Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 7): Shaw Avenue Dump site, Charles City, Floyd County, IA. (First remedial action), September 1991

Technical Report · Thu Sep 26 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:7032800

The 26-acre Shaw Avenue Dump site is a chemical waste site in Charles City, Floyd County, Iowa. Land use in the area is predominantly residential. From 1899 to 1964, Charles City used the site as a municipal landfill for waste incineration, and disposal of liming sludge from the city's publicly owned treatment works (POTW) and asphaltic materials continue to be disposed of in the landfill. Between 1977 and 1981, the State issued reports based on studies of the site and surface water that documented elevated levels of metals in an abandoned gravel pit near the site. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses the chemical fill and surrounding contaminated soil, and the underground gasoline tank as Operable Unit 1 (OU1). A future ROD will address contaminated ground water as OU2. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and debris are VOCs including benzene, toluene, and xylenes; other organics including PAHs; metals including arsenic and lead; and other inorganics. 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: 7032800
• Report Number(s): PB-92-964309/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--07-91/051
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS
BIOLOGICAL WASTES
CHEMICAL WASTES
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VII
FUELS
GASOLINE
GROUND DISPOSAL
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INORGANIC COMPOUNDS
IOWA
LAWS
LEAD
LIMING
LIQUID FUELS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
MONITORING
MUNICIPAL WASTES
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PETROLEUM PRODUCTS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SANITARY LANDFILLS
SEMIMETALS
SEWAGE
SEWAGE SLUDGE
SITE SURVEYS
SLUDGES
SOILS
STORAGE
TOLUENE
UNDERGROUND STORAGE
US SUPERFUND
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WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
XYLENES