Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 7): Cherokee County/Galena, Kansas (Second remedial action), September 1989

Technical Report · Mon Sep 18 00:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:6958274

The Cherokee County site is a lead and zinc mining area in the southeastern corner of Kansas. The 25 square-mile Galena subsite is one of six subsites within the Cherokee County site and consists of large areas covered by mine wastes, water-filled subsidence craters, and open mine shafts. The approximately 3,500 Galena residents receive their water supply from two deep aquifer wells. EPA began investigations of the Galena subsite in 1985 and determined that the shallow ground-water aquifer and surface water were contaminated with elevated concentrations of metals. EPA Region VII responded by installing water-treatment units on several private wells. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water and surface water are metals including cadmium, lead, and zinc. The selected remedial action for the site includes the removal, consolidation, and onsite placement in mine pits, shafts, and subsidences of surface mine wastes; diversion and channelization of surface streams with recontouring and vegetation of land surface; and investigation of deep aquifer well quality.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 6958274
• Report Number(s): PB-90-178534/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-07-89/030
• Resource Relation: Other Information: See also PB--89-128375
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
GROUND WATER
CONTAMINATION
KANSAS
WATER POLLUTION
SURFACE WATERS
WATER WELLS
AQUIFERS
CADMIUM
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
LEAD
MINING
MONITORING
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SITE SURVEYS
SUPERFUND
WASTE DISPOSAL
WATER SUPPLY
ZINC
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VII
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WELLS
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