated 4,700 people obtain drinking water from clearlake Oaks Water
District wells about 1 mile from the site. The wells are threatened because
tney are recharged by Clear Lake. On November 4, 1987, CRWQCB awarded a contract
for a pollution abatement study of the Oaks Arm of Clear Lake and the adjacent
mine site. The study is scheduled to be completed in early 1989.
This mining site is being proposed for the NPL because the State of
California does not have an approved program under the Surface Mining Control
and Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA), making tne site ineligible for SMCRA
reclamation funds.
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SYNFRTEK, INC. (BUILDING 1)
Santa Clara, California
Svnertek, Inc. (SI) manufactured electronics in 5 buildings on a 3.5-acre
site at 3050 Coronado Boulevard in Santa Clara, Santa Clara Countv, California,
from March 1978 to February 1985. SI, a subsidiary of Honeywell, Inc., ooerated
a neutralization system consisting of three buried tanks durina 1974-32.
Building 1 is adjacent to the tank system, which was removed in apnl 1985. A
Duned tank for stonna tnchloroethylene (TCE) and trichloroet'nane (TCA) was
installed in 1976 and renoved in February 1985. According to California ^eaional
Water Quality Control Board (CRWOC3) files, the neutralization tank and solvent
storage tank appear to have leaked. In 1985, Honeywell found TCE, TCA, and
other chlorinated solvents in ground water on and off the site. Both the
shallow and deeper acruifers are contaminated. An estimated 300,000 Deoole
obtain drinking water from oublic wells within 3 miles of the site.
Hone/well is constructing a single-well extraction system to DumD
contaminated ground water to the surface, route it through two air-striooina
towers to ronove contaminants, and discharge the treated water to the storm
se^er. The discharge will be regulated under a permit issued by CWOCB under
the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System. The Dumoing systan is
scheduled to be in operation shortly.
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TRW MICROWAVE, INC. (BUILDING 325)
Sunnyvale, California
The TRW Microwave, Inc. (Buildina 825) Site is located at 82^ Stewart
Drive, Sunnyvale, Santa Clara Countv, California. Three NPL sites are nearbv:
Advanced Micro Devices. Inc., olaced on the mpl in June 19Rfi; Siqnetics, Inc.,
proposed in October 1984; and Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (Buildina 9]^),
also being prooosed in June 1933. The sites are owned and ooerated bv semi-
conductor/microprocessor manufacturers and have contributed to a comminaled
plume of ground water contaminated with oraanic solvents.
Contamination ac Building 825 was first identified in Aonl 19R3 when a
TRW contractor found up to 41,000 Darts Der billion (cob) of trichloroethvlene
(TCE) m on-site ^ells. In May 1983, the California Reaional water Ouality
Control Board (CHWQC3) found that ground water beneath the buildina was
contaminated with dichlorobenzene, tetrachloroet'nylene, TCT\ acetone, N-butyl
acetate, and xylene. Upgradient wells on the south side of the Drooerty showed
only low levels of contamination, mdicatina that TRW is a ooint source of
contamination.
In Septenber 1933, TRW excavated soil at the site, removed an underaround
tank, and transported the materials to a hazardous waste facility reaulated under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. However, CRWOCB found
that these measures did not correct the around water contamination Droblem.
Contaminants from a leaking 750-qallon solvent storaae tank at Buildina 825
have the potential to migrate to deeDer dnnkinq water aouifers. Municipal wells
for Santa Clara and Mountain View tap the deeo aauifer between 250 and 750 feet
and serve an estimated 300,000 Deople. Imcorted surface drinkina water is not
considered an available alternative due to the size of tne Dotentiallv affected
population.
On June 21, 1934, CRWQC3 issued a Cleanup and Abatement Order under the
California water Code reauiring TRW Micrcwave, Advance Micro Devices, and Sia-
netics to develop a joint plan to prevent further miqration of contaminants.
Since October 1985, under CFWQCB supervision, TRW has been ooeratina a
systen to pump out contaminated ground water, treat it by air striDDina, and
discharge the treated water to Calabasas Creek and South San Francisco Pav.
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VALLEY WOOD PRESERVING, INC.
Turlock, California
The Valley wood Preservincr, Inc., Site covers 9 acres 1 mile southeast
of Turlock, Stanislaus County, California. Dunna 1973-79, the comoany
pressure-treated wood //ith a water-based cooper-chromate-arsenic solution.
In 1979, tne county revoked tne facility's use permit in resDonse to neiah'oors'
canplaints. A 1979 inspection by the California Reaional Water Oualitv Control
3oard (CRWQC3) identified toxic wood-treating chemcals in an on-site storaae
pond, as well as chromium m concentrations as high as 3,100 milliarams oer
kilogram in on- ana off-site soils and 178 milliarams oer liter in shallow on-si
monitoring wells. Arsenic and coDDer were also found in the wells.
After closing, the company excavated and disoosed of aDoroximatelv 1,500
cubic yards of contaminated soil from botn on- and off-site. Then, in the
summer of 1980, Valley Wood beoan to duttid around water to the surface, treat
it to remove chromium, and discharge it to the around. The ODeration continued
intermittently, ceasing entirely in June 1983. Contaminated soil remains on-sit
under asphalt paving and may continue to leach chromium into around water,
according to a 1985 reoort by a consultant to CPWQC3.
The site is underlain by a shallow, unconfmed aauifer extendina down to
60 feet; a deeper, confined aauifer, beqinnina at 80 to 1^0 feet; and between
them, a continuous 20- to 80-foot-thick clay bed known as tne F-clay aauitard,
As currently defined, the contaminant Dlume extends aDproximately 1,000 feet
frcm the site toward the southwest, is about 700 feet wide, and reaches the
bottcm of the shallow aauifer.
Private wells near Valley Wood Preservma draw from both the UDDer and
lower aauifers; the mumcioal wells for Turlock (ooDulation nearlv 30,000)
draw only from the lcwer aauifer. An estimated 34,000 Deoole obtain drinkma
water frcm wells within 3 miles of the site. Turlock Irriaation District
operates over 150 wells that draw from both aauifers and discharae to ditches
used to irrigate walnut orchards and agricultural croDS.
On March 18, 1987, the California Deoartment of Health Services issued a
Remedial Action Order calling initially for a remedial investiaation/feasibilitv
study (RI/FS) to determine the tyoe and extent of contamination at the site and
identify alternatives for rsnedial action. The RI/FS is scheduled to be
completed shortly.
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CHEMICAL SALES CO.
Canmerce City, Colorado
Charucal Sales Co. is a farruly-cwned chemical distribution business
located at 4661 Monaco Street in an industrial area of Canmerce City, ^dams
County, Colorado. The company has operated on. the 10-acre site since 1977.
The chemicals handled include ketones, alcohols, aliphatic compounds,
and chlorinated hydrocarbons such as tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichlorcefnsne,
and methylene chloride. Seme chemicals are purchased in hulk and stored
in tanks frcm which they are transferred to drums or other container^ for
sale. In August 1985, the company reported a spill of chlorinated solvents
to the Colorado Department of Health. Another spill of water and hydrocarbons
was reported m April 1986.
EPA tests conducted in late 1986 detected trichloroethylene,
tetrachlcroethylene, trichiorcethane, methylene chloride, and chloroform in on-
site wells and dcwngradient off-site wells. An estimated 33,000 pecole
obtain drinking ^ater frcm South Adams County Water and Sanitation District
wells within 3 miles of the site.
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3ARKHAMSTED-NEW HARTFORD LANDFILL
Barkhamsted, Connecticut
The Barkhamsted-New Hartford Landfill encompassess 102.5 acres in a
rural/residential area of 3arkhamsted, Litchfield County, Connecticut. Since
1974, it has been owned and operated by Regional Refuse Disposal District One.
This unlined municipal landfill is near the Barkhamsted and New Hartford town
line. An unnamed broox borders the site to the soutnwest and north and flows
through a wetland to the Farmington River 1.3 stream miles from where sludge
was deposited on the site.
In December 1983, the landfill received a Solid Waste Disposal Facility
Permit from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP).
The landfill accepts municipal and industrial wastes, including oily metal
gnndings sludge containing cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, zinc, and
manganese. A barrel-crushing operation also is on-site to reclaim metals.
In 1983, leaking drums containing hazardous solvents were observed on-
site during a CT DEP inspection. Tests conducted in 1986-87 by the landfill's
consultant indicate volatile organic compounds, including xylene, toluene,
1,1-dichloroethane, 4-methyl-2-pentanone, and vinyl chloride, are present in
shallow and deep veils on-site. Many private wells and a municipal supply
veil for New Hartford are within 3 miles of the site. The wells serve an
estimated 4,800 people. The closest private well is 770 feet southeast of a
contaminated well. The Farmington Valley Health District shut down the on-site
well serving the landfill office due to volatile organic contamination.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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CHESHIRE ASSOCIATES PROPERTY
Cheshire, Connecticut
The Chesnire Associates Property occupies 15 acres (including two
residences witn private veils) in Cheshire, New Haven County, Connecticut.
According to tne Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CT DEP),
Cheshire Associates, a Mew York-based partnership, has owned a major portion of
the site since 1966. The company leased its property to a variety of" tenants,
including Valley National Corp. (1966-79) and Chesnire Molding Co. (1979-80).
3otn companies manufactured plastic molding; neither kept records of disposal
practices ana vaste quantities. Airpax Corp. Plant 2, the current lessee, has
occupied che premises since 1933. The company manufactures electrochemical and
electronic devices, disposing of its wastes on-site in accordance with State
regulations. Cheshire Associates has never occupied the premises.
Soil and ground vater on the site are contaminated with volatile organic
chemicals, according to a government study in December 1980. In June 1985, EPA
found organic contaminants in both on-site shallow wells and an off-site bedrock
well; two residential wells 400 feet south of the site are contaminated with
lew concentrations of 1,1,1-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, and tetra-
chlocoethylene. Approximately 330 people within 1 mile of the site use private
wells. Cheshire municipal wells serving 22,900 people are 2.1 miles southeast
of the site.
The site is in a low-lying fresh water wetland area bordered by two ponds.
In 1983, CT DEP signed a Consent Agreement with Cheshire Associates
requiring the company to remove contaminated soil on-site and to monitor eight
volatile organic compounds in the two private wells semiannually for 5 years.
In October 1933, Cheshire removed 20 cubic yards of contaminated soil to an
EPA-regulated landfill. Recent semiannual sampling indicates low concentrations
of 1,1,1-tnchloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethylene, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,
benzene, xylenes, and tetrachloroethylene in the private wells.
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DURHAM MEADOWS
Durham, Connecticut
The Durham Meadows Site is in the southern Connecticut town of Durham
in Middlesex county. Investigation of the site centers around Merriam
Manufacturing Co., which occupies 5 acres on Main Street in Durham. The
company was established in 1851 and manufactures metal products such as
filing equipment, steel security-bank ana safe deposits, tool boxes, and
fishing tackle. The manufacturing process generates waste ^ater containing
dissolved organic solvents, including tnchloroethylene, methylene chloride,
1,1,1-tncnloroethane, and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene, as -veil as paint
waste.
The company disposed of -/aste water and sludges on its property in two
unlmed and undiked lagoons constructed in 1973. Prior to 1973 , waste apparently
was disposed of m the septic system, according to the Connecticut Department
of Environmental Protection (CT DEP). In another area, paint wastes and degreasing
solvents were stored in 55-gallon drums on the ground. Some were in poor
condition or leaking during a CT DEP inspection in 1981. The company stopped
using the lagoons in 1982 and removed the drums in 1983.
In 1982, CT DEP detected volatile organic solvents, including tnchloro-
ethylene, 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroet'nane, and methylene
chloride in private wells in the Durham area. Such wells are the sole source
of drinking water for tne 5,600 residents of Durham. CT DEP ordered Merriam
Manufacturing to supply bottled water to residents in the vicinity of the
site. Approximately 60 residents have been using bottled water since 1983.
On January 4, 1983, following an inspection by EPA and CT DEP, EPA issued
an Administrative Compliance Order and Assessment of Penalties under Section
3008 of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). The action called
for Merriam Manufacturing to correct several violations of State Hazardous
Waste Management Regulations. In response, the company removed drums containing
hazardous waste to a facility regulated under RCRA Subtitle C.
The site is less than 0.5 mile from the Cogmchaug River, which eventually
drains into the Connecticut River. A fresh water wetland is within 1,500 feet
of the site.
EPA is searching for other possible sources of contamination.
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GALLUP'S QUARRY
Plainfield, Connecticut
Gallup's Quarry is a former gravel mining operation in a rural area on
Tarbox Road 1 mile south of plainfleld's business district in Windham County,
Connecticut. During 1974-77, the privately owned 22-acre site accepted chemical
waste without a permit. According to the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection (CT DEP), methyl ethyl ketone, methyl isobutyl ketone, toluene,
tetrachloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and 1,1,1-tnchloroethane were disposed
of on-site in drums and as free liquids. Several of these volatile organic
chemicals, as well as copper, nickel, and chromium, have been detected in
on-site monitoring wells by CT DEP (1980-81) and EPA (1986).
A community *?ell is 4,000 feet and a private well 1,160 feet from the
site. An estimated 6,500 people within 3 miles of the site rely on wells as
their sole source of drinking water.
Mill Brook and associated wetlands are 500 feet downslope of the site.
Local surface waters are used for recreational activities.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In 1978, the site was evaluated and drums and contaminated soil removed
under the direction of CT DEP and the State police. The owner agreed to
reimburse the State up the $750,000 for the removal operation at Gallup's
Quarry and at another property he owned. However, limited soil analyses
conducted by CT DEP in 1981 indicate that soil contaminated with ketone and
hydrocarbons remains on-site.
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LINEMASTER SWITCH CORP.
Woodstock, Connecticut
Linemaster Switch Corp. has manufactured electrical and pneumatic foot
switches and produced wiring harnesses on Plaine Hill Road in Woodstock,
Windham County, Connecticut, since 1952. The 45-acre property is on a hill,
with the factory building situated near the top of the hill. The site boundary
has been expanded to 92 acres due to contamination, extending to Route 171 to
the south, Plame '-fill Road to the west, and Route 169 to the north and east.
The site is surrounded by the Town of Woodstock, a rural community of 5,300
people in tne northeast corner of Connecticut.
Facility operations involve trichloroethylene (TCE), paint, and thinners;
wastes are stored in barrels in sheds near the factory building.
In 1986, EPA detected TCE in on-site soil, ground water, surface water,
and sedorient. TCE was detected in Linemaster1 s roam pumo house well, which
supplies drinking water to the factory and its offices. An estimated 2,100
people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
Solvents were also detected on-site in artificial ponds used for boating.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come into
direct contact with hazardous substances.
On April 8, 1986, the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection
issued an Abatement Order requiring Linemaster to develop a plan for a
hvdrological study that will be used to determine the extent and degree of
contamination on the site. The State is reviewing the company's workplan
for the study.
Linemaster started to provide bottled water for its 180 emoloyees in
February 1936. With CERCLA emergency funds, starting in June 1986, EPA
provided bottled water for residents off-site that also have contaminated wells.
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PRECISION PLATING CORP.
Vernon, Connecticut
Precision Plating Corp. has chrome-plated various metal parts and fixtures
on a 3-acre site in Vernon, Tolland County, Connecticut, since 1970. The
process includes alkaline cleaning, chemical etching, chrome plating, rinsing,
buffing, and polishing. Wastes generated during this process include rinse
waters containing heavy metals, batch wastes of alkaline cleaner, and spent
placing and etching acids. Prior to 1983, according to the company, rinse
waters were discharged without a permit to a storm drain outside its building.
Process placing acids and chrome plating wastes were stored in drums and a
500-gallon tank on cne ground.
In May 1979, the City of Vernon's Health Department found that the well
serving Hillside Industrial Park, in which Precision Plating is located, was
contaminated with hexavalent and tnvalent chromium. The rupturing of drums
and tne tank by a snow plow was the cause of the contamination, according to
the Healtn Department and the Connecticut Department of Environmental
Protection (CT DEP).
In July 1979, CT DEP issued orders to the owners of Hillside Industrial
Park and Precision Plating to abate pollution of the waters of the State.
Precision Plating complied with the order. In November 1979, the company
installed five shallow monitoring wells on-site, sampled surface water, and
removed 20 cubic yards of contaminated soil. The company, and later EPA,
confirmed that ground water was contaminated with hexavalent and tnvalent
chromium. An estimated 10,800 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
Surface waters in the area are used for recreational fishing. The site
is within 1 mile of a fresh water wetland.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In February 1986, CT DEP issued orders requiring Precision Plating to
abate pollution and to provide dnnxing water to High Manor Mobile Home Park,
as well as Hillside Industrial Park. In March 1986, CT DEP issued the same
orders to Hillside Industrial Park. Both companies are attempting to respond
to the State orders.
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KENT COUNTY LANDFILL (HOUSTON)
Houston, Delaware
The Kent County (Houston) Landfill covers 70 acres on Route 397 in the
Brown's 3ranch Watershed, 2.1 miles north of Houston, Kent County, Delaware.
The watershed iS a tributary to ilcCauley Pond, Murder Kill River (Cripple Swamp),
and the Delaware Bay.
The landfill, owned and operated during 1969-80 by the county, accepted
wastes from Harrington, Dover, arid other locations. Among the materials were
residential trash, pesticides, sludces from poultry processing plants, oil
sludges, hospital wastes, waste polymers, and solvents. In all, the landfill
holds an estimated 2 million cubic yards of waste and fill materials. The
wastes were deposited in trenches excavated between 10 arid 25 feet. The
landfill had no liner or leachate collection system. In 1980, the county
covered the landfill with 3 to 5 feet of very sandy soil and planted grass
arid other vegetation.
OrgariiC arid morgans coritanunarits, including 4-methyl-2-pentanone,
4-methylpheriOl, chromium, arsenic, arid manganese, are present m a monitoring
well, accordir/g to tests EPA conducted in May 1986. The well is in the water-
table aquifer underlying the site tnat supplies private drinking water wells
in the area. Private wells Withm 3 miles of the site serve approximately
1,300 people; the nearest well is 1,700 feet from the monitoring well. The
tests found no contamination of private wells. Approximately 1,200 acres of
cropland within 3 miles of the site are irrigated by wells.
During EPA's May 1936 inspection, leachate was observed seeping from the
landfill. The leachate contains chemicals that may threaten nearby surface
waters, which are used for recreational activities.
T'ne site iS only partxally fenced, permittirg people and animals to come
into direct contact with the leachate.
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SEALAND LIMITED
Mount Pleasant, Delaware
The Sealand Limited Site occupies approximately 2 acres ±n Mount Pleasant,
New Castle County, Delaware. The area iS primarily agricultural and residential.
Operations began in 1971 when Adams Laboratory rented the property from Conrail,
Inc., to operate a rendering plant. In 1979, Conrail reportedly cleaned up
tne property after Acans Laboratory aoandoned the rendering plant. The property
remained vacant until September 1932, when Steve and Wayne Hawkins rented it
from Conrail. From then until August 1933, they operated a creosote
manufacturing plant under tne names Sealand Limited and Oil Industry. In
addition, the facility accepted coal tar, gas tar, and ink oil wastes, allegedly
to be recycled. Instead, they were stored on-site in tanks arid drums. When
the Hawkinses abandoned the facility m 1983, it contained 22 storage tanks, a
bOiler house, mixing chambers, pressure vessels, several hundred 55-gallon
arums containing assorted creosol intermediates, and a 10,000-galIon"wooden
storage tank.
A 1983 investigation by the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and
Envirorimental Control (DDNREC) revealed that the wooden tank and numerous
drums were leaking. Analyses of tanks, drums, arid soil on- arid off-site
detected polynuclear aromatic compounds, creosols, solvents, and other toxic
organic compounds.
In December 1983, m response to the imminent threat to human health, EPA
used CERCLA emergency funds to remove 240,800 gallons of coal tar, 320 drums,
arid 80 cubic yards of solid waste. The hazardous materials were transported
to a facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation arid
Recovery Act. EPA also cleaned the storage tanks and capped the site With a
layer of clay.
Nickel and acenaphthalene were present in an on-site morn tor irig well in
EPA arid DDNREC analyses conducted in 1984. Soils on the Site are permeable
arid ground water shallow (5 feet in some cases), conditions that facilitate
movement of contaminants into ground water. Private wells within 3 miles of
the site provide drinking water to an estimated 1,000 people.
Joy Run, which receives drainage from the site, flows into the Chesapeake
arid Delaware Canal, which is used for recreational activities.
EPA is seeking to recover funds spent on its removal action from eight
parties potentially responsible for wastes associated with the site.
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SUSSEX COUNTY LANDFILL #5
Laurel, Delaware
Sussex County Landfill $5 operated on a 37.5-acre site in a sparsely
populated fanning area between County Road 494 and Route 24 in Laurel, Sussex
County, Delaware, from May 1970 through April 1979.
The unpermitted landfill accepted municipal wastes and, according to a
1973 survey of waste disposal sites by the U.S. Congress (the "Eknardt Report"),
an unknown quantity of various volatile organic compounds.
The landfill overlies the Columbia Format ion, which iS connected to arid
recharges the f-ianokin Aquifer. Togetner, the two provide drinking water to
people within 3 miles of the Site. Wastes ^/ere deposited below the water
table, making ground water of the Columbia Formation arid Manokm aquifer
highly susceptible to contamination from the landfill. In 1986, EPA detected
benzene, vinyl chloride, chlorobenzene ethylbenzene, arid trans-1,2-dichloro-
ethylene in five on-site monitoring wells. A private well is 1,000 feet from
the site. Public and private wells within 3 miles of the site provide drinking
water to an estimated 5,700 people arid irrigate 5,100 areas of cropland.
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AGRICO CHEMICAL CO.
Pensacola, Florida
Agnco Chemical Co. covers approximately 6 acres in Pensacola, Escambia
County, Florida, approximately 2 miles southwest of Pensacola Municipal Airport.
The L s. N Railway Yard lies directly to the west and an abandoned quarry lies
to the north. Activity at this plant began in 1889 by a company that produced
sulfuric acid from iron pynte. About 1920, Agnco Chemical Co. began producing
fertilizer fran phosphate rock. In 1959, Agnco stopped production, tore down
the buildings, ana sold the land. The site now consists of foundations of
five buildings, including a fertilizer factory, a storage and shipping warehouse,
ana a plant where phosphate was processed to produce fluorine. North and east
of tne foundations lie four ponds that were used to store waste liquid from
tne manufacture of fertilizer. The capacity of the ponds exceeds 36,000 cubic
yards.
In 1958, a municipal water */ell 1.25 miles east-southeast of the site was
closed due to high acidity and fluoride concentrations.
In 1983, EPA detected lead, sulfuric acid, and fluorides in water from
the ponds. The lead may be the result of pipe and tank corrosion from sulfuric
acid.
The primary aquifer underlying the site is the Sand and Gravel
Aquifer, a 280-foot layer of poorly sorted, coarse-grained quartz sand.
Horizontal and vertical permeabilities in this type of formation are
generally very high, which facilitates the movement of contaminants into
ground water, as well as the movement of contaminated ground water.
Since ground water flows toward the east-southeast, this plume of
contaminated ground water could migrate into Bayou Texar or Pensacola 3ay.
Within 3 miles of the site are 13 Escambia County Utilities Authority
wells that serve an estimated 114,000 people. The Sand and Gravel Aquifer
is the primary source of drinking water for Escambia County.
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AIRCO PLATING CO.
Miami, Florida
Airco Placing Co. has operated an electroplating shop Cm a 1.5-acre site
at 3650 N.W. 46th Streec, Miami, Dade County, Florida, since 1957. Principal
processes az the plant involve nickel, cadmium, chromium, copper, and zinc
plating. Prior to 1973, wastes from the plating operations, including sludge,
were disposed of in three on-site seepage ponds. Starting m 1973, plating
wastes '/ere precreated ana then released into the Miami municipal sewage system.
Since 1982, tne sludges have been separated and transported to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act.
During a July 1985 investigation, EPA discovered that one of the areas
believed to have been used for waste disposal had been covered with asphalt
pavement and a la^n. Soil ana around water from near the ponds contained
contaminants associated .vxth electroplating.
During December 1986 and January 1987, EPA found cadmium, chromium,
copper, and riiCkel in surface ana subsurface soil from near the ponds and
the lawn area between the ponds. Shallow ground water from these areas
also contained nigh concentrations of the same heavy metals.
The site is the recharge zone of the 3iscayne Aquifer, which supplies
drinking water for all of Dade County. Four municipal well fields (the Upper
arid Lower Miaru Springs, the Hialeah, and the John E. Preston) that supply
drinking water to 750,000 people are within 3 miles of the site. One well is
within 10,200 feet of the site. Wells in the contaminated area have been
taken out of service.
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ANODYNE, INC.
North Miami Beach, Florida
The Anodyne, Inc., Site covers less than 0.5 acre in the Sunshine State
Industrial Park in North Miami 3each, Dade County, Florida. The building
tnat now occaOj.es the site is divided into two portions. The front part,
known as tne East Glades 3uildmg, is vacant. The back part is occupied by
United Parcel Service. The entire site is owned by 745 Property Investments
of 3oscon, Massachusetts.
Frcm tr>e early 1960s until 1975, Anodyne, Inc. , produced lithographs and
Silk screen prints on tne site. Sometime before 1970, Anodyne discharged its
industrial wastes to the Myrtle Grove Waste Water Treatment Plant. In a 1973
inspection, Dade County discovered that the waste */as being dumped directly
onto tne around. In 1986, EPA detected elevated levels of chromium in on-site
soil and ground water and PC3-1260 in on-site soil.
The 3iscayne Aquifer, which supplies drinking water for all of Dade County,
is directly beneath the site. A layer of cruartz sand overlies the limestone
aquifer; botn formations have very nigh horizontal and vertical permeabilities.
These conditions facilitate the movement of contaminants into ground water, as
well as movement of contaminated ground water. The W. A. Oeffler and westside
Well Fields are within "? miles of the site. They provide drinking water to
approximately 143,000 people.
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3 & 3 CHEMICAL CO., INC.
Hialeah, Florida
3 & 3 Chemical Co., Inc., has manufactured industrial cleaning compounds
on a 2-acre site in a highly industrialized area in Hialeah, Dade County, Florida,
since 1958. The Miami Canal is 800 feet to the southwest.
The company prepares its proprietary products in mixing vats. Approximately
once a year the vats ana tank trucks are washed down. 3efore 1976, the waste
rf/ater */as deposited in unlined lagoons. Since then, it has gone into a pretreat-
menc system before oemg discharged into the Hialeah sewer system.
Since about 1975, the Dade County Department of Environmental Resource
Management (DERM) nas been concerned about the impact of the lagoons on ground
water in the vicinity. In 1935, EPA found solvents such as chlorobenzene,
trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene in
moniconng wells on and off tne site and chromium in on-site wells.
The Biscayne Aquifer supplies drinking water for all of Dade County. At
the site, a layer of quartz sand overlies the limestone acruifer; both formations
have very high horizontal and vertical permeabilities. These conditions
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water, as well as movement of
contaminated ground water. Four municipal well fields — the John E. Preston,
the Hialeah, and tne Upper and Lower Miami Springs — are within 3 miles of the
site. One well is within 3,000 feet of the site. The four well fields serve
750,000 people. Wells in the contaminated area have been taken out of service.
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BEULAH LANDFILL
Pensacola, Florida
Beulan Landfill covers 80 acres in Pensacola, Escambia County, Florida.
Escambia County operated the landfill during 1950-84. The site is divided
into tJO areas that were operated independently. The north side, used during
1950-60, was a landfill that received primarily municipal trash. The south
side, essentially a sludge disposal pit, first received domestic septic tank
wastes in 1968 and continued to receive municipal trash, industrial waste,
demolition debris, and municipal sludges until 1984, when the State ordered
operations at the pit to halt. From February 1980 to June 1986, the landfill
operated under a Consent Order witn the Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation to accept specified wastes.
Tests conducted by EPA indicate that wastes on the site contain anthracene,
naphthalene, fluoranthene, pyrene, peritachlorophenol, PCB-1260, and zinc.
Analyses of botn surface water and ground water show slight increases in
concentrations of zinc from upstream to downstream and from upgradient to
downgradient. Eleven Mile Creek at the downstream edge of the site is used
for recreational activities. A number of residences within 3 miles of the
landfill draw drinking water from the upper 150 feet of the local sand and
gravel aquifer. The nearest well is 700 feet from the site.
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BMI-TEXTRON
Lake Park, Florida
The 3t*I-Textron Sice covers 1 acre ac 112L Silver 3each Road, Lake Dark,
Palm Beach County, Florida. The facility beaan oDeration in October 1959 under
the name Basic Microelectronics, Inc. In December 1930, tne site was sold to
Textron, Inc., and beaan noeration under the name BMI-Textron. Ooerations
stooped in January 1936.
The facility manufactured chrome-backed .-glass olates used in otoducinq
electronic components. The orocess involved cuttma, washina, and oolis'nina
glass plates before chrome was deoosiced. Cyanide was used in the alass-etchina
process. Liauia rfaste from tne orocess was discharged to oercolation oonds and
drain fields under a 4-year industrial waste water treatment oermit issued on
November 17, 1980, by the Florida Deoartment of Environmental Reaulation (FDER).
Four wells were installed ac the facility to monitor permit comoliance. On
November 10, 1933, BMI-Textron received a Notice of Violation from the Florida
Department of Health and Rehabilitative Services for excessive levels of nitrates
and total dissolved solids, as well as oH below the allowable limits.
In August 1934, 3MI submitted data to FDER showincj cvanide contamination
of soil and ground water at the site. On December 20, 1984, BMI-Textron and
FDEi; entered into a Consent Aqreement reauirma the comoanv to remove contaminated
soils it the site and to submit a detailed monitorinq Droqram for determinino
the nature and extent of ground water contamination at the site. BMI-Textron
removed approximately 680 cubic yards of cyanide-contaminated soil and transported
it to a hazardous waste facility reaulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.
In January 1936, FDER found cyanide and fluoride in three on-site monitorina
wells and in soil near oercolation pond i2. On November 18, 19B6, BMI-Textron
agreed to comDly with another FDER Consent Order to develOD a olan to clean uo
contaminated ground water. 3MI-Textron submitted an "Investiaacive and CJeanuo
Proposal" on January 6, 1987, in resoonse to the November Consent Order.
Two municipal water systems drawinq from wells within 3 miles of the site
serve an estimated 103,000 people in Lake Park, Riviera Beach, North Palm Beach,
and Palm 3each Gardens.
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CHEMFORM, INC.
Pompano 3each, Florida
Cnemform, Inc., formerly conducted contract metal-working operations on a
4-acre sic-? at 1410 S.W. 8th Street in an industrial area of Pompano Beach in
northeastern 3ro*/ara County, Florida. During approximately 1962-85, the facility
manufactured ]et encme parts in a standard machine shop. Subsequently,
operations included manufacturing of a 'nich-tech drilling machine, involving
use of acids. In 1977, an inspector from the 3roward County Pollution Control
3oard found Chemform, Inc., in violation of county regulations for discharge
of industrial wastes (oily licuid and sludge) onto the ground.
Chemform, Inc., is adjacent to Wilson Concepts of Florida, Inc., which is
also oeirg proposed for the MPL in June 1988.
In August 1935, EPA collected samples of ground water, surface soils, and
subsurface soils. High concentrations of cyanide, mercury, chromium, and
nickel were found in soil and high concentrations of chromium and nickel in
ground water. In July 1986, EPA found chromium, copper, and nickel in ground
water and chromium, copper, nickel, ana lead in on-site surface soil.
The Biscayne Aquifer, the primary aquifer underlying the site, supplies
all municipal water in 3roward County. At the site, a layer of quartz sand
overlies the limestone of the aquifer; numerous cavities in the limestone
result in high horizontal and vertical permeabilities, which facilitate
movement of contaminants into ground water as well as movement of contaminated
ground water. At least four municipal well fields are located at least
partially -vithin 3 miles of the site: the City of Pompano 3each's Palm-Aire
and Eastern Pompano Beach Well Fields, serving approximately 80,000 people;
and the 3roward County District IB and District 1C Well Fields (used only
during dry periods of the year), serving approximately 13,000 people.
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MADISON COUNTY SANITARY LANDFILL
Madison, Florida
The Madison County Sanitary Landfill covers approximately 133 acres
northeast of ce Citv of Madison, Madison County, Florida. The city owned
and operated che landfill from 1971 through March 1930. According to citv
records, ITT Thompson Industries, Inc., disposed of drums and waste containing
tnchloroethyle^e (TCS) and other comoounds at the landfill durina this
Denod. The county purchased the landfill from the city and has operated
it since April 1930. The landfill is permitted by the State to accept
municipal solid vaste.
In September 1984, the county found TCE in monitoring wells at the
landfill. In November 1934, the Florida Department of Environmental
Regulation (FDER) removed a number of drums from one location where ITT
Thompson's drums '^aa been buried. Drums were removed from a second area
in '-larch 1985. All materials were transported to a hazardous waste facility
regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Beginning in January 1985, the county sampled numerous private wells
m the vicinity of the landfill. High concentrations of TCE and
1,2-dichloroetnylene were found in three wells. The county, and later
ITT Thompson, provided bottled water and ice to these families. In addition,
the city, the county, and ITT Thompson installed water filter systems at
these homes.
In February 1936, FDER entered into a Consent Agreement with the
city, count/, and ITT Thompson requiring them to investigate ground water
near the site. The consultant they hired found TCE, methylene chloride,
and trans-1,2-dichloroethylene in on-site monitoring wells and off-site
private wells.
Approximately 95 private wells and 3 City of Madison wells are
within 3 miles of the site, threatening the drinking water supplies of an
estimated 4,400 people.
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STANDARD AUTO BUMPER CORP.
Hialeah, Florida
Standard Auto 3umpec Corp. has electroplated automobile bumpers, furniture,
and other fietal objects with chrome on a 0.8-acre site at 2500 west 3rd Court,
Hialeah, Florida, since 1959. The site is in an urban area in northwest Dade
County north of Miani International Airport.
Prior to 1970, waste water from the electroplating and stripping process
was discharged into a ditch between the process building and railroad tracks.
It was allowed to drain to the north, eventually percolating into tne ground.
In 1972, tne company began treating the plating waste prior to discharging it
into a septic tank/cercolator pit and drain field system. Since 1979, treated
waste water has been discharged into the Hialeah sewer system. The metal-
containing sludge from the treatment is transported to an approved hazardous
waste facility. Currently, approximately 2,000-3,000 gallons per day of waste
water are sent to a concrete diked area, where it is treated to convert
hexavalent chromium to the less toxic tnvalent state.
In August 1935, EPA detected cadmium, chromium, lead, and copper in surface
soil, subsurface soil, and ground water on the site. The most extensive
contamination was near the drainage pathway. In March 1987, EPA found chromium,
nickel, and copper in surface soil, subsurface soil, and shallow ground water
in the drainage pathway area.
The site is in the recharge zone of the Biscayne Aauifer, which supplies
drinking water for all of Dade County. Four municipal well fields—the Upper
and Lower "liami Springs, the Hialeah, and the John E. Preston—that supply
drinking water to 750,000 people are within 3 miles of the site. One well is
within 4,200 feet of the site. Wells in the contaminated area have been taken
out of service.
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WILSON CONCEPTS OF FLORIDA, INC.
Pompano 3each, Florida
The Wilson Concepts of Florida, Inc., Site is at 1408 S.W. 8th street in
an industrial area of Pompano 3each in northeastern Broward County, Florida.
The company has manufactured precision-ma chined parts on the 4-acre site since
at least 1976. Operations include machining, drilling, ana milling of metal
parts, along with vibrating, deburrmg, degreasmg, steam cleaning, and spray
coating of pares.
Wilson Concepts is adjacent to Chemform, Inc., which is also being
proposed for tne ;-JPL in June 1938.
Wilson Concepts has operated since at least 1985 under a hazardous material
facility license from the 3reward County Environmental Quality Control Board.
On several occasions, the county cited the company for violations of county
regulations n connection with the discharge of industrial wastes (soap cleaners,
degreasers, lubricants, and a product containing mercury and lead) onto the
ground and the overflew of wastes from two 1,200-gallon underground tanks
(used to store coolants, cleaners, ana sludges) into a storm dram. The
discharges subsequently percolated mto tne ground.
In 1986, EPA detected 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane,
chloroethane, vinyl chloride, and 1,1-aichloroethylene in on-site ground water.
Two of the compounds were also found in a water sample from the storm drain
mentioned above.
The Biscayne Aquifer, the primary aquifer underlying the site, supplies
all municipal *vater in 3ro.vard County. At the site, a layer of quartz sand
overlies tne limestone of the aquifer. Numerous cavities in the limestone
result in nigh horizontal and vertical permeabilities, which facilitate movement
of contaminants into ground water as well as movement of contaminated ground
water. At least four municipal well fields are located at least partially
within 3 miles of the site: the City of Pompano Beach's Palm-Aire and Eastern
Pompano 3each Well Fields, serving approximately 80,000 people; and the Broward
County District IB and District 1C Well Fields (used only during dry periods
of the year), serving approximately 13,000 people.
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WINGATE ROAD MUNICIPAL INCINERATOR DUMP
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
The Wirgate Road Municipal Incinerator Dump covers 61 acres in Fort
Lauderdale, Broward County, Florida. Hie site includes an incinerator, offices,
arid an approximately 40-acre disposal area, all owned and operated by the City
of Fort Lauderdale. Land use in the area is a combination of residential,
commercial, ana industrial.
The incinerator arid disposal areas were used during 1955-78. Residential
waste, commercial waste, ana incinerator residue were disposed of at the dump.
According to a resident of the area, hazardous waste may also have been dumped.
In December 1931, the resident reported to the Broward County Health Department
that 100 steel drums had been buried during 1955-58 north of the incinerator
down a dirt road.
The facility received 430 tons of waste a day and operated 7 days a week.
It pumped cooling water into the incinerator from on-site wells and then discharged
it into an unlined lagoon, possibly Lake Stupid in the southeast corner of the
facility. Ash residues mixed with sludge material from the lagoon were spread
onto the ground in trie disposal area. The area is approximately 30 feet above
ground, ana the terrain is hilly and partially overgrown with brush and small
trees. Rock Pit Lake is downslope of the northeast section of the disposal area.
Tests conducted in 1985 by EPA detected pesticides (DDT, aldrin, chlordane,
dieldrin) in surface composite soil and subsurface soil from the dump area.
Elevated pesticide concentrations were also reported in sediments from Rock Pit
Lake, which is used for recreational activities. The lake intersects the Biscayne
Aquifer. Thus, there is a threat of contaminants entering the aquifer. An
estimated 353,000 people draw drinking water from four municipal well fields
within 3 miles of the site: the Lauderdale Municipal Water Supply Well Field,
the Broward County District 1A Well Field, the Prospect Well Field, and the
Dixie Well Field. There is no unthreatened alternative source for the Lauderdale
field.
The site is only partially fenced, making it possible for people and animals
to come into direct contact with hazardous substances. About 44,000 people
live o/ithin 1 mile of the site.
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WOODBURY CHEMICAL CO. (PRINCETON PL^MT)
Princeton, Florida
woocbury Chemical Co. occupies 3 acres alone the west si^° of U.S. Route 1
in the soutneast section of Dade Countv aDDroximatelv 0.5 mile southwest-of
Princeton, Florida. Since 1975, the comDany has blended technical-arade
materials in 50-eallon vats to oroduce oesticides and fertilizers.
The site consists of six buildincs, includina an office, warehouses, and
oroduction buildmas, as well as several abovearound storace tanks, the
maionty of ^hic'n are diked. Most of the facilitv arounds is oaved.
surroundina area is orimanly aaricultural, with coDulations concentrated in the
small tewns of Princeton and Goulds. Previously, tne site was a tomato- an^
potato-repackina house and a labor cauiD for farm workers.
In 1986, EPA identified aldrin, dieldrm, toxaohene, anH chlordane in
four surficial soil samples from the site vicinity.
The 3iscavne Aauifer underlvina the site suoolies dnnkina water to an
estimated 17,600 residents of Dade Countv within 3 miles of the site, fpa has
desianated the aauifer under the Safe Dnnkina Water Act as the sole source
of dnnkina -vater for Dade Ccuntv. A layer of ouartz sanr* overlies the oolite
limestone of the aauifer; both formations are hiahlv Dermeable, ^acilitatina
the horizontal and vertical movement of around water, which is about 7 feet
below the surface. Three well fields and several onvate wells are within
3 miles of the site. The well fields include the Flevated Tank Well FielH
approximately 2.6 miles south of the site, the Narama well Field aooroxi-
mately 1.5 miles to the southwest, and the Homestead Air porce ^ase Well Field
approximately 2.5 miles south. A onvate well is 570 feet from the site.
A canal owned and ODerated by the State is aooroximatelv 2,350 feet
northeast: of the site. It flows into Biscayne 3av. Accordina to the Florida
Marine Patrol, manatees, which are desiqnated an endanaered soecies bv the U.^.
Fish and Wildlife Service, are freauentlv seen near the site.
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CEDARTOWN INDUSTRIES, INC-
Cedartown, Georgia
The Ceaartown Industries, Inc., Site covers 5.8 acres in the southwest
section of the City of Ceaartown, Polk County, Georgia, in the floodplain of
Cedar Creek. Originally, the site was the location of a foundry and machine
shop. From August 1978 to May 1930, Ceaartown Industries operated a secondary
lead smelter on the sice. The lead came from the cutting of automobile batteries
on the southeast corner of the site. In 1980, the company sold the property to
ri & M Transfec Co., which parks and repairs its vehicles on a portion of the site.
Remaining on-site ^hen operations ceased were an uncovered pile containing
about 5,000 cubic yards of slag and flue dust from the smelting operations and
a 32,000-gallon surface impoundment holding liquid from the battery-cutting
operations. This information was contained in Part A of an application for a
permit under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act filed in November 1980
by Sanders Lead Co., owner of Cedarto^/n Industries, Inc. The application was
filed protectively in anticipation of a resumption of operations, which never
occurred. The application //as withdrawn in June 1933.
In January 1986, the Georgia Environmental Protection Division detected
lead in the soil around the pile and in sediments in the impoundments.
The Newala Limestone Formation underlies the site. It feeds a large spring
that is the sole source of -vater for Cedartown's water system. This spring and
a well that supplies the Polk County water system, both within 3 miles of the
site, provide drinking water to an estimated 25,700 people.
The site is adjacent to Cedar Creek, which is used for fishing downstream.
This area of Cedar Creek is in the 10-year floodplain. In 1979, the site
experienced a 500-year flood.
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CSDARTCWN WJNICIPAL LANDFILL
Cedartown, Georoia
The Cedartown Municipal Landfill covers aDDroximately 1">0 acres in °o]k
County just outside Cedartown, Georqia. The area is an abandoned iron ore mine
used as a :-nunicioal landfill bv the City of Cedartown Prom the earlv 1970s to late
1930. The city owns tne land and had a oermit from the Georaia Environmental
Protection Division to operate it as a sanitary landfill. »ul!< waste, includina
sludge, and drummed .vaste were acceoted from Diamond Shamrock Coro.'s near'ov
plant, according to a 1978 survey of waste disDosal sites by the fJ.S. Conaress
(t'->e "Eknarat Reoort") and subseauent information the comoanv orovided to FPA.
Some of the waste contained zinc, cadmium, cooDer, chromium, and unspecified
organic chemicals.
According to the city, t'-^e landfill was covered with soil after it was
closed. The cit/ oenodicalLy stockoiles construction rubble and soil on the
site and uses it for fill material for other areas. Parts of the site are
covered with vegetation. Erosion was ODserved in unvegetated areas durinq an
EPA inspection in mid-1985.
In May 19S7, EPA identified benzene, toluene, xylene, ethvlbenzene,
naphthalene, and 1 ,2-dichloroethane m on-site soil and around water. The Knox
and Newala Geoloaic Formations, both within 3 miles of the site, orovide drinkina
water to about 25,000 residents of Polk County. Cedartown ^Drino, fl,snn feet
from the site, serves aooroximately 8,600 Cedartown residents.
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FIRESTONE TIRE & RUB8ER CO. (ALBANY PLANT)
Aloany, Georgia
Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. has manufactured tires on a 329.2-acre site
in Albany, Dougherty County, Georgia, since 1968. Until 1980, drums of waste
cement were stored on the ground in an area of less than 1 acre. In another
area, wastes were buried in a pit during fire-training exercises.
In 1936, a consultant to the company detected benzene, 1,1-dichloro-
ethylene, toluene, 1,1-aicnloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and zinc in
on-site wells. An estimated 400 people obtain drinking water from private
^ells within 3 miles of the site, and 1,000 acres of cropland are irrigated
with well ^ater.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation ana Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
.•teste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-only
status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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MARZONE, INC./CHEVRON CHEMICAL CO.
Tifton, Georgia
The Marzone, Inc./Chevron Chemical Co. Site covers 3 acres at the junction
of Golden Road and the Georgia Soutnern and Florida Railroad line in Tifton,
Tift County, Georgia. It nas been the location of an agricultural chemical
formulation plant since 1950, when it was purchased by Chevron Chemical Co. At
first, Chevron blended dry powders on-site. Sometime during 1963-64, che company
constructed a building to formulate liquids. A drum storage facility, three
10,000-gallon solvent tanks, one 12,000-gallon toxaphene tank, and a waste water
pond ^ere also added during Chevron's ownership. Chevron sold the property in
1970, after which Tifton Chemical Co. (1970-77), Tifchem Products, Inc. (1977-78),
and Marzone, Inc. (1979-32) continued to formulate agricultural chemicals on the
site. Kova Fertilizer, Inc., purchased the property through foreclosure in 1983.
The facility is now owned by Milan, Inc. Ray Taylor Plant Co. operates the
warehouse as a distribution center.
Records of the Georgia Environmental Protection Division indicate numerous
environmental problems at the site starting in 1973. In March 1981, Marzone,
Inc., excavated the ^aste .vater cond and filled it in. In March 1984, Kova
Fertilizer removed 49 drums of pesticide wastes. Both companies sent the wastes
to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
In May 1984, EPA and the Georgia Environmental Protection Division inspected
the site. Analyses conducted in September 1984 indicated that pesticides,
including toxaphene, lindane, methyl parathion, atrazine, and endnn, were present
in on-site soil and ground water. In October 1984, using CERCLA emergency funds,
EPA removed and disposed of stored wastes, decontaminated buildings and equipment,
excavated contaminated surface soils, drained water and accumulated sediments in
a truck-loading area near the railroad tracks, and transported 1,700 tons of
waste materials to a RCRA-regulated facility. Prior to the removal action of
October 1984, EPA sent Notice Letters to known potentially responsible parties —
including Chevron, Tifton Chemical Co., Tifchem Products, Inc., and Kova
Fertilizer, Inc.—informing them of proposed cleanup actions under CERCLA.
Chevron responded to the letter. Under a Consent Agreement with EPA signed in
April 1985, Chevron undertook cleanup actions, including excavating the waste
water lagoon, a drainage ditch, and a railroad ditch; filling them in; and
transporting the contaminated soil to a RCRA-regulated facility.
Within 3 miles of the site are 28 private wells tapping the shallow,
contaminated aquifer. The wells are the sole source of drinking water in the
area.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified as a
non- or late filer under RCRA. Although the facility was treating, storing, or
disposing of hazardous waste after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A
permit application by that date as required and has little or no history of
compliance with RCRA Subtitle C.
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T. H. AGRICULTURE & NUTRITION CO. (a>LBANY PLANT)
Albany, Georaia
T. 4. agriculture & Nutrition Co. formerly formulated and oackaaed
pesticides on a 7-acre site in Albany, Douahertv Countv, leoraia. The site is
in the suburbs of Albany in an agricultural area of the state. The comoanv
purchased the facility in 196*5 from a orevious ooerator. Our ma the 1070s and
possibly late 1960s, the company ooeraced under the name ThomDSon-Havward
Chemical Co. The comoany took the oresent name in 1981. Formulation operations
continued until 1976. The facility served as a warehouse/distribution center
until 1982, //hen ic //as closed.
Soils and shallow ground water are contaminated with oesticides, includina
toxaohene, lindane, ODT, and methyl oarat'nion, accordina to tests conducted in
Septenber 1935 by a consultant to the comoany. Albany us^s the deeo artesian
aquifer for drmkma water. However, an estimated 3,300 Lee Countv residents
within 3 miles of the site obtain annkina water from wells drilled into the
shallow, contaminated aauifer.
Kinchafoonee Creek is less than 1 mile northeast of the site. Kinchafoonee
Creek joins Muchalee Creek and Flint River, which are dammed to form Lake Worth.
Lake Worth ls used for recreatLonal activities and to generate hydroelectricity.
In 1934, che company transported contaminated soils, debris, and buildina
rubble from the site to a hazardous waste facilitv reaulated under Subtitle C
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. The Georqia Environmental
Protection Division oversaw the action.
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VCOLFOLK CHEMICAL WORKS, INC.
Fort Valley, Georgia
The Woolfolk Chemical Works, Inc., Site covers 13 acres near the
center of Fort Valley, Peach County, Georgia. The company began operation
in 1910 as a line-sulfur plant and has evolved into a full-line pesticide
plant formulating pesticides in liouid, dust, and granular forms for the
agricultural, lawn, and garden markets. The methods of handling these
products over the years have resulted in extensive contamination at the
site. Tests conducted by the Georcia Environmental Protection Division
in 1935 and 1936 detected metals and pesticides, including lead, arsenic,
chlordane, DDT, lindane, and toxaohene, in on-site soil and ground water,
and in an open ditch south of the plant.
Three of the five Fort Valley municipal water suDDly wells are
//it'nin 1,000 feet of the facility. The system is the sole source of
*/ater in the area. Late in 1986, EPA found arsenic and lead in two of
the wells at levels below Federal drinking water standards. An estimated
10,000 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles
of the site.
State records indicate numerous instances where untreated industrial
waste //as discharged into surface waters. During a routine inspection
in 1979, EPA discovered that the facility was discharging unauthorized
waste A/ater from the production of the pesticide dichlorobromooropane
into Bay Creek. Records indicate that the majority of the waste waters
were discharged into a storm sewer on the site. These effluents would
flow into an open ditch located south of the plant and then into Big
Indian Creek.
The company has changed hands several times. The current owner,
Security Law and Garden Products Co., acquired the operation in 1984
from Canadyne-Georgia Corp., which operated the facility during 1977-84.
In 1936-87, Canadyne capped one area of contamination and removed some
contaminated soil to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle
C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
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ADAMS COUNTY QUINCY LANDFILLS 32 & #3
Quincy, Illinois
The Adams County Quincy Municipal Landfills if 2 and #3 are approximately 5
miles ease of Quincy, Adams county, Illinois. Landfill #2 covers 11.75 acres
and landfill £3 approximately 40 acres. In 1973 and 1975, they were permitted
by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA) to operate as solid
.vaste disposal sites.
^s the only operating, permitted landfills in Adams County from
Septemoer 1972 to August 1978, Quincy landfills received the majority of the
county's waste, including putrescible, nonputrescible, demolition, combustible,
and Hazardous rracenals. IEPA records show that the City of Quincy accepted
liquid industrial wasce for disposal into pits until the liquids could be
pumped mco the covered portions of the site. The sice was unlined. Wastes
disposed of included solvents, acids, sludges containing heavy metals, spent
organic solvents used in aegreasmg, waste water treatment sludges from
electroplating operations, hydraulic oil, machine coolants, thinners, acetone,
ana coluene. An estimated 23,000 drums of hazardous wastes were accepted. The
site involved area fill and trench fill operations.
Ground water samples taken on-site by IEPA m September 1985, January 1986,
and April 1986 snowed contamination by 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-tnchloroethane,
methane chloride, tnchloroethylene, benzene, and selenium, in June 1985 and
August 1986, IEPA sampled two nearby private wells. One well was contaminated
by 1,1-dichloroethane, dichloroethylene, chloroform, tetrachloroethylene, and
benzene. (Both wells //ere closed, and the city provided an alternative water
supply.) Other wells showed elevated levels of iron, cyanide, and zinc. An
estimated 300 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of
the site.
In an inspection conducted m 1984, EPA observed leachate seeps and ponds
at the site, threatening nearby surface waters. The site is not completely
fenced, making it possible for people and animals to come into direct contact
with hazardous substances.
In mid-1987, a contractor for a number of parties potentially responsible
for wastes associated with the site started a remedial investigation/feasibility
study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site.
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AiMOCO CHEMICALS CORP. (JOLIET LANDFILL)
Joliet, Illinois
Arroco Chemicals Corp. manufactures chemicals on a 75-acre property
approximately 6 miles southwest of Joliet, Will County, Illinois. " According
co information the company provided to EPA, as required by Section 103(c) of
CERCLA, about 5 million cubic feet of wastes, including organics, inorganics,
heavy metals, acids, ana mixed municipal refuse, were disposed of in a^6-acre
landfill on the property during 1958-72. Some ignitable wastes and organic
acid residues were disposed of in drums in the landfill. In 1976, Amoco covered
the landfill with 2 feet of compacted clay and seeded it with perennial grasses.
A leachate collection system was installed under a permit from the Illinois
Environmental Protection Agency (IEPA). The leachate is treated in Amoco's
-/aste water treatment plant oefore it is discharged to Des Plaines River. The
landfill was officially closed in February 1978. Tests conducted by Amoco in
1982 and IEPA in 1974 indicate tnat monitoring wells downgradient of the site
are contaminated ^ith benzene; toluene; ethylbenzene; and para-, meta-, and
ortno-xvlene. A snallow aquifer underlies the site. Approximately 1,100
persons obtain drinking water from private wells drilled into the aquifer
within 3 miles of the site.
According to IEPA, leachate from the old landfill flows into an inlet to
tne adjacent Des Plaines River. IEPA tests detected phenol, cadmium, copper,
lead, and manganese in the river, which is used for recreational activities.
The site is open to the river, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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3ELOIT CORP.
Rockton, Illinois
Beloit Corp. has occupied a 175-acre site m the Villaae of Pockton,
Winnebago County, Illinois, since 1961. There are two ooerations at the site:
a plane for manufacturing wet-end Daoer-rrvakina machines, and a research and
development facility for desianina and demonstrating the machines to orosoective
customers.
The facility purchases clean virgin ouId to make multilavered Daoer
products. waste water and oaoer fibers Generated ao to tnree unlined sur-
face impoundments. The oaoer fiber sediment from the botton of the imDounrfaents
is spread on tne ground in accordance with a State oermit issued in December
1933. In ^ay 1933, tne Illinois Environmental Protection Aqencv (ifpa) found
1,1,1-cnchloroethane, tric'nloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene in sediments
in the ponds and in November 1985 found toluene in cond water.
On-site monitoring wells contain 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane,
and 1,1-dichlorethylene and nearby private wells contain trichloroethvlene,
according to tests conducted in November 1935 by Beloit CorD.
An estimated 15,000 peoole obtain drinking water from Dublic and Dnvate
veils within 3 miles of the site. The Winnebaao County Deoartment of Public
Healtn, ISPA, and the Illinois Deoartment of Public Health are workina toaether
on a program to monitor ground water in the Rockford area.
Rock River is less than 50 feet from Beloit's surface imooundments. Local
surface water is used for recreational activities.
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CENTRAL ILLINOIS PUBLIC SERVICE CO.
Taylorville, Illinois
Central Illinois Public Service Co. (CIPS) formerly operated a
coal gasification plane on a 1.0-acre site in Taylorville, Christian
County, Illinois. The site is bordered by Webster Street ana banners
Park on the ease, the CIPS pole storage yard and N&W Railroad on the
.vest, private residences on the north, and a large wooded area to the
south. TKe site currently consists of an office building with a gravel
parking lot to toe «est and an undeveloped lot to the south.
The cas plant *>as constructed m 1S92 and operated by Taylorville
Gas and Electric Co. until 1912, -when it was acquired by CIPS. Operations
stocced in 1932. CIPS sold the property in 1961.
In producing a natural gas substitute, the process generated coal
tar, ^hich contain polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and other
impurities that were periodically removed and sold or given away for use
as road oil, roofing "tar, or a pesticide. When CIPS abandoned the facility,
tne abovegrouna structures were razed. Underground tanks and other
equipment remained in place. The tar remaining in the tanks was covered
with miscellaneous debris and fill.
Contamination at the Taylorville site was first suspected when Apple
Construction Co., which acquired the site in April 1985, was excavating a
trench for a septic tank drainage line. The trench was directly ad]acent
to and east of the abandoned storage tank at the site. Workers noted
strong odors, discoloration of the excavated soils, and a dark viscous
material throughout tne soil. CIPS was notified of the problems and
immediately began an investigation.
3y mid-1986, CIPS confirmed the presence of PAHs, including
benzo(a) pyrene, anthracene, and phenanthrene, as well as benzene and
toluene, in soils and ground water within the site boundaries.
Soils/sediments and ground water off-site and,to a lesser extent,
surface water are similarly contaminated. .An estimated 12,700 people
obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of
of the site. Contaminants were found as far away as the South Fork of
the Sangamon River, 0.4 mile from the site. Local surface water is
used for recreational activities.
The site is partially fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In December 1986, CIPS purchased the site from Apple Construction
Co. In January 1987, CIPS began preliminary remedial activities at the
site consisting of excavation and disposal of contaminated soil. The
materials were transported to a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. At the
present time, in cooperation with IEPA, CIPs is investigating a long-
term solution.
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DUPAGE COUNTY LANDFILL/BLACKWELL FOREST PRESERVE
warrenville, Illinois
DuPaqe County Landfill covers 40 acres of the 1,235-acre 3lackwell
Forest Preserve along the west branch of the DuPage River in Warrenville,
DuPage County, Illinois. During 1965-72, the DuPage County Public Works
Department operated the landfill, accepting demolition debris, municipal
refuse, and unknown amounts of potentially hazardous waste.
The materials were deposited to a height of 188 feet above the
original ground level, 'v^en tne site »/as closed, the Public Works Depart-
ment covered it with a clay cap that exceeds State standards. It is now
used as a toboggan run in the winter.
In 1984, a consultant to the Forest Preserve District of DuPage
County detected volatile organic compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane,
1,2-dichloroprooane, trans-l,2-dichloroet'nylene, and 1,2-dichloroethane, in
numerous monitoring wells installed around tne site. Private and public
//ells within 3 miles of the site provide drinking water to 44,000 peoole.
The Forest Preserve District continues to monitor the landfill. A lake
close to cne landfill has been closed to swimming as a precautionary
measure.
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ILADA ENERGY CO.
East Cape Girardeau, Illinois
The llada Energy Co. Sice covers 20.3 acres in East Cape Girardeau,
Alexander Cou-ity, Illinois. In 1942, tne Federal Government built a bulk
fuel oil storage/transfer terminal on the site, which had access to the
Mississippi River. The 17 tanks on-site hold in excess of 11 million gallons.
The Government used the terminal until the early or mid-1950s. Then it was
deeded back to the original land owner.
During 1931-33, llada Energy Co. operated the tank farm as a waste oil
reclamation facility. The process consisted of removing bottom sediment and
water from tne waste oil and blendng for desired heat content.
An inspection conducted by the Illinois Environmental Protection Agency
(IEPA) during 1932 found that the company was improperly storing, handling,
mixing, and disposing of waste oils contaminated with PCBs. The PCS-laden
waste oil was being burned in an on-site boiler. Of the 17 tanks, 11 contained
oil contaminated with chlorinated organic solvents, metals, and other elemental
constituents of ?C3s. Spills and leakage of oily material were observed
under tie valves of the tanks and in the designated loading and unloading
areas.
In January 1933, EPA filed a complaint against the company for PC3
violations under the Toxic Substances Control Act. The company signed a
Consent Decree for cleaning up the site but abandoned the site before taking
any action. Early in 1986, IEPA installed six monitoring wells on the site.
Analyses detected arsenic in two of the wells. An estimated 500 people obtain
drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
The facility is within the floodplain of the Mississippi River. The area
is relatively flat, with the site at a surface elevation of about 334 feet
above sea level. Ground water flows south-southwest toward the Mississippi
River. The facility is protected from the Mississippi River by a levee that
borders the southern edge of the site. The surrounding area is sparsely
populated by farms and cultivated fields.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified
as a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA). Although the facility was treating, storing, or disposing of hazardous
waste after November 19, 1980, it did not file a Part A permit application by
that date as required and has little or no history of compliance with RCRA
Subtitle C.
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INTERSTATE POLLUTION CONTROL, INC.
Rockford, Illinois
Interstate Pollution Control, Inc., formerly operated a hazardous waste
storage facility on a site of 1-2 acres in a heavily industrialized section of
Rockford, Winnebago County, Illinois. During 1974-82, tne company, a division
of Roto-Rooter Sewer Service, Inc., hauled and sometimes stored waste oils,
solvents, and cyanide-containing plating wastes from 20-25 local industries.
Currently, waste oils are reclaimed and sold.
Illinois Environmental Protection Agency and EPA documents indicate a
history of coor operating practices, including unlined surface impoundments,
leaking storage tanks, and leaking drums.
In 1979, Interstate Pollution Control removed drums and contaminated
soil frcrn the facility and transported them to an EPA-regulated disposal
facility.
In 1936, EPA detected 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1-1-dichloroethane, trans-
1,2-dichloroetnane, 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloro-
etnylene in off-site wells downgradient of the site. An estimated 155,000
people obtain drinking water from City of Rockford wells within 3 miles of the
site.
Parts of the fence surrounding the site are broken, making it possible
for people and animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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LENZ OIL SERVICE, INC.
Lemont, Illinois
Lenz Oil Service, Inc., operated an oil and solvent storage/transfer
facility on a 2.6-acre site at Route 33 ana Jeans Road in CookCounty, Illinois,
under several owners for over 20 years. In 1981, the company received a permit
from cne Illinois Environmental Protection Acency (IEPA) to accept hazardous
waste.
Early m 1935, tnree surface impoundments were constructed and used to
store nazardous waste without a permit fran IEPA. They were constructed of
very porous and permeable cinder. Also on the site were five aboveground and
eight semi bur led storage tanks, as well as drums of waste.
On May 2, 1935, IEPA referred a lawsuit to tne Illinois Attorney General
alleging mismanagement of hazardous waste. On June 24, 1985, the DuPage County
Circuit Court ordered Lenz Oil Service to start immediate cleanup actions, file
a cleanup plan for the site, ana file a closure and compliance plan.
Lenz Oil Service filed two cleanup plans that were generally deemed
adequate. The owner took some action before stopping operations in November
1935. In April 1986, he filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 7 of the Federal
bankruptcy code.
In mid-1936, IEPA undertook a three-phase cleanup. In Phase I, IEPA
inventoried and sampled all wastes. Drummed wastes were predominately oils,
solvents, and tar waste. The tanks contained mostly water contaminated with
oils and solvents.
Soil underlying the facility is contaminated with high levels of organic
compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane, toluene, ethylbenzene, and xylene, to a depth of 9-10 feet. Ground
water, both underlying and surrounding the facility, is also contaminated with
organics—1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-t nchloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethylene,
toluene, 2-butanone, and xylenes. Ten monitoring wells have been installed—
three on-site and seven off-site. Private residential wells adjacent to the
site are also contaminated. Residents are currently buying bottled water. A
sampling plan is being developed to better define the extent of ground water
contamination.
Phase II of IEPA's cleanup calls for treatment of approximately 7,000 tons
of contaminated soils and sludges, 250,000 gallons of contaminated liquids,
and 200 drums of liquid and semisolid waste by an on-site incineration system.
Phase III will consist of capping the site with an impermeable layer of clay
and cleaning up ground water.
The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the owner filed a Notification of
Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application. This site is
being proposed for the NPL because it satisfies a component of EPA's irPL/RCRA
policy: the owner has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial
action by invoking bankruptcy laws.
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SOUTHEAST ROCKFORD GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
Rock ford, Illinois
Ground water in a residential area of Southeast Pockford, winnebaao Countv,
Illinois, is contaminated *nth chlorinated oraanic solvents, accordino to the
Illinois Environmental Protection Acencv (IEPA). The area is bounded rouohlv
bv Harrison Avenue on the north, 21st Street on the east, Pawver Avenue on the
south, and 3th Street on the west. IEPA became aware of this situation in
Seote^iber 1934 */hile investiaatina reoorts of lllecal disoosal of olatina
wastes in a dry -veil at 2613 South 11 Street. Analysis of several neiahbor'nood
wells detected no metals or cyanides, common constituents of Dlatino waste, but
did find hich levels of chlorinated solvents, xncludina 1,1-^ichloroethane,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, and tnchloroethvlene (TCF). T^e Illinois Department of
Public Health (IDPH) and EPA. conducted further samolina an^ found that the
contamination involves nearly 2 souare miles. ADDroximatelv inn orivate wells
and Rockfocd municioal wells have been samoled. ^A found chromium and lead m
i^unicioal Well s35 and one orivate well. The well? are no lonoer in service.
At least 152,000 ceoole obtain their dnnkina water from wells within 3 mile?
of tne site.
To date, no source of the contamination has been conclusively identified.
However, IDPH has identified three cotential sources on t^e north side of
Harrison Avenue. Sunstrand's Aviation, aoDroximatelv 1.^ miles east of the
site, is presently cleaning up a soill of TCE, oumoina out around water, sendina
it through an air striQoer to evaoorate TCE, and discharaina the water to the
ground or sending it to the sewer system. Sunstrand's is uoaradient of the
plume of contaminated qround water. The other two ootential sources identified
to date are Suncorp (formerly Sunstrand Machine and Tool) and Universal Joint,
both of which would be exoected to cenerate solvent wastes in their ooerations.
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WARNER ELECTRIC 3RAKE S> CLUTCH CO-
Roscoe, Illinois
Warner Electric Brake & Clutch Co. has manufactured drive train components
on a 93.9-acre site in Roscoe, Winnebago County, Illinois, since 1957.
Chlorinated solvents used in plant operations are present in two on-site lagoons
that *ere part of the plant's National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
Tests conducted in 1984 by Warner and its contractor found that monitoring
wells around tne lagoons are contaminated with tnchloroethylene (TCE),
1,1,1-tnchloroetnane, and trans-l,2-dichlorethylene.
In 1933, Winnebago County Public Health and the State found up to 5,700
parts cer billion of TCE in private wells in Hononega'n Country Estates and
^oore Haven Subdivision. In 1934, the company constructed a public water
supply system for Hononega'n Country Estates. The system currently supplies
208 customers. An estimated 7,400 people obtain drinking water from public
and private wells vithin 3 miles of the site.
The company also removed 16,000 tons of contaminated materials from the
t^o lagoons, transported them to a hazardous -/aste facility approved under
Subtitle C of tne Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA), filled the
lagoons, capped the east lagoon with 1 foot of compacted clay, and covered
each with 6 inches of top soil. The company continues to monitor ground water.
This facility is being proposed for the NPL because it is classified as a
non- or late filer under RCRA. Although the facility was treating, storing,
or disposing of hazardous waste after November 19, 1980, it did not file a
Part A permit application by that date as required and has little or no history
of compliance with RCRA Subtitle C.
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WXDSTOCK MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
Woodstock, Illinois
Woocscock Municipal Landfill covers 40 to 50 acres in Woodstock,
McKenry Count/, Illinois. The site was an open dump prior to 1969, when
the city started burying municipal waste in trenches. The city estimates
that approximately 3,000 cubic yards of nickel sludge Generated by the
Autolite Plant m Woodstock were disposed at the landfill during 1972-76.
The landfill ceased accepting waste after 1976 and in 1980 was placed on
the "closed and covered" list of the Illinois Environmental Protection
Agency.
During a ^arch 1935 inspection, EPA observed leachate seeping at the
site. Soil near leachate seeps contained cadmium, chromium, copper, lead
arsenic, and nickel. Underlying the site are layers of permeable sand and
gravel, facilitating movement of contaminants into around water. An
estimated 12,400 people obtain drinking water from public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site, including the City of Woodstock's six
wells.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with leachate seeps.
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YEGMAN CREEK LANDFILL
waukegan, Illinois
Yeoman Creek Landfill covers 14 acres southeast of the intersection of
Sunset ivenue ana Lewis Avenue in Waukegan, Lake County, Illinois. Apartments
ana businesses surround the site. TIK City Disposal and National Disposal
Contractors operated the landfill during 1959-69. No information is available
on types or quantities of wastes accepted. When the landfill stopped accepting
waste, tne operators covered it with ~3 to 6 feet of soil and seeded it.
Currently, tne site is maintained by Waukegan School District 360.
Sediments of Yeoman Creek at the landfill and farther downstream at Yeoman
Park contain ?C3s and other organic chemicals, according to tests conducted by
EPA in April 1935. Yeoman Cree.< is a tributary of the Waukegan River, which
feeds into Lake Micnican. Over 67,000 persons in Waukegan are supplied WLth
drinking water from a Lake Micnigan intake 10,000 feet downstream of contaminants
found in Yeoman Creek at Yeoman Park.
The landfill has no liner, and the underlying soils are permeable, conditions
that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. About 1,500 people
draw drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site. The nearest
well is 2,000 feet away. No municipal supplies are available in the area served
by the wells.
The landfill is unfenced and unguarded. Leachate has been observed seeping
into Yeoman Creek during State inspections. Thus, people and animals in the
area can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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CARTER LEE LUMBER CO.
Indianapolis, Indiana
Carter Lee Lumber has been selling wood and lumber in Indianapolis,
Marion County, Indiana, since 1373. In about 1971, carter bought 2-3 acres of
land in Qack of its original property from the Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago &
St. Louis Railway Co., an offshoot of ?enn Central. According to Carter, the
railway company dumped unknown quantities of liquid wastes in tank trucks and
railroad cars onto tne ground and into a 14-foot trench on the property.
Soil samples collected in July 1985 by EPA are contaminated with
phenantnrene, di-n-butylpnthalate, fluoranthene, pyrene, benzo (a) anthracene,
chrysene, benzo (b and k) fluroantnene, benzo (a) pyrene, mdeno (1,2,3,-cd)
anthracene, benzo (g,h,i) perylene, arsenic, cadmium, and chromium.
The site is on the floodplam of the White River. The sand and gravel
below the flooaolain are permeable and ground water is shallow (20 feet in some
places), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.
An estimated 710,000 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3
miles of the site.
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CONRAIL RAIL YARD (ELKHART)
Elkhart, Indiana
Consolidated Rail Corp. (Conrail) has operated a rail yard on County Road 1
at the southwestern edge of Elkhart, Elkhart County, Indiana, since 1976.
Previously, the 675-acre property had been a rail yard for New York Central
Railroad (1956-58) and Penn Central Railroad (1968-76).
The Indiana Department of Environmental Management has documented
numerous spills at the rail yard since 1976.
In June 1936, EPA's emergency removal program was asked by the Elkhart
County Health Department to confirm analyses indicating that local wells were
contaminated with carbon tetrachloride and trichloroethylene (TCE). EPA's
investigation identified five areas covering about 5 acres requiring further
study: the diesel shop, the area surrounding oil and water tanks, several
areas where wastes may have been buried, the shop where car tanks were cleaned,
and tne Crawford Ditch, which flows into the St. Joseph River. Analyses
indicate that soils in some of these areas contain carbon tetrachloride, and
dells downgradient of the rail yard contain carbon tetrachloride, TCE, tetra-
chloroethylene, chloroform, and dichloroethane. EPA installed activated carbon
units at residences with contaminated wells. EP^ analyses indicate a plume of
contaminated ground water that is 1.5-2 miles long and empties into the St.
Joseph River. An estimated 55,000 people obtain drinking water from Elkhart
municipal wells and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
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CONTINENTAL STEEL CORP.
Kokomo, Indiana
Continental Steel Corp. formerly operated on a 200-acre site at 111 South
Main Street in a mixed-use area of Kokomo, Howard County, Indiana.
Since 1914, the manufacturing processes and products have varied, but for
much of its recent nistory Continental produced cods and wire products
from low- and high-carbon steel recycled from steel scrap. Waste pickle
liquor s collected in a 10-acre, 20-million-gallon surface impoundment
constructed in 1946. The contents were processed through a neutralization
system and discharged to Wildcat Creek.
In 1934, 1985, and 1936, the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management identified chromium, cadmium, lead, and iron, constituents of
the impoundment, in on-site ground water. An estimated 1,600 people
obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site. The
nearest well is 7,200 feet from the site.
Continental Steel filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal
bankruptcy code on November 25, 1985, and ceased operations on February
21, 1986. The bankruptcy was converted to Chapter 7 on February 25, 1986.
The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when the owner filed a Notification of
Hazardous waste Activity and part a of a permit application. This site is
being proposed for the NPL because it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA
policy: the owner has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial
action by invoking bankruptcy laws.
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GALEN MYERS DUMP/DRUM SALVAGE
Osceola, Indiana
The Galen ""vers Dump/Drum Salvage Site covers 5 acres in Osceola,
Saint Joseph County, Indiana. During approximately 1960-32, the owner
stored ana recycled 55-gallon drums obtained from local industries. The
tops were removed, the contents dumped into a pit and driveway, and the
drums sold as crash containers. In an inspection in July 1984, EPA found
many leaking and deteriorating drums on the site.
In 1985, using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA removed 277 drums of
waste and contaminated soils and transported them to a hazardous waste
facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act. Residential wells sampled at the time showed low levels of
contamination.
In late 1986 and 1987, the Indiana Department of Environmental
Management (IDEM) found that soils vere still significantly contaminated
with organic chemicals. In addition, two of four downgradient private
.veils *iere contaminated with 1,1,1-tnchloroethylene, 1,1,1-tnchlorethane,
and 1,2-dichloret'nane at levels EPA considers unsafe. EPA provided mini-
strippers and carbon filters. IDEM provided operation and maintenance.
Soils on-site are sandy, making continued contamination of ground
water possible. An estimated 17,000 people obtain drinking water from
wells within 3 miles of the site. Ground water is shallow and flows
south toward the St. Joseph River approximately 1 mile away.
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HIMCO, INC., DUMP
Elkhart, Indiana
The Himco, Inc., Dump covers approximately 40 acres at County Road in and
the Maoanee Extension in the Town of Elkhart, Elkhart Countv, Indiana. The
privately owned site operated between 1960 and Seotember 1976. A marshy ar°a
was excavated to a death of 10 to ?0 feet, and aeneral refuse and medical and
pharmaceutical wastes were buried in the resultmq hole. Industrial waste mav
also have been lanafilled, according to the company and a report prepared bv
the Indiana Department of Natural Resources and the Flkhart water Works. The
owner seated cnat m the mid-1960s he received a oermit from tne citv to accept
municipal waste from northwest Elkhart County.
During an insoection in July 1934, fpa observed several streams of leachate.
The landfill was about 15 feet above the onainal around level at the center,
sloping to 5 feet at the edges. Much of the landfill was covered with sand.
Isolated spots of stressed vegetation //ere visible. Sulfur odors were stronq.
EPA detected cobalt, selenium, beryllium, cadmium, cooDer, manaanese, and
other metals m monitoring ^ells downgradient of the site, "he results corro-
borated analyses of residential wells conducted in 1974 bv the State, which
showed high manganese levels.
In 1974, the State Health Commissioner advised the owner to drill deeD
wells to replace six contaminated shallow residential wells. In 1Q7S, the
owner signed a Consent Aqreement (adoDted bv the Stream Pollution Control Board)
that resulted in the closing of the dump in September 197*.
The dump is located above a continuous oortion of the shallow acaii^er
system that is the sole source of drinking water for the community. A conser-
vative estimate is that wells within 3 miles of the site servinq 20,000 DeoDle
may be affected.
A 19R0 hydrogeologic study of the area by the U.S. Geoloaical Survey led
EPA to install two interceptor wells to divert contaminated around water awav
from Elkhart's North Main Street Well Field approximately 1.5 miles southeast
of the site. The interceptor wells have permits under the National Dollutant
Discharge Elimination System to discharge into nearby Christiana Creek.
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LAKELAND DISPOSAL SERVICE, INC.
Claypool, Indiana
Lakeland Disposal Service, Inc., formerly operated a 40-acre sanitary
landfill n Claypool, Kosciusko county, Indiana. The site accepted general
refuse and hazardous waste from 1974 to September 1, 1978, when it was ordered
closed by the Kosciusko Circuit Court because of improper operations- The
landfill was permitted by the Indiana Stream Pollution Control Board to accept
municipal and certain industrial wastes from specific facilities. In 1974, tne
landfill received approval for disposal of various industrial sludges, including
chrcme hydroxide, paint, zinc-selenium hydroxide, aluminum hydroxide, copper-
nickel-chrane hydroxide, and zinc-lead-cadmium.
On September 25, 1978, a new owner began subdividing and selling portions
of the landfill to mobile home owners. In 1982, the Indiana State 3oard of
Health obtained a State court order requiring that all development on the landfill
be stopped, that homes be located elsewhere, and that the site not be excavated
in tne future.
Tests conducted by EPA in July 1984 found cadmium, chromium, and arsenic
in wells downgradient of the landfill. An estimated 2,700 people obtain drinking
water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
The Sloan Adams Ditch runs through the site into Palestine Lake 2 miles away.
The lake is used for recreational activities. A 574-acre wetland is less than
1 mile downstream of the site. The wetland is a critical habitat for the Indiana
bat, designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with leachate, which EPA observed at the site during a 1984
lnspection.
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TIPPECANOE SANITARY LANDFILL, INC.
Lafayette, Indiana
Tippecanoe Sanitary Landfill, Inc.,operates a 51-acre landfill
in Lafavetce, Tippecanoe County, Indiana. In 1971, the company received
a permit from the State to accept municipal waste. Open dumpina had
occurred for an unknown period prior to that date. In 1978, the
State did not renew the site's operating permit because of the shallow
water table and highly permeable subsurface materials. A series of appeals
followed, and the facility is currently operating without a permit.
In 1979, ALCOA, Lafayette, Indiana, advised the State that its
aluminum-lime sludge, ^hich had been hauled to the site since 1973, had
been found to contain significant levels of PC3s. Disposal of the sludge
ceased, but considerable quantities had already been deposited at the site.
In December 1933, the Indiana State Board of Health found that a
nearby well contained PC3s and acetone, as well as lead and cadmium,at
levels exceeding Federal primary drinking water standards, estimated
31,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within
3 miles of the site.
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WHITEFORD SALES & SERVICE/NATIONALEASE
Soutn 3end, Indiana
The Whiteford Sales and Service/Nationalease Site covers approximately 7
acres on Sa.nole Street in South 3end, St. Joseph County, Indiana". The site
operated as Whiteford sales and Services during 1960-83 and as Nationalease
during 1933-37. Both companies leased trucks and semitrailers- Currently, the
operation is knc*n as Whiteford-Xenworch, Inc.
Approximately 1 million gallons of degreasing solvents and sludge resulting
from cleaning of tne trucks and semitrailers were deposited into three unlmed
dry ^ells, each 4 feet in diameter and 6 feet deep. Tests conducted by
St. Joseph County in May 1935 found that on-site soil is contaminated vith
inorganic and organic compounds, including lead, arsenic, ethylbenzene, and
toluene. Soil on the site is permeable, facilitating the movement of
contaminants into ground water. Approximately 237,000 people draw drinking
water from public wells within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well is about
6,000 feet frcm the site. The county is negotiating with Nationalease for
cleanup of the site.
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E. I. DU PONT DE NEMOURS & CO., INC. (COUNTY ROAD X23)
West Point, Iowa
The E. I. du Pont de Nemours & Co., Inc., Site consists of two
areas off County Road X23 in a rural area of Lee County approximately 3.5
miles southeast of West Point, Iowa. In the early 1950s, Du Pont sent
wastes from its nearby Fort Madison paint plant to the two areas, which
are about 1.25 miles apart and cover about 4 acres.
Du Pont estimates that it sent 12,000-18,000 55-gallon drums of
waste annually to the site. Disposal occurred from April 1949 to November
1953 at the first area, now owned by a private citizen, and on a limited
basis during November 1952-November 1953 to the second area, now owned
by Du Pont. On both areas, wastes were dumped into shallow trenches
(each reportedly 75-100 feet long, 10-12 feet wide, and 3-4 feet deep) and
periodically burned. T^e trenches have since been filled and the area
graced. Ravines are adjacent to the two disposal areas on the north-northwest
sides.
EPA. investigations in April 1987 detected lead in on-site wells. An
estimated 1,200 people depend on private wells within 3 miles of the site
as their sole source of drinking water. Two creeks approximately 1 mile
from the site are used for limited recreational activities.
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ELECTPO-COATINGS, INC.
Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Electro-Coatings, Inc., has conducted chromium-plating operations on a
1-acre site in Cedar Rapids, Linn County, Iowa, since 1947. The site is
at the nortn ecce of Cedar Lake and on tne east edce of Cedar River. In
1976, an unknot airount of chromic acid leaked from a deteriorated waste
water pit. The State investigated, and in June 1977 issued an executive
order recuinr.g tne company to install new monitoring wells to define the
extent of tne plume of contamination. Electro-Coatings installed two
wells in 1978 and t.vo more in 1933. The company took some cleanup
actions. However, in 1982, the Iowa Department of Natural Resources
found hign levels of hexavalent chromium (up to 11 milligrams per liter)
in a well of Hawkeye Rubber Co., a neighboring company. Since 1933, the
State has required five additional monitoring wells to be installed to
help determine the extent of contamination.
Cedar Rapids municipal wells serving nearly 10,000 people are within
3 miles of the site.
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FAIRFIELD COAL GASIFICATION PLANT
Fairfield, Iowa
The Fairfield Coal Gasification Plant occupies one city block in Fairfield,
Jefferson County, Iowa. It is bordered on the -vest by a residential area.
Iowa Electric Light and Power Co. has owned the site since 1378. This company
was Kno//n as Interstate Power Co. during 1378-1917 and Iowa Electric Co. from
1917 to 1953, when it assumed its present name. During 1878-1950, the facility
produced a natural cas substitute from coal. Since 1950, the site has served
as a maintenance garage.
The main wastes associated with coal gasification are polynuclear aromatic
hydrocarbons (PAris), */hich are found in coal tar, a by-product of gasification,
ana cyanide salts, which are found in iron oxide waste produced during purifi-
cation of the manufactured gas. Some of the coal tar was sold and some was
buried in an earthen pit on-site or dumped in a nearby ditch. Disposal methods
for the iron-cyanide waste are not known, but it may also have been dumped
on-site.
In 1985, Iowa Electric Light ana Power Co. consultants detected PAHs,
including benzene, phenanthrene, anthracene, pyrene, and benzo(a)pyrene, in
ground water near the site. The company is monitoring ground water quarterly
to verify that contamination is not reaching private wells within 0.5 mile of
the facility.
An intermittent stream flowing from the site intersects Cedar Creek 2.9
miles downslope. The creek is used for recreational activities.
A critical habitat for the slender glass lizard, designated by the U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species, is within 1 mile of the
site.
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and ground water ana in Floyd River downstream of the site.
In August 1986, t'ne State issued an Administrative Order requiring the
cooperative to conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study (RI/FS) to
determine t'ne type and extent of contamination at the site and identify
alternatives for remedial action. Partial results were submitted to the State
in February 1937, and negotiations culminated in a Consent Order in June 1987.
The order provides for a ground water study and completion of the PI/FS.
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JOHN DEERE (OTTUMWA vvORKS LAWDFILLS)
Ottumwa, Iowa
John Deere manufactures farm implements on a 113-acre tract of land in
Ottumwa, Wapello County, Iowa. The site is adjacent to a residential area and
200 feet from prime agricultural land.
During 1938-76, tne Ottumwa Works company disposed of paint wastes, solvents,
acids, elating wastes, and sodium cyanide in three unlined landfills covering 3
acres. The soil is highly permeable, and ground water shallow (11-12 feet),
conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. About
700 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
The main water supply for Ottumwa (population 27,000) is the Des Moines
River; the intake is 4,000 feet upstream from the John Deere landfills. The
city's secondary supply, which is used intermittently year-round because the
river is frequently low, is Black Lake. It is 500 feet downgradient of the
landfills. Subsurface conditions are such that ground water from the site can
reach 3lack Lake. Both the lake and river are used for recreational activities.
The facility obtained interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application for another part of the plant
where hazardous waste was stored. However, the company later withdrew its Part
A and converted to generator-only status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it
satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
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LEHIGH PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
Mason City, Iowa
Lehigh Portland Cement Co. owns and ooerates a portland cement
processing facility on approximately 150 acres on the north side of Mason
City, Cerro Gorco County, Iowa. The facility has been in operation since
1911. A by-product of its cement manufacturing process is waste kiln
dust, wnich contains sulfates, potassium hydroxide, and chromium. The
dust is placed in piles throughout the facility, and a large quantity is
also disposed of directly into two of the four abandoned quarries on the
prooerty. The auarries are filled with water and drain into Calmus Creek
directly south of the site.
In August 1934, the Iowa Department of Water, Air, and Waste Management
(WAWM) conducted a comprehensive study of Calmus Creek and found
contamination related to Blue Waters Pond, which is on the Lehigh site.
In April 1985, a consultant to Lehigh started a study of the
feasibility of eliminating Blue Waters Pond. Also in April 1985, WAWM
issued an Administrative Order under the State water pollution control
law reauinna Lehigh to conduct a hydroaeoloaic investigation of the West
Quarry. Lehigh installed three monitoring wells and sampled around water
and surface water. Wells downgradient of the site had significantly
elevated pH levels (a maximum of 11.85), along with elevated levels of
potassium, sodium, silicon, sulfates, total dissolved solids, and total
organic carbon. Vi estimated 31,000 people obtain drinking water from
public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. Wells are the sole
source of drinking water in the area.
The pH of the surface water (Arch Pond and Blue Waters Pond) averaged
12. The Winnebago River is used for recreational activities within 3
miles downstream of the site.
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MID-AMERICA TANNING CO.
Sergeant 3lu£f, Iowa
The Mid-America Tanning Co. Site covers 98.7 acres in Woodbury County,
Iowa, 5 miles south of Sergeant 31uff. The facility has processed hides under
several names since 1969. In 1979, Mid-American Tanning Co. discharged an
estimated 900 cuoic yards of chromium-containing tannery sludge into an unlined
trench on the property, according to the Iowa Department of Environmental Quality.
U.S. Tanning acquired the operation in 1985. Wastes are now treated on-site.
Solids are settled out in concrete-lined ponds, wmle liquids are chemically
treated tnen discharged into an oxbow lake.
In July 1935, EP^ detected elevated levels of chromium in the sediment and
water of the oxbow lake. Barium, iron, lead, magnesium, and manganese were
also present. EPA installed five monitoring wells. Analyses conducted in
March 1986 detected arsenic, barium, chromium, lead, and manganese in the wells.
An estimated 1,200 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells
*7ithin 3 miles of the trench. A private well is 1,000 feet to the southeast.
The site is in the Missouri River floodplain. About 100 feet north of the
unlined trench is a wetland used as a nesting site by bald eagles, designated
by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service as an endangered species. The site is
unfenced and the trench only partially covered, making it possible for people
ana animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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NORTHWESTERN STATES PORTLAND CEMENT CO.
Mason City, Iowa
The Northwestern Stanes Portland Cement Co. (NWSPC) Site covers 35
acres in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. In 1950, NWSPC ceased
limestone mining operations and abandoned the quarry west of the plant.
In about 1969, NWSPC began using the West Quarry for disposal of cement
kiln dust, continuing until ^pril 1985. Over the years, the dumpirtq has
reduced tne area ana volume of the West Quarry. During this same time,
the //ater level has risen approximately 2 feet per year, filling in the
quarry so chat it now holds approximately 420 million gallons of water.
The //aste kiln dust is very caustic (pH 12.4), according to tests
conducted by the Iowa Department of Water, Air, and Waste Management (IDWAWM)
in October 1979 and August 1983. Additional sampling by a consultant to
NWSPC in September 1983 was consistent with earlier data.
Mason City municipal wells are within 3 miles of the site and serve a
population of about 30,000. The wells are drilled into the Jordan Aquifer
but are open to overlying formations. The Devonian aauifer, the shallowest
dependable source of water for many county residents, is one of the
overlying formations. Waste kiln dust has been deposited into this formation.
Calmus Creek, which borders the site downstream, shows high pH levels,
according to tests conducted by a consultant to the company in 1985. The
creek is used for recreational activities.
On April 2, 1985, the State issued an Administrative Order under a
State -/aste water law requiring the company to cease discharge to Calmus
Creek and conduct a study to determine the impact of the quarry on ground
water. The company submitted a report to the State dated August 12,
1985. The discharge to Calmus Creek has been discontinued, and the
ground water study is continuing.
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PEOPLES NATURAL GAS CO.
Dubuque, Iowa
The Peoples Natural Gas Co. Site covers approximately 15 acres in
downtown Duouque, Dubuque County, Iowa. A natural gas substitute was
produced from coal on the site during 1890-1957 by Key City Gas Co. In
tne early 1950s, Key City sold out to North Central Gas, which was later
absorbed by Peoples Natural Gas Co. In the late 1970s, Peoples Natural
Gas sold cne site to the city of Dubuque, which uses it as the Dubuque
Municipal Garage.
The main wastes associated with coal gasification are polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs), which are found in coal tar, a by-product of
the gasification process, and cyanide salts, which are found in iron oxide
waste produced during purification of the manufactured gas. Coal tar waste
was deposited in underground tanks, and the iron-cyanide waste was buried
on-site.
In November 1983, the Iowa Department of Transportation, which had
targeted the site for highway construction, found a layer of tar in soil samples
collected at the site. The samples contained cyanide, phenols, and two PAHs—
naphthalene and acenap'nthalene. The State and EPA have detected the same
contaminants in on-site .veils. An estimated 60,000 people obtain drinking
water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
The Mississippi River is approximately 500 feet east of the site.
Surface water downstream is used for industrial and recreational activities.
A wildlife and fish refuge is 2 miles downstream, and wetlands are within
0.5 mile.
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WHITE FARM EQUIPMENT CO. DUMP
Charles City, Iowa
The White Farm Equipment Co. Dump occupies approximately 20 acres along
cne north border of Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. The dump is an old sand/
gravel pit that is bordered along the northwest and southern edges by wetlands.
Tractors ana other farm equipment have been manufactured near the dump since
tne early 1900s.
White Farm Equipment operated on land leased from H. E. Construction Co.
until it filed for bankruptcy in 1980. Allied Products Co. purchased the
operation in lace 1936. Starting in the 1920s, White Farm's operations
generated foundry sand, slucges, and dust from air pollution control equipment.
Nearby residents have complained of dust blowing off the dump. White Farm
hauled at least 6,300 tons of foundry sand and 47,000 cubic yards of sludges to
the dump.
In April 1986, EPA detected arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and
zinc in on-site soils, private wells downgradient of the site, and sediments
and surface ^ater in the adjacent vetlands. Charles City draws its drinking
water from the aquifer underlying the site. An estimated 10,000 people obtain
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. The
contaminated wetlands flow into the Cedar River, which is used for recreational
activities.
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29TH & MEAD GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
Wichita, Kansas
The 29th & Mead Sits covers approximately 70 acres at the intersection of
29tn and Mead Streets in a highly industrialized area of Wichita, Sedgewick
County, Kansas. Arsenic, barium, benzene, toluene, and dichloromethane are
present in significant concentrations in shallow on-site wells and off-site
downgradient wells, according to tests conducted during 1983-86 by the Kansas
Department of Health and Environment (KDHE) and the U.S. Geological Survey.
The actual boundary and extent of ground water contamination have not been
clearly defined. An estimated 3,300 people obtain drinking water from public
and private we lis completed in the shallow aquifer within 3 miles of the site.
KDHE nas been trying to identify the source or sources of contamination
for several years. Possible sources include Wichita Brass & Aluminum.
In 1946, the company acquired a portion of the Golden Rule Refinery, which
operated before 1940. The refinery used acid oil sludge pits, according to
information derived from site interviews and analysis of aerial photographs.
Wichita recovered solvents from waste paints, lacquers, and thinners until
approximately 1975. During an inspection of the Wichita facility in 1981, KDHE
detected approximately 1,500 corroded and leaking, solvent-containing drums and
10 corroded aboveground process tanks (total capacity of 70,000 gallons) resting
on bare ground.
Chisholm Creek, 'which is 0.25 mile from the site, is used for recreational
activities.
KDHE has identified more than 30 parties potentially responsible for
wastes associated with ground water contamination at and in the vicinity of the
site. In 1987, the parties organized a steering committee to negotiate future
investigation and remedial activities.
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HYDRO-FLEX, INC.
Topeka, Kansas
-ivdro-rlex, Inc., has manufactured specialized tubing, hoses, heat
exchangers, and fittings at 2101 Northwest 3nckyard Road in an
mdustrlal/comnnercial area of Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas, since 1970.
^ sirale three-story building occupies the approximately 3-acre site.
During 1970-81, rinse water and sludges from a chromate metal
finishing bath were discharged through a septic tank to a series of buried
"silos"—open-ended vertical shafts 4 feet in diameter and 20 feet deep
filled witn porous fill material. The silos terminate within 2 feet of
an aauifer designated by EPA under the Safe Water Drinking Act as the
sole source of water in the area. An estimated 320 gallons per day of
waste A/ater were discharged. Periodically, effluent from the third silo
was discharged onto adjacent cropland. In 1981, municipal sewers became
available and the silos were abandoned.
In January 1987, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment
detected chromium, lead, cadmium, and copper in on-site wells. These
metals are present in materials used in Hydro-Flex's process. An
estimated 6,500 people obtain drinking water from public and private
//ells within 3 miles of the site. A private well is within 0.5 mile.
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PESTER REFINERY CO.
El Dorado, Kansas
The Pester Refinery Co. Site occupies 10 acres in El Dorado, Butler County,
'Kansas. Operations began in 1917. Pester bought the site in January 1977.
Refinery operations have contaminated soil, ground water, and surface
^ater. Sludges and sediments from an on-site impoundment contain lead, chromium,
vinyl chloride, and benzene, and soil is contaminated with lead, chromium, and
barium, according to tests conducted in October 1986 by a consultant to Pester.
In December 1986 and January-February 1987, the consultant found 1,1,1-tnc'nloro-
ethane, benzene, ethylbenzene, vinyl chloride, and lead in monitoring wells,
in estimated 160 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles
of tne site.
In February 1987, the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE)
found cadmium, selenium, benzene, ana toluene in surface water. The impoundment
is immediately adjacent to the West Branch of the Walnut River, which is used
for recreational activities. In April 1987, KDHE ooserved seepage from the
impoundment entering the river and in August 1987 confirmed containnation of
the river. Seepage from the impoundments has been diked, forming a "seepage
pit," but the contained sludge has overtopped the diking on occasion and
contaminated both the river and flooaplain.
On February 25, 1985, Pester filed for reorganization under Chapter 11 of
the Federal bankruptcy code. In February 1986, KDHE issued an Administrative
Order under KSA 65-161 and 65-3430 reouirmg Pester to conduct certain studies
of the site to develop a plan to close the impoundment in accordance with the
reauirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA).
On June 8, 1987, the company refused to continue monitoring and develop the
closure plan.
The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of RCRA when the
owner filed a Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit
application. Later, EPA terminated Interim Status when the facility indicated
that it *jas not a RCRA treatment, storage, or disposal facility. EPA then
found that the facility was storing hazardous waste and should have retained
Interim Status. The site is being proposed for the NPL because it satisfies
components of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy: the owner is a nonfiler and also has
demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial action by invoking
bankruptcy laws.
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BRANTLEY LANDFILL
Island, Kentucky
Brantley Landfill covers 4 acres on the west side of Island, McLean
County, Kentucky. In 1979, Doug Brantley & Sons, Inc., received a State solid
waste permit for disposal of secondary dross (a by-product of aluminum
recycling) frcm Barmet Aluminum Corp.'s smelter in Livia, Kentucky. According
to Barmet, the Brantley Landfill contains 250,000 tons of aluminum dross. Dross
contains heavy metals {including barium, cadmium, chromium, lead, copper, and
manganese) ana reacts violently with water to form several gases, including
ammonia. Tie landfill closed in October 1980.
The Kentucky Division of Air Pollution Control (XDAPC) has received
numerous complaints of ammonia odor from residents in the area. EPA detected
ammonia in tne air around the site during an inspection in December 1986. KDAPC
has cited Doug Brantley & Sons for odor and dust emissions from this facility.
Approximately 60 persons Iwe within 0.25 mile of the site and could be affected
by release of contaminants into the air.
The waste vas deposited below the water table, thus threatening ground
water. Art estimated 2,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site. A private well is 2,600 feet from the site.
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CALDWELL LACE LEATHER CO., INC-
Auourn, Kentucky
The Calcwell Lace Leather Co., Inc., Site consists of three tannery waste
areas in Logan County along the south side of Cemetery Road (State Highway
1039) approximately 2.5 miles northwest of Auburn, Kentucky. The disposal
site has recewed wastes since 1972. Until 1985, the site was owned "by Caldwell
Lace and received waste generated by leatner-tanning processes at its plant in
Auburn. In November 1985, North Park, Inc., a subsidiary of Auburn Leather Co.,
purchased tne plant ana disposal areas. The plant no longer conducts tanning
ope rations.
During 1972-32, wastes, including chrome and vegetable tanning wash sludge,
fleshings, screenings, and leather ana gasket scraps, were buried in trenches
or placed in unlined lagoons in a 5.5-acre area of the property. The sludge
was generated frcm a chromium or vegetable tanning solution (water-soluble
extracts frcm various plant parts) used to stabilize collagen fibers so that
they are no longer biodegradable. Fleshings and screenings resulted from processes
in «/hich the leather is prepared for tanning by removing the hair and tissue
frcm the flesh side of the skin.
The second disposal area is a 29.6-acre landfarm. In July 1982, the company
received a conditional permit frcm the Kentucky Natural Resources and
Environmental Protection Cabinet (KNREPC) to mix the sludges into the soil. The
landfarm stopped operating in 1985.
In March 1983, KNREPC granted a conditional permit to Caldwell Lace for the
third disposal area, a 5.1-acre landfill adjacent to the old trench/lagoon area,
to accept only solid wastes, including the screenings, fleshings, leather scraps,
and gasket scraps. In 1986, North Park, Inc., received a solid waste permit for
the landfill frcm KNREPC. The company's operations generate only leather trimmings
arid scrap.
In July 1983, KNREPC detected chromium, including the most toxic hexavalent
form, in a private well 1,200 feet from the landfill area. The well has been
taken out of service. An estimated 660 people obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site. Subsurface conditions are such that ground
water migrates readily and contaminants can reach surface waters. The closest
surface water intake is in Auburn, approximately 2 miles southeast of the site
where 3lack Lick Creek originates.
The chromium-containing wastes disposed of at the site are inadequately
covered, and the site is unfenced. Thus, it is possible for people and animals
to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
KNREPC has documented violations of State waste management laws and
regulations since 1978. In September 1984, Caldwell entered into an Agreed
Order with the State to remedy past violations and prevent further violations.
In February 1985, the State approved a plan to close the old landfill. As part
of the closure plan, Caldwell and North Park, Inc., monitor surface water and
ground water quarterly.
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FORT HARTFORD COAL CO., INC-, STONE QUARRY
Olatori, Kentucky
The Fort Hartford Coal Co., Inc., Stone Quarry in Olatori, Ohio County,
originally provided limestone for parkway construction in western Kencucky.
Since 1931, the 100-acre area has been used to store secondary cross
(a by-product or aluminum recycling) from Barmet Aluminum Corp.'s smelter in
Livia, Kentucky. According to Fort Hartford Coal, by late 1986 the quarry
contained more than 712,000 tons of dress. Barmet Aluminum deposits dross into
this quarry *hen its plant is operating. Dross contains heavy metals (including
barium, cadmium, cnromium, lead, copper, and manganese) and reacts violently
with water to fom several gases, including ammonia.
EPA detected ammonia in the air around the storage areas dur.ng a December
1986 inspection. Approximately 15 persons live within 0.5 mile o£ the site and
could be affected by release of ammonia into the air.
The ^aste was deposited below the water table, thus threatening ground
water. An estimated 700 people ootain drinking water from wells arid springs
witnin 3 miles of the site.
In 1984, the Kentucky Department of Environmental Protection found high
levels of ammonia in an unnamed stream that originates in the waste. Run-off
from the quarry flows into the Rough Raver, which is used for recreational
activities.
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GENERAL TIRE & RUBBER CO. (MAYFIELD LANDFILL)
Mayfield, Kentucky
The General Tire 5. Rubber Co. Landfill covers 58.5 acres in central
Graves County approximately 2.7 miles north of Mayfield, Kentucky. The
landfill is 0.3 mile nortneast of the company's tire-manufactunna plant.
The eastern edge of the landfill parallels Mayfield Creek; the western
edce is along the Illinois Central Railroad.
The landfill began accepting hazardous waste in 1969 shortly after
tne operation was approved oy che State of Kentucky. Trenches were excavated
to a depch of 30 feet and were approximately 0.25 mile long. Over 200
tons of waste containing cacmiurn, 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, and toluene were
deposited until operations ceased late in 1979, according to information
the company provided to EPA as required by CERCLA Section 103(c).
Wastes were deposited into the ground below the water table (21 feet
below the surface). Soils are highly permeable, 'which facilitates the
movement of contaminants into ground water. An estimated 5,000 people
obtain drinking water from six municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
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GREEN RIVER DISPOSAL, INC.
Maceo, Kentucky
Green River Disposal, Inc., disposed of waste on Kelly Cemeterv load in a
rural area in east Daviess County near Maceo, Kentucky, durina 1Q70-84. The
14-acre site was used for landfilling and surface disposal. In Januarv 1Q7S,
the site was permitted as a solid waste landfill by the State of Kentucky. The
permit expired in January 1933. The facility became inactive in 19Pd.
Waste from Kentucky industries was disoosed of at the facilitv dunna
1973-3^. According to records of tne Kentucky DeDartment for Environmental
Protection (KDEP), this ^asce was Generated in oart by Martin Marietta Aluminum
(now Commonwealtn Aluminum) in LewisDort and by Green River Steel Coro. , w.
Grace & Co., and General Electric Co., all in Owensboro. The waste included
aluminum dross saltcake, steel dust, ohenolic resin, and oaint waste, which
"/ere buried along with sanitary waste as part of the facilitv's daily ooerations*
976 drums of waste were at the facility.
In June 1985, a site investigation by KDFP revealed that two drums at the
site contained chranium, lead, cyanide, PCBs, arsenic, and barium, and that
on-site private wells contained arsenic and barium. An estimated =iOn oeoole
obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
According to KDEP, surface water is threatened because wastes are in-
adequately covered and run-off is uncontrolled. Blackford Creek, which is
used for irrigation and recreational activities, is within 3 miles downstream
of the site.
The Green River Disposal, Inc., facility has a history of leachate outbreaks,
underground fires, and acceptance of unauthorized waste. In January 19R3, the
facility entered into an Agreed Order with KDEP. The order was oreoared as a
result of permit violations and designed to deal with the environmental problems
existing at the landfill and to bring the facility into compliance with solid
^aste regulations. On August 6, 1936, the State received a Motice of PankruDtcv
from the company under Chapter 7 of tne Federal bankruptcy code.
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RED PENN SANITATION CO., INC., LANDFILL
Peewee Valley, Kentucky
The Red Perm Sanitation Co., Inc., Landfill covers 150 acres 1.5 miles
southeast of Peewee Valley, Kentucky, in the southern tip of Oldham County.
The landfill operated from 1952 to December 1986. Previously, the site had
been an open dump. During 1970-86, the company operated under a permit from
the Kentucky Division of Waste Management (KDWM) to dispose of solid -jaste on
40 acres.
In March 1986, KDWM found lead, chromium, xylene, and toluene in drums
and soil on the site. According to the State, at least 5,400 drums of hazardous
waste generated by Anaconda (Anamag) in LaGrange, Kentucky, were disposed of
in the Red ?enn Landfill during 1963-74. These drums, which contained waste
enamels, drawing solution from curing of copper wire, and scrap varnish, were
buried along with sanitary waste as part of the daily landfill operations.
Also during this same period, according to the State, 7,800 drums of paint
wastes generated by the Ford Motor Co. plant in Louisville were disposed of in
the landfill.
In 1986, the State detected PC3 (Aroclor 1254) and selenium in a drainage
ditch on the site. The landfill is bordered to the east and south by Floyd's
Fork, a major stream. About 250 feet downstream from the landfill is a public
water intake that provides drinking water to an estimated 250 people at the
Peewee Valley Women's Reformatory. Ground water at the site is shallow
(21 feet). Soils are highly permeable, and there are numerous sinkholes in
the site area. These conditions favor movement of contaminants into ground
water. An estimated 850 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles
of the site.
On May 22, 1986, KDWM filed a Request for Appropriate Action against Red
Penn Sanitation and other parties potentially responsible for wastes associated
with the site. On July 22, 1986, KDWM filed another action for immediate
removal of on-site wastes. On August 8, 1986, a Notice of Violation was filed
against Red Penn Sanitation.
In September-October 1986, Red Penn Sanitation removed 207 tons of wastes
and contaminated soil from two locations on the landfill and transported them
to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act. Random soil samples indicated a need to remove
additional soil. The State informed Red Penn Sanitation of the additional
cleanup needed, but the company refused to fund the additional cleanup. On
April 9, 1987, KDWM sent letters to potentially responsible parties requesting
voluntary cooperation in future site activities.
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TRI-CITY DISPOSAL CO.
Shepherdsville, Kentucky
Tn-City Disposal Co. formerly operated a 57-acre industrial landfill
on a broad rj.cgetop northwest of Shepherdsville in rural northern Bullitt
County, Kentucky. During approximately 1964-68, waste from Louisville area
industries, including Ford Motor Co. and General Electric Co., were accepted,
according to files of the Kentucky Division of Waste Management (KDWM). in
1968, State officials reported that highly volatile liquid wastes resembling
pa±nc thinners were disposed of on-site. A 1968 aerial photograph suggests
that several hundred drums were on the surface and others //ere buried. At the
time the Site was in operation, no State or Federal permit was required. A
number of small farms are now located over the old disposal area. '
In ari April 1987 inspection, KDWM found drums exposed on the ground. The
drums contained phenol, 4-methylphenol, and 2,4-aimethylphenol. PC3s were
found in soil, tetrachloroetnylene in a well, and lead in sediment from a small
feeder spring/creek of an intermittent stream. An estimated 1,600 people obtain
drinking water from springs and wells within 3 miles of the site.
Brushy Fork of Knob Creek j.s 2,200 feet downslope of the site. 3oth are
used for livestock watering and recreational activities.
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D. L. MUD, INC.
ADoeville, Louisiana
The D. L. 'Mud, Inc., Site covers 14 acres in the south-central section
of Louisiana approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Abbeville, Vermilion Parish.
The site is composed of an inactive drilling mud facility and a vacant lot.
It is 1.5 miles west of the Vermilion River, wnich flows to the Gulf of
Mexico. Adjacent to the soutneast portion of che sice is the Gulf Coast
Vacuum Services Site, which is also being proposed for the NPL in June 1988.
The two sites were once known as the Galveston-Houston Yard.
The D. L. Mud, Inc., Site was owned and operated by Gulf Premix Mud ana
Vacuum Service Co. until 1979, wnen it was sold to Galveston-Houston Fluid
Services, Inc. In 1931, it was purchased by Dowell Fluid Services, a subsidiary
of Dow Chemical, Inc. Dowell sold the facility in 1984 or early 1985 to D. L.
Mud, Inc., without operating it. D. L. Mud went out of business in 1986-87.
While the site was operating, oil drilling muds, salt water, and other
drilling fluids were placed in 11 on-site tanks. On-site soil contains
organic compounds, including alkanes and related compounds, lead, and arsenic,
according to EPA tests conducted in December 1985. An average of 20 feet of
alluvial terrace deposits of low-to-moderate permeability overlie the shallow
sand aquifer, which is used for drinking water and irrigation. Contamination
has been found at a depth of at least 2 feet, indicating the potential for
contaminants to move into ground water. Approximately 2,600 people obtain
drinking water and about 1,000 acres of cropland are irrigated by private wells
within 3 miles of the site. Another 9,000 acres are irrigated with surface
water, which is potentially threatened by the site.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
The Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) negotiated an
agreement for site cleanup with Dowell Schlumberger, present owner of the site.
The company removed drilling muds from the tanks and sent them to the Dow Chemical
Co. plant in Plaquemine, Louisiana, where they were incinerated. The tanks and
piping were dismantled, cleaned, and hauled to a metal salvage facility.
Contaminated soil under and around tanks was removed to undisturbed clay and
taken to the Dow facility for incineration. Excavated areas were backfilled
with clean soil. Used drilling muds were also removed from portions of the
site where they had been dumped. LDEQ representatives were present during the
cleanup.
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GULF COAST VACUUM SERVICES
Abceville, Louisiana
The Gulf Coast Vacuum Services Site covers 12 acres in the south
central section of Louisiana, approximately 2.5 miles southwest of Abbeville,
Vermilion Parish. The site is an inactive waste-oil-handling facility.
It is 1.5 miles '«est of the Vermilion River, which flows to the Gulf of
Mexico. Adjacent to the northwest portion of the site is the D. L. Mud,
Inc., Site, which is also being proposed for the NPL in June 1938. The two
sites vere once known as the Galveston-Houston Yard.
The Gulf Coast Vacuum Services Site «/as owned and operated by G-H Gulfco
Services, Inc., from 1960 until 1984, when the company filed for bankruptcy.
Allied Bank of Houston was appointed as the trustee. The site is abandoned,
unsecured, and has not oeen appropriately closed.
While the site was operating, oil drilling muds, salt water, and other
drilling fluids were placed in three earthen pits. The pits contain benzene
and toluene, according to tests conducted by EPA in December 1985. On-site
soils contain cadmium and chromium.
An average of 20 feet of alluvial terrace deposits overlie the shallow
sand aquifer that is used for drinking water and irrigation. Contaminants
were placed in pits appLoximately 14 feet deep, creating the potential for
contaminants to move into ground water. Approximately 2,600 people obtain
drinking water and about 1,000 acres are irrigated by private wells within
3 miles of tne site. Another 9,000 acres are irrigated with surface
water, which is potentially tnreatened.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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PAS OIL & CHEMICAL SERVICE, INC.
Abbeville, Louisiana
The PA3 Oil & Chemical Service. Inc., Site is an abandoned 9.4-acre
oilfield waste disposal area north of Abbeville, Vermilion Parish, Louisiana.
The company began operation in the late 1970s and during 1980-82 operated
under interim authority from the Louisiana Department of Natural Resources.
The company claims to have stopped receiving wastes in 1982.
Three on-site pits were used to separate oil, water, and solids. The site
is surrounded by a leaking levee rising 6 to 7 feet above tne general grade.
An estimated 39,000 cubic yards of oily sludge are held within the levee. Tests
conducted in October 1985 by EPA and the Louisiana Department of Environmental
Quality detected barium, chromium, lead, manganese, ethylbenzene, acetone,
toluene, and xylene in sludge in the pits. Also on the site are three steel
tanks believed to hold liquid "slop" oil. Waste material was reportedly placed
in one tank by unknown parties after the site closed in 1982.
High rainfall and the relatively short distance to surface water create
the potential for contaminants to migrate off-site to Coulee Kenny Irrigation
Canal, ^hich drains into the Vermilion River. About 1,100 acres of cropland
are irrigated by surface water within 3 miles of the site. Uncontained wastes
are located over relatively shallow ground water, creating a potential for
contaminants to move into ground water. Nearby shallow residential wells have
shown no contamination to date. Three Abbeville city wells within 3 miles of
the site provide water for 18,000 people. Private wells within 3 miles of the
site serve another 2,100 people and also provide water for irrigation of 4,350
acres.
In 1980, new State regulations governed off-site disposal of drilling
mud and salt water generated from oil and gas production activities. PAB
failed to comply with these regulations, resulting in notices of violation
and referral to the Louisiana Attorney General. In November 1982, the State
ordered the site properly closed, but the company said it had no money to pay
for closure.
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SACO MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
Saco, Maine
The Saco Municipal Landfill covers approximately 90 acres on Foss Road in
Saco, York County, Maine. The City of Saco has owned and operated the site
since about 1960. Originally it was an open burning dump.
The site consists of four distinct disposal areas: Area 1 is a closed and
capped municipal damp that was used for open burning of household and industrial
waste. Area 2 is an inactive industrial dump that accepted bulk and demolition
debris. Area 3 is an industrial dump that accepted wastes from local industries,
including Mike, Maremont, Garland, './n-Flex, and Lunder Shoe. Area 4 is an
active landfill tnat accepts household waste and tannery sludge containing
cnrcmium and other heavy metals, as well as volatile organic compounds. The
sludge was placed in unlined trenches, often directly in contact with ground
water, according to the city and EPA. Area 2 has a leachate collection system.
There is no evidence of liners or leachate systems in other disposal areas.
Water and sediment in Sandy Brook, which flows through the site, and ground
water beneath the site contain elevated levels of various metals and organics,
according to tests conducted in 1974 by the State and the city's consultant.
In 1975, 3iddeford and Saco Water Co. extended water lines along Jenkins
Road and Route 112 due to contamination of wells allegedly attributed to Saco
Municipal Landfill. Approximately 700 people obtain drinking water from wells
within 3 miles of the landfill.
The site is only partially fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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atNNE ARUNDEL COUNTY LANDFILL
Glen Burnie, Maryland
The Anne Arundel County Landfill covers 130 acres on East End Dover
Street at Route 10 in Glen 3urnie, Anne Arundel County, Maryland. An
industrial park, homes, and a commercial area are nearby. From the late
1950s until 1970, 30 acres that were once a gravel pit served as a privately
owned open dump. When the county took over daily operations in 1970, it
capped "the old dump with 1-2 feet of clay, planted vegetation, and installed
50 vents to release methane gas. Operations stopped in 1982.
According to a 1978 survey of waste disposal sites by the U.S. Congress
(the "Ekhardt Report"), approximately 100 tons of inorganic salts and solids
from Diamond Shajnrock Corp.'s plant in Baltimore were deposited at the
landfill during 1977-79.
In August 1983, EP^ detected trichloroethylene, dichloroethylene,
and chromium in monitoring wells at the site. The landfill overlies a
recharge area of the Patapsco Formation, which supplies drinking water to
municipal and private wells within 3 miles of the site. The wells serve
an estimated 93,000 people.
The EPA tests also detected cadmium in Furnace Creek downstream
of the site. The creek is tidally influenced as far as 1.5 miles upstream
of the site.
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BUSH VALLEY LANDFILL
Abingdon, Maryland
The Bush Valley Landfill covers 29 acres in Abingdon, Harford County,
Maryland. Before 1977, it allegedly was used for the open burning of
trash. The property, which was privately owned, was used as a landfill
for municipal wastes during 1977-82. During this period, the landfill
had a State permic to accept municipal wastes.
American Cyanamid Co. notified EP^, as required by CERCLA Section
103(c), that its plant in Havre de Grace, Maryland, had sent wastes
containing inudes, amines, amides, elastomers, and asbestos to 3ush
Valley Landfill.
During 1979-84, the State issued orders regarding the landfill's
operating procedures and closure plans. The owner of the facility never
complied fully with the orders.
During a site inspection in July 1984, observed erosion and
leachate seeping from slopes of the landfill. There were no diversion
ditches or leachate collection systems. The landfill was only partially
covered. An on-site monitoring well contained trans-l,2-dichloroet'nane and
vinyl chloride.
The Perryman Water Treatment Plant supplies water to 30,000 to
35,000 people from eight mumcioal wells. Three of the eight wells are
within 3 miles of the site. Water is blended into the system, so the
entire population could be affected if one or more wells become contaminated.
A few private wells are nearby, the closest a shallow well 1,500 feet
away.
Run-off from the landfill goes to two basins on the site. A pipeline
from one basin runs into Bynum Run 300 feet away. Bynum Run is tidally
influenced in the vicinity of the site.
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ATLAS TACK CORP.
Fairhaven, Massachusetts
Atlas Tack Corp. formerly manufactured cut and wire tacks, steel nails,
and similar items on a 12-acre site at 83 Pleasant Street in Fairhaven, Bristol
County, Massachusetts. The area is residential/commercial. During 1891-1985,
the facility conducted annealing, pickling, plating, enameling, and cleaning
operations. From the early 1940s to the mid-to-late 1970s, wastes containing
arsenic, heavy metals, and cyanide were discharged into an unlined acid neutral-
izing lagoon approximately 200 feet east of the manufacturing building and
adjacent to a salt water tidal marsh in Buzzards Bay Estuary.
In 1984, EPA detected beryllium, mercury, nickel, toluene, and ethylbenzene
in the marsh south of the lagoon, and also observed a mixture of soil and
dried lagoon sediments outside the lagoon. EPA analysis of on-site monitoring
wells identified elevated concentrations of cyanide, toluene, and other compounds.
An estimated 16,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
In 1981-87, the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Quality
Engineering issued Notices of Violation of Hazardous Waste Regulations against
Atlas Tack for its "failure/refusal to remove lagoon contents."
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ADAM'S PLATING
Lansing, Michigan
Adam's Plating has conducted electroplating operations on a 1-acre site
in a heavily populated area in Lansing, Ingham County, Michigan, since 1964.
3efore 1964, a dry cleaner was on the site and stored solvents in underground
tanks. During 1964-71, according to Adams, it discharged chrcmiuro-contaimng
plating wastes directly to an underground tile drainage field. Subsecruently,
tne wastes were stored in an underground tank, which was removed in the early
1980s.
In response to a call to the State's Pollution Emergency Alert System
m January 1981, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources {MDNR) inspected
a residence at 510 North Grace, the second residence to the south of Adam's
Plating. MDNR found that waste water with a high chromium content (150 parts
per million) was saturating soils and had entered the basement. It appeared
that the waste water was entering from a dram whose underground connecting
pipe had been broken during recent construction in the neighborhood. In 1981,
MDNR found 1,1,1-tnchloroethane (a dry cleaning solvent) and chromium in soil
on the Adam's site.
Soil in the area is permeable and ground water shallow (4 feet), conditions
that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. An estimated
185,600 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of
the site.
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ALBION-SHERIDAN TOWNSHIP LANDFILL
Albion, Michigan
Albion-Sheridan Township Landfill covers 30 acres 1 mile east of
Albion, Calhoun County, Michigan. During 1966, the privately owned
landfill accepted municipal refuse and industrial wastes from Albion and
nearby Sheridan Township. According to the owner, the landfill accepted
200-300 cubic yards of sludges from the Union Steel Products plant prior
to November 1931. Tests conducted by the Michigan Department of Natural
Resources in 1980 indicated that the sludges contain chromium, cadmium,
lead, copper, nickel, and cyanide. Paint residues were also accepted
from an unknown source.
In an inspection in March 1986, EPA found approximately 40
drums on the surface, some filled with what appeared to be oil and grease
wastes. The landfill was covered with sand and gravel, and there were
signs of burning. Some vegetation had grown on the cover.
The landfill was unlined. Soils are permeable and ground water
shallow (10 feet). These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water. An estimated 13,500 people obtain drinking water from
public and private wells within 3 miles of "the site.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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BENDIX CORP./ALLIED AUTOMOTIVE
St. Joseph, Michigan
Bendix Corp., now known as Allied Automotive, manufactures
automotive brake systems on a 4.4-acre site in St. Joseph, Berrien
County, Michigan. The facility is located in a well-populated area, both
commercial/industrial and residential in nature.
During approximately 1966-75, Bendix used a seepage lagoon for
disposal of machine shoo process waste water. According to information
Bendix provided to SPA, spent chlorinated organic solvents, waste water
from electroplating operations, spent cyanide plating bath solutions,
chromium, and lead were placed in the lagoon.
A hydrogeologic study performed in 1986 by a consultant to Allied
detected contamination in the shallow sand aquifer; 35 monitoring wells
were installed and found to contain 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane,
trichloroethylene, trans-1,2-dichlorethylene, and vinyl chloride. An
estimated 4,300 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3
miles of the site. A private well approximately 750 feet from the site
was closed in 1982 because of contamination. The well owner now obtains
water from a municipal system.
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BOFORS NOBEL, INC.
Muskegon, Michigan
3ofors Nobel, Inc., manufactured benzidene and 3,3-dichlorobenzidene (DC3)
on a 50-acre site in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, during 1960-76.
Process water consisting mostly of calcium sulfate and the two chemicals was
disposed of in unlined lagoons. The dikes around the lagoons failed in 1975,
releasing an estimated 2 million gallons of waste into nearby Big Black Creek.
The lagoon area was fenced in the summer of 1987.
Bofors Nobel manufactured herbicides until early 1987, when it sold the
plant to Lomac, Inc. Process wastes are transported to a hazardous waste
facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act.
In September 1976, Bofors Nobel (a subsidiary of Nobel Industries, a
Swedish company) and the State of Michigan signed a Consent Judgment requiring
the company to conduct a hydrogeological study, investigate Big Black Creek,
excavate sludges and contaminated soils, place them in an on-site landfill
approved by the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR), install and
operate a ground water purge well and treatment system to intercept flow to Big
Black Creek, maintain a ground water monitoring network, define and clean up
any off-site contamination, and maintain funds to ensure that proper cleanup is
carried out.
The purge well system has been operating since 1976; water is pumped to
the surface, treated in an on-site plant with an activated-carbon system and
activated sludge system, and discharged to the municipal sewer system.
Data collected in 1982 by Bofors Nobel's monitoring program indicate that
wells on-site and downgradient of the site are contaminated with benzidene, DCB,
aniline, benzene, tetrachloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, and other compounds.
An estimated 6,400 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3
miles of the site. The monitoring also found benzidene a~1 DCB in sediments in
Big Black Creek downstream of the site as far as Mona La.-s= 3 miles away. The
creek is used for recreational activities.
In October 1987, Bofors Nobel filed for bankruptcy under the Federal
bankruptcy code. As part of the filing, the company agreed to provide EPA and
the State with a portion of its assets in exchange for an agreement not to sue
for existing contamination at the site.
The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) wnen the owner filed a Notification of
Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application. This site is
being proposed for the NPL because it satisfies a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA
policy: the owner has demonstrated inability to finance appropriate remedial
action by invoking bankruptcy laws.
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CANNELTON INDUSTRIES, INC-
Sault Sainte Mane. Michigan
The Cannelton Industries, Inc., Site covers 75 acres along the south bank
of the St. Mary's River about 1.5 miles west of the downtown area of Sault
Sainte Mane, Chippewa County, Michigan. From about the 1940s to 1955,
Northwestern Leather Co. manufactured leather products on the site, dumping
tannery wastes on 5 acres located in the 100-year floodplain of the St. Mary's
River. The waste ^as disposed of to a depth of 6 to 8 feet and left uncovered.
An estimated 10,000 cubic yards were disposed of, as observed from the depth of
wastes along the bank and the area void of vegetation. Marshland borders the
site on two sides.
In 1954-55, Fibron Limestone Co. (a subsidiary of Algoma Steel Corp.,
Ltd., of Canada) purchased the 75 acres. Subsequently, the property was
transferred to Cannelton Industries, Inc., another Algoma subsidiary. The
property was intended for construction of a manufacturing plant, but the plant
was never built. Algoma dismantled various structures that were considered
hazardous. No manufacturing has been carried out on the site since 1955 and
hence no industrial waste has been generated, according to Algoma. The site is
not now in use.
On-site soils and adjacent river sediments contain extremely high levels
of chromium, lead, copper, cyanide, and mercury, according to tests conducted
in 1979 by Sault Sainte Mane State College and the Michigan Department of
Natural Resources. Chromium, lead, manganese, arsenic, and iron well in excess
of drinking water standards were also found in ground water in the middle of
the disposal area. An estimated 1,200 people obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest about 1 mile from the site.
Sault Sainte Mane, Ontario, withdraws water from the St. Mary's River
approximately 2 miles downstream of the old tannery disposal site.
The dump area is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances at the site. Bald eagles
feed and nest within 2 miles of the site.
In 1986, Algoma Steel agreed to construct (1) a wall along the shore of
the St. Mary's River to prevent wave and ice action from removing solid material
frcm the site and (2) an impermeable clay cap to prevent erosion and prohibit
rainwater from infiltrating the site. To date, the company has taken no action.
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COPTER INDUSTRIALS, INC.
Detroit, Michiaan
Carter Industrials, Inc., operated an industrial scrap metal vard in
Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan, durina 1971-86. This 3.6-acre site is at the
north end of Humboldt Road, which dead-ends into the vard. On-site facilities
include a furnace for melting aluminum, a furnace for meltina coooer, a brick
warehouse, and an office building. Numerous unsheltered oiles of scrao metal
and equipment are found throughout the yard.
On July 3, 1934, a fire broke out on the west side of the DroDertv in an
area of wooden pallets and scrap iron mounds. After notina several transformers
in the area of the fire, the city asked the Michiaan Department of Natural
Resources (MDNR) and the fire marshall's office to investiaate ootential PC5
exposure. Oil was found near the fire area and near the base of three larae
transformers. Other transformers on the west side proved to be emoty. Four
soil samples were taken from various locations, includina near the office and
150 feet south of the Humboldt Road deadend, to measure backaround levels.
PCBs ranged from 31 to 2,430 parts per million. r-
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HI MILL MANUFACTURING CO-
Highland, Michigan
Hi Mill Manufacturing Co. has fabricated tubular aluminum, copper, and
brass parts on a 2.5-acre site in Highland, Oakland County, Michigan, since
1946. Prior to 1931, rinse water from dipping operations was discharged to an
on-site unlined lagoon adjacent to a marsh connected to Waterbury Lake. The
lake is used for recreational activities. Rinse water has also been sprayed
into the air as a disposal method.
In 1982, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources detected copper in
wells downgradient of the site. Heavy metals also contaminated marsh sediments
and water in the adjacent Highland Recreation Area.
In November 1983, the company removed sludge and contaminated soil from
the lagoon anc transported them to a hazardous waste facility regulated under
Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. Water from the pond
was treated on-site. The excavation reportedly went down 1 foot into clean
clay, and sand was used to fill in the hole.
Currently, more of the rinse water is recycled. The remaining water is
neutralized with caustic soda, stored in underground tanks, and then transported
off-site. An estimated 13,600 people obtain drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
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KAYDON CORP.
Muskegon, Michigan
Kaydon Corp. has manufactured roller bearings, ball bearings, and various
bearing assemblies since 1941 on a 40-acre site on Mccracker Street in Muskegon,
Muskegon County, Michigan. Until 1968, waste water from plant processes, some
of which involved chlorinated organic solvents, was disposed of on-site in
seepage pits and in the south branch of Ruddiman Creek. In 1968, the wastes
were separated. Now, only cooling water is discharged to the creek. The creek
flows into Muskegon Lake, which is used for recreational activities, and
eventually into Lake Michigan. Process wastes are currently removed by waste
haulers, discharged to the sanitary sewer, or discharged to two on-site ponds.
Waste discharged to the ponds is grinding sludge; the solids settle out and the
water is piped to the sanitary sewer. The pond sludge is periodically removed
to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act. The sludges contain chromium, copper, lead, and
nickel, as does on-site soil, according to the company.
In October 1982, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources, concerned
about ground water quality in the area, requested that Kaydon conduct a
hydrogeological investigation. Chlorinated organic solvents, including
1,1-dichloroethane and 1,2-dichloroethylene, and copper were found in 1985 in
monitoring wells the company installed downgradient of the site. Approximately
700 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In June 1986, Kaydon removed 1,500 cubic yards of contaminated soil and
sludge and transported them to an approved landfill.
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MUSKEGON CHEMICAL CO.
Whitehall, Michigan
Muskegon Chemical Co. (MCC) formerly produced a variety of specialty
chemicals Eor pharmaceutical and other industries on a 12-acre site at 1725
Warner Street in Whitehall, Muskegon County, Michigan. The area is zoned
commercial but at present is primarily residential. The company operated from
1975 to 1986, when it sold the business to Koch Chemical Co.
In 1981, a consultant to MCC identified bis(2-chloroethyl)ether and
1,2-dichloroethane in on-site wells. A sump pump and an outside holding tank,
both badly corroded, were potential sources. Over a period of 3 years, MCC
installed 40 monitoring wells along the plume of contamination. An estimated
6,400 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3
miles of the site. A private well is 1,250 feet north of the site.
The consultant's 1981 study established that ground water was seeping
into Mill Pond Creek downgradient of the site. The seeps contained the same
contaminants found in ground water. Surface water within 3 miles downstream
of the site is used for recreational activities.
In 1981, the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR) filed a
Consent Judgment under State Act 245 charging MCC with contaminating ground
water. MCC pleaded no contest. Later a plea agreement between MDNR and Koch
was reached regarding the cost of investigation and cleanup at the site.
In 1985, MCC installed a system to pump contaminated ground water to the
surface, treat it by carbon filtration, and return the treated water to the
Whitehall Water Treatment Plant. Koch continues to operate the system.
Monitoring indicates that ground water is still contaminated at elevated levels.
An 8,000-gallon pressurized tank of heptane is located on the north side
of the site. The tank poses a fire/explosion threat to workers on the site
and to a residential area 1,250 feet away.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-only
status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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PARSONS CHEMICAL WORKS, INC.
Grand Ledge, Michigan
Parsons Chemical Works, Inc., manufactured pesticides, solvents, and
mercury compounds on a 6.5-acre site in Grand Ledge, Eaton County, Michigan,
from April 1945 until the plant closed in the summer of 1979. ETM Enterprises,
Inc., a manufacturer of fiberglass, then purchased the site.
Parsons installed a septic tank and tile field system in the mid-1950s
for sanitary sewage and wash waters. A floor drain discharged wash water
from inside the building to the soils. The tank-tile system was hydraulically
connected to a storm drain on-site. The drain discharged to an unnamed
stream that merges with the Grand River, which is used for recreational
activities.
The State, Eaton County, ETM, and EPA confirmed that surface and
subsurface soils on-site, as well as bottom sediments from the unnamed
stream and the Grand River, are contaminated with dioxins, pesticides,
other organic compounds, and inorganic compounds. Ground water near the
site is shallow (3 feet) and soils permeable, conditions that
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. About 11,000
people obtain drinking water from three Grand Ledge municipal wells or
private wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest within 200 feet.
In November 1983, the State required ETM to remove the septic tank,
its contents (contaminated sludge and effluent), and contaminated soils.
In June 1985, the State fenced off an area approximately 12 feet by 12
feet where soils were contaminated with dioxin.
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PEERLESS PLATING CO.
Muskegon. Michigan
Peerless Plating Co. operated an electroplating shop on a 1-acre site at
2554 Getty Avenue in Muskegon, Muskegon County, Michigan, from 1937 until
mid-1983. The site is surrounded by commercial, industrial, and residential
areas. The plant closed as a result of State and local enforcement actions,
labor problems, and financial difficulties.
Operations at the plant involved toxic, corrosive, reactive, and flammable
chemicals. According to the Michigan Department of Natural Resources (MDNR),
wastes containing heavy metals were discharged into three unlined lagoons at
the rear of the facility. MDNR also determined that manholes inside the plant
discharged directly onto the ground and that drummed wastes were stored on-site.
In September-October 1983, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds in a removal
action at tne site. EPA removed 37,000 gallons of sulfuric acid, nitric acid,
chrcmic acid, cyanide plating solution, chromium plating solution, hydrochloric
acid, and trichloroethylene. Also, the lagoons were drained; soil was removed
from the lagoon areas; the interior of the building was cleaned: vats, lines,
and tanks were decontaminated; sewer lines were sealed; and cyanides and nitric
acid were neutralized on-site. Hazardous materials were removed to a facility
regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Approximately 15,000-20,000 gallons of sludges and liquids remain on-site.
In 1986, EPA detected cadmium, chromium, cyanide, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene,
and trichloroethylene in an on-site well. An estimated 1,500 people obtain
drinking water frcm private wells within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well
is less than 100 feet from the site.
The site is on a nearly level lake plain. Little Black Creek, which
empties into Lake Manor, is a ma]or drainage pathway. The lake is used for
recreational activities.
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STATE DISPOSAL LANDFILL, INC.
Grand Rapids, Michigan
The State Disposal Landfill, Inc., Site covers approximately 30 acres
north of Grand Rapids in Plainfield Township, Kent County, Michigan. .After
operating under two owners during 1966-72, the landfill was owned and operated
by Waste Management, Inc.. during 1972-76. In August 1975, the landfill
received a permit from the Michigan Department of Natural Resources to accept
general refuse. Since 1976, Waste Management has maintained the landfill. It
is now covered with a layer of clay and is equipped with methane qas vents.
In August 1985, EPA detected trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, ethylbenzene,
xylenes, barium, and nickel in monitoring wells downgradient of the site.
Ground water occurs at about 75 feet or less. The permeable glacial
outwash and postglacial alluvium deposits that underlie the site facilitate
movement of contaminants into ground water. Local health officials have
warned some well owners near the site to seek an alternative drinking water
source. An estimated 13,000 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In 1985, Waste Management hired a consultant to conduct a hydrogeological
investigation of the site and install monitoring wells.
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GAUTIER OIL CO., INC.
Gautier, Mississippi
The Gautier Oil Co., Inc., Site covers 3 acres in Gautier, Jackson
County, Mississippi. The site is an abandoned wood-preserving and oil
recovery facility that operated for 104 years under different owners,
including Delta Creosote and Gautier Oil Co., Inc. Operations ceased in
1983. The current owner is Seaboard Systems Railroad, Inc.
The site contains storage and process tanks, two sand filter beds,
a lagoon, numerous rusting drums, and piles of sludge. At least 2,000
cubic yards of liquids and sludges containing phenol, naphthalene,
chloroform, anthracene, and lead were deposited in the lagoon and in
sludge piles, according to tests conducted by the Mississippi State Chemical
Laboratory. A State inspection in 1984 determined that the filter beds
overflow onto adjoining property, and that the lagoon discharges to the
West Pascagoula River. A coastal wetland is within 1,200 feet.
The aquifer below the site consists of the sand and gravel units of
the Citronelle Formation. The formation is the shallowest aquifer in the
area of the site and is used by a small portion of the population.
About 300 people are served by private wells in the aauifer within 3 miles
of the site. The nearest well is less than 2,000 feet away.
On April 24, 1985, EPA issued an Administrative Order by Consent to
Seaboard under CERCLA Section 106(a) to remove contaminated soil, waste,
containers, and equipment from the site. Seaboard removed over 536 tons
of materials from the site and transported them to a hazardous waste
facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act.
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MISSOURI ELECTRIC WORKS
Cape Girardeau, Missouri
Missouri Electric Works has sold and serviced electric motors and
transformers on a 6.4-acre site near the southeastern edge of the City of
Cape Girardeau, Cape Girardeau County, Missouri, since 1953. It is m a
light industrial/commercial area on Missouri Highway 61 within 1 mile of
prime agricultural land.
An inspection by the Missouri Department of Natural Resources (MDNR)
found that drums of transformer waste oils contaminated with PCBs were
leaking. In November 1984, EPA analyses indicated that a PCB (Aroclor
1260) was present in soils at concentrations as high as 58,000 parts per
million. Soil contamination is widespread and occurs to a depth of at
least 5 feet.
Soils in the area are permeable, the bedrock is highly fractured,
and ground water is shallow (20 feet in some cases). These conditions
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. An estimated
34,000 people obtain drinking water from a Cape Girardeau well within
3 miles of the site.
The site is approximately 1.75 miles west of the Mississippi River.
It is located on a leveled hill top, with the majority of the site sloping
slightly to the south into a run-off channel eventually draining to Cape
La Croix Creek. The far southeast corner drops off rapidly into a drainage
ditch also leading to the creek, which is used for recreational activities.
In January 1987, EPA,using wipe samples, determined that Aroclor
1260 was in the air on and off the site in places where contaminants
could only have been deposited by windblown particulates from Missouri
Electric Works. An estimated 37,800 people live within 4 miles of the site.
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ORONOGO-DUENWEG MINING BELT
Jasper Countv, Missouri
The Oronao-Duenwea Mininc Belt is in JasDer Countv, Missouri, and is
considered oart of the Tn-State Minina District of Missouri, Kansas, and
Oklahoma. Two other sites in the district—Cherokee Countv in Kansas and Tar
Creek in Ottawa County, Oklahoma—were Dlaced on the NPL in September 198?.
Superfund-financed remedial activities are under wav at these two sites.
Lead ana zinc ores, as well as some cadmium ores, were ^ined from 184ft to
the late 1960s, with the Greatest activity occurrina in an area of 2 bv
10 miles between Oronoao and Duenwea, northeast of Joolin. Minina efforts were
originally performed bv one- to two-man indeoendent operations that in later
years were organized by several area minina companies.
The site is honeycombed with underaround workinas, oits, shafts fooen,
closed, and collapsed), mine tailinas, waste Diles, and oonds holdina taiiina
waters. An estimated 10 million tons of wastes or tailinas are on the sit^.
Throughout the minina era, around water had to be Dumped to orevent
flooding of mines. When minina ceased, the shafts and underaround workinas
filled with water. Taiiina Diles have been left uncovered and unstahili?ed.
Leachate and run-off from the piles can enter ODen shafts and pit^.
Ground water and surface water on the site are contaminated with cadmium,
lead, and zinc, accordina to tests bv the U.S. Geoloaical Survev in 1977. An
estimated 1,500 people obtain drinkina water from private wells within 3 miles
of the site.
This mining site is Dotentially eliaible for cleanup funds from the ^tate
of Missouri's aoproved program under the Surface Minina Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977 (SMCRA). EP^ is develooina a oolicy for listina such site^. This
site is being proposed for the NPL at this time to avoid delav in startina
CERCLA activities.
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COMET OIL CO.
Billings, Montana
The Comet Oil Co. Sit? covers approximately 10 acres on Frontaae Road in a
residential/industrial part of Billings, Yellowstone County, Montana. The
facility opened approximately 25 years ago and functioned as a one-Derson waste
oil re-refinery operation until Hair's, Inc. (also kncwn as Mountain States
Petroleum Corp.) purchased it in 1974. In 1979, Bair's ceased operation for
economic reasons.
A large number of storage tanks and enoty 55-gallon drums are on-site, as
well as several waste oil lagoons and a large sludge Dile. In 1985, 100,000
gallons of contaminated waste oil spilled when vandals opened valves on one
tank. Under the supervision of the Montana Department of Health and Environ-
mental sciences, Comet collected 75,000 qallons of waste oil from the site and
a neighboring property; the other 25,000 gallons were lost to the environment.
Comet also covered parts of the site with 3-5 feet of soil.
Organic compounds, including benzene, phenol, 2,4-dimethylohenol, naphtha-
lene, and trans-l,2-dichloroethvlene, are present in an off-site downaradient
monitoring well, according to EPA tests conducted in 1935. Petroleum Droducts
and solvents are in soils throuahout the site, to a depth of 34 feet in some
parts, according to EPA. Within 3 miles of the site are four municiDal wells
and one private well that supply drinking water to at least 5,sno people.
Contaminants at the site threaten the Yellowstone River, which is
used for recreational activities. The river is 0.6 mile downstream from
the site.
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FLETCHER'S PAINT WORKS PLANT AND STORAGE FACILITY
Milford, New Hampshire
Fletcher's Paint Works has operated a plant since 1950 on an area of
approximately 0.15 acre at 21 Elm Street in Milford, Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire. The area is primarily residential/commercial. Fletcher's Paint
manufactures and sells paints and stains for residential use. Approximately
700 feet to the south (on Mill Street) is a warehouse for storing bulk paint
pigments. Contaminants attributable to the storage facility have been detected
in a drainage ditch on the adjoining Hampshire Paper Co. facility. Because
this ditch drains from the storage facility, the boundaries of the Fletcher's
site have been extended to include the portion of the ditch on Hampshire Paper
property.
In an inspection in July 1985, EPA detected volatile organic compounds,
heavy metals, and PC3s in ambient air, soil, surface water, and sediment at
the site. TWo underground tanks were not lined or monitored for leakage.
Drums, some uncovered, were stored on the ground.
The site is adjacent to and upslope from the Souhegan River, which is
used for recreational activities. Contaminants, including benzene, toluene,
nickel, lead, and tetrachloroethylene, attributable to the facility have been
detected in river sediments. The manufacturing facility is easily accessible
and is adjacent to a road leading to a popular recreation area. PCBs, organic
solvents, barium, lead, and nickel have been found in on-site soil.
The potential threat to ground water is high due to the highly permeable
nature of the shallow sand and gravel aquifer (12 feet in some places) that
supplies drinking water to area residents. An estimated 11,400 people obtain
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
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HOLTON CIRCLE GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
Londonderry, New Hampshire
Holton Circle is a development of about 2,100 homes in Londonderry,
Rockingham County, New Hampshire. The NPL site is defined as a series of
residential wells and one commercial well, the "Town Garage" well. According
to tests conducted in 1984 Dy the New Hampshire Water Supply and Pollution
Control Commission, the wells are contaminated with 1,1-dichloroethylene and
1,1-aichloroethane. The area consists of mixed rural and residential properties
and is being actively developed. An estimated 8,300 people obtain drinking
water from private wells within 3 miles of Holton Circle.
The New Hampshire Department of Environmental Services and EPA have been
investigating this area since 1985 and have not yet verified a source of the
contamination. The Department of Defense owned Town Garage, located 1,000 feet
west of Holton Circle, from the early 1940s to 1968 and operated a radio beacon
there during World War II.
EPA has also investigated a small auto repair shop about 1,000 feet south
of Holton Circle. The shop uses 1-2 gallons of degreasing solvents annually.
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BROOK INDUSTRIAL PARK
Bound Brook, Mew Jersev
The 3rook Industrial Park is a A.5-acre complex of licjht industries and
warehouses on the north banks of the Raritan River in a heavily industrialized
area in the 3orough oE Bound Brook, Somerset Countv, New Tersev. The oark is
bordered to the north by the Central Railroad of New jersey and to the south bv
the Lehigh Valley and Port Readina Railroads. Residential areas are on the
north side of the Central Railroad tracks and the west of the site.
The facility dates to the late 1800s. Industrial, chemical, and pesticide
operations began in 1971 when Blue SDruce Chemical occuoied some of the buildinas.
Blue Soruce formulated oesticides that were banned in the United «=tat^s and
could only be exported. Blue Spruce stored Aaent Oranae, which contains traces
of dioxin, on the site. The Blue Spruce buildina has been abandoned. othpr
occupants of buildings at the oark include Jame Fine Chemicals, Tnc., which
manufactures specialty chemicals, and National Metal ^inishinqs Coro., which
plates metals. Both have ooerated at the oark for 10-1? vears within *0 feet
of one another.
The Middlebrook Reqional Health Commission and the New Jersev Department
of Environmental Protection (NJDFP) mvestiaated the site when workers in the
buildings became ill. Several of the operations were cited for madeauate
housekeeping and waste disposal practices.
Soils on the site, as well as wells on and downaradient of the site, contain
solvents, pesticides, and heavy metals, accordina to fpa and njdp^3 tests. Public
and private wells within miles of the site provide water to an estimated £n,nnn
people. A private well is within 0.25 mile of the site. The materials that
Jame Fine, National Metal, and Blue Soruce used or processed have been mixpd and
have migrated to around water. Also, a sewer carryina Jame fine's process waste
water to the Middlesex County Seweraae Authority once broke, contaminatmo th^
Blue Spruce property.
EPA and NJDEP detected lindane and aldrm in surface water on the site and
run-off to the Raritan River. Nearby surface water is used for recreational
act wities.
In July 1983, EPA used CERCLA emerqency funds to seal and lock the Rlue
Spruce building and cap the dioxin area with asphalt. However, workers in the
rest of the park can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Jame Fine illegally discharaed coolina water used in the manufacture oF
mandelic acid to the Raritan River, according to an Administrative Consent Order
filed in March 1980 bv NJDEP. In Auaust 199=;, njdfp cit°d National Metal and
Brook Industrial Park for unpermitted discharqes of metal olatina waste into
ground water durinq 1977-8*7.
This facility is beina proposed for the NPf, because National Metal is
classified as a non- or late filer under Subtitle C the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA). Althouah the operator was treatina, storina, or
disposing of hazardous waste aft^r November 19, 1QR0, it did not file a °art a
permit application by that date as reauired and has little or no histocv of
compliance with RCRA Suoticle C.
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GARDEN STATE CLEANERS CO.
Minotola, New Jersey
The Garden State Cleaners Co. Site is in a mixed residential, commercial,
and light industrial area in the Minotola section of Buena Borough, Atlantic
County, New Jersey. The surrounding area is predominantly rural and one of New
Jersey's prime agricultural areas. Since the 1950s, the company has operated
on Summer Road approximately 500 feet from South Jersey Clothing Co., which is
also being proposed for the NPL in June 1988.
In an investigation of Garden State Cleaners in 1984, the New Jersey
Department of Environmental Protection detected 43,000 parts per billion (ppb)
of tetrachloroethylene in soil below a steam discharge pipe. Off-site monitoring
wells downgraaient of Garden State Cleaners and South Jersey Clothing contain
up to 78,000 ppb of tnchloroethylene and 6,600 ppb of tetrachloroethylene,
according to analyses conducted in 1984 by the companies. These concentrations
have forced closing of private wells and construction of a new municipal water
supply system. Approximately 9,000 people obtain drinking water and 3,800
acr«s of farmland ate irrigated from wells within 3 miles of the site.
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GLOBAL SANITARY LANDFILL
Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
Global Sanitary Landfill covers 23.37 acres in Old Bridge Township,
Middlesex County, New Jersey. It had a permit from the New Jersey Department
of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) to accept nonhazardous waste.
The landfill borders Cheesquake Creek Tidal Marsh on three sides. In
April 1984, after heavy rains, two consecutive high tides occurred in the
wetlands. A portion of the southern side of the landfill collapsed and slid
into tne adjoining wetlands. NJDEP closed the landfill in 1984.
In 1983-84, NJDEP detected methylene chloride, chloroform, trichloroethylene,
benzene, and other chemicals in leachate seeping from the site into the wetlands,
thus threatening surface water in the area.
Underlying the site is the most productive aquifer in the Raritan Formation,
the Old Bridge Sand Aquifer, which is overlain by the Amboy Stoneware Clay.
This layer of clay, which ranges from 0-30 feet thick, is absent in the northwest
corner of the landfill, thus permitting contaminants from the landfill to
reach the Old Bridge Sand Aquifer. The Sayreville Water Co. has five water
supply wells within 1 mile of the site; three of them draw from the Old Bridge
Sand Aquifer. Approximately 86,000 people depend on wells within 3 miles of
the site as their sole source of drinking water. The water supplies for
Sayreville, Lawrence Harbor, South Amboy, and Perth Amboy are threatened.
Raritan Bay, which is approximately 2 miles from the site, is used for
recreational activities.
NJDEP is overseeing a subsurface investigation by a contractor for the owner
to locate an estimated 100,000 drums containing paint, paint thinner, and
various solvents. Two former landfill employees allege the drums were buried
during 1968-77.
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HIGGINS DISPOSAL
Kingston/ New Jersey
The Higgins Disposal Site covers 38 acres at 121 Laurel Avenue in a rural
area north of Kingston, Somerset County, New Jersey. For an unknown nuniber of
years, the owner operated an unpermitted landfill and an unpermitted transfer
station on the site. The owner of this business owns Higgins Farm, which is
also being proposed for the NPL in June 1988.
In 1981, as required by CERCLA Section 103(c), FMC Corp. reported to
EPA tnat in 1974 its Princeton plant had deposited approximately 61,000 cubic
feet of chemical waste containing heavy metals, organic solvents, and pesticides
at the site. In October 1982, the New Jersey Department of Environmental
Protection (NJDEP) issued an Administrative Order under the State's Solid Waste
Management Act requiring Higgins Disposal to stop accepting and disposing of
solid waste and remove waste already at the facility.
On June 25, 1986, NJDEP sampled soil and water on the property. Analysis
identified PCBs (Aroclor 1248), tetrachloroethylene, 1,2-dichlorobenzene, and
bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in on-site soil. Aroclor 1248 was also detected in
an on-site pond downgradient of the landfill. When full, the pond spills into
Dirty Brook, which discharges into the Delaware/Ran tan Canal. The canal is
used for boating and fishing. A fresh water wetland is 300 feet from the site.
Soils on the site are permeable and ground water shallow, conditions that
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. An estimated 2,000
people depend on private wells within 3 miles of the site as their sole source
of drinking water. NJDEP considers Higgins Disposal a possible source of local
well contamination.
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HIGGINS FARM
Franklin Township, New Jersey
Higgms Farm covers 74.5 acres on Route 518 in Franklin Township, a rural
area of Somerset County, New Jersey. The property, now used to raise cattle,
belongs to the owner of the Higgins Disposal Site, which is also being proposed
for the NPL in June 1988.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP) initially
investigated the farm in Decemoer 1985 after the Franklin Township Health
Department detected elevated levels of chlorobenzene in a nearby private well.
The investigation revealed a buried drum dump on the farm approximately 40
yards from the contaminated well. A partially exposed drum was found to contain
chlordane, naphthalene, and arsenic. In April 1986, the farm owner excavated
50 drums, pumped liquids into holding tanks, and placed visibly contaminated
soils into containers.
In March 1987, EPA initiated the first phase of a CERCLA emergency action
at the site, which involved providing bottled water tc 29 residents along
Route 518. The second phase started in April 1987 and involved stabilizing
the drum burial area. EPA fenced the area; installed a clay berm around
tne site to contain run-off; constructed a pole barn to house four rolloff
containers of contaminated material; pumped contaminated liquid from the pit
excavated in 1986 to holding tanks; and lined and backfilled the pit.
Soils from the excavation pit contained semivolatile organic compounds,
pesticides, and metals, including bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, pentachlorophenol,
dieldrin, endrin, dioxms and arsenic. An estimated 3,300 people rely on private
wells within 3 miles of the site as their only source of drinking water.
The nearest dowrislope surface water is Carter Brook 2,000 feet to the
east. It is used for recreational activities.
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INDUSTRIAL LATEX CORP.
Borough of Wallington, New Jersey
The Industrial Latex Corp. Site covers 9.67 acres at 350 Mount Pleasant
Avenue, Borough of Wallington, Bergen County, New Jersey. The company is now
inactive. The site consists of two main buildings comprising 18,000 square
feet of industrial space and several smaller structures. The site is part of
an extensive industrial development bordering the Conrail/New Jersey Transit
rail corridor. Major residential developments, three schools, and an outdoor
recreation complex are nearby.
From 1951 to the early 1980s, Industrial Latex formulated chemical adhesives
and natural ana synthetic rubber compounds at this location. Process wastes
were drummed and either stored prior to disposal or buried in unlined trenches.
Raw materials for the manufacture of latex adhesives and other rubber compounds
were stored in 22 underground tanks. Waste solvents were stored in an aboveground
tank prior to reclamation. Chemical wastes were flushed into an on-site sanitary-
septic system. Poor operational procedures, in conjunction with on-site waste
disposal practices, likely resulted in widespread contamination of surface and
subsurface soil.
In 1986-87, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds to remove approximately 1,200
drums, 22 buried tanks, and chemical processing vats from the site. The materials
were transported to a hazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. During the removal action, EPA found
toluene, xylene, ethylbenzene, and benzene in on-site soils.
In January 1987, EPA sampled air, subsurface soils, and on-site sources of
hazardous waste; installed 12 monitoring wells; and sampled the wells.
Soils on the site are permeable and ground water shallow (15 feet in some
cases), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.
An estimated 71,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site. A Borough of Wallington well is 0.4 mile to the
northwest.
Surface water in the area is used for recreational activities.
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KAUFFMAN & MINTEER, INC.
Jobstown, New Jersey
Kauffman & Minteer, Inc. (K & M) transports bulk liquids in company-owned
tanker trucks from a 5-acre plot in Jobstown, Burlington County, New Jersey.
The materials transported are primarily organics, plasticizers, resins, vegetable
oils, petroleum oils, and alcohols. During 1960-80, water from the interior-
washing of the company's trucks was disposed of in an on-site, unlmed lagoon.
In 1981, K & M began to dispose of its waste water off-site. The lagoon has
not been properly closed, it has no retention pond to help control overflowing
during heavy rain. In June 1934, a dike surrounding the lagoon broke, allowing
waste water to migrate off-site.
In September 1985, EPA detected tetrachloroethylene, toluene, ethylbenzene,
styrene, 2-methylnaphthalene, enaosulfan sulfate, 4,4'-DDT, and phenanthrene
in on-site soil. Ground water is shallow (5 feet in some cases) and soils
permeable, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
water. Private wells within 3 miles of the site provide drinking water to an
estimated 2,600 people and irrigate 4,000 acres of farmland.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In March 1983, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection cited
the company for operating the lagoon without proper permits.
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POHATCONG VALLEY GROUND WATER CONTAMINATION
Warren County, New Jersey
The Ponatcong Valley Ground Water Contamination Site in Warren County, New
Jersey, involves the contamination of the "Kittatinny" Limestone Aquifer under-
lying Pohatcong Valley. The aquifer serves as the sole source of drinking
water for public and private wells in the area. The site includes those portions
of Franklin Township, Washington Township, and Washington Boro lying in the
valley ana encompasses approximately 3,500 acres, extending from the southwest
side of 3roadway-Asbury Road northeast to Route 31. Population density varies
from sparse in the farmlands of Franklin Township to dense in Washington Boro.
Analyses of two public supply wells in 1978 and 1979 revealed 'nigh levels
of tetrachloroethylene and trichloroethylene, prompting the closing of one well
and the installation of a carbon filtration system at the other. In 1984 and
1985, the Warren County Health Department identified a number of volatile
organic chanicals, primarily trichloroethylene, in 79 private wells throughout
the valley. In cases where permissible levels for drinking water have been
exceeded, Warren County is supplying bottled water. Plans are under way to
establish a municipal water supply throughout the area of contaminated wells.
An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection has performed an
extensive investigation to determine the source of contamination, and has
identified several likely sources.
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SOUTH JERSEY CLOTHING CO.
Minotola, New Jersey
The South Jersey Clothing Co. Site is in a mixed residential, commercial,
and liq'nt industrial area in the Minotola section of Buena Borough, Atlantic
County, New Jersey. The surrounding area is predominantly rural and one of
New Jersey's prime agricultural regions. Since the 1940s, the company has
manufactured clothing on Central Avenue 500 feet from Garden State Cleaners
Co., wnich is also being proposed for the NPL m June 1988.
In 1981, New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (NJDEP)
inspectors observed a black liquid on the soil behind the South Jersey Clothing
Co. building. Subsequent analysis revealed tnchloroethylene concentrations as
high as 940,000 parts per billion (ppb) in soil and 16,000 ppb in a private
drinking water well.
Off-site monitoring wells downgradient of South Jersey Clothing and Garden
State Cleaners contain up to 78,000 ppb of trichloroethylene and 6,600 ppb of
tetrachloroethylene, according to analyses conducted in 1984 by the companies.
These concentrations have forced closing of private wells and construction of a
new municipal water supply system. Approximately 9,000 people obtain drinking
water and 3,800 acres of farmland are irrigated from wells within 3 miles of
the site.
In 1984, South Jersey Clothing signed an Administrative Consent Order with
NJDEP requiring the company to intensify monitoring and take measures to restrict
migration of contaminants in ground water.
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WITCO CHEMICAL CORP. IOAKLAND PLANT)
Oakland, New Jersev
Witco Chanical Coro. 'nas ODerated a chanical research ]aboratorv and
pilot olant since 1966 in an industrial park at inn Bauer Drive in the Citv of
Oakland, 3ercen County, New Jersev. The 9-acre site is in an industrial area
next to a small lake (Hoopers Lake).
Dunna 1966-83, witco discharcec its laboratorv waste water to a series
of six seepage pits located in a stratified drift aauifer used locally for
domestic and industrial ourooses. The wastes contained oetroleum hvdrocarbons
and volatile organic chemicals. In March 1982, the New Jersev Department of
Environmental Protection (NJDEP) inspected the Witco facility to review operations
and waste water management practices. NJDEP analysis of waste water samples
identified oetroleum hydrocarbons and volatile oroanic compounds. Subseauently,
Witco submitted a waste water management olan to NJDFP, which included the
complete elimination of subsurface discharaes of laboratory waste waters.
On July 16, 1992, NJDEP issued a directive recruirina Witco to: 1) submit
a plan to eliminate the discharge of waste waters to around water and ?) conduct
a hydrogeologic investication to determine the nature and extent of possible
soil and around water contamination resultino from past Dractices. On October
28, 1982, Witco submitted a olan that consisted of drillino and samolina three
shallow soil borinas and installation and samolina of four qround water wells.
This investigation was completed in the fall of 198?.
In February 1984, in accordance with the State's directive, witco installed
a 7,000 gallon-fiberalass tank to receive the laboratorv waste water. Noncontact
cooling water is discharaed to Hoopers Lake under a New Jersev Pollution
Discharge Elimination System (NJPDES) permit. A fresh-water wetland is within
1 mile of the site. Franklin Lake, which is within 3 miles downstream of the
site, is used for recreational activities.
Because of concern associated with the deactivated seeoaoe oit svstem,
Witco retained a consultant to prepare a remedial plan to remove the svstem.
A series of soil borinas were drilled to delineate the extent of soil
contamination underlyina the oits and to classify those soils as hazardous or
nonhazardous. The remedial olan was formalized in July 1987, and witco beaan
work on November 30, 1987. Residual sludges from the six seeoaoe oits were
transported to a hazardous waste facility reaulated under Subtitle C of the
Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA); the tanks and other eouicment
were removed and disposed of; the contaminated soils were excavated and removed
to a RCRA-recailated facility? and the site was backfilled and araded. The
closure was completed on January 15, 1988.
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CAL WEST METALS (SBA)
Lemitar, New Mexico
The Cal West Metals (SBA) Site covers 43.8 acres approximately 0.5
mile north of Lemitar, Socorro County, New Mexico. After the company,
also known as ARCA Engineering, defaulted on a loan, the Small Business
Administration (SBA) and the United New Mexico Bank of Socorro foreclosed
on the property on October 22, 1985. This site is being proposed for the NPL
as a Federal facility site.
During 1979-81, Cal West Metals processed approximately 20,000 auto-
mobile batteries to recover lead. During 1982-84, the company conducted
research and development on various aspects of raw materials recovery and in
1985 reworked the waste piles from the battery recycling operation to recover
lead.
The New Mexico Environmental improvement Division (NMEID) detected lead in
on-site monitoring wells in October 1984. An estimated 1,000 people obtain
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. NMEID
also found lead in water and sediments in drainage pathways leading from the
site. Approximately 600 acres of food and forage crops are irrigated by surface
water within 3 miles downstream of the site.
In an August 1985 inspection, NMEID found about 300 drums containing lead
oxide and sulfuric acid, uncovered piles of battery pieces, and an evaporation
pond on the site. Lead concentrations in the wastes ranged from 54,500 to
424,000 parts per million.
In October 1986, NMEID detected lead in surface soils up to 400 feet
downwind of the site. The lead probably came from the uncovered waste piles.
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CIMARRON MINING CORP.
Camzozo, New Mexico
The Cimarron Mining Corp. Site covers 5 to 10 acres about 500 yards
north of U.S. Highway 380 and approximately 0.4 mile east of U.S. 54 in
Carrizozo, Lincoln County, New Mexico. A rest area and historical marker
are on the highway approximately 300 yards south of the site.
During 1979-82, Cimarron Mining Corp., also known as Southwest
Minerals Corp., operated a mill that recovered metal from ore transported
to the site. The process used a 50/50 solution of cyanide salt and metal
stripper. Cimarron Mining went out of business in 1984. Previously, the
mill was operated by Sierra 3lanca Mining and Milling Co. for the extraction
of gold with cyanide. Both processes generated a liquid waste containing
cyanide and heavy metals.
A site inspection conducted by the New Mexico Environmental Improvement
Division in October 1934 revealed two cyanide solution tanks, a discharge
pit, a tailings impoundment, an uncovered tailings pile, and a drum storage
area. The tanks are concrete-lined, but the other facilities are unlined
and lack leachate or seepage collection systems. In August 1987, EPA
erected a fence around the tailings impoundment and tailings pile to
prevent people and animals from coming into direct contact with hazardous
substances.
Analyses conducted by the State detected cyanide and heavy metals in
ground water, soil, sediment, and tailings on the site. Cyanide was
detected at a concentration of 116 milligrams per kilogram (mg/kg) in a
water sample taken from one holding pond. A tailings pile sample contained
46.4 mg/kg of cyanide. The levels are potentially toxic to human health.
An estimated 1,500 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells
within 3 miles of the site. Wells are also used to irrigate food crops.
In June 1982, New Mexico charged Cimarron with failing to comply
with the State water quality and hazardous waste regulations. The company
took no action in response. It went out of business and declared bankruptcy
in U.S. Federal Court on August 14, 1984.
This mining site is being proposed for the NPL because it is a
noncoal site with mining operations that occurred after August 3, 1977,
the enactment date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act
(SMCRA). Thus, the site is neither regulated by SMCRA nor eligible for
funds from the SMCRA Abandoned Mine Land Reclamation Program.
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CLEVELAND MILL
Silver City, New Mexico
Cleveland Mill is an abandoned lead, zinc, and copper mill covering
5-10 acres in Grant County, New Mexico, about 5 miles northeast of Silver
City. The land is owned by Sharon Steel, Inc. On the site are piles of
over 12,000 cubic yards of tailings heavily contaminated with lead, silver,
zinc, copper, and arsenic, according to the New Mexico Environmental
Improvement Division (NMEID). The tailings were moved from the mill via a
slurry pipeline and deposited directly to the steep sloping sides of a
small valley.
The piles are uncovered, unstabilized, and unlined. They are
apDroximately 100 yards south of the Continental Divide at the headwaters
of Little Walnut Creek. MMEID has found that water in the creek at least 5
miles downstream of the tailings is highly acidic and contains the same
contaminants as in the piles. The creek and downstream waters are used
for recreational activities.
Contamination of ground water is likely because the piles and
contaminated surface water are in areas that recharge the alluvial acruifer.
This shallow aauifer consists of coarse, permeable materials and is
hydraulically connected to the bedrock aauifer, so that water moves
downward. An estimated 1,200 people obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
Direct contact with contaminated tailings is possible since the site
is unfenced. Two Forest Service roads converge on-site.
This mining site is potentially eligible for cleanup funds from the
State of New Mexico's approved program under the Surface Mining Control and
Reclamation Act of 1977 (SMCRA). EPA is developing a policy for listing such
sites. This site is being proposed for the NPL at this time to avoid delay in
staring CERCLA activities.
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LEE ACRES LANDFILL (USDOI)
Farmington, New Mexico
The Lee Acres Landfill, a Federal facility site, covers 40 acres of
public land in San Juan County southeast of Farmington, New Mexico. The
landfill area is about 2,200 feet north and upgradient of the Lee Acres
residential subdivision. The Giant Industries, Inc., refinery property is to
the southeast.
On May 1, 1962, the 3ureau of Land Management (BLM), U.S. Department of
Interior (USDOI), leased 20 acres to San Juan County to operate a county
landfill. In April 1981, the lease was renewed and another 20 acres were added
to the county's lease.
The landfill consists of an undetermined number of solid waste trenches
and unlined waste lagoons. At least three of the lagoons may have received a
mixture of liquid wastes, including produced waters from oil and gas fields,
waste oil, spent acids, chlorinated organic solvents, and septage, according to
the New Mexico Environmental Improvement Division (NMEID). In 1985, NMEID
detected chlorinated volatile organic compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane,
1,1,1-trichloroethane, and 1,2-dichloroethylene, as well as benzene, in a lagoon
and in a residential well downgradient at the north end of the Lee Acres
subdivision. An estimated 400 residents use shallow alluvial ground water
within 3 miles of the site for drinking water.
Lee Acres Landfill is near where an arroyo meets the San Juan River, which
is used for recreational activities. During a heavy rainstorm in April 1985, a
dike of one of the lagoons broke. Wastes entered the arroyo, posing a possible
threat to the San Juan River. During the same period, releases of toxic vapors
frcm the lagoons caused approximately 15 people, including on-site cleanup
workers, to experience difficulty in breathing, severe headaches, skin rashes,
or other symptoms. Also during that time, the Governor called in the National
Guard to secure the perimeter of the site. BLM ordered the county to fence the
landfill and NMEID hired a contractor to treat the lagoon contents with ferric
chloride to prevent further releases of vapors. San Juan County subsequently
filled in the four lagoons. BLM ordered the landfill closed and, when the
county abandoned it, contracted for fencing.
In 1985, BLM hired a consultant to study conditions at and near the landfill.
Subsequently, separate studies were conducted of soil gases, ground water
hydrology, and ground water quality. EPA has reviewed the consultant's reports
on the investigation. In November 1986, BLM arranged for alternative drinking
water supplies for residents of Lee Acres using ground water. BLM plans to
hire a contractor in 1988 to conduct a remedial investigation to determine the
type and cent of contamination at the site.
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PAGANO SALVAGE
Los Lunas, New Mexico
1-3 Pagano Salvage Site covers 1.25 acres at 102 Edeal Road approximately
1 mile southeast of Los Lunas, Valencia County, New Mexico, near the east
bank of the Rio Grande. In 1983, Pagano Salvage purchased electric transformers/
capacicors containing PC3-contaminated oil from Sandia National Laboratories,
a U-S. Department of Energy facility in Albuquerque, New Mexico. Pagano
Salvage removed the oil, poured it over insulated wire, and burned off the
insulation to recover the metal. The burning took place on unprotected ground
at several locations. At present, 62 drums containing oil remain on-site.
On-site soil samples collected by EPA in March 1987 contain high
concentrations of two PC3s—Aroclor 1254 at 1,400 parts per million (ppm) and
Aroclor 1260 at 910 ppm. Pesticides were also detected—DDT at 40 parts per
billion (ppb) and DDE at 17 ppb. Contaminants were detected to a depth of
4 feet. All of these contaminants were also detected in on-site soil collected
in November 1985.
Ground water at the site is shallow (about 5 feet), and the soil consists
of very permeable alluvial deposits. These conditions facilitate movement of
contaminants into ground water. An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking
water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. Surface water
near the site is used to irrigate food and forage crops.
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PREWITT ABANDONED REFINERY
Prewitt, New Mexico
The Prewitt Abandoned Refinery Site occuoies 7=; acres lust east of Prewitt
on U.S. Highway 65 in McKinley County, Ne*7 Mexico. Tract A, consisting of 68.2
acres south of the highway, contains the ruins of the refinery, includina waste
pits, tank bases, and other rubble from ecruicment that has been renoved. Tract B,
consisting of 6.3 acres north of the highway, includes two Tiaior sdiII areas
and the remains of a pump lift station.
Site operations began in the early 1940s and continued for 2S years under
several different owners and operators, including Petroleum Products Refinina
Co., Detroleum products Refininq and producina Co., Malco Refineries, New Mexico
Asphalt and Refining Co. , Malco Asphalt and Refining Co., and Fl Paso Natural
Gas Products Co. The Navajo Indian Tribe has owned the oroDertv since Decsnber
1966.
According to information provided to EPA under CERCLA Section l03(c),
El Paso Natural Gas Products Co. derosited crude refinery wastes at the site
and Petroleum Products Refinery and Producing Co. deDOsited wastes listed as
hazardous under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
In Decenber 1982, the New Mexico Environmental inrorovement Division
detected benzene in a nearby private well, and in May 1986 detected benzene and
xylenes in an on-site well to a depth of 17 feet. Wells within 3 miles of the
facility provide water to a public community water svstem, a oublic noncommunity
water systen, private homes, and livestock. An estimated 1,600 peoDle are
served by ground water.
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ACTION ANODIZING, PLATING, & POLISHING CORP.
Copiague, New York
Action Anodizing, Plating, & Polishing Corp. (AAPP) has operated on a 1-acre
site at 33 Dixon Avenue in Copiague, New York, since 1986. The site is in
southwestern Suffolk County approximately 1.1 miles east of the Nassau/Suffolk
County line. Amityville Creek, a small tributary to Great South Bay, is 0.5
mile southeast of the site. The upper reach of the creek is designated as a
fresh water wetland.
.AAPP's anodizing process includes cleaning, sealing, and, at times, dyeing
aluminum parts. In addition, operations include cadmium plating. Prior to
1982, waste water containing high concentrations of heavy metals, including
cadmium, cnranium, and lead, was discharged to underground leaching pools. In
response to actions by the Suffolk County Department of Health Services (SCDHS),
AAPP cleaned up and closed the leaching pool system. This work was supervised
and approved by SCDHS.
Soils on the site are permeable and ground water is shallow (approximately
10 feet). These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
water, which is the sole source of drinking water in the area. At least one
public well field is within 1 mile of the site. An estimated 1 million residents
of Suffolk and Nassau Counties obtain drinking water from public wells within 3
miles of the site.
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C & J DISPOSAL LEASING CO. DUMP
Hamilton, New York
The C & J Disposal Leasing Co. Dump covers 0.1 acre in a rural area south
of the intersection of Route 12b and Route 46 and north of Hamilton, Madison
County, New York. On tne west, the site borders a corn field; a small marsh
and pond are just south of the corn field.
Approximately 10 years ago, C & J Leasing, a trucking firm from Paterson,
New Jersey, began using the abandoned railway bed adjacent to its property as
an access road. The company dumped drums of lead-based paints and other liquid
wastes directly on the ground. The dumping area is owned by the New York State
Department of Transportation. The company also abandoned between 75 and 100
55-gallon drums at tne site.
In June 1936, EPA identified bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate in sediments in a
pond 0.1 mile downstream of the dump. A small stream runs through a marsh and
connects the ponds to Woodman Pond, the municipal reservoir for Hamilton Village
0.5 mile downstream. The pond provides drinking water to an estimated 3,800
people.
EPA's June 1986 tests also identified bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate, fluoran-
tnene, pyrene, chrysene and other polyaromatic hydrocarbons, as well as lead,
in on-site soil. Soils are highly permeable and ground water shallow (10 feet
in some cases), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
water. An estimated 300 people obtain drinking water from private wells within
3 miles of the site.
The dumping area is easily accessible, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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CARROLL & DUBIES SEWAGE DISPOSAL, INC.
Port Jervis, New York
Carroll & Dubies Sewage Disposal, inc., has operated on a 2.5-acre site on
Canal street in port Jervis, Orange County, New York, since the 1960s. The
site is at the foot of a sandstone and shale cliff and upgradient of an extensive
gravel mining operation. The city's municipal landfill is to the south.
The company operated a junkyard and disposal facility that in the past
accepted industrial waste. Until 1979, waste from two nearby cosmetic manu-
facturers, Kolmar Laboratories and Wickhen Laboratories, and Reynolds Metals
Co. was deposited into two unlined lagoons. The waste contained benzene,
vinyl chloride, dichlorobenzene, and chromium, according to 1983 and 1985 reports
of the New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC). The
company also accepted septic tank waste. In the summer of 1986, an inspection
by NYSDEC found two open lagoons in use and two others that had been covered
with soil.
EPA tests conducted in October 1986 found that ground water beneath the
site is contaminated with benzene, chromium, lead, and arsenic. An estimated
1,400 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the
site. The nearest well is within 1,700 feet. A fresh water wetland is within
1,000 feet of the site.
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CIRCUITRON CORP.
East Farmingdale, Mew York
Circuitron Corp. manufactured circuit boards during 1961-86 on about 1 acre
at 32 Milbar 3oulevard, East Farrrunqdale, Suffolk County, New York. The site
is in a densely populated mdustnal/commencal area of Long Island east of
Route 110 and the State University of New York Farmingdale Campus. The property
is owned by 32 Milbar Boulevard Corp. Circuitron Corp. was a subsidiary of FEE
Industries, which was purchased by ADI Electronics, Inc., in 1984.
Operators of the facility discharged thousands of gallons of metal-
containing plating wastes to an underground leaching pool permitted under the
State Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (SPDES), to unauthorized leaching
pools beneatn the floor of the plating room in the building, and to a storm
drain in the southwest corner of the property. After ADI Electronics purchased
the facility, the Suffolk County Department of Health Services {SCDHS) investi-
gated and identified the discharge to the SPDES pool and the storm drain.
Since 1934, SCDHS has issued Circuitron numerous notices of violations of
its SPDES permit and warnings concerning the illegal discharges. On June 12,
1984, Circuitron agreed to an Order on Consent from SCDHS requiring removal of
all hazardous substances from the site. On March 7, 1985, SCDHS issued a
Stipulated 'igreement in which Circuitron agreed to install three monitoring
wells, analyze ground water, and clean out one of the leaching pools beneath
the plating room. In mid-1986, the company vacated the facility without
complying completely with SCDHS requirements. In addition, Circuitron received
one of the largest fines ever in New York State for environmental pollution.
The original owner has been convicted of a felony as a result of illegal waste
discharges.
Extensive sampling of the site by SCDHS detected heavy metals and chlori-
nated organic solvents in the SPDES leaching pool, the unauthorized leaching
pools, and the storm drains. Analyses of the monitoring wells installed as
part of the Stipulated Agreement detected 1,1,1-tnchloroethane on-site in
wells downgradient of the manufacturing building.
In an inspection in May 1987, EPA found potentially explosive conditions
at the site. Between 125 and 150 drums, most of them unmarked and one bulging,
were left haphazardly throughout the building when it was vacated. Incompatible
and reactive wastes were not segregated. Some drums were marked sulfuric acid,
hydrochloric acid, sodium hydroxide, and caustic soda. In addition to the
drums in the building, other smaller containers were strewn outside. Six concrete
holding tanks containing unknown materials were below the floor and three above-
ground storage tanks were behind the building.
The aquifers underlying Long Island have been designated as Sole Source
Aquifers under the Safe Drinking Water Act. At least 15 municipal wells serving
over 215,000 people are within 3 miles of the site, the nearest 1,000 feet to
the southeast in the direction of ground water flow. The shallow well in this
field has been closed since 1978 due to volatile organic chemical contamination
from an unknown source.
The building is not fenced or guarded. Employees of other businesses in
the area use the site for parking.
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JONES CHEMICALS, INC.
Caledonia, New York
Jones Chemicals, Inc., has manufactured and distributed a variety of
specialty chemicals at 100 Sunny Sol Boulevard in the Village of Caledonia, a
moderately populated urban area of Livingston County, New York, since 1940.
The 10-acre site is within 1,500 feet of the Village of Caledonia's well field.
During trequent loading of liquid chemicals, including tetrachloroethylene,
tnchloroethylene, and chloroform into railroad cars, some apparently spilled.
These chemicals were detected in three on-site wells in tests conducted in
1986 by the New York State Department of Health. Between 2,500 arid 3,000
people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site.
Spring Creek, a tributary of Oatka Creek, is within 1 mile downslope of
the sice and is used for recreational activities. A fresh water wetland is
within 1 mile of the site.
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NIAGARA MOHAWK POWER CORP. (SARATOGA SPRINGS PLANT)
Saratoga Springs, New York
The Niagara Mohawk Power corp. plant covers approximately 7 acres within
the City of Saratoga Springs, Saratoga County, New York. The area is zoned for
industrial use but is primarily residential. Currently, the site serves as a
substation and regional operations facility. From approximately 1853 to the
1940s, Niagara Mohawk's predecessors, Saratoga Gas and Light and New York Power
and Light Corp., produced a natural gas substitute from coal. The mam waste
associated with coal gasification is coal tar, which contains polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons. The company disposed of coal tar by landfilling it
on-site vith other wastes.
In January 1986, a consultant to the company detected benzene, toluene,
xylene, naphthalene, pnenanthrene, and other coal tar constituents in on-site
scil and wells. An estimated 1,250 people in trailer parks and other residences
obtain drinking water frcm private wells within 3 miles of the site.
A fresh water wetland is 0.2 mile from the site.
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ROSEN BROTHERS SCRAP YARD/DUMP
Cortland, New York
Rosen 3rothers Scrap Yard/Dump covers approximately 20 acres adjacent to a
residential/commercial area in Cortland, Cortland County, New York. The southern
border abuts Cortland City High School and is a natural route for students.
Wickwire 3rotners, Inc., produced wire, insect screens, and other metal
itens on the site until 1970, when the facility burned to the ground. Industrial
wastes were disposed of at the site during Wickwire's operations. In 1971,
Philip and Harvey Rosen started a scrap metal processing and waste disposal
operation at the site. The Rosen brothers purchased the site in 1975. Operations
ceased in 1985. An April 1987 report of a consultant to the New York State
Department of Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) indicates that the Rosens
accepted municipal, industrial, and hazardous wastes.
In 1972, 1934, and 1935, the Cortland County Health Department cited the
Rosen brothers for violating State and county laws concerning the handling of
waste material. In an inspection in October 1985, NYSDEC's consultant found
that a building and 150-foot smoke stack on the site were structurally unsound.
Municipal waste, industrial waste, construction waste, timbers, and drums had
been disposed of in an unlined open dump approximately 100 feet long, 50 feet
wide, and 15 to 20 feet deep. The consultant estimated that approximately 500
drums, contents unknown and many leaking, were on the surface. In addition,
drums had been buried in two areas. Also on the surface were crushed cars and
refrigerators; 5,000-gallon steel tanks; approximately 10 fuel truck tanks; and
an open pit containing water with an oily surface.
On June 18, 1985, the Health Department ordered Philip Rosen to fence and
post the entire property, forgo burning or dumping, conduct daily inspections,
make plans for the testing and removal of all materials as directed by NYSDEC,
and secure the pit. Rosen has not complied with this order.
In April 1986, NYSDEC's consultant detected 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,1-di-
'Chloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and tetrachloroethylene in on-site wells;
trace concentrations of tnchloroethane, fluorene, di-n-butyl phthalate, fluoran-
thene, pyrene, and di-n-octyl phthalate, were also detected. Drums labeled with
seme of these compounds were noted during the site inspection; other compounds
detected are petroleum constituents attributable to the car-crushing operation.
In September 1987, using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA fenced the site;
secured and segregated containers of hazardous materials; removed a number of
gas cylinders; and sampled wastes. Cadmium, chromium, lead, PCB-1242, chrysene,
anthracene, phenanthrene, ard pyrene were identified at the site during the
removal action. EPA anticipates conducting a second removal action involving
the treatment and/or disposal of the remaining hazardous materials.
The site overlies the Cortland-Homer-Premble Aquifer, a glacial outwash sand
and gravel deposit. Public and private wells tapping the aquifer within 3 miles
of the site are the sole source of drinking water for an estimated 24,000 people.
Perplexity Creek borders the site and discharges about 1.7 miles downstream
to the Tioughnioga River, which is used for recreational activities.
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SIDNEY LANDFILL
Sidney, New York
Sidney Landfill covers 50 acres on the east side of Richardson Hill Road
approximately 1 mile from County Route 27 in the Town of Sidney, Delaware County,
New York. The area is sparsely populated and characterized by steep hills with
farmlands ana wooded areas.
During 1967-72, the privately owned operation accepted municipal and
commercial refuse from the Town of Sidney. New York State Department of
Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC) files indicate that waste oils were also
disposed of at tne site.
Leachate seeps have been associated with the site since the late 1960s.
According to an NYSDEC report in November 1983, the leachate had a high iron
content, and a private well near the base of the landfill was closed due to
high iron content.
Five springs providing drinking water to six nearby homes were sampled by
the New York Department of Health in September 1985. The results indicated
that three wells contained 1,1-dichloroethane, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene,
tnchloroethylene, 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, and 1,1,2,2-tetrachloroethylene.
Seven monitoring wells installed by NYSDEC contained vinyl chloride, 1,1-
dichloroethane, toluene, trichloroethylene, trans-1,2-dichloroethane, and PCB-
Aroclor 1242, according to tests conducted in 1986. An estimated 1,700 people
obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site, the closest
0.02 mile downgradient.
Soils at the site are glacial till consisting of brown to grey clayey
silt, some gravel, and a trace of sand. The till thickness on-site varies from
7 to 37 feet. The ground water level is as shallow as 8 feet, with seasonal
fluctuations to 72 feet.
Analysis of leachate collected during the NYSDEC investigation in 1986
detected toluene, vinyl chloride, trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, diethyl phthalate,
acetone, ethylbenzene, phenol, and isophorone. Surface water and sediment
samples in two wetlands near the base of the landfill were contaminated with
trans-1,2-dichloroethylene, trichloroethylene, and tetrachloroethylene. Local
surface waters are used for recreational activities.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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ABC ONE HOUR CLEANERS
Jacksonville, North Carolina
A3C One Hour Cleaners has operated at 2127 Lejeune Boulevard, Jacksonville,
Onslow County, North Carolina, since 1954. The site consists of three buildings
30ined to form one complex, situated on 1 acre.
Tetrachloroethylene, a dry-cleaning solvent, was stored in a 250-gallon
aboveground tank in the rear building. Spent solvent is reclaimed by a
flltration-distillation system, also in the rear building. Still bottoms
generated from the recycling are the only known hazardous waste generated at
the site. Until about 1985, they were buried on the site. Currently, they
are transported to a nazardous waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of
tne Resource Conservation and Recovery Act. A septic tank-soil absorption
system, also in the rear building, consists of an underground concrete tank
th a concrete lid. It has always been used for storage of waste water.
In 1984, the nearby Camp Lejeune Marine Corps Base collected samples from
40 community supply veils (the base is also being proposed for the NPL in
June 1988). Organic contaminants were detected in three wells near two off-base
dry-cleaning facilities. Since both cleaners, ABC One Hour Cleaners and Glaro-O-
Rama Dry Cleaners, were potential sources, the Marine Corps requested assistance,
from the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources and Community Development
(NRCDJ. NRCD drilled three monitoring wells to help define the source of
contamination. Tetrachloroethylene was detected in the monitoring wells and
the three nearby community wells. Levels in a monitoring well at A3C—12,000
parts per billion (ppb)—and two community wells southeast of the site—1,580
and 132 ppb—were significantly higher than the 2.2 ppb found in a monitoring
well at Glam-O-Rama. NRCD inspected the area where the solvent is stored and
determined that it enters the septic tank-soil absorption system. From the
study, NRCD concluded that ABC One Hour Cleaners is the source of tetrachloro-
ethylene in ground water. Tnchloroethylene, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,
vinyl chloride, benzene, and toluene were also detected at low levels in some
of the wells. An estimated 41,000 people obtain their drinking water from
three public well systems within 3 miles of the site.
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3ENFIELD INDUSTRIES, INC.
Hazelwood, North Carolina
3enfxeld Industries, Inc., started mixing and packaging bulk chemicals on
a 35-acre sits in Hazelwood, Haywood County, North Carolina, in 1976. The
company lasted a wide range of organic and inorganic chemicals for sale. In
1982, a fire destroyed most of the plant; except for minor mixing operations
and cleanup of debris from the fire, operations ceased. In 1986, Benfield
removed other debris and usable chemicals from the site in preparation for
selling the land. Prior to 1976, Unagusta Furniture Co. manufactured mattresses
arid produced lumber on the site.
In September 1985, the North Carolina Division of Health Services (NCDHS)
inspected the site. Analyses by NCDHS indicated high concentrations of polycyclic
hydrocarbons, including diphenyl, carbazole, diphenylene oxide, fluoranthene,
fluorene, pentachlorophenol, and pyrene, in soil on the western portion of the
site arid j.n other places on the site.
The site lies in the floodplain of Richland Creek adjacent to Browning
Branch. Local surface water is used for recreational activities. The site is
underlain by approximately 60 feet of alluvial deposits and saprolite, which
are highly permeable. These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
xnto ground water. An estimated 1,800 people obtain drinking water from wells
and springs within 3 miles of the site.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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CAMP L3JEUNE MARINE CORPS BASE
Onslow County, North Carolina
Camp Le^eune, a U.S. Marine Coros Base established in 1941, covers
170 scruare miles in Onslow County, North Carolina. The complex has a number
of facilities, including the Marine Coros Air Station New River, which adioins
the base. The mam function of the complex is trainina. ABC One Hour Cleaners
in nearby Jacksonville is also beinq Drooosed for the NPL in June 19flf.
The Navy has identified 76 potential waste disposal areas in Camo
Le^eune and designated 22 as nosing a potential threat to public health
and tne environment. The site is "Site #21, Lot 5140," a 220- bv
890-foot area where pesticides were mixed and application eauipment cleaned.
During 1950-51, transformer oil was dumped in an 8-foot-deep Dit on the
lot. The Navy has detected pesticides, including DDT, DDE, and aldrin in
soil from Site $21.
Ground water at the base is shallow (10 feet) and subsurface formations
permeable, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into around
water. An estimated 13,800 people obtain their drinkina water from wells
within 3 miles of Site #21, the nearest one 1,400 feet away.
Camp Lejeune is participating in the Installation Restoration Proaram,
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department
of Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste
sites and controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these
sites. The Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II (hvdro-
geologic investigation) is under way.
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FCX, INC. (STATESVILLE PLANT)
Statesville, North Carolina
FCX, Inc., formerly repackaged and distributed agricultural chemicals on a
5-acre site at 1620 West Front Street, Statesville, Iredell County, North Carolina.
The site operated during 1940-35. FCX, Inc., filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11
of the Federal bankruptcy code and began liquidating its assets in September 1985.
Southern States Cooperative, Inc., is considering buying the Statesville site
fran FCX, Inc.
Liquid and powdered pesticides were repackaged at the site until 1969.
More chan 5 tons of pescicides were buried under a concrete warehouse floor
sometime before 1969, according to FCX, Inc. Also, spills occurred in areas
where pesticides were handled. Soil and ground water collected at the site in
1986 contained lindane, chlordane, dieldrin/DDE, DDT, coal tar distillates, and
halogenated organic solvents, according to tests conducted by the North Carolina
Solid and Hazardous Waste Management Branch and a consultant to Southern States
Cooperative, Inc. Private and public wells within 3 miles of the site provide
dririkirg water to an estimated 12,000 people.
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FCX, INC. (WASHINGTON PLANT)
Washington, North Carolina
FCX, Inc., began repackaging and selling agricultural chemicals in 1945
on a 6-acre sits at the intersection of Grimes Road and Whispering Pine Road
just to the west-northwest of the city limits of Washington, Beaufort County,
North Carolina. FCX, Inc., filed for bankruptcy under Chapter 11 of the Federal
bankruptcy code and began liquidating its assets in September 1985. The
Washington site was sold in two parcels. In August 1986, Fred Webb, Inc., of
Greenville, NC, bought the main warehouse and 4 acres of land, including a
pesticide burxal trench. In August 1987, the remaining 2 acres, which contained
tfjo buo.ldir.gs, *iere sold to W. 3. Gerard and Sons, a fertilizer distributor
next door to the FCX facility.
In the early 1970s, the pesticide trench, which measured approximately
12 by 250 feet and 10 to 12 feet deep, was filled with waste pesticides and
other agricultural chemicals. Soil collected from the trench in August 1986
contained chlordane, aldrin, DDT, DDE, dieldrin, carbon disulfide, hexachloro-
benzene, naphthalene, phenanthrene, fluorene, and mercury, according to tests
conducted by the North Carolina Department of Natural Resources. These chemicals
may move into the Post-iMiocene Surficial Aquifer, which, together with the
Mj.ocene Yorktown Aquifer, locally recharges the underlying Castle Hayne Aquifer.
The Castle Hayne Aquifer, which starts at about 30 feet below the land surface
at the site, is the major source of drinking water in the area. All three
aquifers are interconnected. An estimated 2,850 people draw drinking water
from wells within 3 miles of the site. The wetland adjacent to Tar River and
Kennedy Creek begins 300 feet from the trench area. The surface waters are
used for recreational activities.
FCX, Inc., has hired contractors to study on-site contamination and recommend
cleanup procedures for the trench area and the main warehouse. The chemical
storage building has been cleaned up.
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GEIGY CHEMICAL CORP. (ABERDEEN PLANT)
Aberdeen, North Carolina
The Geigy Chemical Corp. Site covers 1 acre in eastern Moore County,
North Carolina. It is on a railroad right-of-way on Route 211 just east of the
corporate city limits of Aberdeen. Aberdeen and Rockfish Railroad owns the
land, but it has oeen occupied by various chemical companies since 1947. Four
aboveground storage tanks, an office building, and warehouses now occupy the
site.
During 1949-55, Geigy Chemical Corp. formulated technical-grade solid and
liquid pescj.Cj.aes at the site. DDT was blended, along with other chlorinated
pesticides such as lindane and toxap'nene.
In 1985, whj.le investigating pesticide disposal sites in Aberdeen, the
North Carolina Division of Health Services found pesticide bags labeled Geigy
Chemical on the site. In 1987, EPA detected pesticides, including toxaphene,
DDT, and lindane, m surface and subsurface soils on the site.
Ground water contamination is possible for the State has found low concen-
trations of lindane in private and municipal wells. The Sandhill Aquifer
underlying the site supplies all drinking water for Moore County. At the site,
a layer of sand and clay overlies the aquifer, resulting in moderate permeability.
The Aberdeen Public Water Supply System and numerous private wells within 3
miles of the site serve an estimated 7,400 people.
Surface water drains southwest toward Aberdeen Creek. Drainage collects
±n several unnamed tributaries that partially feed Aberdeen Creek, which is
used for recreational activities.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
j.nto direct contact with hazardous substances.
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JFD ELECTRONICS/CHANNEL MASTER
Oxford, North Carolina
The JFD Electrorucs/Channel Master Site occupies 13 acres on Industrial Drive
j.n Oxford, Granville County, North Carolina. During 1962-79, JFD Electronics
manufactured television antennas on the site. A lagoon covering approximately
23,400 square feet was built in 1964-65 to dispose of sludge generated by treating
waste water, primarily rinse water from a chrcmate conversion process and copper/
nickel electroplating.
In 1980, Channel Master, a division of Avnet, Inc., purchased the property.
In 1983, half of the lagoon was filled and used as a truck parking lot. A
building on the property is rented by a local department store and used as a
warehouse.
About 25 percent of the property is contaminated, according to Channel
Master. The company found chromium, lead, and other heavy metals in the sludge,
and halocenated organic compounds, including trichloroethane, tetrachloroethylene,
and trans-1,2-dichloroethane, in on-site shallow monitoring wells it had constructed.
This contamination appears to be associated with leaking underground tanks of
waste oil used by JFD and with an area where trucks with waste oil had been
rmsed. An estimated 2,500 people obtain drinking water from private wells
//ithin 3 miles of the site, the closest approximately 2,000 feet to the southeast.
The site drains to an unnamed tributary of Fishing Creek, which is
used for recreational fishing.
Channel Master has contracted for several studies of the site. One study
developed a plan for cleaning up the lagoon and contaminated soil. The work
started in June 1987 and is nearing completion.
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KOPPERS CO., INC. (MORRISVILLE PLANT)
Momsville, North Carolina
The Koppers Co., Inc., Sice covers 52 acres on Highway 54 West,
approximately 1 mile northwest of Momsville, Wake County, North Carolina.
The Site *?as used as a sawmill until 1959, when it was sold to Unit
Structures, Inc., which produced glue-laminated wood products on-site.
Koppers Co., Inc. purchased the site in 1962 and continued the glue-
laminating process. During 1968-75, Koppers used the southeast portion
of the site for treating wood with pentachlorophenol (PCP). Production
of laminated wood continued until September 1986, when the plant was sold
back to Unit Structures. Koppers retained 10 acres of the original site
where PCP was used.
Waste //ater from the PCP process was discharged to a pond on-site
for the first 6 months of operation and then to two unlined lagoons nearby.
Koppers closed the lagoons in 1977. Liquid from the lagoons was sprayed
over a field ori the northeast corner of the property, and the sludge was
mixed with soil and spread over the lagoon area in the southeast corner.
In 1980 and 1981, Koppers found PCP in on-site soil, wells, and pond
water and sediment. In 1980 and 1986, Koppers removed some PCP-contammated
soil from the lagoon area and transported it to a hazardous waste facility
regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
Contaminated soil remains on-site, however, according to tests conducted
by Koppers.
Ground water within 3 miles of the site is the primary source of
drinking water for an estimated 2,200 people. The North Carolina Solid
and Hazardous Waste 3ranch has detected trace contaminants in some off-site
wells.
Run-off from the northeast corner of the site drains eastward to an
intermittent creek that flows southeast approximately 2.25 miles to
Crabtree Creek. Run-off frcm the southeast corner of the site drains to
Koppers Pond, which supplies water for fire protection. Intermittent
overflow from Koppers Pond drains south approximately 1,000 feet to
Medlin's Pond, which is used for fishing and irrigation of garden crops.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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NEW HANOVER COUNTY AIRPORT BURN PIT
Wilmington, North Carolina
The New Hanover County Airport Burn Pit is on Gardner Drive west of the
New Hanover County Airport in Wilmington, North Carolina. The burn pit is of
earthen construction, 30 by 50 feet, and roughly 2 feet above ground level.
It does not extend below the land surface.
The county constructed the burn pit around 1968. During approximately
1963-79, che Cape Fear Technical Institute used the pit for fire-training
purposes, burning ]et fuel and gasoline in the burn pit and extinguishing the
fires with water. The Wilmington Fire Department also used the burn pit for
fire-training purposes during 1968-76. Jet fuel and drainage from petroleum
fuel storage tanks in the area were burned and the fires extinguished with
water, carbon dioxide, and dry chemicals. Sometime prior to 1982, sorbent
material used in river spill cleanups was dumped into the pit. In addition,
fuel oil, kerosene, and oil from oil spill cleanups were burned in the pit.
The pit holds approximately 22,500 gallons, of which 85 percent is
water. In January 1985, the New Hanover County Department of Engineering
detected lead and halogenated organic chemicals in waste from the pit.
The nearest well was not contaminated at that t.une.
During an inspection in May 1986, the North Carolina Division of Health
Services found barium in the bottom sludge layer of the pit and arsenic, barium,
cadmium, chromium, lead, and mercury in soil around the pit. Trichloroethylene
and numerous other organics, including fluoranthene, pyrene, methylene chloride,
naphthalene, fluorene, anthracene, 2-methyl naphthalene, benzene, toluene,
ethylbenzene, 2-butanone, and o-xylene, were detected in other on-site soil
samples.
New Hanover County is currently seeking to close out the pit by tilling
the waste into the soil. However, this has created concern about ground water
contamination due to the organic and inorganic constituents in the pit, the
sandy soil, and the high water table (5 feet). An estimated 6,300 people obtain
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. A private
well is approximately 1,500 feet northwest of the site.
Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the site is used for recreational
activities. Estuary wetlands are approximately 1 mile south of the site on
South Creek at the probable point of run-off from the site.
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POTTER'S SEPTIC TANK SERVICES PITS
Maco, North Carolina
Potter's Septic Tank Services Pits occupy aDDroximatelv 0.5 acre in
the Sandy Creek Acres subdivision near Maco, Brunswick County, North Carolina.
On August 5, 1976, the U.S. Coast Guard was notified of an oil soill
on Rattlesnake Branch near ^aco. The Coast Guard traced the soill back
to four unlined pits belonging to Potter's Septic Tank Services. Approximated
20,000 gallons of waste oil had spilled from one of the Pits into Chinnis
3ranch and flowed into Rattlesnake 3ranch and surroundina wetlands. The
owner of the company admitted to havina used the pits since 1969 to dispose
of waste oil from other spills. Creosote and seotaae sludae were also disposed
in the pits. The State fined the company for illeaal disposal of oil. The
Coast Guard removed another 20,000 qallons of oil from the soil]aqe pit and
an unknown amount of oil, sludae, and contaminated soil from the other Pits.
Some of the sludge was mixed in with soil and buried on the site.
In July 1983, the present owner of the property informed the North
Carolina Department of Human Resources that he had uncovered sludae in
his front yard. The State found phenols in the owner's well and told him
to discontinue using the well. In September 1983, EPA found benzenes,
phenols, xylenes, and other petroleum compounds in soil and around water on
the site. Heavy metals and chloroform were also found in on-site soils.
An estimated 1,780 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3
miles of the site.
In March and April of 1984, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds to remove
approximately 3 million pounds of contaminated soil from the site and transport
it to a hazardous waste facility recrulated under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act.
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MINOT LANDFILL
Minot, North Dakota
The old Minot Landfill covers approximately 45 acres and is 1 mile to the
southwest of Minot, Ward County, North Dakota. Th is bounded to the south and
west by U.S. Hichway 52 and to the north bv Fourth Avenue. The landfill is in
two ravines bordered by foothills to the south. Run-off from the area flows in
a north-northeast direction towards the Souris River.
Fran about 1945 to 1971, the landfill was orivatelv owned and operated.
Accordma to the former operator, the landfill received refuse from several
nearby industries durinq 1961-70. Included were numerous drums from an oil
company, soent battery casinos from a recvclina company, and calcium carbide
and associated lime sludae from an acetylene production facility.
Both the North Dakota State Department of Health (NDSDH) and EPA have
investigated the old Minot Landfill. In 1985, NDSDH identified several oraanic
and inorganic chanicals in standinq surface water at the landfill. Minot
(population 33,000) dra^/s some of its drinkina water from the Souris ^iver 1-?
miles downstream of the landfill. NDSDH found that oas Generated from decom-
position of buried landfill material contained 20 percent methane, creatine the
threat of fire and explosion. A warehouse is about 150 feet awav. Gas bubbles
were also observed in standirtc water on the site, and a "foul sewer Fmell" was
noted.
EPA analysis of samples collected in June 1986 identified benzoic acid,
toluene, benzene, ethylbenzene, xylenes, 2-butanone, bromomethane, and 1,2-
dichloroet'nylene in surface water at the downstream boundary of the landfill,
particularly in an effluent ditch that carries run-off and leachate from the
landfill to the Souris River less than 1 mile away. Two monitorina wells down-
gradient of the burial cells contained sianificant concentrations of trans-1,2-
dichloroethylene, trichloroethane, benzene, toluene, manaanese, barium, and
nickel. Minot draws some of its drinkina water from wells within 3 miles of
the site.
The site is not completely fenced, makina it possible for oeoole and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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REILLY TAR & CHEMICAL CORP. (DOVER PLANT)
Dover, Ohio
The Reilly Tar & chemical Corp. Site covers 4 acres in Dover,
Tuscarawas County, Ohio. The facility, which operated during 1932-56,
included a coking plant and foundry built on top of an area that had been
filled with slag. The operations involved coal tar, including creosote
wastes, according to information Reilly provided to EPA.
Soil and monitoring wells installed by EPA show high levels of
creosote constituents, including naphthalene, fluoranthene, pyrene,
2-methylnaphthalene, and phenanthrene, according to EPA tests conducted
in 1985.
The site is located on the sand and gravel deposits of the
Tuscarawas River basin. The aquifer in the deposits is the sole source
of drinking water for about 28,700 people served by the municipal water
systems of Dover and New Philadelphia. An additional 4,000 people obtain
drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
The property is presently owned by Shenango Foundry and is inactive.
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WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE BASE
Dayton, Ohio
Wright-Patterson Air Force 3ase (WPAFB) is in southwestern Ohio northeast
of Dayton in Greene and Montgomery Counties. The installation is composed of
two air fields, Wright Field and Patterson Field, covering 8,500 acres. The
base employs approximately 32,000 people, with about 8,000 people presently
living on the base.
Past Air Force activities in support of operational missions have resulted
in creation of several unlined waste disposal areas throughout the base,
including landfills, fire training areas, and coal storage piles. From 1941
to at least 1973, tne Industrial Snops and the Research and Development
Laboratories disposed of more than 6,600 tons of waste on the base, including
solvents, contaminated thinners, degreasing sludges, tetraethyl lead sludge,
and miscellaneous hazardous chemicals.
In 1985, the Ohio Environmental Protection Agency found 1,1,1-trichloro-
ethane, tetrachloroethylene, tnchloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, and manganese
in on-base wells. The Valley Train Aquifer, which is the predominant water
source m the Dayton and WPAFB area, provides water to three municipal well
fields within 3 miles that serve more than 375,000 people. The people working
and living on che base are served by 16 base wells. Local surface waters are
also potentially threatened by base activities.
WPAFB is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and
controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The
base has completed Phase I (records search) and Phase II (hydrogeological
investigation). The landfills identified as primary sources of contamination
have been proposed for immediate corrective actions as part of Phase IV.
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DOUBLE EAGLE REFINERY CO.
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Double Eagle Refinery Co. has been in operation since 1929 in Oklahoma
City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma, lust north of the intersection of Highway 35
and Highway 40. The facility is located between the Atchison, Tooeka, and Santa
Fe Railyard and the North Canadian River. Until aporoximately 1980, the facilitv
re-refined used motor oils by acidulation, distillation, and filtration. The
facility new stores, dehydrates, and sells waste oils.
Approximately 2,500 cubic yards of waste oils contaminated with heavy
metals are present in a surface impoundment and four oonds, some unlined or
leaking. According to the company, the oils come from truck Fleets; oarages:
automobile dealers; industries; and city, State, and Federal aqencies throuahout
the State. In addition, waste solvents and other Droducts were collected from
ma]or industrial companies in Oklahoma such as Western Electric, Dayton ^ire
and Rubber Co., CMI Corp., 3-M Co., and Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co., as well
as the Federal Aviation Administration.
An estimated 28,000 people in Del City and Smith Villaqe obtain drinkinq
water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. These wells
draw from Garber Wellinqton Aquifer. An on-site well serves comDanv emolovees.
Ground water in the area is shallow (10-25 feet in sane cases) and soils oermeable,
conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.
In 1986, EPA detected barium, lead, and zinc in soil in drainaqe oaths to
the east and west of the site and in a pond to the east. These contaminants
are probably the result of spills from the laqoons. Surface waters in the
area are used for recreational activities.
3ecause of past spills, people and animals can cone into direct contact
with hazardous substances.
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FOURTH STREET ABANDONED REFINERY
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Fourth Street Abandoned Refinery Site occupies approximately 42
acres at 2200 4th Street in an industrial area in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
County, Oklahoma. The refinery operated from about 1940 to 1968. Tax
records list Slayer Oil as a former owner, although several other businesses
have occupied the site and may have contributed to the contamination
present.
Numerous oil and sludge pits were in use while the refinery was in
operation. There is recent evidence of dumping, including old concrete/
building materials and what appears to be Government surplus supplies.
An inactive gas/oil well is also on-site.
Soil samples collected by EPA in June 1985 and April 1986 contain
barium and lead substantially above background levels. Numerous constituents
of crude oil and chlordane were detected; several other pesticides may
also be present.
Two interconnected aquifers are present beneath the site. The upper
one is associated with alluvial deposits of the North Canadian River and
the lower one is associated with the Garber-Wellington Formation. The
combined aquifers range from about 300 to 900 feet thick. Soil permeability
is moderate to low. Ground water is shallow (15 feet in some cases),
which facilitates movement of contaminants into ground water. About
32,500 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the
site, including municipal wells serving Del City and Spencer.
The nearest surface water is the North Canadian River, 2,600 feet
south of the site. Drainage at the site is to the south and the east
along a ditch until runoff collects along the eastern perimeter road.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for oeople and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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MOSLEY ROAD SANITARY LANDFILL
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma
The Mosley Road Sanitary Landfill covers 70 acres on Mosley Road in
Oklahoma City, Oklahoma County, Oklahoma. Oklahoma City Disposal, Inc., a
subsidiary of SCA Services, Inc., started operating the landfill on March 10,
1975. Waste Management, inc., acquired the site when it acquired SCA Services
in Octo'oer 1934. A previous owner had operated the site as A-l Sanitation Co.
Between February 20 and August 24, 1976, the landfill accepted approximately
2 million gallons of hazardous substances under a Temporary Emergency Waiver
for Hazardous Waste Disposal issued by the Oklahoma State Department of Health.
According to the Oklahoma Water Resource 3oard permit application, pesticides,
industrial solvents, sludges, waste chemicals, and emulsions were deposited
into two unlmed pits that have since been covered by up to 20 feet of solid
refuse and fill.
Two interconnected aquifers are present beneath the site. The upper one
is associated with alluvial deposits of the North Canadian River and the lower
one is associated with the Garber-Wellmgton Formation. The combined aquifers
range from 300 to 900 feet thick.
Ground water at the site is shallow (10 to 20 feet) and soils moderately
permeable, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground
water. An estimated 57,000 people, including residents of Spencer and Midwest
City, obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the
site.
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OKLAHOMA REFINING CO.
Cyril/ Oklahoma
Oklahoma Refining Co. (ORC) formerly ODerated a refinerv on a 160-acre
sice at South Baskett Street in Cyril, southeastern Caddo County, Oklahoma.
It operated from 1920 until Septenber 1984, when ic declared bankruptcy under
Chapter 11 of the Federal bankruptcy code. In July 1986, an Oklahoma City
Court approved the bankruptcy and abandonment of the facility.
During its operating life, ORC placed process wastes, includina some listed
as hazardous under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA), in impoundments (many unlmed), treated than, or tilled them into the
soil in a land farming operation. Approximately 100 impoundments still
containing wastes and 1 waste pile renain on-site.
In 1980, EPA issued an Administrative Order recruirina ORC to reduce its
discharge to Gladys Creek under its National Pollutant Discharcre Flimination
System permit.
In 1981, EPA observed leachate comina from the site, threatenina nearbv
Gladys and Chetonia Creeks, which are used for recreational activities. In
1986, EPA found that a monitoring well on the site was contaminateJ with arsenic,
lead, chromium, cobalt, beryllium, nickel, and xylene. An estimated 1,600 people
obtain drinkina water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the
site. A private well is within 1,000 feet of the site.
Many of the wastes remaimnq on-site are flammable or reactive, oosinq
the threat of fire or explosion. Also, the site is accessible so that oeoole
and animals can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
The facility acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of RCRA when the
owner filed a Notification of Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a permit
application. This site is being proposed for the NPL because it satisfies a
component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy: the owner has demonstrated inability to
finance appropriate remedial action by invoking bankruptcy laws.
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SUNRAY OIL CO. REFINERY
Allen, Oklahoma
The Sunray Oil Co. Refinery Site occupies 40 acres approximately 0.1 mile
west of Allen, Pontotoc County, Oklahoma. About 27 acres are owned by Sun
Pipe Line Co. and 13 acres by Allen Camper Manufacturing Co., Inc. Sunrav Oil
Co. was acquired by Sun Pipe Line through a series of mergers which beaan in
the 1950s. Sunray Oil Co. operated the refinery during 1933-55. Sun Pipeline
new operates on its 27 acres. Allen Campers has manufactured campmq eauianent
on its 13 acres since the 1960s.
Four pits on the property hold refinery sludges containina substances
listed as hazardous under Subticle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act. The pits are unlmed and are inadeauately diked. They contain coooer,
lead, and zinc, according to analyses conducted by EPA in Mav 1986.
In October 1984 and May 1986, EPA found barium, iron, lead, and manaanese
in the abandoned on-site drinking water well. Soils in the area are oermeabJe
and ground water shallow (26 feet in some cases), conditions that facilitate
movement of contaminants into around water. Approximately 3,000 people,
including Allen residents, obtain dnnkinq water from public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
Little Sandy Creek and a tributary to the Canadian River oriqinate on the
site.
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JOSEPH FOREST PRODUCTS
Joseph, Oregon
Joseph Forest Products formerly treated wood on an 18.5-acre site approxi-
mately 0.3 mile northwest of the Town of Joseph, Wallowa County, Oregon.
The wood treatment process used a water-based mixture of chrornated copper
arsenate. Wastes vere stored in a cement pit and sump prior to removal. A
fire in 1974 resulted in a spill of concentrated preservative mixture to the
ground. In 1986, EPA detected high levels of arsenic and chromium and lower
levels of copper in on-site soils.
The shallow aquifer occurs at 5 to 10 feet below the surface and is overlain
by very permeable soils, conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water.
Ground water within 3 miles of the site provides drinking water to over
2,000 people. The city of Enterprise gets its drinking water from springs
4,000 feet from the site. Ground water is also used for irrigation. The site
lies within the City of Enterprise Watershed Protection Area.
The Wallowa River is 400 feet east of the site.
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A.I.W. FRANK CORP./MID-COUNTY MUSTANG
Exton, Pennsylvania
The A.I.W. Frank Corp. (AIW)/Mid-County Mustang Site covers 16 acres
in Exton, Chester County, Pennsylvania. Originally farmland, the
area is undergoing rapid development to a residential, commercial, and light
industrial area. During 1962-81, AIW produced styrofoam cups and plates
and used tnchloroet'nylene (TCE) and 1,1,1-trichloroethane (1,1,1-TCEA)
to clean its machinery. The operation covers 15 acres at 717 East Lincoln
Highway. Continental Refrigerator Corp. acquired the property in 1981
when AIW went bankrupt. Continental manufactures refrigerators, freezers,
and warming cabinets for the institutional and food service industry.
Investigations by the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental
Resources (PA DER) indicate that AIW handled and disposed of solvents
improperly. In early 1983, a consultant to the company found that an
on-site monitoring well was contaminated with TCE, tetrachloroethylene
(PCE), and 1,1,1-TCEA.
The Mid-County Mustang facility covers less than 1 acre at 891 East
Lincoln Highway adjacent to the western boundary of Arw. Mid-County
Mustang leased this property from the summer of 1982 until December 1984
from CDS Investments. Since the 1940s, the building leased by Mid-County
Mustang has been used as an auto repair and/or body shop. The solvents
used to clean auto engines were discharged into floor drains in the building
and from there into an on-site stone bed drain field. In December 1983, a
consultant to CDS Investments detected TCE, PCE, methylene chloride, and
carbon tetrachloride at the floor drain and drain field. A hydrogeologic
investigation of the neighboring AIW facility showed that a well on the Mid-
County Mustang property was contaminated with TCE, PCE, and 1,1,1-TCEA.
An estimated 76,700 people obtain drinking water from public and
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the site is used for
recreational activities and is threatened because run-off from the site
could flow into Valley Creek 800 feet to the north.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to
come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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AMP, INC. (GLEN ROCK FACILITY)
Glen Rock, Pennsylvania
AivP, Inc., has owned and operated a 20-acre site on Old Route 11, Susque-
hanna Trail Road, in Glen Rock, York County, Pennsylvania, since the early
1950s. The area is rural. The site involves two operations: a materials
development laboratory that conducts research on contact adhesives and lubricants
and a plastics division that manufactures injection mold plastics and polyester
used in undercarpet cable.
In September 1982, 5-7 gallons of chlorinated organic solvents were
spilled around the cement storage pad used by both the production and research
operations, according to the company. The solvents stored on this pad included
1,1,2-trichloroetbane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, 1,1-dichloroethane, and chloroform.
In 1984, a consultant to AMP detected elevated levels of these compounds
in ground water and surface water downgradient of the AMP facility. An estimated
4,700 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells and springs
in the Wissahickon Formation within 3 miles of the site. The consultant also
detected solvents in a spring discharging to Larkin Pond 550 feet from the
site. The creek is used for recreational activities. A wetland is adjacent
to Larkin Pond.
AMP is pumping one of its wells to form a cone of depression in an
attempt to prevent the contaminants from migrating off-site and has installed
a stripping tower to remove the solvents from wells of a nearby trailer park.
AMP is analyzing monitoring wells quarterly and studying subsurface conditions
at the site.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose
of hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-
only status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of
EPA'S NPL/RCRA policy.
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BELL LANDFILL
Terry Township, Pennsylvania
Bell Laridfi.il covers 33 acres northeast of New Albany in Terry Township,
Bradford County, Pennsylvania. Prior to 1970, the privately owned and operated
Sxte served primarily as an open dump for municipal trash. The Pennsylvania
Department of Environmental Resources (?A DER) oegan inspecting the site in
1977 arid in 1978 permitted an asphalt-lined portion of the fill to accept
ferric hydroxide slucce from GTE Sylvania Products Corp.'s Toward a plant.
Dur^r/g 1979-81, the plant disposed of 8,226 tons of the sludge into the lined
portion of the fill. After numerous permit violations due to improper cover
material arid inadequate leachate collection, PA DER closed the site in 1982.
The former owner/operator's estate had the disposal areas partially covered
Witn soil.
In 1984, EPA detected barium in a private well near the site. The
800 people living within 3 miles of the Site use private wells for drinking
water. Also in 1984, EPA ODServed leachate seeping from the site into an
unnamed tributary to Sugar Run, which iS used for recreational activities
downstream of the Site. According to EPA, the leachate contained high levels
of numerous orgariiC pollutants, including aromatics, chlorinated aliphatics,
ketones, and phthalates, and inorganics, including barium, cadmium, lead, and
zinc. Trichloroethylene arid heavy metals were found in an on-site pond used
for watering farm ariitnals.
Leachate continues to seep from the site, which is unfenced. Thus,
people and animals can come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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BERKLEY PRODUCTS CO. DUMP
Denver, Pennsylvania
The Berkley Products Co. Dump covers 2 acres in Denver, Lancaster
County, Pennsylvania. The area is rural, with about 25 homes bordering
the site. From the 1930s until 1965, a privately owned operation accepted
municipal waste, which was burned or buried. In 1965, Lipton Paint and
Varnish Co., a subsidiary of Berkley Products Co., purchased the site.
Lipton buried municipal waste mixed with organic solvents, paint wastes,
resins, and pigment sludges on the site. When operations stopped in
1970, the site was covered and seeded. In September 1970, it was purchased
by the present owner, who now lives on the site.
In August 1984, EPA detected barium, lead, mercury, benzene,
bis( 2-ethylhexyl) p'ntnalate, and diethyl phthalate in leachate seeping
from the site and in an off-site private well 300 feet downgradient of
the site. Wells serving 265 people were taken out of service. An estimated
450 people obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the
site. No municipal supply is available in the area.
Cocalico Creek, 'which is about 2 miles downstream of the site,
supplements the Denver Municipal Authority Main Water Supply. The system
serves an estimated 2,000 people.
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BERKS LANDFILL
Sprj-rig Township, Pennsylvania
The Berks Landfill is in Spring Township, Berks County, Pennsylvania. The
Site consists of two unlmed landfills: an active 48-acre unit and an inactive
10-acre unit. The owner started operatirig the now inactive unit in the early
1960s. Starting in 1979, Stabatrol Corp. operated the unit, disposing of
stabilized alkali sludges with approval of the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources (PA DER). In 1975, PA DER granted a permit to discharge
treaced leachace from the landfill's leachate collection system into an adjacent
stream. PA DER nalted the discharges in 1979 because of violations of water
quality standards. In 1980, P^ DER suspended its approval for Stabatrol to
stabilize sludges due to inadequate storage methods, stopping all operations on
the Site. A new owner acquired the site in 1984.
Analyses conducted xn 1985 by EPA and PA DER detected 1,2-dichloroethylene,
vinyl chloride, tnchlocoethylene, benzene, and manganese in an on-site monitoring
well and in a private well downgradient of the site. An estimated 26,500
residents use private and public wells within 3 miles of the site for drinking
water.
The active landfill received a solid waste permit from PA DER in May 1975
to accept municipal refuse and demolition debris. A leachate collection system
discharges to four surface impoundments (three unlined). The leachate is
transported oEf-site to a treatment plant.
The Site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with the hazardous substances in the impoundments.
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WARHEAD FARMS
Bridqeton Townshio, Pennsylvania
The Boarhead Farms Site covers 113 acres in Bridqeton Townshio, Pucks
County, Pennsylvania. The sice was used for horse breedina prior to 1970. a
waste salvaging and hauling business ooerated on the site under the name hoarhead
Corp. until 1976, when Keystone Excavation, a heavy eauiomenfc firm, beaan
operating on the site.
Little is known about the Quantities and tyoes of waste that may have been
deposited on-site; however, three documented spills have occurred on the orooertv:
2,500 gallons of ferrous chloride in October 1973, 4,000 aallons of anhydrous
ammonia in April 1976, and 1,000 gallons of sulfuric acid in September 1976.
After the last spill, the State of Pennsylvania issued an iniunction ^orbiddina
any chemicals to be brought onto the orooertv.
In 1984, EPA detected elevated levels of 1,1,l-trichloroethane (1,1,1-
TCEA), cnchloroethylene, and zinc in wells on the site. EPA also detected
1,1,1-TCEA and zinc in nearby residential wells. The 6,000 oeoole livinq in
the area obtain drinking water from Dublic and orivate wells within 3 miles of
cne site.
The Delaware River is used for recreational activities within 3 miles of
the site.
The site is unfenced, making it oossible for Deoole and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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BUTZ LANDFILL
Stroudsburq, Pennsylvania
3utz Landfill covers 13 acres alonq Township Route P01 (^D #5) in
Strouds'ourg, Monroe County, Pennsylvania. The area is rural: two larqe
recreation areas are within 1 mile and a children's camo within 0.5 mile of
the site.
The privately owned landfill operated durina aDDroximately 197n-7S.
In 1973, the Pennsylvania Deoartment of Environmental Resources (PA DFR) denied
the owner's application for a solid waste disposal permit. The owner/ooerator
kept no records regarding the amount or types of wastes deposited at the site.
However, the incomplete permit application lists garbage, mixed solids, and
septic sludge as wastes to be accepted.
In 1936, P^ OER identified chlorobenzene, trans-1,2-dichloroet'nylene,
vinyl chloride, and trichloroethylene (TCE) in around water. A private well
1,700 feec east of the site contained 2,600 parts oer billion of TCF. Analyses
conducted in 1979 also indicated elevated levels of chromium and mercury in
drinking water wells. In January 1987, fpa confirmed orqanic chemical
contamination m more than 20 wells dcwnqradient of the site.
Ground water is the sole source of drinkina water for residents in the
region. An estimated 6,400 people obtain drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
Surface run-off from the site appears to move toward an unnamed oond
south of the site. Local surface water is used for recreational activities.
The site is not completely fenced, makinq it possible for oeoole and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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ELIZABETHTOWN LANDFILL
Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania
The Elizabethtown Landfill occupies 15 acres on West Ridge Road in
west Donegal Township, Lancaster County, approximately 1 mile southwest
of Elizabethtown, Pennsylvania. The area is largely agricultural and
rural residential. The site is an unlined sandstone quarry that operated
as an unpermitted landfill from about 1958 to 1973, accepting an unknown
quantity of industrial and municipal wastes from surrounding communities.
Originally, tne site operated as a sanitary landfill under several
owners. In the late 1960s, Macke Vending Co. purchased the site, operating
it until the early 1970s, when it was purchased by SCA Services, Inc. A
Consent Decree filed by Pennsylvania ordered operations at the landfill
to cease by July 31, 1973.
In 1985, EPA detected chlorobenzene, benzene, 1,1-dichloroethane,
and manganese in off-site downgradient monitoring wells, as well as m
leachate on the site. The leachate also contained lead. An estimated
13,200 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells within
3 miles of the site. \ private well is 800 feet from the site.
EPA also observed leachate seeping into Conoy Creek, which is
800 feet downslope of the site. The creek is used for recreational
activities.
Waste Management, Inc. (WMI) acquired the site when it acauired SCA
Services in October 1984. In 1986, WMI covered the site with 2 feet of
clay and 6 inches of topsoil, installed vents to control miaration of
methane, installed a system to collect leachate, constructed a
sedimentation basin, and installed a drainage system to channel run-off
to the basin.
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JACKS CREEK/SITKIN SMELTING & REFINING, INC.
Maitland, Pennsylvania
The Jacks Creek/Sitkin Smelting & Refining, Inc., Site is in Maitland
in a rural/farming area of Mifflin County, Pennsylvania. Approximately
143,000 tons of ball mill tailings containing lead and other heavy metals
are stockpiled ad]acent to the creek on 115 acres formerly owned by Sitkin.
In 1984, EPA detected PCBs in soil on the property and lead and PCBs
(Aroclors 1248 and 1254) in Jacks Creek, which is used for recreational
activities. Preliminary results indicate that lead may be present in on-site
ground water. The acidity of on-site soils may enhance the movement of lead,
dhich ordinarily does not leach substantially into ground water. The Tonoloway,
Keyser, Old port, and Onondaga Formations provide water to private wells within
3 miles of the site that serve an estimated 1,000 people.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Sitkin closed in 1977 when it declared bankruptcy. Joseph Krentzman and
Sons, Inc., purchased part of the Sitkin property for a scrapyard. CIT Corp.
and the Alabama Bankruptcy Court own the remainder.
Krentzman has submitted a proposal to the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources to remove the PCB-contaminated soil and encapsulate
it elsewhere on the site. The company also plans to dismantle the smelters
and arrange for proper disposal.
This mining site is potentially eligible for cleanup funds from the State
of Pennsylvania's approved program under the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation
Act of 1977 (SMCRA). EPA is developing a policy for listing such sites. This
site is being proposed for the HPL at the time to avoid delay in starting CERCLA
activities.
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KEYSER AVENUE BOREHOLE
Scranton, Pennsylvania
The Keyser Avenue 3orehole, also kncwn as the Lavelle Borehole, is located
on a residential Dropertv at 1620 North Kevser Avenue, Scranton, Lackawanna
County, Pennsylvania. The borehole, which is aooroximatelv 2 feet in diameter
and 110 feet deep, was oriqmallv used in conjunction with coal mininq ooerations.
A mine oool lies approximately 152 feet beneath the bottom of the borehole.
Other pools are in the area. In all, they hold 10 million aallons of water.
In 1984, William Lavelle was convicted bv the Pennsv]vania Court of Common
Pleas for dumpina 3.5 million gallons of liauid wastes durina 1976-79 into
the borehole via a floor dram in a commercial aaraae he rented. The liauids
came from food processors, solvent recyclers, and Dharmaceutical manufacturers.
The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources in 1984 and EPA in 1985
sampled the air around the borehole and the sludae at the bottom of the borehole.
Tnchloroethylene, benzene, chlorobenzene, chloroform, ethylbenzene,
1.1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and
1.2-dichloropropane were found in both air and sludae.
In December 1985, EPA used CERCLA emergency funds to olace a temporary
cap on the borehole to prevent further release of air emissions.
The hazardous waste discharged directlv into the mine oools threatens
ground water. An estimated 1,400 people obtain dnnkmq water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
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OCCIDENTAL CHEMICAL CORP./FIRESTONE TIRE & RUBBER CO.
Lower Pottsgrove Township, Pennsylvania
The Occidental Chemical Corp./Firestone Tire & Rubber Co. Site is in
Lower Pottsgrove Township, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Occidental
has manufactured plastic resins such as polyvinyl chloride (PVC) at the
facility since 1980, when it purchased the site from Firestone Tire &
Rubber Co. Firestone had produced both PVC and tires on the site since
1945.
3oth companies disposed of their waste on about 30 acres of the
250-acre property. The disposal area consists of an inactive 17-acre
landfill, an active 7-acre landfill, 4 inactive seepage lagoons, and 2
active lined lagoons. The four seepage lagoons received PVC waste during
1945-74. The sludge from the lagoons was periodically removed and disposed
of in the inactive 17-acre landfill. In 1971, the Pennsylvania Department
of Environmental Resources (PA DER) issued a permit to Firestone to operate
the 17 acres as a sanitary landfill. In 1985, Occidental Chemical closed
it under a PA DER closure plan; tne landfill was capped with a rubber
cover, 2 feet of earth, and topsoil, then seeded.
Currently, PVC waste is pretreated and the effluent discharged to
the municipal sanitary sewer system. The sludge goes to the two lined
lagoons, which were constructed in 1974.
The site is in the floodplain of the Schuylkill River, which is used
for recreational activities.
EPA has conducted a search to identify parties potentially
responsible for wastes associated with the site.
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RAY MARK
- Hatboro, Pennsylvania
The Raymark Site covers 7 acres on Jacksonville Road in the Borough of
Hatboro, Montgomery County, Pennsylvania. Penn Rivet and Machine Co. owned
the facility from 1947 until sometime before 1954. A series of name changes,
mergers, incorporations, and title conveyances have occurred since 1954. In
1981, Telford Industrial Development Authority purchased the site from Milford
Rivet and Machine Co., now Raymark Formed Products Co. The present operator,
Penn Fasteners, Inc., has manufactured rivets and fasteners at the site since
1980.
During 1948-72, treated wastes and untreated waste water from plating
and degreasing operations were disposed of in four unlined lagoons on-site.
In 1972, the accumulated sludge was removed and the lagoons were filled in
with clean fill and berm material. During the same period, trichloroethylene
(TCE) was stored in outdoor, aboveground tanks. Penn Fasteners contends that
TCE is no longer used at the facility. Building drains also are a suspected
major source of existing soil contamination.
Since 1979, eight Hatboro Water Authority wells near the site have been
contaminated witn TCE. They have been taken out of service or equipped with
treatment systems. The Raymark Site has been identified as a source of
contamination of the Stockton Aquifer, which supplies drinking water to
approximately 921,100 people via public and private wells within 3 miles of
the site.
In the most recent sampling (1985), EPA detected up to 3.1 million
micrograms per kilogram of TCE in on-site soil. Wells within 250 feet of the
site are contaminated with TCE ranging from 14 to 8,600 micrograms per liter.
Up to 900 micrograms per liter of 1,2-dichloroethylene have been detected in
monitoring wells in the vicinity of the site.
The nearest surface water, Pennypack Creek, is approximately 6,800 feet
downslope of the site. It is used for recreational activities.
In 1985, the United States brought suit against present and past owners
of the site—including Raymark Industries, Inc., Raymark Formed Products Co.,
and penn Fasteners, Inc.—under Section 7003 of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act and Section 106 of CERCLA.
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RECTICON/ALLIED STEEL CORP.
East Coventry Township, Pennsylvania
The Recticon/Allled Steel Corp. Site covers 5 acres on Route 724 and Wells
Road in East Coventry Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The area is
primarily residential. As early as 1979, the Pennsylvania Department of
Environmental Resources (PA DER) detected trichloroethylene (TCE) in ground
water in the region. Others have verified the contamination since then.
Recticon, a subsidiary of Rockwell International, manufactured silicon
wafers during 1974-31. In 1980, a Recticon contractor found TCE in Recticon
plant drain lines, in sludge trapped within buried waste lines, and in soils.
In May 1981, Recticon removed contaminated soil and transported it to a hazardous
waste facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act. Recticon and PA DER entered into a Consent Order and Agreement
in October 1931 under which Recticon was to pump and treat ground water. The
subsequent pumping and treatment, however, have had little effect on the
contamination problem.
Since about 1972, Allied Steel Corp. has fabricated steel on a property
100 feet to the southeast of Recticon. Previous owners of the property did not
use the facility for steel fabrication. In 1984, an Allied contractor determined
that leakage in the area of Allied's compressor room had released TCE to the
ground. Also, high levels of TCE were found in Allied's on-site well.
An estimated 17,300 people obtain drinking water from Citizen's Home Utility
Water Co. wells and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
Run-off frcm the site reaches the Schuylkill River 2,400 feet downstream of
the site. Citizen's Home Utility Water Co. maintains a water intake 3,100 feet
downstream of the site. The company blends water from the river with that from
the wells to serve its 11,500 customers.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and animals
to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
PA DER continues to search for other possible sources of TCE contamination
in the area.
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SAEGERTOWN INDUSTRIAL AREA
Saegertown, Pennsylvania
The Saegertown Industrial Area covers approximately 100 acres in the
3orough of Saegertown, Crawford County, Pennsylvania. The Saegertown
Municipal Water Authority's Well No. 2 is contaminated with trichloroethylene
(TCE), 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, and lead, according to tests conducted in
April 1980 by tne Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER).
The well was taken out of service in June 1980.
To dace, three potential sources of the contamination have been identified.
GATX operated a plant for cleaning ana repairing railroad tank cars in the
area from the mid-1950s to 1965. The company used a pond for disposal of
materials left in the cars and sludge from a water treatment plant. Tests
conducted by EPA in July 1984 detected TCE, tetrachloroethylene, polynuclear
aromatic hydrocarbons, and 1,4-dichlorobenzene in sediment in the pond and in
on-site soil.
Since 1964, Saegertown Manufacturing Co. has manufactured small steel
components m the area. In 1981, PA DER detected lead and TCE breakdown
products in the company's septic tank.
The third potential source of the well contamination is Spectrum Control,
Inc., which has manufactured ceramic capacitors in the Saegertown Industrial
Area since 1969. The company used TCE and 1,1,1-trichloroethane to clean the
capacitors, according to information the company provided to the Borough of
Saegertown.
Approximately 1,200 people draw drinking water from municipal wells and a
private well within 3 miles of the Saegertown Industrial Area. No other water
source is available. About 10-20 acres of farmland are irrigated with well
water.
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STRASBURG LANDFILL
Newlin TownshiD, Pennsylvania
Strasburg Landfill covers 22 acres near Coatesville in western Mew]in
Townshio, Chester County, Pennsylvania. In 1973, Strasbura Associates was
formed and purchased the site. In 1975, Strasburg Associates received a permit
from the Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) to acceot
municipal wastes.
During 1976-78, opening of the landfill was held up bv problems between
the company and West 3radford Township concerning (1) use of "residentiallv
zoned" roads, (2) oroposed sale of tne landfill to Strasburq Landfill Associates,
and (3) permitting of a proposed 200-acre expansion. Strasbura Landfill
Associates purchased tne site in August 1978.
In February 1979, the 22-acre landfill ooened under new PA DER permits
for certain industrial wastes. 3etween 500 and 600 tons of polyvinyl chloride
(PVC) wastes were accepted at the landfill in 1979, accordina to EPA. Several
potentially responsible parties who disposed of waste in the landfill have
been identified.
PA DER fined Strasburg Landfill Associates S7,000 in December 1979 ^or
causing excessive silting of Briar Run Creek. In Auaust 1980, PA DER permanently
prohibited the landfill from receiving industrial wastes. PA DER fined the
company $53,025 in April 1983 for violations, includinq slopes in excess of
allowed limits, failure to cover compacted wastes, and inadeauate sedimentation
controls.
Later in 1983, PA DER found benzene, vinyl chloride, 1,2-dichloroethane,
cooper, and lead in on-site monitoring wells and various chlorinated oraanic
compounds in an off-site private well downgradient of the landfill, pa DER
analyses identified the same concammaits in leachate from the landfill.
About 800 people draw drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of
the landfill.
Brandywine Creek flows within 0.5 mile of the west and south sides of the
landfill. Briar Run Creek, which flows into Brandywine Creek, is within 300
feet of the eastern side.
In May 1983, PA DER suspended the operating permit, closina the landfill.
Later in the year, the cwner regraded the landfill, covered it with 2 feet of
soil topped by a PVC liner/ stabilized the site, and planted veaetation. In
addition, a system was installed to collect leachate and store it in open
5,000-gallon tanks.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for oeoole and
animals to come into direct contact with leachate in the storaa<= tanks.
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TONOLLI CORP.
Nesquehoning, Pennsylvania
Tonolli Corp. ooerated on a 20-acre site along Route 54 in Nesoue'nonina,
Carbon county, Pennsylvania, from about 1974 to 1985. The site is a vallev in
a sparsely oopulaced area. Tonolli operated a lead battery recyclino oDeration,
which involved crushing the batteries and recovering lead and olastic materials.
In October 1935, Tonolli filed for bankruotcy under Chanter 11 of the Federal
bankruptcy code.
On the site ac present are a lined landfill contaimnq aooroximatelv
34,700 cubic yards of waste and a surface impoundment for storinq
contaminated water from Dlant operations (for exanrole, Drocess water from
the battery crushing and separation oDeration). Occasionally, licruid
from the impoundment has found its way into the landfill. The imDoundment
contains waste vater contaminated with arsenic, cadmium, lead, and chromium,
according to EPA tests conducted in 1984 and 1987.
In 1985, a consultant to Tonolli and the Pennsylvania Deoartment of Environ-
mental Resources (PA DER) detected arsenic and cadmium in on-site momtorina
wells. An estimated 13,000 oeople obtain drinkina water from Lansford/Coaldale
Joint Water Authority veils within 3 miles of the site. The nearest well is
within 1 mile.
Tonolli's 1985 tests revealed arsenic, cadmium, and lead in Nescruehonina
Creek, which is within 3 miles downstream of the site.
On November 13, 1980, Tonolli acquired Interim Status under Subtitle C of
the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification
of Hazardous Waste Activity and Part A of a Dermit aoolication for a landfill
and a surface impoundment. On June 6, 1985, Tonolli submitted a revised Part A.
This RCRA-related site is being proDosed for the NPL because it satisfies
a component of EPA's NPL/RCRA policy: the cwner has demonstrated inability to
finance appropriate remedial action by invoking bankruotcv laws.
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WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC CORP. (SHARON PLANT)
Sharon, Pennsylvania
Westinghouse Electric Corp. produced and repaired transformers during
1922-84 on a 50-acre site at 409 Sharpsville Avenue in a heavily
industrialized area of Sharon, Mercer County, Pennsylvania. During 1936-76,
Westinghouse used PCBs as a conducting fluid in some of the transformers. In
1976, 48,000 gallons of PC3s and 15,000 gallons of organic solvents were
removed from the site and incinerated. PCBs were spilled in certain areas
during routine operations. In 1984, at least 6,000 gallons of solvents and
oil leaked from an underground tank and became contaminated with PCBs in the
soil.
In November 1985, EPA detected PCB 1260 at two of the four points where
the plant discharges waste water to the Shenango River, which is 0.5 mile to
the east. The company had a permit 'for the discharges under the National
Pollutant Discharge Elimination System (NPDES). The Shenango Valley Water Co.
provides drinking water to an estimated 75,000 people from an intake
approximately 1,600 feet downstream of the plant's discharge points. The
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Resources (PA DER) detected PCBs in
river sediments between the site and the intake.
Soils at the site are permeable and ground water shallow (5 feet in some
cases), conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water.
In April 1985, PA DER issued Westinghouse an Administrative Order under
the State's Clean Streams Law and Solid Waste Management Act. Under the
order, Westinghouse has conducted a limited study of subsurface conditions
and submitted a cleanup plan to PA DER.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose
of hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-
only status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of
EPA'S NPL/RCRA policy.
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NAVAL SFCURITY GROUP ACTIVITY
Sabana Seca, Puerto Rico
Naval Security Grouo Activity is a communications station on the north
coast of Puerto Rico aporoximately 11 miles west of San Juan, achacent to the
Village of Sabana Seca, Municipality of Toa Baia. The station encomoasses
oyer 2,200 acres divided into the North and South Tracts. The San Pedro Marsh,
a larce coastal wetland, is within 1,000 feet of both tracts.
From the early 1950s t'nrouah 1970, the station's Public works Department
deposited all waste aenerated at the station in various areas on the South
Tract. Materials disposed of included paints, solvents, waste oil, and batterv
acid. In addition, oart of the South Tract served as the Pest Control Shoo
frcm the mid-1950s through 1979. Durina this time, various oesticides, inciudina
DDT, lindane, chlordane, 2,4-D, and sevin, were soilled in and around the shoo
building. Pesticides were mixed and application eauioment cleaned in a sink
outside the shop. The sink discharaed directly to the around.
Soil samples taken near the shoo had elevated concentrations of arsenic,
lead, and chlordane in tests conducted in 1984. Soil contaminants could miarate
via surface water through a drainage ditch to the marsh durina oeriods of
rainfall. The contaminants could miarate to ground water throuah the fractured
limestone bedrock, then to the marshy areas to the northwest and eventually
into the sea. An estimated 47,000 persons livinq in and around the station
use ground water taken from public wells within 3 miles of the site as a partial
source of drinking water.
