Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 8): Sand Creek Industrial, Commerce City, CO. (First remedial action), September 1989

Technical Report · Fri Sep 29 04:00:00 EDT 1989

OSTI ID:7166445

The Sand Creek Industrial site is in Commerce City, Adams County, Colorado. Land use in the vicinity of the site is industrial, including trucking firms, petroleum and chemical production and supply companies, warehouses, small businesses, and several residences. The site contains the property and buildings of the Colorado Organic Chemical Company (COC) and approximately 13 residences. Production wells north and downgradient of the study area are the source of water supply to the county. Pesticide manufacturing operations began at COC in the 1960s. Fires in 1968 and 1977 and improper pesticide-storage practices resulted in high levels of organophosphate pesticides, chlorinated hydrocarbons, and thermally-altered pesticides being released at the site. In 1978 COC removed some contaminated soil, and in 1984 COC removed drums of waste, excess product, and contaminated soil, and installed fencing at the site in response to an EPA order. The Record of Decision represents the first of five planned operable units for the site and addresses soil, buildings, and tanks contaminated by pesticides, volatile organics, and metals. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil, onsite buildings, and tanks are VOCs including TCE and PCE; and other organics including pesticides.

• Research Organization: Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
• OSTI ID: 7166445
• Report Number(s): PB-90-178864/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--08-89/024
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540220* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport-- (1990-)
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
COLORADO
CONTAMINATION
ELEMENTS
FEDERAL REGION VIII
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
LAND POLLUTION
LAND USE
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MATTER
METALS
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
PESTICIDES
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SUPERFUND
USA
VOLATILE MATTER
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES