Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 10): Yakima Plating Facility, Yakima, WA. (First remedial action), September 1991. Final report

Technical Report · Mon Sep 30 04:00:00 EDT 1991

OSTI ID:7128517

The 0.94-acre Yakima Plating site is an inactive nickel-chrome automobile bumper replating facility in Yakima, Yakima County, Washington. Ground water from the shallow alluvium aquifer supplies much of the domestic and irrigation water in the Yakima Basin, and many residences adjacent to the site utilize private ground water wells for their water supply. The tanks were used during the electroplating operation cleaning, plating, and rinsing processes. The wastewater system operated from 1965 until plating operations ceased in 1990. Site assessments and investigations conducted by EPA contractors in 1984 and 1990 determined that the sludge and effluent from the settling tank were a dangerous waste under State regulations and that the potential exists for public exposure to metals from contact with contaminated surface and subsurface soil. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses remediation of contaminated onsite soil, debris, and sludge. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil, debris, and sludge are organics including pesticides; and metals including arsenic, chromium, copper, lead, and nickel. 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: 7128517
• Report Number(s): PB-92-964607/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--10-91/030
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
AQUIFERS
ARSENIC
CHROMIUM
CONTAMINATION
COPPER
DEPOSITION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELECTRODEPOSITION
ELECTROLYSIS
ELECTROPLATING
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION X
GROUND WATER
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
LYSIS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
METALS
NICKEL
NORTH AMERICA
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
PLATING
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SURFACE COATING
TRANSITION ELEMENTS
US SUPERFUND
USA
WASHINGTON
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION