Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Avtex Fibers site, Front Royal, VA. (Second remedial action), September 1990
The 440-acre Avtex Fibers site is a former synthetic fibers manufacturing facility in Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. A section of the site lies within the 100-year Shenandoah River floodplain. The plant produced rayon (1940-1989), polyester (1970-1977), and polypropylene fibers (1985-1989). Until 1983, the by-products, including sodium cellulose xanthate-based viscose waste and zinc hydroxide sludge, were disposed of onsite in unlined surface impoundments or landfills. Subsequently, the waste was routed to an onsite wastewater treatment facility. Fly ash (fromincinerator exhaust air pollution control devices) and boiler house solids were disposed of in four other surface impoundments. In 1982, a State investigation identified carbon disulfide, a constituent of viscose waste, in residential wells located across the river from the plant. In 1983 and 1984, in response to the result of the investigation, Avtex implemented interim measures to address the ground water contamination by purchasing 23 subdivision properties in the area with contaminated ground water. The ROD addresses the removal of PCB-contaminated soil, breakdown of the acid reclamation facility, and the disposal of drummed wastes thought to contain oils, bases, acids, solvents, and PCBs.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5034145
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-921432/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-03-90/093
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB89-206197
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GROUND WATER
CONTAMINATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WASTE DISPOSAL
SOILS
VIRGINIA
POLLUTION
BASES
CELLULOSE
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DISULFIDES
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FLY ASH
MONITORING
OILS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLYESTERS
POLYPROPYLENE
RAYON
REMEDIAL ACTION
SOLVENTS
US SUPERFUND
VISCOSE
ZINC HYDROXIDES
AEROSOL WASTES
AROMATICS
ASHES
CARBOHYDRATES
COMBUSTION PRODUCTS
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
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MATERIALS
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POLLUTION LAWS
POLYMERS
POLYOLEFINS
POLYSACCHARIDES
RESIDUES
SACCHARIDES
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