# SUPERFUND

SITE UPDATE Jacksonvill e Landfil l Sit

e Jacksonville , Arkansas 

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September 25.1995 

## Rogers Roa d Landfil l Site Jacksonville , Arkansa s


# U.S. EPA, City of

Jacksonville Work Together to Clean-up Sites The ribbon-cuttin g even

t of Septembe r 25,199 5 will mark

completion o f sit e cleanu p activitie s for

th e two Jacksonvill e landfill s - bot

h Nationa l Prioritie s Listed (NPL) sites

. Anothe r important milestone , th e signing o

f th e sites ' preliminar

y clos e out report s will occu r during th e ribbo n cuttin g ceremo ny . Thes e milestone s highlight

aunique cooperativ e effort

to cleanu p thes e two Superfund sites

. A Consen t Decre e wa s signed between EP A an d th e Gty o

f Jacksonville i n June 1994

. Unde

r thi s agreement , th e Cit y performe d th e non-hazardou s activ

itie s a t th e sites , includin g fencing , backfilling , grading , re-vegetatin g an d installatio n of additiona l groun d water well s and ground water

monitoring

. The City ha s completed all activitie s under th e C D except

for th e groun d water

monitorin g whic h i s schedule d annually for Gv e years . EPA , Regio n 6 performe d work

a t th e site s whic h involve d handlin g hazardou s substance s an d transportin g th e hazardou s waste s to Verta c for incine:-lion

. Thi s activity was completed i n lat

e 1994

. Cooperation between EPA , Cit

y o f Jacksonville , an d ADPC&

E wil l lea d to both site s being delete d fromth e NPL

. The first o f it s kind i n the country , the joint effort between EP A an d th e Cit y ha s produce d an innovativ e mixed-wor k and mixed-fundin g concep

t whic h facil

itate d sit e progres s an d i s alread

y serv in g a s an exampl e for

other site s involv

in g municipalities

. The Septembe

r rib

bon-cuttin g even

t wil l mark construc

tio n completio n a

t the sites

. Constructio n completion i s an important mileston e leading to aNPL deletion

. 

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The Cit y o f Jacksonvill e i s th e onl y Potentially Responsible Part

y (PRP) that i s workin g with EP

A to clean-u p th e sites

. 

## Future Activities The EP A wil l continu e to work

with th e Cit y an d ADPC&E to performgroun d water monitorin g an d analysis

. I

fgroun d wate

r remain s clean , EP

A wil l begin step s to tak

e th e site s off o f th e NPL

. Bot h site s hav e bee

n cleane d to residentia l standard s an d future lan d us e wil l b e determine d by th e Cit

y o f Jacksonville

. EP A an d th e City o

f Jacksonvill e wil l continu e to work

togethe r to provide informatio n to are aresident s o n monitor

in g an d me deletio n progress . 

# History and Background

of the Landfill Sites The two sites , th e Roger s Roa

d Municipa l Landfil l an d Jacksonville Municipa l Landfill (also known as Graham Road

Landfill), ar e locate d about 1 2 mile s northeas t

o f Littl e Rock

. The Jacksonville sit

e covers approxi

matel y 4 0 acres . A 30-hous e subdivisio n sits o n it s easter

n edg e where som e backyard s adjoi n th e site

. The 10-acr e Roger s Roa d sit e i s nearby

. Both site s ar e located nea r downtown Jacksonville

. The sit

e map o n pag e 2 show s th e location o

f th e landfil l sites

. Durin g th e investigatio n o

f th e Verta c Superfund sit e i n th e mid-1980s , EP

A learne d fromcitizen s that

wast e from that sit e might hav e bee n improperly dispose d o f a t th e City' s two landfill s locate d afew mile s fromth e site

. Upo n testing , EP A found that bot h th e Jacksonvill e an d Roger s Roa

d landfill s containe d dioxi n waste s simila

r to th e wast e a t Vertac

. The two landfill s wer

e adde d to th e Nationa

l Prioritie s List

i n Februar y 198 7 i n orde r to allo w a thorough evaluatio n o

f th e exten t an d magnitude o f contamination

. Comprehensiv e studie s completed i n 199 0 showed that

th e site s contain atota

l o f 30 0 cubi c yard s o f

waste s with concentration s o f

mor e than 1 0 part s pe

r billion (ppb ) o f

dioxi n compound s an d herbicides

. Although manifest s o r othe r record s wer e no t available , th e waste s wer e almos t identica l to thos e found a

t th e nearb y Verta

c Superfund sit

e wher e th e chemica

l defolian t Agent Orang e had bee n manufactured. The Cit

y owne d an d operate d th e landfills

. In Septembe r 1990 , simila r Record s o f Decisio n wer e signed for bot h sites

. Eac h provide d for

th e following three-par t remedy : D Excavat e an d return th e contami

nate d soil s to th e Verta

c site , 2 ) Incinerat e th e waste s containin g dioxin i n th e mobil e incinerator

a t th e Verta c Superfund site , 3 ) Closeou t th e landfill s by backfillin g excavated areas , coverin g backfille d area s with a soi l cove r an d ne w vegetation , monitorin g groun d water , institutin g lan d us e control s to limi t groun d water

us e i n (he vicinity , inspecting an d maintainin g th e soi

l cover , repairin g existin g fencing , an d maintainin g sit

e security

. 

## Information Repositories Copie s o f study reports , fact

sheet , an d othe r informatio n abou t

th e landfill s an d th e Superfund proces s ar

e availabl e a t th e EP A office i n Dallas , Texas , an d a

t the followin g loca

l informatio n reposito

ries

. The Administrativ e Record s for th e site s contai n al l information EP

A used to selec t th e remedie s discussed i n mi s fact sheet

. Cit

y Hall (Administrativ e Recor

d File ) 1 Industrial Driv e Jacksonville , Arkansa s Monday - Friday 8:00am.- 5:00pm. Bas e Librar y Littl e Roc k

Ai r Forc e Bas e Jacksonville , Arkansas Monday - Thursday 10:00 am. - 8:00 pm. Friday & Saturday 10:00 am.- 5:00 pm. Arkansa s Department o f Pollution Contro l & Ecolog

y (Administrativ e Recor

d File ) 800 1 Nationa

l Driv e Littl e Rock , Arkansa s Monday - Friday 8:00am. - 4:30pm. 

## EPA Personnel
Kathlee n AisUn g Remedia l Projec t Manage r U.S

. EP A Region 6 1445RossAve.(6SF-LN ) Dallas

. Texa s 75202-273 3 (214 ) 665-850 0 o r 1-800-533-350

8 Don n Wallers Communit y Involvemen

t Coordinato r U.S

. EP A Region 6 1445RossAve.(6SF-P ) Dallas

. Texa s 75202-273 3 (214 ) 665-648 3 o r 1-800-533-350

8 Questionsfrom the media should be directed to : EPA Region 6

Office of External Affairs at (214) 665-2200. 

## Community Involvement

Office Yo u ca n cal l o r visi t EPA' s loca l Communit y Involvemen

t Office

. Harry Grunnagle , an EP

A subcontractor

man age s me office at : Stonewal l Professiona

l Corne r 61 9 N. Firs t St. , Suit e G- 2 Jacksonville , Arkansa s 7207 6 (501 ) 982-103 7 The Communit

y Involvemen

t Office i s ope n Monda y through Frida

y from9 a.m . until Noon

.