| Abstract |
The Stauffer Chemical LeMoyne Site is in Axis, Mobile County, Alabama, approximately 20 miles north of Mobile, Alabama. The area is predominantly industrial, with a few small rural residential communities within a few miles of the site. The Mobile River borders the site to the east. The LeMoyne facility was previously owned by the Stauffer Chemical Company, which began operations in 1953. Now the RCRA-permitted facility is currently owned and operated by Akzo Chemicals, Inc., which purchased the facility in 1987. Multi-product organic and inorganic chemicals are manufactured at the facility. From 1965 to 1974, under the operation of Stauffer, waste from the plant was placed in an unlined landfill located approximately one mile east of the main plant. The waste included 11,000 to 12,000 tons of brine muds in addition to plant refuse, used samples, and absorption oil. The landfill was closed in 1975 with an impermeable membrane cap and side-wall liner. Wastewaters from the processes were held in ponds, some of which discharged to the Cold Creek Swamp. All of the ponds except one are clay lined and have been closed under the direction of the State. New membrane-lined ponds were installed during the 1970s to replace the closed ponds. |
