Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 5): Metamora Landfill, Metamora, Lapeer County, MI. (Second remedial action), September 1990
The 160-acre Metamora Landfill site is an inactive, privately owned landfill in Metamora Township, Lapeer County, Michigan. Both wetland and woodland areas are present onsite. Landfill operations began in 1955 as an open dump, and the facility was upgraded in 1969. Industrial and municipal wastes, including approximately 35,000 drums, were accepted until the landfill closed in 1980. In 1981, the State sampled seven drums and identified several hazardous materials. A 1986 Record of Decision (ROD) for Operable Unit 1 (OU1) called for the excavation and disposal of the waste drums offsite at a RCRA incinerator. The ROD addresses ground water contimination of the shallow aquifer, as well as the generation of leachate at the landfill (OU2). The primary contaminants of concern in the landfill affecting debris and ground water are VOCs including benzene, PCE, TCE, and xylenes; and metals including arsenic and barium.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5202108
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-921463/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--05-90/144
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Superfund Record of Decision (EPA region 5): Metamora Landfill, Metamora, Lapeer County, Michigan, September 1986. Final report
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540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
ALKALINE EARTH METALS
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BARIUM
BENZENE
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION V
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INCINERATORS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MICHIGAN
MONITORING
NATIONAL GOVERNMENT
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
STATE GOVERNMENT
SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
XYLENES