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Site Description
COCs
Affected Media
Remediation Methods
Status
Sensitive Receptors
Spill Volume/Plume Spill Date Size FUEL SITES Spill volume not found in research to date; 500 ft. X 2000 ft.
Depth to Groundwater
EDB Concentrations
Remediation Costs
Naval Submarine Base, Bangor (Operable Unit (OU) 8), Silverdale , WA Contamination in both soil (low level threat) and groundwater (more serious threat); specific concentrations not found in research to date.
Facility operational since 1940s Speedway #60, Gaston County, SC Convenience store with gas pumps operated 1964-1992 MMR (Otis Air Force Base),Cape Cod, MA
MNA; Free Product Recovery System; P&T (not useful); UST removal; SVE/bioventing Ongoing
65 ft.
RI/FS completed
yes
estimates available.
gasoline
GW
Natural Attenuation.
None
Not found in groundwater used by Not found in research research to >100 people to date date
Not found in research clay over silt/sand to date Not found in research to date
no
From 1940-1946 and 1955-1972, parts of facility used for aircraft and ground vehicle maintenance using petroleum fuels, solvents, aviation gas, other paints, with dumping of hazardous material in fuels, chlorinated landfills, sumps, sewage treatment plants, etc., solvents, motor oils, common practice. perchlorate, EDB GW Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), Livermore, CA VOCs in soil; FHCs in saturated sediments; metals 1942-1951 aircraft repair and assembly; 1951- and tritium in GW; unknown if LNAPL unknown weapons design. Initial release in present 1940s from 14 AOCs Soil and GW Home Oil, Seldon, KS
70,000 gallons plus othersunknown sources; multiple plumes 100 - 150 ft bgs Spill volume not found in reseasrch to date; 10-100 ft. thick in upper 200 ft. of Not found in sediments research to date
sandy
Air sparging, ion exchange, granular activated carbon, and SVE in engineered plume collapse (identify individual plumes; isolate and cleanup fine grained sources). Ongoing
mid-late 1940s
both done.
Successful hydraulic containment of plumes; "collapse of mobile plumes; mass removal enhanced; VOC/tritium plume treated in situ.
yes
BTEX, 1,2-DCA and Designed for EDB; SVE wells including sparge EDB; not known if wells; treated BTEX free phase components; Bulk fuel storage site; EDB contamination discovered 1994. LNAPL present GW partitioned compounds to bio degrade. Campbell St. Fuel Farm (CSFF), Marine Corps Air Station, New River, Camp Lejeune, NC
part of KS Dept. of Health & Environment Trust Public water supply; Fund Program. rural= domestic wells EDB discovered 1994
unknown
CSFF is an active JP-5 storage facility. Now fuel stores in ASTs; previously in USTs, 7 of which were pulled with soil excavation needed; one was closed in place. EDB listed as COC; GW Birch Hill Tank Farm, Operable Unit (OU) 3,Fort Wainright, Fairbanks, AK
Pump and Treat system installed in mid-1990s; 3 groundwater recovery trenches; water processed through oil/water separator, air Not found in stripper, & carbon filter. research to date
Groundwater
Not found in research to date; long term fuel Not found in storage facility (ASTs research to and USTs) date
5 or more aquifers in approximately 100 feet below ground surface with first groundwater at 6 ft. bgs
Yes
Cost per pound of COC Cumulative mass removal: removed averaged 3.5 lbs over 3.5 years. $95,000.
BTE, 1,2,4-trimethyl benzene, 1,3,5Originally part of Canadian oil pipeline project trimethyl benzene & with 14 10,000=gal as with JP-4, Mogas, & EDB; unknown if diesel. LNAPL present. Soil and GW T.H. Agriculture & Nutrition Superfund Site, Albany Dougherty County, SC
Remediation of soil and groundwater ongoing for EDB and other contaminants; pilot test done; remediation techniques include SVE of petroleum-contaminated soil & air sparging of petroleum-contaminated groundwater in permafrost=free areas. Ongoing
Tank farm built 1943; date of spill(s) not Not found in found in research to research to date. date PESTICIDES SITES
20-22 feet BGS in two layers above and below the permafrost
ROD (1996), Risk Assessment, RI/FS (1993), Explanation of Significant EDB up to 607 g/L; plume map Differences, available.
yes
methyl parathion, DDT, EDB, pesticide formulation facility toxaphene, xylene Brookhaven National Laboratory Superfund Site, Long Island, NY
Soil and GW
pump and treat (1997-2003); bioremediation pilot study not productive; alternative methods being considered.
