Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 2): Volney Landfill Site, Volney, New York (first remedial action), July 1987. Final report
The Volney Landfill site, located in the Town of Volney, Oswego County, New York, is a 55-acre, unlined municipal landfill. From 1969 until 1983 municipal-waste disposal operations occurred at the site. Most of the waste disposed of at the site consisted of typical residential, commercial, institutional, and light industrial waste. However, between March 1974 and January 1975, Pollution Abatement Services, a hazardous-waste incineration facility, was permitted to dispose of approximately 8000 drums containing only residue coatings. Allegedly, 50 - 200 of these drums contained unidentified liquid waste. The condition of these alleged drums is unknown, as is their location within the landfill. In September 1983, waste disposal at the landfill ceased with the opening of the Bristol Hill Landfill approximately 2 miles southeast of the site. In the fall of 1985, closure operations for the Volney Landfill were completed by the current owner, Oswego County. Because the landfill is unlined and has a leachate collection system only in its newer (northern) section, leachate migration is occurring in both horizontal and vertical directions. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water include: vinyl chloride, benzene, arsenic, VOCs and metals.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5608544
- Report Number(s):
- PB-88-126552/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-02-87/040
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION II
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAWS
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MATERIALS
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ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SUPERFUND
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VINYL CHLORIDE
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER POLLUTION