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UNITED STATES ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY WASHINGTON. O.C. 20460 ornct or tHroKctmiff STATUS REPORT -- HAZARDOUS WASTE SITES Prepared by: Pesticides and Toxic Substances Enforcement Division Office of Enforcement U.S. Environmental Protection Agency The attached report summarizes the status of investigations at 13S hazardous waste sites throughout the United States as of April 3, 1979. The report consists of a chart which categorizes the status of activities on each site and narrative summaries of the problem and status of each Individual case. The listing and summaries are subject to change as developments occur. ' Because the eight categories are broadly defined, it is essential to refer to the case summaries for specific information. It should be noted that only cases where a determination has been made that no signi ficant hazard exists have been placed in the '`Data does not support imminent hazard action' category. This does not imply that the other sites present imminent hazards, but rather that litigation, investiga tions, or cleanup efforts are still in progress. Following is a brief explanation of each category on the chart: A State legal action in progress -- The site is the subject of current litigation by the State. B Federal legal action in progress -- The site is the subject of current litigation by the Federal government. C Site cleaned up -- The site has been adequately cleaned up. D Site cleanup in progress -- Some cleanup of the site has taken place; additional cleanup is needed. E H>A site assessment in progress -- EPA is collecting, analyzing, and evaluating data regarding the site in preparation for cleanup efforts or for litigation, if deemed appropriate. F Study in progress by other Federal or State agency -- A Federal (other than ETA) or State agency is conducting a study regarding the sits. G Site actively monitored -- The site is actively monitored, in most cases as part of a Federal or State regulatory (permit) program to ensure proper handling of materials. 9 Data does not support imminent hazard action -- A determination has been made that no significant hazard exists. Sttu Aclid Jl cM l*:t. HONS 013824 BC E 4/3/79 REGION IV (continued) ' * National Waste Oil X X * New Hanover Landfill X PCB Spill (North Carolina) XX X Redstone Arsenal - X A Reeves Brothers :. X X Renroh, Inc. ' X XX A Said A Sons (Nashville) ! X XX f Said A Sons (Rutherford County) X XX Senaons Landfill X Sangamo Electric Company XX A Suewrlt Avenue Site X A Valley of the Drums X XX Velslcol Chemical Company X X Wasteplex, Inc. X Waynesboro City Dump X REGION V 3M Auerlean Recovery Company Arrowhead Refining Company Byron Salvage Central Landfill Cherrlngton Scrap Metal Conservation Chemical Company Fisher-Kalo Chemicals Gratiot County Landfill Hamer^s Construction Company Hooker Chemical Company Kerr-McGee Disposal Site Mid-Co #1 and #2 Musket Ranch Pollution Controls, Inc. Reilly Tar A Chemical Company Robert Ross A Sons - Seymour Recycling Corporation Story Chemical Company Sunnit National Services Tlpton-Martin . Welsman Scrap Metal X X X X X X X X XX X X .. X x X X X X x X X X XX X X XX HONS 013825 A c D !f I E c REGION I ' Candy Box Farm X a Canton Site City of New Bedford HcKIn Company - Sllreslm Chemical Corporation . X a Silva Property/Boscoe Trucking X Saltfifleld Chemical Landfill X a Town of Auburn X X X REGION II Ctmlcal Control Hyde Park Landfill Kln-Buc Landfill Love Canal Recco Park Landfill X X X XX XX REGION III Ambler Asbestos Dump Anay Creek Landfill A Eddystone Site * FR l S Landfill Galaxy Chemical Company Quarry * Southeast Treatment Plant a Southwest Treatment Plant Tobyhanna Army Depot Landfill a Transformer Sales X Hade Site X X X XX XX X XX X XX XX REGION IV a Activated Metals Allen Chemical Dump Allied Petroleum Aimiston, Alabama X The Brickyard A Blount County, Alabama . Creosote Destructo Chemway X The Farm X Ft. Gilliam Landfill Gordon Services Company X Larue County Landfill Lee's Lane Landfill (continued) ___ ...... X XX X X X XX X X xx X X X' HONS 013826 X X X X X _ 1 A. l 8 i 1C 11 0 . E REGION VI Bio-Ecology Site BUS Corporation - Clean Land,A1r,Water Corporation Lake Charles ' ft HOTCO Site Retro Processors,' Inc. Sangamon Grain Company Transvaal Corporation REGION VII Conservation Chemical Company; Frontenac Waste Oil v GAF I Certainteed Corporations LaBounty Dump Schaltty's Oil Services Syntex Agribusiness, Inc. Vulcan Materials Company Weldon Springs Chemical Plant X X X x xx X X X X X XX X X X X X X RE6I0N VIII Butte Radioactivity Colorado Radium Comet Oil ft Denver Methane L.C. Corporation Lowry Landfill Morgan Chemical Rocky Mountain Arsenal Rose Park . Salt Lake City Landfills Thunderblrd Resources Vitro Tailings Pond REGION IX ' X X X X X XX XX X X X . Hooker Chemical Company Strlngfellow Disposal Site . I X| I Ill I |X X k Hk ft < A l._> I C II HONS 0L382T i 0 I f r SITE Alkali Lake taker GYP Ponds Calhoun Tailings Pond Central Impoundment Area Clayton Pond Cobalt Tailings Pond OeLamar Tailings Pond FHC Slag Pile Galena Ponds Granite Nine Waste Pile Hanford Facility ' Harlna Tailings Ponds Holden Tailings-Pond * Hooker Chemical Company , Idaho National Engineering Lab Kaiser Aluminum Knob Hill Tailings Ponds Lucky Friday Tailings Pond Monsanto Slag Pile Red Devil Mine Slmplot GYP Pond Silver Buckle Tailings Pond .Silver King Tailings Pond Star Tailings Pond Sunshine Tailings Pond Thorium Tailings Tulallp Landfill Uranium Mill Tailings Uranium Tailing Ponds Van Stone Tailings Pond Yellow Pine Tailings Pond . X X . X X X X XX XX X X X XX X XX XX X X IX X IX X X XX X XX XX XX X XX XX XX XX X X XIX XIX : A jB |c \D 3 HONS 013828 ! E G `I RESIGN I NAME! Candy Box Fan LOCATION: Coventry, Rhode Island ' PROBLEM: Inactive. The site is a pig farm as well as a collector of chemical waste. Midnight dumping of damnable chenicals by out-of state truckers occurred in ditch areas. Substantial explosion and fire occurred on the sits in late 1977. The site contains an open pit containing damnable liquids and drums of various unknown chemical wastes. The site is located on a hill with a general slope to a tributary of the Moosup River. STASIS: State legal action pending against owners, transporters, and generators. The Governor has asked for a legislative appro* priation of $300,000 to clean up the site. The Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management Is actively monitoring the site. The state's request, EPA is evaluating legal and technical data to determine what Federal activity, if any, would be effective in assisting the State in cleanup and cost recovery efforts. NAME: Canton Site LOCATION: Canton, Massachusetts PROBLEM: Inactive site. Solvent wastes were dumped on site during the late 1960's and early 1970*s. Dumping resulted in local contamination of wells. STAKE: State is currently doing a site assessment. Wells in area are being monitored. City has obtained a grant to extend water lines into the area. NAME: City of New Bedford, Mass. LOCATION: New Bedford, Massachusetts PROBLEM: The 40-acre site contains 500,000 pounds of PC3 materials which were deposited in landfills from 1970 to 1974. No disposal of PGB materials since that time. Site is located in wetland area and is tributary to the Paskamanset River. STATUS: Leachate is migrating very slowly; no endangerment of groundwater supplies. Air sampling shows no levels greater than OSHA standards. State and local agencies will continue to monitor. Data does not support an inminent hazard action. HONS 013829 RESIGN I NAME: The McKin Company lOCATION: Gray, Main* PROBLEM: Inactive site formerly a solvent and oil processing facility. Partially filled bulk storage tanks and approximately 200 53gallon drums remain on site; tanks are badly corroded and immersed in six inches of oily liquid. The sits is located on a glacial outvash close to groundwater table. Several private drinking water wells were contaminated. STATUS: State of Maine filed suite in July 1978 against the company for damages and site and groundwater contamination. Monitor ing wells have been installed and the State actively monitors the site. A citizen class action suit has also been filed. IAMB: Silresia Chemical Corporation LOCATION: Lowell, Massachusetts PROBLEM: Inactive. The five-acre site stores 15-29,000 drums, as well as full stocage tanks. Severe ground contamination and leaking drums. Wastes include organic chemicals, solvents, and waste oil. Meadow Brook River, which flows into tha Concord River, is 500 feet from the property. Three monitoring wells have been installed. STATUS: Site cleanup is wdermy and approximately 700,000 equivalent gallons of waste have been removed from the site by NEW00. Cleanup of resaining 10,000 drums is expected to be complete by June or July 1979. Extensive ground and surface water and aibient air monitoring has been conducted by the Stats; addi tional monitoring will be undertaken this