Cleanup Finally Begins At Claypool Landfill Site
July 28, 2016 at 4:25 p.m.
CLAYPOOL - Work has finally begun on the Lakeland Disposal Landfill Superfund site on CR 450W, near CR 600S, after the site was closed in 1978.
Beginning in 1974, general refuse and hazardous wastes including cyanide and sludges containing paint, hydroxides of aluminum and heavy metals were disposed of at the site.
In 1978 the Kosciusko County Circuit Court ordered the landfill closed.
The area has several wetlands, which could be affected by contaminated runoff from the site.
The 39-acre sanitary landfill is 3-1/2 miles northwest of Claypool.
Approximately 1,200 residents living within two miles of the site rely on private wells for their water supply.
Claypool's two municipal wells are located within three miles of the site.
The landfill was originally added to the Environmental Protection Agency's superfund list in 1989 after the EPA detected high amounts of methane concentrations leaking from the ground beneath several mobile homes.
The Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals ordered the residents to move from the area in 1983.
According to Indiana State Board of Health records and other information, wastes disposed of at the site included at least 18,000 drums of paint sludge, 8,900 tons of plating sludge and 2 million gallons of plating sludge containing various hydroxide sludges of aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, selenium and zinc.
Drummed wastes include benzene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, ethyl benzene, methylene chloride, toluene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichlorethane and xylene. Additionally, vinly chloride, trichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethene, antimony and lead were found in ground water at levels exceeding their extablished primary drinking water standards.
On-site soils are contaminated with heavy metals.
Costs for the cleanup are more than $7.2 million. The superfund site is paid for by the contributors of the waste material that was stored in the landfill.
Dana Corp., General Motors Corp., United Technologies Automotive Inc. and Warsaw Black Oxide Inc. have signed a consent order with EPA and conducted the investigation of site contamination and evaluation of cleanup alternatives, acting as the responsible companies who will pay for the multimillion-dollar cleanup.
Contractors working the site include Williams Environmental Services and Arcadis G&M.
In October 1998 the EPA decided the best course of cleanup is to use low temperature thermal desorption to treat the "hot spot" area. Construction was anticipated to begin during the fall 1999 and is just now under way.
Waste will be excavated from the ground and treated on-site.
The waste will be heated to 300 to 800-degrees F. where the contamination is vaporized and filtered into an air emissions control/condenser, where themoisture is "purified" and separated from the contaminated particles.
The condensed liquid contamination elements are then moved to an off-site disposal area. The treated soil is returned to the landfill.
There is a chance for leaks of contaminants into the air and the EPA will have monitoring stations at the landfill borders.
Other work to be done at the site includes construction of the subsurface slurry wall, construction of replacement wetlands, the landfill cap and gas collection system and the ground water extraction and treatment system.
The construction is expected to take approximately one year to complete.
The official name of the site is Lakeland Disposal Service Inc. and the EPA identity number is IND064703200.
Project manager is Scott Hansen, 312-886-1999. His e-mail address is [email protected]
The EPA's community involvement coordinator is Gordon Blum, 312-353-8501. His e-mail address is [email protected]
Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov/R5Super/npl/indiana/IND064703200.h [[In-content Ad]]
CLAYPOOL - Work has finally begun on the Lakeland Disposal Landfill Superfund site on CR 450W, near CR 600S, after the site was closed in 1978.
Beginning in 1974, general refuse and hazardous wastes including cyanide and sludges containing paint, hydroxides of aluminum and heavy metals were disposed of at the site.
In 1978 the Kosciusko County Circuit Court ordered the landfill closed.
The area has several wetlands, which could be affected by contaminated runoff from the site.
The 39-acre sanitary landfill is 3-1/2 miles northwest of Claypool.
Approximately 1,200 residents living within two miles of the site rely on private wells for their water supply.
Claypool's two municipal wells are located within three miles of the site.
The landfill was originally added to the Environmental Protection Agency's superfund list in 1989 after the EPA detected high amounts of methane concentrations leaking from the ground beneath several mobile homes.
The Kosciusko County Board of Zoning Appeals ordered the residents to move from the area in 1983.
According to Indiana State Board of Health records and other information, wastes disposed of at the site included at least 18,000 drums of paint sludge, 8,900 tons of plating sludge and 2 million gallons of plating sludge containing various hydroxide sludges of aluminum, cadmium, chromium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, selenium and zinc.
Drummed wastes include benzene, 1,1-dichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethane, ethyl benzene, methylene chloride, toluene, 1,1,1-trichloroethane, trichlorethane and xylene. Additionally, vinly chloride, trichloroethane, 1,2-dichloroethene, antimony and lead were found in ground water at levels exceeding their extablished primary drinking water standards.
On-site soils are contaminated with heavy metals.
Costs for the cleanup are more than $7.2 million. The superfund site is paid for by the contributors of the waste material that was stored in the landfill.
Dana Corp., General Motors Corp., United Technologies Automotive Inc. and Warsaw Black Oxide Inc. have signed a consent order with EPA and conducted the investigation of site contamination and evaluation of cleanup alternatives, acting as the responsible companies who will pay for the multimillion-dollar cleanup.
Contractors working the site include Williams Environmental Services and Arcadis G&M.
In October 1998 the EPA decided the best course of cleanup is to use low temperature thermal desorption to treat the "hot spot" area. Construction was anticipated to begin during the fall 1999 and is just now under way.
Waste will be excavated from the ground and treated on-site.
The waste will be heated to 300 to 800-degrees F. where the contamination is vaporized and filtered into an air emissions control/condenser, where themoisture is "purified" and separated from the contaminated particles.
The condensed liquid contamination elements are then moved to an off-site disposal area. The treated soil is returned to the landfill.
There is a chance for leaks of contaminants into the air and the EPA will have monitoring stations at the landfill borders.
Other work to be done at the site includes construction of the subsurface slurry wall, construction of replacement wetlands, the landfill cap and gas collection system and the ground water extraction and treatment system.
The construction is expected to take approximately one year to complete.
The official name of the site is Lakeland Disposal Service Inc. and the EPA identity number is IND064703200.
Project manager is Scott Hansen, 312-886-1999. His e-mail address is [email protected]
The EPA's community involvement coordinator is Gordon Blum, 312-353-8501. His e-mail address is [email protected]
Environmental Protection Agency: www.epa.gov/R5Super/npl/indiana/IND064703200.h [[In-content Ad]]