At each site, EPA assesses the risk to humans and the environment and determines the best approach
to address the risk. During initial site studies and cleanup, EPA determines if current human
exposures to contaminants are under control and takes actions to control any possible human
exposures until cleanup has been completed. Once complete, cleanup provides long-term human health
and environmental protection at the site.
EPA is working to ensure that potential or actual human exposures are under control.
721,426 cubic yards of soil or other solid-based
media (see glossary) have been treated, stabilized, or removed
(roughly equivalent
to 135
and a half
football fields, covered 1 yard deep)
.
7,000,000 gallons of water or other liquid-based
media (see glossary) have been treated, stabilized, or removed
(roughly equivalent to 9
and a half
Olympic size swimming pools)
.
14 gallons per minute of water or other
liquid-based media (see glossary) are being treated
(roughly equivalent to filling 21
bathtubs per hour)
.
The Problem: Contamination & Exposure
Contamination
Contaminants (i.e., hazardous substances, pollutants or contaminants) can be found in
several different types of materials on the site including soil and other solid-based
media and water or another liquid-based medium. The contaminants
listed via the links below are considered the contaminants of concern to be addressed by
cleanup actions at the site. (see glossary)
Contaminated Media: Air, Debris, Groundwater, Sediment, Soil, Surface Water
EPA classifies contaminants found into groups or types (listed below). To view all contaminants of concern at the
site click on the view detailed list link.
Types of Contaminants: Base Neutral Acids, Inorganics, Metals, PAH, PCBs, Petroleum Hydrocarbon, VOC
At each site, EPA determines the possibility for human and ecological contact (i.e., exposure) with contaminants at the site. If the possibility for exposure to contamination exists, EPA conducts a study known as a risk assessment. During the risk assessment, EPA determines if the site poses a risk to humans, and if so, identifies actions that can be taken to control any possible exposure to humans until site cleanup has been completed. Once complete, cleanup provides long-term human health and environmental protection at the site.
EPA is working to ensure that potential or actual human exposures are under control.
There are many stages of cleanup, including site study, remedy selection, remedy design, remedy construction, and post-construction. Activities undertaken early in the cleanup process focus on understanding problems at the site while those taken later in the cleanup process focus on physically addressing those problems identified.
Many NPL sites are large and complicated. These sites are often broken up into smaller areas to make cleanup easier and more manageable. These areas are called “Operable Units” or OUs (see glossary).
The chart below shows the different types of activities that are underway or complete at each of the cleanup areas (operable units) at the site. Some activities apply to the entire site, EPA assigns these activities to the site-wide operable unit (designated as OU 0).
* At many sites an action, called a “Removal Action” (see glossary), must be taken to eliminate immediate and near-term threats to human health and the environment. Removal actions do not occur at all sites.
Community Involvement
Superfund community involvement is the process of getting community members actively involved in the cleanup of a Superfund site.
Throughout a site cleanup, the Superfund law requires the EPA to give communities information about site progress and plans so that they can be actively involved in site cleanup decisions.
To find out more about community involvement activities at this Superfund site and how you can become involved in site cleanup/reuse decisions, please contact:
Kathleen Veit .
Land Reuse
After cleanup, the land at some sites (not all sites) can often be used for recreational
or other purposes. EPA tries to select cleanup options that encourage and support future
use of a site.
Post-Construction (see glossary) is the stage following completion of the majority of physical cleanup. The goal of Post-Construction is to ensure that the cleanup provides for the long-term protection of human health and the environment.
One of the activities performed during Post-Construction is a review of the remedies undertaken at a site. These reviews take place every five years and are known as five-year reviews (see glossary).
EPA is working to ensure that potential or actual human exposures are under control.
Contaminated Groundwater Migration Under Control
EPA is working to ensure that contaminated groundwater migration is under control.
Construction Complete
No
DISCLAIMER: Be advised that the data contained in these profiles are intended solely for
informational purposes use by employees of the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for
management of the Superfund program. They are not intended for use in calculating Cost
Recovery Statutes of Limitations and cannot be relied upon to create any rights,
substantive or procedural, enforceable by any party in litigation with the United States.
EPA reserves the right to change these data at any time without public notice.