SUPERFUND SITE UPDATE

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August 10. 1994

Jacksonville Landfill Site

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Rogers Road Landfill Site

Jacksonville, Arkansas

904761

THIS FACT SHEET WILL

TELL YOU ABOUT...

• The Consent Decrees for

the implementation of the

remedy for the Rogers

Road Landfill and Jacksonville Landfill Superfund

sites

• The schedule for implementation of the remedies

selected for the sites

• The history and background of the sites

• Community involvement

opportunities

U.S. EPA, CITY OF JACKSONVILLE

JOIN FORCES TO IMPLEMENT SITE REMEDIES

On June 20,1994, two Consent Decrees for the Jacksonville and Rogers Road

Municipal Landfill Superfund sites were entered with the Federal District Court

in the Eastern District of Arkansas. These Consent Decrees are the first in the

country between a municipality and EPA to utilize a mixed work concept where

in-kind services from the City, instead of cash, will enable the previously stalled

remedial actions to take place. The agreements provide for the City and EPA to

work together to implement the remedy. The net value of the City's participation

will exceed 50 percent of the expected cost of $3.1 million.

COMMUNITY MEETING

7:00 P.M.

WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 17,1994

RAMADA INN JACKSONVILLE

Generally, the Consent Decrees call for EPA to undertake work mat involves handling the hazardous substances, which includes excavating the "hot spots," decontaminating equipment, and transporting the material to Vertac. The

contaminated material will be stored temporarily at the Vertac facility unHl the

contaminated material is incinerated. The City will perform me nonhazardous

work, including assisting with transportation; fencing, backfilling, regrading, and

revegetating me site; inspection and maintenance of the site; installation of additional ground water monitoring wells; sampling and analysis of the ground water; and implementation of land-use controls.

Under the terms of the Consent Decrees, the City also will contribute $100,000

($50,000 per site) in cash to help pay for past financial liability. To date EPA has

spent about $1.4 million at the Jacksonville landfill and another $900,000 at the

Rogers road site. The City of Jacksonville is me only Potentially Responsible Party

(PKP) that is voluntarily working with EPA to cleanup the sites. The City is also

the only PRP that negotiated with EPA to reach agreement on the method of rem-'

edy implementation and the financial arrangements for the cleanup. In addition

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to the obvious environmental benefits associated with assisting in the cleanup of the two hazardous waste sites, the

Consent Decrees also provide "contribution protection" for

the City, which means that the other FRPs cannot sue the

City at a later date.

A 30-day public comment period on these Consent Decrees

was held from April 19,1994 through May 19,1994. No comments on the Consent Decrees were received during this comment period. The Consent Decrees became effective on June

20,1994, the day that they were entered by the court.

SCHEDULE OF ACTIVITIES

The work will be carried out in three phases. The first, waste

excavation from the two landfills and transportation to the

Vertac plant site for temporary storage, will begin in August

1994 and is expected to be completed by the beginning of

October. In accordance with the September 1990 Records of

Decision, this waste will then be incinerated onsite at the

Vertac site in the existing incinerator. The third phase of

cleanup, which involves the City, will be initiated following

waste excavation. The City of Jacksonville will assist in me

logistics of the transport and provide any necessary security. Thereafter they will regrade the site, install additional

ground water monitoring wells, periodically sample the^

ground water, and provide long-term operation and main-|

tenance.

COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT OPPORTUNITIES

Public involvement is an important part of the Superfund

program, and EPAis conducting an ongoing community relations program to inform you about cleanup activities and

provide you with opportunities to receive answers to your

questions and comment on site issues mat affect you and

your family.

Community Meeting

As part of EPA's ongoing community relations program, a

community meeting will be held Wednesday, August 17,1994

at 7:00 p.m. at the Ramada Inn, Jacksonville. During the

meeting, ERA will give a formal presentation and update participants on the status of site activities.

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Sewage Disposal

Figure 1 - Site Map

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Information Repositories

Copies of study reports, fact sheets, and other information

habout the landfills and the Superfund process are available

/at the EPA office in Dallas, Texas, and at the following local

information repositories. The Administrative Records for

the sites contain all the information EPA used to select the

remedies discussed in this fact sheet:

City Hall

(Administrative Record File)

11ndustrial Drive

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Base Library

Little Rock Air Force Base

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Monday - Thursday

10:00 a.m. - 8:00 p.m.

Friday & Saturday

10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.

Arkansas Department of Pollution Control & Ecology

(Administrative Record File)

8001 National Drive

Little Rock, Arkansas

Monday - Friday

8:00 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.

EPA Personnel

Kathleen Aisling

Remedial Project Manager

U.S. EPA Region 6

1445RossAve.(6H-SA)

Dallas, Texas 75202-2733

214/665-8500

1-800-533-3508

Donn Walters

Community Involvement Coordinator

U.S. EPA Region 6

1445RossAve.(6H-MC)

Dallas, Texas 75202-2733

214/665-6583

1-800-533-3508

Community Involvement Office

You can call or visit EPA's local Community Involvement

Office. Harry Grunnagle, an EPA subcontractor manages

the office at:

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Stonewall Professional Comer

619 N. First St. + Suite G-2

Jacksonville, Arkansas 72076

501/982-1037

The Community Involvement Office is open Monday

through Friday from 9 a.m. until Noon.

HISTORY AND BACKGROUND

OF THE LANDFILL SITES

The two sites, the Rogers Road and Jacksonville municipal

landfills, are located about 12 miles northeast of Little Rock.

The Jacksonville site covers approximately 40 acres. A 30-

house subdivision sits on its eastern edge where some backyards adjoin the site. The 10-acre Rogers Road site is nearby.

Bom sites are located near downtown Jacksonville. The site

map on page 2 shows the location of the landfill sites.

During the investigation of the Vertac Superfund site in the

mid-1980s, EPA learned from citizens that waste from that

site might have been improperly disposed of at the City's

two landfills located a few miles from (he site. Upon testing, EPA found that both the Jacksonville and Rogers Road

landfills contained dioxin wastes similar to the waste at

Vertac. The two landfills were added to the National Priorities List in February 1987 in order to allow a thorough evaluation of the extent and magnitude of contamination.

Comprehensive studies completed in 1990 showed mat the

sites contain a total of 300 cubic yards of wastes with concentrations of more than 10 parts per billion (ppb) of dioxin

compounds and herbicides. Although manifests or other

records were not available, the wastes were almost identical

to those found at the nearby Vertac Superfund site where

the chemical defoliant Agent Orange had been manufactured.

Although the City owned and operated the landfills, EPA

believes that they did not contribute in any measurable

amount to the volume of hazardous substances at either site.

In September 1990, similar Records of Decision were signed

for both sites. Each provided for the following three-part

remedy:

1) Excavate and return the contaminated soils to the Vertac

site,

2) Incinerate me wastes containing dioxin in me mobile

incinerator at the Vertac Superfund site,

3) Closeout me landfills by backfilling excavated areas, covering backfilled areas with a soil cover and new vegetation, monitoring ground water, instituting land use

controls to limit ground water use in me vicinity, inspecting and maintaining the soil cover, repairing existing

fencing, and maintaining site security.

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Figure 2

ANTICIPATED PROJECT SCHEDULE

Consent Decrees Lodged April, 6,1994

Consent Decrees Entered June 20,1994

Public Meeting August 17,1994

EPA Mobilized Mid-August 1994

Waste Transport Begins Late August 1994

Transport to Vertac Completed Early October 1994

City Begins Regrading Early to Late October 1994

Initiation of Burn Late October 1994

Completion of Burn December 1994

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