Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 9): Hassayampa Landfill, AZ. (First remedial action), August 1992. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5762871
The Hassayampa Landfill site is a 10-acre area of a 47-acre municipal landfill that was previously used for hazardous waste disposal. Land use in the area is predominantly desert and is sparsely cultivated. The Hassayampa Landfill lies within the Hassayampa River drainage area, but outside of the 100-year floodplain. The estimated 1,100 people who reside within a 3-mile radius of the site use the aquifer underlying the site for their drinking water. From 1961 to the present, the Maricopa County Landfill Department owned and operated the site. Waste disposed of at the landfill consisted chiefly of municipal garbage, tree trimmings, and other plant refuse. In 1979, the state requested that Hassayampa Landfill accept hazardous waste as an alternate waste disposal site during a prohibition at City of Phoenix landfills. In the 18 months that the landfill accepted hazardous waste, up to 3.28 million tons of liquid waste and approximately 4,150 tons of solid waste were deposited.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5762871
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-964505/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--09-92/082
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AQUIFERS
ARIZONA
AROMATICS
CHROMIUM
CONTROL
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRAINAGE
DRINKING WATER
ELEMENTS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND USE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WOOD WASTES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ADMINISTRATIVE PROCEDURES
AQUIFERS
ARIZONA
AROMATICS
CHROMIUM
CONTROL
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DRAINAGE
DRINKING WATER
ELEMENTS
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND USE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SOILS
SOLID WASTES
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WOOD WASTES