FULBRIGHT LANDFILL EPA Region 7	06/07/2007
MISSOURI	City: 3 miles north of Springfield
EPA ID# MOD980631139	County: Greene County
Other Names: Springfield Fulbright
Landfill
SITE DESCRIPTION
The 98 acre Fulbright Landfill was owned and operated by the city of Springfield, Missouri. The
landfill was operated from 1962 until 1968 and accepted industrial and domestic wastes from the
Springfield area for disposal, including plating wastes, paint sludge, pesticide residues, waste oil,
and wastes containing solvents, metals, acids, and cyanide. The remedial investigation and
feasibility study and the remedial action for the Fulbright Landfill also addressed the nearby Sac
River Landfill. However, the Sac River landfill is not on the National Priorities List (NPL). In
1967, a waste hauler died from inhaling toxic fumes at the site, when he allegedly dumped an
acid waste into a pit containing cyanide. A sinkhole on the bluff above the Fulbright Landfill
contained a few dozen drums and waste residue. An estimated 10,000 people live within a 3-mile
radius of the site. The landfill lies in a semi-rural area in the flood plain of the Little Sac River.
Surrounding land use includes a police shooting range, an active wastewater treatment plant, and
an inactive wastewater treatment plant. Lake McDaniel and a series of wells northeast of the site
are used as sources of some of the municipal drinking water. However, this source of drinking
water appears to be located upgradient of the Fulbright Landfill and at a minimal risk of
contamination by the site. Ground water also is used for crop irrigation and industrial processes.
The nearest population and well are 1,000 feet upgradient of the landfills.
Site Responsibility:
This site was addressed through Federal and PRP's
actions.
NPL LISTING HISTORY
Proposed Date:
12/30/82
Final Date:
09/08/83
Deleted Date:


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THREATS AND CONTAMINANTS
The ground water and drums on the site contained a wide variety of volatile
organic compounds (VOCs) and other organic chemicals, as well as heavy metals
and cyanide from former waste disposal practices. Chromium was found in some
of the sediments in the rivers adjacent to the site. Ground water flows into the
adjacent South Dry Sac River and Little Sac River, which also receive treated
municipal wastewater. Since the landfill is in the flood plain of the Little Sac
River, high waters may have spread site contaminants.
CLEANUP APPROACH
Response Action Status
Site Studies: Under EPA oversight, the PRPs for the site contamination completed
investigations into the nature and extent of contamination in 1988.
Remedy Selected: A Record of Decision (ROD) for the site was completed on
September 30, 1988. The following remedies were selected for the site: removing
drums and drum remnants from the sinkhole and the associated trench east of the
Fulbright Landfill; sampling drum contents to establish the hazardous nature of
their contents; disposing of the removed contents at an off-site EPA-approved
facility; performing ground water and surface water monitoring; checking for
leachate that occasionally seeps from the landfill to determine if future action is
warranted to curtail it; and imposing deed restrictions to prevent future
development on the site and ground water use prohibitions.
The cleanup activities were completed in 1992. Ground water and surface water
monitoring, to ensure the cleanup remedies remain effective, began in 1992 and
continues today. The EPA completed a 5-year review of the effectiveness of the
cleanup actions in 1996, and found that the remedy was protective. A second
5-year review, conducted in September 2000, concluded that the remedy remains
protective. A third 5-year review is scheduled to be completed in 2005.
In March 1986, the EPA issued a Consent Order to the City of Springfield, Litton

Site Facts:

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Industries, Inc., and Litton Business Systems, Inc., organizations identified as
PRPs. The Order required them to conduct an extensive site investigation under
EPA monitoring. In January 1990, the EPA and these parties entered into a
Consent Decree for the PRPs to design and implement the selected remedies.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROGRESS
All construction at the site has been completed, and all cleanup goals have been met.
The removal and disposal of contaminated soils from the sinkhole and trench area and the
institutional controls on future land-use areas have been found to be protective of future
exposures to hazardous substances from this site. In 2004 the site was chosen as part of the
Return to Use initiative. As part of this initiative, the site was evaluated and approved for
recreational reuse. EPA is currently working with the city of Springfield to lessen the access
restrictions in order to allow the site to be used for recreational purposes.
COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
EPA issued a Community Relations Plan for the site in November 1985. EPA mailed fact sheets
to the local community about ongoing investigations and cleanup work at the site on the
following dates: August 1985; July 1985; May 1986; July 1986; November 1986; April 1987;
April 1988; September 1988; November 1988; February 1989; and June 1992. EPA convened a
public hearing on September 19, 1988, at the Springfield City Hall to invite public comment on
the proposed remedy for the site.
On November 11, 2004, EPA issued a press release to announce that the Fulbright Site had been
selected by the Agency as one of 11 sites to inaugurate the national demonstation project called
"Return to Use". In November 2004, EPA distributed a fact sheet to the site mailing list to
announce the site's selection as a "Return to Use" project.

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SITE REPOSITORY
Springfield/Greene County Library
397 E. Central
Springfield, MO 65801
Superfund Records Center
901 N. 5th St.
Kansas City, KS 66101
Mail Stop SUPR
(913)551-7166
REGIONAL CONTACTS
SITE MANAGER:
E-MAIL ADDRESS:
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COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
COORDINATOR:
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STATE CONTACT:
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Tonya Howell
howell.tonya@epa.gov
(913)551-7589
Dianna Whitaker
(913)551-7598
whitaker.dianna@epa.gov
Bob Hinkson
(573)751-8629
MISCELLANEOUS INFORMATION
STATE:	MO
0713
CONGRESSIONAL DISTRICT:	07
EPA ORGANIZATION:	SFD-SUPR/MOKS
MODIFICATIONS
Created by:	Karla	Created Date:	10/17/97 09:26 AM
Asb erry/SUPRFUND/R7/U S
EPA/US
Last Modified by: Dianna	Last Modified Date: 06/07/2007 09:56 AM
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