Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 5): Acme Solvents, Morristown, Illinois, September 1985. Final report
The Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc. facility is located approximately five miles south of Rockford, Illinois. From 1960 until 1973, the facility served as a disposal site for paints, oils and still bottoms from the solvent reclamation plant located in Rockford. In addition, empty drums were stored onsite. Wastes were dumped into depressions created from either previous quarrying activities or by scraping overburden from the near surface bedrock to form berms. In September 1972, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) ordered Acme to remove all drums and wastes from the facility and to backfill the lagoons. Follow-up inspections revealed that wastes and crushed drums were being left onsite and merely covered with soil. Sampling of the site revealed high concentrations of chlorinated organics in the drinking water. The major source of hazardous substances at the facility are the waste disposal mounds. These mounds contain volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds and concentrations of PCBs up to several hundred mg/kg. The selected remedial action is included.
- Research Organization:
- Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 6070948
- Report Number(s):
- PB-86-133881/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
Similar Records
Public health assessment for ACME Solvent Reclaiming Incorporated, Winnebago, Winnebago County, Illinois, region 6. Cerclis No. ILD053219259. Final report
Health assessment for Acme Solvents Reclamation, Inc. , Winnebago County, Illinois, Region 5. CERCLIS No. ILD053219259 (amended). Final report
Related Subjects
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WASTE DISPOSAL
INDUSTRIAL WASTES
SUPERFUND
GROUND DISPOSAL
WATER POLLUTION
CHLORINATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
GROUND WATER
LAND RECLAMATION
LICENSES
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
PUBLIC HEALTH
REMEDIAL ACTION
SITE SURVEYS
VINYL CHLORIDE
AROMATICS
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HALOGENATED AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION
POLLUTION LAWS
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
510200* - Environment
Terrestrial- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)
520200 - Environment
Aquatic- Chemicals Monitoring & Transport- (-1989)