The owner of the farms adjoining the landfill has plowed portions of the site, exposing bulk wastes and drums. Lemberger Transport and Recycling and the Lemberger Landfill, Inc. operated under the same license. Hunting occurs in the area, and site access is unrestricted. Approximately 2,700 individuals live within three miles of the site and obtain their potable water supply from a shallow aquifer. This site is being addressed through Federal, State, and potentially responsible parties' actions.
Soil contamination includes VOCs, semi-VOCs, pesticides, PCBs, and inorganic compounds.
Potential health risks include ingesting or coming into direct contact with contaminated groundwater or soil. The nearby Branch River is used for swimming, fishing, and canoeing. In 1987, U.S. EPA began an investigation to determine the nature and extent of contamination of the groundwater and to identify alternative long-term cleanup methods. In 1991, U.S. EPA began additional studies designed to add to the data uncovered by the site investigation begun in 1987. Construction began in the Spring of 1996, and was completed in October 1996.