Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Dorney Road Landfill site, Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, PA. (Second remedial action), September 1991. Final report
The 27-acre Dorney Road site is a landfill in Upper Macungie Township, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The estimated 20 residents living within 1/4 mile of the site use ground water as the primary source of potable water. Prior to 1959, the site was used as an open pit iron mine. From 1959 to 1979, municipal and industrial wastes were disposed of in the onsite abandoned iron mine pit. In 1970, the State requested that the landfill be compacted and covered, but the owners failed to comply. In 1986, EPA performed an emergency removal action to regrade the site to collect and contain onsite surface runoff. Although a soil cover was applied to portions of the site, the landfill was never graded and onsite waste continues to be exposed in areas. This ROD addresses onsite ground water contamination as Operable Unit 2 (OU2) and provides a final remedy for the site. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water are VOCs including benzene and TCE; and metals including chromium and lead. The selected remedial action for this site is included.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5314511
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-963907/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--03-91/127
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ABANDONED SITES
CONTAMINATION
COVERINGS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
MONITORING
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SITE SURVEYS
US SUPERFUND
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION