Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 7): Wheeling Disposal Service Company landfill, Amazonia, MO. (First remedial action), September 1990. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 27 04:00:00 EDT 1990

OSTI ID:5063251

The 200-acre Wheeling Disposal Service site is an inactive industrial and sanitary landfill in Amazonia, Missouri. Onsite disposal features include nine solid waste trenches, five liquid waste trenches, two evaporation ponds, a farm chemical area, three tannery waste areas, and a rinsed-container area. From 1964 until the landfill was closed in 1986, municipal and industrial wastes, including tanning sludges, pesticides, asbestos, laboratory wastes, construction debris, paint sludges, battery and cyanide waste, and crushed drums were disposed of in the various onsite disposal units. EPA and the State conducted onsite and offsite investigations from 1980 to 1987 that identified the presence of onsite contamination with no evidence of offsite contaminant migration. The remedial investigation/feasibility study conducted in 1989 and 1990 confirmed these results. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses both source control and management of contaminant migration, and is a final remedy. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil, sediment, ground water, and surface water are VOCs including TCE and toluene; other organics including pesticides; and metals including arsenic, chromium, and lead.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 5063251
• Report Number(s): PB-91-921532/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--07-90/044
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ASBESTOS
CHEMICAL WASTES
COATINGS
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
CYANIDES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VII
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
MISSOURI
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PAINTS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
SURFACE WATERS
US SUPERFUND
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION