Laskin/Poplar Oil. Co.

Site Information

Jefferson Township, OH (Ashtabula County)
EPA ID# OHD061722211
NPL Site Narrative
NPL Factsheet
Superfund Site Progress Profile
Alias(es): Alaskian Greenhouse Waste Oil, Laskins Waste Oil Co., Laskin/Poplar Oil and Poplar Oil Co., Inc.

Contact Information

Community Involvement Coordinator
Susan Pastor (pastor.susan@epa.gov)
312-353-1325 or 800-621-8431, ext. 31325

Remedial Project Manager

Patrick Hamblin
(hamblin.patrick@epa.gov)
312-886-6312 or 800-621-8431, ext. 66312

Repositories

(where to view written records)

Henderson Memorial Public Library
54 E. Jefferson St.
Jefferson, OH

Ashtabula Public Library
355 W. 44th St.
Ashtabula, OH

Links

EPA Superfund Home Page
Region 5 Superfund
Superfund glossary
Superfund Frequent Questions:
Superfund Information Systems Frequent Questions

Agency for Toxic Substances & Disease Registry

Background

The 9-acre Laskin/Poplar Oil Co. site is located southwest of the intersection of Ohio Route 307 and Poplar Street in northeastern Ohio's Ashtabula County. It is immediately south of Cemetery Creek. It started out as a greenhouse operation in the 1890s. By the 1950s, oil-fired boilers were installed to heat the greenhouses. During the 1960s and 1970s, waste oil contaminated with PCBs, PAHs, and metals were accepted. Problems arose from the storage, handling and combustion of the oil. The owner collected, sold and disposed of the oil until he was stopped by a court order in 1981.

Before a final cleanup plan was selected in 1989 to remove the source of the contamination, EPA took emergency steps to drain two contaminated ponds, divert surface water runoff to a retention pond, treat wastewater, and remove and incinerate sludge and soil. The final cleanup plan involved diverting ground water and covering certain areas of the site. According to a 1989 legal agreement called a consent decree, several companies determined responsible for the contamination agreed to do the cleanup.

Site Updates || Technical Documents | Five-Year Reviews || Legal Documents

You will need the free Adobe Reader to view some of the files on this page. See EPA's PDF page to learn more.

Site Updates

October 2008

EPA is doing a status review of the landfill's cleanup. This type of review is required at least every five years where the cleanup is complete but hazardous waste remains managed on-site. These reviews are done to ensure that the cleanup continues to protect people and the environment. Contact the site community involvement coordinator and/or the remedial project manager to provide input on the review process.

The review will include:

An evaluation of background information
Cleanup requirements
Effectiveness of the cleanup and any anticipated future actions
An analysis of ways for EPA to operate more efficiently

This is the third five-year review for Laskin/Poplar. A report, which will be available in May 2009, will detail the site's progress. Previous reviews were done in 1999 and 2004.