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evidence of significant contamination at the site.
Lead Organization:
Co-Bar Corporation (contractor: Bowser-Morner)
(1996)
The site was investigated as part of the Ohio EPA Maumee Area of Concern Project
Phase II Site Assessments in 1996. The site was designated as no further remedial
action planned.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA (funded in part by a grant from US EPA)
Remediation (1991-1993)
Waste drums and underground storage tanks were removed. Transformers were
drained and one was refilled with non-PCB fluids. (see Site Investigation above)
Union Oil Company (1840 Otter Creek Rd., Oregon)
(a.k.a. UNO-VEN Corp., UNOCA, Pure Oil Co.)
Site History:
The Pure Oil Company operated on this site from the 1930s to mid 1960s. The Pure
property (about 110 acres) was purchased and leased from the Standard Oil Co. (now
BP Oil Co.). Operations included refinery operations, storage and distribution. Tank
bottom wastes were buried on site in the 40’s and 50’s. The refinery operations were
sold to Standard Oil in 1967 and dismantled. BP acquired the refinery part of the
property and conducted required corrective action on the refinery property as a result
of the issuance of a RCRA permit to BP on Jan. 30, 1989. In 1989 the remaining 69
acres were transferred from the Pure Oil Co. to UNO-VEN. Spills occurred in June of
1994 (13,000 gallons from a ruptured pipeline, remediated without regulatory
oversight) and in Feb. of 1994 (between 25 gallons and 120 barrels of gasoline from a
tank). During a 1992 closure of two underground storage tanks, detectable levels of
TPH concentrations and BTEX compounds were found. This site currently operates
as a bulk storage and distribution terminal and has a NPDES permit for discharge to
Driftmeyer Ditch.
Site Investigation (1996)
In 1996 this site was investigated as part of the Ohio EPA Maumee Area of Concern
Project Phase II Site Assessments. This site was not recommended for further
action.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA (funded in part by a grant from US EPA)
Westover Corporation Sanitary Landfill (815 Otter Creek Road, Oregon)
Site History:
Owned by George Gradel Company, this 10-acre parcel of land is in a flood plain of
Otter Creek. The Westover Corporation operated it as a landfill from 1972 until 1987.
It contains municipal waste from residents of Oregon (40%), commercial waste (30%),
industrial sludges, solvents, and paint waste from Dana, Manville, Sun Oil and BP
(30%). Baghouse dust, chromium contaminated soil, polyurethane sawdust and
barreled polyester resins were also taken. A report from the early 1970s indicated
aluminum oxide was a major contaminant at the site. Analysis of the leachate
performed in 1990 showed high levels of ammonia, nitrogen, aluminum, lead and
zinc. Solvents, pesticides and other organic pollutants were found.
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Activities and Accomplishments
Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites