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Superfund explanation of significant difference for the Record of Decision (EPA Region 5): Fields Brook (Sediment Operable Unit), Ashtabula, OH, August 15, 1997

Technical Report ·
OSTI ID:638514
The Fields Brook Site (Site) is located in northeast Ohio, in Ashtabula County, approximately 55 miles east of Cleveland, Ohio. The US EPA issued a Record of Decision (ROD) on September 20, 1986, which outlined the remedy selection process and the selected clean-up action for the Sediment Operable Unit (SOU) of the Site. US EPA has determined that five significant differences will be made to the ROD. The significant differences to the remedy are: (1) Elimination of solidification requirements for excavation sediments which will be landfilled on-Site; (2) Thermal Treatment of the excavated sediments will be conducted at an Off-Site facility vs. an on-Site facility; (3) Development and presentation of the cleanup goals/standards for the sediment to be excavated; (4) Reduction of the excavated sediment estimated total volume from 52,000 cubic years to 14,000 cubic yards, including a reduction of the estimated thermal treatment sediment volume from 16,000 cubic years to 3,000 cubic yards; and (5) Elimination of the chemical waste landfill requirement contained in Section 761.75(b)(3) which specifies a fifty foot distance between the bottom liner and the historical high water table.
Research Organization:
Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response, Washington, DC (United States)
OSTI ID:
638514
Report Number(s):
PB--97-963126/XAB; EPA--541/R-97/070
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English