Superfund Record of Decision (EPA Region 3): Greenwood Chemical Site, Operable Unit 2, Newtown, VA. (Second remedial action), December 1990
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
- Resource Relation:
- Other Information: See also PB90-220641
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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GROUND WATER
CONTAMINATION
HAZARDOUS MATERIALS
WASTE DISPOSAL
SOILS
SURFACE WATERS
VIRGINIA
POLLUTION
ARSENIC
BENZENE
CHEMICAL WASTES
CHLORINATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
CYANIDES
LAND POLLUTION
MONITORING
NAPHTHALENE
REMEDIAL ACTION
SITE SURVEYS
TOLUENE
US SUPERFUND
WATER POLLUTION
WATER SUPPLY
ALKYLATED AROMATICS
AROMATICS
CONDENSED AROMATICS
DEVELOPED COUNTRIES
ELEMENTS
HALOGENATED ALIPHATIC HYDROCARBONS
HYDROCARBONS
HYDROGEN COMPOUNDS
LAWS
MANAGEMENT
MATERIALS
NONRADIOACTIVE WASTES
NORTH AMERICA
ORGANIC CHLORINE COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC COMPOUNDS
ORGANIC HALOGEN COMPOUNDS
OXYGEN COMPOUNDS
POLLUTION LAWS
SEMIMETALS
USA
WASTE MANAGEMENT
WASTES
WATER
540250* - Environment
Terrestrial- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)
540350 - Environment
Aquatic- Site Resource & Use Studies- (1990-)