spring. The state is expected to expend $1.5 of appropriated funds for cleanup. NAME: Silva Property/Boscoe Trucking Company lOCATION: Rehoboth, Massachusetts PROBLEM: Illegal disposal of toxic wastes has resulted in contamination of ground and surface waters. STATUS: The site was cleaned up in the sterner of 1978 at a cost of approximately $125,000 from the State's oil spill contingency furrl. Suits have been brought by the State against Silva and Boscoe seeking to recover costs for cleanup and removal of wastes and contaminated soil from the site. HONS 013350 RESIGN I NAME: Smithfield Chemical Landfill IOCATION: Smithfield, Rhode Island PROBLEM: The site accepted municipal refuse and liquid chemical waste until the Rhode island Solid Waste Management Law became effective in 1977. The toxic materials include toluene and trichlocoethane. - Later in 1977 an ordinance was passed making it Illegal to diznp industrial and chemical waste on public and private land. saaas: Superior court injunction closed the site to further dumbing of wastes in 1977. Since that time, the State has filed a comolaint seeking to remove the contaminated soils from the site. Wastes have not been removed. Regional options being evaluated. NAME: Town of Auburn LOCATION: Auburn, Massachusetts PROBLEM: A dike failure at an industrial waste lagoon caused an oil spill to an adjacent swamp with potential for contamination of reservoir and residential well water. STATUS: Many surface water, groundwater, and tapwater samples were obtained None indicated any pollutants above the Interim Primary Drinking Water Standards. Data does not support an Luninent hazard action. HONS 013831 RESIGN II HAMS: Chemical Control LOCATION: Elizabeth, New Jersey PROBLEM: A waste disposal site improperly handling 20,000 to 30,000 5S-gallon drums of hazardous chemicals. Some barrels marked flammable are stored near the incinerator. STATUS: EPA, Region II, which ha] prepared a RCRA $7003 action against the facility, deferred to a State action for injunctive relief. A Temporary Restraining Order CTRQ") was issued by the Superior Court of New Jersey on January 19, 1979, requiring rapid removal of 12,000 waste drums and other relief. State action was actively supported by EPAS as a friend of the court. A hearing on a pre liminary injunction was held February 8, 1979, after the defendant had failed to comply with the TOO. EPA provided five affidavits in support of the state case. Strong injunctive relief was granted by Judge Ackerman, which included the appointment of a receiver to supervise the cleanup of the facility, and to handle all books and assets of Chemical Control. NAME: Hyde Park Landfill LOCATION: Niagara Falls, New York PROBLEM: Inactive. The landfill facility disposed of organic hazardous wastes from 1954-1973. The sit: is presently being upgraded. There previously existed surface ponding and leachate migration. STATUS: Site assessment, leachate collection system, epidemiological study, and extensive monitoring in progress. State is supervising remedial actions. EPA and the Department of Justice are actively exploring appropriate enforcement action involving this site. NAME: Kin-Buc Landfill IOCAXION: Middlesex County, New Jersey PROBLEM: Inactive. The disposal site is a landfill area dealing with large quantities of organic waste, sludge,' acids, caustics, pesticides, etc. 14 acres of the 220-acre site have improperly disposed hazardous waste. The site is located 75 feet from a creek. STATUS: U.S. Attorney has filed litigation under the dean Water Act and Section 7003 of RCRA. HONS 013832 REGION II NAME: Lovfe Canal LOCATION: Niagara Falls, N6w York PROBLEM: Inactive. Various organic wastes were disoosed of on the 14-acre site. The facility is located 1/4 mile from a river. Leachate from the site migrates laterally into surrounding homes. STASIS* Site assessment, epidemiological study, and extensive monitoring in progress. State demonstration grant application mailed to EPA week of 2/5/79 asking for Federal assistance to facilitate remedial actions. So million in Federal funds have beat appro priated. Construction of a tile drainage system and other remedial measures are being undertaken. EPA and the Department of Justice are actively exploring appropcite enforcement actions involving this site. NAME: Necco Park Landfill LOCATION: Niagara Falls, New York PROBLEM: Inactive. Site had disposed of various organic and inorganic wastes since the 1930's. Physical factors for the landfill include a high tater table and little clay underlying. STATUS: Evidence of groundwater contamination found. State has taken action to install wells for groundwater pumping system. HONS OI3833 resign m NAME: tablet Asbestos Dump LOCATION: Anbler, Pennsylvania PROBLEM: Leachate from 20 acre asbestos-contaminated waste pile is entering creek; waste has migrated into playground. Dump is located in center of town and near a tributary of the the Schuylkill River. STATUS: State has ordered dumping to stop. Alternatives for erosion and leachate control are being studied. NAME; Army Creek (Llangollen) Landfill LOCATION: New Castle County, Delaware PROBLEM: The facility disposes of all types of waste, including liquid wastes, chemicals and oils, solvents, methyl chloride, waste acids, and glycols. Groundwater and aquifer contamination has resulted from the leachate. STATUS: Cleanup in progress. Leachate and groundwater system is installed and is containing the area of contamination. NAME: Bddystone Site LOCATION: Eddystone, Pennsylvania PROBLEM: The site was used as a storage-transfer station by the bankruot AEM Trucking Company. Twelve to fifteen trucks of waste are on the site. Several trucks are leaking; most do not appear to be roadworthy. There are approximately 200-300 drirns of miscellane ous waste dumped onto the ground. The site is located at the back of the Bddystone Industrial Park and is not easily accessible. STATUS: Because of lack of accessibility and snail mount of wastes involved, the site is not considered an imminent hazard. NAME: FR 4 3 Landfill LOCATION: Exeter Tcwnship, Berks County, Pennsylvania PROBLEM: Inactive landfill into which illicit dumping of industrial waste has been reported by residents. Manmade lagoons with ccecked liners are present on the site. Parts per billion levels of Industrial chemicals have been found in lagoons. STATUS: Site assessment In progress. MONS 013834 RESIGN m NAME* Galaxy Chemical Company IOCAXION: Elkton, Maryland PROBLEM: Inactive. The sites has lagoons containing industrial solvents. STATUS: Lagoons have been properly closed. NUB: Quarry IOCKCIGN: Elkton, Maryland PROBLEM: Galaxy Chemical used abandoned quarry to dispose of drums. Lagoons used for liquid -waste disposal. Possible groundwater contamination simus: Drums have been removed and lagoons filled. NAME: Southeast Wastewater Treatment Plant LOCATION: Philadelphia > Pennsylvania PROBLEM: Approximately 200-300 drums of waste were discovered on an old landfill when site cleaning for construction of a wastewater plant began in October 1978. The drums appear to be in good shape and the site is not easily accessible to the public. STMOS: The City has proposed to have the site preparation contractor dispose of the drums, possibly in New Jersey. The contractor is sampling the landfill material to determine if any hazard exists. Prompt removal of the landfill material Is essential tor the construction of expanded and upgraded wastewater treat ment facilities. EPA has sued the City for prompt construction. EPA will work with City and State agencies to find a suitable disposal site for the material should the current disposal site become inavailable. ' HONS 013835 RESIGN UI NAME: Southwest Wastewater Treatment Plant LOCATION: Philadelphia, Pennsylamia PROBLEM: Approximately 1,700 drugs of various industrial wastes were dis covered ad uncovered by the City of Philadelphia in December 1978/ January 1979 when preparing to expand the sludge handling facilities at the waste treatment plant. Most droits were badly deteriorated, and many were broken when excavated. The area on the back side of of the treatment plant site near the approach to Philadelphia Inter national Airport is not readily accessible to the general public, although it was used as a dmp by area contractors. SHOTS: Sanples of materials were taken and analyzed, and the City has since reburied the drugs. Groundwater saaoles have been taken and are being analyzed. The City has contracted a consultant to study the problem and recommend the best solution; EPk is overseeing the study. NAME: Tobyhanna Army Depot Landfill LOCATION: Tobyharma, Pennsylvania PROBLEM: 3,000 acre landfill with approximately 1,000 drums containing chemical wastes buried in the landfill. Drugs may have been dumped in stream. The landfill is not lined and is on a former sump with a stream cunning through it. Thera is a possibility of drum leakage which could result in contamination of groundwater. SHOTS: Groundwater monitoring wells are being drilled. Disposal records are being obtained by EPA under Section 303. NAME: Transformer Sales LOCATION: Youngsville, Pennsylvania PROBLEM: Approximately 500 drums, many containing PCB's, are . improperly stored with "hot spots" in the soil around the warehouse caused by spills. SOOTS: "Hot spots' are being removed. Site assessment is in progress. HONS 013836 JBVMB: Wa3e Sit* REGION III tOCKTION: Chester, Pennsylvania PROBLEM: Bankrupt industrial drum recovery and waste disposal operation located on Delaware River. The site is deteriorating,' resulting in vapors and spilled materials; fire damage is acute. STATUS: Site assessment is in progress. HONS 013837 REGION IV NAME: Activated Metals and Chemicals LOCATION: Se/iec County, Tennessee PROBLEM: Contractor Oscar Dunn buried 4,000-6,000 pounds of spent nickel catalyst on his property--a ridge too about one half mile fraa the middle fork of the Little Pigeon River. Mr. Cum did not have a State permit. STATUS: EPA/State personnel investigated site 3/30/79. Company agreed to dig waste is and dispose of properly by 4/6/79. NAME: Allen Chemical Drop lOCATION: Rayvick, Kentucky PROBLEM: Site closed and cleaned us. The dump was used in 1976 to dinose of waste solids illegally. The site contained hundreds of druns. AIT intact drums were taken back by generators and disoosed of properly. Nonhazardous residues were taken to the Lebanon, Ky., landfill. local wells were monitored by EPA for contamination, since some drums had already been emptied. Wells sampled 2A/77 by EPA showed no contamination. STATUS: Site cleaned us with assistance from EPA. EPA has scheduled follow-up monitoring for sumoer, 1979. NAME: Allied Petroleum lOCATION: Vhitehouse, Florida PROBLEM: In June 1976, the EPA became involved in a 200,000 gallon oil spill from a waste oil pit near Whitehouse, Fla. Allied Petro leum, a waste oil reclaimer, constructed a series of six pits beginning in 1958. The pits were abandoned in 1968 when the company filed bankruptcy. In response to the spill, EPA hired a cleanup contractor and condcuted groundwater monitoring. STATUS: Site cleaned up. EPA to conduct follow-uo monitoring in sunset, 1979. HOMS 013838 REGION IV NMC: Anniston, Alabama LOCATION: Calhoun County, Alabama PROBLEM: Approximately 10,000 drums of highly acidic waste were stored In two open storage areas and abandoned about 1974. A fire broke out at the site in 197S and two firemen became ill. Company that generated the waste (DuPont) repacked and disposed of wastes in approved hazardous waste facilities at a cost of about $650,000. The sita was treated with limestone and graded. Under contract to EPA, raw systems provided technical assistance in resolution of the problem and assessment of environmental damage STATUS: Site cleaned up. EPA conducted monitoring stapling on 3/27/79; analytical results expected in Hay. MAME: Blount County, Alabama LOCATION: Blount County, Alabama PROBLEM: Numerous dunp sites (five visited by EPA) exist in abandoned strip mining area. Oily sludge containing heavy metals dumped by inknown persons. SIMUS: Stats solid waste agency thinks waste is coming from Birmingham industrial area. State is investigating. NUCt The Brickyard LOCATION: West Point, Kentucky PROBLEM: An inactive disposal site containing 5,000-7,000 leaking and damaged drums of hazardous chemicals. Two streans on the property empty into Salt River; two public water wells located near site. STATUS: State administrative order issued to owner for cleanup for site. Site assessment in progress. State administrative hearing concluded; pending hearing officer's ceoort expected to outline an approved plan for owner cleanup of site. HONS 013*39 RESION IV NAME: Creosote LOCATION: Tennessee River near Decatur, Alabama PROBLEM: In November 1977, the EPA responded to a renorted oil spill at a barge txiloading area connecting to the Tennessee River. The reported oil sheen was caused by approximately 200,000 pounds of ooal tar creosote that was soilled or dunned into the rive; in 1954. In 1977 and 1978, EPA sampled arri analyzed water and river sediment. - STATUS: Bulk of creosote still at bottem of river. EPA conducted follow-no sampling 1/30/79. Analytical results are expected in April. . tWE: Destructo Cheatway * LOCATION: Gastonia, North Carolina PROBLEM:~ In June 1977, EPA responded to a ssill report at Destructo Chanway Corp., a waste incineration and storage facility. Vandals had opened valves on six tanks. EPA secured the site and entonbed 32,000 cubic feet of contaminated soil on-site. Under State order, the company removed 1,000 55-gallon drvans and some bulk liquid. Remaining material stoced in a steel tank is to be removed, disposal sites. STATUS: Site cleaned up. EPA condcuted follow-up monitoring 2/5/79. Analytical results expected in April. NAME: The farm LOCATION; West Point, Kentucky PROBLEM: taproximately 600 leaking and decomposing 55-gallon drums containing hazardous chemicals are stored near confluence of the Salt and Ohio Rivers. Damaged drums are leaking into the river. 3IAIUS: Surface drums have been cleaned up; buried drums are still in place. Site assessment in progress. State of Kentucky is considering administrative action against owner and persons responsible for dumping drums. MONS 013840 REGION IV NAME: Ft. Gillara Old Landfill IOCATTCN: Atlanta, Georgia PROBLEM! landfill contains old narcotics, oils and various chemical* (approximately 3,862,000 cubic feet). - STATUS: Inspection of two disposal areas was made on 3/22/79. Environmental Control personnel at Fort Gillara have taken water and waste samples Cor analysis, and intend to continue to work with Georgia EPO in correcting any problems and developing an effective monitoring program. EPA will continue to gcovide technical assistance. ' IAMB: Gordon Services Company, Inc. LOCATION: Gordon, Georgia PROBLEM: In August 1978, EPA participated in a Task Force to review Gordon Services Company, a hazardous waste landfill in operation since February 1978. The company's operating permit was suspended until the company can answer questions raised by the Task Force. STATUS: Site assessment in progress. EPA split groundwater monitoring well samples with Georgia EPA on 1/15 and 1/19/79. Orqanic analysis exoacted to be completed in April; metals analysis shows no contamination. (AME: Larue County Landfill LOCATION: Near Hodgenville, Kentucky PROBLEM: A citizen reoorted that pesticide wastes had been dimmed in the municipal solid waste site and the wastes were contaminating her well. STATUS: EPA sampled the well and the leachate from the landfill in 1978, and no toxic chemicals were found. Rasampling is scheduled for April 1979. HONS 013841 RE3I0N IV NAME: Lee'a Lane Landfill LOCATION: Louisville, Kentucky PROBLEM: In March 1975, the local fire department detected explosive gas in homes adjacent to Lee's Lane Landfill. EPA saaoles taken 3/29/75 confirmed the presence of methane and also vinyl chloride. The landfill had accented municipal and industrial taste intil it was closed in 1975. EPA has con tinued to work with the State to have remedial actions taken. EPA's NEIC sampled the area in January 1979. STATUS: EPA monitorin; site to determine methane levels. Jefferson County installing methane venting system. SAME: National Haste Oil IOCATION: Chattanooga, Tennessee PROBLEM: In June 1978, National Haste Oil filed bankruotcy and abandoned 150,000 gallons of contaminated oil and sludge. Sanger was tied to the possibility of heavy rains, which could cause the open storage tanks to overflow into a nearby creek and eventually enter the city water system. In July 1978, the EPA decontaminated water mixed with the oil by using its mobile carbon filtration unit. The contaminated oil wes incinerated. EPA conducted sample analyses. STATUS: Site secured. State filed nuisance action against firm for site cleanup. Owner to remove sludge, grade and cao site. EPA has scheduled follow-up monitoring for summer 1979. NAME: New Hanover Landfill LOCATION: Flemington, North Carolina PROBLEM: Citizens complained that the municipal landfill was contaminating their wells. The State conducted a groundwater study but did not analyze for organics. No drinking water standard was exceeded in the well samples. STATUS: EPA wrote State January 29, 1979, recommending action oian including closing landfill, capping it, and analyzing wells for organics. EPA is scheduled to sample the wells in April, 1979. . HONS 013842 RESIGN IV NAME: PCB Spill, North Carolina (Burns) IOCATION: 270 miles of highway. North Carolina PR03LEM: EPA has charged Hard Transformer Company of Raleigh, N.C., of conspiring with Robert Burns and sons to illegally dispose of PCB contaminated oil. EPA has conducted extensive analytical work. Itobert Burns has pleaded guilty to violating TSCA. Hard Transformer Company is scheduled for hearing this summer. SIRIUS: Waste is still on roadside. EPA disposal assessment in ocogress. NAME: Redstone Arsenal LOCATION: Huntsville, Alabama PROBLEM: Facility was site of OUT production. Site was closed down. There was same runoff into the Tennessee River. Army ordered by EPA to present long range cleanup plans and health studies. STATUS: EPA working to ensure proper cleanup. NUB: Reeves Brothers LOCATION: Rutherford, North Carolina PROBLEM: Reeves Brothers Company's wastes were hauled by a contractor to his farm and dunped into a pit. Flanmable solvents (including tnolene) and rubber solids have been buried there for about 10 years without a State permit. STATUS: EPA/State personnel inspected the site in March, 1979. The State required Reeves to separate the solvents from the rubber solids. The solvents will be recycled or incinerated and the rubber solids will continue to be landfilled. North Carolina Hater Quality has checked groundwater and surface water and ro contamination detected. HONS 013143 w NAME: Renroh, Inc. LOCATION: Holly Ridge, North Carolina PROBLEM: Hundreds of drums containing dinitrophenol, many leaking, have been stored in a warehouse with a collaosed roof. In accordance with an order by the Onslow County (N.C) judge, the area around the dilapidated vwehouse has been secured, cleaned uo and fenced to prevent accidental contact with this material. STATUS: State of North Carolina and City of Holly Ridge filed suit for clean-up and proper storage and disposal. EPA testified at a hearing on 2/5/79. Judge ordered construction of fence end proper disposition of material. A meeting on March 13, 1979, with officials representing a third party interested in recy cling the dinitrophenol may prove fruitful in the weeks ahead. A preliminary meeting of the parties has been tentatively set for April 17, 1979, to discuss various alternative methods and costs of disposal, recycling, etc. SAME: John P. Saad & Sons -- Haste Oil Reclaimers LOCATION: Nashville, Tennessee PROBLEM: An insoectlon of the storage tank area and holding oond was made on April 3, 1979. The primary problem is the waste oil pond, approximately 60'xl0'x2', which contains small amount of oil siudge and oily water. No imminent hazard. STATUS: Saad & Sons currently aider court order to clean up the site in a manner approved by the State. EPA continue to provide technical assistance in cleanup ooeration. NNE: John P. Saad t Sons -- Haste Oil Reclaimers LOCATION: Rjtherford County, Tennessee PROBLEM: Randan dumping of waste oils into surface drainage ways and sinks Oil residue and oily surface water coverinq several drainage way*' An Inspection of the site was made on April 3, 1979, with no imminent hazard being determined. SIXTUS: Saad & Sons currently working to clean uo the site in a manner approved by the State. EPA to continue to provide technical assistance in cleanup operation. HONS 013844 Tf NAME: Sammons LandTill ICCATION: Lake City, Georgia PROBLEM: In 1937 and 1974, Salmon's Septic Tank Company contracted with Oxford Chemical Company to dispose of waste chemicals. An eruption of noxious gases occurred in March 1976. Apparently, one drua contained dichromate and another drum contained dichloro isocyanurate. Approximatedly 200 drums and associated contaminated soil were removed from the site. The EPA provided analysis of air samples during the clean-up operation. STATUS: Site cleaned up. EPA to conduct follow-up monitoring Sumner 1979. tAME: Sangaoo Electric Company LOCATION: Pickens, South Carolina PROBLEM: Sangano disposed of PCS equipment, capacitors, and transformers. Three sites have served as disposal grounds. Wastes are currently being stored mtil an on-site PC3 disoosal cerait is secured from EPA. STATUS: Disposal discontinued; storage in coranliance with PCS regulations at company. EPA gathering data on old (3) disoosal sites. WME: SuTtnit Avenue Site LOCATION: Charlotte, North Carolina PROBLEM: 250 abandoned drums of chemicals on vacant lot in residential area. STATUS: EPA sampled 10 drums in February, 1979. Metal content not high. Organic analysis due late April. County Health Department getting flash point run on 10 druas. Health Department required property owner to post warning signs at the site. * HONS 01384*5 IV NAME: Valley of the Dams LOCATION: ["test Point, Kentucky PROBLEM: An estimated 17,000 decomaosing drums are stored at site. STATUS: State of Kentucky issued aininistrative complaint to owner for site cleanup. State administrative action against owner and generators of waste in progress. E?A Region IV undertook a section 311 action to clean is leaking drums. Emergency filtering system installed; druns have been sorted and stacked tpright. site assessment is in progress. Region TV continuing to work closely with the State to insure oroper cleanup. NAME: Velsicol Chemical Corporation LOCATION: Hardemen County, Tennessee PROBLEM: Burying of 300,000 drums of pesticide waste ended in 1972. A USSS study indicated that the waste had migrated vertically and laterally, as well as wetland in surface washoff. Adjacent water wells were contaminated by pesticides. STATUS: EPA site assessment in progress. Ccmcany has committed funds for cleanup and health studies underway. EPA Region IV has submitted comments to the State concerning Velsicol*s crooosed plan of study and proposed corrective action plan. EPA's position is that corrective action plan should be imolemented by summer 1979, with remedial aciton beginning by fall 1979. WME: ftesteplex. Incorporated LOCATION: Jonesboro, Tennessee PROBLEM: Upon receiving a comolaint and order from the Tennessee Commissioner of Public Health, incinerator was closed down. 150-200 druas which had been buried at Bumsass Cove Landfill were removed. Monitoring wells were installed. No water contamination has been found. STATUS: Site cleaned is. EPA conducted follow is monitoring the week of March 19, 1979. Analytical results expected in May. HONS 01384*6 REGION V NAME: 3M . UXAXION: Woodbury Village, Minnesota PROBLEM: Disposal involved the dumping of nine million cubic yards of spent solvents and acid sludge into unlined pits. STATUS: Barrier veils vere installed and concentrations have been decreasing. Since confirmation of contaminated ground-water, there has been regular monitoring of nearby residential wells. A wastewater treat ment facility was contructed for discharge of effluent emissions. SAME: American Recovery Co., Inc. LOCATION: E. Chicago, Indiana PROBLEM: facility processes, stores, and distributes oils, solvents, inorganics, etc. Four million gallons of material is in above ground bulk storage. Site was destroyed by fire and explosions and is currently being deemed up. The facility is back in operation. STATUS: State continues to monitor facility. No apoarent problems. NAME: Arrowhead Refining Company UXAXION; Duluth, Minnesota PROBLEM: Two acre disposal site of black, tarry, acid sludge. Sludge constituents may be entering watertable. Company closed down by the Minnesota Pollution Control Agency. Cleanup has not yet begun. STATUS: Site assessments in progress. The site has been aporoved for Phase I of investigation under RCRA Technical Assistance Panels Program. EPA is contracting with an environmental engineering consultant to investigate and report back to EPA by August 1, 1979. HONS 0138*7 REGION V NAME!: Byron Salvage LOCATION: Ogle County, Illinois PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility disposed and buried drurrned wastes (cyanide, solvents, paint sludges). Surface and groundwater polluted Cor two miles down gradient of site. There has been some soil treatment/fixation followed by removal. STATUS: State maintains surveillance of site. Site partly cleaned up. State Attorney General filed suit 3/30/79/ " NAME: Central Landfill LOCATION: Montcalm County, Michigan PROBLEM: A ten acre abandoned gravel pit was filled with liquid C-56 tanks. Tanks have been removed; contaminated soil remains. On site, are six monitoring wells to deep aquifier. Residents within 3/4 mile of site. The site is active, pending litigation. STUDS: State legal action in progress. Groundwater monitoring continuing. NAME: Cherrington Scrap Metal, Inc. LOCATION: Oak Hill, Ohio ' PROBLEM: Inactive. The site is in extremely poor condition with intentional spillages of taste oils and PCS's discharge to stream. Groundwater pollution potential minimal. No monitoring. Former operation was not in violation of any State or Federal regulations. STATUS: Site has been closed, cleared, and graded. Site cleaned up. MOMS 013*48 REGION V NAMEs Conservation Chemical Company LOCATION: Gary, Indiana PROBLEM: Inactive. Site of former sandy glacial lake bed with surface runoff. Haste handling has included chemical treatment and neutralisation with on site disposal via open dumping. The site contains 20,000 drums plus 500,000 gallons bulk storage of cyanide, solvents, inorganics, etc. STATUS: Proprietor is cleaning up site and reducing safety hazard in compliance with State administrative order. NAME: Fisher-Kalo Chemicals and Solvents Corporation LOCATION: Kingsbury, Indiana PROBLEM: Processing, treatment, reclamation, and disposal facility still purportedly accepting wastes. Warehouse, open field storage 60,000 drums, several million gallon bulk storage. Wastes includes acids, cyanides, and chlorinated solvents. Site in sand-dune area exhibiting approximately one square mile of contamination. Ground and surface water pollution highly probable. Residents have complained of facility. Periodic State and EPA Surveillance. STATUS: State filed follow-ic enforcement action to orevious agreed order on 3/2/79. ' NAME: Gratiot County Landfill LOCATION: St. Louis, Michigan PROBLEM: Inactive. PBBs were buried by trench fill and area fill on a 30 acre site. Residential wells within 300 feet ungradient, and 3/4 mile downgradient; 14 observation wells. ' STATUS: Site assessment in progress. An EPA grant has financed an engineer ing feasibility report which has been completed and submitted to EPA as a requirement of the grant, it defines tht extent of contam ination, and recamends containment procedures to the State. HONS 013849 REGION V NAME: Hammer's Construction Company LOCATION: Perham, Minnesota PROBLEM: Vtaste containing arsenic trioxide was disposed in town dump in 1930's. Site is now occupied by Banner's Construction Canpany and water from its shallow wall led to arsenic poison ing of 11 people. ' STATUS: Hell has been capped: alternate drinking water supply installed. State Is monitoring nearby wells and is assessing whether removal of contaminated soil is necessary. This site has been approved for Phase I of investigation under RCPA Technical Assistance Panels Program. EPA is contracting with an environmental engi neering consultant to investigate and report back to EPA by August 1, 1979. NAME: Hooker Chemical Company LOCATION: Mantague, Michigan PROBLEM: Lard disposal of chemical wastes have ceased, but bcines continue to be injected in deep wells. Haste was applied to 240 acre-feet surface. There is confirmed goundwater contamination in three water supply wells off-site; haphazard orientation of deteriorating drums. 30 wells are currently utilized for monitoring purposes. STATUS: State legal action in progress. EPA site assessment also in progress. MME: Kerr - McGee Disposal Site LOCATION: west Chicago, Illinois PROBLEM: The facility is an on-site open dump for radioactive waste. Haste disposal methods poor - percolation ponds and open dumping. STAIUS: Company has begun removal of wastes and installed monitoring wells. Closure plan has been reviewed by EPA. Conments sent to NPC request ing additional information. HONS 013850 REGION V NAME: Mid-Co. #1 and Mid-Co. {2 - - UXAXION: Gary, Indiana PROBLEM: Burned down, abandoned site storing industrial hazardous waste in open fields. The soil is quite permeable and there is sur face discharge to water ways. Cleanup has yet to get underway. STATUS: State has filed decree for cleanup but is unable to locate owner. NAME: Musket Ranch and Trading Post LOCATION: Anoka County, Minnesota ' PROBLEM: 200 drums of toluene, xylene, and other organic wastes have been removed from the site. Contaminated soil remains in place. One resident's water well was contaminated by the waste. Facility no longer receiving hazardous wastes. STATUS: EPA assisting State in site assessment. The site has been approved for Phase I of investigation under RCRA Technical Assistance Panels Program. EPA is contracting with an environmental engineering con sultant to investigate and report back to EPA by August 1, 1979. NAME: Pollution Controls, Inc. LOCATION: Shakopee, Minnesota ' PROBLEM: Inactive. Company incinerated combustible paint sludges, solvents, and waste oils. STATUS: Under State injunction to submit plan to reduce inventory from 30,000 to 5000 drums. Owners have initiated cleanup and some monitoring. Company cleanup is occurring in compliance with State court order, some delays due to adverse weather. There is question of whether or not additional remedial action may be necessary regarding extent of groundwater contamination. HONS 01351 REGION V NAME: Reilly Tar and Chemical Company and Republic Creosote iccasion: St. Louis Park, Minnesota PFC8LEM: Inactive. Site now owned by the city. Groundwater contamination by phenols and polynucleated aromatics - covers two square miles. Nine monitoring wells and five municipal and industrial wells Cor sampling STAIUS: EPA is participating in a working commission established by the State to study hydrogeologlc data pertinent to the contamination incident, and investigate potential funding sources at the State and Federal level. The State has litigation in the courts against the firm and and St. Louis Park. NAME: Robert Ross and Sons, Inc. UXATICN: Grafton, Ohio PROBLEM: Active. The facility has 40,000 drums and filled lagoons of 1,000,0004- gallon capacity. Hazardous wastes include alcohols, organics, and various sludges. Hazardous conditions involve leakage of drained wastes, vegetation stress, and air pollution. STATUS: Facility has taken corrective measures. State and SPA continue to monitor compliance with permits. State and local air pollution control agencies have indicated that the facility currently is in compliance. NAME: Seymour Recycling Corporation UXATICN: Jackson County, Indiana PROBLEM: Operating under state air and water permits. Incineration of liquid combustibles, distillation/reclamation, cyanide treat ment. Site located in sandy groundwater discharge area. The 40,000 dram and one million gallons in bulk storage were poorly operated under former ownership. STATUS: State agreed order was obtained in June 1973 for reduction of inventories. Inventocy reduction minimal so far, but State emoects compliance. EP.A is continuing to monitor State action and site investigation activities. HONS 013852 HAKE: Story Chemical Company RESIGN V LOCATION: ^Uskqgon County, Michigan PROBLEM: Surface storage of drummed waste, with occasional burial using insufficient cover techniques. Cleanup of distillation residues, solvents, and raw materials is under way. Residential wall con tamination has been confirmed. STATUS: New owner has completed removal of major sources of pollution. State has appropriated funds for further cleanup and alternate drinking water supplies. NAME: Summit National Liquid Services, Inc. LOCATION: Portage County, Ohio PROBLEM: Facility consists of several thousand dross and various tanks of chlorinated hydrocarbons. One tank and many barrels have leaked,, contents. No monitoring wells on site. Residents within 200 feet of site. The facility has submitted cleanup plans for Ohio E?A approval. STATUS: State atill considering legal action, pending progress of cleanup. EPA is evaluating the site. NAME: Tipton - Martin LOCATION: Winnebago County, Illinois PROBLEM: Inactive. Open dumping of industrial liquid and toxic waste. Leaching into groundwater caused neighboring wells to become contaminated. STATUS: Private civil action pending. Monitoring assistance may be requested of EPA. NAME: Vteisman Scrap Metal LOCATION: Winona, Minnesota PROBLEM: Active. 500 cubic yards of PCB - contaminated soil and oil have been placed in a plastic lined and covered diked area ard is awaiting disposal, water supply wells within 3/4 mile. One well showed a PCB concentration as high as 45 ppb. STATUS: State is investigating proper disposal - alternatives. This site has been approved for Phase I of investigation under RCRA Technical Assistance Panels Program. ETA is contracting with an environmental engineering consultant to investigate and report back to EPA by August 1, 1979. HONS 013853 REGION VI NAME: Bio-Ecology Site LOCATION: Dallas - Forth Worth Area PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility disposed of industrial wastes through landfill, pit, and open dumping. Was closed by order of Texas Department of Water Resources in 1977. STATUS: Site assessment in progress. NAME: BS Corporation Site LOCATION: Basile, Louisiana PROBLEM: Inactive. The company handled hazardous wastes of unknown type in 1973. 