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immediately threatening environmental conditions was found.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA (funded in part by a grant from US EPA)
King Road Landfill (3535 King Rd., Sylvania Township)
Site History:
The King Road Landfill is a 104 acre site that was owned and operated by Lucas
County and was used as the county solid waste disposal facility from 1954 to the mid
1960s. Park Forest Development operated the site from the mid 1960s to 1969, when
Lucas County again operated the facility until 1976. The landfill ceased operation in
1976, however the property is still owned by Lucas County.
This site accepted waste from several private industrial haulers. It reportedly
accepted lead, cadmium, chromium, and arsenic latent industrial waste. During the
years that the landfill was operated by Park Forest Development (a private contractor
for the county) waste disposal records are not available.
A solid waste transfer station was in operation from May 1980 through July 1991. On
the western portion of the property is a shallow 25-acre pond known as the Borrow Pit
Pond. The central area of the site was seeded with grass and used for recreational
purposes until October 1991. This site is now fenced and access is restricted.
The landfill was determined to be poorly located and has contributed to local
groundwater quality degradation. At one time it was estimated that the landfill was
discharging up to 30,000 gallons of leachate per day. In the fall of 2001 Ohio EPA
reported that it was drafting recommendations for a preferred remedial plan.
Site Investigation (1992-1995)
Midwest Environmental Consultants were hired by Lucas County to perform a
Remedial Investigation/Feasibility Study of the landfill in 1992 and began fieldwork in
April of 1993. The results of surface water monitoring, soil borings and confined
aquifer background show that by limiting access to the property and limiting use of the
confined and unconfined aquifers in the vicinity of the landfill, acceptable risk levels
would be maintained. Surface water studies of Ten Mile Creek conclude that the
landfill does not necessarily contribute pollutants, as the two parameters showing
exceedances in Ten Mile Creek, cyanide and total recoverable iron, are in
exceedance both upstream and downstream of the landfill. The contaminants (mainly
ammonia) present in the Borrow Pit Pond are primarily limited to the direct vicinity of
the leachate seeps. According to the studies performed, the greatest threat to
human health and the environment is an unconfined aquifer that is in contact with
leachate.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
Lucas County(contractor: Midwest Environmental Consultants)
Ohio EPA
(1993-1994)
This site was investigated as part of the Ohio EPA Maumee Area of Concern Project
Phase I Site Investigations and it was not recommended for further action because
remediation under CERCLA was in progress.
Remediation (1993-1994)
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Activities and Accomplishments
Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites