OLEM/OSRTI Washington, DC 20460


## N ATIONAL 

## P RIORITIES 

## L IST 

## (NPL)

*** Proposed Site *** Ap ril 2016 

### NORTH 25 TH STREET GLASS AND ZIN C Clarksburg, West Virginia Harrison County

 **Site Location :**  The site is located on the bank of the West Fork River in north central West Virginia.

 **Site History:**
Th e site was used for glass manufacturing from 1 899 through 19 89 and for zinc ore processing from 1911 to 19 24. One current owner of the property is Harrison Warehouse Services Company, Inc., which u ses the lar g e warehouse on the property for the storage of r ecycled paper for a p u lp facility. Part o f the property is leased to an automobile rep air service , and one p arcel of the site containing a zinc pile is owned by a private citizen.

 **S ite**  **C ontamination/Contaminant**  **s:** Soils on the property, ground water and sediments in the West Fork River are contaminated with lead, arsenic and zinc from the former glass and zinc manufacturing processes.

 **Potential Impacts on Surrounding Community/Environment :**  There is a large zinc slag pile on the property which also co ntains lead. The zinc slag pile is accessible to the public and is eroding into the West Fork River which is used for recreation and fishing. There may also have been migration of contaminants from the site into residential areas due to historical air cont aminant releases from the smokestacks during the time of operation

. In addition , t he Harrison County Parks and Recreation Commission leases an area o n the western boundary of the property for use as a rails- to

- trails bike path. The site is accessible from the bike path.

 **Response Activities (to date):**
T he West Virginia Department of Environmental Protection (WVDEP) requested the EPA ’s assistance in cleaning up an

area along the bike path which was found to contain elevated levels of lead, zinc and arsenic

. In 2010, EPA ’s Superfund
R emoval P rogram stabilized the area and capped it wi th asphalt.

 **Need for NPL Listing:**
The s tate of West Virginia referred th e site to the EPA because of the opportunity for both removal and long term cleanup

. Other federal and state cleanup programs were evaluated , but are not viable at this time because they would not address the entire site, including the contaminated river sediments. The EPA received a l etter of support for placing this site on the NPL from the s tate

.

[The de scription of t he s ite ( release) i s bas ed on information available at t he t ime t he s ite w as e valua ted with the H RS. T he description may change as addi tional i nformation is gat hered on the s ources and extent of c ontamination. Se e 56 FR 5600, F ebruary 11, 1991, or

s ubsequent FR n otices.]

For more information about the hazardous substances identified in this narrative summary, including general information regar ding the effects of exposure to these substances on human health, please see the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) ToxFAQs. ATSDR ToxFAQs ca n be found on the Internet

at http://www.atsdr.cdc .gov/toxfaqs/index.asp or by telephone at 1

- 888

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- ATSDR or 1

- 888

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- 8737.