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North Cove Landfill (Foot of Drexel Dr., I-75 and North Cove Blvd., Toledo)
Site History:
The former North Cove Landfill is located on property extending from the east end of
Hillcrest Ave. near Willys Park eastward under Interstate 75 and from the Ottawa
River to the Jeep plant parking lot. The owners of American Car Corporation
operated it from 1941 to1970. Part of this site is the Willy’s Park Landfill, a large paint
waste disposal area, adjacent to the Ottawa River. It was operated by Willy’s
Overland-Jeep and later used as an automotive test track.
Part of the area referred to as the South Cove Landfill (northeast of Beatty Park and
Jermain Park and bounded on the north by the Ottawa River and the south by S. Cove
Blvd.) is also considered part of this site for remediation purposes. Industrial residues,
paint wastes, solvents and sludges and hydrocarbon vapors were discovered in 1979
during installation of a sanitary sewer west of the site. The City of Toledo owns the
parts of the landfill that are not part of the Interstate-75 system.
Site Investigation (1993)
This site was investigated as a part of the Ohio EPA Maumee Area of Concern
Project Phase I Site Investigations and it was not recommended for further review
because remediation was being negotiated.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA (funded in part by a grant from US EPA)
(1995-1998)
In 1995 DaimlerChrysler Corp., the City of Toledo, and the Ohio Department of
Transportation began a cooperative effort to study the former North Cove Landfill.
DaimlerChrysler, Toledo and ODOT submitted a Final Remedial Investigation Report
to Ohio EPA in November 1997 and a Final Feasibility Study in January 1998. These
included sampling the Ottawa River for VOCs, total organic carbon, metals, PCB's,
and dissolved oxygen. Monitoring wells were installed.
Remediation (1999-Present)
In January 1999 the three parties agreed to work with Ohio EPA to develop a remedy
for the North Cove Landfill. Negotiation of a Consent Order with Ohio EPA was
occurring in late 2001. The remedy will prevent dermal contact by installation of
additional soil cover on the part owned by the City of Toledo west of I-75 (former
Willy’s test track), armoring of the banks of Bowen Ditch and the Ottawa River, and
planting of trees on the Ottawa River slope to enhance evapotranspiration of ground
water.
In October 2001 Ohio EPA tentatively approved a decision document but planned
reuse of the property (risk) is being negotiated, therefore the RD/RA is not finished.
The plan calls for the reuse of the site as recreational. Construction of the remedy is
expected to take place in 2002
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA, DaimlerChrysler, ODOT, City of Toledo
Northern Ohio Asphalt Paving Company (7950 Sylvania Avenue, Sylvania)
Site History:
This 24 acre site is located adjacent to Ten Mile Creek. In 1977 it was known to be
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Activities and Accomplishments
Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites