Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 8): Wasatch Chemical Site (Lot 6), Salt Lake City, UT. (First remedial action), March 1991. Final report

Technical Report · Fri Mar 29 04:00:00 EST 1991

OSTI ID:7128551

The 18-acre Wasatch Chemical (Lot 6) site is an active chemical production, storage, and distribution facility in Salt Lake City, Utah. Land use in the area is predominantly industrial. The site lies one-half mile east of the Jordan River, within the center of the Jordan River Valley. From 1957 to 1986, Wasatch Chemical Company and other tenants used the site for production, packaging, storage, and distribution of various chemical products, including industrial chemicals, acids, solvents, pesticides, and fertilizers. Process wastes, including dioxins, were directed toward an onsite evaporation pond, stored in 40 drums, and also discharged directly in the ground and possibly into the Salt Lake City sewer system. The Record of Decision (ROD) addresses contamination of onsite soil, sludge, and ground water as a final remedy. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil, sludge, and ground water are VOCs including PCE, TCE, toluene, and xylenes; and other organics including pesticides, herbicides, and dioxins. The selected remedial action for the site includes excavating and consolidating 3,587 cubic yards of contaminated soil and sludge and 650 gallons of liquid waste in the former evaporation pond; treating these materials onsite using in-situ vitrification.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 7128551
• Report Number(s): PB-92-964407/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--08-91/048
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
CHEMICAL WASTES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAMINATION
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
DIOXIN
FEDERAL REGION VIII
FERTILIZERS
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HERBICIDES
HETEROCYCLIC COMPOUNDS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SOLVENTS
TOLUENE
US SUPERFUND
USA
UTAH
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
XYLENES