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United States
Environmental Protectior
Agency
For more information
You can contact these U.S. EPA
team members for questions,
comments or more information
about the cleanup at the Peters
Cartridge site:
For general questions:
Ginny Narsete
Community Involvement
Coordinator
312-886-4359
narsete.virginia@epa.gov
For technical questions:
Demaree Collier
Remedial Project Manager
312-886-0214
collier.demaree@epa.gov
Official document repository:
Salem Township Library
535 W. Pike St.
Morrow. Ohio
U.S. EPA toll-free: 800-621-8431,
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m., weekdays
On the Web
http://www.epa.gov/region5/cleanup
/peterscartridge/
U.S. EPA Chicago office:
U.S. EPA Region 5
77 W. Jackson Blvd.
Chicago, 1L 60604
U.S. EPA to Begin Cleanup
Work at Peters Cartridge
Peters Cartridge Site
Kings Mills, Ohio	February 2015
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is going to begin cleanup
activities early this spring at the Peters Cartridge Superfund site. The work
will consist of cleaning up lead-contaminated soil surrounding the Peters
Cartridge property located at 1415 Grandin Road in Kings Mills. This
cleanup work was approved in a document called a "Record of Decision" in
2009. There are a few modifications to the original cleanup plan. These will
be outlined in an "Explanation of Significant Differences" document. The
primary change has to do with treatment of some of the lead-contaminated
soil prior to placement in the on-site containment unit. When that document
is finalized, it will be made available for your review in the repository.
Background
The Peters Cartridge factory site is on a 71-acre parcel of land located along
the southern bank of the Little Miami River. The site is separated into three
distinct exposure areas: the Fonner Process Area, the Hamilton Township
Property, and the Lowland Area. The location is bordered to the north by
the Little Miami Scenic River Bikeway and the Little Miami River, to the
east by Grandin Road, to the south by agricultural land at the top of the
valley wall, and to the west by undeveloped bottomland along the river.
Buildings at the Peters Cartridge site were constructed in 1916 as a munitions
manufacturing facility. The site is occupied by several small businesses, but much
of it is abandoned. Contaminated soil and ground water (underground supplies of
fresh water) were found on the property.

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The main site buildings are set on the level ground
next to the Little Miami River. The remnants of
concrete bunkers and other buildings are scattered
along the steep slope of the valley wall along the
southern part of the site. The DuPont Co. purchased
the Peters Cartridge property from the Remington
Arms Co. U.S. EPA considers DuPont to be legally
responsible for the pollution investigations and
cleanup activities at the site.
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Changes from the initial cleanup plan
The 2009 Record of Decision called for the
cleanup of lead-contaminated soil across areas of
the Peters Cartridge facility. After the cleanup
plan was selected and during sampling in what is
called the "remedial design" phase, investigators
found soil with hazardous lead levels not
previously identified. In order for this soil to be
kept on-site in the planned containment unit, it
will first have to be treated to make it
nonhazardous. This is not a fundamental change
to the original cleanup plan, or remedy, but it
does require U.S. EPA to document this change
in the "Explanation of Significant Differences"
document. The specific changes to the design of
the remedy can be found in the final remedial
design document available in the repository in
Morrow (see front box).
Preliminary cleanup schedule
These timeframes may change significantly depending
on the actual start date for the work and weather
conditions.
Site Mobilization and Site Preparation:
•	Early Spring 2015
Tree Clearing (Hamilton Township and Peters
property):
•	Early Spring 2015
Excavation, Hauling and Offsite Disposal Trash Area:
•	Spring 2015
Soil excavation and placement on-site:
•	Summer through Fall 2015
Restoration:
•	Fall 2015
Work along the Little Miami River/Trail:
•	Late Spring through Late Summer 2015
Miscellaneous Site Work Demobilization:
•	Late Summer through Late Fall 2015
Revegetation - Seedlings and Saplings:
•	2016 and 2017
Photo from fieldwork in 2014 using a drill rig at the
Peters Cartridge facility
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