Remediation to date ineffective; alternative actions Not found in under Not found in research Not found in research research to to date consideration. to date date
ROD (1993); Explanation of Significant Differences (1995); RI/FS post 1989 NPL listing.
yes
DOE laboratory; site of agricultural experiments conducted on 340 acres of land EDB sole COC at OU (OU 6). 6; no LNAPL. GW Del Monte Corp. (Oahu Plantation), Village of Kunia, Honolulu Co., Island of Oahu, HI
Initial Pump and Treat not successful; decommissioned 1990; revised system installed in 2004 lowering concentration of EDB in groundwater; phytoremediation tried to leach EDB from soil; produced plants as hazardous waste; vitrification used heat to immobilize and destroy EDB in soil; successful but not economically feasible;
Ongoing
sol source aquifer; Peconic River watershed; private drinking water wells. 1960s & 1970s
3000-acre pineapple plantation started in EDB impact to soil 1940s & used fumigants from 1940s to 1983 and groundwater; (including DBCP and DCP for nematode control no LNAPL Soil Brown & Bryant, Inc. (Arvin Plant) Superfund Site, Arvin, Kern Co., CA
Pump and treat with phytoremediation (using local vegetation) used to treat water from perched aquifer; pump and treat with air stripping & carbon filtration and restrict reuse; treat soil with SVE and cap soil to prevent rainwater from carrying contaminants to basal aquifer. Ongoing
495 gal EDB; 890 SF (1,000 Not found in research ug/L) to 50,000 to date SF (1 ug/L)
Perched/shallow (to 100 ft. bgs); basal/ deep (850 ft. bgs - used for drinking & irrigation).
Baseline Human Health Risk Assessment, May Infiltration occurs 2000; Remedial between perched Investigation 1998; RI and basal aquifers. Addendum 2002; >1000 g/L
* Phrase used whenever limited research did not provide definitive response.
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Site Description
COCs
Affected Media
Remediation Methods
Status
Sensitive Receptors
Spill Date
Depth to Groundwater
EDB Concentrations
Remediation Costs
Dinoseb; DBCP; EDB; 1,2-DCP, Formulated agricultural chemicals starting in chlorobenzene; 1960; improper disposal of hazardous wastes unknown if LNAPL involved resulted in overflows of evaporation pond. Frontier Fertilizer Superfund Site, Davis, Yolo Co., CA
Soil and GW
Contaminated soil under pond removed and liner installed (1988); excavated soil cleaned using ultraviolet and ozone and returned to ground; cap installed over contaminated soil; pump and treat of shallowest aquifer to remove source of contamination of deeper aquifer where existing impact treat with natural attenuation with institutional controls as needed. Ongoing
Public well down gradient 1700 ft away; 6 city wells < 1mi. from site.
560,000 gal from pond; plume size not found in Not found in research research to Not found in to date date research to date
Max concentration of EDB: 1,564 g/L in RI/FS 2005; Five Year 1991; other values low, but EDB listed as Not found in COC. Review 2011. research to date
EDB, DCP, DBCP, Ni in drinking water Pesticide & fertilizer distribution facility 1972- above standards; no 1987 LNAPL involved. GW Hasting Groundwater Contamination Superfund Site, Hastings, Adams & Clay Cos., NB
Removal of contaminated soil; ground water extraction (multiple systems installed 19932002; electrical energy used for heat to reduce toxicity 2011; anaerobic bioremediation under consideration. Ongoing
residential subdivision 800 ft. Not found in north (down gradient Not found in research research to direction) to date date
Four waterbearing layers under site; lowest (180 ft. BGS) provides city's Not found in drinking water; research to date
Multi-source, groundwater plume (VOCs and toxic fumigants) under city; seven sub-sites including FAR-MAR-CO, only one with EDB.
GW
Pump & treat using power plant cooling tower as an air stripper; SVE for soil; later expanded to include groundwater; in situ bioremediation plus monitoring Ongoing
Spill volume not found in research to date; 500 ft. X 2000 ft.; plume extends > Not found in Not found in research 2miles downgradient research to date to date
EDB concentration 225 ppb (1993); increased in same well to 463 (1997) and 353 ppb (2001); EDB on COC list. yes
AvGas - aviation fuel (various blends) bgs - below ground surface BTEX - benzene, toluene, ethylbenzene, and total xylenes CMS - corrective measures study COC - contaminant of concern DBCP - dibromo-chloropropane DCA - dichloroethane DCE - dichloroethene DDT - dichloro-diphenyl-trichloroethane EDB - ethylene dibromide EE/CA - engineering evaluation/cost analysis FHC - fuel hydrocarbon contamination
GW - groundwater LNAPL - light non-aqueous phase liquid MNA - monitored natural attenuation OU - operable unit ppb - parts per billion P&T - pump and treat RI/FS - remedial investigation/feasibility study ROD - Record of Decision SVE - soil vapor extraction UST - underground storage tank VOC - volatile organic compound g/L - micrograms per liter
* Phrase used whenever limited research did not provide definitive response.
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