Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 8): Rocky Mt. Arsenal (Operable Unit 17), CO. (Eighth remedial action), February 1990
The Rocky Mountain Arsenal (RMA) (Operable Unit 17) is a part of the 17,000-acre RMA site, which is a former U.S. Army chemical warfare and incendiary munitions manufacturing and assembly plant in Adams County, Colorado. From the 1950s until late 1969, the U.S. Army used the RMA facility to produce the nerve agent GB (isopropyl methyl-phosphonofluoridate). In addition, between 1947 and 1982, private industries leased major portions of the plant facilities to manufacture various insecticides and herbicides. Since 1970, facility operations have primarily involved the destruction of chemical warfare materials. Operable Unit 17 (CERCLA Wastewater Treatment System) is among those IRAs specified. The ROD addresses the interim remedy to develop and implement a program to treat contaminated wastewaters resulting from the assessment and implementation of response actions at the RMA site. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the wastewaters are VOCs including benzene, PCE, toluene, and TCE; 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:
- 5201900
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-921512/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--08-90/037
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
CLEANING
COLORADO
DECONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VIII
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HERBICIDES
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INSECTICIDES
LEAD
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
MILITARY FACILITIES
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SUPERFUND
TOLUENE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE WATER
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION