Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 4): Carolawn, Fort Lawn, Chester County, South Carolina (First remedial action), September 1989

Technical Report · Wed Sep 27 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:7165867

The Carolawn site is an approximately 60-acre, abandoned waste-storage and disposal facility in Fort Lawn, Chester County, South Carolina. Approximately 2,500 people receive their water supply from the Catawba River. Storage trailers and tanks and as many as 480 drums of solvents and liquid and solid wastes have been stored inside a 3-acre fenced portion of the property since 1970. An additional 660 drums and 11 storage tanks were located outside the fenced area to the north. Drums, waste, and contaminated soil were removed from the site by EPA in 1981, and all nearby residences were provided an alternative water source. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water are VOCs including TCE, and metals including lead. The selected remedial action for the site includes ground water pumping and treatment using one or more of the following methods: air stripping, biodegradation, activated-carbon filtration, and metals removal.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 7165867
• Report Number(s): PB-90-178542/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--04-89/051
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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63 RADIATION, THERMAL, AND OTHER ENVIRON. POLLUTANT EFFECTS ON LIVING ORGS. AND BIOL. MAT.
ACTIVATED CARBON
ADSORBENTS
BIODEGRADATION
CARBON
CHEMICAL REACTIONS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONTAINERS
CONTAMINATION
DECOMPOSITION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION IV
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
LEAD
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
NONMETALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
REMOVAL
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SOLVENTS
SOUTH CAROLINA
SUPERFUND
TANKS
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY