Superfund Record of Decision (EPA region 4): Mowbray Engineering Company, Greenville, Alabama, September 1986. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 25 00:00:00 EDT 1986

OSTI ID:6280231

The Mowbray Engineering Company (MEC) site consists of a 3-acre swamp located in Greenville, Butler County, Alabama. An aquifer underlying the site supplies 11,400 residents with potable water. Waste oils were dumped onto the ground behind the plant. Oil was also allowed to flow into a city storm sewer drain and ultimately into the swamp. Dumping and other discharges continued until the mid 1970s. MEC installed two underground storage tanks to collect oils for resale and prevent spills. PCBs were detected in swamp soils at 500 ppm, leading EPA to remove the top six inches of swamp soil and disposing the wastes in an approved offsite hazardous waste facility. The primary contaminants of concern are PCBs. Selected remedies were proposed and are included.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA)
• OSTI ID: 6280231
• Report Number(s): PB-87-189924/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-04-86/012
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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