| Abstract |
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 toluence; SVOCs including arsenic. The selected remedial action for the site is included. |
