SUPERFUND
Records Of Decision
Update
From: Hazardous Site Control Division
To: EPA Regional Offices
June 27, 1985
Vol. 1, No. 2
ROD SUMMARIES
CHARLES GEORGE,
REGION I,
MASSACHUSETTS
(Approved 12/29/83)
Description:
•	Leachate from a chemical
waste landfill contaminated
residential wells with VOCs
and other organics.
Decision:
•	Operable Unit: extend an ex-
isting water supply system to
private residences with con-
taminated wells. Future
remedial actions to be de-
cided after the RI/FS is con-
ducted.
Issues:
•	Extension of a water line
from a municipal supply was
determined to be the most
cost-effective alternative. The
closest town had an ample
supply but was unwilling to
provide the water. The state
had no authority to force the
town to do so. Therefore, the
next closest town that was
willing to cooperate was
chosen to provide the water.
Contact:
•	Region I: Rick Leighton
FTS: 223-1946
•	Headquarters: Bill Kaschak
FTS: 382-2348
BRIDGEPORT, REGION II,
NEW JERSEY
(Approved 12/31/84)
Description:
• PCBs and organics found in
abandoned waste oil storage
and recovery facility.
Decision:
•	First operable unit: dispose
of oily waste and sediment/
sludge via onsite incinera-
tion; remove and dispose of
contaminated water via on-
site treatment system.
Issues:
•	Incineration was the only
alternative that could protect
human health and the en-
vironment. Because onsite
containment and offsite
disposal remedies were not
adequately protective, there
was no need to fund balance.
•	Onsite, rather than offsite, in-
cineration was preferred bas-
ed on cost evaluations;
however, competitive bidding
will decide which incinera-
tion alternative (on or offsite)
will be used.
•	Selection of the final cleanup
levels was deferred until
completion of a subsequent
RI/FS.
Contact:
•	Region II: Ron Barsolino
FTS: 264-1913
•	Headquarters: John
Kingscott
FTS: 382-7996
FRIEDMAN PROPERTY,
REGION II, NEW JERSEY
(Approved 4/30/85)
Description:
•	Dumping of municipal refuse,
bulk liquids, household and
demolition debris.
Decision:
•	Since there was no signifi-
cant contamination remain-
ing at the site and no
Region/HQ Procedures for Incorporating Newly Signed
RODs inlo the Distribution System
1.	Once a ROD is signed by the RA/AA, send a copy, which is
not only legible but reproducible, to the Program Manager in
HSCD/HQ.
2.	HQ Program Manager is to provide a copy to Lori DeRose on
the RAB staff (phone: 382-3304).
3.	Copies will then be made for the monthly distribution to the
Regional Counsels & SF Managers; also sent to NTIS and
ELI.
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evidence of contaminant
migration, the no-action alter-
native was chosen.
Issues:
•There is no reliable evidence
to indicate "that hazardous
wastes were ever disposed of
at the site. Thus, the site was
evaluated as a solid waste
dump under RCRA Subtitle D
criteria, rather than as a
hazardous waste disposal
site under RCRA Subtitle C.
(If hazardous waste had been
disposed of, Subtitle C ap-
plication would have been
relevant).
Contact:
•	Region II: Don Lynch
FTS: 264-8216
•	Headquarters: Bob Quinn/
Jim Spatarella
FTS: 382-7995
HELEVA LANDFILL,
REGION III,
PENNSYLVANIA
(Approved 3/22/85)
Description:
•Landfill accepted high
volumes of TCE wastes from
local industries, resulting in
soil, surface-water and
groundwater contamination.
Decision:
•	Operable unit: contain, pump,
and treat the source of con-
tamination. Provide alternate
water supply to local users
and defer action on offsite
plume in fractured bedrock.
Issues:
•	Final protection standards
for groundwater will be deter-
mined at a later date since ef-
fectiveness of treating con-
taminated groundwater in
fractured bedrock cannot be
established at this time.
•	Effectiveness of groundwater
treatment will define need for
future action at the site.
Contact:
•	Region III: Bill Hagel
FTS: 597-3161
•	Headquarters: Lisa Woodson
FTS: 475-8246
LACKAWANNA REFUSE,
REGION III,
PENNSYLVANIA
(Approved 3/22/85)
Description:
•	Strip mine pits used as a
commercial/municipal land-
fill contain about 15,000
buried drums of hazardous
waste.
Decision:
•	Remove material from con-
taminated cell and dispose of
offsite. Cap remaining por-
tion of the site that contained
municipal waste.
Issues:
•	One option for dealing with
sites where hazardous waste
was disposed of in one por-
tion and municipal wastes in
an adjoining portion may be
to use Subtitle C re-
quirements to evaluate the
former areas and Subtitle D
requirements for the latter.
•	Use of Subtitles C and D to
evaluate a single site should
be coordinated with the
Regional Counsel and HSCD.
Contact:
•	Region III: Walt Graham
FTS: 597-9387
•	Headquarters: Linda Boorna-
zian
FTS: 382-7997
DO YOU KNOW WHERE
COPIES OF THE RODs
ARE IN YOUR REGION?
Last month the following
was sent to the Superfund
Coordinator and Counsel in
each Region:
•	A bound set of all the
FY'82-85 RODs completed
so far
•	Abstracts for all the signed
RODs
•	A keyword index of over
300 words to all the RODs
See your Superfund Coor-
dinator or Regional Counsel
to borrow and make a copy
of any of the above informa-
tion.
BYRON/JOHNSON
SALVAGE YARD, REGION
V, ILLINOIS
(Approved 3/13/85)
Description:
•	Surface and buried drums
contaminated soil and
groundwater.
Decision:
•	First operable unit: offsite
disposal of all surface and
buried drums as well as
highly contaminated soil
down to bedrock.
Issues:
•	Possibility of onsite contain-
ment ruled out because of
locational factors (fractured
bedrock, subsidence).
Contact:
•	Region V: Karen Waldvogel
FTS: 886-9292
•	Headquarters: Kitty Taimi
FTS: 382-2449
Paul
Schumann
FTS: 475-6705
MOTCO, REGION VI,
TEXAS
(Draft Approved 2/14/85)
Description:
•	Seven unlined borrow pits
contain four major types of
wastes in layers of sludges
and tars, 7 million gallons of
organic liquids (including
PCBs), and water containing
metals and organics.
Decision:
•	Operable unit: remove and in-
cinerate contaminated
sludges and liquids.
Issues:
•	PCB concentrations in the
large lagoon made incinera-
tion the only cost-effective
solution.
•	Decision on how much
lagoon sludge material to
remove and incinerate was
based on the need to main-
tain structural integrity of the
lagoon backfill and cover.
•	Second operable unit will
evaluate impact of remaining
contaminants on ground-
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Contact:
•	Region VI: Don Porter
FTS: 729-9712
•	Headquarters: Randy
Kaltreider
FTS: 382-2448
TIMES BEACH, REGION
VII, MISSOURI
(Approved 1/13/84)
Description:
•	The five Times Beach sites
are contaminated with TCDD
greater than 1 ppb.
Decision:
•	Excavate and place TCDD-
contaminated soil in interim
storage facility at Times
Beach.
Issues:
•	Flood plain and wetlands
assessments (Executive
Orders 11988 and 11990) are
required when those
resources are impacted by
alternatives discussed in the
RI/FS.
Contact:
•	Region VII: Steve Wilhelm
FTS: 758-7133
•	Headquarters: John
Kingscott
FTS: 382-7996
MOUNTAIN VIEW/GLOBE,
REGION IX, ARIZONA
(Approved 6/2/83)
Description:
• Residential subdivision was
built on graded asbestos tail-
ings and asbestos-
contaminated soil.
Decision:
•	Relocate residents per-
manently; demolish and bury
onsite all mobile homes and
sewage treatment plant;
close site by capping and fen-
cing.
Issues:
•	It was more cost-effective to
buy and dispose of mobile
homes onsite, allowing
residents to purchase
replacement housing, than to
decontaminate the trailers.
Contact:
•	Region IX: Jerelean Johnson
FTS: 454-7515
•	Headquarters: Steve Hooper
FTS: 475-8246
STRINGFELLOW ACID
PITS, REGION IX,
CALIFORNIA
(Approved 7/17/84)
Description:
•Thirty-four million gallons of
toxic waste were disposed of
at the site, inluding heavy
metals, acids, and organics.
Decision:
•	First operable unit: installa-
tion of an onsite system of
extraction wells and pretreat-
ment plant, followed by
discharge to POTW system.
Issues:
•	Discharge to POTW required
that the pretreatment system
meet stringent local stan-
dards.
Contact:
•	Region IX: Brian Ullensvang
FTS: 454-8917
• Headquarters: Bill Samuel
FTS: 382-2450
Paul
Schumann
FTS: 475-6705
TACOMA WELL 12A/COM-
MENCEMENT BAY,
REGION X, WASHINGTON
(Approved 3/1/83)
Description:
•	VOC contamination in City of
Tacoma's Well 12A.
Decision:
•	First operable unit: pump and
treat water from Well 12A to
confine contaminant move-
ment within aquifer.
Issues:
•	Deferred ACL decision —
allowed to start cleaning
groundwater before esta-
blishing final groundwater
protection standard. Later
monitoring will determine
how long to pump, and the
final target levels for ground-
water cleanup.
•	Waste and sludge was ex-
cavated and an additional
15% of contaminated soil
was removed to allow for a
reasonable safety factor.
Waste removal was partially
justified by the resultant in-
crease in long-term effec-
tiveness of the groundwater
flushing system.
Contact:
•	Region X: Phil Wong
FTS: 399-7216
•	Headquarters: Steve Hooper
FTS: 475-6689
A Line on RODs -
MAJOR BREAKTHROUGH
WITH RCRA ... If contami-
nants have migrated from the
site, and you propose an onsite
remedy, you may consolidate
the waste onsite without being
considered a generator. There
are, however, some conditions
... Call J. Bill Hanson (HQ,
FTS-322-2345) for more infor-
mation.
BREAKTHROUGH #2 WITH
RCRA ... You may now con-
sider a level above background
for cleanup and be consistent
with RCRA. You can do a site-
specific exposure analysis to
establish that remaining con-
taminants are not harmful to
public health and the environ-
ment. The RCRA delisting
model is one way to establish
safe levels. For those of you
who attended the ROD work-
shops at HQ or Regions V or VI,
this was the approach discuss-
ed. For details call Paul
Schumann (HQ, FTS-382-2339).
ADVANCED TECHNOLOGY
... for removal of volatiles
from soil use a "D-6 cat" and a
"two gang plough." What about
control of emission rates dur-
ing construction? Regions V
and X are looking at other
methods to control the rate of
release. For more information
call Phil Wong in Region X
(FTS-399-7216) about the pro-
posed plan for Well 12-A or
Rich Bartelt in Region V
(FTS-886-7570). This new
method may involve considera-
tion of patent rights; Nancy
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checking into this.
A NEW TECHNOLOGY ... Are
you sure that it will work? How
do you prepare a ROD when
you are not sure of the new
remedy? Call Region VI on this
issue, and see how they handl-
ed the Old Inger, LA site ROD,
which involved land treatment
of waste.
MINE POOLS AND KARST
FORMATION . . . How do you
monitor groundwater contami-
nation if an on site remedy is
proposed? Are you responsible
for contamination of the aqui-
fers? OGC says yes. But how
do you know the Superfund
site is the sole contributor?
You don't .. . This is a big
issue; if you have one of these
let's discuss ... (call Linda
Boornazian, HQ, FTS-382-7997).
IS CERCLA TOTALLY RES-
PONSIBLE ... for cleanup of
the aquifer if the areawide
groundwater pollution is not
caused solely by an NPL site?
This too is a big issue and will
be raised to upper manage-
ment for resolution .... Con-
tact J. Bill Hanson, HQ,
FTS-382-2345.
PCBs .. . For those of you who
have sites with PCBs (and we
know there are at least 10 sites
with PCBs out there), new
levels are now being devel-
oped. We should use lower
levels to be consistent with
OTS and ORD recommenda-
tions. We will be in touch on
this ... but keep in mind that a
bulldozer or backhoe is only ac-
curate within 0.3 foot of a
target depth. (Contact Paul
Schumann, HQ, FTS-382-2339.)
A GARBAGE DUMP . . . Do you
know of a garbage dump that
has had no hazardous wastes
dumped into it? Are you con-
sidering a Subtitle D closure?
Contact Don Lynch (Region II,
FTS-264-8216) for more infor-
mation.
MOVING ON ... As many of
you know, Sam Knott is leaving
EPA and will be working for
PRPs!!! While he was with the
Agency he assisted in the reso-
lution of a number of very irrn
portant issues. Unfortunately,
we cannot recognize him for
them at this time, because they
are cloaked in Enforcement ne-
gotiating documents. Someday
we will all know ... but in the
meantime: THE BEST OF LUCK
SAM!!!
("A Line on RODs ..." is in-
tended to provide quick helpful
bits of information to Super-
fund staff members regarding
technology or other pertinent
matters. The intent of these
brief notations is to point those
interested in the right direc-
tion, either to a contact person
or a particular ROD. If you have
any information of this kind
that would be helpful to others,
phone it to Lori DeRose, HQ,
FTS-382-3304.)
Region
LIST OF FY 85
SIGNED RODs
Site
Date
AA/RA Signed
IV
IV
V
VI
IX
X
Bridgeport, NJ
Love Canal, NY
D'lmperio Property, NJ
Friedman, NJ
Heleva Landfill, PA
Lackawanna Refuse, PA
Tysons Dump, PA
Varsol Spill, FL
Whitehouse Waste Oil, FL
Byron/Johnson Salvage Yard, IL
Motco, TX
Jibboom Junkyard, CA
So. Tacoma Channel Well 12A, WA
AA
12/31/84
AA
5/06/85
RA
3/27/85
AA
4/30/85
RA
3/22/85
RA
3/22/85
AA
12/21/84
RA
3/29/85
RA
5/30/85
RA
3/13/85
RA
3/15/85
RA
5/9/85
AA
5/3/85

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