Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 7): Pester Refinery, Butler County, El Dorado, KS. (First remedial action), September 1992. Final report
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:5776519
The 10-acre Pester Refinery site is a former petroleum refining facility located in El Dorado, Butler County, Kansas. Petroleum refining operations in the area began in 1917, and from 1958 to 1977, Fina Oil Company operated a petroleum refinery at this site. Process wastes, such as slop-oil emulsion solids, API separator sludge, and heat exchanger bundle cleaning sludge were sent through a pipe to a burn pond. Gaseous waste products were ignited at the end of the pipe, and whatever did not burn was discharged to the pond. The ROD provides a final remedy for the principal source of contamination at the site, the burn pit sludge. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and sludge are VOCs, including ethylbenzene, toluene, and xylenes; other organics, including PAHs and phenols; and metals, including arsenic, chromium, and lead.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 5776519
- Report Number(s):
- PB-93-964305/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--07-92/060
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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ARSENIC
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540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
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ALKYLATED AROMATICS
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COLLOIDS
CONTROL
DECISIONS AND ORDERS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DISPERSIONS
ELEMENTS
EMULSIONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROXY COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL PLANTS
KANSAS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NATIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
NORTH AMERICA
OILS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OTHER ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM REFINERIES
PHENOLS
POLLUTION CONTROL
POLLUTION LAWS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SLUDGES
SOILS
SOLIDS
TOLUENE
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US EPA
US ORGANIZATIONS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTE OILS
XYLENES