Complete report - Partners for Clean Streams

Commercial Oil (3600 Cedar Point Road, Oregon)
Site History: Commercial Oil Services operated a waste oil recycling facility from 1969 to 1985.
Hazardous materials including waste oils, sludges, and solvents were stored in
lagoons, tanks, and containers at the site. The site was abandoned in 1985, as the
owner had received a prison term for illegal hazardous waste disposal practices. In
1986 the lagoons overflowed and 30,000 gallons were released.
Remediation (1988-89)
In an emergency removal action more than 1,200 drums of hazardous materials were
removed.
Lead Organization:
Collaborator(s):
US EPA
Ohio EPA
(1995-1999)
The Commercial Oil Trust (a potentially responsible parties (PRP) group) funded a
two-phased, $30 million, non-time critical removal action. In 1995, under the first
phase of the clean up, approximately 30 above and below-ground storage tanks, a
maintenance garage, and 65,000 gallons of waste oil and 23,000 gallons of
contaminated water were removed. Additionally, Phase I included demolition of the
boiler and process buildings, the loading rack, and a radio tower.
Phase II began in 1997 and involved the treatment and discharge of water and
leachate, construction of on-site Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA) approved
containment cells for PCB contaminated dewatered sludges and soils, stabilization of
about 200,000 cubic yards of contaminated sludges and soils that were placed in
landfill cells covered by a RCRA hazardous waste landfill cap, and finally placement of
clean fill and regrading, seeding and fencing of landfill areas. Institutional controls
and groundwater monitoring programs were established.
In December 1999, USEPA conducted the final site inspection at the Commercial Oil
Services site.
Lead Organization:
Commercial Oil Trust (PRP group), US EPA
Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Inc. (876 Otter Creek Road, Oregon)
(a.k.a. Fondessy Enterprises, Inc.)
Site History:
This 135-acre site is located on Otter Creek Road at York Road. The adjacent Johlin
property is 33 acres and is also owned by Envirosafe. Previously operated as a
landfill by Fondessy Enterprises, Inc., this site is now a licensed RCRA hazardous
waste disposal facility. Envirosafe Services of Ohio, Inc. (ESOI) took ownership of all
the Fondessy Family properties located in this area in 1983.
Two drinking water supply lines from the City of Toledo (73 million gallons per day)
traverse the site. Disposal Cells G, H, and I were used for hazardous waste disposal
and Cell F accepted hazardous as well as municipal waste. These cells and the 3
cells which accepted only municipal waste have all been closed. The only cell
currently accepting hazardous waste at Envirosafe is Cell M, which is located south of
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Activities and Accomplishments
Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites