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Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 2): Rosen Brothers Scrap Yard/Dump, Cortland, NY, March 23, 1998

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:316458

This Record of Decision (ROD) documents a remedy for the Rosen Brothers Superfund Site (the `Site`). The major components of the selected remedy include: excavation of all 1,1,1-trochloroethane (TCA)-contaminated soils above 1 milligram per kilogram (mg/kg) in two hot spot areas and PCB-contaminated soils above 10 mg/kg in two hot spot areas; consolidation of all excavated soils with PCB concentrations less than 50 mg/kg onto the former cooling pond; removal and consolidation onto the former cooling pond of non-hazardous debris; placement of a cap meeting the requirements of New York State 6 NYCRR Part 360 regulations over the three-acre former cooling pond; monitoring natural attenuation to address the residual groundwater contamination in downgradient areas.

Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
316458
Report Number(s):
PB--98-963802/XAB; EPA--541-R98-006
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English