Health assessment for Byron Salvage Yard, Byron, Illinois, Region 5. CERCLIS No. ILD010236230. Final report

Technical Report · Thu Sep 27 04:00:00 EDT 1984

OSTI ID:5310683

Byron/Johnson (B/J) Superfund Site is a former salvage yard and unpermitted waste depository. The 20-acre site, which operated during the 1960s and early 1970s, is located approximately 4 miles southwest of Byron, Illinois. Investigative field work revealed that cyanide-containing plating wastes were sprayed in and around the salvage yard and that plating wastes, oils, paint thinners, solvents, and other wastes, with or without containers, were dumped and buried within the area. Contaminants of concern include heavy metals, cyanide, and various organic halogens including trichloroethylene and polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs). The following alternatives have been proposed by the Feasibility Study: removal and off-site disposal of wastes contained on site; in addition to containerized and bulk waste materials, contaminated soil would also be removed as hazardous waste; removal of waste and contaminated soil with disposal in a newly developed on-site disposal vault; and removal of surface materials and in-situ containment of wastes in the east ravine (low-permeability cap over area).

• Research Organization: Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry, Atlanta, GA (USA)
• OSTI ID: 5310683
• Report Number(s): PB-90-105933/XAB
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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