Final Phase I Report and Phase II Work Plan: Expedited Site Characterization, Agenda, Kansas

Technical Report · Wed Jan 01 04:00:00 EST 1997

DOI:https://doi.org/10.2172/1188321· OSTI ID:1188321

Burton, Jacqueline C. ^[1]

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1. Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)

During the 1950s and 1960s, the Commodity Credit Corporation (CCC), a part of the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), operated a grain storage facility in Agenda, Kansas (Figure 1.1). During this time, commercial grain fumigants containing carbon tetrachloride were commonly used by the CCC/USDA and the private grain storage industry to preserve grain in their facilities. In 1987, carbon tetrachloride was detected at a concentration above the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 5 micrograms per liter (μg/L) promulgated by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in one of Agenda’s public water supply (PWS) wells during routine screening by the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE 1992). Subsequent investigations guided by the KDHE detected carbon tetrachloride in both of Agenda’s public supply wells and in the groundwater at the site of the CCC/USDA grain storage facility (PRC 1994, 1995). Because this contamination might be linked to historical use of carbon tetrachloride-based grain fumigants at the former CCC/USDA facility, the CCC/USDA is conducting a remedial investigation (RI) to establish the source and extent of the carbon tetrachloride contamination at Agenda and to determine whether the contamination requires remedial action.

• Research Organization: Argonne National Laboratory (ANL), Argonne, IL (United States)
• Sponsoring Organization: USDA; USDOE
• DOE Contract Number: AC02-06CH11357; W-31109-ENG-38
• OSTI ID: 1188321
• Report Number(s): ANL/ER--36097; 36097
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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