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RECORD NUMBER: 544 OF 598| Main Title | Superfund record of decision : York Oil, NY : first remedial action. | ||||||||||||||||
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| CORP Author | United States. Environmental Protection Agency. | ||||||||||||||||
| Publisher | U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Emergency and Remedial Response ; Reproduced by National Technical Information Service, | ||||||||||||||||
| Year Published | 1988 | ||||||||||||||||
| Report Number | EPA/ROD/R02-88/054 | ||||||||||||||||
| Stock Number | PB89-117394 | ||||||||||||||||
| OCLC Number | 23070368 | ||||||||||||||||
| Subjects | Hazardous waste sites--New York (State)--Franklin County ; York Oil Company site (NY) | ||||||||||||||||
| Additional Subjects | Industrial wastes ; Motor oils ; Waste disposal ; Site surveys ; Earth fills ; Sites ; Licenses ; Public health ; Water pollution ; Chlorine organic compounds ; Solid waste disposal ; Cost analysis ; Solid waste management ; Superfund program ; Land reclamation ; Remedial actions ; Liquid waste disposal ; Ranklin County (New York) | ||||||||||||||||
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| Collation | [203] p. : ill. ; 28 cm. | ||||||||||||||||
| Abstract | The York Oil Company site, encompassing 17 acres, was located in Franklin County, New York. The now dissolved York Oil Company operated a waste oil recycling facility from 1964 to 1977. Crankcase industrial oils, some containing PCBs, were collected from sources throughout New England and New York, then stored and/or processed at the site in eight above-ground storage tanks, a series of three earthen-dammed settling lagoons, and at least one below-ground storage tank. During heavy rains and spring thaws, the oil-water emulsion from the lagoons would often overflow onto the surrounding lands. In lieu of paying damages to adjacent farm-owners, in 1964 the oil company purchased land in the area of the spills. The York Oil site contamination was first discovered in 1979 by a New York State Department of Transportation road crew. |
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| Notes | "EPA/ROD/R02-88/054." "February 1989." |