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Title: Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 6): Petro-Chemical (Turtle Bayou), Liberty County, TX. (Second remedial action), September 1991. Final report

Abstract

The 500-acre Petro-Chemical (Turtle Bayou) site is in Liberty County, Texas. Current land use in the area is divided among cropland, pasture, range, forest, and small rural communities. Since 1971, numerous undocumented disposal activities occurred onsite involving primarily petrochemical wastes. The ROD for OU2 focuses on three areas of contamination at the site affecting soil and ground water contamination, known as the main waste area, the east disposal area, and the Bayou disposal area. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and ground water are VOCs including benzene and xylenes; other organics including PAHs; and metals including lead. The selected remedial action for the site includes treating 302,800 cubic yards of contaminated soil onsite using in-situ vapor extraction to remove VOCs, controlling vertical air infiltration using an engineered soil and synthetic liner cap; consolidating lead-contaminated soil in the Main Waste Area, followed by capping.

Publication Date:
Research Org.:
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC (United States). Office of Emergency and Remedial Response
OSTI Identifier:
7045440
Report Number(s):
PB-92-964202/XAB; EPA/ROD/R-06-91/066
Resource Type:
Technical Report
Resource Relation:
Other Information: Portions of this document are not fully legible
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Subject:
54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES; GROUND WATER; CONTAMINATION; HAZARDOUS MATERIALS; WASTE DISPOSAL; SOILS; TEXAS; POLLUTION; BENZENE; CATALYSIS; CHEMICAL INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL WASTES; MONITORING; POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS; REMEDIAL ACTION; SITE SURVEYS; US SUPERFUND; XYLENES; ALKYLATED AROMATICS; AROMATICS; DEVELOPED COUNTRIES; FEDERAL REGION VI; HYDROCARBONS; HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS; INDUSTRY; LAWS; MANAGEMENT; MATERIALS; NORTH AMERICA; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXYGEN COMPOUNDS; POLLUTION LAWS; USA; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTES; WATER; 540250* - Environment, Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)

Citation Formats

. Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 6): Petro-Chemical (Turtle Bayou), Liberty County, TX. (Second remedial action), September 1991. Final report. United States: N. p., 1991. Web.
. Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 6): Petro-Chemical (Turtle Bayou), Liberty County, TX. (Second remedial action), September 1991. Final report. United States.
. 1991. "Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 6): Petro-Chemical (Turtle Bayou), Liberty County, TX. (Second remedial action), September 1991. Final report". United States.
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abstractNote = {The 500-acre Petro-Chemical (Turtle Bayou) site is in Liberty County, Texas. Current land use in the area is divided among cropland, pasture, range, forest, and small rural communities. Since 1971, numerous undocumented disposal activities occurred onsite involving primarily petrochemical wastes. The ROD for OU2 focuses on three areas of contamination at the site affecting soil and ground water contamination, known as the main waste area, the east disposal area, and the Bayou disposal area. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the soil and ground water are VOCs including benzene and xylenes; other organics including PAHs; and metals including lead. The selected remedial action for the site includes treating 302,800 cubic yards of contaminated soil onsite using in-situ vapor extraction to remove VOCs, controlling vertical air infiltration using an engineered soil and synthetic liner cap; consolidating lead-contaminated soil in the Main Waste Area, followed by capping.},
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year = {Fri Sep 06 00:00:00 EDT 1991},
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