Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

Site Investigation (1985)
In June 1985 Ohio EPA performed a RCRA Interim Status Inspection and identified a
½ acre area in which assorted waste were disposed. Also noted were rusty, empty
drums on the surface. A CERCLA notification of hazardous waste 103 (c ) was filed.
Ohio EPA conducted a Preliminary Site Assessment for US EPA in September 1985.
Sampling results indicated acids (corrosives), heavy metals (chromium), and solvents
(toluene) in the soil.
(1986)
A Potential Hazardous Waste Site Preliminary Assessment was conducted by Ohio
EPA in 1986. It recommended further investigation of the site.
(1990)
While conducting an environmental assessment of the smaller parcel, United
Technologies personnel found 231 drums containing waste and a large contaminated
pond.
(1991)
United Technologies had a Sampling Site Investigation conducted by Heritage
Remediation/Engineering, Inc. According to the report, the contents of most of the
drums were visible and included metal shavings, oily sludge/liquids, solid resins,
powdery resins and oily sawdust. Most of the drums and related contamination were
concentrated in an area between the ponds called the “drum berm area”. The drum
contents, ground water, debris piles, and soils were sampled and analyzed. Low
levels of PCBs, PAHs, and VOCs; and high levels of light hydrocarbons were
detected.
Lead Organization:
United Technologies
(contractor: Heritage Remediation/Engineering, Inc.)
(1993)
This site was investigated as a part of the Ohio EPA Maumee Area of Concern
Project Phase I Site Assessments. Heavy metals, volatile organic compound (VOCs),
and polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) were found in surficial soils. Off-site
migration of the contaminates is unlikely due to the lack of migration pathways.
Therefore, this site was recommended for no further action.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA (funded in part by a grant from US EPA)
Remediation (1991-1992)
United Technologies, Inc. voluntarily removed the drums and related contaminated
soils near the pond area from December 1991 to January 1992. The drum contents
with PCBs (near or above 50 ppm) and associated wastes were voluntarily removed
in 1991. They were sent to a TSCA permitted landfill. The remainder of the drums
and wastes were sent to a RCRA permitted landfill.
Lead Organization:
United Technologies Automotive Systems, Inc.
(contractor: Heritage Environmental Corp.)
South Cove Landfill (South Cove Blvd. near Beatty Park, Toledo)
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Activities and Accomplishments
Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites