Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Greenwood Chemical Site, Operable Unit 2, Newtown, VA. (Second remedial action), December 1990
Technical Report
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OSTI ID:7250786
The 5-acre Greenwood Chemical site is a former chemical manufacturing facility in Newtown, Albemarle County, Virginia. All residents who reside within three miles of the site are completely dependent on the ground water underlying the site for their drinking water supply. From the 1950s to 1985, either Cockerville Chemical Company or Greenwood Chemical used the site for manufacturing chemicals for industrial, agricultural, pharmaceutical, and photographic purposes. The companies stored, treated and disposed of chemicals onsite. In 1985, operations ceased at the facility following an explosion and fire. EPA investigations that were conducted after the fire identified elevated levels of cyanide, SVOCs, and VOCs in lagoons and ground water. The ROD addresses the contaminated ground water and surface water as operabe unit 2 (OU2) and provides an interim remedy. A future ROD will address additional contamination of onsite soil. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water and surface water are VOCs including benzene, PCE, TCE, and toluene; SVOCs including arsenic. 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:
- 7250786
- Report Number(s):
- PB-92-963930/XAB; EPA/ROD/R--03-91/117
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
540350 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CHEMICAL WASTES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
CONTAMINATION
CYANIDES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NAPHTHALENE
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TOLUENE
US SUPERFUND
USA
VIRGINIA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY
540250* -- Environment
Terrestrial-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
540350 -- Environment
Aquatic-- Site Resource & Use Studies-- (1990-)
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CHEMICAL WASTES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
CONTAMINATION
CYANIDES
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
GROUND WATER
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAND POLLUTION
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
MONITORING
NAPHTHALENE
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
REMEDIAL ACTION
SEMIMETALS
SITE SURVEYS
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
TOLUENE
US SUPERFUND
USA
VIRGINIA
WASTE DISPOSAL
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY