&EPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
For more information
To review EPA documents regarding
the Lammers Barrel site, please visit
the information repository:
Beavercreek Community Library
3618 Dayton-Xenia Road
Or visit www.epa.gov/region5/sites/
lammers.
You may also contact:
Ginny Narsete
Community Involvement Coordinator
EPA Region 5, Superfund Division
77 W. Jackson Blvd (SI-7J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
312-886-4359
narsete .virginia@epa.gov
Tim Fischer
Remedial Project Manager
EPA Region 5, Superfund Division
77 W. Jackson Blvd. (SR-6J)
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
312-886-5787
fischer.timothy@epa.gov
Call Region 5 toll-free, 800-621-8431,
weekdays 9:30 a.m. to 5:30 p.m.
Scott Glum
Site Coordinator
Ohio EPA, Southwest District Office
401 E. Fifth St.
Dayton, OH 45402
937-285-6065
scott .glum@epa. state. oh .us
EPA Seeks Increased
Community Involvement
Lammers Barrel Superfund Site
Beavercreek, Ohio
September 2009
As part of its effort to meet the needs of local residents, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Region 5 is asking people in Beavercreek to take part in a
series of interviews regarding the Lammers Barrel Superfund site. Information
from these interviews will be used to update EPA's community involvement plan
for the site.
Residents interested in talking with EPA officials should contact Ginny Narsete,
community involvement coordinator for the Lammers Barrel site (see box, left),
before Sept. 17 to schedule a one-on-one interview.
EPA developed a community involvement plan in 2002 that outlined a strategy
for informing residents and involving them in key decisions regarding site
investigation and cleanup efforts. That plan was based in part on a community
assessment. The upcoming round of interviews will help EPA formulate a new
assessment and a new plan as the project moves forward.
Investigation complete
The Agency recently completed a study called a "remedial investigation" to
determine whether the site poses any risk to people or the environment. The
study found that the soil and ground water contain volatile organic compounds,
or VOCs, at levels that require cleanup under federal regulations. VOCs
are contaminants such as solvents, degreasers, paints, thinners and fuels that
evaporate easily. They can cause eye, nose and throat irritations, and possibly
more serious health problems.
The long-term investigation began in 2003. EPA installed 43 ground-water
monitoring wells, took samples from 57 private residential wells and collected 29
soil samples. Investigators also took surface water and sediment samples from
five locations along Little Beaver Creek.
Site Location Map
Lammers Barrel
Factory Site
Beavercreek
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SEPA
United States
Environmental Protection
Agency
Region 5
Superfund Division (SI-7J)
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, IL 60604-3590
LAMMERS BARREL SITE:
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The study was conducted by a group of 41 parties who signed
a legal agreement to conduct and pay for the investigation.
The parties also agreed to evaluate options for cleaning up the
site. All work is being performed under EPA supervision.
Earlier studies led to a 1999 decision to extend county
water lines to several homes on Rosendale Drive and
install equipment to pump contaminated ground water and
vapors from the soil. During that cleanup, EPA found new
contamination and decided it was important to conduct a more
extensive study of the nature and extent of contamination.
The site was added to the National Priorities List, making
it eligible for investigation and cleanup under the federal
Superfund program.
Next steps
Using the results of the remedial investigation, EPA is
assessing options for cleaning up the site based on current
and future land-use scenarios. This assessment, known
as a "feasibility study," should be finished by the end of
2009. EPA will then publish a proposed cleanup plan, which
will summarize the options for cleaning up the site and
recommend one of those options. The plan will explain why
EPA believes the recommended option is most effective and
feasible.
After the public has an opportunity to comment on the
proposed plan, EPA will select a final cleanup plan and begin
the cleanup. Comments from area residents could lead EPA to
modify its proposed plan, or switch to a different plan.
Site background
The Lammers Barrel property is now a 2-acre vacant lot. A
fire in 1969 destroyed the buildings leaving only a concrete
pad, a non-functional production well and pipes that appear
to run from the former facility to Little Beaver Creek, which
flows west to east through the site. The property is bordered
to the west by Grange Hall Road and to the south by East
Patterson Road. An abandoned railroad right-of-way is
located along the northern border.
Operations began at Lammers Barrel Factory in 1953 and
continued until the fire. According to former employees,
the facility bought, sold and reclaimed all types of solvents.
Any inventories of chemicals handled at the facility were
reportedly destroyed in the fire. During operation, the facility
had an above-ground storage capacity of over 500,000 gallons
of chemical solvents such as trichloroethylene, methyl-ethyl
ketone, tetrachloroethene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, aromatic
hydrocarbons, aliphatic hydrocarbons, ketones, esters
and alcohols. This storage area consisted of 18 vertical
tanks ranging in size from 2,500 to 25,000 gallons, and
approximately 6,000 55-gallon drums.
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