SuperFund Traditional Cache

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Hidden : 8/11/2006
Difficulty:
2 out of 5
Terrain:
2 out of 5

Size: Size: small (small)

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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced its intent to delete this Chemtronics Superfund site in Swannanoa, NC from the National Priorities List (NPL) of hazardous waste sites. Cleanup of the site has been completed. A public meeting was held on Tuesday, June 17, 2003 at 7:00 p.m. in the Charles D. Owen Middle School auditorium. Officials from the EPA discussed the transfer of the remaining site cleanup to the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) program and solicited public comments. Based on public comment, EPA will pursue deleting this site from the NPL.

The Chemtronics site consists of approximately 1,027 acres. The facility, which began operations in 1952, manufactured explosives, incapacitating agents, and chemical intermediates. The wastes associated with these products were buried in six specific disposal areas on-site. The contaminated soil in these areas has been remediated and groundwater contamination is being addressed though extraction and treatment. The site was placed on the NPL in December 1982...... Pollution Monitoring... Companies cleaning up a Buncombe County Superfund site drill new wells to monitor groundwater pollution. Workers drilled new wells at the former Chemtronics plant in Swannanoa to check on hazardous chemicals that remain on the property. The chemicals were used in the manufacture of military explosives, tear gas and nerve agents. The additional wells will track waste chemicals left at the site. The EPA says Halliburton is installing additional wells along Bee Tree Creek to monitor movement of contaminated groundwater on the site. EPA officials say some of the first groundwater samples taken from the new wells show solvent used in the manufacture of explosives. EPA officials say test results from the new wells will be made public. (Posted 5:10 p.m., 8/30/06)... (visit link)

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