SUPERFUND SITE UPDATE

Jacksonville Landfill Site

Jacksonville, Arkansas

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September

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 25.1995

Rogers Road Landfill Site

Jacksonville, Arkansas

U.S. EPA, City of Jacksonville Work

Together to Clean-up Sites

The ribbon-cutting event of September

25,1995 will mark completion of site

cleanup activities for the two

Jacksonville landfills - both National

Priorities Listed (NPL) sites. Another

important milestone, the signing of the

sites' preliminary close out reports will

occur during the ribbon cutting ceremony. These milestones highlight a unique

cooperative effort to cleanup these two

Superfund sites.

A Consent Decree was signed between

EPA and the Gty of Jacksonville in

June 1994. Under this agreement, the

City performed the non-hazardous activities at the sites, including fencing,

backfilling, grading, re-vegetating and

installation of additional ground water

wells and ground water monitoring.

The City has completed all activities

under the CD except for the ground

water monitoring which is scheduled

annually for Gve years. EPA, Region 6

performed work at the sites which

involved handling hazardous substances

and transporting the hazardous wastes to

Vertac for incine:-lion. This activity

was completed in late 1994.

Cooperation between EPA, City of

Jacksonville, and ADPC&E will lead to

both sites being deleted from the NPL.

The first of its kind in the country, the

joint effort between EPA and the City

has produced an innovative mixed-work

and mixed-funding concept which facilitated site progress and is already serving as an example for other sites involving municipalities. The September ribbon-cutting event will mark construction completion at the sites.

Construction completion is an important

milestone leading to a NPL deletion.

This Fact Sheet Will

Tell You About:

» EPA, City work together

to clean up sites

,» Future activities

• Where to $et more

information

The City of Jacksonville is the only

Potentially Responsible Party (PRP)

that is working with EPA to clean-up

the sites.

Future Activities

The EPA will continue to work with the

City and ADPC&E to perform ground

water monitoring and analysis. If

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ground water remains clean, EPA will

begin steps to take the sites off of the

NPL. Both sites have been cleaned to

residential standards and future land use

will be determined by the City of

Jacksonville.

EPA and the City of Jacksonville will

continue to work together to provide

information to area residents on monitoring and me deletion progress.

History and

Background of the

Landfill Sites

The two sites, the Rogers Road

Municipal Landfill and Jacksonville

Municipal Landfill (also known as

Graham Road Landfill), 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.

Both 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 the 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 that 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. The City owned and

operated the landfills.

In September 1990, similar Records of

Decision were signed for both sites.

Each provided for the following

three-part remedy:

D Excavate and return the contaminated soils to the Vertac site,

2) Incinerate the wastes containing

dioxin in the mobile incinerator at

the Vertac Superfund site,

3) Closeout the 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 (he

vicinity, inspecting and

maintaining the soil cover,

repairing existing fencing, and

maintaining site security.

Information

Repositories

Copies of study reports, fact sheet, and

other information about 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 information EPA used to

select the remedies discussed in mis fact

sheet.

City Hall

(Administrative Record File)

1 Industrial Drive

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Monday - Friday

8:00 am.- 5:00 pm.

Base Library

Little Rock Air Force Base

Jacksonville, Arkansas

Monday - Thursday

10:00 am. - 8:00 pm.

Friday & Saturday

10:00 am.- 5:00 pm.

Arkansas Department of Pollution

Control & Ecology

(Administrative Record File)

8001 National Drive

Little Rock, Arkansas

Monday - Friday

8:00 am. - 4:30 pm.

EPA Personnel

Kathleen AisUng

Remedial Project Manager

U.S. EPA Region 6

1445RossAve.(6SF-LN)

Dallas. Texas 75202-2733

(214) 665-8500 or

1-800-533-3508

Donn Wallers

Community Involvement Coordinator

U.S. EPA Region 6

1445RossAve.(6SF-P)

Dallas. Texas 75202-2733

(214) 665-6483 or

1-800-533-3508

Questionsfrom the media should be

directed to : EPA Region 6 Office of

External Affairs at (214) 665-2200.

Community

Involvement Office

You can call or visit EPA's local

Community Involvement Office. Harry

Grunnagle, an EPA subcontractor manages me office at:

Stonewall Professional Corner

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.

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