Superfund Program

Superfund weapons platform Peggy Toler E. Hansen/EVS1001-31 action 31, 2011 Peggy Toler 2 Superfund Program I did non know what a Superfund program was until I looked it up and thusly I found out that it is an lay out that is the cornerstone legislation that provides the mechanism and funding for the putting to death of potenti eithery dangerous hazardous-waste aims and the protection of priming piss and humanss health. When you live near a superfund situate, you and your family be at risk of developing a illness from the exposure of the different pollutants in these sites and may set out a loss of value of your station.The EPA says that there argon steps that we can take to fight back. They give way excessively said that they fuck off set up a Post Construction strategy to check over that Superfund response actions provide for the long-term protection of human health and the environment. The Construction Completion activities as well accept optimizing remedi es to increase effectiveness and /or to reduce represent without sacrificing long-term protection. in that respect is still a health hazard for those who live close to a Superfund site.The site that I expect found in my fix was the Chemtronic, Inc. in Swannanoa, NC. It is close to 1,027 acres and alto lounge abouther about 20 acres in total be contaminated with these pollutants. This property has had several owners and operators and it was first essential as an industrial site in 1952. later first opening the first products that were manufactured on this site were explosives, incapacitating agents, and chemical intermediates. There are about 23 individual on-the-spot(prenominal) presidential term areas that were identified during the investigation activities on this site.During 1971, the disposal practices were not well defined. Solid waste materials and possibly solvents were reportedly incinerated in pits dug in the burning ground these pits are cognise as the social disease match Peggy Toler 3 area. There are the chemical wastes that were in addition disposed of in the trenches located in the Acid Pit Area. All of the activities at this site end in 1994, and no new activities are occurring on this site. There is no on-site ground water and come forward water being used in any way for anything.This site is bordered up on the North and West sides by woodlands and to begin with national forests. There are several industrial facilities to the immediate South of this site. In the contaminants contained in these on-site disposal areas there are volatile constitutional compounds which embarrass (1,2-dichloroethane, trans-1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethane, and tetrachloroethane), semi-volatile organic compounds which include benzophenone, benzylic acid, and explosives, and then there are the metals standardised chromium, copper, lead, nickel and zinc.The contaminants that are detected in the ground water include benzene, chloroform, 1,2-dich loroethane, trans-1,2-dichloroethane, trichloroethane, benzophenone, benzylic acid, picric acid, explosives, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, and zinc. The site killing plans were issued in 1988. The study cleanup elements for this site include the installation of a ground water extraction and treatment schema down gradient of the disposal areas in twain the front valley and the back valley which is known as the Gregg Valley, capping and fixation/stabilization for contaminated stigma in the disposal areas.These capped areas are skirt with a chain-link fence and marked. Then they have a observe program to be established for the surface water. The ROD has issued an amend for this site in 1989, that qualify the deletion of the requirement to solidify shit in Disposal Area (DA-23) as a payoff of an error in the remedial investigation info which was carried over into the initial ROD. Peggy Toler 4 With the cleanup jump on with the capping and stabilization/solidification or th e contaminated soil in the disposal area began in 1991, and was correct in 1993. They have placed multi-layer caps in the side by side(p) areas DA-6, DA-7/8, DA-9, DA-10/11, DA-23 and in the Acid Pit Area. They have also installed a gas venting system at the Acid Pit Area. The Rod of 1988, communicate only those disposal areas that were deemed CERCLA related. The other disposal areas on the property were considered Resource Conservation and Recovery Act also known as (RCRA) areas as prior to 1994.The potentially responsible parties (PRPs) for the site undertook corrective actions to improve the exertion of both the extraction systems and treatment systems in both valleys. The corrections that have taken place have significantly reduced the down time to these systems experient in the past. There have been two reviews that have been developed for the site in 2002 and 2007. The review that was through with(p) in 2007, they found that the site was protective of the human health an d the environment in the short-term.The NC Department of milieu and Natural Resources requested that the EPA consolidate supervision of all site environmental remediation activities under the EPAs superfund authority and relinquished the states RCRA oversight responsibilities for the site to the EPAs Superfund program in March 2007. Recently the PRPs submitted the draft RI/FS Work Plan base on the Administrative Order on admit (AOC) and accompanying statement of work. These cleanup activities have been undertaken by the PRPs with EPAs oversight. Peggy Toler 5 There are three viable PRPs for the site that has been identified by EPA and they are Chemtronic, Inc. Northrop Grumman System Corporation, and CAN Holding, Inc. In 2008 the AOC signed by the PRPs and the EPA leave alone address the cleanup for the former RCRA areas at the site that will now be addressed under CERCLA. The EPA has conducted a range of activities for the lodge to get involved at the Chemtronic site to solici t the community input and to ensure that the public remains apprised about any of the site activities throughout the site cleanup process. These outreach activities include public notices, interviews and public concourse on these cleanup activities and updates.In the future they are monitoring the ground water at the site, they say that the flying field work for the revised RI/FS should begin in the summertime of 2009, and the next FYR for these sites is expected in 2012. As you will find out the more we try to cleanup areas like this, we have other pollutants in the world. There are things that we can do to help with these pollutants like cleaning everything that we can and stop putting things into the ground.References * Boorse, D. F. & vitamin A Wright, R. T. (2011) Environmental Science (11 Edition) * www. epa. gov/region4/waste/nplnc/chemtrnc. htm