Jackson Steel

Mineola/North Hempstead, New York

Site Description

The Jackson Steel site is an inactive "roll form metal shapes" manufacturing
facility located in Mineola/North Hempstead, NY. Jackson Steel operated at the
Site as early as 1970 and ceased operations in 1991. Degreasers, including
tetrachloroethylene (PCE), trichloroethylene (TCE), and 1,1,1-trichloroethane,
were used at the facility until March 1985. Sludge from degreasing equipment
was stored in drums. During a 1981 inspection of the facility by the Nassau
County Department of Health, improper spill control at the waste storage area
was noted. The Site is located in a mixed-use area, with commercial and
industrial properties located to the south and west and residential properties
located to the north and east.

Current Site Status and Cleanup Actions to Date

•	In 2002, due to elevated levels of PCE in the indoor air of an adjacent
daycare center and an adjacent billiards hall, EPA's emergency
response team installed vacuum extraction systems under the concrete
slabs of the buildings to prevent any contaminants from entering the
buildings in case the soil and ground water under the buildings were the
source.

•	In September 2004, a Record of Decision (ROD) was signed. The
selected remedy calls for in-situ soil vapor extraction (ISVE) for
underground soils contaminated with volatile organic compounds
(VOCs); excavation and off-site disposal of contaminated surface soils;
excavation and off-site disposal of the contents of on-site dry wells,
sumps, and a trench located inside the on-site building;
decontamination of the building floor; in-situ chemical oxidation (ISCO)
of the contaminated upper aquifer in the source area; and extraction
and treatment of the contaminated lower aquifer if, during the design
stage, it is determined that Site-related contamination is affecting the
lower aquifer.

•	In March 2005, ISVE and ISCO pilot-scale treatability studies began.
The groundwater investigation also started in March 2005. It is
anticipated that the treatability studies and the groundwater
investigation will be completed in late December 2005.

•	The remedial action related to the excavation and building
decontamination began in October 2005. It is anticipated that this work
will be completed in spring 2006.

Current Funding Status

•	From 2001-2004, EPA spent approximately $37,000 related to vapor
intrusion and indoor air sampling at the Site and its vicinity and the
installation of mitigation systems at a nearby daycare center and
billiards club.

•	From 2002-2004, EPA spent approximately $2,275,000 to perform a
remedial investigation and feasibility study to determine the nature and

	extent of the contamination at and emanating from the Site and to	

Key

Accomplishments

•	In 2002, EPA's
emergency
response team
installed vacuum
extraction systems
at two businesses
adjacent to the
Site.

•	The Record of
Decision (ROD)
was signed in
September 2004.

•	The remedial
action commenced
in October 2005.

For more information
on the projects at this
site, please read the
Jackson Steel site
Fact Sheet on the
Region 2 Superfund
Web site.

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identify and evaluate remedial alternatives.

•	In 2004 and 2005, EPA provided $2,850,000 to perform ISVE and ISCO
pilot-scale treatability studies and a groundwater investigation work
related to the lower aquifer.

•	In September 2005, EPA provided $1.0 million to commence the
remedial action. Field work commenced in October 2005.

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