Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 1): Western Sand and Gravel, RI. (Second remedial action), September 1985
The 20-acre Western Sand and Gravel site is a former gravel mining facility and industrial waste disposal area in North Smithfield and Burrillville, Rhode Island. Land use in the area is predominantly agricultural. The estimated 600 people who reside within one mile of the site use the underlying ground water as their drinking water supply. From 1953 to 1979, Western Sand and Gravel, Inc. (WSG) used the site for gravel mining operations. From 1975 to 1979, approximately 12 acres of the site were used for the disposal of liquid wastes, including chemicals and sewage waste. In 1979, the State conducted sampling of private domestic wells in the area and ordered the site to be closed because of violations of water and air pollution regulations and for failing to prepare complete and accurate industrial waste manifests. This final source control ROD addresses OU2, site closure and post closure provisions to contain contamination and minimize offsite migration of contaminants. Future RODs will address the contaminated ground water as OU3. The primarily contaminants of concern affecting the soil and sludge are VOCs including benzene, TCE, and PCE. The selected remedial action for this site is included.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
- OSTI ID:
- 7028845
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-183284/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--01-85/064
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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Related Subjects
540120 -- Environment
Atmospheric-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AIR POLLUTION
AROMATICS
BENZENE
CHEMICAL WASTES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSPORT
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LIQUID WASTES
MANAGEMENT
MASS TRANSFER
MATERIALS
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
RHODE ISLAND
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
US SUPERFUND
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION