Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 5): Ionia City Landfill, Ionia, Michigan (First remedial action, September 1989)
The Ionia City Landfill site is a 20-acre municipally owned landfill in the southeast corner of Ionia, Michigan. The landfill was operated from the 1950s until about 1969, during which time industrial, commercial, and municipal wastes were disposed of at the site, including drummed liquids and solids from industrial sources. Drums of ignitable liquid wastes were reportedly burned until 1965. A State investigation in 1981 revealed exposed drums containing paint wastes, thinners, and industrial solvents as well as elevated levels of metals. Furthermore VOC- and metal-contaminated ground water was detected. EPA investigations began in 1982 and revealed VOC contamination in the Grand River tributary surface water. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and debris are VOCs including vinyl chloride and methyl chloride, other organics, and metals including chromium.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 6922072
- Report Number(s):
- PB-90-178120/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--05-89/105
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CHROMIUM
COATINGS
CONTAMINATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION V
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
METHYLENE CHLORIDE
MICHIGAN
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PAINTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SOLVENTS
SUPERFUND
SURFACE WATERS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
VINYL CHLORIDE
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION