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RECORD NUMBER: 1064 OF 1489Main Title | Superfund record of decision : Acme Solvents, IL. | ||||||||||||||||
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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 | 1985 | ||||||||||||||||
Report Number | EPA/ROD/R05-85/026 | ||||||||||||||||
Stock Number | PB86-133881 | ||||||||||||||||
OCLC Number | 23848328 | ||||||||||||||||
Subjects | Hazardous waste sites--Illinois ; Acme Solvents Reclaiming site (Ill) | ||||||||||||||||
Additional Subjects | Earth fills ; Industrial wastes ; Hazardous materials ; Waste disposal ; Site surveys ; Acme solvents reclaiming site ; Sites ; Licenses ; Public health ; Water pollution ; Inorganic compounds ; Solid waste disposal ; Substitutes ; Cost analysis ; Ground water ; Soil analysis ; Vinyl chloride ; Solid waste management ; Superfund program ; Land reclamation ; Municipal wastes ; Environmental research ; Remedial actions ; Liquid waste disposal ; Volatile organic compounds ; Polychlorinated biphenyls ; Ethylene/trichloro ; Rockford(Illinois) | ||||||||||||||||
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Collation | 50 p. | ||||||||||||||||
Abstract | The Acme Solvents Reclaiming, Inc. facility is located approximately five miles south of Rockford, Illinois. From 1960 until 1973, the facility served as a disposal site for paints, oils and still bottoms from the solvent reclamation plant located in Rockford. In addition, empty drums were stored onsite. Wastes were dumped into depressions created from either previous quarrying activities or by scraping over-burden from the near surface bedrock to form berms. In September 1972, the Illinois Pollution Control Board (IPCB) ordered Acme to remove all drums and wastes from the facility and to backfill the lagoons. Follow-up inspections revealed that wastes and crushed drums were being left onsite and merely covered with soil. Sampling of the site revealed high concentrations of chlorinated organics in the drinking water. The major source of hazardous substances at the facility are the waste disposal mounds. These mounds contain volatile and semi-volatile organic compounds and concentrations of PCBs up to several hundred mg/kg. The selected remedial action is included. |
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Notes | "September 27, 1985." "PB86-133881." "Office of Emergency and Remedial Response." |