Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 7): Mid-America Tanning site, Sergeant bBluff, IA. (First remedial action), September 1991
The 98.7-acre Mid-America Tanning site is a former leather tannery in Sergeant Bluff, Woodbury County, Iowa. Surrounding land use is mixed industrial and agricultural. A portion of the site is bordered by Oxbow Lake and lies within the 100-year floodplain. The Missouri River is approximately 1.5 miles to the southwest of the site and receives discharges from Oxbow Lake. The facility began onsite processing of animal hides in 1970. In 1980, the State confirmed the onsite burial of chromium-containing sludge in trenches, and the company was cited for permit violations. A 1985 EPA investigation identified excessive chromium contamination in onsite soil, sediment, and ground water. In 1990, EPA conducted a removal action that included excavating and consolidating onsite 1,290 cubic yards of sludge from the trench disposal area. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses the contaminated soil, impoundment sediment and water, and the excavated trench material. A future ROD will address onsite ground water contamination. The primary contaminant of concern affecting the soil, sediment, debris, sludge, and surface water are metals including chromium and lead. The selected remedial action for the site is included.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 7028837
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-964310/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-07-91/055
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
GROUND WATER
CONTAMINATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WASTE DISPOSAL
IOWA
POLLUTION
SEDIMENTS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
WATER POLLUTION
CHROMIUM
LAKES
LAND POLLUTION
LEAD
LEATHER
MISSOURI RIVER
MONITORING
REMEDIAL ACTION
SITE SURVEYS
US SUPERFUND
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VII
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION LAWS
RIVERS
STREAMS
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
540250* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)
540350 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)