55 gallon drvras located in two pits were reported to be floating in waste and water at that time. STATUS: One of several BW6 sites under assessment at this time. NAME: Clean Land, Air, and water Corporation; Environmental Protection Association, Inc. LOCATION: Iberville Parrish, Louisiana PROBLEM: Worker death and possible contamination of ground and surface water at a toxic waste disposal site. STATUS: State issued indictments and a temporary restraining order. The company has failed to meet requirements in the order: a contempt hearing is scheduled for February 20, 1979. NAME: Lake Charles, La. LOCATION: Lake Charles, La. PROBLEM: Citizen complaint. STATUS: State cleanup and closure actions are in progress. MONS 013854 RESIGN VI NAME: Motco Site LOCATION: Near Texas City, Texas PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility disposed of styrene tar nixed with vinyl chloride and heavy metal wastes through landfill and open dumping, site is in need of proper closure. ' STATUS: State is in litigation to obtain closure funds. NAME: Petro-Processors, Inc. LOCATICM: Baton Rouge, Louisiana PROBLEM: Disposal site for solid and liquid industrial wastes stored in tw lagoons on a six acre site - Escaping styrene tar believed to be contaminating nearby bayou. Animal deaths have been reported and law suits filed by cattle owners. Citizen complaints are reported. State is also investigating. -STATUS: State investigation begun and EPA site assessment under way. NAME: Transvaal Corp. LOCATIGN: Jacksonville, Arkansas PROBLEM: Manufacturing plant for trichloroohenol located in urban area. Landfill located on plant site suspected of being used for TG? waste disposal which may involve dioxin contamination. STATUS: EPA site assessment in progress. HONS 013855 RB3I0M VII NAME: Conservation Chemical Company IOCATION: Kansas City, Missouri PROBLEM: Site has received pickle liquors from steel manufacturers and numerous other chemical solutions, averaging approximately 500,000 gallons of waste per month, 'fasts disposal of pickle liquors and fly ash will continue through April 1, 1979. The site is located on the river side of the levee at the joining of the Missouri and Blue Rivers. STATUS: Missouri Clean Hater Commission issued abatement order for closure of site by 4/1/79. The abatement order is being evaluated for potential illegal actions. Region VII is performing a site evaluation for completion by 5/31/79. Frontenac waste Oil Storage Site LOCATION: Frontenac, Missouri PROBLEM: Site has about 10,000 gallons of waste oil containing PC3s. The facility is located in a residential area and has a tank on a steep hill overlooking a creek. The site is in poor condition and has no spill prevention plan. STATUS: Cn 12/1/78, City obtained court order for disoosal of oil within 60 days. Order referenced disposal olan of Missouri Department of Natural Resources. SPA consent agreement signed 12/7/73 foe disposal of the material. On 3/30/79, contaminated waste oil was transported by truck to a state approved incinerator in Baton Rouge, La., for disposal. Approximately 1,200 gallons of tank bottom and absorbent have been removed and disposed of. The tank is decontaminated. NAME: Sit k Certain-teed Corporations LOCATION: St. Louis, Missouri PROBLEM: The area consists of adjacent sites containing asbestos-contamined waste generated fran the manufacture of tile. The sites are located near a stream which enters the Missouri River. Certain-teed operations have ceased andthe property is up for sale; GAF tile production is expected to cease in early 1979. STATUS: Certain-teed is de/eloping a cleanup plan which may include a proposal to remove the asbestos- contaminated waste from the area. GAP has developed a Dtooosal to regrade their dumos to minimise erosion. The site would also be covered with six inches of soil and seeded with grass. The proposal will be submitted to the State foe approval. ' HONS 013856 RESIGN VII NAME: LaBounty Dump LOCATION: Charles City, Iowa ' PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility disposed of orthonitroanaline and arsenic waste from process streams. Some waste leaches into Cedar River, contaminating it with orthonitroanaline and arsenic. Potential for contaminating Cedar Valley aquifer. Upgrading of site has yet to begin. STATUS: Owizomental data-gathecing and monitoring being coordinated by EPA with State of Iowa. State legal action pending. NAME: Schraitty's Oil Service LOCATION: Fort Dodge, Webster County, Iowa PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility stored waste oil for recycling, road applica tion, etc. 40,000 gallon storage tank is well maintained, but is contaminated with PCBs. Court order is restraining use of oil so that it can be disposed of properly. STATUS: State legal action pending against firm. NAME: Syntex Agribusiness, Inc. . LOCATION: Verona, Lawrence County, Missouri PROBLEM: Active. Facility stores TCDD contaminated trichlorophenol. Site is well maintained; no contamination outside of storage tank. SIAIUS: Owners, MCNR, and EPA are seeking a means of safely destroying or otherwise permanently disposing of the material. A series of meetings between all parties is inderway to define a course of action. NAME: Vulcan Materials Company LOCATION: Wichita, Kansas PROBLEM: Active. Waste handling includes the incineration and off-site disposal of chemical waste. In early 1970's, samoling of residential wells and air showed contamination and extensive air pollution. About the sane time, breached lagoons and contaminated runoff resulted in fish kills. There are over 36 monitoring wells. Engineering firm under contract to Vulcan is developing environmental controls. STATUS: Facility on-site disposal area cleaned up. etvirorenental controls is nearly complete. Development of further HONS 013657 NAME: Weldon Springs Chemical Plant bbsicn m LOCATION: st. Charles, Missouri PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility disposed of uranium, thorimn, ard their radioactive byproducts through raffinate pits and a rock quarry. Buildings and grounds are generally1 contaminated ard lack main tenance. STATUS: U.S. Army has prepared an assessment of the site and restoration methods. U.S. Department of Energy has disposal assessment in progress. HONS 013858 RE3I0N VIII NAME: Butts, Montana Radiation Problem LOCATION: Butte, Manta PROBLEM: Radium contaminated tailings from copper and phosphate activities was used as fill material throughout Butte. Radium contaminated slag from phosphate and copper srelting was used as aggregate in road construction, sanding roads, cement block and prestressed ooncrete beams in home and buildings. Extensive tailings deposits and an unusually higher natural background in certain geological formations in the area add to the already high radiation levels in Butts and Anaconda. STATUS: State study in progress with technical assistance from E?A. Funding to continue problem definition needed by State. SAME: Colorado Radium Problem LOCATION: Denver, Montrose, Boulder, and Grand Junction PROBLEM: A flourishing radium refining industry in Colorado during the period 1910 to 1930 left thirty or more contaminated sites around the State. The majority of these are in Denver and include vacant land, streets, industrial sites and buildings. All are impacted by residual levels of radioactive radiue-22S which have the potential of impacting public health. STATUS: The Colorado Department of Health, EPA, DOE, and 001 are furnish ing resources in teens of personnel, equipment and expertise to further characterize the extent of radium contamination. Colorado's Congressional delegation is seeking remedial funding. MME: Comet Oil oc Morgan State Oil Company LOCATION: Billings, Montana PROBLEM: Active. Company was oil re-refiner with wastes of reprocessed soent oil. Potential problem from an abandoned sludge pit. ' STATUS: The company is cooperating with the State of Montana. MONS 013859 REGION VIII mei Denver Landfill Mathane Problem IOCATION: Denver, Colorado PROBLEM: Methane gas being generated in numerous inactive landfills STKIQS: A task force composed of Federal, State, and local offices has been formed to study the problem .and recommend solutions. EPA is represented on the task force and will provide some funding. Very complicated legal issues are involved. NAME: L. C. Corporation LOCATION: Denver, Colorado PROBLEM: Facility disposed of acid wastes by placing them in plastic lined storage pits near San Creek. Acids were partially neutralized, but storage pits are still highly acidic. Potential problen of toxic or hazardous materials leaking from pits into San Creek. STUBS: As the result of an out of court settlement, the firm is anticipated to mdertake cleanup of acid waste dump site. NAME: Lowry Landfill IOCATION: Denver, Colorado PROBLEM: Site serves a major landfill area for all sorts of hazardous wastes. Leachate is moving very slowly. The landfill had experienced fires fairly often vkiich caused air pollution. STATUS: On-site leachate found but.no migration. Operational impcovemente made based on contractor study. Hazardous waste peoples potential to be investigated. Region VIII will continue to monitor. NAME: Morgan Chemical IOCATION: Great Falls, Montana PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility disposed of pesticides waste in septic system and in a small, long trench on tie property. Meat packing is now done on the pcoperty. A dog death was reported to have occurred at this facility, allegedly from contact with the discarded pesti cide waste. STATUS: Pesticide trench waste aovered; septic system repaired. Site cleaned up. . HONS 013860 REGION VIII NAM2: Rocky Mountain Arsenal lOOttlON: Denver, Colorado PROBLEM: Portions of ground as well as groundwater have been contaminated by chemical wastes from dumping into unlined basins. Since 1956 as asphalt lined basin has been used to store production wastes. An aquifer has become contaminated. STATUS: Restoration