Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Walsh Landfill site, Chester County, Pennsylvania (first remedial action), June 29, 1990
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5606296
The 7-acre Walsh Landfill site encompasses an approximately 1.5-acre landfill and surrounding area in a heavily wooded region of Honeybrook Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The landfill reportedly received mixed municipal and industrial wastes for disposal between 1963 and 1976; although State investigations in 1979 revealed that disposal of hazardous waste at the site had resumed after that period. The primary contaminants of concern affecting soil, sediment, and ground water are VOCs including benzene, PCE, and TCE; other organics including PAHs; and metals including arsenic and lead. The selected remedial action for the site includes removal of bulky items and debris from the landfill surface for resource recovery, followed by construction of an approximately 5.2-acre landfill cap; provision of an alternate water supply to approximately 50 residences by extending the municipal water system; ground water monitoring; and implementation of site access restrictions and institutional controls, including land use, ground water use, and deed restrictions.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5606296
- Report Number(s):
- PB-91-921406/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--03-90/089
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION III
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAND USE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
MONITORING
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY
540220 -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540320* -- Environment
Aquatic-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CONTAMINATION
CONTROL
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ECOLOGICAL CONCENTRATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION III
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAND USE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
MONITORING
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PENNSYLVANIA
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
REGULATIONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEDIMENTS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY