Approximately eight unlined lagoons were used for storage of waste oil, which was later incinerated. The company operated between the years of 1969 to 1974, though the State had ordered the facility to no longer incinerate waste oil in 1971. EPA began collecting samples in 1980 and estimated that the volume of waste on site, in the lagoons, was about 149,600 gallons. Groundwater at the time also was contaminated with organics and metals such as benzene, toluene, 1,1-Dichloroethane, and lead.
Nearby residents utilize private wells for potable water.
Construction Completed No viable potentially responsible parties were identified and EPA began the remedial design and completed it, through the Corps of Engineers, in March 1993. Only two monitoring wells out of approximately thirty continues to show lead contamination.