program under development; barriers and filtration, being installed. Potentially contaminated area beyond arsenal border needs further study. One leaking pond being studies. NAME: Rose Park IOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah PROBLEM! Inactive, wastes include old discarded waste oil, somewhat paraffinic, from a waste processing operation. The oark is fenced in Cor safety purpose. In varra Mather the oil ozzes up and has been described as a three million cubic foot tar pit. STATUS: SPA contractor reviewed site on 12/5/79; some groundwate contamination detected. A task order is being developed for a further consultant's review, data acquisition, and recommendations for corrective action. NAME: Salt Lake City Landfills LOCATION: Salt Lake City, Utah PROBLEM: Landfill areas handle industrial waste disposed. There has been no reported environmental degradation from facility operations. STATUS: Data does not support an imminent hazard action; groundwater not used by public or animals. NAME: Thunderbird Resources or Big West Oil Company LOCATION: Chinook and Sun Burst, Montana PROBLEM: Inactive. These facilities never disposed of their certroleun refinery wastes. Sits is extremely messy with ground surface contaminated from spilled oil, ococessing, and storage equip ment or containers. STATUS: Surface waste incorporated in soil. Site cleaned up. MONS 013861 REGION Till NAME: Vitro Tallin}* Pile . LOCATION: SOUTH SALT Lake City, Utah PflOBLQI: 2.3 million tons of radioactive tailings have resulted from processing of uranium ore. Radon gas problem in area surround ing site. The groundwater flowing through the site flows into the Jordan River which eventually finds its way to the Great Salt Lake. Presently unstabilized tailing pile site in the center of Salt Lake City's population location. STATUS: ' P.L. 95-604 provides for eventual remedial action at such sites as Vitro rndec the direction of COE utilizing SPA standards and criteria. HONS 013062 NAME: Hooker Chemical Campary RESION IX LOCATION: Lathcop, California PROBLEM: Pesticide disposal site located at facility. Pesticides such as DBCP and sulfur have been found in groundwater and drink ing water wells. SHOOS: The State and Regional drinking water Quality Control Boards and the State Department of Health Services have investigated the situation. The State Water Quality Control Board issued a cease and desist order to discontinue certain on-site dis posal operations. NAME: Stringfellov Class I Disposal Site IOCATION: Riverside County, California PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility handled wide variety of industrial wastes. Pollution of groundwater from leachate and surface water from storms has resulted. There are 13 wells below the site used for groundwater monitoring. STATUS: State of California Legislature appropriation of $375,000 and $100,000 from an enforcement abatement fund are being used fbc cleanup. Cleanio is in progress. MONS 013863 REGION X NAME: Alkali Lake IOCATION: Near Lakeview, Oregon ' PROBLEM: Inactive. 25,000 drums of pesticide manufacturing residue and other cheaical wastes were buried in shallow trenches in 1977. The facility is State-owned and is located in an isolated, enclosed basin with no known surface or subsurface outflow. Annual precipitation is less than 20 inches. Haters which accumulate in the basin are lost to the atmosphere via evaporation and transpiration. A groundwater monitoring pcogrn has been established by the State to detect any migration of the buried waste. Monitoring results to date indicate migration of the wastes has occurred but is confined to the shallow water table which has no known use. Under existing climatic conditions migration of the waste to the deeper aquifer is not expected. Such migration would be likely to occur only as a result of long-term changes in climate (e.g., significant increase in annual precipitation). STATUS: State is continuing the monitoring program. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. LAME: Baker GIP Ponds LOCATION: Conda, Idaho ' PROBLEM: Active. Radioactive waste disposal facility is located at the margin of an alluvial basin. Major threat would come from the failure of the dikes and the release of the waste. STATUS: Site in good condition: actively monitored under NPDE3 permit. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. NAME: Calhoun Tailings Pond LOCATION: Near Leadpoint, Washington PROBLEM: Inactive. The heavy metal disposal facility is located in the deep Creek Valley which is tributary to Lake Roosevelt. Major threat would come from failure of pond to withstand erosion. STATUS: Data does not support an imminent hazard action. HONS OI38*4* NAME: Central Impoundment Area (Bunker Bill Company) RE3I0N X IOCATXON: Kellogg, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. Leakage of heavy metals has caused water pollution problems but is being corrected by owner. Major threat would come from failure of impoundment dike. STATUS: Civil action coranenced in 1975 because of point source discharge from impoundment area. In December 1976, the firm agreed to accept a new permit requiring an engineering program to recapture heavy metal waste. EPA continuing to monitor site under the NPOES program. NVHE: Clayton Pond LQCATICN: Clayton, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. Disposal facility with heavy metals. Site is in good condition. The major threat would ccme from the failure of the impoundment dike and the release of wastes into small valley tributary to the Salmon River. STATUS: Site in good condition. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. MME: Ccbalt Tailings Pond LOCATION: Near Cobalt, Idaho PROBLEM: Inactive. The leaching of heavy metallic waste into a stream bypass culvert is a major source of pollution in Blackbird Creek. If the culvert collapsed, all discharge of tailings pond would begin moving to the stream system. The major trheat is environmental and not public health. SBUUS: The feasibility of reopening the mining operation is coder studv. An alternate stream bypass could be required as condition for re-opening of mine. Data does not support an eminent hazard action NAME: DeLamar Tailings Pond LOCATION: Silver City, Idaho PSOBLBIt Active. The heavy metal disposal facility is in good condition. Potential for failure of impoundment dsn and release of wastes. STATUS: Site in good condition; no discharge. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. HONS 013805 NAME: EMC Slag. Pile BEjIOSJ X LOCATION: PeCatello, Idaho PROBLEM: Active". low-level radioactive slag has been used in concrete foe construction. Major threat would come from the unregulated use ot slag as a building material. Slag pile itself is not considered a significant hazard because of low radioactivity levels and restricted access. SIRIUS: Slag use regulated by state and is no longer used in building construction material. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. NAME: Galena Ponds LOCATION: Near Wallace, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. One of the heavy metal ponds failed a few years ago and the wastes spread over adjacent property and into the South Port Coeur d'Alene River. Pond was repaired and a new oond constructed downstream. Major threat would come from another failure of the impoundment dikes. SIRIUS: Site in good condition; actively monitored under NPDES permit. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. NAME: Booker Chemical Company LOCATION: TOcoma, Washington PROBLEM: IH levels do not meet permit requirements. Deeo water disposal into nearby waterway ceased in 1972. Sank dunging ceased in 1971. Disposal of waste contaminated with chlorinated organics near parking lot ceased in 1973. SIRIUS: State actively monitors site under permit. Contaminated waste near partically removed in 1972. Remaining waste understudy for removal. RME: Idaho National Engineering Laboratory LOCATION: Near Idaho Palls, Idaho ' PROBLEM: Active. Facility stores and buries hazardous radioactive wastes. Site overlies Snake Plain aquifer. If there was a change in climatic conditions, the waste could flush into the aquifer. SIRIUS: Site in good condition; U.S. Department of Energy actively monitors site. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. MOMS 013866 REGION X NAME: Kaiser Aluminum . LOCATION: Spokane, Hashington PROBLEM: Active. The aluminum reduction facility generates solid waste fran waste pot lining material which contains cyanide. The plant is located on sandy flatland overlying the Spokane aquifer and has recently reported that cyanide leaching from the waste piles and from wet pot cleaning ooerations has contaminated the aquifer. STATUS: Cn 10/11/78, Washington Department of Ecology issued an order foe the company to cease using the wet process for oot lining renoval. In December, die permit was amended to prohibit discharge of sanitary wastes to a pit which contains cyanide contaminated soil and waste. The County further ordered that the waste pot lining pile be covered to reduce leaching. Site is actively monitored by the County and the results shared with the State and EPA. All ordered corrective tftME: Knob Hill Tailings Ponds IOCATION: Republic, Washington PROBLEM: Active. Heavy metal disposal facility. Major threat would come from the failure of the impoundment structures causing the release of the wastes. STATUS: Site in good condition; actively monitored by State and under NPDES permit. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. NAME: Lucky Friday Tailings Ponds IOCATION: Mullan, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. Facility disposes of heavy metals in ponds and is locatsd adjacent to South Fork Coeur d'Alene River. Major threat comes from potential failure of the impoundment dike, causing release of waste. - STATUS: Unusual circumstance or natural disaster required to substantiate lnminent hazard. Site has NPDES permit and is actively monitored. HONS 013867 RE3I0N X NAME: Monsanto Slag Pile IOCAXION: Near Soda Springs, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. Facility is a large slag dump of low-level radioactive waste. Major threat would cotne from- the unregulated use of the slag as a building material. The slag pile itself is not considered a siogificant hazard bewcause of low radioactivity levels and restricted access. STATUS: Slag use regulated by State and slag is no longer used in building construction materials. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. NAME: Red Devil Mine Ponds LOCATION: Red Devil, Alaska PROBLEM: Inactive. The site consists of several small tailings ponds containing mercury and arsenic. These ponds are eroding and wastes are entering the tributary stream system of the Kuskowin River. Site is an isolated location 200 miles west of Anchorage and is accessible only by boat and air during non winter months. Aquatic life of the tributary stream could be threatened by a large, sudden release of the ponds. The Kuskowin itself would probably not be seriously impacted NAME: Simplot OTP Pond LOCATION: Pocatello, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. The large tailing pond of radioactive waste is located at the edge of a gravel plain. Major threat would corns from failure of pond to withstand erosion. STATOS: Sita in good condition; actively monitored under NP0E3 permit. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. MONS 013868 REGION X NAME: Sliver Buckle Tailings (Sherwood Project) LOCATION: Near Wellpinit, Washington PROBLEM: Active. The waste duns was located on a slope adjacent to Lake Roosevelt and subject bo erosion. The site is now a mining and milling operation. STATUS: New tailings pond has been constricted. State actively monitors. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. NAME: Silver King Tailings Pond LOCATION: Near Cuprum, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. The heavy metal tailings pond failed a few years ago. A new dam has been constructed. A potential threat comes from the failure of the new dam and the release of the wastes. STATUS: Site in good condition; actively monitored under NPOES permit. Not an inminent hazard. HONS 013869 NAME: ' Granite Mine Waste Pile REGION X LOCATION: Near Wallace, Idaho PROBLEM: Inactive. The old heavy metal waste pile is being eroded and is a major source o pollution in Ninenile Creek. The creek is a tributary to the South Fork Coeur d'Alene River. STATUS: Site under study in a State 208 study of abandoned mines in the area. NAME: Hanford Facility LOCATION: Hanford, Washington PROBLEM: Active. High-level radioactive wastews are stored In tanks. There have been a number of leaks over several years but the soil has contained essentially all waste above the water table. The O.S. Department of Energy has an active orograa of waste solidification and is pursuing a permanent disposal solution. Annual precipitation is less than 20 inches. Significant public health or environmental problem would be likely to occur only in the event of major change in climatic conditions (e.g., significant increase in annual ocecioitation) that could result in flushing of previously spilled waste through the soil zone. STATUS: Site in good condition: O.S. Department of Energy actively monitors. Data does not support an imminent hazard action. SAME: . Hanna Tailing Ponds ' LOCATION: Near Riddle, Oregon PROBLEM: Active. Large heavy metal oonds in the Cow Creek valley trioutary to the South ITscqua River. Major threat would come frcm failure of dikes. SWPJS: Site in good condition; actively monitored under NPOES permit. Data does not support an imminent hazard action NAME: Holden Tailing Ponds LOCATION: Holden, Washington PROBLEM: targe tailings piles in the narrow valley of Railroad Creek which is tributary to Lake Chelan. Protection system is being designed. These piles are a threat to Lake Chelan, an lmcortant source of drinking water. STATUS: U.S. Forest Service has site under study, including engineering study to prevent erosion. HONS 013870 t. REGION X SAME: Star Tailings Ponds LOCATION: Near Viallace, Idaho . PROBLEM: Active. The facility disposes of wastes contaminate! with heavy metal. Tailings ponds located on the flood plain of Canyon Creek. The major threat would oome from the failure of the impounctaent dikes. No preplans to date. STATUS: Site in good condition; actively monitored under NPDES permit. Not an imminent hazard. WMEt Sunshine Tailings Pond LOCATION: Near Kellogg, Idaho PROBLEM: Active. Sane water pollution has occurred from leakage of heavy metal and arsenic wastes into Big Creek and the South Fork Coeur d'Alene River. Major threat would come from failure of impoundment dike. STATUS: Site in good condition; actively monitored mder NPDES permit. Not an imminent hazard. ' NAME: Thorium Tailings LOCATION: Near Lowman, Idaho PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility handled radioactive hazardous wastes. Threat would come from failure of the pond to withstand erosion. An EPA survey in 1978 found no indication that Radium-229 or heavy metals were moving from site. A December 1977 report by the O.S. Department of Energy concluded "...the potential health impact of the piles is minimal." STATUS: Data does not support an inainent hazard action. HONS 013871 S83I0N X NAME: Tulalip Landfill I0CKT10N: Near Marysville, Washington PROBLEM Active. The industrial waste landfill is located in a wetlands area of Puget Sound on the Tulalip Indian Reservation. Site operation has resulted in complaints of floating wastes in nearby waters and of offensive odors. landfilling of waste is to cease by April 30,1979. Upon closure, site will remain a threat due too leachate generation and possibility of dike erosion which could expose wastes directly to tidal action. STATUS: EPA obtained a court order to improve the landfilling operation and to cease disposal by April 30,1979. Site is to be closed in accordance with consent decree which provides for dike stabilization and final cover material which will minimize surface infiltration. NAME: Uranium Mill Tailings 10CAXION: lakeview, Oregon PROBLEM: Inactive. The low-level radioactive waste disposal facility Is located near the margin of the Goose Lake Basin. Potential threat would come from failure of waste oiles to withstand erosion. Annual precipitation is less than 20 inches. STATUS: The site was the subject of a thorough study by the U.5. Department of Energy in 1977. The conclusion of the study is that "...the potential health impact of the pile is minimal.' Data does not support an imminent hazard action. NAME: Uranium Tailings Pond LOCATION: Ford, Washington PROBLEM: Active. The radioactive waste disoosal facilitv Is located on a gravel terrace adjacent to Ciamokana Creek. Pond has leaked and has been repaired. Potential threat would come from failure of ths pond to withstand erosion. STATUS: State actively monitors to ensure that no hazard is presented. 013872 f RESIGN X NAME: Van Stone Tailings Fond IOCRSIGN: Near Colville, Washington PROBLEM: Inactive. Facility is located on upland area tributary to Lake Roosevelt. Major threat would cone from failure of the heavy metal waste pile to withstand erosion. STUDS: Data does not support an inninent hazard action. NkME: Fellow Pine Tailings Pond , LOCATION: Stibnite, Idaho PROBLEM: Inactive. Tailing pond of heavy metals is being eroded. Drums of chemical waste are being exhumed. Wastes are located on floor of and are moving into a small valley tributary to the Salmon River. STATUS: Data does not support an imminent hazard action. HONS 013873 u.s. EPA Regional and Laboratory Public Information Officers '*/ < Paul Keo'Jyh, Director Office of Public Awareness EPA Region I ` John F. Kennedy Federal Bldg. Boston. 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West, Dirctor Office of Public Affairs U.S. EPA Environmental Research Center Research Triangel Park, NC 27711 COMM: (919) 541-4577 HONS 013874