The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced on March 4 it is issuing a notice of intent to delete seven Superfund sites and partially delete two others from the National Priorities List (NPL) and is requesting public comments on this action by April 3.
Seven of the nine sites impacted groundwater and groundwater remediation efforts have taken place. The EPA has determined that the appropriate response actions are now complete. The sites are listed below.
| Site name | City, State
| Contaminants
| Remedies/Controls
|
|---|
Velsicol Chemical Corp.
| Marshall, IL
| Petroleum by products and pesticide chlordane
| Soil: Removed and capped. Groundwater: Long-term treatment and monitoring, institutional access control.
|
Rowe Industries
| Noyack/Sag Harbor, NY
| Petroleum by products and pesticide chlordane
| Groundwater cleanup completed; meets drinking water standards.
|
Kerr-McGee (Kress Creek/W. Branch DuPage)
| DuPage County, IL
| Radioactive mill tailings
| Soil and sediment removal.
|
Caldwell Lace Leather Co. Inc.
| Auburn, KY
| Landfill waste
| Groundwater: Long-term monitoring; institutional access control.
|
Pepper Steel & Alloys Inc.
| Medley, FL
| Industrial waste
| Soil cleanup.
|
Miami Drum Services
| Miami, FL
| Industrial drum cleaning waste
| Groundwater: Long-term treatment; institutional access control.
|
Diamond Shamrock Corp. Landfill
| Cedartown, GA
| Industrial waste oil and products
| Soil: Removal. Groundwater: Long-term monitoring; natural attenuation; institutional access controls.
|
Hastings Ground Water Contamination
| Hastings, NE
| Carbon Tet, TCE, benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, xylene and PAH, other industrial solvents
| Groundwater: Long-term treatment and monitoring; institutional access controls.
|
Corozal Well
| Barrio Palos Blancos, PR
| VOCs including PCE
| Groundwater: Continuing treatment for water supply.
|
One site that was impacted by petroleum and pesticides in Noyack, New York, is cleaned and meeting drinking water standards. Another site previously contaminated by volatile organic chemicals in Barrio Palos, Blancos, Puerto Rico, has its groundwater being treated for water supply to the community.
Five other sites have long-term monitoring and institutional controls to eliminate access to contaminated groundwater left in place.
Click here to read the notice. Public comments on this action are due by April 3.