Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 2): Hooker Chemical/Ruco Polymer site, Hicksville, NY. (First remedial action), September 1990
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5203439
The 14-acre Hooker Chemical/Ruco Polymer site is an active polymer production facility in Hicksville, Nassau County, New York. Surrounding land use is primarily industrial and commercial, and a residential area is located near the site. Since 1984, site investigations have identified four onsite areas of PCB contamination. These include a direct spill area where releases of heat transfer fluid escaped through a relief valve at the pilot plant, a transport area contaminated by PCBs spread from the direct spill area by onsite truck traffic, the recharge basin that was contaminated by surface runoff, and soil contamination around an underground fuel storage tank, which was disposed of offsite in 1989. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses remediation of Operable Unit 2 (OU2), the PCB-contaminated soil at the above locations. Remediation of remaining site areas, VOC-contaminated soil, and ground water will be addressed as OU1 in a subsequent ROD. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and debris are PCBs.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5203439
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-921427/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--02-90/121
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
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Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
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CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
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EXCAVATION
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LAND USE
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METALS
MONITORING
NEW JERSEY
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
REMEDIAL ACTION
RUNOFF
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
EXCAVATION
FEDERAL REGION II
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAND USE
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
NEW JERSEY
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
REMEDIAL ACTION
RUNOFF
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WATER POLLUTION