Main Title |
Superfund record of decision : G.E. Wiring, PR : first remedial action : final / |
CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Washington, DC. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. |
Publisher |
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, |
Year Published |
1988 |
Report Number |
EPA/ROD/R02-88/069 |
Stock Number |
PB89-189518 |
OCLC Number |
23117297 |
Subjects |
Hazardous waste sites--Puerto Rico ;
GE Wiring site (PR)
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Additional Subjects |
Mercury(Metal) ;
Hazardous materials ;
Waste disposal ;
Sites ;
Water pollution ;
Ground water ;
Perched water ;
Decontamination ;
Soils ;
Residues ;
Coverings ;
Electric wire ;
Wiring ;
Puerto Rico ;
Record of Decision ;
First Remedial Action ;
Superfund ;
Juana Diaz(Puerto Rico)
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
ELBD RPS |
EPA ROD-R02-88-069 |
repository copy |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/17/2014 |
NTIS |
PB89-189518 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
21 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
The GE Wiring Devices site is located in Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico. The General Electric Company (G.E.) owns and operates a five-acre wiring devices plant at this site, which assembled silent mercury switches from 1957 until 1969. Approximately half a ton of mercury was discarded along with 4,000 cu yds of defective switch parts and plastic scraps in an onsite waste-fill area about 1 acre in area and 1 to 4 feet deep. Ground water in the area is used as a source of drinking water with a public supply well located approximately 1,500 feet west of the waste-fill area. Evidence indicates that contamination of the water table is occurring due to the migration of perch water through the clay layer that exists beneath the waste-fill area. Approximately 1,500 cu yds of near-surface soil south and downgradient of the waste-fill area has been contaminated by mercury as a result of previous surface runoff from the plant area. The selected remedial action for this site includes: onsite hydrometallurgical treatment of the waste-fill materials, perched water, and contaminated near-surface soil with disposal of the treatment residue in the former waste-fill area, followed by covering with a clean soil cover, and onsite treatment of the process leaching agent. |
Notes |
"Sept. 30, 1988." "PB89-189518." "Office of Emergency and Remedial Response." "EPA/ROD/R02-88/069." |
Place Published |
Washington, D.C. |
Corporate Au Added Ent |
United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response. |
PUB Date Free Form |
1988 |
NTIS Prices |
PC A03/MF A01 |
BIB Level |
m |
Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
OCLC Time Stamp |
20130717130712 |
Language |
eng |
Origin |
OCLC |
Type |
MERGE |
OCLC Rec Leader |
01154cam 2200301Ka 45020 |