The Puerto Rican boa, designated by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service
as an endangered species, has been sighted bv station oersonnel in numerous
locations on the station. The boa is known to feed in the subtrooical environment
offered by the station. Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the shoD
is used for recreational fishing.
The station is participating in the Installation Restoration Program, the
specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Deoartment of
Defense has been identifying and evaluatina its oast hazardous waste sites and
controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The
Navy has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II (confirmation study) is
scheduled for completion in 1988.
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ROSE HILL REGIONAL LANDFILL
South Kingstown, Rhode Island
The Rose Hill Regional Landfill covers 70 acres in South Kingstown,
Washington county, Rhode Island. The landfill was operated by the town on
land that it owned or leased, prior to its use as a landfill, the land was a
sand and gravel operation. During 1967-83, domestic and industrial wastes
were disposed of in three areas at the Rose Hill Regional Landfill: a solid
waste landfill, a bulky waste disposal area, and a sewage sludge landfill.
The three disposal areas were closed in 1983, then capped, graded, and seeded.
A transfer station for municipal refuse is currently operated on-site.
On-sice monitoring wells contain several volatile organic compounds,
including trans-1,2-dichloroecnylene, chloroform, benzene, 1,1-dichloroet'nane,
and xylenes, according to tests conducted by South Kingstown in 1982. Three
private wells adjacent to the site are also contaminated with low levels of
organic compounds, as is on-site soil. An estimated 17,300 people obtain
water from wells within 3 miles of the site. The population includes people
served by the University of Rhode Island and the Kingston District supply
wells.
In 1985, the Town of Soucn Kingstown utilities Department extended the
municipal water line to nearby residents with contaminated wells.
The site is on Rose Hill Road and is bordered by the Saugatucket River
and residential areas. Mitchel Brook flows through the site and joins the
river. Saugatucket Pond, 2,000 feet downstream, is used for fishing and
swimming. A fresh water wetland is 500 feet downstream.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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3EAUNIT CORP. (CIRCULAR KNIT 5. DYEING PLANT)
Fountain Inn, South Carolina
3eaunit Corp., presently BEM Holding Coro., ooerated the Circular Knit &
Dyeing Plant in Fountain Inn, Greenville County, South Carolina, durina lQsn-77.
An abandoned lagoon used during that time is behind the Wilson Sporting Goods
score at 205 Georgia Street. It is approximately 70 feet in diameter, "^he
depth varies with rainfall. Rouahlv 6 feet of sludae are on the bottom. No
barriers exist around the lagoon. This apoarently unlmed lagoon was used for
'treatment of waste from Beaunit's dyeing orocess. The laqoon discharged into
an unnamed stream that flows northwest to "ioin Howard 3ranch.
In June 1935, the South Carolina Deoartment of Health and Environmental
Control found volatile organic comoounds, includinq I,1-dich]oroethane and
1,1,1-tnchloroechane, in the lagoon and the nearby unnamed stream, ^cbs
and heavy metals, including chromium and lead, were oresent in soil and
sediment at the site.
Soils m the area are permeable and ground water is shallow (l6! feet in
some places). These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants into around
water. An estimated 1,000 peoole obtain drinking water from orivate wells
within 3 miles of the site.
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ELMORE WASTE DISPOSAL
Greer, South Carolina
The Elmore Waste Disposal Site is an open field covering approximately
0.5 acre in a residential area of Greer, Spartanburg County, South
Carolina. According to the South Carolina Department of Health and
Environmental Control (SCDHEC), drums containing unknown liauid waste
were deposited there in 1977. In response to odor complaints from neighbors,
SCDHEC investigated the site and found 150 55-gallon drums (some leaking)
and a 6,000-gallon tank. The waste in the drums was reported to have
come from the 1977 cleanup of the Jadco Hughes Facility in Belmont,
North Carolina, which was placed on the NPL in June 1986.
In 1977, the owner of the Elmore site entered into a Consent Order
with the State to clean up and properly dispose of the waste. Some of
the leaking drums were surrounded with wood shavings,some o£ the deteriorated
drums were removed, and contaminated surface soil was placed in drums.
The materials were then transported off-site for disposal.
In August 1981 and June 1984, EPA found several organic and inorganic
compounds, including 1,1-dichloroet'nane, trans-l,2-dichloroethylene,
ethylbenzene, xylene, vinyl chloride, lead, and chromium, in on-site
soil, sediment, and surface water.
In mid-1986, SCDHEC shipped 5,477 tons of contaminated soil and
debris, along with 2,000 gallons of contaminated liquid, to a hazardous waste
facility regulated under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act. Analyses of on-site monitoring wells identified
tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,2-trichloroethane, and trichloroethylene in high
concentrations (17.6 to 205 parts per billion). .An estimated 1,350 people
obtain drinking water from private wells within 3 miles of the site.
wards Creek, a small tributary to the south Tyger River, flows about
700 feet north of the site.
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HELENA CHEMICAL CO. LANTDFILL
Fairfax, South Carolina
Helena Chemical Co. formulated oesticides in Fairfax, Allendale Countv,
South Carolina, during 1971-78. The company disoosed of oesticides and emDtv
pesticide containers in an unlined landfill rneasurinq aporoximately inn by
150 by 8 feet. In the soring of 1984, the company removed some of tne waste,
transported it to an approved hazardous waste facility, and capped the site.
In March 1985, the South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control (SCDHEC) detected 2,4-dichloroohenoxyacetic acid and ?,4,s-TP (also
known as Silvex) in shallow on-site monitoring wells. The shallow acrui^er
is hydraulically connected to the lower aquifer, permitting water to move
to the lower aquifer. The lower aquifer orovides water to Fairfax municiDal
wells within 3 miles of the site that serve aporoximately P.,200 people. The
nearest municipal well is aDproximately 500 feet from the site.
In March 1985, SCDHEC also detected hiqh levels of oesticides in sediment
in and around the landfill.
In October 1931, SCDHEC and Helena signed a Consent Order reauirinq the
company to study the contamination and then clean up the site. In December 19«l,
the two parties agreed to cleanup schedules, rmder a March 19R4 aqreemeni- with SCDHEC,
Helena is to cover the landfill with an impermeable clay cap and monitor around
water for at least 30 vears.
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LEXINGTON COUNTY LANDFILL AREA
Cavce, South Carolina
The Lexington County Landfill Area is a "75-acre sand oit on U.S. 3?1
2 miles south of Cavce, South Carolina. The countv received a oprmic Prom the
South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) in 1971.
Prior to 1930, local industries were allowed to disoose of tneir waste, which
included asbestos, at this landfill. Adiacent to the county landfill are the
old Cayce Dump, which was in ooeration during the 1960s, and the old 3rav Park
Dump, which was an unoermitted dump used Drior to 1972.
In 1987, EPA found arsenic, cadmium, mercury, selenium, and 2,4-D in
on-site monitoring wells. An estimated 6,200 peoDle obtain dnnkinq water
from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. A local resident
had to abandon his contaminated well into a shallow aauifer and drill into a
deeper, more productive aquifer. The two aouifers are hydraulically connected,
so that water can move between them. ApDroximately 250 acres of farmland are
irrigated by a well within 3 miles of the site.
The Lexington County Department of Public Works is workinq with SCDHEC
to monitor ground water in the area.
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ROCK HILL CHEMICAL CO-
Rock Hill, South Carolina
Rock Hill Chsnical Co. operated a solvent distillation facility in the
1960s on approximately 4.5 acres on North Cherry Road in a liaht commercial
and residential area of Rock Hill, York County, South Carolina. The company
distilled paint solvents and reportedly recovered textile dye oroducts. Some
of the residue From cne bottoms of the storage tanks and drums was placed in
piles on the surface and later covered with dirt and construction debris. The
facility was abandoned after it burned in 196d. The site is now owned by Rutl^dae
Enterprise ana First Federal Savings and Loan.
In an inspection in 1985, EPA discovered aboveqround tanks, an underaround
tank, a sludge oile, and an area of discolored soil. EPA analyses revealed
lead, PC3s, chromium, methylene chloride, and 1,2-dichloroethane in waste and
oil samples and trichloroec'nylene, 1,2-dichloroethane, trans-l,2-dichloroethvlene,
and tetrachloroethylene in an on-site well. An estimated 1,100 oeoole obtain
drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the site. The South Carolina
Department of Health and Environmental Control (SCDHEC) advised a nearby business
to stop using its well. The cwner of an adiacent trailer oark (approximately
200 residents) hooked the park ud to a municipal water system.
SCDHEC's 1986 tests detected PCBs and orqanic compounds, includinq trichloro-
ethane and tetrachloroet'nane, in the unnamed tributary to the Catawba River
that drains the site. Fort Mill draws drinkinq water for an estimated S500
people from an intake into the Catawba River that is approximately 2 miles
downstream of the site.
In 1986, First Federal transported aporoximately 41 cubic yards of oaint
sludges and still bottoms to a hazardous waste facility reaulated under Subtitle C
of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA). In late 1987, EPA used
CERCLA emergency funds to remove 46,000 gallons of waste from the abovearound
tanks and transport the materials to a RCRA-requlated facility. Currently, EPA
is removing the tanks.
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TCWNSEND SAW CHAIN CO.
Pont Lac, South Carolina
The Townsend Saw Cham Co. Site covers over 2 acres at the intersection
of State Route 53 and 1-20 in Pontiac, Richland Countv, South Carolina.
Information the company provided to EPA, as reauired by CERCLA Section 103(c),
indicates that wastes containing heavy metals and solvents were disoosed of at
the site. During 1969-31, the corrroany discharged larqe amounts of chromium waste
onto the ground.
A July 1985 South Carolina Department of Health and Environmental
Control {SCDHEC) investigation revealed elevated levels of cadmium and chromium
in ground water at the site. Also, a surface water samole near a sorinq at the
site contained high levels of chromium and volatile organics, includina
1,1-dichloroet'nane, tetrachloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and
trichloroethylene.
Private wells within 3 miles of the site serve an estimated 1,400 oeoole.
The nearest well is less than 0.4 mile from the site. A onvate well near the
site was closed in 1981-82 and the home connected to the oublic water svstern.
Two creeks and two ponds are within 2 miles of the site; one, Woodcreek
Lake, is used for recreational activities. Fresh water wetlands are within
1 mile of the site.
Since November 15, 1982, the company has been pumpinq contaminated
ground water to the surface, treating it to remove chromium, and soravinq the
treated water into a wooded area.
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CARRIER AIR CONDITIONING CO.
Collierville, Tennessee
Carrier Air Conditioning Co. of United Technologies manufactures
air conditioners on approximately 145 acres in Collierville, Shelby County,
Tennessee. Three releases of tnchloroethylene (TCE) to the environment
have been documented. In 1978, a filter cover failed on a vapor degreaser,
spilling 2,000 to 5,000 gallons of TCE. According to Carrier, tne local
fire department washed this material into Nonconnah Creek. Soil samples
collected at the spill site by the State in April 1986 contained TCE.
Starting in about 1972, Carrier operated an unlined, 200-cubic-foot
lagoon for storage of TCE-contaminated paint sludges. Presumably it leaked
TCE. In Novemoer 1980, Carrier removed wastes and soil from the lagoon and
sent them to an EPA-regulated hazardous waste facility.
A third release occurred in January 1985. Following a period of heavy
rainfall, an unknown volume of TCE leaked from underground pipes. The company
recovered 542 gallons of TCE. As a result of this spill, wells were installed
at the facility to monitor the Memphis Sands Aquifer. TCE was detected in
several of these wells in January 1986.
The Carrier facility is located within 2,000 feet of Water Plant wells #2
of the City of Collierville. Analyses conducted in July 1986 by the Tennessee
Department of Health and Environment found that the west well for Water Plant
#2 was contaminated with low levels of TCE. Subsequently, Carrier sampled both
wells at Water Plant #2, both wells at Water Plant #1 (approximately 15 miles
east of Carrier), and the treated water from both plants. Low levels of TCE
*rere found in both wells at Water Plant #2. Carrier continues to monitor public
and private wells in the area. An estimated 12,800 people obtain drinking
water from wells in the Memphis Sands Aquifer within 3 miles of the site.
This facility obtained Interim Status under Subtitle C of the Resource
Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) when it filed a Notification of Hazardous
Waste Activity and Part A of a permit application to treat, store, or dispose of
hazardous waste. Later, it withdrew its Part A and converted to generator-only
status with EPA or State approval. Hence, it satisfies a component of EPA's
NPL/RCRA policy.
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MURRAY-OHIO MANUFACTURING CO. {HORSESHOE BEND DUMP)
Lawrenceburg, Tennessee
The Murray-Ohio Manufacturing Co. (Horseshoe Bend Dumo) Site covers 12
acres on Horseshoe Bend, a sharp, narrow bend of Shoal Creek in Lawrence Countv,
Tennessee, approximately 1.5 miles southwest of Lawrenceburg. The site is in
the extrone northern tip of tne bend on low-lyinq terrain immediately adiacent
to Shoal Creek. Prior to about 1956, a hydroelectric plant owned by the City
of Lawrenceburg operated on the site.
Murray-Ohio Manufacturing Co. records indicate that, beqinnina about
paint sludge and other wastes were poured into shallow oits at the dumo. The
pits were partially filled after the liauid oortion of the waste had soaked into
the ground. Drummed waste -was also olaced in oits. In the SDcinq of 1^63, a
large fire at tne site reoortedly produced toxic smoke and fumes, which caused
eye and respiratory irritation. Also, fish were killed in Shoal Creek durina
or shortly after the fire. The site was aoparentlv abandoned after the fire
and has since been used only for occasional dumoina off household trash. Tn
recent years, access to the area has been restricted bv a landowner across
whose property the road to the site oasses.
In an inspection in 1983, the Tennessee Division of Solid Waste Manaaement
found partially buried leaking drums ac the site.
Soils on the site contain elevated levels of chromium, lead, and zinc,
according to tests conducted by Murray-Ohio Manufacturing in 19fl4. Soils are
highly permeable; springs, caves, and sinkholes are plentiful in this area? and
the ground water is shallow (4 feet). These conditions facilitate movement of
contaminants into ground water. The City of Lawrencebura obtains oart of its
water suDply from a large spring about 0.9 mile northeast of the site. This
water is also supplied to the "all River Utility District, ^n estimated 19,nnn
people obtain drinking water from wells and sonnqs within 3 miles of the site.
Downstream of the dumo, Shoal Creek is used for fishina, water-contact
recreation, and industrial process coolinq water.
The site is 2 miles from the "Murray-Ohio Dunro," which was olaced on the
NPL in September 1933.
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WRIGLEY CHARCOAL PLANT
Wrigley, Tennessee
The Wrigley Charcoal Plant Site occupies approximately 1 acre on Old
Charcoal Road, Wrigley, Hickman County, Tennessee. From the late 1800s
to the early 1960s, Wright Charcoal initially, and later a number of other
companies, produced charcoal briquettes, iron products, and wood alcohol
on the site. After industrial activities ceased, Tennessee Farmers Co-op
acquired the site and later sold a portion to an individual.
During an April 1985 inspection, the Tennessee Division of Solid Waste
Management discovered pits containing a tar-like substance, waste piles, and
old arums. Leachate was entering the North Fork of Mill Creek, which is adjacent
to the site. The State m 1985 and EPA in 1986 detected toluene, benzenes,
and phenols in the waste and leachate. The Bon Aqua Utility District has a
drinking water intake in Mill Creek, 1.6 miles downstream of the site. The
intake serves an estimated 5,500 people.
Soil at the site is moderately permeable and the ground water is shallow
(25 feet), conditions that facilitate the movement of contaminants into ground
water. An estimated 300 people obtain drinking water from wells within 3
miles of the site.
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DIXIE OIL PROCESSORS, INC.
Friendswood, Texas
The Dixie Oil Processors, Inc.(OOP) Site covers 27 acres along opposite
sides of Choate Road in Harris County near Friendswood, south of Houston,
Texas. Throughout its history, the site has had several owner/operators. In
1978, DOP, the most recent operator, began converting liquid organic wastes
(for example, phenolic tars and glycol cutter stock) generated by various
refining, chemical, and petrochemical facilities to creosote, fuel oil extenders,
and other petroleum products. In 1984, DOP removed over 6,000 cubic yards of
soils contaminated with phenolic tars and transported the material to an
approved hazardous waste facility. Additional wastes and contaminated soils
remain on-site. Currently, Dixie stores wastes on-site before transporting
them off-site for disposal or recycling.
From approximately 1969 to 1978, Intercoastal Chemical Co. (ICC) and Lowe
Chemical Co. (LCC) operated on the site. On the northern tract (leased from
LCC), ICC conducted an olefin washing and copper recovery operation. ICC
constructed a series of lagoons to recover copper from a waste water stream
produced by LCC.
JOC Oil Aromatics, Inc. , had a similar business that may have operated
from as early as 1975 until it was sold in 1978 to LCC, the owner of DOP.
Buried m at least six closed lagoons are accumulated copper sediment and,
allegedly, 500 barrels of a tarry copper catalyst. Leakage from the ponds has
affected the quality of shallow ground water to a limited degree. In 1984, DOP
detected lead, benzene, toluene, etnylbenzene, and copper in on-site wells. An
estimated 140 people obtain drinking water from shallow public and private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
Spills from the copper recovery operation have entered nearby Mud Gully
and Clear Creek. A subdivision was recently developed to the north of DOP; a
Little League baseball field is adjacent to DOP's southwest property line.
Both tracts of DOP are contiguous to and southwest of the Brio Refining Co.,
Inc., Site, which was proposed for the NPL in 1984. On April 23, 1986, the
Brio Task Force signed an amended Administrative Order on Consent with EPA to
conduct a remedial investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and
extent of contamination at the Brio and DOP sites and identify alternatives for
remedial action.
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RIO GRANDE OIL CC. REFINERY
Sour Lake, Texas
The Rio Grande Oil Co. Refinery covers approximately 11 acres west of Ann
Street in Sour Lake, southwestern Hardin County, Texas. Mow abandoned, the
refinery operated during the 1920s and 1930s. Liquid wastes generated by
petroleum ana related refining activities were deposited in an unlined disposal
pit encompassing approximately 1 acre. The pit now contains a hardened tar-like
substance. Parts of the site are now owned by Arco, Amoco Production U.S.A.,
the City of Sour Lake, and an individual.
In 1936, EPA found phthalate esters and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons
in soil, some at depths of 3-5 feet. The uppermost aquifer, the Chicot Aquifer
in the lower Beaumont Clay Formation, is exposed in Sour Lake. Area soils are
moderately permeable and ground water occurs at 10-20 feet. Sour Lake has two
municipal wells 1,000 yards southeast of the site. An estimated 2,000 people
obtain drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site.
This site is on the Texas State list of sites targeted for cleanup under
Superfund.
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TEX-TIN CORP.
Texas City, Texas
The Tex-Tin Corp. Site covers 128 acres in an industrial area at the
intersection of Highway 146 and FM 519 in Texas City, Galveston County, Texas.
During world War II, the Federal Government constructed a tin smelter on the
site. Wah Chang Corp. bought the site after the war and sold it in 1970 to
Gulf Chemical and Metallurgical Co., which changed the name to Tex-Tin Coro. in
1985.
EPA and the Texas Water Commission have been investigating the site since
it was identified in a 1978 survey of waste disposal sites by the U.S. Congress
(the "Ekhardt Report").
On the site are the following hazardous waste units: five waste water
treatment ponds, gypsum slurry ponds, a pcnd containing about 19 million gallons
of hignly acidic ferric chloride waste, an area of iron sludge contaminated
witn amiben (a pesticide), tin slag piles, about 20,000 drums of spent catalyst,
and a landfill containing radioactive waste.
Monitoring wells near the acidic ferric chloride pond are contaminated
with copper and tin, according to tests conducted by Gulf Chemical and
Metallurgical in 1980.
In October 1985, the Texas Air Control Board detected tin in the air downwind
of the smelter at the property boundary. An estimated 21,700 people live within
4 miles of the site.
Surface water within 3 miles downstream of the site is an important source
of shellfish and is used for recreational activities. A coastal wetland is
within 2 miles of the site.
In 1985, EPA issued an Administrative Order under the Clean Water Act
charging Tex-Tin with violating its permit issued under the National Pollutant
Discharge Elimination System. Tex-Tin has undertaken some interim measures to
come into compliance with the order.
This mining site is being proposed for the NPL because it is a noncoal
site with mining operations that occurred after August 3, 1977, the enactment
date of the Surface Mining Control and Reclamation Act (SMCRA). Thus, the site
is neither regulated by SMCRA nor eligible for funds from the SMCRA Abandoned
Mine Land Reclamation Program.
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RICHARDSON FLAT TAILINGS
Summit County, Utah
The Richardson Flat Tailings cover approximately 160 acres in a valley
1.5 miles frcm most recent development in the torn of Park City, Summit Countv,
Utah. At least 2 million tons of tailings are on-site.
The mill tailings came from the Keetley Ontario Mine and other metal
mining operations currently owned by United Park City Mines (UPCM). The most
recent use of the area for tailings disposal was durina 1975-81, when UPCM
leased its mining properties to either Park City Ventures or Noranda Mmina,
Inc. The two companies constructed and operated millinq facilities on UPCM
properties.
Both the Utah Department of Environmental Health and FPA have investigated
the site in the past 3 years. The results show that the heavy metals and
arsenic present in the tailings have migrated into the soil below the tailinas,
ground water, surface water, and air. Continued miaration is likely because
the piles are unlmed and uncovered. Elevated concentrations of arsenic, copoer,
and lead were detected in Silver Creek downgradient of the tailinas. Water
diverted frcm Silver Creek is used to irrigate oastureland and hay fields within
3 stream miles of tne site.
High-volume air sampling at Richardson Flat Tailinas documented that
arsenic, cadmium, lead, and zinc were released to the air. An estimated 4,^no
people live year-round within 4 miles of the tailinqs.
Motorcyclists commonly ride on the site. In addition, airborne tailinas
material blows across Highway 40 on a daily basis dunna the summer months.
This mining site is potentially eligible for cleanup funds from the State
of Utah's approved proaram under the Surface Minina Control and Reclamation Act
of 1979 (SMCFA). EPA is developing a policy for listinq such sites. This site
is being proposed for the NPL at this time to avoid delay in startina CTRCLA
activities.
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BENNINGTON MUNICIPAL SANITARY LANDFILL
Bennington, Vermont
The 3enmngton Municipal Sanitary Landfill in Bennington, Bennington
County, Vermont, occupies 28 acres, 10 of which now serve as a sanitary landfill.
Before the site was a landfill, it was a sand and gravel pit. The town of
Bennington leased the landfill during 1969-85, then purchased the property.
In September 1983, the town received a permit from the Vermont Department of
Environmental Conservation (VT DEC) to dispose of municipal wastes on the 10
acres.
During 1969-75, liquid industrial wastes from several Bennington industries
were disposed of in an unlined lagoon. The wastes included PCBs, organic
solvents, and lead, according to town records. The lagoon was closed in 1975,
and after attempts to dewater it failed, it was filled in with landfill material.
A buried drain system constructed in 1976 is designed to lower the ground
water level under the landfill. The system discharges through a culvert into
an unlined, ponded area. In August 1986, VT DEC detected PCBs, lead, arsenic,
benzene, and ethylbenzene in the ground water discharging from the culvert.
Morgan Spring, a bedrock water source 2.8 miles south of the landfill,
is regularly used to supplement the Bennington water system. In addition,
approximately 2,200 residents use private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In all, an estimated 13,600 people are potentially affected.
In August 1986, VT DEC analyses detected bis(2-ethylhexyl)phthalate
in sediment in Hewitt Brook, which is used for fishing. A fresh water wetland
is 500 feet east of the culvert.
VT DEC detected several flammable materials, including ethylbenzene,
toluene, and xylene, in the culvert, which caught fire in June 1985. The site
is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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3FI SANITARY LANDFILL (ROCKINGHAM)
Rockingham, Vermont
The 3FI Sanitary Landfill covers 103 acres in Rockingham, Windham County,
Vermont, 25 of 'which are used as a sanitary landfill. Br owning-Ferris
Industries, Inc., of Vermont (3FI) purchased the landfill in 1977 from an
individual who had started operations in 1968. In September 1983, the State
certified the site as a municipal landfill that could accept hazardous waste
from small generators. Industrial wastes, including heavy metals, bases,
pesticides, and volatile organic compounds, were deposited in the unlined
disposal area during 1968-79, according to State files. Goodyear Tire and
Rubber Co., Cone ana 3lanchard Machine Co., and Vermont Research Co. are known
to have deposited process wastes at tne landfill.
According to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC),
nearby residential and monitoring wells downgradient of the landfillmg
activities have been contaminated since 1979. Chromium, lead, copper, trans-
1,2-dichloroethylene, vinyl chloride, and 2-butanone were identified in 1983.
More than 4,500 people in Vermont and New Hampshire obtain drinking water from
public and private .veils within 3 miles of the landfill. Several private
wells have been contaminated from the landfill. The homes now receive water
frcm a new well provided by BFI.
The Connecticut River is 560 feet to the east along the drainage route of
surface water.
VT DEC issued three Assurances of Discontinuance and Agreement between
March 1980 and November 1983. The orders required BFI to determine the
hydrogeology of the landfill, monitor ground water on-site, and provide drinking
water to affected nearby residents.
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BURGESS BROTHERS LANDFILL
Woodford, Vermont
Burgess Brothers Landfill covers 60 acres in Woodford, Bennington County,
Vermont. The area is sparsely populated, much of the land being part of the
Green Mountain National Forest. Burgess Brothers Construction Co. of Bennington
operated the facility as a sand pit, salvage yard, and dump between the 1940s
and 1976. The abandoned site is still owned by the 3urgess family.
Under an agreement with Burgess, Union Carbide Corp.'s Bennington Plant
used the landfill to dispose of wastes from the manufacture of battery products.
Union Carbide disposed of an unknown quantity of lead sludge at the landfill
during 1956-71, and during 1971-76 the company poured the equivalent of 47,780
drums of wastes containing lead, mercury, tetrachloroethylene, and other
hazardous chemicals into unlined settling lagoons adjacent to the bank of the
sand pit.
According to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC)
(April 1984) and a consultant to Union Carbide (July 1985), soils, ground water,
and surface water on and downgradient of the site are contaminated with heavy
metals and volatile organic compounds, including vinyl chloride, tnchloroethylene,
and tetrachloroethylene.
Public and private wells within 3 miles of the site supply drinking water
to an estimated 13,900 people. The nearest well is 2,200 feet west of the
lagoons. Morgan Spring, which is regularly used as a secondary supply for the
Bennington municipal system, is 1.5 miles to the west.
Barney Brooks and the Waloomsic River are within 3 miles downstream of the
site. Both are used for recreational activities. A fresh water wetland is 0.3
stream mile from the site.
Access to the site is unrestricted, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
VT DEC is negotiating with Union Carbide Corp. and Burgess Brothers
Construction Co. to undertake a more extensive study of the hydrology and migration
of contaminants from the site.
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DARLING HILL DUMP
Lyndon, Vermont
The Darling Hill Dump occupies approximately 3.5 acres at the top of a
steep hill in a rural area along the west side of Darling Hill Road in the
northeast portion of the Town of Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont.
During 1952-72, the Village of Lyndonville operated the dump on leased
land ana disposed of mixed municipal and industrial wastes. During 1972-83,
tne dump was leased and operated by Ray 0. Parker and Son, Inc., of Lyndonville,
and was used mainly for disposal of scrap wood, metal, demolition materials,
and industrial wastes. Parker purchased the property in October 1983 and
continues to use the dump primarily for disposal of wood and metal debris.
About 92,000 gallons of liquid industrial wastes and 2,000 tons of liquid,
semiliquid, and solid industrial wastes, including metal plating rinse water,
alkali degreasers, and organic solvents, were disposed of at the unlined dump.
According to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC),
the wastes came from Vermont Tap and Die, Northeast Tool (both a part of Vermont
American Corp. and both in Lyndonville), and from EHV-Weidmann (in nearby St.
Johnsbury). Liquids and sludges were dumped directly onto the ground.
Since 1982, the Vermont Department of Health has detected low levels of
volatile organic compounds, including trichloroethylene, 1,2-dichloroethylene,
toluene, ethylbenzene, and 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, in the village water supply.
The formation beneath the dump mainly consists of sand and gravel. Depth to
ground water is in excess of 100 feet. The Village of Lyndonville well field
serving 3,200 people is 2,600 feet southwest of the dump. An estimated 460
people use private wells within 3 miles of the dump.
Approximately 300 feet west of the dump and down a steep hill is the West
3ranch of the Passumpsic River. It flows southward for approximately 3,000
feet to where it meets the East 3ranch of the Passumpsic River. The river is
used for recreational fishing and canoeing.
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PARKER SANITARY LANDFILL
Lyndon, Vermont
Parker Sanitary Landfill covers 25 acres in the southeastern portion of
the Town of Lyndon, Caledonia County, Vermont. Ray 0. Parker and son, Inc.,
has owned and operated the site as a solid waste landfill since 1972, when it
received a permit from the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation
(VT DEC) to accept solid waste.
prior to 1983, according to a VT DEC report (1985), approximately 1.3
million gallons of liquid wastes plus 760 tons of solid or semisolid wastes,
including metal plating rinse waters, waste oils, electroplating sludges,
paint sludges, chlorinated solvent sludges, caustic cleaners, and metallic
salts, were disposed of in three areas of the landfill. Liquid and sludge
wastes were poured directly onto the ground or into unlined pits and lagoons.
The wastes came primarily from Northeast Tool, Vermont Tap and Die (both a
part of Vermont American corp. and both in Lyndonville), and Colt industries
(in St. Johnsbury), according to VT DEC.
During a site inspection in May 1984, VT DEC detected trichloroethane,
trans-l,2-dichloroethylene, 1,1,1,-trichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethane, and
tetrachloroethylene in an unnamed stream bordering the landfill to the north
and ease, in ground water at the landfill, and in four private wells 0.5 mile
southwest of the landfill. A study of area hydrology conducted by VT DEC
indicates that contamination is coming from the landfill. An estimated
3,200 people obtain drinking water from a municipal well field 1.75 miles
north of the landfill; 124 private wells are within 3 miles of the landfill.
The unnamed stream flows into the passumpsic River, which is used for
recreational activities. The site is not fenced, making it possible for people
and animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
Vermont American Corp. is investigating the site.
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TANSITOR ELECTRONICS, INC.
Bennington, Vermont
Tansitor Electronics, Inc., manufactures electronic capacitors on a 36-acre
site in the mostly rural area of Bennington, Bennington County Vermont. According
to the Vermont Department of Environmental Conservation (VT DEC), Tansitor
disposed of 117 drums of process wastes, including 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, acetone,
n,n-dimethyl fonnamide, oils, and acid sludges, into an unnamed perennial stream
or directly onto tne ground. In April 1984, VT DEC found that on-site soil,
surface water, and ground water were contaminated with silver, boron, and/or
volatile organic compounds, including 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene,
chloroform, 1,1,1-tnchloroethane, 1,1-dichloroethylene, chloroform, 1,1,1-
tnchloroethane, and trichloroethylene.
An estimated 1,500 residents of Vermont and New York obtain drinking water
from private wells within 3 miles of the site. Run-off from the disposal area,
overflow from a contaminated pond, and process wastes entered a perennial stream
near the Tansitor property line. This stream joins Brown's Brook, which is
used for recreational activities.
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ABEX CORP.
Portsmouth, Virginia
Abex Corp. formerly operated a brass and bronze foundry on a 2-acre site
in a residential area of Portsmouth, Virginia. During 1928-78, Abex produced
parts such as brake shoes and ball bearings for railroad cars. EPA estimates
tnat lead was released to the air at the rate of 10 pounds per day from a 1-acre
process area and that 3,500 cubic yards of lead-laden furnace sands were dumped
into an adjoining 1-acre area. The present owner of the former process area
is Holland Investment & Manufacturing Co. of Portsmouth; Abex still owns most
of the landfill area.
In 1984, EPA identified elevated lead levels in soil in the fill area.
EPA sampling on April 2, 1986 revealed up to 13,000 parts per million (ppm) of
lead in residential lots next to the fill area. Abex has found significant
soil contamination around both the landfill and old process areas.
EPA collected wipe samples on home surfaces around the site on
July 1-2, 1986. The results indicate that breathing-zone air contains lead,
copper, and tin. Over 10,000 people live and work within 1 mile of the site.
A number of residents live either on or immediately adjacent to the lead-
contaminated soils.
EPA and Abex signed a CERCLA Emergency Consent Order on August 11, 1986.
Abex was required to reduce human exposure to lead to levels that do not
constitute an imminent threat to health. Abex graded the site; surrounded it
with cyclone fencing topped with barbed wire; covered much of the old landfill
area with asphalt; and excavated some areas adjacent to the landfill, filled
them in, and revegetated to prevent exposure of residents to lead-contaminated
soil.
The U.S. Centers for Disease Control have determined that frequent contact
with 500-1,000 ppm of lead in soil and dust appears to be associated with
elevated blood lead levels in children.
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ARRCWHEAD ASSOCIATES INC./SOOVILL COR?.
Montross, Virainia
The Arrowhead Associates, Inc./Scovill Coro. Site occuDies 75 acres in
Montross in a rural area of Westmoreland County, Virainia. Scovill electroDlated
cosmetic cases from 1966 to 1972, when Arrowhead, Inc., of Delaware acauired
the business ana assets of that facilitv. Arrowhead continued electroolatina
until 1979. Durina 1979-81, Arrowhead filled cases with cosmetics at the
site. From 1979 to the present, several other firms have assembled and filled
cosmetic cases on the site, and from 1975 to the oresent, wirina harnesses for
automobiles have been manufactured on the site.
Plating wastes were treated in a surface impoundmenr system and discharaed
to Scates Branch under a permit issued under the National Pollutant Discharae
Elimination System (NPDES). After the platina stoooed in 1979, Drocess ecruioment
and materials were abandoned at the site. Many drums of cyanide-containina
wastes and raw materials (includinq organic solvents) remain outside in various
stages of deterioration. Five sludae beds and a settlina oond on-site contain
elevated levels of chromium, cyanide, and other hazardous substances, accordina
to tests conducted in July 19S5 by a consultant to Scovill.
Ground water is shallow (25 feet in some cases) and soils permeable,
conditions that facilitate movement of contaminants in the leakina drums into
ground water. An estimated 1,100 Deoole obtain drinkinq water from shallow
private wells within 3 miles of the site.
During monitoring under the NPDES permit, the Virainia State Water Control
Board detected cyanide, copoer, and zinc in the discharae from the Dond to
Scates Branch. A coastal wetland is 1.2 miles from the site. Local surface
water is used for recreational activities.
In 1986, Scovill Coro. signed a Consent Order with EPA under Sections lO^fa)
and 104(a), (b), and (e) of CERCLA. The order reauires the comDanv to ^eveloD a
plan to decontaminate or rsnove tanks on the site and disDose of the contents:
excavate, containerize, and disoose of visibly contaminated soils and surface
materials; and sample the soil, surface water, and sediments to define the deDth
and lateral extent of contamination and to identify the spread of contamination
by surface water run-off routes. The comoany has comoleted the clan and is
currently implementing it.
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SUFFOLK CITY LANDFILL
Suffolk, Virginia
The Suffolk City Landfill covers 67 acres on Route 604 within the City of
Suffolk, Suffolk County, Virginia. The area is rural and agricultural. The
landfill is owned by Suffolk City and managed by the Suffolk City Public Works
Department. It operated during 1967-84 and is now being closed, which includes
covering, grading, and planting.
According to the Public Works Department, the unlined landfill received
primarily municipal solid waste. In 1983, it received a permit from the Virginia
Department of Health to accept municipal wastes. Industries such as General
Electric Co., Dixie Guano Co.. and local peanut processing companies may also
have contributed waste, according to Suffolk City records.
Of primary concern is the on-site disposal of highly toxic organophosphate
pesticides. In 1970, according to the Public Works Department, Dixie Guano
Co. disposed of an estimated 27 tons of cyanophos, disulfoton, and thimet into
a portion of the landfill. EPA analyses in 1986 revealed disulfoton in on-site
ground water and cyanide, cyanopos, and disulfoton in on-site soils and retention
basins. An estimated 2,500 people obtain drinking water from private wells
within 3 miles of the site. No other source of water is available.
Surface run-off from the site discharges into two unnamed tributaries to
the Great Dismal Swamp, a major fresh water wetland.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
animals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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ALUMINUM CO. OF AMERICA (VANCOUVER SMELTER)
Vancouver, Washington
The Aluminum Co. of America (ALCOA) started operating a primary aluminum
smelter in 1940 on a site of several hundred acres adjacent to the Columbia
River in Vancouver, Clark County, Washington. In 1986, VANALCO purchased the
smelter portion of the site and plans to re-open it.
About 56,000 tons of waste potlimngs containing cyanide, fluoride, and
heavy metals were piled on bare ground on the site during 1973-80. ALCOA nas
been monitoring around water since 1979. Both ALCOA and the State have found
cyanide and fluoride in ^ells around the piles. One of the wells provides
drinking and process water for the smelter. An estimated 50,000 people draw
drinking water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site. Ground
water is also used to irrigate almost 300 acres of cropland within 3 miles of
the site.
In June 1987, ALCOA completed studies conducted under an Administrative
Order issued by the Washington Department of Ecology. The department is
reviewing the studies.
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AMERICAN CROSSARM & CONDUIT CO.
Chehalis, Washington
American Crossarm & Conduit Co. formerly operated on a 16-acre
site within the city limits of Chehalis, Lewis County, Washington, close
to several local residences and businesses. The Chehalis River is about
1 mile to the southwest, and a tributary, Dillenbaugh Creek, flows
past the site into the river. TVo freshwater wetlands are within
1 mile of the site.
American Crossarm operated during 1948-83, primarily treating and
selling laminated utility pole crossarms. The wood treatment process
used pentac'nlorophenol (PCP) and creosote. Waste waters were discharaed
into an unlined surface impoundment.
Shallow ground water is contaminated with PCP, according to tests
conducted by American Crossarm in 1984. Deeper ground water within
3 miles of the site provides drinking water to an estimated 1,100 people.
In February 1986, the company submitted a closure plan for the
impoundment, which the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) rejected.
On November 6, 1986, WDOE issued an order requiring the company to stop
discharging waste water to the sewer, investigate the l.— egrity of all
tanks and sumps, and install secondary containment structures around all
tanks and sumps.
On November 24, 1986, a flood of the Chehalis River caused oil and
PCP to be released from the site. About 15 homes, 4 businesses, the
surrounding property, Dillenbaugh Creek, and Chehalis River were contaminated
with PCP, according to tests conducted by WDOE. The river is used for
recreational activities and irrigation. Using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA
collected contaminated debris, soil, and various industrial storage tanks.
The contaminated materials are stored on-site pending a decision on their
proper disposal.
The company filed for bankruptcy, which was later dismissed. The
company appealed, and the U.S. District Court of Appeals affirmed the
dismissal in December 1987.
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CEJNTRALIA MUNICIPAL LANDFILL
Centralia, Washinaton
The Centralia Mumcioal Landfill is in the southern section of Centralis,
Lewis County, Washington. It is bordered on the east bv railroad nahts-
of-way; on the south bv Salzer Creek, which emDties into the Chehalis ^lver;
and on the north by a residential area. The site encompasses so acres, of
which approximately acres have been used as a landfill since the site
opened in 1953. The citv received a permit from Lewis Councv in 1^7^ to
acceoc municipal waste.
An unknown auantitv of hazardous waste containma PC3s and dioxin, as wen
as other liauid industrial wastes, has been deoosited in the landfill, accordina
to the Washinaton Oeoartmenc of Fcoloov fWDOF). "rn iQffi, obs^rve^ leachate
from the landfill entenna floodwaters of Salzer Creek. The leachate contained
cadmium, chromium, iron, manqanese, and zinc at levels exceedina Federal
primary and secondary dnnkina water standards, accordina to fpa tests.
Ground water at the site reaches the surface durina the rainv season.
The uooer and lower aouicers are hvdraulicallv connected so that water can move
between them. Over 12,h00 Centralia residents obtain drinkina water from the
lower aquifer within 3 miles of the site. Surface water is used for irriaation.
WDOE is workma with the citv to brina the landfill ud to State and
Federal standards.
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FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE (4 WASTE AREAS)
Spokane County, Washington
Fairchild Air Force 3ase (AFB) occupies approximately 4,300 acres 12 miles
west of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. The base opened in 1942 as the
Spokane Army Air Depot. In 1950, the name was changed to Fairchild AFB. Its
primary mission is to maintain and repair aircraft, primarily large craft such
as bombers and tankers.
Four waste areas covering 85 acres comprise the NPL site: Building 1034
French drain and dry well system; two landfills, one northeast of Taxiway 8 and
one at Craig Road; and the industrial waste lagoons. During past base activi-
ties, more than 4,000 drum equivalents of carbon tetrachloride and other
solvents, paint wastes, plating sludges containing cadmium and lead, and related
industrial wastes were disposed of in the four areas.
A 10- to 20-foot layer of permeable sand and gravel overlies an aquifer
under the base. The aquifer, which consists of Columbia River Flood Basalt, is
highly fractured. These conditions facilitate movement of contaminants into
ground water, as well as movement of contaminated ground water. A well within
base boundaries serves as a standby water supply for the base's 5,200 employees.
In addition, approximately 400 private wells serving about 20,000 people are
within 3 miles of the facility.
West Medical Lake, Medical Lake, and Silver Lake are within 3 miles down-
stream of Fairchild AFB. These lakes support wildlife and are used for recrea-
tional activities.
Fairchild AFB is participating in the Installation Restoration Program,
the specially funded program established in 1978 under which the Department of
Defense has been identifying and evaluating its past hazardous waste sites and
controlling the migration of hazardous contaminants from these sites. The Air
Force has completed Phase I (records search). Phase II (hydrogeologic investi-
gation) is underway. Additional ground water monitoring is planned for 1988.
Fairchild AFB received Interim Status under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA) by filing Part A of a permit application for the industrial
waste lagoons. EPA and the State are reviewing Part B of the permit. Discharges
from the lagoons and the sanitary waste water treatment plant are regulated
under permits issued under the National Pollutant Discharge Elimination System.
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GENERAL ELECTRIC CO. (SPOKANE APPARATUS SERVICE SHOP)
Spokane County, Washington
General Electric Co.'s Spokane Apparatus Service Shop covers slightly
less than 1 acre in a mixed-use neighborhood in Spokane, Spokane County,
Washington. General Electric cleaned and repaired electrical transformers
on-site during 1961-80. Waste ?C3-laden oils were stored on-site and were also
disposed of in on-site dry wells that were connected to the sewer.
After the Washington Department of Ecology (WDOE) found high levels of
PCBs in on-site soils, General Electric began an investigation in 1986 with
WDOE oversight. The company found PCBs and tnchloroethylene significantly
above background levels in ground water. The site overlies the Spokane Valley-
Rathdrum Prairie Aquifer, which EPA has designated under the Safe Drinking
Water Act as a sole source of drinking water for the area. Wells within 3
miles of the site supply drinking water for almost 200,000 people.
At the request of WDOE, General Electric will expand its investigation
and undertake more sampling.
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HANFORD 100-AREA (USDOE)
Benton County, Washington
The Hanford 100-Area is adjacent to the Columbia River in the northern
section of the 570-square-mile Hanford Site in Benton County, Washington.
Since 1943, Hanford has been the scene of Federal nuclear activities, primarily
production of nuclear materials for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) has nine nuclear reactors in the
100-Area. tight reactors were in use during the 1940s and 1950s; the ninth,
the N-Reactor, has been used since the early 1960s to produce plutonium and
electricity. Over 110 waste disposal locations have been identified in the
100-Area. The disposal locations and plumes of contaminated ground water cover
approximately 11 square miles.
An estimated 4.3 billion cubic yards of solid and dilute liquid waste
comprised of radioactive, mixed,and hazardous constituents were disposed of in
cribs, trenches, and burial grounds in the 100-Area. USDOE has detected chromium
and strontium-90 in ground water beneath the area; ground water is not used
within 3 miles of the 100-Area, but it is known to seep into the Columbia River
in the 100-Area. USDOE detected strontium-90 in the Columbia River at levels
significantly above background. Intakes on the Columbia River within 3 miles
of the 100-Area supply drinking water to over 3,000 workers in the 100- and
200-Areas.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, corrective
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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HANFORD 200-AREA (USDOE)
Benton County, Washington
The Hanford 200-Area is in the middle of the 570-square-mile-Hanford Site
approximately 20 miles north of the City of Richland, Benton County, Washington.
Since 1943, Hanford has been the scene of Federal nuclear activities, primarily
production of nuclear materials for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) uses the 200-Area for nuclear fuel
reprocessing, finishing, and waste management. Over 230 waste disposal locations
have been identified in tne 200-Area. The disposal locations and plumes of
contaminated ground water cover approximately 215 square miles.
An estimated 1 oillion cubic yards of solid and dilute liquid wastes
comprised of radioactive, mixed and hazardous constituents were disposed of in
trenches, ditches, and landfills in the 200-Area. USDOE has detected tritium,
iodine-129, uranium, cyanide, and carbon tetrachloride at levels significantly
above background in ground water beneath the area. Over 2,500 people obtain
drinking water from wells within 3 miles of the 200-Area. Tritium has been
detected in Richland's surface water intakes at levels above background. Surface
water within 3 miles of the 200-Area provides drinking water to 70,000 people
and irrigates over 1,000 acres.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, correcuve
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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HANFORD 300-AREA (USDOE)
Benton County, Washington
The Hanford 300-Area is adjacent to the Columbia River in the southern
section of the 570-square-mile Hanford Site approximately 3 miles north of the
City of Richland, Benton County, Washington. Since 1943, Hanford has been the
scene of Federal nuclear activities, primarily production of nuclear materials
for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) fabricates nuclear reactor fuel in
the 300-Area, which contains 14 disposal locations. The disposal locations and
plumes of contaminated ground water cover approximately 5 square miles.
An estimated 27 million cubic yards of solid and dilute liquid wastes
comprised of radioactive, mixed, and hazardous constituents were disposed of in
ponds, trenches, and landfills in the 300-Area. USDOE detected uranium in area
springs, wells, and the Columbia River at levels significantly above background.
Almost 70,000 people use ground water and surface water for drinking within 3
miles of the 300-Area.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, corrective
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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HANFORD 1100-AREA (USDOE)
Benton County, Washington
The Hanford 1100-Area is approximately 1 mile north of the City of Richland,
Benton County, Washington, in the southeast section of the 570-sguare-mile
Hanford Site. Since 1943, Hanford has been the scene of Federal nuclear
activities, primarily production of nuclear materials for national defense.
The U.S. Department of Energy (USDOE) conducts maintenance operations in
the 1100-Area. The area covers less than 1 acre and contains a sand pit, an
underground tank, and other areas of potential contamination. An estimated
15,000 gallons of waste battery acid were disposed of in the pit; the tank,
which was used to store waste antifreeze, was suspected of leaking.
Ground water occurs at 24 feet, with highly permeable sand and gravel
overlying the aquifer; these conditions facilitate movement of contaminants
into ground water. To date, USDOE has not detected any contaminants in ground
water in the 1100-Area. Richland has wells within 3 miles of the 1100-Area
that draw drinking water from the shallow aquifer. The nearest well is 2,640
feet from the disposal area. Almost 70,000 people obtain drinking water from
wells within 3 miles of the 1100-Area.
EPA, USDOE, and the Washington Department of Ecology are jointly developing
an action plan that will include the work needed to address this area under the
Superfund program, as well as other work needed to meet permitting, corrective
action, and compliance requirements of Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act.
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NORTHWEST TRANSFORMER (SOUTH HARKNESS STREET)
Everson, Washington
Worthiest Transformer started to refurbish and manufacture transformers
in 1958 on Souch Harkness Street, a mixed-use area of downtown Everson, Whatcom
County, Washington. The company transferred its storage and salvage operations
frcm its Mission and Pole Road salvage yard to the downtown site after the
salvage yard underwent an EPA emergency removal in 1985 and was placed on the
NPL in 1936. 3y 1987, the company had ceased operations at South Harkness
Street.
At the South Harkness Street Site, which covers less than 1 acre, Northwest
Transformer stores transformers, drums, and bulk tanks outdoors in an unpaved
yard. A Washington Department of Ecology inspection in December 1985 detected
high levels of ?C3s in on-site soils. Soils are permeable, and the ground
water is shallow (11.5 feet) in some places at the site. These conditions
facilitate movement of contaminants into ground water. Wells within 3 miles
of the site are used by over 10,000 people for drinking and for irrigation.
Surface water from the area is used for irrigation.
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PACIFIC CAR & FOUNDRY CO.
Renton, Washington
Pacific Car & Foundry Co. manufactures trucks, winches, military equipment,
railroad cars, and anodes on 97 acres in an industrial area of Renton, King
County, Washington. The facility operated during 1907-24 and from 1934 to the
present. The company is a division of PACCAR, Inc.
An inactive company landfill occupies the northwest quarter of the property.
Until 1964, the facility deposited waste materials, including foundry sand,
wood, metal, paints, solvents, and oils, in a marshy area underlain by peat
and clay. The wastes are estimated to have been buried up to 7 feet below the
surface. Sand and gravel have been used to cover the abandoned landfill.
In February 1986, PACCAR, Inc., detected lead, mercury, arsenic, cadmium,
and chromium in on-site soil and in shallow ground water. Renton has wells in
an aquifer connected to the shallow contaminated aquifer. An estimated 37,200
people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the site.
In November 1987, PACCAR, Inc., removed some contaminated soil containing
hydrocarbons and lead and transported it to a hazardous waste facility regulated
under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act.
A ditch on the site drains into the Cedar River and John's Creek. The
Cedar River flows into Lake Washington, which is within 3 miles downstream of
the site and is used for recreational activities.
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PASCO SANITARY LANDFILL
Pasco, Washington
Pasco Sanitary Landfill covers 250 acres 1.5 miles northeast of Pasco,
Franklin County, Washington, in an area dominated by irrigated agricultural
fields and range land. The landfill is privately owned and operated and
was converted from a burning dump to a sanitary landfill in 1971. Since
1932, it has had a conditional use permit from the Washington Department
of Ecology (WDOE) to accept municipal wastes.
In 1972, Resource Recovery Corp. leased a portion of the landfill
and operated a regional hazardous waste disposal site under a WDOE permit
until December 1974, when the lease terminated.
According to WDOE files, over 47,000 drums of hazardous substances,
including paint wastes, pesticides, organic solvents, cadmium, and mercury,
were deposited in the leased portion of the landfill. In 1974, the area was
covered by 3 feet of soil.
In 1985, EPA detected tetrachloroethylene and tnchloroethylene in
on-site ground water. A well on-site supplies drinking water to two
nearby residences. Ground water within 3 miles of the site is used by
over 1,000 people for drinking and is also used to irrigate almost
10,000 acres of land.
In October 1986, WDOE issued an Administrative Order requiring Pasco
to monitor on-site wells on a guarterly basis. The company is currently
complying with the order.
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SEATTLE MUNICIPAL LANDFILL (KENT HIGHLANDS)
Kent, Washington
The Seattle Municipal Landfill (Kent Highlands) is in Kent, King
County, Washington, approximately 14 miles south of Seattle. From June
1968 to December 1986, Seattle filled about 60 acres of a 90-acre ravine
on a hillside above the Green River. Seattle leased the site from
Kentview Properties, Inc., and operated it under a "Nonconforming Permit"
from the Seattle-King County Department of Public Health.
In addition to municipal wastes from Kent and Seattle, the landfill
accepted sand-blasting grit, some industrial sludges, and other industrial
wastes, according to Healti Department records.
In 1984, a consultant to the county detected zinc, copper, barium,
and manganese in on-site monitoring wells. Over 18,000 people obtain
drinking water from public wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest
within 1 mile.
Leachate seeps on the east sice of the landfill mix with run-off
from the landfill, which is routed through drainage lines to settling
ponds that eventually discharge to the Green River. The river is used
for spawning and rearing salmon.
In 1985, a consultant to Seattle detected 1,2-dichloroethane and
tetrachloroethylene in the air at the edge of the site. An estimated
12,700 people live within 1 mile of the site.
Seattle is currently closing the landfill and developing plans to
meet all local, State, and Federal requirements. Under a Consent Agreement
signed with the State in May 1987, Seattle is conducting a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of
contamination at the site and identify alternatives for remedial action.
The work is scheduled to be completed in April 1989.
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TOSCO CORP. (SPOKANE TERMINAL)
Spokane, Washington
Tosco Corp.'s SDokane Terminal covers 50 acres in an industrial area 1.5
miles north of Spokane, Spokane County, Washington. The site is a bulk storage
tank fam for petroleum products. An oil refinery was on the site when Tosco"
purchased it in 1976. According to information Tosco provided to EP&, as
required by CERCLA Section 103(c), lead containing wastes listed as hazardous
under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation and Recovery ^ct were disoosed of
on tne ground and in holes, probably before 1970. The site overlies the Sookane
Valley-Rathdrum Prairie Aauifer, which EPA has desiqnated as a sole source of
drinking water under the Safe Drinking Water Act.
Soil in an old waste oil lagoon in the northwest corner of the site
contains high levels of lead, according to Washington Deoartment of Ecoloov
tests conducted in 1986. The soil overlvina the aauifer is hiqhly oermeable,
which facilitates movement of contaminants into ground water. Ground water
within 3 miles of the site provides drinking water to over 200,000 peoDle and
is also used *:or irrigating croDlands.
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YAKIMA PLATIMG CO.
Yakima, Washington
Yakima Plating Co. has electroplated automobile bumpers and other
objects in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington, since 1962. The company leases
two buildings on a 2-acre site in a mixed light-commercial/residential
neighborhood. Process waste water has been discharged to an on-site
drainfield since the plant opened. During 1966-77, the company had a
State permit for the discharge.
In 1986, EPA found barium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc in on-site
ground water at 7-10 times background levels. Within 3 miles of the site,
the unconfined shallow alluvial aquifer provides drinking water via private
wells to an estimated 5,800 people. One well is 225 feet from Yakima
Plating's drainfield.
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FORT HOWARD PAPER CO. SLUDGE LAGOONS
Green Bay, Wisconsin
Fort Howard Paper Co. owns and operates a 293-acre disposal site within
the corporate limits of the City of Green Bay, Brown County, Wisconsin. The
site is adjacent to the Oneida Indian Reservation, Town of Hobart, and Village
of Ashwaubenon; Austin Straubel Airport is about 600 feet to the south. The
company's manufacturing plant is on Broadway Street about 3.5 miles from the
disposal site.
Disposal of sludge began in 1964 in a series of lagoons separated by dikes
constructed of on-site sands. The sludge contains barium, lead, arsenic, and
?C3s, according to tests conducted by a Fort Howard Paper contractor m 1980.
To date, sludge has been placed in ponds 1-6, 9, 10, 11 and 14, which are unlined;
surficial soils beneath are silty sand. An abandoned landfill operated by the
Village of Ashwaubenon is east of pond 10 and north of pond 11. The landfill
was closed in the mid-1970s and is now owned by Fort Howard Paper.
Several monitoring ^ells on and around the site are contaminated with
benzene and chlorinated organic solvents, according to a 1986 report of the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources. The contamination cannot be con-
clusively attributed to the sludge disposal practices. However, the permeable
soils and shallow ground water (5 feet in some cases) increase the potential
for contaminants to move from the sludge lagoons into ground water.
The Village of Ashwaubenon has two drinking water distribution systems.
Wells for both systems are within 3 miles of the site. The City of Green 3ay
obtains its water from Lake Michigan via pipeline but maintains a number of
wells as backup, one within 3 miles. Drinking water for an estimated 34,200
people is potentially threatened.
Fort Howard installed a slurry wall/gradient control system in 1986 to
prevent migration of contaminants via ground water and fenced the entire property.
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HECHIMOVICH SANITARY LANDFILL
Williamstown, Wisconsin
The Hec'nimovich Sanitary Landfill covers 20 acres in Williamstown. Dodge
County. Wisconsin. In 1985, tne name was changed to Land and Gas Reclamation.
The site is m a rural agricultural area approximately 2 miles south of Mayville.
Operations started in 1970 when the owner received a license from the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources (WDNR) to accept solid waste. During the
11516-19703/ the site was licensed by WDNR to accept hazardous waste.
The owner says he placed hazardous waste, including paint sludges, cutting
oils containing lead and chromium, and spent organic solvents, in unlined pits
during 1972-30. The pits were closed in 1980 as required by WDNR. The wastes
and contaminated soils from the pits were placed into the landfill.
In August 1984, EPA detected ethylbenzene and xylene in two wells down-
gradient of the site. An estimated 5,000 people obtain drinking water from
wells within 3 miles of the site-
Part of the site is in a wetland. The Hidden Marsh Wildlife Area is
approximately 2.5 miles to the west. Surface waters in the area are used for
recreational activities.
Solid waste has been deposited beyond areas previously approved by WDNR,
m violation of the landfill's permit. A new, separate sanitary landfill has
been proposed to the north of the operating site. The new landfill is proceeding
through the State approval process.
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MADISON METROPOLITAN SEWAGE DISTRICT LAGOONS
Blooming Grove, Wisconsin
The Madison Metropolitan Sewage District (MMSD) Lagoons cover 135 acres
in Blooming Grove, Dane County, Wisconsin. The City of Madison Water Utility
has been depositing sludge from its Nine Springs Sewer Treatment Plant in the
two lagoons since 1942. In 1970, a dike broke, releasing liquids from the
lagoons into an old effluent channel that runs north to Nine Springs Creek,
¦vhich empties into the Yahara River; a large number of fish were killed. A
second dike broke in 1973.
In December 1932, MMSD detected PCBs (as high as 138 parts per million in
some samples) in the lagoons, which contain almost 50,000 dry tons of ?CB-
contaminated sludge. They are in a lowland area bordered on two sides by
1,000 acres of wetland. Subsurface deposits are permeable. Thus, contaminants
in the lagoon have the potential to move into ground water. An estimated
94,000 people obtain drinking water from municipal wells within 3 miles of the
site. Madison City Well #5 is 1,000 feet to the west of the lagoons.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in iS36
N. W. MAUTHE CO., INC.
Appleton, Wisconsin
The N.W Mauthe Co., Inc.. site covers about 2 acres in a residential,
commercial, and industrial area of Appleton, Outagamie County, Wisconsin.
During 1946-76, the company conducted chrome plating operations on the site.
This site is being proposed as Wisconsin's top priority site.
EPA tests conducted in 1985 detected heavy metals, including chromium, and
organic chemicals in on-site soil and monitoring wells. According to the
Wisconsin Department of Natural Resources (WDNR), the soil is contaminated to a
depth of 13 feet. A large area (approximately one-half city block) of soil and
ground water is now kncwn to be contaminated. It appears that discharges from
leaky waste collection systems and other discharges by Mauthe, as well as the
venting of plating tank vapors directly on the ground, cause the contamination.
An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking water from public and private wells
within 3 miles of the site.
In 1982, chromium-containing ground water from the site entered the basement
of a home with foundation drains. The ground water was discharged to storm
sewers that lead to the Fox River. Within 3 miles of the site, Lake Winnebago,
into which the Fox River drains, provides drinking water to 60,000 residents of
Appleton. The Fox River flows toward the City of Green Bay and empties into
Green Bay.
The site is unfenced, making it possible for people and animals to come
into direct contact with hazardous substances.
In 1982, WDNR used its Hazardous Substance Spill Fund to install a system
to collect shallow contaminated ground water (infiltrated surface water), and
thus prevent surface ponding. A portion of the site has been covered with
asphalt to limit surface water infiltration.
The state has filed a lawsuit against the owner of the Mauthe property
seeking further remedies and recovery of Spill Fund monies expended. The lawsuit
is pending. However, the Wisconsin Supreme Court has found that the owner is
liable under the State Spill Law.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
SAUK COUNTY LANDFILL
Excelsior, Wisconsin
Sauk County formerly operated a 10-acre landfill in Excelsior, a rural
agricultural area 10 miles west of Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin. During
1973-33, contractors hauled in municipal wastes from several small munici-
palities and placed them on naturally occurring sand overlying sandstone bedrock.
In 1973, Sauk County received a permit from the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources to accept municipal waste.
The landfill also accepted foundry wastes from Grede Foundry, Inc.,
according to information Sauk County provided to EPA as required by CERCLA
Section 103(c). Foundry sand formed the berms of the landfill. Approximately
2 percent of the wastes were cupola baghouse dusts, which contain lead and
cadmium. When the landfill closed in 1983, clay was placed on its top and
sides.
Volatile organic compounds, including toluene, benzene, 2-butanone,
1,1-dichloroethylene, and 1,1-dichloroethane, as well as arsenic, barium, and
chromium, are present in on-site monitoring wells, according to tests conducted
by EPA in 1985. Approximately 900 persons obtain drinking water from private
wells within 3 miles of the site.
During an inspection conducted in 1985, EPA found that methane was being
generated at the site.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN, INC. (3ROOKFIELD SANITARY LANDFILL)
Brookfield, Wisconsin
Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. operated a 20-acre sanitary landfill
in 3rookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, during 1969-81. The company leased
the site before purchasing it in 1982. Previously it had been a sand and
gravel pit. In 1976, Waste Management received a permit from the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources to accept municipal waste.
Ground water on and off the site is contaminated with cyanide, according
to EPA tests conducted in 1985. An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking
water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest
within 1,000 feet.
Poplar Creek, 3,600 feet southwest of the site, -is used for recreational
activities. A wetland is 1,800 to the southeast.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
a'—'als to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
SAUK COUNTY LANDFILL
Excelsior, Wisconsin
Sauk county formerly operated a 10-acre landfill in Excelsior, a rural
agricultural area 10 miles west of Baraboo, Sauk County, Wisconsin. During
1973-83, contractors hauled in municipal wastes from several small munici-
palities and placed them on naturally occurring sand overlying sandstone bedrock.
In 1973/ Sauk County received a permit from the Wisconsin Department of Natural
Resources to accept municipal waste.
The landfill also accepted foundry wastes from Grede Foundry, Inc.,
according to information Sauk County provided to EPA as required by CERCLA
Section 103(c). Foundry sand formed the berms of the landfill. Approximately
2 percent of the wastes were cupola baghouse dusts, which contain lead and
cadmium. When the landfill closed in 1983, clay was placed on its top and
sides.
Volatile organic compounds, including toluene, benzene, 2-butanone,
1,1-dichloroethylene, and 1,1-dichloroethane, as well as arsenic, barium, and
chromium, are present in on-site monitoring wells, according to tests conducted
by EPA in L985. Approximately 900 persons obtain drinking water from private
wells -'ithin 3 miles of the site.
During an inspection conducted in 1985, EPA found that methane was being
generated at the site.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation. ?nd Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
WASTE MANAGEMENT OF WISCONSIN, INC. (3ROOKFIELD SANITARY LANDFILL)
3rookfield, Wisconsin
Waste Management of Wisconsin, Inc. operated a 20-acre sanitary landfill
in 3rookfield, Waukesha County, Wisconsin, during 1969-81. The company leased
the site before purchasing it in 1982. Previously it had been a sand and
gravel pit. In 1976, Waste Management received a permit from the Wisconsin
Department of Natural Resources to accept municipal waste.
Ground water on and off the site is contaminated with cyanide, according
to EPA tests conducted in 1985. An estimated 11,000 people obtain drinking
water from public and private wells within 3 miles of the site, the nearest
within 1,000 feet.
Poplar Creek, 3,600 feet southwest of the site, is used for recreational
activities. A wetland is 1,800 to the southeast.
The site is not completely fenced, making it possible for people and
a~ -lals to come into direct contact with hazardous substances.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
MYSTERY BRIDGE ROAD/U.S. HIGHWAY 20
Evansville, Wyoming
The Brookhurst residential subdivision and an industrial area border
on Mystery 3ndge Road and U.S. Highway 20 in Evansville, Natrona County,
Wyoming. To date, several sources o£ contamination have been identified
at the site, which covers approximately 200 acres.
One source is KN Energy, Inc., which has operated a natural gas processing
and transmission facility since 1963 on about 25 acres south of the subdivision
at 5500 Yellowstone Highway (U.S. Highway 20/26} east of Casper. Until 1985,
wastes drained into an unlined pit on the northeast corner of the facility.
This unlined pit ^as replaced in December 1984 by a concrete-lined structure
with a capacity of about 700 cubic yards. The pit contains numerous hazardous
substances, including xylenes, ethylbenzene, toluene, naphthalene, chrysene,
methylnaphthalene, and benzene, according to EPA tests conducted in 1987. These
substances vere detected in the shallow alluvial aquifer immediately to the
north of the pit, including private wells in the Brookhurst subdivision. Within
3 miles of the site, this aquifer is the sole source of drinking water for
about 400 people, an alternate source for about 2,500 people, and a source of
water to irrigate 30 acres of cropland.
EPA's 1987 tests indicate that Elkhorn Creek, which passes through the
middle of the KN Energy facility, is contaminated with toluene and fluoroanthene.
Within 3 miles downstream of KN Energy the North Platte River is used for
irrigation and recreational activities.
The Dowell Schlumberger oil field service facility is also south of the
subdivision. The facility occupies 5 acres on the east side of KN Energy at
5750 Yellowstone Highway. EPA determined that this facility was the source of
chlorinated organic solvents, including trichloroethylene, tetrachloroethylene,
1,1,1-tnchloroethane, and 1,2-dichloroethylene, in private wells in the
BrooKhurst subdivision as far as 0.5 mile away, and also in Elkhorn Creek.
EPA detected pentachlorophenol in monitoring wells along the Burlington
Northern railroad and U.S. Highway 20 rights-of-way and at several locations in
the Brookhurst subdivision. The source or sources of this contamination is as
yet unknown.
The State provided bottled water to about 400 Brookhurst residents for
1 month in late 1986. Using CERCLA emergency funds, EPA supplied water until
December 1987, when EPA hooked the hemes up to a permanent water supply.
KN Energy and Dowell Schlumberger signed a Consent Agreement with EPA on
December 15, 1987 in which they agreed to conduct a remedial investigation/
feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination at the site
and identify alternatives for remedial action.
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ADDENDUM
This addendum contains descriptions of four sites reoroposed for the
NPL in June 1988 and one final Federal facility site proposed for exoansion.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
APACHE PCWDER CO.
St. David, Arizona
Conditions at listing (June 1QR6): Apache Powder Co. has manufactured
explosives and fertilizers since 1922 near St. David, Cochise County, Arizona.
Larae Quantities of nitrates have been used. Prior to 1971, all waste water
was drained to on-site dry washes that are tributaries to the San Pedro River.
Since that time, waste water has been contained in unlined Donds ranaina from k
to 8 feet deeD. About 15 oonds coverina 10 acres are oresent on-site, of which
5 to 10 were in use at anv one time. The waste water contains elevated levels
of nitrate. In 1982, the Arizona Department of Health Services (ADHS) found
more than 60,000 Darts per million of nitrate-nitroaen in waste water. Soil in
the bottom of the drv ponds also contained hiah levels of nitrate-nitrocen, as
did ash in a burninq qround located in a drv wash.
In 1980, EPA detected toxic heavy metals in one laaoon at levels above
drinking water standards. In 10 shallow wells believed to be dcwnoradient of
Apache Powder, ADHS and the Southeastern Arizona Governments Organization
detected nitrate-nitroaen in excess of drinkinq water standards. At one time,
8 of the 10 wells were used for drinkina water. Because nitrate is verv mobile,
it is likely that it migrates faster than toxic heavv metals, which will likelv
follow the same oath.
A deeper artesian acruifer is not contaminated to date, but there
may be danger of contamination in the future.
ADHS has also detected elevated nitrate levels in the San Pedro
River, which borders the Dlant.
Status (June 1988): This facility is beina Drooosed for the npl because
it is classified as a non- or late filer under the Resource Conservation and
Recovery Act (RCRA). Althouqh the facility was treatina, storina, or disoosina
of hazardous waste after November 19, 19R0, it did not file a Part A permit
application by that date as required and has little or no historv of compliance
with RCRA Subtitle C.
After this site was proposed in June 1986, procedural and technical issues
arose. Hence, EPA re-evaluated the site and chanced its score on the Hazard
Ranking System, which EPA uses to assess sites for the NPL. Consecruentlv, fpa
is reproposing this site to allow an additional 60-dav comment period.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
CHEM-SOLV, INC.
Cheswold, Delaware
Conditions at listing (January 1987): Chem-Solv, Inc., started a small
solvent distillation facility in 1982 on a 1.5-acre site in Cheswold, Kent
County, Delaware. The company recycled waste solvents by olacina a drum on
an electric coil heater, which distilled the solvents into a second drum.
The contents of che second drum were filtered into a third drum, which was
returned to the customer. The residues remainina after distillation were
classified as hazardous waste under Subtitle C of the Resource Conservation
and Recovery Act (RCRA) and were stored on-site.
On Sept<3nber 7, 1934, an explosion and fire at the site destroyed the
entire distillation facility. At the time, witnesses observed fluids flowina
off a concrete oad into tne soil. On Seotember 21, 1984, and aaain on January
31, 1985, the Delaware Department of Natural Resources and Environmental
Control (DDNREC) issued orders under State law callina on the company to cease
operations immediately, monitor around water, and remove all contaminated
soil. The company failed to take any action.
DDMREC conducted studies to characterize the uooer Columbia Aaui^er
adjacent to the site. DDf^REC's analyses detected hiah concentrations of
oraanic chemicals, including trichloroethylene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, and
1,1-dichloroethane, in soils on the site and in around water on and off the site.
Both the upper and lower zones of the Columbia Aauifer are contaminated.
About 5,500 residents are served by private wells within 3 miles of the site.
In September 1985, DDNREC excavated contaminated soil and beaan usina a
process that oasses air throuqh the soil to remove volatile oraanic contaminants.
The air-strippma process reduced contamination to levels that permitted
returning the soil to the excavated area. In December 1985, DDNREC started to
recover and treat the volatile organics in the upoer Columbia Acruifer usina
an air-stripping system.
DDNREC has filed suit against Chen-Solv to recover the money it has
spent. The company has declared itself financially insolvent.
When Chem-Solv started operations, it filed Part A of a permit application
under RCRA, giving the company Interim Status as a storaae facility. On
August 6, 1985, DDNREC made a final decision to deny the storaae permit.
Because Chem-Solv, Inc., has lost Interim Status (and hence authorization
to operate) and there are additional indications that the owner or operator will
be unwilling to undertake corrective action, the company meets a component of
EPA's NPL/RCRA policy.
Status (June 1988): In May 1987, a domestic well near the site was found
to be contaminated by volatile oraanics and was removed from service.
After this site was proposed in January 1987, procedural issues arose and
new technical information became available. Hence, FPA is reproposina this
site to allow an additional 60-day comment period.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
COMBUSTION, INC.
Denham Springs, Louisiana
Conditions at listing (June 1986): The Combustion, Inc., Site covers
approximately 6 acres in Denham Springs, Livingston Parish, Louisiana. Prior
to late 1980, the company transported nonreclaimable tars, paraffins, waste
oil, sediments, and waste water to the site via pipeline from its petroleum
hydrocarbon recycling plant located approximately 0.25 mile to the southeast.
Dunne the life of the facility, 11 irregularly shaped earthen pits were con-
structed; five contain oily wastes, three contain oil and waste water, and
three contain principally waste water. Approximately 3 million gallons of
material are in tne pits. Although the pits were constructed to isolate the
wastes, they are connected by a series of trenches or pipes that allow mixing.
Two aboveground tanks are also located on the Combustion, Inc., property:
a 20,000-gallon tank and a 30,000-gallon tank. These tanks were used primarily
for storing the wastes before they were processed to recover oil, but they may
have been used for other storage at times. In addition, Dubois, Inc., the
previous owner of the property, may have treated potentially hazardous chemicals
other than waste oils on the site.
Combustion, Inc. began to close the facility late in 1980, and by May 1982,
had completely shut down operations. In October 1983, the Louisiana Department
of Environmental Quality (LDEQ) analyzed wastes from the site and found they
contained PCSs, volatile organic chemicals, and heavy metals. In February
1985, LDEQ detected lead and thallium in ground water at the site, and volatile
organic chemicals in the air. Ground water within 3 miles of the site is used
for irrigation and drinking water. About 500 people live within 1 mile of the
site.
On January 18, 1984, a State Compliance Order was issued to the site
owner. The property has allegedly been sold to unknown parties, and the former
owner says he is financially unable to clean up the site.
Status (June 1988): After this site was proposed m June 1986, new technical
information became available. Hence, EPA is reproposing this site to allow an
additional 60-day comment period.
Louisiana has an enforcement agreement with EPA to take the lead on site
cleanup. The State is working with Combustion, Inc., on a workplan for a remedial
investigation/feasibility study to determine the type and extent of contamination
at the site.
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Superfund hazardous waste site listed under the
Comprehensive Environmental Response. Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
PAOLI RAIL YARD
Paoli, Pennsylvania
Conditions at listing (January 1987): The Paoli Rail Yard covers about
10 acres in Paoli, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The yard consists of an
electric train repair facility and a commuter rail station owned by Amtrak and
operated by the Southeastern Pennsylvania Transportation Authority (SEPTA).
Routine maintenance and repair of railroad cars involve PCB-containing
electrical equipment. The yard is surrounded on three sides by residential
communities and on the fourth by commercial facilities. Until February 1986,
people used the yard as a shortcut to the station and commercial properties.
In the late 1970s, both EPA and the Pennsylvania Department of Environ-
mental Resources (PA DER) inspected the Paoli Rail Yard. This inspection,
coupled with subsequent State investigations, led PA DER to issue an order in
1979 requiring Amtrak and SEPTA to determine the extent of contamination and
correct any problem areas. Amtrak and SEPTA took actions primarily involving
collection of samples, some cleanup efforts, and further study.
In November 1985, analyses of samples taken in July 1984 by a consultant
to Amtrak and SEPTA were made available to EPA. The results indicate a severe
PCB problem, with soil contamination ranging as high as 3 percent and to depths
of up to 3 feet in the yard.
In December 1985, a team consisting of staff from EPA, the U.S. Agency
for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, and the State Health Department
made a preliminary assessment to verify the existing sample results and
identify areas of most concern.
On February 25, 1986, EPA filed a complaint in Federal court under the
Toxic Substances Control Act, CERCLA, and the Resource Conservation and Recovery
Act. The complaint sought an order requiring Amtrak and SEPTA to limit access
to the yard, control migration of PCBs, conduct sampling and analysis, and
take measures to clean up the yard and protect worker safety. An agreement
was reached that required Amtrak and SEPTA to install a security fence as a
preliminary measure.
In June 1986, a second agreement was reached requiring Amtrak and SEPTA
to develop a plan to control erosion, sedimentation, and contaminated ground
water. In the fall of 1986, EPA used $600,000 in CERCLA emergency funds to
remove contaminated soil in nearby areas and control erosion on the yard.
Status (June 1988): Under an agreement reached with EPA in May 1987,
Amtrak and SEPTA are conducting a remedial investigation/feasibility study to
determine the extent of contamination at the site. Under a separate agreement,
SEPTA has taken measures to protect workers in the repair shop at a cost of
$2 million. In October 1987, Amtrak and SEPTA agreed t-j conduct extensive
soil sampling in the surrounding neighborhoods, and in January 1988, EPA's
emergency program began taking additional measures to stabilize the yard and
nearby Central Avenue.
After this site was proposed in January 1987, new technical information
became available. Hence, EPA is reproposing this site to allow an additional
60-day comment period.
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Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation, and Liability Act (CERCLA) as amended in 1986
WELDON SPRING QUARRY (USDOE/ARMY)
St. Charles County, Missouri
Conditions at listing (October 1984): The Weldon Spring Quarry covers
9 acres in St- Charles County, Missouri, about 30 miles west of St. Louis.
During 1941-44, the Army operated an ordnance works 3 miles to the northeast
of the old limestone quarry. Due to frequent spills, waste water containing
sulfonate derivatives contaminated both surface water and ground water in
the area, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS).
In 1955, after the Army demolished and removed the works, the Atomic
Energy Commission (AEC) started construction of the Weldon Spring Feed
Materials Plant on the land. The Army disposed of soil and building rubble
from the demolition, which were contaminated with trinitrotoluene (TNT) and
dinitrotoluene (DNT), in the deepest part of the quarry. The U.S. Department
of Energy (USDOE), successor to AEC, now owns the plant.
The Weldon Spring Feed Materials Plant began operation in 1957, converting
uranium concentrates to pure uranium salts and metal. The plant also processed
some thorium ore concentrates. During operations, the buildings, equipment,
immediate terrain, process sewer system, and drainage easement to the Missouri
River became contaminated with uranium, thorium, and their decay products,
according to USDOE. During 1959-69, AEC used the quarry for disposal of drums,
process equipment, building rubble, and soils contaminated with thorium, uranium,
and their decay products. Also, radioactive process waste waters were disposed
of near the plant in four raffinate pits covering approxinvately 50 acres.
USDOE surveys found elevated levels of uranium and radium in monitoring
wells adjacent to the quarry. A well field in the Missouri River alluvial aquifer
and 0.5 mile from the quarry serves about 58,000 people in St. Charles County.
Status (April 1987): Under an August 1986 agreement with EPA, USDOE will
carry out remedial actions at the quarry, as well as the plant area and nearby
radioactively contaminated properties. USDOE has sampled the wastes in the
quarry as part of a remedial investigation to better define and characterize
the wastes throughout the Weldon Spring area.
USDOE estimates that the quarry contains about 95,000 cubic yards of
waste. In the plant area, approximately 312,000 cubic yards of radioactively
contaminated soil, equipment, and buildings would have to be removed or
cleaned up to meet current USDOE guidelines for unrestricted use of the
land. The disposal pits contain an estimated 220,000 cubic yards of uranium
and thorium residues. USDOE surveys show that other radioactively contaminated
properties, near both the quarry and the plant, require removal of about
27,200 cubic yards of soil to meet current USDOE guidelines for unrestricted
use. In addition, radioactive materials have been released to surface
water, ground water ana air, according to USDOE and USGS.
Status (June 1988); EPA is proposing to expand this Federal facility
site, which was placed on the final NPL in July 1987. Since then, EPA has
determined that the Weldon Spring Feed Materials Plant and Raffinate Pits,
located less than 3 miles from the quarry, are linked to the contamination
problems at the original site. The site would be renamed "Weldon Spring
Quarry/Plant/Pits (USDOE/Army)."
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