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Main Title Superfund record of decision : Avtex Fibers, VA : first remedial action /
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/R03-88/055
Stock Number PB89-206197
OCLC Number 23074593
Subjects Hazardous waste sites--Virginia ; Avtex Fibers (Va) ; Warren County (Va)
Additional Subjects Earth fills ; Industrial wastes ; Hazardous wastes ; Site surveys ; Public health ; Water pollution ; Solid waste disposal ; Cost analysis ; Licenses ; Arsenic ; Lead(Metal) ; Phenols ; Superfund program ; Solid waste disposal ; Land reclamation ; Environmental research ; Remedial action ; Front Royal(Virginia) ; Surface impoundments ; Liquid waste disposal
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EJAD  EPA ROD/R03-88-055 HWTIC Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA 06/11/2012
ELBD ARCHIVE EPA ROD/R03-88-055 Received from HQ AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH 10/04/2023
NTIS  PB89-206197 Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. 07/26/2022
Collation 76 p.
Abstract The 440-acre Avtex Fibers site is located in Front Royal, Warren County, Virginia. The Avtex Fibers site has produced rayon fibers since 1940, polyester between 1970 and 1977, and polypropylene since 1985. During this 48-year period, byproducts from the rayon manufacturing process were disposed of in onsite surface impoundments. These byproducts included sodium cellulose xanthate-based viscose and zinc-hydroxide sludge. Fly ash (from incinerator exhaust air pollution control devices) and boiler house solids were disposed of in five other surface impoundments. Land disposal of viscose waste ceased in 1983; since that time, the waste has been routed directly to an onsite wastewater treatment plant. In 1982, carbon disulfide, a constituent of viscose waste, was identified in ground water samples from residential wells located across the Shenandoah River from the site. In response to the results of a ground water investigation, Avtex implemented interim measures, which included purchasing 23 subdivision properties on the west side of the river that had contaminated domestic wells, and initiating a ground water pump and treatment program. The primary contaminants of concern affecting the ground water are phenols, and metals including arsenic and lead. The selected remedial action for this site is given.
Notes "Sept. 1988." "PB89-206197." "Office of Emergency and Remedial Response." "EPA/ROD/R03-88/055."
Place Published Washington, D.C.
Supplementary Notes Portions of this document are not fully legible.
Corporate Au Added Ent United States. Environmental Protection Agency. Office of Emergency and Remedial Response.
PUB Date Free Form 1988
NTIS Prices PC A05/MF A01
BIB Level m
Cataloging Source OCLC/T
OCLC Time Stamp 20120604151627
Language eng
Origin OCLC
Type CAT
OCLC Rec Leader 01128cam 2200313Ka 45020