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Other Area Watersheds
Dial Corporation (6120 N. Detroit Ave., Toledo)
(Shantee Creek Watershed)
Site History:
This facility manufactured liquid detergents. After changing ownership several times,
Dial Corporation purchased the property in 1985, then announced its closure in 1988.
The area of concern is a wastewater retention pond which is equipped with an
overflow drain. Low levels of grease and oils and high levels of PAHs were detected
in the soil.
Site Investigation (mid 1990s)
In the mid-1990s US EPA did a Screening Site Investigation and recommended No
Further Action.
Remediation (early 1990s)
In the early 1990s a voluntary remediation was conducted. The waste lagoons were
removed and refilled with clean material.
General Motors Corp. (1455 W. Alexis Rd., Toledo)
(Silver & Shantee Creeks Watersheds)
Site History:
The General Motors PowerTrain Plant manufactures automatic transmissions for
automobiles.
Site Investigation (1994)
Ohio EPA conducted a Screening Site Investigation in 1994. Contaminants were
found in the groundwater, surface soil, and sediment samples collected. However, it
was concluded that no human or environmental populations were known to have been
exposed to the contamination attributable to this site.
Lead Organization:
Ohio EPA
Heist Corporation (3804 Cedar Point Road, Oregon)
(a.k.a. Colander, C.H. Heist Cleaning Services)
(Driftmeyer Ditch Watershed)
Site History:
Heist Cleaning Services began operations on this 6 acre site in 1971. Heist conducts
cleaning operations off-site. No hazardous wastes were generated or stored by Heist
Cleaning Service. Most of the site is owned by Colander Associates.
The area of concern on this property is a sludge pit measuring one acre at the south
end of the site. BP Oil was the former owner of the site and generated the waste
(petroleum distillation residues) in the pit. Heist Cleaning Services later used the pit
for non-hazardous debris disposal. Aerial photos demonstrate the existence of this pit
as early as 1962. In 1983 oil seepage broke through the surface of the pit’s clay cap.
Oil is the contaminant of concern for this site.
Site Investigation (1981)
Lucas County investigated the site and issued a Public Health Order requiring Heist to
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Issue 2: Landfills, Dumps and
in the Maumee Area of Concern Brownfield Sites